Reincarnated as a blue dragon, he collided head-on with a wizarding civilization.

Chapter 84 Gray Touch

Inside the barracks, in the stone house.

The flickering candlelight cast the shadows of the dark blue dragon scales onto the rough stone wall.

Motu gently placed the silver storage ring, which he had taken from the end of the tail, on the cold stone bed.

The dark green gemstone set on the ring face gleamed with a subdued luster under the dim candlelight.

He focused his mind and probed the inside of the ring with his spiritual power, beginning to take out the items one by one and carefully arrange them on the stone bed.

The first thing that catches the eye is the wizard's notebook with a leather cover, worn and faded edges, clearly having been frequently read.

The original gold-embossed title on the cover has long since become blurred, leaving only the name "Matthew Anderson".

The handwriting is somewhat immature, suggesting it was written many years ago.

Turning to the title page, one is immediately struck by the dense, varied handwriting.

From the initial neatness and clarity, to the later haste and rush, and then to the recent distortion, even trembling with a hint of pain—

The time span is a staggering seven years.

The notes can be roughly divided into two parts.

The first two-thirds systematically record the basic theories and introductory practices of card engraving in the Kaldur lineage, with clear organization and even hand-drawn charts and detailed notes.

Motu glanced through it briefly, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

Blue Dragon didn't realize that the mutated wizard he killed used to be a diligent student who took notes in class.

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In the last third, the systematic theories begin to decrease, and Matthew's personal experimental records, spell improvement manuscripts, and a small amount of random thoughts and emotional outpourings gradually appear.

Anxiety and resentment gradually emerged between the lines.

Setting aside the wizard's notebook, Motu first sorted through the rest of the spoils.

Besides the notebook, there were several well-sealed bottles of potions.

The bottle is made of standard glass and labeled with the words "Moonmark Improved" and "Mental Strength Stabilizing Solution (Minor Effect)".

These are all basic types of potions commonly found among wizard apprentices, used to assist meditation or stabilize mental energy, and their value is limited.

Then there was a pile of unprocessed monster materials.

Several dark, hard iron-scaled crocodile scales, a few bulging venom sacs of poisonous fog toads emitting a faint, sweet, fishy smell, and a small handful of slender, sharp teeth of a juvenile multi-headed snake.

It was clearly the spoils of Matthew's previous exploration in the Darkwater Swamp; the quality was average and the quantity was small.

Motu gathered them aside, planning to go to the supply depot tomorrow to inquire about the recycling price; it would be good if he could exchange them for some points.

Finally, there was a small bag of metal coins.

With a clinking sound, it was poured out and counted.

Only one gold coin remains, along with more than twenty silver coins.

This was all the savings Matthew had accumulated through frugality as an apprentice of Calder.

Motu simply shook his head at this, saying that the amount was rather meager, not even as much as the dragon-hunting group he and Green Tile had wiped out back then.

Of all these things, the most valuable is the wizard's notebook, which contains a wealth of knowledge.

After sorting and putting away the remaining items, Motu took a deep breath and solemnly picked up the leather notebook.

Instead of flipping directly to the experimental records, he started reading carefully from the first page.

The card inscription system of the Calder lineage recorded in the notes is quite different from the conventional wizard spell path that Motu learned from Qiuye.

Conventional spells rely on the caster to construct, maintain, and optimize the spell model in their mental sea through meditation. When casting the spell, magic is injected to activate the model and release the effect.

The power and flexibility of a spell largely depend on the caster's understanding and control of the model.

Card engraving, on the other hand, involves pre-curing and imprinting a complete spell model onto a specially made blank card using a special process.

Each finished card is equivalent to a sealed, instant-cast spell.

The caster does not need to build a model on the spot during the battle. He only needs to inject magic into the card, and the card will automatically complete all the steps of energy channeling and spell release.

This magic card system has obvious advantages.

That is, the casting speed is extremely fast, the threshold is relatively low, and it can be released as long as you master the magic activation technique. It also has little real-time mental burden on the caster.

As for the drawbacks, the spell models carried by the cards are fixed and cannot evolve and strengthen naturally as the caster grows and their understanding deepens, unlike regular spells.

Furthermore, the cards themselves are consumables with a limited number of uses, and they may be destroyed if maliciously damaged.

Moreover, making cards requires special blank card materials and complex processing techniques.

To Motu, these cards specially made by the Magic Card Lab looked almost identical to those magic scrolls.

It's just that the style is more prominent now.

Matthew's notes detail the three most basic and widely used card-building methods used by his school:

The first type: [Grayish-white touch]

Type: Single-target heavy damage spell (Disintegration Ray)

Effect: Magic condenses into a grayish-white beam that, upon hitting its target, forcibly dismantles its structure at the molecular level. Extremely lethal to organic life forms, but its effect is halved against inorganic matter.

Construction difficulty: Medium (requires precise control of energy concentration and stability)

Matthew's note: "Highly effective against tough monsters and heavily armored enemies."

The second type: [Domino Barrier]

Type: Defensive Shield. Spell Effect: Condenses magical energy into a hexagonal, semi-transparent shield that can hover beside or in front of the caster, automatically blocking incoming physical attacks and most low- to mid-level elemental spells. The shield's strength and duration are positively correlated with the amount of magic injected.

Construction difficulty: Medium (requires a stable geometric energy framework)

Note: Essential for survival, but consumes a significant amount of resources. Pay attention to the angle and coverage area of ​​the shield.

The third type: [Flesh and blood sacrifice]

Type: Self-Enhancing/Sacrifice Spell Effect: Temporarily and significantly enhances the effect of the next card spell to be activated, at the cost of a portion of the caster's own flesh. The more flesh sacrificed (or the more important the sacrificed part), the greater the enhancement.

Construction difficulty: Low (simple ritual)

Cost of use: Extremely high (the damage caused by sacrifice is usually irreversible and may leave permanent disabilities or hidden dangers).

It's worth noting that after describing the third card-building method, Matthew added in almost frantic handwriting: "Never use this unless absolutely necessary! What my mentor said in class about controllable costs was a lie! I tried it once, and my left pinky finger still can't fully straighten!"

Motu studied these three key pages three times.

Every rune node and every energy flow path was clearly outlined in his consciousness.

He then closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his mind, and began to simulate the complete construction process of the [Gray Touch] spell model.

He did not use the blank cards specially made by the Calder lineage as a medium.

Because he had absolutely no access to the base material made from the hides of specific magical beasts through a complex alchemy process, nor was it in the storage ring left behind by Matthew.

However, he possessed the Dragonblood Wand.

This wand, bound to his bloodline, has an internal network of active dragon blood and mithril threads that mimics a bloodline circulation.

In a sense, it is itself a highly fixed and adaptive special spell model loop.

Could the model of [Gray Touch] be adapted and grafted into the existing circuitry of the wand?

A bold idea took shape in Motu's mind.

With a thought, he spat the Dragon Blood Staff out of his stomach and held it in his claws.

The magic was not injected into the wand following the original design of the lightning strike path.

Motu attempted to mimic the energy flow and frequency described in the "Grey Touch" notebook, carefully injecting a precisely adjusted stream of magic into the core circuit of the wand.

"Buzz—"

The dark red dragon blood patterns on the wand suddenly lit up, but the light flickered and was extremely unstable.

It's like a poor circuit connection, or like the system rejecting or failing to process external instructions.

Motu frowned slightly and immediately adjusted his posture.

He significantly reduced the magic output power, while forcibly suppressing the active electric arc resonance of the lightning crystal core on the staff, which instinctively wanted to dominate the energy flow.

He focused more on simulating the unique energy properties of the [Gray Touch], which also carried connotations of decomposition and annihilation.

Gradually, a cluster of grayish-white energy, with a faint, lingering blue electric light mixed in at the edges, lit up where the crystal core was embedded in the staff.

This is not the pure, Calderian lineage of dissociation rays; rather, it is more like a product of the forced fusion and compromise of two different energy systems.

Motu slightly raised his claws, aiming the unstable energy at a piece of discarded black iron ore in the corner of the stone house.

"call out--!"

A beam of light, predominantly grayish-white with bluish edges and of uneven thickness, shot out and struck the surface of the ore.

"laugh----"

There was no explosion, no sparks.

A fist-sized, perfectly smooth, hemispherical crater silently appeared at the spot where the ore was hit!

The material on the inner wall of the pit seemed to have been wiped away out of thin air, leaving only fine dust.

This is not the burning and breaking effect caused by a lightning strike, but a typical dissociation characteristic.

The material structure of the ore was forcibly broken down!

Motu stared at the crater, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Its power is far less than one-tenth of what Calder could casually unleash, its energy stability is much worse, and its consumption is much greater.

But it was indeed put to use!

Moreover, it was achieved using the Dragonblood Wand, without the need for blank cards or flesh sacrifices, simply by adjusting the magic output and some simulation models!

This proves that his idea is feasible.

The Dragonblood Wand's adaptive loop might serve as a unique interface for him to learn and simulate other spell systems.

In his excitement, Motu immediately tried the other two.

The thought had barely formed when it vanished in an instant.

【Domino Barrier】 requires a hexagonal magical framework. His wand circuit does not support this structure, and forcibly constructing it will cause magical disorder.

Needless to say, the sacrifice of flesh and blood was also involved.

It's a sacrificial contract that requires a deep connection with the card. Without the card, there's no contract object, and it's unusable.

The experiment has come to a temporary end.

Motu swallowed the Dragon Blood Wand back into his stomach to warm it, and his gaze fell once again on the open notebook on the stone bed, as well as the odds and ends beside it.

Besides these things, he also had a trophy, which was the price that Rowling had traded from his mentor, Matthew.