Chapter 667: Top-Tier Skill Mentor
Chapter 667: Top-Tier Skill Mentor
A formidable player is always leveling up or on the path to doing so.
Albert could only console himself with this thought after realizing his summer vacation had taken an unexpected turn.
Ever since he moved in with the Lemieux family, each day had been fulfilling.
Mr. Nicholas was like a skill mentor in a game, always introducing him to new knowledge that he hadn't learned before.
If this were a game, it would be like opening a skill learning list, with so many skills that your eyes would go dizzy, and you'd never reach the end no matter how much you scrolled.
Fortunately, Albert was a man with a skill panel; otherwise, he suspected that even if he studied day and night for ten years, he still wouldn't be able to extract all the knowledge from Nicholas Lemieux's brain.
It was incredibly fortunate to not have to worry about finding skills, and Albert felt that he would be struck by lightning one day if he gave up such easily gained opportunities.
Luckily, Albert had his cheat, which allowed him to use experience to level up his skills and improve his learning efficiency, along with several other skills on his panel that aided him in directly absorbing the knowledge imparted by Nicholas Lemieux.
The only problem was that sitting on a chair for long periods made his butt a little uncomfortable.
Of course, Mr. Nicholas was already quite old, and it wasn't suitable for his body to sit and lecture for extended periods; it was too exhausting for an elderly man.
So, for most topics, Nicholas only taught him the key points, and Albert had to acquire the rest of the knowledge through reading books.
This method wasn't very friendly, and an ordinary person would probably not understand most of it.
However, Albert loved this style of teaching. For him, as long as he acquired the skill, everything else was manageable. The panel would naturally help him make up for most of his shortcomings when he leveled up the skill.
Although he might experience some temporary indigestion, Albert believed he had a good appetite for knowledge and could slowly digest what he learned when school started. He didn't expect to master everything in a short time.
The time he could spend learning from Mr. Nicholas was limited, and he naturally didn't want to waste such a precious opportunity.
In his own words: "I want Mr. Nicholas's knowledge to continue being passed down. If there's no one to inherit this precious knowledge, that would be the greatest tragedy of this era."
Nicholas held nothing back when teaching, imparting everything Albert wanted to learn. After all, he didn't have many years left, and finding an excellent student to carry on his legacy brought him great satisfaction.
Once Albert adjusted his mindset, he studied with renewed cheerfulness, and his number of skills slowly increased.
If the panel had a combat power assessment, Albert estimated that his combat power would be visibly soaring at an alarming rate, consuming a considerable amount of his experience pool's reserves.
Albert's astonishing learning speed startled Nicholas, who even suspected that Albert was secretly taking Felix Felicis or some other miraculous potion to learn everything he taught so quickly.
Or perhaps, this was what a genius looked like.
Just a brief explanation was all it took for Albert to understand everything.
Nicholas considered himself a genius, but the gap between them was indeed significant.
As for Isabelle, she had long given up on her original plan to study with Albert. Now, she was learning some things from Mrs. Perenell, but she was exhausted every day and went to bed early in the evening.
What disappointed the young girl a little was that even these two extraordinary wizards didn't know how to create a potion that could maintain one's youth, or they had never researched in that direction. However, they still offered some suggestions.
During their discussion about the elixir of youth, Albert brought up the immortality potion formula he had obtained from 'Mandrake Root Basics.' However, this so-called immortality potion that could slow down aging startled Nicholas. He even suspected that Albert had secretly collected the recipe for the Elixir of Life and improved upon it to create the potion before him.
After all, Albert was also a genius in the field of potion-making, so it wouldn't be strange if he had done something like that.
"We have never told anyone the recipe for the Elixir of Life," Mr. Nicholas explained calmly. "If you don't have the Philosopher's Stone as a 'catalyst,' that recipe will only produce a deadly poison."
It was clear that Nicholas wasn't very fond of this topic, and Albert regretted mentioning it. He had hoped that Nicholas could rely on such a potion to live a little longer, but it seemed like his mentor had misunderstood, and Albert didn't argue, choosing to remain silent instead.
"Don't be too obsessed with the pursuit of immortality," Nicholas advised. "There is no true immortality in this world; just look at us, and you'll understand."
After that, Albert never brought up the subject again and shifted his focus to the Fidelius Charm and other powerful and ancient defensive spells. He also consulted Nicholas on how to create a safe house that wasn't easily discovered by others.
According to Nicholas, there were two main reasons why most so-called ancient spells were considered powerful:
First, they were ancient enough that many wizards didn't recognize them, let alone know how to break the spells. If one wanted to break them, they could only do so forcefully, but that often led to unfavorable outcomes.
Second, these spells usually required strong magical power as support, and spells that relied on strong magical power were typically very powerful. This was a common trait among most ancient spells—they were formidable but challenging to master. Only a tiny minority of wizards, like Dumbledore, could put in the effort to use them creatively in protective charms.
Ancient magic was more straightforward and brutal, and wizards favored spells with mighty power.
This was the primary reason pure-blood wizards were revered. Because a wizard's magical power wasn't strong enough, they couldn't even master some powerful spells. In a magical confrontation, being unable to use some powerful magic would naturally put them at a disadvantage.
Most of the ancient spells Nicholas mastered were in Latin. As long as one didn't mispronounce the incantation, they could cast the spell, but to progress further, one needed to master Latin.
As far as Albert knew, ancient spellcraft was taught in Latin at the French wizarding school, Beauxbatons.
Nicholas had originally thought it would take Albert a year or two to master Latin, but he soon discovered that Albert could already use Latin just a week later.
(End of Chapter)
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