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Chapter 60 Spell Museum

After discussing the specific arrangements for contacting the black market with the old druid Aaron, Loren felt relieved and entered a vengeful mode.

Although dinner wasn't as good as breakfast, it was still much better than the homemade dishes he had for lunch.

He was considering discussing with Maurice about canceling the option of cooking for himself.

That chef with dragon worship tendencies cooks incredibly well, so why does he bother to cook for himself?
At the same time, Loren also began to wonder if he had overlooked anything.

After all, quite a few things have happened recently, and some mistakes have even occurred.

It's best to avoid things like forgetting about the small magic crystal mines in the buffer zone from happening again.

Only by looking back can we grasp the future.

That's just how much we, Little Red Dragon, know how to reflect!
Loren carefully searched his memories.

After confirming several times that he had not made any major mistakes, he felt relieved and devoted himself wholeheartedly to cooking.

After finishing his meal and completing his "clean plate" campaign for the day, Loren stood up, met the chef's intense gaze, and walked out of the zoo.

Although the contractual arrangement allowed Loren to choose to sleep in the zoo.

However, just to be on the safe side, Loren decided to go back into the demiplane to check his memories and written records again.

Only in this way can it be considered foolproof.

On his way home, Loren checked the group chats in his old part-time job group and the latest news.

"Standard compensation, unlimited quantity, unlimited spell type: collect old version magic inventory in Greenleaf City, unlimited quantity? Unlimited type?"

A message caught Loren's attention, and he couldn't help but frown. This part-time job offer was quite interesting.

The structural optimization of the spell model is a monumental project proposed by high-ranking spellcasters of the Federation two hundred years ago.

Currently, the project has completed the basic optimization of spells from level one to five. These spells, which have been optimized to the extreme for simplicity, are now known as standard spells.

It is recorded on the Magic Crystal Terminal and in the general database of the Mage Kingdom Forum.

Wherever there is a magic crystal network, spellcasters can pay to download relevant theoretical scrolls and node diagrams to learn spells.

However, as the project was being carried out, some monks raised questions:
Are those casting nodes that were optimized out, those seemingly insignificant auxiliary nodes, really insignificant? Are they really worth optimizing?

Were all the monks of the old era utterly foolish?

Is it true that as long as a spell can run, it's enough?

This is actually a negative.

Some demigod mages have suggested that the optimized structures and casting nodes of many spell models are auxiliary slots for future supermagic skills and casting feats, and some are also closely related to local casting environments and states.

Under certain circumstances, older versions of spells can achieve half the power of standard spells.

Our standard spell model is too simplistic.

However, compared to supermagic skills and spellcasting feats, enabling more spellcasters to expand their spell repertoire, cast better and more advanced magic, and enjoy a better life is clearly a more important matter.

As a compromise, older versions of spells are generally stored in local, offline repositories called spell museums, which are built by individual cities.

Local spellcasters can go to a nearby spell museum to retrieve the spells they need and upload them to spellcasters in other locations who require the model.

Of course, both extraction and uploading are paid services.

This is also one of the ways that low-level mages make money.

After all, all that's needed is to memorize the spell, expend mental energy, and temporarily upload it to the magic crystal network. The uploaded model will be valid for approximately seven days.

"What are they trying to do... unlimited quantity, unlimited spell types, is this just a waste of money?"

Loren thought it was outrageous because this thing was time-limited.

As for the old versions of spells, apart from some archmages who are stuck at a bottleneck and will specifically learn them, they are basically only used by some long-lived old men.

"Who is this going to deal with? A spellcaster, at least two hundred years ago, well, if you include the time spent learning spells, it might be even longer?"

"Still in Cuiye City?"

Loren was somewhat surprised, and he began to suspect that this matter might have something to do with Miss Denise.

After all, that person was basically the only important figure from the Upper District he knew in Greenleaf City.

For wood elves, if any of them became spellcasters hundreds of years ago, they would most likely still be using the old version of magic.

"Should we take on this mission?"

Loren began to hesitate. After all, he spent his time after get off work just organizing his magic and refining his physical body.

Memorizing spell models and uploading them to the Magic Crystal Network can earn you money, train your mental strength, and broaden your magical horizons—why not?

"Take it. After all, it's been vetted by the group admin, so it should be a legitimate job that pays out on time."

As for the power struggles at the top, that's something he can't control.

His limited funds prompted Loren to sign up in the group chat.

After quickly finding out the location of the local magic museum, Loren used a teleportation portal to travel to the magic museum in Verdant Leaf City.

Unlike regular museums, the Magic Museum is open day and night.

It was a giant building that was half-buried underground.

Its main body consists of several local Magic Crystal Network units that are not connected to the internet.

The complex protective array is sufficient to withstand any natural disaster. Twelve giant golems and numerous smaller golems stand by to guard this place, and the monitoring network is always connected.

It is said that any attack here would be considered a provocation against the Mage Kingdom Forum and the Old Guardians.

Starting as legends and reaching the level of demigods, spellcasters will relentlessly hunt down the attackers day and night throughout the entire world of Elren until their souls are annihilated in the River Styx.

As a museum that is free to all spellcasters in the area, its only drawback is that all the magic inside costs money, and it's not cheap.

Although the old version of the spell model didn't have the same construction costs as the new spell model, our model is much larger, and the storage costs are also a significant expense.

All I can say is that's how we monks are.

Fortunately, Loren didn't come for him this time.

He privately messaged the person who initiated the quest and received the funds to purchase a batch of level one magic spells and level zero tricks.

The other party also wanted to see how good Loren was.

Although in the caster's logic, as long as 70% of the spell nodes are correct, it will function normally.

However, for the buyer, the more complete the uploader's memory of the old version of the spell, and the more stable the upload, the better.

Loren arrived at the museum, presented his mage identification, and chose a quiet room to begin purchasing spells.

(End of this chapter)