Above the mage!

Chapter 173 Contrast
[Cat's Claw] (Transmutation, Level 0):

The caster awakens his or her savage nature, which manifests in his or her hands. Unarmed strikes deal greatly increased damage for the duration of the spell (up to one minute).

Additionally, unarmed attacks made during the spell's duration are considered magical attacks.

The spell ends when the spell is cast again or a weapon is picked up.

Gao De felt helpless.

No wonder Master Ral was so straightforward.

It turns out there is a "pit" waiting for me.

How to describe this spell?
It certainly deserves the title of rare.

After all, strictly speaking, its damage limit can exceed that of ordinary spells by much more.

Generally, the damage of damaging spells is one-time.

For example, fire arrows and freeze rays can cause damage equal to the power of the spell.

But [Cat Claw] is a continuous damage spell, that is, the damage it can cause should be equal to: the number of effective attacks within the duration of the spell * the power of the spell.

In theory, this spell can cause damage equivalent to casting several or even dozens of spells with only one spell mana consumption.

The problem is that this is just theory.

In most cases, [Cat Claw] is just a useless spell for a mage.

One reason is that [Cat Claw] is a melee spell that adds a "magic" effect to both hands.

Therefore, you have to be able to touch the opponent's spell before it can take effect.

This is already a huge limitation.

Second, the threshold for this spell is too high.

At least one must have a certain level of fighting and body movement skills to be able to unleash the potential of [Cat Claw Technique].

How many mages would take the time to learn fighting and body movements?

Anyway, it's not difficult for me to learn spells, so I'll just learn them first. Even if they can only be put on the spell list as decoration, I can also regard it as accumulating the foundation for awakening my expertise in the future. Gaode quickly adjusted his mindset.

With the improved composite rune diagram, Goder came to the rune workshop on the third floor of the Gavin Building.

I unexpectedly discovered that there was a person standing outside the Rune Workshop today.

He was a young wizard with handsome features, tall stature and elegant attire.

When he saw Gao De coming, he immediately raised his eyebrows.

"Are you Goder?"

"I'm."

"My name is Tony Usher, the chief student of the Rune Department. You should have heard of my name." The young wizard said with a smile in a soft voice.

But Gode was keenly aware of the subtle hostility behind Donny Usher's smile.

Although he concealed it very well.

"I've heard of it." Gao De nodded and walked into the rune workshop while answering.

Indeed, I have heard of it.

Sadie had specifically reminded him to keep an eye out for "Donnie Usher."

And he has always had a good memory and has always been willing to listen to advice.

Therefore, he was not surprised by Donny Usher's hidden hostility.

Watching Gode walk into the rune workshop as if it was normal without waiting or even knocking on the door.

There was an undisguised hatred in Donny Usher's eyes as he looked at God's back.

He never thought that even though the Rune Department had fallen to such a state, there would still be new students joining.

Because the Rune Department has not made any contribution for many years, the funding allocated by the college has been reduced again and again.

Also, because of the stubbornness of He Xi, the head of the Rune Department, he was squeezed out by the academy's top management intentionally or unintentionally.

If it weren't for the rune construction technology mastered by He Xi, he, Donny Usher, one of the heirs of the Usher family, would not have disdained to join this crappy rune department and become the chief student of this damn rune department.

Last year he heard that He Xi had a new student, who was forced into the school by the college.

He didn't think much about it at first.

The study of runes is not something that just anyone can learn.

This new student who was stuffed into He Xi's class as a student would probably soon be abandoned by He Xi because of his "incompetence" and would not be able to study "Character Literature".

But unexpectedly, the subsequent development of events was far beyond his expectations.

First, I heard that He Xi had applied for Gao De to be exempted from the course, and then I learned that Gao De would come to the Jiawen Building to see He Xi on time every day. Obviously, Gao De was learning runes from He Xi.

As Gaode's learning ability gradually emerged, many people had even said that Gaode might have a certain talent in runes, and it was very likely that Hexi would take him as his disciple and teach him how to construct runes.

"If you want to pick peaches, you have to ask me for permission!" Thinking of this rumor, the handsome young noble wizard had no expression on his face, but he was secretly furious in his heart.

"Teacher, Donnie is outside." After knocking on the door of the small room, Gao De first reminded.

"Don't worry, you go first." He Xi waved his hand and said casually.

"This is the revised rune diagram, and there is also a compound rune designed according to the requirements you raised yesterday." Gao De did not hesitate and handed two drawn compound rune diagrams to He Xi.

He Xi looked at the compound rune drawn by Gao De on the magic paper, and a luster unconsciously appeared on his old face.

He has taught many students and mentored many people.

But no one has ever been able to create such excellent composite runes full of his own style and ideas like Gaode.

The thirty-six classic compound rune diagrams that Gaode learned were also learned by many rune masters.

But after learning it, most people will consciously or unconsciously apply the designs in the rune designs thereafter.

Only Gaode really just learned the ideas and mastered the underlying logic of the thirty-six classic compound rune diagrams.

In the rune diagram submitted by Gaode, He Xi could not see any trace of imitation. It was all independently designed according to the requirements he put forward, without any application.

Even if there are some major flaws in some designs,
But he could even feel Gode's fantastic ideas and infinite talent from these designs with major flaws.

“The change is good. Compared with yesterday’s, the achievable capabilities and compatibility have been greatly improved. However, it can be optimized further. For example, the word ‘sturdiness’ can be adjusted.”

He Xi spoke slowly, dissecting and explaining Gaode's rune diagram in more detail.

After a long time, Gao De walked out of the rune workshop with today's questions assigned by He Xi.

He glanced at Donnie Usher who was still waiting at the door, and whispered, "The instructor wants you to come in."

Even though Donny Usher hated Godd in his heart, he still managed to maintain a decent demeanor on the surface.

He first nodded slightly to Gode, then strode into the rune workshop.

Although Donny Usher was already very annoyed after waiting outside for so long, he controlled his emotions very well.

After entering the rune workshop, he immediately bowed respectfully to He Xi, "Director He Xi."

Then, he carefully took out a rune diagram drawn on high-quality magic paper and said, "This is a magic circle that I came up with a few days ago when I was inspired. I would like to ask for your advice."

Although he could not hide his pride, Donny Usher suppressed it and remained humble.

It must be said that his etiquette and bearing are impeccable.
He Xi took the rune diagram.

The carrier of the rune diagram is a piece of magic paper made from the skin of the flame rhinoceros, a second-ring earth vein creature. It is of extremely excellent quality and is engraved with a complex magic circle.

He Xi took a closer look and found that it was a first-level magic circle, composed of three compound runes, with first-level strength and first-level flame rune effects.

In terms of technique, it can be seen that Donny Usher has solid basic skills and is very skilled.

Judging by general standards, this is a pretty good rune picture.

But He Xi just took a casual glance and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, lamenting that it was a waste of resources.

With such good magic paper, drawing a magic circle with more than five compound runes can only be considered qualified.

"The completion is OK. Well, the style of Quincy Usher is very obvious in the magic circle."

"It can be seen that Quincy Usher has not hidden anything from you, and you have mastered it very well, but the shortcoming is that your style is too Quincy Usher, and it doesn't have any of your own style at all."

Quincy Uther, a second-level rune master of the Uther family.

Although he is only at the second level, he is already one of the top rune masters in the Principality of Sean.

"So, you just want to be the second Quincy Usher? If not, then stop imitating blindly."

In the early stages of rune learning, drawing runes by imitating the ideas of predecessors can help you get started faster, which can also be considered a way of learning.

The problem is that Tony has been a first-level rune master for a long time, but the magic circles he draws are still shadows of others, without any of his own.

Such a rune master can be considered a rune master in a broad sense, after all, he can indeed draw a first-level magic circle.

But in He Xi's opinion, such a rune master is just a high-level "craftsman", essentially no different from those bricklayers who paste walls according to blueprints, and cannot be considered a rune master at all.

In fact, although he used to think that such a rune master was meaningless, at least his mentality was still very calm and he would not say such sharp words like he does now.

Why is it that as we get older, we become more direct?
He Xi thought about it and got the answer:

After eating fine food, I can’t eat these leftovers anymore.

He Xi shook his head and returned the rune diagram to Donny Usher, praising him at the same time: "The magic paper is good, but it's a bit wasteful."

(End of this chapter)