D-Rank Mage

A week later.

Early morning.

The sun had just risen. A ray of sunlight fell on Ul, and he slowly opened his tightly shut eyes...

Compared to a week ago, Ul looked much more alert. His eyes were bright and lively, and he no longer looked as weak as before.

At the same time!

Ul's status panel had changed quite a bit.

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Invincible Passive System

Host: Wei Yi

Passive Ability: Void Stomach

Health: 9

Magic Power: 11

Mental Power: 15

Magic Resistance: 0%

Armor: 0%

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With the help of the Void Stomach's passive ability and the Basic Meditation Method, Ul's body and mind recovered quickly.

And that wasn't all!

Perhaps because of Magic Backlash, Ul could even faintly sense that the amount of magic power inside him had increased a little...

"With how I feel now, I should be able to try drawing a Magic Circle!"

Although Ul still looked quite frail on the outside, his body had fundamentally changed. Given his current condition, he could try drawing a Magic Circle and learning magic.

The notebook left by his predecessor recorded three basic spells: one for manipulating water, the offensive Water Bullet, and the defensive Water Shield.

None of the three spells was especially difficult to learn. Most Mages started out with spells like these!

Before learning magic, Ul went to the dining hall and ate until he was about seven or eight tenths full, giving his stomach something to work with!

As his body gradually recovered, the Void Stomach's passive ability began to reveal its terrifying appetite.

After that, Ul took a bath and changed into clean clothes...

Once all that was done!

Ul began trying to control his Mental Power and draw a Magic Circle.

The first spell he chose was the basic spell for manipulating water. It was the most fundamental Water Magic, and also the simplest of the three spells.

Mental Power and magic power were the two most important factors in determining a Mage's strength.

The stronger one's Mental Power, the more efficiently one could use the magic power in one's body. Even with the same amount of magic power, people with different levels of Mental Power could produce completely different results.

And magic power went without saying!

It was the very foundation of being a Mage. Once a person's magic power became strong enough, they could unleash terrifying destructive power even if their Mental Power was lacking!

There was a perfect example of this!

The most famous one in the entire Fairy Tail World was a certain red-haired man!

Because his Mental Power and magic power were mismatched, he often seemed rather listless. And whenever he made a move, he unleashed enough power to destroy everything, with no way to hold back...

Of course!

It was also possible he looked so listless because he had too many women, and they had worn him out.

When it came to a public enemy of men like that!

Ul didn't mind assuming the worst about him!

Still, those problems were far beyond Ul's reach for now!

His magic power and Mental Power had only just exceeded the average adult's baseline.

For beginners, drawing a Magic Circle usually required a simple hand gesture to help. This made the Magic Circle more stable, though the gesture gradually disappeared as they became more proficient in magic...

Except for a few special spells!

Ul chose to press his palms together, a gesture that helped him focus his mind to some extent.

But learning magic proved harder than Ul had expected!

His first two attempts failed in quick succession, and he used up all the magic power in his body.

The whole process went something like this:

Ul: "Just draw this Magic Circle successfully and it'll count as a win, got it?"

Magic Power: "Understood!"

Mental Power: "What did you say?"

After those two failed attempts, Ul discovered another advantage to having so little magic power in his body!

That was...

It recovered pretty quickly.

Using the Basic Meditation Method, Ul soon replenished the magic power he'd used up. Then he began another attempt...

And failed again!

This was the result of having poor magical aptitude and a weak gift for Mental Power.

In the end, this was still a realistic world.

But Ul wasn't discouraged. He kept trying, tirelessly...

With a cheat at his disposal, Ul wasn't worried at all. There was only one thing he needed to do now: learn these spells, join a Mage Guild, take on jobs, complete them, and then spend money...

Use money to become powerful!

Ul's persistence finally paid off.

After an unknown number of failures, the Magic Circle suddenly glowed blue as he drew it. A stream of water, like a little snake, appeared in front of him. With a shift of his thoughts, the water began to change shape...

"What a fascinating spell!"

Watching the water in front of him, a thought surfaced in Ul's mind!

But that was all. Apart from that thought, he had nothing else on his mind...

Before learning magic.

Ul had felt a little excited, but once he actually learned a spell, he suddenly realized that magic... wasn't all that impressive!

"I really am a man who gets tired of new things quickly!" Ul thought to himself, feeling deeply guilty!

But no matter what!

The moment Ul successfully cast Water Control Magic, it meant he had officially become a D-Rank Mage.

In this world, each Mage Guild was primarily responsible for evaluating the rank of its Mages. Based on the Magic Council's standards and the number of jobs a Mage completed, the guild examined them and assigned a rank!

In other words, the so-called Mage ranks in this world weren't divisions of cultivation realms. They were simply a form of evaluation!

Although a Mage's strength accounted for a large part of this evaluation, it wasn't the only standard. So in this world, "fighting above your rank" happened all the time...

Still, none of that had anything to do with Ul for now!

Because D-Rank was the lowest rank.

And it had only one requirement: successfully cast a spell, and you were a D-Rank Mage.

After learning Water Control Magic!

Ul pressed on and started learning the other two basic spells...