Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 64 Testing Sister-in-law ( words completed)
hum!
The antlered hippopotamus was horrified. It didn't know that the abnormality on its body was caused by Richard. It just thought it was related to the zombies present.

So it roared towards the sky and rushed towards the smelly zombies.

But under the influence of the slowness spell, the mud in the swamp became an obstacle for the antler hippopotamus, making its speed slower than that of a zombie.

Richard smiled.

Close your eyes and change your ammunition!

……

After two days of careful exploration, Richard has figured out that the biggest difference between a Star Ring Mage and a traditional mage is that a Star Ring Mage needs [Spell Preparation] to cast spells.

Traditional wizards can cast spells by releasing all the magic in the magic book, and can choose any one they want, which is convenient and fast.

The Star Ring Mage can only release magic in his own spell slot. If he wants to release magic that is not in the spell slot, he needs to remove the previous magic from the spell slot like loading a bullet, and then replace it with a new magic.

In other words, as long as a traditional wizard knows a spell, he can cast it at any time.

However, if there are not enough spell slots, the spells that the Star Ring Mage knows cannot be cast.

But the Star Ring Mage also has its own advantages, that is, there is no spell cooldown.

Although traditional wizards can release all the magic in the magic book, each magic released will put that magic into a cooling-down period. In the terms of this world, this is called magic disorder.

The higher the level of magic, the longer the cooldown time.

The cooling time of level 1 magic may be only one or two minutes, and level 3 magic is about half an hour, and the cooling time increases more and more rapidly after that.

The cooldown time for magic above level 7 can be as long as a week, and for level 9 magic it can be as long as a year.

The Star Ring Mage does not have this limitation.

As long as the magic is in the spell slot, there is almost no cooldown. You can pour out as much firepower as you have mana.

The only things that limit the number of spells a Star Ring Mage can cast are his mana and soul strength.

In Richard's opinion, the Star Ring Mage is a bit like turning people into machine guns.

As long as you have enough magic points, you can keep shooting magic bullets, but if you shoot for a long time, the machine gun will overheat.

If it overheats, the machine gun needs to be given a rest, otherwise it will explode.

The key factor that determines when a machine gun will overheat is the soul strength. The higher the soul strength, the more magic the machine gun can withstand.

……

The slowness wore off, the ground sank, and ice was reborn.

It takes quite a long time to prepare the spell.

It took three full minutes, until the effect of the slow spell was almost wearing off, before Richard finished changing the spell.

He gently stroked the Staff of Disintegration in his hand, and a chill suddenly burst out from the mouth of the Deer-Horned Hippopotamus.

The muddy water that the hippopotamus drank into its mouth solidified instantly, sticking its mouth tightly shut!
The moist water element gently caressed the hippopotamus, and the earth element, which had gradually lost its strength, stood up again and bravely stuck to the hippopotamus tightly.

【Easy Freezing

Mana cost: 3
Level 1 magic

Effect: Freeze a target briefly, greatly reduce its attack power, and extend the duration of all possessed magic on it. 】

This simple freezing came at the wrong time, and it exploded just when the antlered hippopotamus rushed into the encirclement of the stinking zombies.

The antler hippopotamus, unable to open its mouth, suddenly lost its most powerful weapon. And because of the effect of the slow spell, it couldn't even run away.

This makes it seem like it has tied itself up and delivered itself to the door.

Where had the stinking zombies ever seen such a kind enemy? They immediately surrounded the antler hippopotamus and started scratching it.

Their claws, which were imbued with the power of the undead, seemed to have no strength, but every time they attacked the antlered hippopotamus, they could pour the death energy of the undead into its body, causing it to scream in pain.

The antler hippopotamus struggled desperately, shaking its body and head left and right, hitting the stinking zombies around it. But without a mouth, it had lost its most powerful weapon, and these physical attacks had no effect on the stinking zombies.

After several rounds of siege, the antler-bearing hippopotamus was already lying in the swamp, dying.

"enough."

Roar!
Da Lan roared, and all the smelly zombies scattered immediately.

Richard walked through the wet swamp and came to the antler hippopotamus. The dying antler hippopotamus stared at Richard with his eyes, seeming to be very confused about why he had suffered such a bad fate.
Richard lowered his head silently, then raised it high, disintegrated the scepter, and pierced the antler hippopotamus's eyes.

After this, the antler hippopotamus' body twitched violently and fell into eternal sleep.

Richard closed his eyes slightly, and a stream of blood that no one else could see emerged from the Deer-Horned Hippopotamus and sank into Richard's body.

"It is true. I felt it when I stepped on that bug in prison just now.

It was just that the blood was too weak, so I thought it was an illusion."

Richard sighed silently.

“Star Ring Mage is not a good profession.

If a Star Ring Mage wants to grow, both his physical and soul strength must meet the standards.

After there is a spell slot in my soul, my soul will automatically absorb the surrounding elements and grow slowly. It is only a matter of time before the soul reaches the required strength.

The hard part is physical strength. If I want to increase my physical strength, I have only found one way - killing.

By killing other creatures, you gain blood, or experience points, to help your body grow.
This is very similar to the way the heroes of the Yasa world grew up in ancient times when wild monsters were rampant.

At that time, the hero only needed to continuously defeat various terrible monsters to gain a large amount of experience points to allow himself to grow.

If you can win an epic victory, it is not impossible to soar directly from level one to level ten.

But since the Battle of the Gods appeared and the Yasha World became the rear, it has become difficult to find wild monsters. Similar growth methods have long been eliminated, and now all professions are based on cultivation growth.

I understand why the Star Ring Mage is not popular. If the profession of Star Ring Mage is really spread, the Yasha world will probably be in turmoil again."

Da Lan looked at the hippopotamus with antlers that Richard was stepping on, smiled innocently, and said, "Warden, why did you kill it like this? It's a female, we can take it back to the prison and torture it. It must be nice to hear its screams."

"Huh?" Richard glanced at Da Lan, frowned slightly, and shook his head angrily.

"We have no grudge against this hippo, we have already killed it, there is no need to torture it any further.

I don't like meaningless torture. Even if it means killing the weak, I like to give the other party a quick death. Don't say such things again in the future."

Richard knocked on the hippopotamus body and said, "Take it back and have Green clean it and prepare it for dinner tonight."

"Ow!"

Under Da Lan's command, the stinking zombies carried the hippopotamus and walked towards the prison.

Richard walked slowly in the team, adjusting his soul as he walked.

If someone could sneak into Richard's soul, they would be extremely surprised to find that behind Richard's soul, around the only spell ring, more than sixty free light spots have appeared!
Every spot of light is a level 1 magic!
“The magic in the spell ring switches at different speeds.

It takes nearly 4 minutes to switch from Ignite to Slow, minutes to switch from Slow to Simple Freeze, and a full minutes to switch from Ignite to Simple Freeze!

In other words, if I release Ignite and then want to release Simple Freeze, I can use Slow as a transition first. It will take one minute less than if I switch directly from Ignite to Simple Freeze!

There must be some principle here that I haven't figured out yet.

既然有4分钟、 3分钟、8分钟这样不同的切换时间，那有没有30秒、10秒甚至一两秒的切换时间呢？

If I could figure out the principles of spell preparation, maybe I could put together a chain that could cast spells quickly.

Using only one spell ring, you can achieve the effect of a spell machine gun that only high-level star ring mages have.

In any case, it is definitely a good idea to develop as many first-level magics as possible!"

Richard, who had just become a star ring wizard, was like a little boy who got a toy and couldn't let go of the spell ring.

He spent the entire afternoon and night immersed in the spell ring, trying to figure out all its mysteries. He even wished he could stay in the safe Saint Laurent Prison to study the spell ring until all his doubts were solved.

Unfortunately, he can't do that. As a responsible adult, there are still many things waiting for him to do.

The next day, Richard came to the hospital to see Princeton for a physical examination as usual.

"Okay, relax and open your mouth."

"Ah..." Richard felt a little nervous. Although the book said that once the spell position was formed, it would be hidden in the deepest part of the soul and as invisible as the magic book, even a demigod could not detect it.

But he was facing Princeton after all. Even Richard had to admit that this guy had some skills in terms of the soul.

Sure enough, as soon as the inspection began, Princeton asked curiously:

"Hmm? Richard, your soul has actually stabilized a little.

Did you really drink all those potions you brought back yesterday? Did they really produce any results?
That's impossible. Those potions don't have the effect of restoring the soul. Could it be that your soul is affected by the stigmata and is different from that of a normal person?"

"Right! I told you those potions would definitely work! Great strength can make miracles happen!" Richard said with a smile, "How about I make some more potions today and let you drink them in front of me?"

"Sure!" Princeton's curiosity for knowledge was seduced by Richard.

"Haha, if you want me to cooperate with you in the experiment, you have to give me some benefits.

We are all adults now, there is no emotion, only business." Richard laughed sinisterly.

"Huh? What do you want?" Princeton suddenly became alert.

"Let me tell you. We apply for medicinal materials so frequently that the hospital director is already a little unhappy. You really have to be more restrained. Otherwise, if he gets angry and doesn't approve the Golden Knife Music, we'll have to pay for it out of our own pockets."

"Don't worry, I don't want this." Richard said faintly: "Professor, I want you to help me find something."

"what?"

……

……

Richard staggered out of the hospital, leaving Princeton and his research team with a lot of questions.

On his way to buy groceries, he brought some sweets for Niu Xiaoxiao and Diana, which made the two little girls very happy. They surrounded Richard and praised him highly.

While Richard was checking in with Diana about Niu Xiaoxiao's learning progress, he glanced towards the kitchen out of the corner of his eye.

He had no way to take care of Niu Xiaoxiao for a long time, so this important person, Diana's partner, fell into the hands of the cleaner Dell.

Niu Xiaoxiao was actually very happy about Aunt Dale's arrival. According to him, before his father had the accident, Dale often came to her house to take care of her and was very friendly, enthusiastic and patient to her.

This is indeed the case.

Ever since Dell came to Niu Xiaoxiao's house, Diana hasn't had the chance to cook or even sweep the floor.

It was as if Dell deliberately seized the opportunity to show off and took up all the capable jobs except teaching.

It’s not her fault. She doesn’t know how to do it herself and there’s no way to teach her.

So, Diana almost became Xiaoxiao's full-time tutor, and she didn't have to do anything except watching Xiaoxiao study.

Diana quietly asked Xiaoxiao if she would be willing to be with Dale if she and Richard left.

Xiaoxiao, who is young but extremely smart, answered the question very seriously. She said that she was willing and believed that Dale really liked her.

Dale was willing, Xiaoxiao was willing, but Richard was not.

That cookbook has always been a thorn in Richard's heart.

……

……

Chi la...

The light of the setting sun shone through the window, shining on Dell.

Dell, a middle-aged woman with a charming demeanor, was cleaning the kitchen with a scarf wrapped around her head and a smile on her face.

Richard peeked outside the kitchen for a while, then slowly floated in.

"Don't move."

Richard sneaked around behind Dale and pressed his big staff against Dale's waist.

"Ah?!" Dell's body stiffened when he felt the hardness behind him.

She obviously recognized Richard's voice and asked somewhat at a loss:

"Mr. Richard? What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?"

"Well..." Richard approached Dale quietly and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Dale...you don't need to be so polite to me.

You may not know that Professor Oxford is two years older than me, and I sometimes call him Brother Niu in private.

If you and Brother Niu could really achieve the goal, you would be half a lifetime older than me.

Otherwise, I will call you sister-in-law from now on, okay?"

"This, this, this, this..." Mrs. Dale was shocked.

Richard's call of "sister-in-law" made her almost lose her soul.

"That won't do. How can I be worthy of you? Mr. Richard, you are a hero, and I am just a sweeper.

I……"

"Hey! Sister-in-law." Richard suddenly took a step forward and pushed Mrs. Dale against the stove with his disintegration staff.

"Sister-in-law, why did Brother Niu fall in love with you in the first place? Can you show me?"

　Sorry, I'm a little late today because I was delayed by some trivial matters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)