Chapter 65: Skill Comprehension
Watching the Thornflower Sprite giggling foolishly beside her, Janna couldn’t help but shake her head.
“Aph, you explain it to Laura.”
“As you command.”
Suppressing her excitement, Aph began to chatter away in [Spirit Realm Universal Language] with the Thornflower Sprite.
After a while, seeing the sprite’s semi-comprehending expression, the Celestial Finch confidently patted her tiny chest and assured Janna that the message had been conveyed.
“Don’t worry, Master. Laura is a plant-type spirit. Things like absorbing energy and drawing nutrients are second nature to her—there won’t be any waste.”
“That’s good.”
After going over the details once more, Janna closed her eyes again, surrounded by her two contract summons.
……
“Whoosh—inhale—whoosh—exhale—”
A green glow once again enveloped Janna’s hands.
As her breathing gradually steadied, and under the connection of her spirit power, she unleashed the energy from the Source Energy Fragment without any restraint and began absorbing it freely.
“Whoosh—inhale—whoosh—exhale—”
Feeling the energy storm overflowing from the Source Energy Fragment, the Celestial Finch, never having encountered such a phenomenon, immediately fluffed up every feather, doing her utmost to absorb the pure energy before it dissipated into the air.
As for the Thornflower Sprite beside her, faced with such abundant energy, it instinctively craved it like food and water.
The pink bud kept opening and closing, and the large amount of escaping energy was swallowed entirely like a dragon drinking water, leaving not a trace behind.
“Pop—”
It was as if a silver bottle had suddenly shattered.
As Janna’s magical circuits continued drawing energy from the Source Energy Fragment, she felt a sudden sense of a shackle being broken from within.
With the rate of absorption increasing rapidly, a feeling of fullness—like after overeating—forced Janna out of her shallow meditative state.
“System, open Character Panel.”
【Name: Janna Roland
Class: First Tier Wizard Apprentice
Class Level: Level 10
Wizard Talents: Soul Projection (B-level – Upgrade Progress: 87%), Plant Affinity (B-level – Upgrade Progress: 15%)
Laws of Authority:
Wizard Skills: …
Wizard Tricks: …
Constitution: 6.1
Spirit Power: 18.0
Strength: 5.3
Agility: 5.8
Perception: 6.7
Charisma: 9.9
Comprehension: 10.7
Luck: 7.6】
Seeing the class level on the Character Panel finally reach level 10, Janna felt delighted, though she couldn’t help but feel a bit of regret.
“Although the class level only increased by one, it’s also the level cap for a Level 1 Apprentice. From here on, as long as I gradually raise my spirit power to 20, I can try breaking through to Second Tier Apprentice.”
Unfortunately, due to her limited spirit power and wizard ecology progress, Janna’s absorption of the Source Energy Fragment’s energy amounted to less than one-fifth of the total.
Thankfully, the remaining energy wasn’t wasted—seeing the Celestial Finch and Thornflower Sprite still guzzling down the dispersed energy, Janna began to grow curious about what changes might occur after they finished absorbing so much energy.
“The leveling of contract creatures is closely tied to their contractor. If the level difference is too great, it can lead to backlash risks…”
Recalling this part of the [Contract Studies] class, Janna wasn’t concerned.
Given the current loyalty of the Celestial Finch and Thornflower Sprite, even if their levels were far above Janna’s, there wouldn’t be any backlash.
After all, the Celestial Finch, as a spirit realm creature summoned by Janna’s [Contract Summoning], had voluntarily signed the contract without any coercion.
As for the Thornflower Sprite, though its contract was a forcibly binding [Spirit Summoning] contract, it hadn’t resisted at all during the signing—quite the contrary, it had been extremely cooperative.
So, both in terms of contract specifics and loyalty, the scenarios of backlash mentioned in [Contract Studies] didn’t apply to Janna’s situation.
“Of course, that’s also because these two don’t have conflicting attributes with mine. If I ever contract a magical beast with opposing attributes and a rebellious nature, I’ll need to be more careful about loyalty…”
Crack—
As the final trace of energy dispersed from the Source Energy Fragment, a crisp shattering sound echoed from the fragment, which then crumbled into fine powder.
“Hic~”
The emerald on the Celestial Finch’s forehead glowed with a misty white light.
Having completed her final energy intake, she smacked her lips human-like and let out a satisfied burp.
“Aph, you seem to have gotten heavier.”
Though her body hadn’t changed size, Janna clearly felt that the Celestial Finch on her shoulder had become noticeably heavier.
“Yes, hic~ Master, the energy from the Source Energy Fragment not only enhanced my constitution but also helped me comprehend a new ability.”
“A new ability?”
Janna couldn’t help but show a bit of surprise.
She hadn’t expected that a single round of energy absorption could allow the Celestial Finch to learn a new skill.
“What’s the new ability you comprehended?”
“Divine Blessing.”
“An auxiliary-type ability too? Cast it on me.”
“Alright, Master.”
Accompanied by a milky white glow flashing from the emerald atop the Celestial Finch’s head, in an instant, Janna felt her body become incredibly light under the radiance.
Every inch of her muscles surged with strength.
“Agility boost, strength boost, and… magic recovery speed has also increased.”
Feeling the continuous buff effects flowing through her, Janna nodded in satisfaction.
“Laura, did you comprehend a new ability?”
Hearing Janna’s telepathic question, the Thornflower Sprite nodded happily and promptly transmitted all her relevant information to Janna.
“Growing sharp thorny spikes from the ground to attack prey… this sounds like the plant-type offensive spell [Thorn Spike]?”
After extracting the key details from the sprite’s chaotic flood of information, Janna confirmed that the new ability the Thornflower Sprite had grasped was indeed the powerful plant-type offensive skill—Thorn Spike, a solid offensive move.
“Now that the Thornflower Sprite has mastered this skill, it compensates for my current lack of single-target attack options.”
At present, most of the magic Janna had mastered focused on control, confusion, and protection. Her offensive capabilities—aside from summoning—were not very reliable.
This stood in contrast to her classmates in the elemental stream.
Whether it was Vivian Rose with her B-level [Freezing] talent or Andre Green with his B-level [High Temperature] talent, the destructive power of their spells was clearly far superior to Janna’s current level…