The snoring next door sounded again, Fred was sleeping soundly.

Herag heard his snoring and thought of another issue.

Back then, Lune and the others also entered the Abyss Plane. In a sense, it was indeed he who caused Lune's death.

However, now Fred is next door, and there are other third-class wizard apprentices upstairs, but they weren't dragged into the Abyss Plane.

"Compared to last time, aside from my increased power, other conditions shouldn't have changed much. Could it be a matter of space stability?"

Herag pondered for a while and guessed that his power was too weak back then, leading to instability in the surrounding space when connecting to the Abyss Plane, which dragged Lune and the others along.

Herag remembered that back then the surrounding space had boundaries, the area was small, even the Moonlight Forest couldn't be left.

But this time, he was chased by a little black figure for a long distance without encountering a boundary, indicating that this time the space was more stable, so others weren't dragged along.

But these are all Herag's guesses. The specific reasons should be asked from Toad next time.

The commotion from Herag went unnoticed by others, everything seemed normal.

After that night, a peaceful guarding life began.

Moonlight Forest has a protective barrier, it is very safe, and Herag and the others are quite bored daily.

Herag spends most of his time on the spell model of Great Dark Heaven, constantly understanding its principles and studying the various structures of the spell model.

Half a year later.

"Herag Merlin: Power 9.7, Agility 9.3, Constitution 12.1, Spirit 24.3, Magic Power 100%."

"Reached the gene limit, unable to continue enhancing."

In Herag's mind, fifteen stars twinkled, and the second array map had lit up five points, with ten remaining points.

After completing the meditation of the last star, Herag's spiritual power reached 24.3, far exceeding the minimum requirement for wizard ascension.

All body data has reached the limit and cannot be improved further.

Since the task of guarding Moonlight Forest ended, Herag hasn't been assigned any other tasks.

The conflict between Moonlight Forest and Green Cottage has completely subsided, with no more large-scale battles occurring between them.

At least, conflicts at the level of official wizards have stopped, though disputes among wizard apprentices are still common.

Herag spent a few days getting himself into the best condition, then took Ancient Magic Potion and Amanda's Potion to Larry's house.

He planned to complete the ascension there, with Larry overseeing things to prevent unexpected incidents during the ascension.

The small house in the Northern Forest Region seemed not safe enough to him.

"You came?" Larry personally opened the door and took Herag to the eighth floor.

The eighth floor was very spacious and neat, with no sense of chaos.

Larry took out a string of golden keys and opened a heavy door that required some effort to push.

He told Herag, "This is my meditation room, the walls and door are made of special materials. You can complete the ascension in peace here."

"Thank you, teacher!" Herag took a deep breath, feeling a bit nervous now that the moment had arrived.

Larry patted Herag's shoulder, "It's fine, you're only seventeen, and your spiritual power is very good. Just trust what I say, keep your mindset stable, believe in yourself."

Herag nodded, took out Ancient Magic Potion and Amanda's Potion, and entered the meditation room.

Once inside, the door slowly closed, sealing off all external noises.

The meditation room was completely empty, without even a table or chair, just a bare room.

Herag took out Ancient Magic Potion and said to Shenlan, "Shenlan, start monitoring my body status continuously."

"Task archived, execution in progress."

A 3D human model appeared in Herag's vision, surrounded by various parameters, making his body status clear.

Official wizard ascension first requires drinking Ancient Magic Potion, then breaking one's own limits. After successfully breaking through, quickly complete the construction of a level 1 spell model, solidifying it as a personal talent spell, then stabilizing spiritual power completes the ascension.

If unable to break through limits, Amanda's Potion must be used to burn lifespan in exchange for stimulating body potential and aiding in breakthroughs.

This is why ascension should occur before age 18, as aging reduces available lifespan for burning, possibly leading to death without achieving breakthrough.

At only seventeen, Herag could only drink three doses of Amanda's Potion at most.

Drinking more would lead to death by burning through lifespan.

Herag opened the stopper of Ancient Magic Potion and inhaled the fragrance, then drank it all in one go.

The taste of Ancient Magic Potion was much better than Herag expected, sweet without stimulus, the best taste among potions he tasted.

Lack of stimulus indicates good potion stability, it requires stable properties for such effects.

Ancient Magic Potion results from generations of wizard development and improvement, achieving today's stable state.

Once ingested, Ancient Magic Potion quickly spread through the bloodstream to all parts of the body.

As the potion spread throughout, its properties penetrated every cell.

"Warning! 20% of cells in the body are entering a decline state."

"Warning! 30% of cells in the body are entering a decline state."

"Warning! 40% of cells in the body are entering a decline state."

...

As Ancient Magic Potion exerted its effects, Shenlan continuously issued warning messages.

Herag monitored his status, noticing half of the cells were declining without signs of breakthrough.

Without hesitation, he drank a dose of Amanda's Potion.

After ingesting Amanda's Potion, Shenlan reported: "Cells throughout the body are accelerating division, division times are reducing."

Herag knew this indicated a limit to cell division, accelerated division meant reduced lifespan.

"Warning! 20% of body cells are entering an unknown state, use magic power to forcibly stop?" Shenlan issued another warning.

Herag knew ascension had started, replied immediately: "Don't stop."

"Warning! 40% of body cells entering unknown state."

"Warning, 40% of body's cells gene structure is changing, result unknown."

...

"Not enough, still not enough."

Herag shook his head, as the ascension process stalled at 40%, risking failure.

If ascension failed, he would find it difficult to become an official wizard again.

He took another dose of Amanda's Potion and drank it immediately.

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