Chapter 291: Getting it without any effort

Duke was on the verge of touching that boundary, the boundary between the Sky Mage and the Morning Star Mage, which appeared so clearly before him for the first time. He knew that with just a little more effort, this boundary would shatter before his eyes.

However, Duke hesitated.

Not enough!

Still not enough!

That was Duke's intuition.

Some might say intuition isn't reliable.

As a cultured university student, Duke had once read an explanation: One might feel that something is wrong at a certain moment, but their reason tells them that there's nothing amiss, and yet a persistent alarm rings in their heart. Why is this?

In fact, it's the brain issuing a warning to the core reasoning based on previous information. The brain detects something amiss from the visual and other sensory signals it receives.

For example, when thunder is about to strike, one's hair stands on end, and there's a tingling sensation on the scalp.

The brain has already sounded the alarm; if one does not believe in such intuitions, they are courting death.

Duke was experiencing this now.

Although the "Crown of Frost" was ready, why didn't he continue?

In his brain, the alarm buzzed incessantly.

Duke abruptly halted the high-speed circulation of the three magical circuits, stopping just short of the final step to prevent the upgrade.

"System sprite, help me analyze this. If I were to fully utilize the power of either the frost or the fire circuit, would there be any problems?"

The system sprite replied, "Beep, after detection, there are no issues. On the existing foundation, both the 'Crown of Frost' and the 'Phoenix Flame' circuits can each perfectly manifest their efficacy."

Wait! Something seemed off?

Each!?

"Wait! System! What if I want to use the power of both the frost and fire circuits simultaneously?"

"Fire and frost are conflicting elemental abilities, and it is strongly advised not to use both elements at the same time."

"I insist! Calculate it for me!" Duke shouted.

"Host, this is unscientific."

At this moment, Duke finally had a vague sense of what was wrong: "Bullshit! In this fantasy world, not every scientific principle makes sense. Mages have the powerful 'Frostfire Bolt' spell!"

"Beep... Beep... After simulation, your arcane circuit cannot simultaneously meet the output requirements of the two top-level magical circuits, and there will be instability... Beep, after calculation, at full power, you can only exert 66.7% of the 'Frostfire Bolt's' power."

Duke slapped his forehead, breaking out into a cold sweat.

He had been foolish to forget this.

Indeed, these two top-level magical circuits were each complete in themselves. A 100-point fire circuit had a 150-point arcane circuit for support. Similarly, a 100-point frost circuit could also receive this support. Although the arcane circuit supporting the 'Phoenix Flame' might not be perfect, it could still hold up.

The crux of the matter was that a 150-point arcane circuit could not possibly support both a 100-point fire circuit and a 100-point frost circuit simultaneously; considering the surplus, at least a 250-point arcane circuit would be needed.

If he truly wanted to become the dream triple-specialization Mage God, he would have to further optimize and upgrade his arcane circuit, which served as the basic supplier.

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This wasn't easy, and Duke had no idea if Medivh had recorded a magic model of this level. It must exist, but... where?!

Was it recorded in the legendary artifact, the "Book of Medivh"?

Damn it! Medivh hadn't mentioned it when he died!

Duke's face turned pale on the spot. Did this world not have such a thing, or had Medivh deliberately left something behind?

Or was it in the library?

Damn it, the Karazhan Library contained 1.28 million volumes of magic books. If they could be scanned by the system's sprite, finding the right one wouldn't be a problem.

But these were all magic books!

Weaker ones could be scanned directly, but stronger magic books came with their own magical prohibitions. Duke had the authority to open them, but he could only do so one at a time; otherwise, the magic books would trigger prohibitions and self-destruct.

At this moment, Khadgar returned with a blue sphere of light in his hand, inside which was bound a struggling, screaming soul.

"Hey, my master, it's been more than two months since we last met. How did you wake up and immediately attract this kind of ghostly thing? Even though she's only one-third of a demon's soul, she wasn't easy to handle. Our brothers suffered some minor injuries."

"Wait! You said more than two months? What's the date now?"

"Uh, didn't you say that the Alliance changed the year of the last orc invasion to the Year of the Dark Portal? So, now it's February 10th in the Year 2 of the Dark Portal. Oh, I saw you immersed in your own spiritual world seeking a breakthrough and didn't dare to disturb you! Although your disciples have been looking for you many times."

Duke's face turned green. He didn't expect to have spent more than two months in his spiritual world.

In March, when spring blossoms, he would have to fully devote himself to the orc war and wouldn't have time to practice.

Would he have to endure another year stuck at the Sky Mage level?

Low power meant greater risk!

Duke clenched his teeth, nearly drawing blood from his lips.

Seeing Duke's grim expression, Khadgar also felt a little intimidated. He quickly noticed that Duke's aura was still at the Sky Mage level. Although it was very close to the Morning Star, it hadn't crossed the line.

Had Duke failed in his attempt to reach Morning Star!?

Khadgar couldn't stay calm anymore.

Uh, getting angry was the scariest thing!

Not daring to touch Duke's bad luck, Khadgar hurriedly said, "Uh, master, I'll leave this demon's soul here for you. If you have any frustrations, just roast her soul or something to vent. Or, should I bring the imprisoned demon for you to kill for fun?"

Duke was amused by Khadgar: "Bastard, am I that unreasonable? I can upgrade to Morning Star anytime, but the current situation isn't ideal, so I'm holding back."

"Oh." Khadgar patted his chest, looking relieved.

"Alright, let me see what information this guy has." Duke reached out and used arcane energy to directly absorb one-third of Lady Deathwhisper's soul.

Duke couldn't extract information from the soul, but the system sprite could. By repeatedly reading the Eredar demonic language floating in the shallow layers of the soul, Duke finally found what he was looking for.

Suddenly ecstatic!

"Hahahaha! Hahahahahaha! Antonidas, you old man, you deserve to be tricked by me! Hahahaha!"

Duke 's unrestrained laughter echoed throughout Karazhan.