I’m not Goblin Slayer Chapter 080

“So, Gauss, you want to practice defensive spells, right?” Lawrence’s face lit up with surprise.

“Yes.”

Gauss’s purpose in coming here was for mutual training among members. He had originally intended to come to this town and spend some money to hire others, but now that he had free options, it was naturally better.

The improvement of his Mage Armor required collecting a large amount of feedback from being hit, and the types needed to be as diverse as possible. After he gained magic resistance, the 1st-level Mage Armor seemed to exhibit a certain resistance to magic. He guessed it should be able to resist the attack effects of other 0-level cantrips.

And this spellcaster mutual aid association was undoubtedly his best training ground. Here, he could collect enough data information and continuously deepen his understanding of the resonance between magic power and Mage Armor through various exercises.

“Shall we start?” Lawrence pulled Gauss to a training room.

Although the building looked ordinary from the outside, its internal layout was quite particular, especially inside the training room. Powerful spell traces could be clearly seen on the surrounding walls. Such spell effects were clearly not something a spellcaster apprentice could use.

There were also professional-level spellcasters behind the association.

“The cantrip I master is Chill Touch.” Lawrence introduced himself.

In their mutual aid association, defensive apprentices were the most popular. Before other members arrived, he naturally wanted to pull Gauss aside and train enough.

Chill Touch? Gauss glanced at Lawrence. He didn’t expect this young man with thick eyebrows and a righteous demeanor to have a necromancy cantrip as his core skill, which was somewhat of a contrast.

“Let me feel it first.”

Gauss activated Mage Armor. The next moment, an invisible protective force field condensed around him. Upon closer inspection, there was a faint, glowing light blue sheen at the bottom of the protective force, which was his innate magic resistance.

It seemed to have a special effect on the original Mage Armor.

Lawrence nodded. The next moment, he extended his right hand. As he closed his eyes and concentrated, a ghostly hand in the form of a pale green skeleton slowly appeared in front of him a second later.

The moment the ghostly hand appeared, Gauss felt a chilling sensation as if he were in a tomb, but it only lasted for an instant. His magic resistance seemed to have removed this negative effect for him.

Lawrence watched Gauss’s unperturbed expression from beginning to end and secretly nodded in approval.

No wonder he got Ms. Andreni’s letter of introduction. His strength and psychological quality were indeed stronger than most spellcaster apprentices.

Although his 0-level cantrip, Chill Touch, looked unassuming, most apprentices would shiver when they first encountered it up close due to the eerie chill it brought. This was the psychological pressure from a necromancy cantrip.

“Let’s start the formal training.”

As the initial test, the pale green skeletal ghostly hand cautiously touched the area around Gauss’s Mage Armor.

Although called Chill Touch, this necromancy cantrip was essentially negative energy erosion. The original Mage Armor would likely have difficulty fending it off.

However, with magic resistance, it presented a different effect.

After a brief contact, the Mage Armor quickly rippled, but with the unique resistance emanating from Gauss’s body, it eventually stabilized.

A bit weak? Gauss shivered after being chilled by the Chill Touch the moment it made contact, and then there were no other negative reactions.

At the same time, he felt that his magic power seemed to become active again after this attack, and the resonance effect with Mage Armor reappeared!

“Please don’t stop.”

Lawrence, who was initially surprised and somewhat disappointed to see Gauss completely unresponsive, heard Gauss’s words and continued to attack him.

Ghostly claw attacks continuously clawed at Gauss. Ripples constantly spread across the Mage Armor, resisting the erosion of the ghostly claws.

Thus, Gauss remained in a state of alternating cold outside his body and warm currents inside.

In this hot and cold alternation, his personal characteristic version of Mage Armor slowly became tougher.

“Mage Armor proficiency + 1”

“Mage Armor lv 3 ( 0/50)”

Finally, at a certain moment, text flashed before Gauss’s eyes.

Mage Armor successfully broke through to lv 3.

On his body, Mage Armor seemed to have strengthened slightly, and a special magic resistance plating accompanied its formation.

Gauss, who was firmly protected within the armor, felt the thick defense enveloping him.

At this moment, he also understood the meaning of a 1st-level spell reaching lv 3.

Unlike 0-level cantrips reaching lv 3 proficiency, a 1st-level spell at lv 3 proficiency meant forming a unique personal style.

The same spell, in different hands, would show subtle differences in effect. And when you have a deep enough understanding of the spell and continuously explore it, you will eventually form your personalized spell.

The spell at this moment was already a variant version based on the original, and it might even evolve into a new spell.

Gauss closed his eyes.

Feeling the Mage Armor entering a new stage, he already understood its changes.

Deeply integrated with the power of magic resistance, the original Mage Armor began to evolve towards the direction of “omnipotent armor.”

Of course, “omnipotent” here was just a concept. In fact, it was impossible to achieve omnipotence in a short time, as there were countless types of attack methods in the world.

Moreover, it was also closely related to many factors, such as magic power intensity, strength of magic resistance, Mage Armor skill proficiency, and so on.

Achieving the ultimate form of omnidirectional defense was still a long evolutionary process.

But the unique “Mage Armor” at this moment undoubtedly possessed stronger growth and adaptability. In the future, it might be able to add other abilities, just like this time it “added” magic resistance.

Perhaps as a core skill, it was not just simple armor!

Gauss opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.

Lawrence was already sitting on the ground, exhausted of his magic power.

Looking at the still radiant Gauss, he secretly clicked his tongue, unable to help but sigh that he was indeed a freak introduced by Ms. Andreni, terrifyingly strong.

He felt as if he was not facing a fellow spellcaster apprentice, but rather a professional spellcaster.

“You worked hard.” Gauss pulled him up from the ground and helped him to a nearby chair.

“Are you really at the apprentice stage?” Lawrence’s shock was still hard to calm, and he asked.

“Otherwise? If I were already a professional, what would I be doing training here?” Gauss smiled back.

That’s true…

Lawrence looked at Gauss’s relaxed expression.

He felt increasingly powerless. Encountering a talented peer, he tried his best but couldn’t shake him.

“Does anyone else have plans today?”

Gauss still wanted to practice with others.

His Mage Armor had entered lv 3, but there was still some distance before magic power and Mage Armor finally achieved resonance. He still needed to collect a large amount of different feedback from being hit.

Essentially, this was also mutual practice; there was no such thing as one being the other’s sparring partner.

“Yes, yes.” Lawrence rested for a moment. “I’ll go call someone later.”

Being “reminded” by Gauss, he also recovered.

He just didn’t believe it.

Was Gauss really that strong?

After calming down, he felt that his necromancy cantrip might have just been countered by the opponent; otherwise, there was no reason for the opponent to have no reaction at all on the first encounter.

If it were other cantrips, perhaps his defense would not be so effective.