Mentor Moxidu secured Saine a half-year leave of absence, allowing him to properly meditate on Mental Strength and accumulate magic power during this time.
Saine did not rashly try to learn any new knowledge during this period. From the attitude his mentor had displayed, both time and circumstances were rather urgent.
Half a year alone was not enough for Saine to make any particularly outstanding progress in any branch of magic.
Instead, raising his Mental Strength and magic power as much as possible was the fastest path to increasing his strength.
It was also during these six months that Saine discovered the academy's public courses had been suspended.
Low-Level Apprentices and Entry-Level Apprentices could only obtain limited knowledge from the Public Library.
But how many Academy Points could Entry-Level Apprentices and Low-Level Apprentices possibly have to squander?
Knowing that upheaval would arrive in half a year, those weak Entry-Level Apprentices and Low-Level Apprentices had likely already been abandoned outright by the academy's Formal Black Wizards.
Indeed, to do as Mentor Moxidu had said and help the academy set up that "Coordinate Generator" on an Alien Plane whose circumstances were unknown—
It would probably take at least Advanced Apprentices and Quasi-Magicians to manage it.
Even Intermediate Apprentices like Saine would likely be cannon fodder by then, let alone those little fellows of even lower strength.
It was also during these six months that Saine had spoken with Lina many times about the Alien Plane.
Without Saine needing to say anything himself, Lina had already learned the relevant news beforehand from her mentor, Feilunna.
However, Lina ultimately still knew less than Saine.
For instance, Feilunna had not mentioned the "Coordinate Generator" or the hidden threats from the Surface World to her. She had only told Lina that in half a year, the