Before long, Colin and another person arrived at a stone house.
The house was about one hundred square meters in size and was an uncommon three-story structure.
A red-haired instructor led him to a study on the second floor.
The study was not large; two rows of bookshelves lined the walls, and in the center was a set of maroon desks and chairs.
"Take a seat," the red-haired instructor said as he pulled out a wooden chair for Colin.
"Alright, instructor."
"You don't need to be too formal, we're all from the School... Strictly speaking, I'm still your senior," the red-haired instructor leaned back in his chair and continued,
"Berkeley Barnett, you can call me Berkeley."
"Colin Leonard... just call me Colin, Instructor Barnett," Colin hurriedly responded.
Although Berkeley allowed him to address him by his name, that was merely a polite gesture, which he heard but naturally couldn't take seriously.
In this world, there was no such thing as equality among all.
Power determined one's social status.
"Then let's get started," Berkeley sat up straight, took out a set of paper and pen from the drawer, and handed them to Colin, "Write this down first, those witchcrafts, I still need to organize them a bit."
"Alright, Instructor Barnett."
Berkeley nodded, stood up, and walked towards the bookshelves behind him.
Under the bright white light shining from the Bright Crystal chandelier overhead, Colin wrote fervently.
Unlike the feather quill he usually used, Berkeley had given him a black fountain pen.
The design was not much different from the fountain pens of his previous life; the polished metal casing gleamed under the white light.
Colin knew that fountain pens existed in this world.
From his memories, the original host often saw instructors using fountain pens during lessons.
However, the island was resource-poor and undoubtedly did not have the conditions to produce fountain pens.
The technological or living standards on the island were only slightly more advanced than medieval Europe of his previous life.
He guessed that these fountain pens were likely imported from the outside world.
In other words, this implied the existence of higher technology outside.
Creating a fountain pen was not an easy task, representing a series of mature industrial technologies.
On Earth in his previous life, fountain pens were also invented and produced only after the Industrial Revolution.
After about half an hour, Colin had finally transcribed the complete principles and models of the Limit Breaking Fire Technique onto paper, amounting to over a dozen pages.
The handwriting was neat and there were not many corrections.
This was mainly thanks to his current physical condition as an Advanced Knight and the complete knowledge gained from the Limit Breaking Fire Technique.
Golden Paper Limit Breaking did not only provide results, but it conveyed the entire process from theoretical deduction, research, sudden inspirations, and eventual refinement back to Colin.
In some sense, a Limit Breaking Fire Technique felt as though he had researched it himself.
Thus, writing out a complete principle and model was not an issue, let alone producing a well-grounded research paper from the Ignition Technique to the Ignition Technique.
"I have already transcribed it, Instructor Barnett," Colin handed the document to Berkeley who was sitting in front of him.
Berkeley had already organized the witchcraft twenty minutes ago.
It seemed he had a backup prepared.
"Um, take a look at which witchcraft you want," Berkeley put down the book, took the document, and handed a piece of paper to Colin.
The paper contained brief descriptions of the witchcraft he was prepared to exchange.
Colin took the white paper and read it carefully.
There were four spells listed: Minor High Temperature Tolerance, Choking Cough Skill, Arrow Shooting Skill, and Fireworks Skill.
None of these were very powerful spells, but they were also uncommon and valued roughly the same as an Ignition Technique after achieving a Limit Breaking.
Minor High Temperature Tolerance, as the name suggests, provides a brief ability to withstand high temperatures, specifically temperatures below 500 degrees.
The Choking Cough Skill could force someone to cough and choke, which sounded useful for interrupting a wizard's spell incantation.
However, it was not very practical. On one hand, it was easily defensible and counterable, and on the other, wizards typically used instant-cast spells in combat.
These spells required no incantation, thus they couldn't be interrupted by the Choking Cough Skill.
Arrow Shooting Skill could fire a metal arrow at an enemy, its power was average, and it required metal arrows as casting materials. Its benefit was its low consumption.
As for the Fireworks Skill, it was used for setting off fireworks. Once mastered, one could create fireworks of various shapes and colors as desired, usually used for sending messages.
Colin read and reread the white paper meticulously, back and forth twice.
He finally made a decision.
"I choose the Arrow Shooting Skill, Instructor Banette," he said.
He interrupted Berkeley, who was engrossed in reading a document, and handed the white paper back to him.
"Good choice," Berkeley responded casually, taking the white paper and rummaging through the stack of documents beside him to hand the Arrow Shooting Skill document to Colin.
After pondering for a moment, he continued, "Take a look at the document... The Ignition Technique is quite interesting. After you finish, I'd like to hear your thoughts on it."
"Alright, Instructor," Colin quickly agreed with a smile.
Wizards valued equivalent exchange. Since Berkeley had asked him to explain the Ignition Technique, it meant he would also explain the Arrow Shooting Skill to him later.
A First Class Apprentice's explanation would certainly save him a lot of time in learning the basics of the Arrow Shooting Skill.
Berkeley nodded affirmatively, then continued reading the Ignition Technique document.
Colin also wasted no time and concentrated on reading the Arrow Shooting Skill document.
He wanted to validate his hypothesis.
He chose the Arrow Shooting Skill because the prerequisite knowledge section mainly listed knowledge about electromagnetism.
If he wasn't mistaken, perhaps with the ability of Golden Paper, he might be able to enhance it into an Electromagnetic Cannon!
Of course, this was just a hope. To raise it to the level he imagined, the required Limit Breaking Points would surely be immense.
Another hour nearly passed.
Berkeley put down the document and spoke up first, "Leonard, have you finished?"
"I have, Instructor," Colin answered.
He let out a long breath and put down the document.
Indeed, no spell was simple.
"Very well, then I'll start by explaining the Arrow Shooting Skill to you," Berkeley volunteered, then added, "It's not suitable to cast it here. Follow me."
He took the documents and stood, heading towards the door.
Colin quickly picked up the Arrow Shooting Skill document and followed.
The two walked to the staircase, descended two floors, and arrived at the basement.
The basement was empty except for a dozen figures made of wood, stone, or iron on one side.
They bore various marks of spell damage and were apparently specially made targets, indicating the area was a designated practice range.
Berkeley went over to pick up a few crossbow arrows, skipped any preamble, and began to explain.
"I'm not very proficient with the Electromagnetic System of witchcraft, but I can give you a basic explanation..."
Colin listened intently.