Warlock Apprentice

“Why am I getting the feeling that I always ran into this Fox Master…” Angor thought.

He had one night of good sleep, then prepared to head toward the tower with Toby in the morn.

When he opened the garden door, he saw Dave leaning against a small stone lump nearby. Dave was thinking about something with his arms crossed. Also, Dave was blushing as if he was having some kind of happy dream.

Angor removed his hood and approached Dave.

“Hey, Dave?” Angor said, wondering what was going on.

Dave heard his name being called with a start. When he saw who it was, he greeted Angor in an uneasy manner.

“What are you up to, your face’s all red,” Angor spoke.

The waiting phase was about to end. Angor began to admire Fox Master a little, for remaining silent while waiting. This was a rare sight in Sky Tower.

When the match began, Fox Master still had his eyes closed, but he already began to trigger his mana and prepared to attack first. Fox knew how Baron Milk fought before. He watched Baron’s match against Selena yesterday.

Fox Master knew he was weaker than Selena. Still, he was confident he could win this time.

Selena’s defeat was still a mystery. People guessed that when Selena reached Baron Milk, she was blasted away by some kind of secret skill or alchemy item.

As a Summoner, Fox Master did not have to get close to his opponents. For this, he believed that he could avoid whatever happened to Selena by keeping his distance, which meant he could seize the victory in the end.

To make sure, he also summoned the true body of Blood Vixen this time instead of the shadow he used before. A tiny white fox smaller than a meter rushed toward Baron Milk under Fox’s command.

His plan was obvious. Fox Master was going to keep Baron Milk busy with his Blood Vixen and cast spells to take Baron Milk down from somewhere safe.

This was a common tactic for Summoners. This way, they could quickly learn about the strengths of their opponents. If their enemies proved to be too strong, they could simply surrender without going into a head-on fight. Otherwise, they could slowly wear their opponent down while staying at a safe distance.

Such a tactic appeared similar to Angor’s. Or, it was more effective.

When the Blood Vixen came at him, instead of casting an Ice Wall like how he always did at first, Angor applied Frost to the ground to slow the creature down. Next, he used his “simplified version” of Dust Removal, a cantrip he created called Dust.

Dirt and frost shards on the ground were blown into the air. Wind, water and earth elements somewhat co-existed in harmony and created a strange, misty effect.

“A composite cantrip that creates a mist. Interesting.” Baroque was also watching Angor’s battle. He gave Angor a look of approval when he saw the kid creating mist on the stage by combining two low-level cantrips.

There were many cantrips with such an effect. However, few of them were level-0, and many of them required their users to be skilled at a certain attribute. For example, apprentices adept at Darkness could easily learn a level-0 cantrip called Dark Mist, while other apprentices needed a long time to study the cantrip and would waste a lot of effort.

Now, Angor created a weaker mist effect by using two level-0 cantrips at the same time. It might not do much good, but his idea was brilliant.

“It was Frost and… something that creates dust clouds. A new element combination for an existing cantrip maybe?” Baroque pondered and began to admire Angor more and more. Composite cantrips and rearranging element combinations were both essential traits for entering “the path”. If Angor figured everything out on his own…

Baroque realized why Sunders took him in as a pupil.

Baroque thought he figured out the true reason for Sunders to pick a student. What he did not know was that even Sunders himself was quite surprised by Angor’s growth.

Now, on the arena, Angor was planning to do something special in the mist.