Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 52: Melee Magic Sword
Three months, or to be exact, three months and twelve days, Ronan's panel information has seen a lot of new changes.

First of all, in terms of strength, the progress jumped from 11% for a level 69 apprentice to % for a level apprentice.

It's still based on drugs.

Four bottles of intermediate-level zero-level nourishing potion allowed Ronan's spiritual power to increase by more than two levels in one go.

The price was eight intermediate magic stones.

In addition to opening the storage waist bag of the second intermediate apprentice, the black-robed wizard, and obtaining a large amount of magic stones from it, Ronan's own breakthrough in money-making skills was also one of the reasons why he dared to adopt this "luxurious" way of practice.

His rune engraving skills have improved a lot. His proficiency in the [Protection] rune has been promoted to mastery, and the engraving success rate has also increased to more than 50%.

Almost every time you print twice, you will succeed once. In a day, if you are lucky, you can succeed five to seven times.

Based on the current unit price of the [Protection] rune, which fluctuates around twelve low-level magic stones, he can at least make a net income of ten intermediate magic stones in a month!

After becoming wealthy, Ronan upgraded his equipment to include the staff he had longed for, a new robe, the spells he wanted, and even several commonly used combat potions.

Compared with three months ago, the overall strength has increased by more than ten times.

"In fact, the key is that the shortcomings in control methods have been greatly compensated."

Ronan, who once did not have even a single control skill, now has three control spells quietly lying on the skill bar of his character panel, and they are all intermediate level zero.

Except for the electric spell [Lightning Surge] which he bought at a stall in the market, the remaining [Curse of Weakness] and [Howl of the Dead] all came from the black robe.

Ronan had no intention of learning necromancy spells, but after opening the storage waist bag of the second intermediate apprentice in the black robe, he found the [Curse of Weakness] together with the [Flesh Puppet] spell that summoned corpse servants. After studying it in detail, he became more and more excited.

I couldn't help myself and accidentally learned it.

Then he decided to just go for broke and learn another skill that matched the Ghost Ring, [Howl of the Dead].

Of course, I didn’t dare to learn too deeply, and only practiced to the level where I could cast spells smoothly.

【Lightning Flash】I put in a lot of hard work and mastered it to the proficient level.

These three control spells can be said to have their own merits.

The effect of [Electricity Flow] is to summon electric current, which flows along the ground and attacks the opponent.

The damage is average, but the paralysis effect of electric spells is excellent. The disadvantage is that the summoned electric light is difficult to control and can be easily blocked by energy shields.

When Ronan first learned this spell, he could only summon two streaks of lightning. After he became proficient in it, the number of lightning he could summon increased to four.

[Weakness Curse] After being cast, it can directly weaken the opponent physically, causing the opponent's physical strength to be quickly consumed. It has a large range and can affect multiple targets at a time. It completely ignores the existence of energy shields, which is quite unreasonable.

This is also the domineering aspect of the curse spell, and it is considered to be the control skill that Ronan is most satisfied with.

Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious. It is difficult to practice and the casting is slow. When facing an opponent with a lower strength level than oneself, one spell can make the opponent lie on the ground like a "dead fish". However, if the opponent is of the same level or a higher level, the weakening effect will be quickly reduced.

With Ronan's current entry-level proficiency, casting a [Weakness Curse] on a senior apprentice of the same level would probably only reduce the opponent's physical condition by about 20%.

There is nothing much to say about the last one, [Howl of the Ghost]. The ghost of a crazy woman suddenly jumps out while muttering "Valenzuna bitch", and anyone who is caught off guard will be startled.

If it "howls", it can also cause a certain impact on the opponent's mental level, affecting the opponent's spellcasting, action judgment, etc. The key is that this spell requires almost no guidance, just a simple command to the undead under the opponent.

Spell proficiency is mainly improved by the effect of [Howl] and the frequency of each command.

Ronan speculated that the upper limit of this spell should depend on the number of undead controlled by the caster.

If a crazy woman screams loudly in front of you, you might just be scared and tremble, but what if there are a hundred crazy women?

It was definitely a hysterical "howling storm" that might have exploded your head.

In other aspects, the proficiency of [Basic Meditation] has been increasing steadily.

[Energy Missile - Particle Torrent] It becomes extremely difficult to improve your proficiency after being promoted to Master.

After three full months, Ronan only gained two points of proficiency.

In addition to the fact that each increase in proficiency requires more spellcasting insights to accumulate, another big reason is that practicing once is too time-consuming. The key is that it is really difficult to find a suitable place to practice spellcasting. Many times, Ronan can't practice once a day.
However, Ronan discovered that with every increase in master-level proficiency in [Energy Missile - Particle Torrent], the number of torrent particles that looked like ultra-micro black holes would increase by one when it was cast, and the strength of the spell would also increase dramatically.

He is now using all his strength to cast [Energy Missile - Particle Torrent]. The range of the extraordinary domain formed by the spell has expanded by nearly twice as much as before, and its power has also increased by several times.

Moreover, after three months of practice, Ronan has been able to control the power of each [Energy Missile] at will.

This is very important. From now on, Ronan no longer has to worry about running out of mana every time he casts a spell, or even having his vitality drained.
"With the help of monster meat, [Ascetic Bodybuilding] and [Basic Swordsmanship] both reached the expert level, which was unusually smooth..."

Ronan picked up the staff casually, held the top of the staff with his right hand, and applied a little force.

"Qiang!"

A cold light flashed through the forest, and Ronan appeared with a one-meter-long, dark and dull one-handed sword in his hand.

This sword is hidden in the body of the staff. The blade is very narrow, almost half the size of a normal one-handed sword, and looks thicker than an ordinary one-handed sword.

Ronan slowly walked up to the corpse of the two-headed demon lizard and gently waved the sword in his hand. It didn't seem like he used much strength, and the smaller head on the two-headed demon lizard's neck rolled down very smoothly.

"There is almost no resistance when peeling the skin and flesh of a zero-level high-level magic beast. It is worth the three intermediate magic stones and twenty-five low-level magic stones I spent."

Ronan was quite satisfied with the sharpness of the black sword.

This magical sword was specially customized by him at the Weiling Workshop. It was enchanted with two [Sharpness] runes, one [Strongness] rune, and one [Light Absorption] rune.

He almost abandoned all the functions of a normal staff and built it entirely for close combat.

In fact, Ronan's original idea was not like this. The main reason was that he practiced the eighth move of [Austerity Body Building] and broke through to the expert level. His physical fitness was greatly improved again.

I feel like it would be a shame not to make use of such a good melee foundation. I can't just use it to escape every time.

The rune effects enchanted on a normal staff are more useful in increasing spell power and speeding up casting speed.

His master-level [Energy Missile - Particle Torrent] is incredibly powerful in itself, and its casting is almost instantaneous. The two enchantment effects that are most helpful to ordinary wizards are actually dispensable to him.

So Ronan decided to find another way and create such a close combat magic sword.

Of course, the main reason is that
The customization cost of this kind of melee magic sword is much cheaper than that of a normal magic staff!
(End of this chapter)