hotmtlnovel Chapter 24, Element 2, Earth Element
Chapter 24, Element 2, Earth Element
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"Boss Zhan Kong." Lin Ze quickly stepped forward and greeted him.
"Here you are." Zhan Kong looked Lin Ze up and down, sensing the demonic energy within him that, though restrained, was more than ten times larger and deeper than before. He nodded in satisfaction. "Your aura is very stable. It seems you have truly achieved a perfect breakthrough. Let's go, the awakening ceremony is about to begin."
Zhan Kong led Lin Ze through layers of guards and arrived at a closed hall made of hard obsidian behind the post station.
In the center of the hall stood a huge circular altar. On the altar, a dozen or so Awakening Stones, radiating a strange luster, were neatly arranged.
At this moment, more than a dozen soldiers in military uniforms were already standing in the hall. Some of them were young recruits preparing to awaken their first system, while others, like Lin Ze, were mid-level officers preparing to awaken their second system.
Upon seeing Zhan Kong enter, everyone immediately stood at attention and saluted.
"Alright, don't be shy. I brought you here today so that you can acquire greater power to protect Bo City behind us!" Zhan Kong waved his hand and said loudly.
Then, the awakening ceremony officially began.
The guides began calling soldiers forward one by one according to the list to undergo the awakening process.
"Zhang San, water system!"
"Li Si, Wind type!"
"Wang Wu, fire element! Good lad, he's got potential!"
Watching the people in front of him successfully awaken one by one, some cheering and others looking slightly disappointed, Lin Ze's mood also became somewhat tense and expectant.
He had no idea what his second system would awaken.
In the world of Full-Time Magister, awakening is highly random. Although there are guiding stones to assist, what element one ultimately awakens to largely depends on the mage's own soul traits.
"Next up, Lin Ze!"
The guide shouted out Lin Ze's name.
The hall fell silent instantly. All the officers and soldiers turned their attention to the young high school student who had been personally brought by the Military Intelligence Bureau and assigned to the mid-level awakening batch.
Lin Ze took a deep breath and stepped onto the altar.
Zhan Kong pointed to the largest and most lustrous awakening stone in the center of the altar and said in a low voice, "This is a high-grade awakening stone treasured by the military, with the fewest impurities. Place your hand on it, close your eyes, empty your mind, and feel the new power in your spiritual world."
Lin Ze nodded and gently placed his right hand on the cool awakening stone.
The moment he closed his eyes, Lin Ze's consciousness once again sank into that vast spiritual world.
At the center of his spiritual world, the moon-white summoning nebula composed of forty-nine stars was slowly swirling, radiating a sacred and mysterious light.
As the energy of the Awakening Stone was injected from the outside, Lin Ze felt that in another remote corner of his spiritual world, in a place that was originally dead and silent, a very faint tremor suddenly appeared.
What kind of feeling is that?
It lacks the frenzy and heat of fire, the coldness and piercing chill of ice, and the lightness and restlessness of wind.
Lin Ze's first impression of it was... weighty!
Extremely heavy!
Just like the earth beneath our feet, it has witnessed billions of years of vicissitudes, bearing the birth and death of all things, silent, solid, and unshakable!
As the feeling grew stronger, Lin Ze saw that in that empty corner, wisps of dark brown light, like tiny grains of sand, began to gather.
These brown lights grew more numerous and denser, eventually coalescing in Lin Ze's mental world into a completely new patch of stardust, only the size of a bathtub, yet exuding an extremely calm and composed aura!
Seven dark brown stars floated silently in this stardust.
"This is……"
Lin Ze suddenly opened his eyes.
At the same time, the high-grade awakening stone under his palm suddenly burst out with a dazzling brownish-yellow light! The light was not dazzling, but it gave people an extremely solid and weighty feeling, as if even the gravity in the hall had increased at this moment.
"The brown light... it's earth-type!"
The guide announced the results loudly.
The military mages in the hall murmured amongst themselves. In the army, earth mages were extremely sought-after; they were the strongest shields for building defenses and protecting their comrades.
"Earth element..."
Zhan Kong gazed at the rich brown light emanating from the Awakening Stone, stroked his chin, and a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes: "Not bad! Very good! You're really lucky, kid. It's like someone handed you a pillow just when you're about to fall asleep!"
Lin Ze withdrew his hand, looked at his palm, and felt the newly formed earth-elemental stardust in his spiritual world. He couldn't help but smile with extreme satisfaction.
He certainly knew why Zhan Kong said it was right.
For a summoning mage, awakening the earth element is simply the perfect god-level puzzle piece!
Why?
Because earth magic is an extremely versatile magic system with exceptional survivability!
Lin Ze quickly recalled his knowledge of earth magic.
Earth-type beginner magic, Earth Wave!
Don't underestimate this basic spell. While it has no offensive power, it can alter the terrain, allowing the caster to move and glide quickly through mud and rocks. For Lin Ze, who lacks mobility skills, this is practically a godsend!
With [Ground Wave], he can move around as nimbly as a loach when encountering danger in the wild, dodging attacks from demons or creating distance so that his summoned beasts can deal damage.
Earth-type mid-tier magic, Rock Barrier!
This is widely recognized as one of the strongest mid-tier group defensive spells in the world of Full-Time Magister!
Once Lin Ze cultivates his earth element to the intermediate level, he will be able to summon an indestructible rock barrier in front of him. At that time, even if a demon breaks through Dimo and the Storm Bird's defenses and rushes towards him, it will have to break a few teeth before it can break through the [Rock Barrier]'s defense.
At higher levels, earth magic will experience a qualitative leap, awakening terrifying skills such as [Rock Demon's Eye], which combine large-area AOE damage and petrification control!
Beginner level has mobility, intermediate level has defense, and advanced level has output and control!
It can be said that the awakening of the earth element completely made up for Lin Ze's fatal weakness as a summoning mage: "fragile body and lack of self-protection ability"!
From this day forward, Lin Ze will no longer be a fragile mage who can only hide behind summoned beasts and tremble in fear.
With the Storm Bird controlling the airspace and Dimo charging ahead, he himself, treading on the Ground Wave and wielding the Rock Barrier, could attack or defend, transforming into a true mobile war fortress!
"Boss Zhan Kong, thank you for your kind words. I am very satisfied with this second department!" Lin Ze turned his head and looked at Zhan Kong, his eyes shining with confidence.
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