After listening at the corner for a while, William Carter managed to calm himself down and began to think about the future.

From the current situation, he was being treated with great respect by the mercenary group.

This respect wasn’t because he could cook something delicious, but because he was a magic apprentice. Without a doubt, magic would be his stepping stone to advancement in the future—or, to put it another way, his means of survival.

The original owner of this body was only thirteen years old, but had already killed people, with several lives on his hands.

This didn’t mean the child was particularly fierce, but rather that this world placed great emphasis on force. There were no so-called laws like those on Earth where he came from. In the streets and alleys, all kinds of armed fights often broke out due to friction, and bleeding and death were completely normal.

Learning all this from the original owner’s consciousness, William Carter was extremely shocked! Coming from a peaceful era, he found it hard to adapt to such an environment at first.

Of course, whether he could adapt or not, he had to—and quickly.

At the very least, he needed the basic means to protect himself.

And magic would be his greatest weapon.

As William Carter thought, he searched through the knowledge left in his mind by the body’s previous owner.

Meditation and cultivation of magic, from level one to level nine of magic apprentice. William Carter flipped through and studied these. The knowledge was both unfamiliar and familiar. To William Carter, it was all strange, but to this body, even though the original owner’s consciousness was gone, the body’s own sense of magic was still vivid and profound.

This gave William Carter a huge advantage.

At the same time, as a transmigrator from the era of the knowledge explosion, William Carter possessed thinking, analytical, and comprehension abilities that far surpassed those of the body’s original owner. In less than two hours, he had thoroughly organized the cultivation and advancement system for magic apprentices.

And when he finished organizing it, William Carter was once again shocked.

Mages increase and condense their spiritual power through meditation. Starting from level one magic apprentice, with each level up, they can reduce their sleep time by one hour! And when a magic apprentice advances to become a full mage, they can almost completely replace sleep with meditation.

But that’s not the key point. The key is that after becoming a full mage, a person’s lifespan doubles.

What a temptation!

Is this real?—It should be, right?—It must be real!

In a short time, William Carter had already made a triple leap in his mind.

After this triple leap, William Carter felt as if he’d been injected with a stimulant. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate quietly using the level one meditation method for magic apprentices.

He didn’t know if it was because of his transmigration, or if magic meditation was just like this, but before long, William Carter felt a clarity in his mind, as if the messy cotton had turned into jelly. His spirit grew more and more vigorous, and around his body, countless faint points of light flickered and danced.

Were these magic elements?

William Carter was amazed—why did it look like someone had sprinkled glow powder in the room?

After watching curiously for a while, William Carter buried himself in meditation again.

From initial unfamiliarity to gradually becoming adept, William Carter switched the meditation method from level one to level two and ran it for a while. Then he noticed that the number of light points gathered around him began to increase, and some small points of light passed through his body as if nothing was there.

After a while, when he felt just as comfortable with the level two meditation method, William Carter pressed on and started running the level three meditation method.

This time, the difficulty increased significantly—it felt a bit like an old man pushing a cart or climbing a steep hill.

William Carter steadied his mind, neither anxious nor impatient, and slowly pushed the level three meditation method. Before long, even the light points outside his body faded from his awareness.

In terms of mindset, William Carter was much steadier than the body’s original owner.

In this state of desirelessness and thoughtlessness, the night passed quickly.

Full—indescribably full!

That was how William Carter felt when he woke up the next morning.

William Carter hadn’t expected that he would spend the whole night sitting on the bed like this, and his spirit was more full and enriched than ever before. A tranquility he had never experienced before filled his heart.

The constantly leaping magic elements around him were clearly perceptible. They seemed to have become extensions of his consciousness, greatly expanding his ability to sense his surroundings.

Magic—condensing and enhancing spiritual power through meditation is the first step; using spiritual power to control and command magic elements is the second step.

William Carter examined the magic that the body’s original owner knew.

Fire Control

—By gathering fire elements to form a fireball, it could be used for small things like lighting lamps and illumination, medium things like heating and drying, and large things like using intense heat to splash and kill enemies. Its power increased with the mage’s level, with almost unlimited potential for growth.

—As a basic elemental magic, for a mage, it could be cast instantly—at a single thought, the magic could be unleashed at will! It was the fundamental self-defense and enemy-subduing magic for all mages, including magic apprentices.

Wind Control