Wizard Progress

Once the "Mindful Caster" in his hands spread, the number of Wizards would absolutely surge.

It was the copying process that stumped the vast majority of people. Otherwise, his classmates would definitely have urged him to give it a try.

The Arthurian World had never said that anything was exclusive to its natives and beyond players' grasp. Especially after the whole world crossed over, everyone would basically be standing on the same level. If you could do it, so could I.

Since Antinoa could teach him "Mindful Caster," he could teach this ability to others as well.

It was as if Zhao Xu held a key that could spread combat power.

Zhao Xu found it hard to imagine that Arthur's natives would place so much trust in a player like him.

Arthur was a place its people had to protect, not something the players had to protect.

If it were another player who did not know about the future crossover, they might sell this for a few hundred or a thousand.

"Mentor, why do you trust me so much?" Zhao Xu asked slowly.

"There's no reason."

Zhao Xu was slightly stunned when he heard that.

"I'm teasing you. Your ability isn't complete, so you can't spread it." Antinoa suddenly smiled.

Only then did Zhao Xu realize that this was why Antinoa had said from the beginning that he had not fully mastered it.

However, after a year, he would truly master it because of the crossover. At that point, he would essentially become a potential danger.

"Actually, you don't need to worry. There are plenty of things that disrupt the balance." As she spoke, Antinoa looked at him, raised an arm from beneath her robes, and pointed directly at Zhao Xu.

It was completely unlike other Wizards—there was no chant, no gesture.

She simply pointed at him and cast a spell.

A streak of golden light flashed.

Before Zhao Xu even had time to dodge, he saw it on the table before him.

In neat rows, more than ten thousand glittering gold coins were piled before Zhao Xu.

The faint image of the Goddess of Commerce and Wealth could still be seen on the coins, proving that every one of them was genuine gold.

"Wish Spell. Twenty-five thousand gold coins," Antinoa said softly.

Even in his Previous Life, Zhao Xu had never seen so many gold coins at once. He immediately stopped breathing.

"This is the ability that truly disrupts the balance. Understand?"

Zhao Xu looked up at Antinoa. Casting Wish Spell came at a price—it consumed experience, and using it too often would cause a character to lose levels.

He just had not expected Antinoa to create these gold coins out of thin air.

"No cost?" Zhao Xu asked in disbelief after thinking of one possibility.

"Of course. I'm not foolish enough to risk losing a level just to show off in front of a little brat like you."

"This is way too outrageous." Zhao Xu nearly shouted. The 225 kilograms of gold that countless people could not earn even after working day and night was lying right before him.

That was a quarter of a ton, not four grams.

On Earth, that was equivalent to a ninth-level spell creating gold worth eighty million out of thin air.

If it could actually be cast without cost, it could destroy the entire financial system.

"Don't think too much about it. There won't be many Wizards who can master this ability." Antinoa gazed deeply into Zhao Xu's eyes.

The gold coins on the table vanished in an instant as Antinoa stored them in her Dimensional Pouch.

"I shouldn't have let you know about this so early, but I saw a different fate behind you. I think you can be trusted."

Zhao Xu sat quietly.

When these Legendary Mages said they could see fate, they were not merely reciting lines to him. They had truly seen it.

Perhaps Antinoa had already realized that Earthlings like Zhao Xu would all arrive in Arthur in the future.

Zhao Xu knew there was no point in seeking confirmation. That one sentence from her had already been the utmost she could reveal.

No other player could possibly receive a clearer prophecy than this.

Zhao Xu lowered his head again. "Mentor, what should I learn next?"

Having truly witnessed what Wizards could accomplish in the future, Zhao Xu's heart was completely captivated by this miraculous power.

"Hm?" Antinoa suddenly gave a soft sound of surprise.

"Something suddenly came up. I need to deal with it first. You should rest for now too. Come back tomorrow to study."

With that, Antinoa's figure flashed away, as though no one had ever been there from the beginning.

Zhao Xu had not expected his mentor to leave just like that. He could only pick up the Overview of First-Level Spells beside him and read the introductions to the spells inside.

He still had to select some First-level Spells from it. They would be his true combat strength once he left the Floating City.

Without Antinoa there to supervise him, naturally no one would provide him with specific spells to copy. Zhao Xu could only read the descriptions first to gain a preliminary understanding.

After reading for nearly two hours, all the lectures were surely over for the night. Zhao Xu could only log off on his own and wait until tomorrow to tell Antinoa about his choices.

"Brother Xu, what's with you today? You're actually not playing the game."

After finishing his lovey-dovey time with his girlfriend downstairs, Zhang Qi returned to the dormitory. Seeing Zhao Xu quietly reading instead of logged in, he was greatly surprised.

"Taking a break." With the heavy burden in his heart resolved and no longer fearing that he could not become a Wizard, Zhao Xu began indulging in some boring recreation.

"Brother Xu, do you want to join our Class Guild?" Zhang Qi hurriedly moved closer.

"You've gathered enough for the deposit?" Zhao Xu asked in surprise.

Establishing a guild in Arthur did not require something like a guild token. One only had to pay a deposit to the local town's major boss.

After that, they could openly recruit members and post or accept quests.

It was just that no player could afford that sum of money yet.

"I didn't expect you to be so well-informed, Brother Xu." Zhang Qi was surprised. "Of course we don't have the money, but us players can still form a guild in name. We just can't post quests."

"The guild was started by Huang Daqiang. He took the lead in forming it to attract the attention of the prettiest girls in our class," Zhang Qi explained.

Huang Daqiang was one of the bullies in their class. He was usually wealthy and overbearing, and many people on campus ran errands and worked for him.

Later, when Huang Daqiang became guild president, he did several things that enraged everyone. Only after losing popular support was he driven out, and ever since, he had been opposing their Class Guild.

In his Previous Life, Zhao Xu had also been disgusted by Huang Daqiang. That was why he had specifically started playing Arthur, intending to contribute to the class when it came time to launch a guild war.

"I can't. I'm still stuck in the Wizard academy."

Now that Zhao Xu had seen a new goal, he naturally had no interest in picking a fight with Huang Daqiang, so he politely declined.

He did not even have enough time to fight for his life. He had no interest in fighting for pride, especially since the Class Guild was still under Huang Daqiang's control.

"Ah, Brother Xu, you should have listened to me and changed classes earlier. Two-thirds of the Wizards on the forums have already given up on the training and switched to something else."

"Li Tiange, that top student, heard Goddess Lulu complaining that Wizards were hard to play, so he deliberately entered the game as a Wizard. But today, when he found he couldn't copy Zero-level Spells, he still failed and gave up. So far, not a single person in the whole school who chose Wizard has successfully copied a Zero-level Spell."

Zhao Xu was astonished. He had not expected there to be such hidden details at the game's launch. Li Tiange was one of the top students in their year.

It seemed he had still underestimated how difficult Wizards were at the start.

"Brother Xu, how far have you gotten?"