"So, Gauss, you want to practice Protection Spells?" Lawrence looked delighted.
"Yes."
Gauss had come here to train with the other members through mutual assistance. He had originally planned to spend some money hiring others in this town, but free training was obviously even better.
Improving his Mage Armor required collecting a large amount of feedback from being hit, with as much variety as possible. After gaining Magic Resistance, his 1st Circle Mage Armor seemed to have developed a certain resistance to magic as well. He guessed it might be able to resist the effects of attacks from other 0th Ring cantrips.
This Spellcaster mutual-assistance association was undoubtedly the best training ground for him. Here, he could collect enough data while deepening his understanding of the resonance between magic power and Mage Armor through all kinds of practice.
"Shall we begin?" Lawrence pulled Gauss toward a training room.
The building looked ordinary from the outside, but its interior was quite particular. The training room especially bore obvious traces of powerful spells on the surrounding walls. Such spell effects clearly could not have been created by a Spellcaster Apprentice.
There were also professional Spellcasters behind the association.
"The cantrip I know is Cold Touch," Lawrence introduced himself.
In their mutual-assistance association, apprentices from the School of Abjuration were the most popular. While the other members had yet to arrive, he naturally wanted to drag Gauss through as much practice as possible first.
Cold Touch? Gauss glanced at Lawrence. He had not expected this broad-browed, upright young man's Core Skill to be a necromantic cantrip. The contrast was rather striking.
"Let me feel it first."
Gauss activated Mage Armor. The next moment, an invisible protective force field condensed around him. On closer inspection, a faintly glowing pale-blue sheen could be seen beneath