Above the mage!

Chapter 231 Ice Marrow and [Blade Burst +]

After the lights in the tents around Duo'er went out one after another, Gao De, who had just sat down cross-legged and was about to start today's practice, heard footsteps coming from outside the tent.

Gao De stopped his actions immediately, and became alert.

Who else would come to see him at this late hour?
"It's me," Chief Himo's voice came from outside the tent, "Are you still awake?"

"Not yet." Gode quickly stood up, opened the tent, and welcomed Chief Ximo in.

"Is there anything wrong, Chief Ximo?"

Chief Ximo smiled and said, "If you hadn't taken action today, the Duo'er tribe would have been in great trouble."

"There's nothing good in the tribe. After thinking about it, this is the only thing I can barely give away."

As he spoke, Chief Himo carefully took out a small ice bottle from his arms.

The ice bottle is clear, and through the bottle body, you can clearly see three drops of crystal blue water droplet-shaped "gel" inside.

Chief Ximo handed the ice bottle to Gaode.

"What is this?" Gao De asked in surprise.

"Ice marrow, first-level," Chief Ximo introduced, "In the North, ice marrow is the most hard currency."

With the introduction of Chief Ximo, Gaode gradually understood the situation.

In a place like the North, gold and silver coins are meaningless.

The people here are more accustomed to bartering, and there is only one thing that can be truly regarded as "currency", and that is "ice marrow".

The so-called ice marrow is not some rare mineral, but a drop of water-drop-shaped gel condensed by the Iceborn through the method of "ice extraction" that they will master after awakening their Iceborn bloodline.

The whole process is actually somewhat similar to mixing potions, except that the "Ice Marrow" can only be condensed by Iceborn Mages.

Similarly, the stronger the bloodline power, the higher the grade of the condensed ice marrow.

In addition, the more mana you have, the shorter the time it takes to condense the ice marrow.

Ximo is an ice wizard in the early stage of the first ring, so the ice marrow he condenses is naturally the first-level ice marrow.

And with his level of wizard, it would take him about a year to condense a drop of first-level ice marrow.

If it is an Iceborn mage in the middle stage of the first ring, it will take half a year, and if it is a mage in the late stage of the first ring, it will take four months.

One can imagine how precious ice marrow is.

Of course, the value of ice marrow lies not only in the difficulty of its condensation process, but also in the powerful effect it possesses.

This ice marrow contains extremely abundant and pure ice element power. In addition to being used as medicine, it can also be used directly as magic potion.

After swallowing the ice marrow, the power of the ice spells cast by the mage will increase dramatically.

However, the most important reason why it has become hard currency in the North is that after taking the ice marrow, in addition to "amplifying" the power of ice spells, it can also be used to assist in the practice of ice-based cultivation methods and even enhance one's own ice bloodline.

There is no need to say much about the former. The practice methods of the Iceborn mages are all the "Secret Teachings of Zhenbing" obtained through blood awakening, which is the purest ice practice method.

As for the latter, it is of utmost importance to the people in the North.

The spells of an Iceborn Mage are obtained through his own bloodline, and he does not need to spend time constructing spell models like ordinary mages.

At the same time, the powerful Iceborn bloodline will also quickly improve the Iceborn mage's mage level.

For example, Sunaifah, the new war mother of the Zhenbing tribe, has reached the fourth ring level at a young age, relying on her powerful Iceborn bloodline.

This is the advantage of the Iceborn bloodline.

But on another level, the Iceborn bloodline also limits the growth of Iceborn mages.

Because the breakthrough of "Zhenbing Secret" is limited by bloodline power.

For an Iceborn mage like Ximo, who has a weak Iceborn bloodline, the upper limit of his entire life is only the late first ring.

Without a breakthrough in bloodline power, [Zhenbing Secret] will never be able to complete the upgrade and become a second-ring mage.

The reason why the Ice Race is becoming weaker and weaker is precisely because they are extremely dependent on the power of the Ice Race bloodline, but the power of their bloodline is constantly declining.

In ancient times, the Iceborn bloodline could allow them to reach the seventh or even eighth ring.

But now, even the fifth ring has become difficult.

Let’s take Sunaifa as an example. Because of her Iceborn bloodline, she can quickly become a fourth-ring Iceborn mage in just a few years, but she may also remain at the fourth ring for her entire life due to the limitations of her Iceborn bloodline.

The strength of the Iceborn bloodline is innate and depends on luck, but it is not something that cannot be changed by acquired factors.

The most well-known method is to swallow ice marrow, and then use the "ice condensation" ability in "The Secret of Ice" to enhance the power of one's ice bloodline.

It must be because the ice marrow was originally condensed by the Ice Mage using the power of his blood. Since they come from the same source, it has such a magical effect.

The difficulty of the ice marrow condensation process combined with its powerful use, the latter destined the "ice marrow" to be always scarce and never rot in your hands.

The former ensures that "Ice Marrow" will not experience "inflation" and its value will remain stable.

This happens to be a property of money.

Therefore, "Ice Marrow" has become the hard currency in the North, and there is nothing wrong with calling it a high-value currency.

The three drops of ice marrow in front of him were what Chief Ximo had stockpiled for three whole years.

The sincerity is fully demonstrated in words.

"In that case, I'd better obey your command." Gao De thought for a moment and reached out to take the ice bottle.

If the other party just gives something insignificant as a thank you, then there is actually not much difference between accepting and rejecting.

But if the other party really took out his most precious thing, accepting it would be a better choice.

Seeing that Gao De accepted it, Chief Ximo immediately showed a relieved expression on his face: "Then I won't disturb your rest."

After watching Chief Ximo leave, Gaode opened the cap of the ice bottle in his hand.

The rich breath of ice element suddenly hits you in the face, shocking you.

Gao De looked at the three drops of ice marrow containing rich ice elemental power, and thought of what Du Wei had told him: refine the magic plant containing ice element into liquid medicine, and drip it into the eyes. After absorbing enough ice elemental power, the Mandola Magic Eye can continue to improve.

Ice marrow possesses extremely abundant and pure ice elemental power, which just meets this condition.

Therefore, the Mandola Demon Eye should be able to be improved through ice marrow, and the effect may be far better than the medicine refined from the magic plant.

Thinking of this, Gaode's heart moved slightly and he opened the Mandola Magic Eye.

His originally normal left pupil immediately showed a circle of deep blue fluorescence, becoming mysterious.

At the same time, the field of vision changed. The world seen by the left eye became microscopic, and even the boundary line of the blue particles solidified in the ice marrow could be faintly distinguished.

If you look into the distance, things that were originally tiny seem to be right in front of you, just like the telephoto lens of a camera in the previous life.

Then, Gao De raised his head, took out a drop of ice marrow from the ice bottle, and dripped it into his left eye.

In an instant, he felt a refreshing chill rushing into his eyes.

Without any additional action on his part, the fluorescent Mandorla's Demonic Eye automatically began to absorb the abundant power of the ice element.

I don’t know how long the whole process lasted.

When the chill completely dissipated, the Mandor Demon Eye on God's left side was obviously a little deeper than before.

I tried to observe things with Mandor's Magic Eye again, and it was clearer than before.

Gao De carefully felt it, and with the powerful mental perception, some information naturally came to his mind. If he dripped 71 drops of ice marrow like just now, his Mandorla Magic Eye would be able to be upgraded to the next level.

Mandor's Eyes is a special ability obtained through "Mandora's Tears".

Due to the rarity and randomness of "Mandora's Tears", even if you take "Mandora's Tears", you may not necessarily obtain "Mandora's Magic Eyes".

Therefore, there are very few wizards who possess the "Mandola's Eye", and it is definitely not a common ability.

For such an uncommon special ability, there is naturally not much information recorded, and there is no specific level division.

In order to make it easier for him to distinguish the levels of Mandola's Demon Eye, Gao De thought about it and decided that if there was no realm division, he would create one himself.

He simply classified the newly awakened Mandola's Demon Eye as the first level.

The next level is naturally the second level.

Divided by the number of drops of first-level ice marrow, it should now be: Mandola's Magic Eye Level 1 (72/).

After coming to this conclusion, Gaode suddenly felt much more comfortable - compared to vague concepts, specific data was his comfort zone.

Another 71 drops of ice marrow are needed to upgrade the Mandorla's Eye to the next level.

However, he only had two drops in his hand now.

Moreover, the upper limit of Mandola's Demon Eye is still unknown.

But in short, the more ice marrow you have, the better.

However, Ice Marrow was the most valuable treasure in the North. After much thought, Gao De still couldn't think of anything of equivalent value he could use to exchange it.

The most valuable thing on him now, apart from the set of fourth-level rune structure "Breath of the Wilderness" left by He Xi, is the dozens of Sean gold coins.
Well, after entering the North, these dozens of Sean gold coins also lost their value.

Not to mention purchasing ice marrow, even if you use it to buy food, the people in the North will despise you.

“It still depends on planting trees.”

After thinking it over, Gao De found that his only support was still planting trees.

When relying on the ability of Yggdrasil and having a strong influence in the North, there is naturally no shortage of ice marrow.

The simplest example is to provide Duo'er with a habitable place in exchange for Chief Ximo constantly condensing ice marrow for him. Chief Ximo will definitely be willing to do so.

"In the first year of planting trees, my own strength was too weak, and the best thing to use was the magic circle. So I entered the Rune Department and studied rune literature, which was a preparation for now."

Whether it is the practice of [Aoki Changshengjing], the realization of Flora's potential, or the expected establishment of one's own power, they are inseparable from Yugatshira.

The top priority now is to find a suitable site for planting trees.

It is definitely unrealistic and too much of a gamble to rely solely on your own exploration and search.

First of all, you need a map, even a rough and simple one.

Obviously, this kind of thing does not exist in the small tribe of Duoerbian, as their nomadic area is limited.

However, Gaode has already found out the location of the current camp of the medium-sized tribe closest to the border of Duoer.

The next step is to rush over and find a way to buy the map from them.

After thinking about the next itinerary, Gao De stopped thinking about it and prepared to start today's practice.

But before that, there is one more thing to do.

He focused his mind on "Wind Spirit and Moon Shadow".

origin:

0 ring——【Snow Wolf】(7/7).

Yes, the new origin he just obtained today has not been used yet.

At the stage of the first-ring mage, at least the origin of the 0th ring, there is no need for Gaode to save it specially for emergency use.

Just use whatever you can.

His attention flashed through his tricks that had not yet been "added points" one by one, and finally fell on [Blade Burst].

This is a rare cantrip from the conjuration department.

In terms of power alone, it is actually not outstanding, only 6 degrees, and 12 degrees when the spell is upgraded, which is only 2 degrees higher than the [Magic Explosion] without the upgrade.

However, the damage caused by [Blade Burst] is noble force field damage, and it is also an extremely rare area attack spell.

The combination of these two points is enough to raise its point allocation priority a lot.

Now that he had made the decision, Gaode focused his attention on the flashing yellow "+" sign after [Blade Burst] and acted decisively.

[Blade Burst+] (Conjuration, Level 0):

You instantly create a circle of translucent blades that sweep around you.

Every creature other than you within the spell's area (5 feet) takes damage.

Additional: The center of the blade burst is no longer fixed to the caster, but can be selected by the caster at any point within 20 feet as the center of the blade burst (but if the caster is not centered on himself and is within the casting range, he will still receive damage).

*******
A very strange improvement.

To put it simply and roughly, it is equivalent to extending the casting distance.

After all, when casting spells with oneself as the center and the spell range is only 5 feet, the scope of application of [Blade Burst] is actually very limited: when and only when a large number of enemies are close to the face.

In fact, for a mage, being in such a situation is not to say life-threatening, but it is also extremely dangerous.

So under normal circumstances, the mage will definitely try his best to avoid getting into this kind of situation.

But if you don't get into this situation, [Blade Burst] will be useless.

This contradiction meant that [Blade Burst], as a group attack spell, could not really be used as a conventional combat spell. It was more often a limited spell that was kept in reserve.
But after adding points to "Wind Spirit and Moon Shadow", the applicability of [Blade Burst +] is greatly improved.

The 20-foot casting distance plus the 5-foot spell range means that [Blade Burst+] can hit enemies up to 25 feet away.

It’s worthy of you, Feng Ling Yue Ying!
Gao De was very satisfied.

at this time.

The sound of footsteps outside the tent was heard again.

But it was obviously much lighter than before, so it was not the return of Chief Ximo.

Who is it?

Gao De raised his eyebrows slightly.

A moment later, someone outside the tent shouted softly and cautiously in Ace language:

"May I come inside?"

He is a member of the Duoer border tribe.

Gao De thought about it, stood up again and opened the tent.

Outside the tent stood a short, dark-skinned boy of about seven or eight years old, with hair as thin as dead grass.

Gao De had a little impression of this boy.

Because during the bonfire party in the evening, the boy kept staring at him from time to time with a fanatical look that could be said to be worshipful.

(End of this chapter)