Chapter 192 - 123: What the Hell is Debt Transfer?

Chapter 192: Chapter 123: What the Hell is Debt Transfer?

Olivia walked in. A Second Level Wizard, she possessed short silver-gray hair and sharply defined features, dressed in a neatly tailored dark blue Magic Robe.

Her gaze shifted from Sesia to Chen Shang’s face. She paused for a fraction of a second, skipping any pleasantries.

"You are Chen Shang?"

"Yes, Master, I would like to—" Before Chen Shang could finish, he was cut off.

"You wish to seek my guidance on the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force?"

"Yes," Chen Shang admitted frankly.

Olivia sat down across from him, tapping her fingers lightly on her knee twice.

"That is hardly fair to the other Apprentices. However, knowledge can be traded. Are you prepared to pay the price?"

Chen Shang’s heart tightened. "Master, what exactly is the price?"

"Relax, I won’t ask you for money." She retrieved a Scroll from her robes and slid it across the table.

Chen Shang looked down at it. It was an agreement. Golden Runes slowly flowed across the parchment, and the footer bore the seal of the Wizard’s Will.

The contents were brief: Upon advancing to a Third Level Wizard, Olivia Morning Star voluntarily agreed to garrison the Starfall Laboratory on behalf of Haimer for a term of eight hundred years.

"This is... an agreement between Master Haimer and you?"

"Correct. I owe him. Now, I intend to transfer this debt to you," she said, leaning back in her chair with a flat tone. "I will teach you the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force until you have completely mastered it. Additionally, I will provide you with one free session of guidance every month until you become a First Level Wizard. The price is that once you advance to a Third Level Wizard, you will take my place and garrison the laboratory for those eight hundred years."

Chen Shang drew in a sharp breath. "Is that even allowed? Besides, the time it takes for me to become a Third Level Wizard will undoubtedly differ from yours. Will Lord Haimer agree to this?"

"I will speak with Master Haimer myself. As long as you truly master the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force, he will agree."

Chen Shang remained silent for a long time. He didn’t doubt his ability to become a Third Level Wizard, but eight hundred years? Good heavens, he hadn’t even lived a fraction of that time yet.

He wondered if he was really going to be trapped in this Starfall Plane for eight whole centuries.

Taking a deep breath, he said, "I will learn first. If I succeed, I will shoulder the debt. If I fail, the deal is off."

The corners of Olivia’s lips curled up slightly. "Then... we have a deal!"

After their verbal agreement, Olivia wasted no time. She stood up directly and walked to the center of the living room, tracing a circle in the air with her finger.

Threads of a silver-gray Force Field surged from her fingertips, weaving into a fist-sized sphere that hovered in mid-air, slowly rotating on its axis.

"Master, we’re doing this right here?" Chen Shang was caught off guard. Wasn’t this far too sudden? He hadn’t even prepared himself yet.

"Where else? Let’s not waste time. It’s not as if this technique is a secret meant to be hidden from others." Olivia cast a glance at Sesia. "You don’t mind if I borrow your living room, do you?"

The latter threw up both hands in surrender. "Make yourselves at home. If I could learn it, I would have done so ages ago... Would you care for some Kasiov’s Thin Crispy Cookies with black tea? It’s a fantastic pairing."

"No, Sesia. I would rather duel an Abyss Demon than eat the food you make!"

"That is truly a pity!" Sesia sighed and walked out of the living room.

Olivia pointed at the silver-white sphere. "This is the basic model of the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force. What do you see?"

Chen Shang stared at the sphere and scrutinized it carefully.

On the sphere’s surface, two forces were intertwined. One pushed outward while the other pulled inward, negating yet relying on each other to maintain a delicate balance.

"Repulsive Force and Gravity exist simultaneously without interfering with each other. Are you demonstrating Dual Force Anchoring?"

"Correct. I heard from Master Haimer that you have already reached this step, which means your precision in Spiritual Power manipulation meets the standard." Olivia retracted the Force Field and took her seat once more. "Therefore, the next step, Power Level Control, requires you to learn how to manipulate intensity. In other words, you must use the absolute minimum amount of Spiritual Power to leverage the maximum Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force."

She brought out a Crystal Plate and sketched a complex three-dimensional diagram onto it, accompanied by several formulas, before marking a Pivot Point in the very center.

"The principle of Witchcraft leverage—you’ve studied it, right?"

"Of course, but currently, my knowledge is limited to Elemental Witchcraft." Chen Shang nodded. The preliminary synergistic multiplication of his Three Elements of Wind, Water, and Fire could already achieve a twenty-seven-fold leverage, with room for even further development.

"The leverage involved in the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force is ten thousand times more complex than yours." She pushed the Crystal Plate over. "Look here."

One side of the 3D diagram was marked with Spiritual Power input, while the other side was marked with Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force output. However, the Pivot Point in the middle was entirely dynamic.

"Assume your Spiritual Power is the effort arm, and the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force is the resistance arm. The longer the effort arm, the less force needed. So, the key lies in the position of the Pivot Point, which depends on your depth of understanding of the Force Field."

Chen Shang frowned. "The Pivot Point isn’t fixed?"

"Of course not. Because the magnitude of a star’s Gravity varies and the density of a Repulsive Force Field differs, the Pivot Point is constantly changing." Olivia leaned back in her chair. "Therefore, in the heat of battle, you must locate the optimal Pivot Point for the current Force Field in the shortest possible time, and then leverage it."

She snapped her fingers.

The living room lights dimmed, and a Star Map emerged across the ceiling. The orbital lines of 108 satellites crisscrossed, each satellite moving slowly along its path. A Gravitational Field and Repulsive Force Field flowed between the orbital lines like a living, breathing net.

"This is my simulated Force Field distribution above the Starfall Laboratory." Olivia pointed to one of the satellites. "Now, use your Spiritual Power to sense it. What is the Gravity strength of that satellite?"

Chen Shang closed his eyes. His Spiritual Power extended out of his Sea of Consciousness, reaching toward the simulated map.

A sharp, stinging pain immediately flared from the cracks in his Sea of Consciousness. Gritting his teeth, he forcefully stabilized his Spiritual Power and urged it to advance slowly.

The Force Field felt rough and viscous to the touch, akin to thrusting a hand into a vat of solidifying tar. Nevertheless, Chen Shang located the Gravitational Field of that particular satellite and attempted to measure its strength.