Capture the Thief

Invincible Passive System

Host: Wei Yi

Passive Abilities: Void Stomach, Lava Body, Evil Equilibrium

Health: 17

Magic Power: 21

Mental Power: 19

Magic Resistance: 0%

Armor: 1

Feeling the growth of magic power within him, Ul immediately called up his own status panel.

As expected!

After killing the Ape Monster, his Magic Power had increased by a full five points thanks to the passive effect of "Evil Equilibrium," roughly absorbing about one-tenth of the Ape Monster's total magic power.

Ul was already quite satisfied with this absorption ratio!

Five points of Magic Power might not seem like much, but Ul's subjective sensation clearly felt a significant surge in his internal magic power. This sudden influx of strength even made his heart swell with a bit of pride.

Basic Magic—Earth Sink Magic!

After getting a little familiar with his newly gained power, Ul used Earth Sink Magic to create a grave for the Ape Monster, a kind of "repayment" for the magic power it had given him!

In truth, Ul had considered eating the Ape Monster, but in the end, he abandoned that idea!

Mainly because apes look far too similar to humans, making it hard to stomach.

With the Ape Monster dealt with!

Ul's basic training in Guga Combat Arts was temporarily put on hold.

Perhaps due to being chased by the Ape Monster, Ul's first-stage basic training in Guga Combat Arts finished slightly ahead of schedule.

As expected!

People are forged under pressure...

After completing the first-stage basic training of Guga Combat Arts, Ul was now qualified to begin the next stage of training!

The second stage of training was much more normal compared to the basic training, essentially not too different from ordinary physical arts training, just a bit more brutal...

But even though it was physical arts training, Ul couldn't train from dawn till dusk; his body wouldn't be able to handle it.

In his spare time!

Ul also used the extra time to meditate and learn lower-level rock-attribute magic!

Previously, Ul had already learned the basic nature transformation of earth-attribute magic. Although he hadn't yet learned rock-attribute magic, when releasing earth-attribute magic, he could now incorporate some rock-attribute nature transformations.

For example: when hunting the Ape Monster, the "Rock Spike" Ul used was the result of his study of magic power nature transformation.

Once truly immersed in learning, time passed quickly...

Quietly!

Another five days had passed since Ul began training in Guga Combat Arts.

And on this day, the members of "Fairy Tail" dispatched to support "Angel Wings" officially set out from the guild.

After a full half-month of preparation.

"Angel Wings" had finally decided to launch a decisive battle against "Devil's Fang."

After all, a war between guilds wasn't something that could start on a whim; too many factors were involved in a conflict between two guilds. Sometimes, preparing for a war could take years...

As for guilds like "Fairy Tail," who would charge straight at the enemy's stronghold at the drop of a hat, you'd be hard-pressed to find a few like that across the entire continent.

However, although Erza and the others made quite a commotion when leaving the guild, Ul was completely unaware, because he had already left the guild before they set out!

After all, while training was important, raising one's own Mage rank was equally crucial.

One of the key criteria for a guild to raise a Mage's rank was the number of completed quests, especially for S-class Mage assessments. Without reaching a certain quest completion rate, even if one's strength was sufficient, they still wouldn't qualify for promotion to S-class Mage.

Of course!

S-class Mage was still far off for Ul at the moment, but there were some things he had to prepare for in advance.

Besides, although S-class Mage was still a distant goal, B-class Mage wasn't nearly as far away!

Ul had left the guild very early. He did this so he could go and come back quickly, making the most of his time to continue training and studying...

Sitting in the train carriage, Ul looked at the mission slip in his hand, reviewing the intelligence for this trip.

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Capture the thief Jericho!

Reward: 78,000J.

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This was the mission Ul had taken on.

Although C-rank missions, like D-rank ones, generally posed no great danger, compared to D-rank missions, C-rank missions often required the use of some force.

This thief Jericho was actually just an ordinary person. Logically, capturing such a thief should primarily be the state's responsibility.

However, this thief had stolen something important from a wealthy man, so the rich man had specifically come to the guild to post the mission, wanting to capture Jericho as quickly as possible.

Compared to other C-rank missions, capturing a thief was actually a rather troublesome type of task!

Originally, Ul, who was pressed for time, shouldn't have chosen this kind of mission!

But... the reward for this mission had caught Ul's attention.

So, after a "meticulous" calculation, Ul ultimately chose this "good value for money" mission!

"The last place he showed up was Stigug Town?"

Looking at the intelligence in his hand, Ul gradually sank into thought...

Capturing this kind of thief wasn't difficult; the real challenge was finding him.

And just as Ul was pondering what method he could use to locate this Jericho the fastest, the train slowly came to a halt...

At the same time!

The train's loudspeaker boomed out!

"Stigug Town has arrived..."