The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 204 The Art of Sharpness

The little witches had barely grasped the effects of the Sharpening spell when they heard Lady Amisha say:
"Come on, pick out a weapon you like and try out the Sharpness spell! Or if you want to emulate the Gourmet Witch, you can use your own kitchen knife. The kitchen knives in the kitchenware card are of very good quality."

Just as the little witches were getting excited about it, Moran suddenly asked, "Dean, do gourmet witches use murderous cleavers to cook?"

The little witches paused as they reached for the kitchenware card.

Yes, is the same weapon used for killing and cooking?

"Um... I think most people would."

Without kitchen utensil cards, it's not easy for a witch to carry kitchen utensils. They are all meticulously crafted and don't have knives for various purposes like those on kitchen utensil cards.

Slaughtering, chopping vegetables, self-defense, and even killing people—all these demonstrate the multi-purpose nature of a single knife.

Amisha did this when she was young and hadn't yet accumulated any wealth, and other witches did the same.

Even the use of sharpening techniques for kitchen utensils was only discovered by many self-made witches due to limited resources.

Seeing how concerned the little witches were about this issue, she roughly understood why:
"That's normal, there's a cleaning technique!"

Moran smiled and nodded, then went to look at the weapons.

The little witch, who lacked talent in water magic and couldn't convert water elemental power to cast a cleansing spell, was just like her.

The little witch, who could cast cleaning spells using water elemental power, confidently took out the kitchenware card.

"Using kitchen utensils allows for a better combination of the enhancement effects of the Sharpness spell and the infusion effects of cooking magic. This is much more time-saving and labor-saving than preparing weapons for infusion and Sharpness enhancement, and practicing throwing knife techniques. The benefits are also greater."

Unlike cooking, kitchen knife throwing is done outside the kitchen environment. With its magical undertones, kitchen knife throwing can still injure people!

However, after poisoning kitchen knives, it's crucial to clean them thoroughly before cooking. Ideally, use a cleansing spell cast with water elemental power. If that's not possible, wash them several times using other methods to ensure the poison is completely removed.

Amisha said.

She actually prefers practicing sharpening techniques using kitchen utensils.

The little witches haven't learned close combat yet, and their mastery of these weapons is nowhere near as good as their knowledge of kitchen utensils.

Upon hearing this, even the little witches who didn't know how to use water elemental cleansing spells chose to select knives from the kitchenware card.

A kitchen knife is unpleasant, but a butcher's knife is barely acceptable.

Think of it this way: slaughtering livestock and killing enemies are pretty much the same thing.

As for poisoning, just wash it more often; this method is the most practical and economical.

Moran continued examining the weapons, memorizing them afterward.

Just as Amisa thought she was going to choose one, she saw her take out a butcher knife from the {Mobile Kitchenware Card}.

Then, addressing the little witches, he said, "I've memorized the designs of these weapons. After class, I'll be putting a batch of weapon cards up for sale. If you need them in the future, you can buy the card weapons for self-defense."

Vasita looked at the butcher knife in her hand: "Then what are you doing...?"

“Let’s practice with the butcher knife first! Consider it a way to sharpen the knife,” Moran said.

It's still annoying, but compared to saving time and effort, this annoyance is nothing.

After all, it's very difficult to take a weapon from zero contamination to the point where it can be used as a throwing knife.

However, the contamination of kitchen utensils has already reached a certain level.

Besides a kitchen knife, the portable kitchen utensil card contains many other knives that can be used.

Moreover, the cleaning effect of a cleansing spell cast using water elemental power is absolutely guaranteed. The little witches: "..."

There's no way they'd buy it!
With all the metal knives ready, Ms. Amisa let them practice.

The spell's casting techniques and other details were not explained at all.

The earnest instruction he had just given was completely gone.

The little witches: "That's it? Aren't there any precautions for casting spells?"

"It's just a regular spell, not much different from the spells you've learned before. The method is the same. If you're unsure, just flip through the textbook again!"

"From now on, you will have to learn to solve problems in your magic studies on your own and develop your ability to learn magic by reading books!" Amisha said.

The little witches: "Alright."

Even though I had studied it beforehand, I still needed to review it again to be confident. So I opened the Book of Witches and turned to the chapter on Sharpness.

Among the group of little witches flipping through books, Moran stood out the most, casting a sharpening spell on the butcher's knife and then stabbing it at the training puppet.

The little witches' inner thoughts: "It's Moran! That's perfectly normal."

Moran slashed down, and the training doll, which looked like it was covered in a layer of iron, was actually pierced half an inch deep.

Let's try again with a different knife!
After going through all the knives in the {Mobile Kitchenware Card}, the Sharpness spell on the original butcher knife hadn't worn off yet.

Moran stepped back a few paces, controlling some of the knives, while simultaneously attacking the training doll.

She had also seen the art of throwing knives in picture books.

This is also a magic derived from magical contamination. The principle is that witches can control small objects to move in mid-air through long-term magical contamination.

Cooking magic also utilizes this principle.

The long period of immersion in learning culinary magic had already given Moran the ability to control the movements of these kitchen knives.

Although she was clearly not as skilled as when she held a knife herself, this was something that could be practiced.

Moreover, she clearly felt that controlling kitchen knives to attack was less strenuous than controlling them to cook.

Under the same circumstances, she can control more knives for attacks.

Controlling multiple knives for ranged attacks is indeed feasible!

The knife with the added sharpness spell deals one more point of gold elemental damage than a regular knife, and its attack power is also quite good.

Just as the dean said, using the Sharpening Technique on already contaminated kitchen utensils yields greater benefits!

Originally focused on enhancing weapons and providing last-minute self-defense, the Sharpness spell, combined with the Magic Infiltration Throwing Knife spell, becomes a group attack spell.

The only drawback is that these knives are kitchen utensils, so they need to be cleaned frequently after being poisoned, and their design is not as effective for attacking as that of real weapons.

This flaw might be insignificant to other little witches, but Moran knew that the quality of the knife determined the lethality of her throwing knife technique.

Kitchen knife throwing is time-saving, labor-saving, and highly profitable, but in terms of lethality, it relies solely on sharpness techniques and requires a long period of practice, making it inferior to magic throwing knives.

"I'll learn alchemical magic, make a set of magic throwing knives, and then change my weapons!" Moran thought to himself.

This can further enhance the lethality of the throwing knife technique.

Given a choice between well-contaminated kitchenware and ordinary weapons, she would definitely choose the well-contaminated kitchenware; but given a choice between well-contaminated kitchenware and magical weapons, she would choose the magical weapons.

Let's practice with kitchen utensils for now, consider it as sharpening a knife.