ALL NOVEL Chapter 108 Interlude 1912
It’s noon more than 30 days later.
Xia Zuo was walking in the corridor of the tower, planning to go to the big alchemy room to make some poison to pass the time waiting for Anruer.
A letter floated from the front and fell into his hand.
Xia Zuo shook off the letter, scanned the contents, and immediately turned around and ran towards the castle hall.
Anruer anxiously stood guard at the door of the spiral staircase. When she saw her boyfriend walking out of the door, she threw herself into his arms with tears in her eyes and sobbed:
"Professor Zhuo Lang...wuwu didn't tell me whether my innate spell was good or not...he only said that it would be judged by...the head of the school...wuwu, I can't leave with you..."
Xia Zuo glanced around and saw some freshmen looking here curiously.
He put his arm around Anruer's waist, turned around, opened the stone door of the stairwell, and pulled her in.
Xia Zuo suppressed his smile, patted the other party's back, and comforted him in a gentle voice:
"It's okay, it's okay. There have been some changes in our long-term plan, and we may not be able to execute it as expected."
What he said was not wrong.
The two agreed three years ago that Xia Zuo would become a master poison alchemist and Anru'er would become a master potion alchemist, and then they would develop functional potions together.
Now... plans can't keep up with changes.
Anruer must become a master-level elemental embodiment alchemist and put aside her career in pharmaceutical alchemy for the time being.
But she didn’t know about the change of mentor and status-conferring documents. At this time, she kept thinking about the worst and cried harder, "We have to be separated for several years. Maybe we will never see each other again." Wow~"
The sudden high-pitched cry startled Xia Zuo. He hugged the other person tightly and said in his ear: "I can go, I can go. We can all go to the Eastern Continent."
"You lied to me...chi lu chi liu, maybe you will disappear one day... wu wu wu... leave me here alone. chi liu chi liu."
"Hehe... I didn't lie to you, come with me, let's go find the head of the hospital." Xia Zuo smiled, took the other person's hand and walked up the stairs.
"Really?" When Anru'er heard that she was going to find the head of the hospital, the expression on her face became complicated, with tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, and she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, for fear that her boyfriend would say it was a joke the next second...
"I'm not lying to you, come quickly. You'll know when you see the head of the hospital."
Xia Zuo pulled the other person up the three steps, and behind him were screams of joy and anger:
"You actually lied to me! You lied to me on purpose! Why are you so bad! You lied to me last time! You lied to me again this time!"
"Haha~" Xia Zuo chuckled, turned the curve of the stairs, and ran upwards.
Anruer followed with heavy steps, pouting her lips in an extremely dissatisfied manner. Suddenly she lowered her head and leaned against the wall and cried a few times. After a few seconds, she wiped her eyes and showed a relieved smile. She took three steps and two steps. Run up the steps.
Xia Zuo took her to his tutor's study, knocked on the door, sent her in, and stayed outside to wait.
About half an hour later.
An Ruer's sweet voice floated out from behind the door:
"Thank you, mentor, I will remember it. I will come back to you later."
She opened the door and walked out, then closed it gently, walked quickly to the terrace, first hit her boyfriend on the back, and then hugged him from behind:
"Now that I can go to the Eastern Continent with you, I know that my intuition is correct."
Xia Zuo turned around and touched her head and bun, "Let's go have lunch. I'll go to the big alchemy room to refine poison later, and you can learn tricks from the instructor."
"Okay~" An Ruer held the other party's arm. The two of them walked to the restaurant.
This lunch was the most comfortable meal Xia Zuo had had in the past few years.
There is no need to worry about being separated in two places, no need to worry about each other, and no need to face the completely unfamiliar Eastern Continent alone...
It feels really good to have someone walking with you.
Xia Zuo looked at the calendar on the wall of the restaurant and recorded today's date:
Permanent Star Calendar, Fifth Era, 1912.
"Let's treat this day as an anniversary. We will commemorate it every year in the future." Xia Zuo pointed to the calendar and said.
"Hmm~" Anru'er squinted her eyes and nodded repeatedly with a smile.
…
That night.
Xia Zuo went to the spell training room to practice curse spells according to the planned schedule.
As soon as he entered, he saw a silver circular dome covering a small half of the training ground.
In the first class where Beatrice taught the knowledge of meditation, she showed the general appearance of the spiritual ocean in this circular dome and introduced several meditation methods in the school.
Xia Zuo curiously walked around the airtight dome several times, unable to see the scene inside at all.
He walked to a corner of the training ground, stood facing the moving target not far away, and took a look at his character template.
[Character name] Xia Zuo
【Age】24 years old
【Level】LV.27+4→LV.31
【Experience】1600/11000
[HP] 210/210 (slightly poisoned)
[[Basic blood return speed]
45 points/hour
【Resistance】
[[Four series resistance] 12%
【Strength】5
【Agility】5
【Endurance】5
【Vitality】58
【Perception】12
【Will】13
【Charm】7
【Spirit】25.2
[Free Attribute Points] 35+5+5+5+5→55
[[Spirit Slot] 21.5/100 (Note ①)
[Elemental Traits] Each of the 16 elemental traits has 1 small element.
【Spell Power】
[[Elemental Power] Each of the four series has 4 points of power, totaling 16 points.
[[No attribute power] 4 points.
[Mage Guild Points] 1780 points
The four series of powers can be combined in a ratio of 1:1:1:1 to produce 1 point of non-attribute power.
Therefore, with 16 elements, a maximum of 4 points of non-attribute power can be generated.
All the props for being promoted to official mage have been exchanged. Xia Zuo is going to leave some of the remaining 1,780 points for Audrey and the others, and exchange the rest for supplies to take to the Eastern Continent.
Curse spells are different from the wind bullets, fireballs and other evocation spells that I have learned before.
[Spell Name] Interference Curse
[Spell Type] Curse style, control type, branding type
[Spell level] Formal spell
[Associated Seal] Cursed Seal
[Spell Stage] Basics
[Spell Power] The current curse spell power is 4 points.
[Spell Description] The effect of this spell will be affected by the target's will and the lower resistance among the four resistance systems.
[Spell Effect]
When this spell is cast, a corresponding curse mark will be attached to the target, giving the target a 4% chance of failing to cast the spell.
The curse mark remains until the caster stops channeling energy or is removed by a blessing spell.
Brand-type spells have a special feature: they have multiple targets and can be superimposed.
Curse spells can take effect on multiple targets at the same time, and can be maintained as long as the energy consumption can be sustained.
Moreover, the curse spell has no ballistics, it will appear directly on the target.
For every 1 point of non-attribute power, a cursed brand with 1 point of power can be generated.
Xia Zuo raised his hand and scanned the four targets in front of him. Whether they were stationary or moving targets, as long as they were caught by his gaze, they would all be marked with a black mark.
The brand looks like a mark that exudes a black aura and is randomly placed on any part of the target.
Four black threads came from Xia Zuo's right hand and were connected to the brand on the target. Through these threads, his energy was continuously transferred to the brand, keeping the curse in effect.
30 minutes later, I felt a slight twitching sensation in my head.
Xia Zuo shook his finger, retracted the black thread, and the mark on the target disappeared.
"Successful release of Interference Curse Note ②)”
Xia Zuo rested for a few seconds, aimed at the same target in front of him, and cast the interference curse 4 times in a row.
4 brands appear on the target, its spell casting failure probability reaches 4%, and the spell effect is the same as casting a interference curse with power 4.
The same curse can stack on the same target.
Different curses can also stack on the same target.
There are many strategies for casting spells, and you can choose according to the specific situation.
After the mental attribute value reaches 25 points, the level of energy is no longer what it used to be.
It will be a little difficult to maintain four curse spells with a non-attribute power of 1 point for 30 minutes at the same time, but after a short rest, you can continue to cast the curse, and it is easy to maintain the casting state for a total of five or six hours a day.
But if life force is used as a casting medium...
Tsk tsk tsk, he can maintain the curse brand until the end of time.
Xia Zuo was practicing curses in the corner of the training ground. He could earn about 24 experience points in two hours at night.
He now particularly wants to find a place where no one is around, and use [Blood Sacrifice Casting] to put a curse mark on the target. It costs 12 experience points per hour, including the necessary sleep time. If you put it on for about 2 consecutive months, you will be able to level up. The upgrade speed is absolutely explosive.
Xia Zuo also wanted to understand why blood magic once became every mage's first choice.
Those mages who merge themselves with powerful creatures have almost endless lifespan and vitality, and can use spells unscrupulously.
How could such a powerful magic school be defeated?
Blood mages use their vitality to cast spells. The prerequisite is that their vitality is sufficient.
That is to say, there is a spell that can restore vitality and inactivate flesh and blood!
Xia Zuo raised his eyebrows, feeling that he had found the answer, and planned to find an opportunity to ask his mentor.
At this moment, there was a sound from the silver dome behind him, and the dome disintegrated into silver sand, which floated back to Beatrice and disappeared.
Anru'er looked at her new tutor with admiration, as if little stars were twinkling in her eyes, "Professor, the tricks you teach are really interesting..."
Beatrice waved to the figure in the corner of the training ground. After Xia Zuo came over, she pointed at him and said:
"Take him as your target and try the trick you learned tonight."
"Uh" Xia Zuo was stunned and stood there honestly.
Anru'er raised the corners of her mouth, and a faint glow of morning light appeared in her eyes.
She stretched out her right hand to her boyfriend, and her five fingers flexibly drew arcs in front of her. Small light spots emitting white light flew out from her fingertips, circling around Xia Zuo.
Xia Zuo knows this spell - Dancing Lights. The difference between it and the Lighting Spell is that the light source cast can be moved.
Controlling five light sources at once, and the light points flying around are still so smooth, it must be the effect of the high-level spell of light energy induction.
Xia Zuo stared into the other person's eyes, and the color of Anruer's pupils changed from brown-black to a light golden yellow. This should be the external feature of the light energy induction taking effect.
"Huh~" Anruer released the spell and took a breath tiredly. Light energy induction made it easier for her to cast light-related spells, but the energy consumed by these spells did not decrease.
"Okay, get out of class is over. You go back and rest." Beatrice led the students towards the door of the training room.
…
Anruer recently received an order to make an element bottle and had to stay in the dormitory for a while.
Xia Zuo took this opportunity to concentrate on learning curse spells, and was finally promoted to an official mage today.
Accompanied by Beatrice, he swore an oath to the amber glass ball, and then received the official mage's coat of arms - made of mithril, silvery in color and hard in texture, with the holder's identity information engraved on the front and back.
The message from Goldfinger came to my mind:
"It is detected that the host has met the promotion conditions and has been successfully promoted to an official mage. The character template has been updated."
[Identity] Mage of Starry Night Academy
[[Identity Level] Official Mage
[[Promotion conditions] Unknown
[[Identity Bonus 1]: [Book Combination]
[[Identity Bonus 2]: [Spell Training]
[[(New) Identity Bonus 3]:
【Curse Mastery】
You choose the curse school as your primary spell school.
After using the spells of this genre to kill an enemy, or successfully applying negative effects to the enemy, you will receive additional experience bonuses based on the power of the spell and the strength of the enemy.
[Curse Mastery] In this identity bonus, it is clearly required that the casting target is the "enemy" instead of the "target".
Explain that targets, dummies and other props cannot be used to earn rewards.
If you think about it this way, the additional rewards provided by this status bonus should be quite a lot.
Xia Zuo waited quietly for his instructor to put away the glass ball and finish reading the information in his mind.
After becoming an official mage, you should have received a robe as a gift.
But Xia Zuo is about to go to the Eastern Continent, and the Western Continent-style robes are more eye-catching in the Eastern Continent.
Beatrice decided to give him some Silver Moon Federation-style alchemy clothing, which could be worn during daily work and would not hinder spellcasting. It also had the additional function of being stain-resistant and providing slight resistance, and she would take it out before he set off.
Xia Zuo had no objection to this.
Beatrice took out a series of previously promised things from the drawer:
The classics on the spell [Concentration and Calmness] to assist in entering deep meditation, the introductory textbook on bioalchemy, and the detection spell [Poison Induction] for expert poison alchemists - this spell is exclusive to the alchemy school.
Xia Zuo put away these tomes, exchanged two more protective spells, and asked:
"Professor, I have thought about it carefully and discussed it with Anruer, and I plan to choose the first position. But... I have a question. Is there any spell against blood mage?"
Beatrice sat behind the desk, nodded and said:
"Of course. Every orthodox magic school has spells to restrain the blood mage. The blood mage's body regeneration ability is extremely strong. We must solve this thorny problem first.
“The fire spells of the evocation school are a fatal threat to blood mages, and the flame itself is the nemesis of flesh and blood.
"The curse genre you chose has a spell called Curse of Decay."
Beatrice took out a spell book from the drawer and put it on the table. "Since you have decided to choose the first position, you can take this book. You don't have to pay points. This is a spell you must learn."
Xia Zuo's eyes lit up, he picked up the classic and read the introduction.
In digital terms, the Curse of Decay is a curse that causes the target to continuously lose blood—provided that the target has blood.
1 point of curse spell power corresponds to a blood loss rate of 1 point/minute.
If you use basic meditation to accommodate the elements and fill up the mental slot, the power of the curse spell will reach 24 points, and the blood loss rate of Curse of Decay will reach 24 points/minute.
If the [Toxic Crystal] meditation method is used to contain the elements... the blood deduction speed of the Curse of Decay will reach nearly 48 points/minute!
The more Xia Zuo read, the more he felt that he had chosen the right genre.
"Professor, I have made some new progress in researching elemental poisons recently." Xia Zuo put the magic book into his school bag, took out his alchemy diary and handed it over.
"I have found the basic toxins required for elemental toxins. Fusophanthin, indium, chlorophyll, cyanobactin, lithophyllin, cyanin, salamandrin, and silver toxin. These 8 species are the indispensable basis. Toxins. The remaining raw materials can be replaced with a variety of basic toxins, and I have listed them all.”
Beatrice flipped through the written pages one by one and read through the entire record of the students' derivation of the formula for elemental toxins.
She gently twitched her chin and nodded slowly, "You've done a great job. You can apply to be promoted to Master Poison Alchemist. But... you have to go to the Eastern Continent to do it."
Seeing that his mentor had no doubts, Xia Zuo breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
If the eight toxic effects were not discovered through poison testing, his schedule to target the eight basic toxins would have to be delayed by at least two years.
"You can prepare for the promotion test first. Well, you should have guessed what the test will be, right?" Beatrice handed back the alchemy diary and said.
"First deduce the formula of the primary refined powder, then find the detoxification and base liquid formula to strip off the ineffective toxins, and then strip the toxic effects until the primary refined elemental toxins can be stably produced, is that true? Professor." Xia Zuo Said smoothly.
"Hmm." Beatrice tapped her chin, with a look of relief in her eyes, "The master level is the end of the alchemist's qualifications. But it is not the end of poison alchemy. Flexibly using the knowledge of poison alchemy you have learned can help You strive for more honors in the Silver Moon Federation."
She rubbed her brow a few times and said, "I'm worried that you will encounter the same problem as Professor Kulov."
Xia Zuo stood in front of the table with his hands down and listened to the teachings.
"Under my management, Starry Night Academy is a very pure alchemist and mage academy. It is not tainted with too much competitiveness, competition for interests, and seizing teaching resources."
Beatrice paused, sighed silently and said:
"But this is not the case in the Silver Moon Federation. The people there focus on their own interests and honor. They pay more attention to the law than the people in the Starry Night Kingdom. They often talk about the laws of the federation and states, and like to use community self-discipline clauses, school regulations, etc. to restrain others.
“If you are not in the same camp as some of them, or have potential conflicts of interest, you will easily be targeted by the other party.
"About 20 years ago, Professor Kulov chose to return to the Western Continent and serve as a professor of poison alchemy at Starry Night Academy because he couldn't stand the methods of some people there."
Xia Zuo nodded thoughtfully.
Beatrice snapped her fingers lightly and pointed her fingertips at the student opposite.
“If you don’t want to get involved in complicated interpersonal relationships, you have to establish a correct image for yourself.
"Master-level poison alchemy qualifications.
“Strict alchemy attitude and just the right way of doing things.
“A federal honor earned through hard work.
“There is also the superior strength of the Curse Mage, as well as a clean reputation.
“These will help you block out most of the trouble, allowing you to focus your time and energy on what really matters.”
Xia Zuo was actually very clear about these matters mentioned by his instructor.
As an alchemist and mage with no background or backing, you can only rely on your own efforts to gain a foothold in the Silver Moon Federation. You must also be cautious enough and never make mistakes. One mistake may make all your efforts in vain.
"Professor, I have carefully written down everything you said." Xia Zuo said solemnly.
"Yeah. I have a hunch that you can adapt to life there." Beatrice looked at the desk calendar.
"You will leave in a year. I will help you hand over the orders in hand two months in advance.
"Feen and Irene, who are in the elemental representational discipline, may become expert elemental representationalists, and they will take over orders for elemental bottles outside the school.
"Klin, who specializes in poison alchemy, may not reach the expert level, but he can handle skilled orders. I will send him to Rossak Province. For expert poison orders, I will get them from the Silver Moon Federation." former students."
Beatrice leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair, her chest rising and falling, "The days go by so fast."
She bent her right arm and held her chin up with her right hand, "When you first entered school, you were the youngest among the students of the same class, and you couldn't even see the light of the elements. In the blink of an eye, you were about to leave the school and be on your own..."
Beatrice didn't dwell in the memories for too long.
She flipped her hair and sat up straight, "Are you going to visit Rosak Province?"
Xia Zuo thought for a while and shook his head sadly, "No, Professor. That will only make the mood even more depressed."
As time goes by, the former Audrey Circus has actually disbanded.
After all, it has been almost 8 years since Xia Zuo entered the school.
No matter how much we like the wandering days, there will eventually be a moment of separation. Burton, the Clown brother and sister, and Snake each found their significant other and started a family.
Only Audrey remained in Rosak City.
Xia Zuo transferred his small bungalow to her and prayed that the other party would reap his own happiness.
The reason for not visiting Audrey was simple.
The elements escape.
Beatrice knew why.
She snapped her fingers lightly, "Then go and refine the poison. Then practice your spells at night."
"Yes, Professor, I'll take my leave then." Xia Zuo picked up his schoolbag and left the study.
…
In the evening more than a year later.
Xia Zuo and Anruer were walking by the lake.
Anru'er has become an expert elemental embodiment master, and is just waiting to arrive in the Eastern Continent to further learn this alchemy and be promoted to a master elemental embodiment master.
The time it takes her to make the element bottle has been reduced from 15 days to 3 days now, and it can be further shortened to less than 1 day in the future.
Even after becoming an official mage of the Evocation School, her mental attribute value has been hovering around 20 points.
Until two months ago, when she was no longer responsible for the order for the element bottles, the mental attribute values had steadily increased.
In the past two months, Xia and Zuo have gradually disconnected from the school, and they rarely even go to the alchemy room.
I spend every day in my mentor's study, reading books related to the Eastern Continent, and supplementing my knowledge of life in the Silver Moon Federation.
The academic library has books introducing the Eastern Continent.
But they are of the wrong year and are a historical portrayal of the Eastern Continent at the beginning of this era.
The beginning of each era begins with the collapse of civilization in the previous era.
[The Year of Blood and Turmoil] refers specifically to the last few hundred years of the Fourth Age.
The Fifth Era was marked by the establishment of the Master's Temple, and 1913 years have passed since its development.
The protagonist of the Fourth Age is the school of demon hunting.
The Fifth Age is the stage of the Alchemy School.
Just like the world in Xia Zuo's previous life, it is a world with highly developed technology.
The real Silver Moon Federation is actually an alchemical punk world, a federal country that is far more developed and advanced than the Starry Night Kingdom.
It is also a very hierarchical country, with almost everything divided into tiers.
Xia Zuo's citizenship level is A20.
A20 representatives can receive 20 A-level basic remunerations every year, one is distributed every month, and the remaining 8 are distributed at the end of the year, each with 300 federal points.
Anruer's citizenship status is A15, which has a similar meaning to A20.
However, at the moment, the two of them are not citizens of the Silvermoon Federation and must take the oath from the Silvermoon City Citizen Service Center.
Xia Zuo took out his pocket watch and took a look. It was 6:50 in the evening. "Let's go to the tutor's study. We're about to set off."
"Yeah." Anruer leaned on the man's right shoulder and hummed.
Note ①:
Use basic meditation to accommodate 15 small elementals, occupying 15 slots.
Use the [Poison Crystal] meditation method to accommodate 1 small elemental, occupying 0.5 slots.
The Meditation Alchemy Table occupies 4 slots.
Cursed Sigil occupies 2 slots.
Note ②:
Skilled Level Elemental Toxins:
[Related Resistance] Four lines of resistance
It is expected that after the resistance of all four series reaches 12%, the impact of this prop on the host will be significantly reduced.
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