Super Righteous Player
Chapter 299 - 297 Clarence_1

Chapter 299: Chapter 297 Clarence_1

"——Some are saying, Uncle Old Goose is in for it this time."

"——Does this count as releasing the main storyline in advance?"

"——Delicious Wind Goose: I was extremely afraid at that moment."

"——Does Uncle Goose need support? We’re also in Tars County, we can get there in just one day."

...Maybe let’s not.

Old Goose wasn’t preparing for a fight. He was planning a stealth mission... Your presence would only add to the chaos, don’t accidentally blow Old Goose’s cover.

Dragon Well Tea saw the barrage of comments and smirked.

He casually and politely replied:

"——Wait for Old Goose to ask for support before going over, if you want to watch the drama, stay away."

Dragon Well Tea sighed helplessly and closed the book.

It was getting dark... I should go downstairs and get a new book to read.

He had been sitting in the library, reading all day long.

After realizing he had a learning assist plugin... Dragon Well Tea had opened the forum and started a livestream while copying Spells.

——Even if they didn’t watch, just having some background noise was good.

When he was young, he liked to have the TV on while doing homework.

Dragon Well Tea was the type who worked more efficiently with some activity in the environment.

"What are you doing? You’re called... Dragon Well Tea, right?"

A cheerful voice rang out behind Dragon Well Tea: "You’re still reading at this late hour, you’re really studious."

"Teacher Clarence."

At the sound, Dragon Well Tea immediately stood up and hugged his arms in front of him. He slightly bowed to the person behind him, offering a student’s salute.

This was an etiquette that students burdened with books and materials could still perform.

The person behind Dragon Well Tea was a young man with a gentle demeanor and a lean build.

He wore light, thin, round-framed glasses and was draped in a thick shawl made of a dark red fabric of indeterminate material, wearing a long red robe. Apart from the color being off, he looked like an oversized Harry Potter.

Clarence was also a mentor at Heath Tower of Black. He was due to teach the last class of the month just before Dragon Well Tea enrolled, so they had met once a few days ago.

But unexpectedly, several days had passed, and he had not yet left...

Was this voluntary overtime?

Despite his outwardly gentle persona, Clarence was actually a mentor of the Soul Snatching School.

After the defection of the previous mentor of Soul Snatching School, Clarence, who had once been a student, had recently taken over as mentor.

Seeing the steel-covered spell book on Dragon Well Tea’s table, Clarence looked surprised: "The ’Treatise on Decree Spells’ is quite difficult, isn’t it?

"Are you constructing Spells?"

Clarence said apologetically, "Did I disturb you?"

"No, not at all."

Dragon Well Tea spoke in a quiet voice, a technique he had mastered in his schooldays to feign being a good child.

With his head bowed and speaking in a polite and docile tone, he replied, "I was just about to leave... I don’t have the permission to take it with me, I was about to go downstairs to get a book to take back with me."

"That’s easy to fix."

Clarence answered cheerfully, "Give me a piece of paper."

As he spoke, he reached out to take a sheet of note paper from Dragon Well Tea and placed it on the table.

He then extended his right hand, which had notably long fingernails on the index and middle fingers, and lightly tapped the sheet of paper on the table.

Only to see the paper as if it melted—changing in an instant into liquid before reassembling into another sheet. The originally blank paper was now covered with text.

Dragon Well Tea watched it clearly.

It was a "Temporary Book Rental Permit."

With his right index finger, Clarence signed his name in the lower right corner. The sound was like a ballpoint pen sliding across a table. His name, branded like a scar, emerged on the paper as if it were a wound.

If there was one characteristic that defined Clarence, it was his carefully groomed four long fingernails on his right hand, excluding the thumb.

These four fingernails were longer than three centimeters but managed to stay uncurled, unyellowed, and maintained a clean, white, and hard appearance.

Dragon Well Tea had heard from Salvatore that Clarence’s fingernails were nurtured with a potion meticulously made from centaur bones and could interfere with prophecy spells and act as quality spellcasting media.

To protect these fingernails, Clarence basically couldn’t do any heavy work, and even writing with a pen was inconvenient—he preferred to use shape-shifting spells to directly reshape the "paper" into a well-preserved template, or as now... to neatly brand the paper where it fit.

Withdrawing his long fingernails that reminded Dragon Well Tea of Freddy, Clarence pushed his glasses up and said gently, "You should take the book with you directly.

"Although there are not many students in the tower who will call upon ’On Decrees,’ it’s still better to be safe than sorry. Because books from the Decree School in the tower are also scarce. If it gets borrowed by a wizard with higher authority, it would be troublesome for you."

"...Thank you, Professor Clarence."

Upon hearing this, Dragon Well Tea grew slightly more serious, thanking him earnestly once again.

Clarence waved his hand: "No trouble at all, this is the least I can do for you. The Black Tower of Marshland doesn’t have any Decree School instructors to help you, so you’ll have to rely on self-study.

"If you happen to meet Professor Karl, you could ask him about constructing a Cycle. Although he doesn’t specialize in the Decree School, he is the only great wizard here who has mastered Decree spells. If all else fails..."

As he said this, he couldn’t help but smile, "Then study ’Reveal True Name.’ It’s always right to learn this spell, sooner or later you have to. With this, they’ll cut you some slack during the exams too."

"’Reveal True Name,’ huh..."

"Yes, this is a common spell used to verify true names, almost as frequently used as the transmutation spell that converts ’wind-water’ to produce clean drinking water. The jade pieces created by this spell are required by some high-end clubs’ security or when signing contracts."

At this point, Clarence shrugged, "Of course, it’s still better to set up a Cycle. Generally, even when Decree wizards reach the bronze level, they hardly have any combat power... They all rest or work in the Wizard’s Tower until they reach the silver level before going out."

...Are all the students from this school medical students?

The kind that must have at least a master’s degree and still need several years of internship...

Dragon Well Tea complained inwardly.

But since instructors are so hard to come by, lucky to meet Instructor Clarence, Dragon Well Tea asked, "Professor Clarence, if I do not aspire to fight alone... do you have any spells to recommend?"

"...Not aspiring to fight alone, what do you mean?"

"Well, professor, I had a few good companions before I entered the Black Tower of Marshland. They are all capable transcendent beings, and I wanted to lend them a hand, which is why I am learning Decree spells. It was also my chance to be brought here by senior Salvatore."

Dragon Well Tea recounted the process of being invited to the Foggy Continent in terms that Clarence could understand.

The first time he met Clarence, he had been warned by Salvatore—not to attempt lying in front of a Soul Reaping wizard. They were not only very sensitive to lies themselves but also pointless to lie to, as Soul Reaping wizards could see emotions.

Some experienced Soul Reaping wizards could even flick their eyes or click their tongues to turn on and off their ability to read minds at any moment.

So what Dragon Well Tea said was also true... just not entirely.

Hearing his inquiry, Clarence frowned slightly, "Helping companions, eh? Let me think..."

"I want to learn ’Emergency Evasion,’ what do you think?"

"Yes, that’s a good one."

To Dragon Well Tea’s surprise, Clarence nodded in agreement and pointed to the book "On Decrees," "Actually, this book is a bit old, and you don’t have to believe everything it says about certain spells. The latest view is that ’Emergency Evasion’ is a very good emergency spell.

"Because when faced with complicated dangers, many people wouldn’t know whether to dodge left or right, which could make them freeze on the spot and waste time. An attack that could have been avoided might hit them instead.

"It’s better to develop a habit of immediately casting ’Emergency Evasion’ on yourself whenever danger strikes. Traditional thinking would argue that, because you don’t know your position or condition after dodging, you might get trapped after using the spell... but if you consider that your opponent has likely planned their attack, then if you don’t know where you’ll dodge, the enemy knows even less. So, all things considered, it’s actually a pretty good spell."

Dragon Well Tea nodded repeatedly, quickly grasping the concept.

In simple terms, it was about converting the dodging method involving directional keys plus rolling or jumping into a single "dodge key," which you could press to dodge.

That indeed seemed quite convenient.

If only bullet time could be added while dodging, it would be even better...