Invincible Passive System Host: Wei Yi Passive Abilities: Void Stomach, Lava Body, Evil Equilibrium Health: 17 Magic: 21 Mental Power: 19 Magic Resistance: 0% Armor: 1
Feeling the magic within him grow, Ul immediately brought up his status panel.
Just as he expected!
After killing the gorilla monster, his magic had increased by a full five points thanks to the passive effect of Evil Equilibrium. That was roughly one-tenth of the monster's total magic.
Ul was quite satisfied with that rate of absorption!
Five points might not seem like much, but Ul could clearly feel that the magic within him had grown considerably. This sudden surge of power even made him feel a little inflated with pride.
Basic Magic—Earth Sink Magic!
After getting a little familiar with his newfound strength, Ul used Earth Sink Magic to give the gorilla monster a grave, as a "reward" for giving him its magic!
Ul had considered eating the gorilla monster, but in the end, he gave up on the idea!
The main reason was that gorillas looked far too much like humans. He just couldn't bring himself to take a bite.
With the gorilla monster taken care of!
Ul's introductory training in the Guga Combat Arts also had to come to a temporary end.
Perhaps because he'd been chased by the gorilla monster, Ul had completed the first introductory stage of the Guga Combat Arts a little ahead of schedule.
As expected!
People always rose to the occasion when pushed...
With the first introductory stage of the Guga Combat Arts complete, Ul was qualified to begin the next stage!
The second stage was much more conventional than the introductory training. It was basically no different from ordinary physical training, just a little more brutal...
But although it was physical training, Ul couldn't train from morning till night. His body wouldn't be able to take it.
In between training!
Ul also used his spare time to meditate and study lower-level earth magic!
Ul had already learned the basic properties of earth magic. Although he hadn't yet learned any rock magic, he could now incorporate some rock properties when casting earth magic.
For example: the Rock Spike he used when hunting the gorilla monster was the result of his studies into changing the properties of magic.
Once he truly immersed himself in studying, time passed quickly...
Before he knew it!
Five more days had passed since Ul began training in the Guga Combat Arts.
And on that very day, the members Fairy Tail had sent to support Angel Wings officially set out from the guild.
After a full half-month of preparation.
Angel Wings had finally decided to launch an all-out battle against Devil's Fang.
After all, wars between guilds couldn't simply begin at the drop of a hat. There was so much involved in a war between two guilds that sometimes it could take years to prepare...
As for reckless guilds like Fairy Tail, which declared war and then charged straight for their opponents' lair, there were probably only a few across the entire continent.
Even though Erza and the others had made quite a commotion when they left the guild, Ul knew nothing about it. He had left the guild before they set out!
Training was important, of course, but raising his Mage rank was just as important.
One of the key standards the guild used to raise a Mage's rank was the number of completed jobs. This was especially true for the S-Class Mage assessment: without completing a certain number of jobs, even someone strong enough still wouldn't qualify for promotion to S-Class Mage.
Of course!
S-Class Mage was still a long way off for Ul, but there were things he had to plan for in advance.
Besides, while S-Class Mage was far off, B-Class Mage wasn't nearly so distant!
Ul left the guild early because he wanted to make the trip there and back quickly, so he could return and continue his training and studies...
Sitting in a train carriage, Ul looked over the job slip in his hand, reviewing the details of his assignment!
Capture the thief Jericho! Reward: 78,000 Jewels.
That was Ul's job.
C-Class jobs weren't much more dangerous than D-Class jobs, but unlike D-Class jobs, C-Class jobs often required a certain amount of force.
Jericho the thief was actually just an ordinary man. Ordinarily, catching a thief like him would be the state's responsibility.
But the thief had stolen something important from a wealthy man, so the rich man had posted a job at the guild, hoping to have Jericho caught as soon as possible.
Compared with other C-Class jobs, catching a thief was actually one of the more troublesome assignments!
Since Ul was in a hurry, he shouldn't have chosen this kind of job!
But... the reward for this job had caught his attention.
So, after some "meticulous" calculations, Ul ultimately chose this "great-value" job!
"Was the last place he was seen the town of Stigug?"
Looking at the information in his hand, Ul fell into thought...
Catching this kind of thief wasn't difficult. The real challenge was finding him.
Just as Ul was pondering how to find Jericho as quickly as possible, the train slowly came to a stop...
At the same time!
The train's loudspeaker blared an announcement!
"Stigug Town, the next stop..."
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