Chapter 175: Practical Test
Evening.
Locke headed to Witch Sophia's Magic Creature Breeding Room. The Vampire Howard he had captured earlier was being held there by Sophia.
Perseus's Eye Lichen had to undergo a real combat test before a detailed report could be produced. Only then could it enter the Custom Magic Plant Competition held by the Academy's Combat Department and win the championship in one stroke.
Otherwise, no matter how impressive the data looked on paper, others would still have their doubts.
This was where the value of a high-grade experimental subject could be seen.
Locke had captured a First-Class Wizard Apprentice Black Wizard from the Blood Curse Court. Using him for experiments would provide extremely high-quality combat-test data.
The only prerequisite was that Locke had to persuade him.
Inside the Magic Creature Breeding Room, Vampire Howard's body had recovered, but his Mana had not. He remained in a weakened state.
In the darkness, Howard suddenly raised his head, dangerous red light flaring in his eyes. "Who is it?"
After seeing who had arrived, fear appeared in Howard's eyes. "You, White Wizard!"
"Your Magic Pressure... has improved again. Your rate of progress is truly astonishing."
After his previous battle with Locke, Howard had remained deeply wary of him.
Now that he sensed Locke's Mana had made obvious progress over the past month, far exceeding that of an ordinary First-Class Wizard Apprentice, he was even more horrified.
Relatively speaking, Locke's rate of Mana growth was slower than Howard's own growth when he had been a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice. That was only because the quality of Mana at the First-Class Wizard Apprentice level was extraordinarily high, making every improvement extremely difficult.
Compared with an ordinary First-Class Wizard Apprentice, however, the amount of Mana Locke gained each month was already astonishingly fast,