Aegis Secret Record, the Legendary Battle Body Wizard

Target: Aegis Secret Record

Details: A Wizard Legacy left behind from the Ancient Era. Fortunately, it had been preserved intact. Unlike the prevalent Wizard System of the current age, it was an ancient and rare Battle Body Wizard secret record—a branch of Wizards that revered the absolute physical body.

Addendum: Soul, bloodline, consciousness, dreams, energy, elements, matter... Wizards who pursued Truth explored every unknown. These were the pioneers who studied the limits of the physical body.

Further analysis complete: The secret record is incomplete and contains only the foundational portion. It can forge the Battle Body 'Thunder Emperor,' massively increasing Physical Value, granting all manner of traits, and awakening innate abilities on par with wizardry.

Wang Ya: "."

This truly touched upon a blind spot. Among the knowledge Wang Ya currently possessed, there was no information related to Battle Body Wizards.

The books on the Wizard Ship gave Wizard Freshmen a rough understanding of the Wizard World and introduced information related to the Wizard Forces of the Umbral Expanse.

Perhaps he could find relevant clues in the Umbral Expanse.

Wang Ya could not determine whether Battle Body Wizards were good or bad, nor whether he should try to master their cultivation. He had already decided to master the Hephaestus's Wrath inheritance. A systematic Wizardry Inheritance was something one could encounter only by chance.

Judging from the number of pages and the content, the Aegis Secret Record ought to be more complex and difficult than Hephaestus's Wrath.

No one had the energy to learn and master everything. Choosing one's own wizard path was the most important decision of all.

Wang Ya rubbed his forehead. What was he even thinking? Before entering the Umbral Wizard Academy, let alone choosing a wizard path, he should be secretly delighted if he had any Supernatural Knowledge to learn and master. Those freshmen aboard the Wizard Ship were still painstakingly trying to thoroughly grasp the Low-level Wizardry they had chosen.

Harak's Supernatural Nurturing wizardry had already been completed. His time aboard the Wizard Ship could all be spent learning and mastering this Supernatural Knowledge. That was Wang Ya's advantage.

Curiosity was a Wizard's most fundamental desire. He wanted to see what unique qualities Battle Body Wizards possessed and why they were so rare in the current age.

However, the focus of his research was destined to fall behind the Wizardry Inheritance of Hephaestus's Wrath. He would only consider studying it after completely mastering the latter.

He stacked the two books together, hugged them, and stood up. There was still one most important thing left—sleep!

A fierce wave of exhaustion surged into Wang Ya's mind like the tide. Before collapsing onto the bed, he carefully placed the wooden box containing the Grim Finger Bone beside his pillow.

Then, an irresistible drowsiness came crashing down upon him.

Even in sleep, Wang Ya hugged the two books with a slight furrow between his brows.

Waves rose and fell outside, their swaying rhythm faintly carrying into the room along with the rocking of the ship.

In his haze, a figure with long green hair seemed to slowly emerge, watching him with gentle eyes.

As on so many occasions before, her hands tried to pull the blanket over him, only to pass straight through.

Those eyes froze for a moment, then grew complicated. So she simply sat at the edge of the bed, quietly watching him for a long, long time—until waves smashed against the blue rocks with an exploding, swelling roar; until the ink-black darkness was pierced by an utterly resplendent beam of light through the window. Her figure became ever more illusory within that radiance, then vanished.

His black hair was tousled, veiling his handsome brows.

Wang Ya sat half-upright on the bed, one hand braced against his knee while the other rubbed through his hair, until he felt considerably more awake.

Harak had long since awakened and was ceaselessly flitting about the room, its wings beating against the window and ceiling.

Wang Ya yawned and walked over to open the window. Brighter sunlight poured down, as though he were bathing in gold.

The salty, damp sea breeze and warmth on his cheeks put Wang Ya in an exceptionally good mood.

Except for a certain black crow that was burrowing against his shoulder, trying to squeeze out through the window and enjoy the freedom of the skies.

He flicked Harak's little head, grabbed its body, and hurled it out like a shot put.

Harak instantly recovered, spread its wings, and excitedly flew higher into the air.

The food at the Automated Restaurant was still as monotonous as ever today. Wang Ya sat in his usual seat and ate quickly, his mind filled with matters concerning Wizard Legacies.

The allure of High-grade Wizardry further stirred his interest as a Wizard.

Gray did not appear. Perhaps he was in his room, feeding his Lizard, Kobik.

A graceful figure suddenly stopped before him. When he looked up, what entered his eyes was a head of eye-catching red hair, followed by a fair face carrying a trace of arrogance.

Anna said, "Before long, the Wizard Ship will reach the Umbral Wizard Academy. I'll give you a piece of advice, as repayment for that little favor you did for me a few nights ago."

In an even tone, she said, "Give up on Supernatural Nurturing wizardry. Your crow's size hasn't changed at all even now, which proves you have no talent in this area. Choose the Elemental Energy Series instead, study Particle Energy Wizardry, and perhaps you'll have a chance to switch if you seek out Wizard Tuta."

"I'm preparing to reopen the Wizard Exchange Meeting. Of course, if you choose the Elemental Energy Series, you'll be qualified to participate."

Her red hair seemed to set the air ablaze. Anna turned and left, seemingly carrying a gust of wind with her.

Wang Ya silently ate his food, his expression unchanged in the slightest.

When the Wizard Freshmen in the Automated Restaurant turned their gazes toward him, his brows still faintly knitted together.

What he disliked most was this kind of meaningless trouble.

Those many gazes carried no shortage of meaning—surprise, disapproval. It was as though Wizard Freshmen who chose Supernatural Nurturing were somehow beneath them.

Wang Ya's gaze was cool and detached, his expression utterly calm. He swallowed the last bite of food, rose to his feet, and headed toward the cabin.

After returning to his room, Wang Ya did not take that small incident in the restaurant to heart. Those who cared about and changed themselves because of others' gazes and attitudes had lost themselves and were utterly pitiful.

His gaze settled on the two books atop the desk, and he ultimately chose the Wizardry Inheritance volume.

When he opened it, he found many sheets of draft paper covered in analysis and notes tucked between the pages.

At times, a single page of draft paper contained more than a page from the Legacy Wizardry Book. As he continued flipping through it, such pages nearly filled the entire Wizard Book. That made this Wizardry Inheritance all the more valuable.

A being suspected to be a Third-level Wizard Apprentice had poured his own painstaking efforts, experience, and annotations into it. There would be no need to tread the same winding paths, and even the Eye of Truth's difficulty in analyzing it had greatly decreased.