Wizard: Starting from Escaping Another World to Pioneering

Matthew used the system to extract the content into his mind, but his eyes remained fixed on the table of contents, occasionally turning the page.

"The theory of the cycle of soul splitting, the practice and reports of soul burning, the theory of the origin of the soul nucleus,..."

He mentally reviewed the detailed descriptions of each piece of knowledge, bit by bit.

The knowledge here is different from that in a library.

The books in the library aim to systematically convey the principles of knowledge, and tend to be theoretical.

The knowledge presented in the table of contents is more like an experimental report, which describes in detail the design idea, specific process, results and conclusions of an experiment, and is more practical.

A moment later...

Matthew shook his head. Although he had discovered something related to soul corruption here, it actually required two hundred credits to exchange for it!

Furthermore, judging from the detailed description of the content, it also involves a lot of other knowledge about spirituality.

If Matthew wants to understand it, he has to start by learning the basics of spirituality.

This will take a lot of time; by the time he fully understands it, his soul will probably have withered and perished.

"Let's focus on strengthening our own capabilities first."

Then, he pretended to flip through a few pages of the table of contents with his hand, while his mind was constantly searching through other content.

He looked through bloodline studies, potion studies, elemental studies, mysticism, and so on, but there wasn't any knowledge that was particularly suitable for him at the moment.

The number of credits required to redeem items in the Witchcraft Items section is ridiculously high; his twelve credits aren't enough to exchange for any useful items.

Matthew flipped through a few more pages of the table of contents, his mind searching for the chapter on witchcraft.

He didn't consider other elemental magic and started his search directly with fire elemental magic.

He only had twelve credits, and after filtering by price, Matthew focused his attention on four spells.

[The Oath of Self-Immolation]

[Description]: The spell model consists of fifty-two runes, and is an all-around sorcery that combines attack, defense, and support.

[Effect]: Upon release, the user is ignited and enveloped in flames, gaining a significant increase in fire resistance and fire affinity, a slight increase in constitution, and physical attacks inflict fire damage for 15 minutes.

【威力】：火元素抗性增加45%、火元素亲和度增加30%、体质增加3点、防御度数增加60度、物理攻击附带火焰伤害在40度到60度。

[Price]: 12 credits.

……

[Fire Source Intrusion]

[Description]: The spell model consists of fifty-five runes and is a type of sorcery that damages the enemy's internal organs. It is particularly effective against large monsters.

[Effect]: When released, a source of fire is buried in the enemy's wound. The fire slowly burns the enemy's internal organs as it spreads along the flesh and blood, or it can be detonated directly.

[Power]: Continuous burning can cause damage of 30 to 50 degrees per second, and direct detonation can cause damage of 400 degrees per second.

[Price]: 12 credits.

……

【Flame Chains】

[Description]: The spell model consists of fifty-eight runes, a sorcery that can both trap and kill enemies.

[Effect]: Releases a runic chain enveloped in flames, which can be used to bind or whip enemies, dealing physical and fire damage.

[Power]: When whipped, the chain deals 250 degrees of physical damage, and the flames cause 40 degrees of continuous damage.

[Price]: 12 credits.

……

Meteor Shower

[Description]: The spell model consists of fifty runes, a high-range area-of-effect spell.

[Effect]: When released, it summons an irregular meteorite with a diameter of 0.5 meters to crash into the target area.

[Power]: The falling meteorite causes damage of 340 degrees, and the burning flames cause continuous damage of 40 degrees.

[Price]: 10 credits.

At this moment, Matthew frowned and fell into deep thought.

He prioritized eliminating [Fire Source Intrusion] and [Flame Chains], as the former has a slightly passive effect, requiring wounds to be created on the enemy first.

The latter, Matthew, already possesses the spell "Vine Growth," which overlaps somewhat in function with it.

There was no other way; he only had so many credits, and he wished he could split each one in half to earn them, so he could only carefully select each one.

Now that only [Burning Oath] and [Meteor Spell] remain, Matthew is caught in a dilemma.

The 【Oath of Burning Body】function is too comprehensive, covering a bit of attack, defense, and support.

Moreover, when it is amplified and then unleashed [Flame Claw], Matthew can't imagine how terrifying its power would be.

【Meteor Spell】is an area-of-effect attack spell, and its casting range far exceeds that of 【Flame Claw】, greatly compensating for his current "short reach" problem.

These two offensive spells each have their own advantages, which can greatly enrich his offensive methods.

If Matthew hadn't run out of credits, he would have wanted to redeem them all.

After thinking for a moment...

Ultimately, Matthew decided to exchange for the [Meteor Shower Technique] because he suddenly thought of something very important.

He can use the science of shaping to create new sorcery based on the Meteor Spell, just like the Burning Claw.

According to the description in the catalog, this spell releases an irregular meteorite. Such an irregular object is bound to be non-aerodynamic, and the drag it experiences may increase by dozens of times.

If meteorites were modified to be streamlined, their power would definitely increase dramatically.

Most importantly, the streamlined contact area will be greatly reduced, which will inevitably increase the penetrating power of meteorites.

Moreover, he can use the system to optimize witchcraft to perfection!

The thought of releasing a spell and having a missile rain down from the sky filled Matthew with excitement.

"I'll choose this one!"

Matthew opened the chapter on fire-based attack magic and focused his mental energy on the number of the [Meteor Spell].

The moment the crystal ball touched him, a flash of white light appeared, and a teleportation array suddenly appeared on the front desk, with a booklet appearing out of thin air in front of him.

"Only two credits left..." Matthew rubbed the crystal ball in his hand.

He sighed as he realized his credits were gone before he even had a chance to enjoy them, then put away his booklet and left the apprentice hall.

……

ten minutes later……

Matthew didn't return to his dorm; instead, he appeared in the trading area.

He arrived at the Smith family grocery store and pushed the door open to go inside.

The store was empty and rather deserted.

Tom, with his hand supporting his horse-like face, sat listlessly behind the counter.

Hearing the door open, he merely turned his head slightly and glanced at the doorway with his dead fish eyes.

"Um!"

When he realized it was Matthew who had come in, his deadpan eyes widened instantly, and he stood up abruptly.

He braced himself on the table with one hand and flipped his legs over the counter.

Tom rushed forward and hugged Matthew tightly. "Pharmacology genius, no, scroll manufacturing genius, you're finally back."

"..." Matthew was puzzled by his actions.

"What the heck? When did I get this title of scroll manufacturing genius...?"

"You are! You are! Please don't doubt yourself!"