This Wizard is So Unscientific!

Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Steam Knight: Hilor!_1 Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Steam Knight: Hilor!_1 The house never did see a steam train burst forth.

What emerged was a tall woman with fair skin, blue pupils, and long blue curly hair, exuding an air of cold indifference.

Even clad in silver armor, it could not suppress her devil-like figure.

In an instant, the gaze of over twenty people in the hall gathered upon her.

The beloved protégé of Count Ramore, a Steam Knight with immense Transcendent Talent and who had completed the Steam Upgrade—Hilor!

She was also Carlos’s sister.

Feeling something, Hilor looked towards a corner of the crowd.

There stood an ordinary-looking young Wizard.

Sixteen years old!

Wizard!

Low level!

Seemingly ordinary and frail!

Ruthless!

A series of words sprang to mind in Hilor’s thoughts.

Add to that the fact that Carlos, who was normally fearless, looked unusually docile in front of this young Wizard.

The image in her memory gradually overlaid with the youth before her.

“Although I don’t know how he got in,”

“indeed, as Carlos said,”

“this Wizard called Tuck always manages to astonish you with some unfathomable move, just when you think things will come to a mundane end, leaving you gobsmacked!”

“Hmm… It seems it will be necessary to get to know this Wizard Tuck better after all this is over,” Hilor thought.

Meanwhile, Tuck was experiencing his first close contact with the Steam Sequence, equally shaken by it.

The powerful Steam Sequence roared incessantly deep within the Steam Space; Sequential engines throbbed with life as Origin Energy Steam sprayed forth.

Her entire body was enveloped in powerful and resilient veins, filled with Steam Origin Energy.

So much so that this strength had even begun to seep out, forming a “Steam Origin Armor” around her body.

Tuck wondered if his Bullet Tentacles could pierce through her naturally-formed “Steam Origin Armor.”

“Could my basic spells possibly not even penetrate her defenses?” he thought, taking a deep breath.

“The Steam Sequence, this is the version’s answer indeed!” Tuck exclaimed internally.

As Tuck was contemplating,

Hilor and two others, who were clearly top elites of the High Tower and possibly even geniuses among Transcendents, crossed the hall and left directly.

The people in the hall immediately launched into heated discussions.

“Hilor, oh, Hilor!”

“It is said that in recent sparring sessions at the St. Land Transcendent Academy, Hilor was on par with a few of the top Steam Geniuses from St. Land.”

“You have to understand that St. Land is where all the Transcendent Geniuses from Dark Curtain Province gather.”

“For our Ramore City-State to give birth to such a genius is truly a rare occurrence,” they chattered.

“Of course, if not, why would Lord Count Ramore take such interest in nurturing Hilor?”

“Even, I heard that this time the Demon King’s Tomb was excavated by Hilor. Currently, she is also one of the major figures in charge of this tomb’s exploration,” people whispered among themselves.

Carlos, on the side, curled his lips in disdain.

“That was obviously me… and Tuck who dug that out together,” he muttered.

When he turned around, he saw Tuck with an indifferent expression on his face.

As if the Demon King’s Tomb had nothing to do with him.

“Tuck, is he your friend?” Armanti approached and asked.

By this time, Armanti had dispelled the Undead Grey Fog, revealing her actual face.

She looked about fourteen or fifteen, with freckles still dotting her face.

Just as Tuck had assessed, she was yet to blossom.

Following Hilor’s appearance and departure,

Carlos slowly began to attract the attention of many.

Feeling the gazes gradually turning towards him,

Tuck glanced at Carlos and responded nonchalantly, “We cooperated once on an adventure, not close!”

Carlos got the hint, “I’ll buy you a drink when I get the chance, so long!”

Then he left on his own, with a voice that was clearly perfunctory.

“Do you know who he is?”

Once Carlos was gone, Armanti lowered her voice.

“Something Kash… I can’t quite remember,” Tuck pondered, then shook his head.

“It’s Carlos, he’s Hilor’s brother,”

“That Steam Knight, the icy beauty!”

Armanti said, glancing furtively in the direction Hilor had left.

The envy was well-hidden, but could not escape Tuck’s Insight.

Although she was not young, the slow growth trait of her Undead witchcraft left her in the midst of puberty during the years a woman cares most about beauty.

All she could do was shroud herself in Undead Grey Fog, concealing the distress on her body.

“Oh! So that’s who he is,” Tuck replied absentmindedly.

The arrival of the Steam Knight Hilor caused a small ripple that quickly dissipated after rising.

Soon, the two found themselves on the fringes of the crowd, where no one paid them any attention.

When he felt that no one was watching him,

Tuck slightly tugged on Armanti’s sleeve.

“Let’s go to the baptism chamber first!”

Armanti thought it over and, finding no pressing matters at hand, nodded in agreement.

They climbed the stone stairway, step by step.

“System!”

A pale blue system panel appeared before Tuck’s eyes.

[Demon King, Dungeon Seal]

Origin Energy Experience: 5.8 experience/hour.

[Special Resources]

Talent Fragments: 7.2 fragments/day.

He clicked to view the details of the Talent Fragments.

Quantity: 89 units.

During this period, Tuck had been diligent in learning and practicing, not paying much attention to the number of Talent Fragments.

However, this time he entered the Steam Origin Energy Tower, which possessed the power of the Transcendent Origin.

It was highly likely that he would obtain Talent Fragments during the baptism process.

Tuck needed to confirm the quantity.

This would also help to ascertain the specific effects of the System’s [Super Growth] ability.

As for Origin Energy Experience,

Being here was for the purpose of receiving an Origin Energy baptism, so how could he not gain Origin Energy experience?

In this period, Tuck had invested all his Origin Energy Experience into the powerful Two-star Wizardry “Sculpting Light Spear.”

And the results were outstanding indeed.

[Sculpting Light Spear]

had been elevated to Level 19.

At the same time, the speed of response and condensation of “Sculpting Light Spear” was improved by Tuck to an astonishing degree.

In terms of power,

Tuck followed the principle that great force yields miraculous results.

He maxed out the piercing attribute of the “Sculpting Light Spear,” which held the “Assault” attribute.

Very soon,

at the end of a tightly guarded corridor in the High Tower,

they submitted their Baptism Certificate Scrolls.

The middle-aged man, a Transcendent of the [Scholar] Sequence, scrutinized the certificate repeatedly and even looked over Tuck’s several times, while also verifying with Armanti.

Upon confirming there were no issues, he finally allowed Tuck to pass through.

“It’s just oozing distrust!” Tuck whispered, having passed the inspection.

Armanti covered her mouth and laughed softly.

“There was a baptism mix-up before, someone snuck in with a fake certificate.”

“They even completed the baptism and by the time it was discovered, that person had run off to St. Land.”

“That fiasco left the higher-ups of Ramore Tower quite red-faced.”

“Since then, the security for High Tower baptisms became incredibly strict.”

“Apparently, that guy who sneaked into the Ramore Tower for a baptism, whenever he meets a Transcendent from Ramore who is out and about, uses it to mock Ramore,” she explained.

As they entered the Steam Origin Energy Baptism Pool of the High Tower,

both of their expressions grew serious.

Cubicles were spaced out in every corner,

where the baptised could choose their preferred spots.

The area was filled with a strong presence of Origin Energy,

but it hadn’t reached the critical point of [Super Growth].

As he searched for the ideal spot, Tuck’s “Precision Vision” talent was fully unleashed at this moment.

Transcendent Origin Energy!

An immense amount of Transcendent Origin Energy was stockpiled in the deeper dimensions.

Tuck could not truly see the specific location where the High Tower’s Steam gathered the vast quantities of Transcendent Origin Energy.

Nevertheless,

Tuck could hear the surging sounds of the Origin Energy tide.

He repeatedly observed the surroundings.

Not until he found a suitable spot did Tuck finally stop looking.

Even then, he was never able to truly find that deep dimensional sea of Transcendent Origin Energy.

Tuck inwardly lamented the missed opportunity.

“It looks like… the idea of sneaking in to steal some experience beforehand has fallen through,” he thought.

Tuck, now seated steadily, planned to fine-tune his Wizard Tree in detail, preparing for his upcoming level increase.

After all, undergoing a baptism in the Source Pool of the High Tower

was a prime opportunity for Tuck to dramatically boost his own level.

Just at that moment, Tuck came upon a new discovery.

That was…

The Baptism Certificate Scroll in his hand had extremely faint veins which were stretching upwards on their own.

“Can the certificate connect to the Source Origin Pool?” he wondered.

Tuck was initially startled, but then excitement quickly spread through his heart.