Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 39 Corrosive Arrow

Five days later.

"The upgrade and optimization of the Starry Sky Meditation Method has been completed."

Herag closed his eyes and began to meditate.

After the Starry Sky Meditation Technique was upgraded, the three and a half stars in Hrag's mind, which were originally scattered randomly, are now connected together.

After Deep Blue added an auxiliary background, Hellagur understood. It was very similar to the thousand-dot matrix diagram when he deciphered the pocket watch, except that there weren't as many dots on the diagram.

The three existing stars are located on several magic points in the first picture. Herag counted, and there are seven more magic points in this picture.

The three stars are on a continuous line, forming one corner of the dot matrix diagram.

During his meditation, Herag discovered a faint connection between the three stars, which significantly increased his meditation speed.

The fourth star was originally expected to take another month, but at the current pace, it should solidify within a week.

In addition to the speed of meditation, the speed of magic circulation has also increased significantly.

"Partial Petrification." Hrag's right hand turned grayish-white.

"Deep Blue, how long did this spell take?"

"This partial petrification spell took 0.86 seconds."

Herag pondered, "0.86 seconds, compared to 1.3 seconds before, that's a significant improvement."

This 0.5 seconds is a huge improvement and has great significance in real combat environments.

"After the first bitmap is completed, there should be other changes."

Hrag decided to enroll in various courses to provide Deep Blue with sufficient data support and information input.

Deep Blue has powerful data analysis and computing capabilities. Helag only needs to input enough data, and Deep Blue can do a lot of things.

During the time he spent upgrading his meditation technique, Herag took the opportunity to write another letter to Lillian.

Due to the access restrictions of the Moonglade runestone, they can only communicate by letter.

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Five days later.

"The basic principles of spell model construction have been entered, and the spell model construction speed has been increased by 20%."

"The Herbalism database has been updated, adding various potion ingredient effects and uses, standard potion-making procedures, and recipes for Wolfsbane and White Dictamnus healing potions..."

In five days, Herag completed a course on the fundamental principles of spell model construction and an introductory course on the basics of herbalism.

Meanwhile, the fourth star of the Starry Sky Meditation Method has also been successfully meditated.

"Hrag Merlin: Strength 2.2, Agility 2.0, Constitution 3.0, Spirit 6.9, Magic Power 100%."

After this successful meditation, other physical indicators also showed a slight improvement.

"I'm still two stars away from becoming a second-class apprentice," Herag silently calculated.

Once his mental strength reaches the required level, he can attempt to break through to the second-level apprentice level.

"Next is... learning two spells." Horag currently only has one spell, Petrify, which is too limited in both offensive and defensive spells.

Level 0 spells usually have dedicated spell model books, just like some petrification spells.

Herag can choose to buy from a certified wizard or from other wizarding apprentices.

He thought of Leo, the bespectacled boy, so he took out a runestone, opened his friend list, and sent a message: "Do you have any spell models for level zero spells?"

After a while, Leo replied: "Yes, what type do you need?"

"One offensive and one defensive."

"Offensively, there are Ice Spike, Fireball, and Corrosive Arrow; defensively, there's Ice Shield."

Leo then projected several images, which were overview diagrams of the spell models corresponding to these spells, with simple data and effect descriptions.

"Ice Cone: Consumes a lot of magic power, is fast, has strong attack power, and has a freezing effect. Its effect will be affected in hot areas."

"Small Fireball: High mana cost, medium speed, high attack power, with explosive and burning effects, cannot be cast underwater."

"Corrosion Arrow: Moderate mana consumption, extremely fast speed, strong attack power, and has a corrosive effect."

"Frost Shield: High mana cost, weak resistance to fire spells."

After scanning the area, Helag asked, "How much?"

"Each one costs two magic stones, but if you pay with gold coins, it will cost three hundred gold coins."

"So expensive?" Herag hadn't expected level zero spells to be so expensive.

Leo replied, "This is a normal price. Compared to potion materials, level 0 spell models are quite cheap. The prices of level 0 spells are very transparent; you can easily find out."

"However, newly joined wizard apprentices generally cannot afford level zero spells. They usually do some quests to earn magic stones before learning level zero spells."

"When you take on quests, you should look for those that reward magic stones. Gold coin quests are simple, but they are too slow."

Herag wandered around the tavern for a while, searched for "level 0 spells" using the keyword, and found that the price was indeed that.

He opened Leo's chat window and replied, "Give me the Corrosive Arrow, I'll trade with gold coins."

"Okay, I'll bring it to you. Where do you live?"

"Room 443."

Ten minutes later, Leo arrived with a thick book and a pile of drafts.

He also lives in the northern forest area, not far from here.

"This is the spell model for the Corruption Arrow you requested. These drafts are some of my previous calculations, which you can use as a reference."

Leo's draft was densely filled with parameters and formulas, and his reasoning process was well-organized.

"Here are three hundred gold coins, count them." Herag's purse was suddenly half empty, and he felt a pang of regret.

Lillian probably didn't expect that Hrag's gold coins would be consumed so quickly.

Leo adjusted his glasses and used magic to manipulate the coins, one by one, into his pocket.

"Transaction complete. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I can answer them when I'm not busy. The Corrosive Arrow spell is quite difficult." Leo finished counting the gold coins and got up to leave.

"Okay, thanks." Herag got up and saw Leo to the door.

After closing the door, he exclaimed, "I didn't expect there to be after-sales service. This Leo has the air of a researcher."

Aside from the robe given to him by the woods, Leo wore only the simplest coarse cloth clothing. Judging from his hurried arrival and departure, he was most likely busy researching magic.

Helag guessed that he must be struggling financially, otherwise he wouldn't be setting up a stall at the flea market.

The profession of wizard is really too expensive. Herag only has a little over two hundred gold coins and one magic stone, which is only enough to buy a second level zero spell.

There weren't any suitable defensive spells at the moment. He felt that the Ice Shield spell was too limited, and many people knew the Fireball spell, making it easy to be restricted.

Of the three offensive spells, Fireball is the first to be ruled out, because his ring is already enchanted with this spell, although the casting speed is a bit slower.

Ice Spike is not a suitable spell for sustained combat. He currently lacks mental strength and mana, and Ice Spike consumes too much mana.

Therefore, I finally chose the Corrosive Arrow spell, which has a wide range of applications.

Leo didn't really need those drafts; Deep Blue could handle all the calculations, and he didn't even need to do the process of building the spell model himself.

However, he still read through all the drafts and could tell that Leo was a very logical wizard.

"Deep Blue, begin entering the data for Corruption Arrow, and then begin constructing the Corruption Arrow spell model."

(End of this chapter)