ALL NOVEL Chapter 106 Primary Spell School
About a month later, Dim drove a carriage into Starry Night City.
The two agreed not to stop on the road, but when they came across a village in distress, they still chose to stop and help the soldiers and the garrisoned mage.
Looking at the civilians suffering from the plague, Xia Zuo felt guilty and repeatedly proposed to stay alone to help the refugees, but was persuaded by Dim.
There must be a large backlog of poison orders in the school at this time, waiting for expert poison alchemists to refine them. The functional potions made from these poisons are closely related to disaster relief. The poison alchemy room is where Xia Zuo should be.
Xia Zuo suppressed his sad thoughts and continued to follow Dim to the school.
From the westernmost edge of the kingdom to the easternmost edge, the closer you get to Starry Night City, the more peaceful it becomes. Starry Night City with Beatrice as its commander is even more peaceful and has not been affected by the plague in Sbrier Province at all.
This morning.
Dim stopped the carriage in the square in front of Starry Night Castle, got out of the carriage and said:
"Xia Zuo, I will go directly to the head of the hospital. I may stay in the tower for a while. You can find her after you receive the letter from the head of the house."
Xia Zuo nodded, patted Carrot's neck to say goodbye, and followed Dim into the castle hall.
He first went to the dormitory to put down his dirty clothes, showered and put on clean robes, and then went to the large alchemy room to refine poison.
As expected, there was a thick stack of orders on the storage table in the center of the alchemy platform.
A piece of paper is pressed above the order:
[I took half of the order and left the rest to you. ——Kulovliu]
Xia Zuo didn't feel that Professor Kulov had taken away his job.
He felt much more relaxed when he realized that he was not alone in bearing the pressure of the plague.
Xia Zuo put the pieces of paper away, briefly read the orders, classified them into categories, then put on his poison-refining leather robe and started refining the poison.
He worked on the high-end alchemy table until 7 o'clock in the evening, then put down the glass bottle in his hand and sat down on a chair to rest.
The depressed emotions in his heart were vented through refining poison, and Xia Zuo no longer had the stiff look on his way back.
I wonder if Anruer has come out of the dormitory...
Xia Zuo stared at the wall clock in a daze.
Near 8 o'clock in the evening, a piece of letter slipped through the crack of the door and fell into my hand.
Xia Zuo glanced at the contents on the paper, changed out of his poison-refining leather robe and went to his mentor's study.
"Professor, I'm here."
Xia Zuo closed the door and asked, "Anru'er..."
Beatrice was still radiant, her long hair the color of morning light scattered on her shoulders, complementing her fair skin.
She sat behind the desk, smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry, she hasn't come out yet. I've gone to see her, and she's still making elemental bottles."
Xia Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, this is good news, I really hope this girl can keep it up.
"Let's sit down and talk." Beatrice pointed to the chair across the table, "What revelations did Hemster's incident give you?"
"Professor... I think the character of an alchemist is very important..." Xia Zuo rubbed his brows, feeling a lot.
Taking himself as an example, it can be said that it is easy for an expert poison alchemist to seek revenge on civilians. Some complex toxins are extremely toxic. Just the smell they emit can poison civilians with weak resistance. This process does not require any magic and can be completed as long as you have hands, materials, and an alchemy room. .
Beatrice tapped her chin, "Every expert alchemist has gone through strict screening, but it is still difficult to guarantee that they will always abide by the rules and oaths, and remain loyal to the Alchemy School and the Mage Temple."
Xia Zuo stared at his mentor and said:
"On the day Hemst fell, I saw the coachman who met him. I regret not keeping the coachman and summoning the guards to interrogate him."
He sighed silently and continued:
"I even thought about quietly making the coachman disappear completely while people's attention is attracted to Hemst. Maybe this can prevent the outbreak of the plague."
"Well" Beatrice folded her hands and held her chin with the back of her hands, "Xia Zuo, this is not your fault. I assigned orbs for predicting disasters to the city's mages, but I still couldn't avoid this plague. So, then This is not an ordinary plague, it appeared suddenly. I speculate that the source of the plague is a prop made by the blood mage, and Dim has already gone to the Plague Land to search for it."
She frowned and said:
"Let me tell you this. Blood magic is an independent school, completely different from the orthodox mage school."
Beatrice emphasized, "No element is required to cast blood magic. This causes most detection spells to be ineffective against the spells of this school or the props made by blood mages."
"Fortunately, the blood mages themselves will leave traces. Their body fluids, blood, saliva, and body remains are all poisonous. When you become an official mage, I will teach you the detection spell [Poison] that is matched with the expert poison alchemist. Sensing]. You can use it to easily search for poisons."
Beatrice flipped her hair, pondered and said:
"Dim said that he briefly introduced the Transformers to you. Then, let me add one more point - after the Transformers penetrate into the body of a living person, unless an autopsy is performed, there is no way to detect abnormalities. Those lurking in the body People who follow a transformer will live and work normally and express their emotions normally, and then one night, they will be devoured by the transformer in their sleep, leaving behind a pool of black blood."
"The plague in Sbrier Province may be caused by something similar to the Transformer. We can't dissect the civilians and examine them one by one, right?" Beatrice spread her hands and said helplessly.
She snapped her fingers and said, "Also, the coachman you mentioned has been arrested. It won't be long before the resident mage will catch all of Hemst's associates."
When Xia Zuo heard this, he smiled. If the coachman really escaped, he would probably apply to leave the school and catch him with his own hands. Now that it's better, the hidden danger in his heart has been lifted.
Beatrice stretched out her slender hand and said:
"Give me your points book. This mission was completed very well. Dim thinks highly of you. Although you didn't really come into contact with the battle, you were able to see potential dark things and didn't stick to it. Being dirty is also a very rare experience. In a sense, you are better than I think."
Xia Zuo took off the alchemy bag from his waist and handed it over. In addition to the regular props, the bag also contained a complete set of anti-detection barriers, as well as fire pattern brooches and other props that should be returned.
Beatrice took out the manual from her pocket and said while writing:
"These 2,000 points can fill the vacancy for you to exchange for master-level element bottles. After Anru'er completes the alchemy course and conceives her own elemental characteristics, we will discuss which element bottle to redeem.
When Beatrice put down her pen, Goldfinger's message came to Xia Zuo's mind:
"If the host is detected, you will get 2,000 points from the Mages Guild and 6,000 experience points as a reward.
"Level up!"
【Level】LV.26+1→LV.27
【Experience】2200/7600
[Free Attribute Points] 30+5→35 points
Upgrading to a level directly...it's so cool~Xia Zuo happily put away the manual.
Beatrice crossed her fingers on the table, "Now you should prepare to be promoted to an official mage. There are ten orthodox magic schools recognized by the Mage Temple.
"There are close connections between spell schools. Just like your natural spell - Tivanas Wind Movement, it belongs to both the change school and the evocation school.
"There are three picture books here. You can take a look at them first, and then we will go into details."
She stretched out her hand towards the bookshelf, and three thin volumes flew out and landed in front of the students.
Xia Zuo looked at the title of the book.
"Introduction to Magic Schools"
"Basic Theory of Elements and Seals: Blessings and Curses"
"Explanation of Elemental Body"
"Introduction to Magic Schools" briefly introduces the orthodox magic schools. They are:
Evocation, protection, blessing, curse, totem, spirit, detection, illusion, transformation, enchantment.
Xia Zuo learned from the book that illusion, transformation, and enchantment are currently only open to high-level mages.
The only ones he can choose are the first 7.
The detection genre sounds similar to observing objects, but it is actually very difficult.
First of all, you need to memorize a large number of classics and become a naturalist who knows everything.
Secondly, in many cases, the detection spell itself will affect the detection target, causing deviations in the detection results.
Not to mention that when faced with certain things, detection behavior can lead to danger.
If the meditation method practiced is the [Eye of Kolas] meditation method, then the detection school will be the first choice.
Totem school and spirit school are niche but miraculous magic schools.
The former summons totem poles, and each totem pole can only assume one function.
The spirit creature summoned by the spirit school is a spirit creature with a certain level of intelligence. Its raw materials are the spiritual ocean and hair of the caster. It is connected to the owner's five senses and mind to a certain extent, and its function is similar to a clone.
The fat mage from Pyek Castle chose the spirit school. He used his spirit's sense of smell to smell the smell in the cave, and then found the clues left by the evil old man.
Multiple totem poles can be summoned at the same time and can even be used as consumables.
But the spirit body is extremely precious. The damage it suffers will be fed back to the owner. If you are not careful, it will cause huge harm to the owner due to its own destruction.
These two genres require a lot of time to create totems or spirit bodies, and are generally not considered the first choice.
Xia Zuo finds the blessing genre and the curse genre quite interesting.
The book "Basic Theory of Elements and Seals: Blessings and Curses" mentions:
The energy of the four elements, balanced together in a ratio of 1:1:1:1, will produce attributeless energy without any elemental effects.
Non-attributed energy is released through the Blessing Seal, which can exert a positive influence on the target without causing elemental effects - this type of spell is called a blessing spell.
If released through a Curse Seal, it can exert a negative impact on the target without causing elemental effects - such spells are called curse spells.
For example, if you want to slow down the movement speed of the enemy, the spells of the evocation genre [Greasy Ground], [Mud Feet], etc. can achieve this effect.
But it is far less direct than the curse spell [Curse of Slowness] and lasts longer.
In order to remove the negative effect of slowing down the movement speed, using the spells of the evocation school [Clean the Ground] and [Clean Feet] is not as convenient as the spells of the blessing school [Remove Slowness Curse].
The protection school is the second spell school that almost all mages learn, and its status is second only to the evocation school. Just by listening to the name, you can tell that this genre is all about spells related to individual protection and group protection.
The spells of this genre have a characteristic. The power of the spell is linked to the caster's strength, agility, endurance, will, and four-system resistance.
It exactly echoes what Dim said: [Some spells are extensions of the body. 】
As the most basic magic school, the evocation school is related to the other 9 schools. It is one of those schools that you really don’t know what to choose, so you can’t go wrong with it.
Evocation spells have a long history, and four schools of thought have participated in its construction.
Protective spells require a strong body and come from warrior guilds and demon hunting schools.
The cornerstone of blessing and curse spells is the sigil, which comes from the school of demon hunting.
Totem and spirit, these two schools come from schools that have been lost in the long river of history. Only some of the spells have survived, barely forming a school of spells.
The remaining spell schools are constructed by tower scholars.
Generally speaking, mage apprentices who graduate from Starry Night Academy will mostly choose the evocation school.
The third book, "Comprehensive Explanation of Elemental Body", gives the specific reasons.
I still remember that in the last life, Xia Zuo was particularly coveted for the steel suit. Note 1
[Elemental Body] The elemental body produced by meditation is very similar to the steel suit in terms of expanded functions.
Its owner can add alchemical products to various parts of the body according to their own needs.
Most of the alchemical products loaded into the elemental body require the use of evocation spells to power them.
While Beatrice was imparting the knowledge of magic schools, she also took out the classics related to elemental bodies, her intention was very obvious.
She wanted to remind the students that members of the Alchemy School, after possessing their own elemental bodies, are equivalent to learning the spells of certain schools.
For example, the anti-magic shield of the protection school, this spell can resist spell damage.
The spell-absorbing armor made by the Alchemy of Rare Objects also has a similar effect.
As long as anti-magic armor is installed on the vital parts of the elemental body, it will be equivalent to having an anti-magic shield.
It can be said to be very convenient and labor-saving.
However, the elemental body will only enhance the owner's own strength and cannot take care of his companions, so the spells of the protection and blessing schools will be essential in the future.
Elemental servants have also replaced the status of totems and spirits to a certain extent, so that mages of the alchemical school do not need to pay too much attention to these two schools.
When Xia Zuo saw the following line of words, his eyes instantly lit up:
[Stimulating the elemental body or activating the alchemical products on the body will consume the owner's energy. 】
For him, it can be replaced by life force!
Others can only maintain the stimulated state for a short period of time due to limited energy, but in his case, as long as the real-time blood return rate is positive, he can maintain the stimulated state at all times!
[Blood Sacrifice Casting·Incomplete] Really popular!
The last few pages of "Elemental Body General Explanation" are auxiliary prediction charts for condensing basic elemental bodies.
Xia Zuo is now about 1.83 meters tall and weighs 76 kilograms. He has a well-proportioned body shape and no fat belly or double chin.
Taking these parameters and calculating from the chart, in order to condense a complete basic elemental body, 206 small and cute elements need to be consumed, and the condensation process takes a total of about 3,600 hours.
This does not include the time to tame, contain the well-behaved elements, and make them into elemental bottles...
It's really a huge project
I closed the page and finished reading the three albums.
Beatrice took advantage of the students' reading of the album to handle some official duties.
She put down her pen and asked, "How is it? Do you have a favorite school of magic? According to the rules set by the Mage Temple, you can choose a primary school of magic and then choose a few as part-time studies. In the future, you will be promoted to a high-level mage. Before, all you had to do was learn the primary magic schools."
"Professor, do you have any suggestions?" Xia Zuo blinked and asked sincerely.
"Hmm~" Beatrice twitched her chin, "I suggest you consider your lifespan first. This is what all mages need to pay most attention to."
"Do you know that the rejuvenation potion can extend your life?" Beatrice asked.
"Yes, Professor. It is written in Hemster's diary that the entry-level rejuvenation potion..." Xia Zuo repeated the information he knew, "but I didn't find the formula for the rebirth potion."
"Well, what you know is correct. I will give you the formula for the rebirth potion and the introductory textbook on bioalchemy after you become an official mage. Now, let's continue talking about lifespan."
Beatrice controlled the pen to write a few lines of numbers and text on a piece of white paper.
23 years old - this is Xia Zuo's current age.
70 years old - is the average age for a mage apprentice to die.
92 years old - Xia Zuo has taken 11 entry-level rejuvenation potions. This is the length of Xia Zuo's life predicted by Beatrice.
20 years - this is the lifespan provided by taking skilled-level rejuvenation potions.
112 years old - This is the life span of Xia Zuo predicted by Beatrice after taking the skilled-level rejuvenation potion.
"Don't ask for expert-level rejuvenation potions. If you don't become a high-level mage, you won't have the opportunity to come into contact with them."
Beatrice drew a circle on "112 years old", "You have to become a high-level mage in the next 89 years to get the expert-level rejuvenation potion."
"So." She put down the pen, "My advice to you is to use the fastest way to become a high-level mage first, and then learn the spell school you like. If the school you like can promote your promotion to a high-level mage, then It couldn’t be better.”
As expected of someone who has experienced this, the angle of thinking about the problem is different.
Although he has a long lifespan, the ideas provided by Beatrice are still the best strategy.
Xia Zuo said with considerable agreement, "Professor, I think what you said is very reasonable. So which school do you recommend me to choose?"
Beatrice snapped her fingers, and a book fell in front of the student:
A Beginner’s Guide to the Curse Genre.
"Crash~" The pages of the book turned and stopped at one page.
Xia Zuo stepped forward and read it quickly.
The curse genre is dedicated to applying curses to enemies. In addition to requiring non-attributed energy and curse sigils, it also requires the caster to be sufficiently aware of various negative effects.
This fits perfectly with poison alchemy. Learning basic poisons and studying compound poisons allows every expert poison alchemist to fully understand the negative effects of poisons and easily learn the corresponding spells.
"Professor Kulov followed my guidance and chose the Curse School. Only in this way can he become a high-level mage within 40 years of leaving the school."
Beatrice looked at the agitated students and continued:
"The curse school has a close relationship with poison alchemists. Among the 10 high-level mages of the curse school, at least 8 are expert-level poison alchemists or above. This phenomenon is relatively common in the alchemy school. For example, the giant creator, They will choose the protection style. The Kit Kat object master will choose the detection style. The potion alchemist will choose the blessing style all in order to become a high-level mage as soon as possible and extend his lifespan."
"Professor, I choose the curse school as my primary magic school." Xia Zuo closed the book and said.
Beatrice controlled the other two books to fall on the table.
"Beginner's Guide to the Shaping School"
"Beginner's Guide to Protection"
"Learning the evocation school spells is for the elemental body."
Beatrice tapped the cover of another book, "Protective spells are a must for all mages. After all, only living mages are considered mages."
Xia Zuo stacked the three books together, thought for a while and asked: "Professor, how many points do I need to spend to be promoted to an official mage?"
"You can be promoted to an official mage by learning the primary spell genre. Let me help you calculate the cost of learning the curse genre."
Beatrice took out her points book and said while calculating:
"First accommodate 13 elements, so that each trait has a corresponding well-behaved element, totaling 1,300 points.
"The secret medicine that instills the curse seal, 2000 points. The method of taking it is the same as the poison-containing secret medicine. After drinking it, you will enter deep meditation, and the secret medicine will complete the next steps.
"Communicate the four elements in the spiritual ocean at the same time and stimulate attribute-free energy without elemental effects. This requires the use of intermediate basic meditation methods, and the exchange price is 8,000 points.
"5 must-learn curse spells, each spell book is worth 600 points, totaling 3,000 points.
"You need to have an amulet with you to cast a curse spell, otherwise you will be counterattacked by the curse spell when you are low on energy. You don't need to spend points to redeem the amulet. As a mentor, I will give you one.
“The official spell [Concentration and Calmness] to help you enter deep meditation will also be given to you for free.
"So, just prepare 14,300 points."
Every time Beatrice said a word, a line of golden finger information came to Xia Zuo's mind. The character template was updated one after another, and the conditions for promotion to an official mage were completely presented.
Beatrice handed the written piece of paper to the student, then took out a large stack of orders from the drawer and placed it on the table.
"These are the poison orders that have just arrived. They were temporarily held by me because of the plague. Now you can take them and compare them for refining."
"Thank you, Professor." Xia Zuo put away the piece of paper, looked at the poison order, and then looked at the three books in front of him. He felt from the bottom of his heart that Beatrice was really a conscientious tutor. It could be said that she considered the best for her students. everything.
Beatrice snapped her fingers to attract the students' attention, "You still have two alchemy subjects to learn. Functional Pharmacy, Injury Medicine and Tonic Medicine, these two branches of pharmaceutical alchemy, what do you want? Which one should I study?”
"Injury medicine and supplement science." Xia Zuo said without thinking.
Choosing this course was not just because Anruer chose functional pharmacy.
There is an anatomy course in the medicine and supplement science, and the anatomical materials are no longer limited to ordinary animals. It is a good opportunity to unlock the blood volume of humanoid creatures and monsters, and harvest a bonus of sensory attribute value.
Beatrice stretched out her arm towards the bookshelf, and more than 20 alchemy textbooks and a small suitcase floated over.
"You can use these books to study on your own. After you finish memorizing them, we will go to the alchemy room for practical training."
"Yes, Professor."
Xia Zuo looked at the pile of books piled up in front of him and felt that the next year would be extremely fulfilling.
Note 1: The original Iron Man suit appeared in 1963.
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