Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys

Chapter 1134: Chapter 389: Puppets and Demon Statues (Part 2)

Alicia glanced at the two with her beautiful eyes, thinking to herself, ’Looks like our young and pretty junior sister seems to have quite the liking for the new junior Reinhardt.’

’But big sister won’t necessarily let you have your way.’

When Rein inserted the small energy device into the slot on the back of the puppet, he began to use the Activation Technique.

"Activation Technique!" Rein intentionally controlled the casting speed of the Level 4 Activation Technique.

As he softly chanted the spell and pointed his finger, the tall Angry Hammer Battle Puppet’s body slightly moved, but since Rein hadn’t issued any specific commands, the puppet stayed where it was.

However, what surprised Rein a little was that if previously the Activation Technique used on the metal dummy consumed one unit of spiritual power, now with this Intermediate Battle Puppet, the consumption had suddenly surged to about ten units.

Note that previously, the Initial Level Battle Puppet—the Iron Plate Battle Puppet, the Activation Technique’s spiritual power consumption was roughly about three units.

"No wonder, in the Activation Technique’s notes there is the line—’... The duration and spiritual power consumption of the casting depend on the complexity and size of the casting target.’" Rein thought to himself.

"It seems then, for a First Level Wizard in the fogging stage, even in the late stage, the number of intermediate battle puppets that can be controlled simultaneously shouldn’t be too many, three or four should be the limit." Rein mused.

Additionally, Rein also discovered that the connection between his mental sea and the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet was even more complex than before with the initial level puppet.

It was as if a new game controller had appeared in his mind, where previously there was only one button, now besides the big button for the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet, Rein could also sense a small button next to the big one.

Rein knew that this small button should be linked to the small energy device on the puppet’s body, capable of releasing skill attacks through it.

Just then, a system prompt suddenly sounded:

[You have undertaken complete production learning of the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet, related insights have improved!]

[You have comprehended a new skill—Angry Hammer Battle Puppet]

[Your skill Angry Hammer Battle Puppet has been enhanced, experience +3]

...

Rein was initially slightly stunned, but after a moment, he understood.

For the past few days, he had been engaged in making the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet, and today, he essentially put the last piece of the puzzle in place, naturally mastering the related skills.

"Junior Rein, your Activation Technique is quite proficient, since it’s all done, let’s go to the Training Room." Alicia praised Rein and said.

...

While passing through the corridor, Audrey, Alicia, and the others returned to the office one after another, and manipulated their intermediate battle puppets to move out.

Alicia, being the strongest, controlled two intermediate battle puppets, namely the Sword and Shield Puppet Guard and the Heavy Sword Battle Puppet.

Like the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet, the Heavy Sword Battle Puppet also leaned towards offense, while the Sword and Shield Puppet Guard, as the name suggests, was defensive.

Meanwhile, both Audrey and Joseph were nearly the same, each controlling one Sword and Shield Puppet Guard, plus an Iron Plate Battle Puppet equipped with a shield.

Of course, Rein could certainly do what Audrey did, or even control more puppets.

But as he was currently wearing the ’Concealing Robe’, outwardly exhibiting the strength of an early-stage First Level Wizard, controlling an intermediate battle puppet was almost his limit.

"Boom boom boom!"

The battle puppets were manipulated by everyone, arriving in the open training hall.

"Junior Rein, shall we go first?" Alicia said with a cheerful smile.

"Um... or maybe let me and Rein go first?" At this moment, Joseph suddenly interjected from the side.

He was considering that, obviously, Alicia had the highest strength, and Audrey’s strength had gradually surpassed his since recently.

If Alicia competed with Rein, then he would have to compete with Audrey, but losing always felt less appealing, especially losing to someone newer.

But with the newcomer Rein, Joseph reckoned he could surely win.

"Well... alright." Alicia thought for a moment, feeling it was fine to let Joseph go first.

After all, Joseph was the weakest of the three, which wouldn’t make the new junior Rein feel too much of a gap compared to himself and the others, or even discouraged.

As Rein and Joseph stood in the center of the field, controlling their respective puppets, Joseph spoke with a smile, "Junior Rein, let’s start. If it’s too much, you can concede immediately."

Hearing Joseph’s words, Audrey standing nearby couldn’t help but roll her eyes...

Even though she didn’t know how Rein would win, she was sure Rein definitely wouldn’t lose!

"Alright." Rein nodded with a smile.

"Boom boom boom!"

With a slight movement of Joseph’s mind, the Sword and Shield Puppet Guard holding the sword and shield swiftly charged straight at Rein.

At the same time, the Iron Plate Battle Puppet next to him arced around, attacking towards the side of Rein.

Of course, due to taking a detour, this Iron Plate Battle Puppet wouldn’t attack Rein quickly, but Joseph’s initial double-line control directly exposed his intent.

He was banking on Rein only having one battle puppet at the moment, planning to pincer Rein from front and back.

"Joseph is truly crafty, isn’t this clearly taking advantage of Junior Rein?" Alicia instantly understood Joseph’s plan upon seeing this scene.