Before Hilia learned various Ice Magic, she had studied Basic Fireball Skill.
Even now, her Fireball Technique is still only at the beginner level.
Other skills only at beginner mastery include Puppet Storage Skill and Danger Sense [Passive].
But Holy Word Skill and all the Ice Magic she’s learned have reached proficiency—with a long road to mastery ahead.
She had only one magic that ca close to the threshold of mastery—Mage’s Hand.
This Spirit Magic, which she used most often, took more than half a year under Rose’s guidance to get close to mastery, but she still hadn’t stepped fully inside.
"Next, you need to buy the materials I’ve written down for you, to help increase your spell proficiency. The spells you need to improve are Net of Mithril, Ice Shattering Skill, Mage’s Hand, and Crystal Arrow.
"The others—leave them alone... Well, you can practice Holy Word Skill from the Holy Court a bit more. Its Magic System isn’t bad, and it’s worth improving.
"The rest don’t need practice—proficient is enough. Once you reach Tier Three, I’ll teach you a few spells worth grinding to mastery."
"Okay!" Hilia agreed, carefully studying the materials that could help with proficiency.
These materials weren’t for direct consumption—so were for potion-making, others for array construction.
"I don’t know how to make potions..."
"Get soone else to help you."
"Alright."
Hilia imdiately thought of Encore.
But Encore was neither in Star Ash Town nor Southern Border City, so she gave up.
"There should be so skilled pharmacists in Southern Border City—I’ll ask the City Lord."
With that, Hilia turned to the rest of the improvent plan.
"Magic power refinent and magic power concentration improvent— the forr requires array setup and potion consumption, and even... a dicated bath? What’s that?"
Rose answered calmly, "It’s just taking a bath. You put the specially-made potion into the tub, soak for a bit. While soaking, the dicine stimulates your internal magic power, making it more lively. At that ti, you practice ditation—your magic power won’t increase, but it will be refined, making it purer."
"Do I have to take off my clothes?" Hilia asked.
"All of them."
Hilia: "..."
Her perfect cheeks slowly turned red, ending up as bright as a tomato.
She stamred, "I—I think this dicated bath thing is a bit— a bit too aggressive for ."
"Stop whining, you don’t have anything impressive, nothing to see."
Hilia had no idea what Rose ant by "anything impressive," but it definitely wasn’t good.
"You have to soak." Rose’s tone brooked no argunt: "After returning from the deeper layers of the Divine Realm, your magic power concentration is much higher than most mages, but you’ve never properly refined it.
"Your magic power expenditure and spell-casting speed rely wholly on your Magic Staff and Heart of the Magic Puppet. Before you master instant summoning of puppets, you need to improve your magic power refinent—ideally to the point where you can try learning Tier Three Magic."
"Lord Rose, you an, you want to learn Tier Three Magic while I’m still Tier Two?" Hilia blinked, incredulous.
Rose nodded, "Exactly."
"That seems impossible, no matter how you look at it."
Hilia had never heard of anyone learning high-tier magic while still low-tier.
"That’s just your era. Back when I was around, if you didn’t start learning spells early, you wouldn’t even dare go out." Rose said, "Rember those two spells I used to deal with the Blue-winged Hippocampus?"
Hilia nodded, "Those two spells must have been Tier Four magic, right?"
Rose nodded, "They’re Tier Four, but their power was nowhere near what a normal Tier Four Mage could pull off. Otherwise, the Ice Crystal Missile would’ve one-shotted the boss."
Hilia couldn’t help but dream, "What’s the true power of a Tier Four spell like..."
Rose chuckled, "Didn’t you see it before? When your mother Vanessa and the City Lord of Southern Border City fought that heretic."
Hilia shook her head, "I was controlling the array then. I could only sense things through the array, not directly. Plus, their spells were all aid at the heretic. With just the aftershocks, I couldn’t really tell—just knew it was aweso..."
"If you want direct experience, you’ll have to take a hit yourself."
"...Let’s not!"
Rose comnted calmly, "Your current power looks better than a lot of Tier Three Mages, but if you face soone as talented as you—like Benovia—if she doesn’t give you a chance to use scrolls, you may not beat her."
Hilia: "..."
These days, every ti she fought, she’d have her magic puppet take the front line, raining scrolls from the rear like they were free.
Honestly, this money-burning battle style was expensive, but pretty exhilarating.
"The higher the tier, the harder and costlier scrolls are to make—and the longer they take to activate. Past Tier Four, while you’re starting a scroll, your opponent can use ten spells already. You haven’t forgotten how that High Priest tried to use a scroll, only to have snatch it, right?"
Hilia nodded.
She hadn’t forgotten. Before she used scroll tactics, she hadn’t thought much about it, but after she got used to scroll combat, that scene seed terrifying.
"So, improving magic power refinent until you can attempt the next tier of spells is your imdiate training plan. dicated bath—must soak."
Hilia blushed, but in the end didn’t ask the question on her mind.
Let Lord Rose see if he wants to see—nothing to be fussed about... Hilia thought.
But the more she thought, the more embarrassed she felt, so she decided not to think about it. She’d deal with it when it happened!
"The last step is learning new spells and passives... For new spells, just Net of Mithril—hopefully it won’t take too long..."
"For passives... Lord Rose, what passive should I learn?"
"A passive that pairs with Danger Sense: Water Reversal Disperse."
"Water Reversal Disperse?"
Rose nodded, "Yeah, a Water Elent passive spell. It has two effects—first, when you encounter danger, it auto-generates a water spell to slow and repel the attacker. Combined with Danger Sense, it lets you react faster.
"For example, rember that bird you encountered before? With only Danger Sense, you had to stay alert and try several tis to catch it. If you had the Water Reversal Disperse passive, you could repel it, slow it down, or push it back, giving you a chance to use other spells for counterattack."
Hilia asked, "And what’s the other effect?"
"The second effect activates once you reach a nuanced proficiency—it boosts your luck by 1."
"Luck plus one? You can increase luck through magic?" Hilia was stunned. "I thought only the Goddess of Destiny could grant that blessing."
"Of course you can, but requirents are high. Most passives that boost luck need the highest mastery, so their effects fully integrate with your body."
"Does luck 1 have any special effect?"
"Passively triggered—you can find gold coins on the street."
Hilia’s eyes lit up.
"I’m learning it!"
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