The leap in life level brought by advancing to a Level 2 Wizard, and that feeling of wielding power, were simply exquisite.
So exquisite that Benjamin could not help wanting to spend more time thoroughly familiarizing himself with and developing his newly acquired abilities.
Unfortunately, once his advancement was complete, Benjamin did not even have time to properly savor the entirely new power of a Level 2 Wizard before the contract urged him to throw himself into studying new knowledge as soon as possible.
He still had many things he wanted to arrange and set in motion, such as further optimizing his four core wizardry spells, or quickly dealing with the various spoils he had brought back from the Frostfire Plane.
But back then, in order to purchase that one-use Wizard Artifact capable of spatial jumping, he had entered into a burdensome contract with Master Elwin of the Tower of Silence.
Strictly speaking, he owed Master Elwin an enormous debt.
As part of that debt, their original contract stipulated that after advancing to a Level 2 Wizard, Benjamin had to prioritize studying the designated knowledge the other party provided.
Moreover, he had to absorb and master that knowledge as quickly as possible, then optimize it and integrate it into his unique "All-Purpose Eye" Wizardry Model.
Afterward, he would have to provide Master Elwin with this optimized, brand-new "All-Purpose Eye" Wizardry Model in its entirety.
Only then would half the debt between them barely be considered settled.
As for the other half... that would have to wait until he advanced to a Level 3 Wizard in the future.
The binding force of a contract acted directly upon the soul.
Feeling the shackles around his soul, Benjamin did not dare delay. He immediately used the Magic Network Terminal to contact Master Elwin,