Chapter 26: Flying Witchcraft
Holy light shone, and the curse dissipated.
Feeling the abnormal heat in her chest fade away, Vivian's previously tense expression finally relaxed a little.
"Thank you for your warning and treatment. I owe you one this time."
Upon hearing this, Janna merely nodded calmly.
"You were afflicted with a Rage Curse. Although the casting method was quite concealed, it couldn't escape the Celestial Finch's perception... The treatment fee this time is ten academic credits."
"Alright."
Janna's asking price was very fair.
Without much thought, Vivian took out a hundred Gold Surrel coins from her Interdimensional Storage Pouch and handed them to Janna.
"The extra money is my additional compensation to you..."
"Thank you, but it's unnecessary."
Looking at the eighty-eight Gold Surrel coins returned to her, Vivian truly couldn't understand what this commoner apprentice in front of her was thinking.
Eighty-eight Gold Surrel coins would take an ordinary commoner apprentice a long time to save up, yet this female apprentice in front of her actually returned the compensation she had offered in goodwill?
"I already said, the extra money is my voluntary compensation to you, unrelated to the Rose family. Just accept it..."
"Adhering to the principle of equivalent exchange among wizards is my habit. Of course, if you can introduce more paid purification tasks to me in the future, I would be very grateful."
Although Gold Surrel coins were something Janna was in urgent need of at the time, she valued the accumulation of high-quality connections even more.
Therefore, when faced with the hesitant Vivian, Janna simply bowed slightly, didn't linger further, and after tidying up her textbooks, left the empty classroom that had long since finished its session.
"Equivalent exchange among wizards... huh..."
Looking at the classroom door where the figure had long disappeared, for some reason, Vivian, who had been clearly rejected, didn't feel the slightest bit of resentment...
"Hmph, truly a strange apprentice!"
"Sooner or later, I'll make you willingly join my ranks..."
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The swirling memories abruptly ended.
Looking at Janna, who was still attentively listening to the lecture beside her, Vivian silently sighed and refocused her attention on the class.
"If she can't be used by the family, then at least ensure she doesn't become an enemy. Perhaps it's not bad to remain friends..."
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"That's all for today's lesson. Class dismissed."
"Goodbye, Professor Margaret."
As everyone gradually left the classroom, Janna also greeted Vivian and then quickly walked alone towards the dormitory.
"Although the Thornflower Sprite belongs to the plant elemental lifeforms, she possesses a very rare flying ability... And this kind of ability generally only appears in wind-elemental creatures."
On the way back to the dormitory, Janna had already begun to conceive a transformation plan for the Thornflower Sprite.
Besides the plant attribute, the Thornflower Sprite also had insectoid life characteristics.
Her pitch-black compound eyes gave the Thornflower Sprite an extremely wide field of vision, and each small eye within the compound eyes had independent photoreceptor cells and neural pathways, allowing the Thornflower Sprite to more keenly capture dynamic prey information from multiple viewpoints in the light.
Moreover, the antennae on the Thornflower Sprite's forehead granted her powerful perception abilities.
Whether it was changes in airflow or subtle variations in temperature, she could sense them immediately.
This strong perception ability also allowed the Thornflower Sprite to be forewarned in the face of natural disasters or harsh climates, greatly enhancing her survival capability.
"Although the Thornflower Sprite is a plant-type spirit, the most noteworthy abilities to emulate are all insect-type, especially her flying ability."
The large butterfly wings on the Thornflower Sprite's back were the insectoid feature that Janna valued the most.
The existence of butterfly wings allowed the Thornflower Sprite to overcome the common shortcomings of plant-type creatures, such as low agility or even immobility.
Although the large flower bud of her lower body limited the Thornflower Sprite's flexibility in flight, in terms of flying speed, she was only slightly slower than the nimble Celestial Finch.
"Although the speed isn't slow, the flight altitude is far inferior to avian magical beasts, with a maximum of about fifty meters."
While pondering, Janna returned to her dormitory, greeted by the Door Spirit.
"Independent dormitories can often serve as laboratories. If it were a shared dormitory, the space inside wouldn't be enough to place an experimental platform and various experimental materials."
Due to her talents, Janna had enjoyed the privilege of an independent dormitory since enrollment, which indirectly saved her the cost of renting an independent laboratory.
"By my will, I command you, summon—Thornflower Sprite."
The contract was formed, and the array condensed.
With a flash of emerald green light, the Thornflower Sprite, who hadn't been summoned by Janna for a long time, clung to her excitedly.
"Laura, this time there's no need for combat. Just stand quietly in this position."
"Hiss—"
Receiving Janna's mental command, the Thornflower Sprite obediently stood beside her, motionless.
"Compared to the Celestial Finch's lightweight wing structure, the Thornflower Sprite's butterfly wing structure is simpler... but the antennae and compound eyes are relatively complex."
A silver-white light enveloped Janna's eyes.
Under the meticulous observation of her externalized spirit power, the morphological model of the Thornflower Sprite gradually formed in Janna's mind.
"Ding—"
Just as Janna was about to attempt simulating the transformation, the Daily Quest System's task prompt suddenly sounded in her mind.
[Today's Task: Master a type of flying witchcraft;
Task Reward: 300 Talent EXP, 800 Skill EXP, and a random reward.]
Looking at the green-font task box before her, Janna couldn't help but feel delighted.
"If I hadn't learned partial transformation techniques before, mastering [Flying Witchcraft] would be a task I could directly abandon. But now, it's worth a try."
During the apprenticeship period, if an apprentice wanted to master flying abilities, there were only a few methods.
First, purchase flying witchcraft tools, which were exorbitantly priced for Janna, such as magic carpets or magic brooms.
Second, delve into bloodline mutation studies, integrate flying-type magical beast bloodlines, modify the body, and complete the mutation.
Third, contract with a flying magical beast.
Fourth, learn flying witchcraft, such as [Bat Wing Transformation], [Bubble Levitation], [Magnetic Fog Spell], etc.
The first three methods weren't applicable for completing this task.
As for the fourth method, each flying witchcraft not only required a high academic credit exchange but also had stringent requirements for the apprentice's talents.
[Bat Wing Transformation] belonged to bloodline-type transformation witchcraft, requiring the caster to possess the [Vampire Bat] bloodline.
[Bubble Levitation] was an elemental-side witchcraft, requiring the caster to have both water and wind dual affinities.
[Magnetic Fog Spell] was also an elemental-side witchcraft, requiring the caster to master the [Fog Affinity] talent.
"[Magnetic Fog Spell] is quite suitable for Bell Moonshadow. If I encounter her again in wizard combat, I must be cautious of her aerial ambush..."