Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

Chapter 39 Star Well

Ian looked at the vast starry sky and the dark space in front of him, devoid of anything.

Looking at the twinkling star far away in his vision, he was sure this was outer space or the void.

Just when he was confused, an ancient voice suddenly sounded directly in his mind.

"Oh? Another wandering thought?"

Ian jerked at the sudden voice and tried to locate its source but couldn't. Only then did he realize he was in an incorporeal form, not with his body but with his thoughts or mind.

"Ah, so you have the Bronze token. Kid, your time is running out. Look down at the Starwell and think of what you want. Don't be specific."

The voice didn't care what he thought, it just directed him and disappeared silently into the endless void.

After hearing the instructions, Ian looked down and saw a large void tunnel filled with stars with no end in sight.

As there was no edge or depth in sight, he couldn't fathom why this was called a Starwell.

By now, he also noticed an incorporeal hourglass beside him, where half of the sand was already poured out.

So, without thinking much, he first thanked the unknown entity and thought of something related to Wizardry that could help him.

After all, the voice said not to be specific.

As Ian's thoughts emerged, the ancient Starwell fluctuated gently, and a tiny star suddenly shot out from below, merging into his thoughts.

Ian suddenly felt a trance as if his mind was sublimated by an unknown substance forcefully, and by the time he woke up, he was already in the training room.

'What happened?'

Ian looked at his empty hand where the Bronze token was in surprise.

[Ding!]

[You used the one-time Bronze Starwell token.]

[You used 50 luck points randomly.]

[Congratulations! You have received a reward: Increased comprehension. Your wizard qualification has been improved.]

[Since your destiny is a passerby villain, you cannot enter the Starwell with a Bronze token again.]

'Oh? My comprehension has increased?'

Ian thought in surprise, becoming very happy.

Unlike a Knight, who focused on the body, a Wizard was mostly about mental power.

So, if someone had a high comprehension value, their qualification for Wizardry would be good.

Of course, the degree of affinity to elements was a major factor in determining Wizard qualification, but comprehension was also a determining factor.

This was because every Wizard had to meditate and visualize their anchor point to increase their realm, and comprehension could help speed up this process.

'Let's meditate and try to see how much it increased.'

He remembered that it almost took him a whole night just to visualize the complex structure when he was meditating for the first time at the Ashen Sanctum.

After Ian calmed his thoughts, he took out the mana nectar he stole from the Honeyfang Butterfly and ate it in a big mouthful until he couldn't eat more.

Suddenly, his body began to fill with rich mana, just like the Life Energy he absorbed from the Ethereal crystal earlier.

As Ian began to visualize the complex structure recorded in the Veilstrider Mind meditation method, the mana started to siphon toward his consciousness automatically, while his Life Seed was also absorbing it slowly just like in the Ashen Sanctum.

After getting lost in meditation for a while, suddenly, Ian saw the same complex pattern he saw when becoming a First-Class Wizard Apprentice.

The only difference this time was that the picture was more clear, and the anchor was getting more solid as his comprehension increased.

He still couldn't see the whole structure, but he recognized the pattern he had visualized making him bewildered.

It was a cocoon.

Yes, a large shimmering cocoon gestating in his mind like a slumbering beast silently waiting for its return.

Ian was dumbfounded by the discovery, became agitated, and his thoughts went haywire as he almost got backlashed.

"Ugh..."

Extreme headache threw him out of the meditation state.

Fortunately, just when he was almost injured, he felt a warm current of strange power rushing from his dantian to his mind, stabilizing him in time.

"Hah..."

He breathed deeply after his mind became relatively calm. Only then could he think about the other things that had happened to him.

'They complement each other.'

He realized after getting help from his Life Seed, just like it got help from his mental power.

It was as if they were in sync, keeping an eye on each other.

"Hah... Ha..."

After stabilizing his mind, Ian breathed heavily as, although he was fine, his state was still not good right now to meditate again.

"Almost messed up!"

He had lingering fear as what Wizards feared the most was backlash during meditation.

"Fortunately, I was lucky."

He then looked at his Life Seed in his dantian that was still rotating slowly, absorbing residual mana left behind by the mana nectar he ate.

Since he was already at the Tier 3 High Knight realm, it didn't shrivel like before; it just dimmed a bit.

"What was that cocoon?"

After the increase in his comprehension value, he finally saw the part of the structure he had visualized. However, he never thought that it was a cocoon.

He thought the things he visualized would be like stars, moon, or fire—anything related to nature, as that's how it worked as far as he knew.

For example, protagonist Carl visualized the stars and used the Stellar Ascendance Meditation method, which has a higher starting point than other methods.

As for the lower meditation methods, they used specific natural elements such as mountains, rivers, etc., as visualization starting objects and anchor points.

For example, the Harmony meditation method he found in the library allowed one to visualize a calm pond as an anchor and a starting point.

As you get stronger, you could always convert it into the sea, but it would get difficult since your starting point was too low.

"Let's hope it is something amazing."

Ian could only hope for the best now and had no idea of changing the meditation method.

He then looked outside, which was already a dark night, and went towards his room to catch up on sleep. After the backlash, he was feeling groggy and needed sleep very much.

"Early morning tomorrow, let's go north. It is time to clean the rats."