Chapter 28-28- New Technique

Perhaps it was because she had left too many beautiful memories during her journey in the dream world. After confirming that she would never see her two friends Hans and Mary again, Rosalyn returned to reality and fell into emo for a long time.

She was no longer interested in going out on adventures. Apart from studying rune knowledge, the most she did every day was to sit back on a chair in the manor, then raise her head and stare blankly at the ruins of the black tower that towered into the sky next to her.

Yvette didn't offer much comfort, as it was a normal emotional reaction. But sometimes she would accompany Rosaline to stay in the ruined dome on the top floor of the Black Tower, letting her see the post-apocalyptic scenery of Ish City and feel the unique atmosphere of rebirth after destruction.

And so, four months passed.

As Ish Island moved from late summer to early winter, Yvette finally mastered the "element decay completion technology" and began to repair the broken elements such as element capacitors and energy storage boards that she had picked up.

The repair process was quite lengthy, primarily due to the sheer complexity of the technology. A single mistake could lead to a miscalculation and ultimately render the battery useless. After destroying four or five large energy storage panels, one finally completed its elemental restoration, restoring its original form. It had been extracted from the underside of a magical motorcycle, boasting a full 200 magic points, nearly equivalent to a third of Yvette's.

In this way, her original ambition was finally realized.

Yes!

From now on, she can finally use the electric grid to electrocute those vegetable thieves!

Rosalyn was quite resistant to this. She thought that it was okay to surround the manor with electricity as a defense against the deformed creatures, but she couldn't bear to electrify the vegetable garden as it would cause too much damage to the small animals.

But she had no choice but to obey her master's orders. For a period of time thereafter, whenever she saw the charred bodies of squirrels, wild cats or some birds appearing by the vegetable garden, she could only sadly bury them all and then insert a wooden stick to make a cenotaph. As time went on, cenotaphs were everywhere in the manor, making it look like a cemetery, which was a real eyesore to Yvette.

Of course, for Rosalin, there are many advantages after the teacher mastered the element completion technology.

For example, the most direct benefit is that the manor no longer has to endure frequent power outages; at night, streetlights can be turned on inside the manor and even on the streets in the safe zone outside the manor; even in winter, there are heaters available, and people no longer have to wear thick clothes and use magic to warm themselves by the fire from time to time as before.

If the dream had not ended too quickly, leaving her with no time to save money to buy other professional literature, Rosalind would have even suspected that the teacher could repair some of the high-tech magic mechas and mechanical puppets by hand, and single-handedly reproduce the pinnacle technology of the original civilization.

Yes, she never had any doubt that her teacher was an unparalleled genius.

…

It was another cold winter, and one morning in January or early February, a rare and severe snowstorm suddenly hit the island of Ish. The strong wind blew up thousands of piles of snowflakes, painting the sky and the earth a chaotic leaden white.

But for the master and apprentice, who can now use the heater for a long time without worrying about power outages, this snowstorm no longer has the same lethality as before.

Yvette sat quietly by the French window in the first-floor living room, bathed in the warmth of the heater, steam rising from her bone china cup. She gazed out at the howling snow and wind, the earth tumbling, and sipped her tea with a carefree, relaxed demeanor.

After a while, when Rosalin came down from upstairs and started to make lunch for the teacher on time, Yvette suddenly called her over and transmitted three new spells into her magic terminal.

"Teacher, these are..."

"There are three new medium-sized spells. They haven't been optimized yet, but the structure has been finalized. Your current ring still has a lot of new storage space, so record them first and start mastering them early." Yvette took a sip of tea, her eyes still fixed on the swirling wind and snow outside the window.

These are three new spells she designed after visiting the origin civilization, combining new ideas and inspirations she found on the Internet. The specifications of each spell are around 50,000, making them truly medium-sized magic.

Of course, she can also design higher-specification techniques, such as 100,000-level techniques, or even super-specification techniques that challenge the million-level techniques.

But it's pointless because it can't be used.

This brings us to another crucial module of the magic terminal, which is the "Character Point Cache".

This is a special module connected to the "element chip" in the terminal. Just like the video memory of a graphics card, it directly locks the maximum spell specifications that a terminal can cast.

The ring Rosaline is using now is the complete version of "Sky Ring Y2" that was repaired by professionals in the dream. It is a high-end magic ring with 1.2 million full health space, but the rune cache only gives 6 million.

Therefore, there is no need to consider procedures that exceed 60,000 specifications.

Even the new high-end ring "Black Tower S3" that Yvette bought in her dream earlier than the "Element Decay Complement Technology" cost her 30,000 credit points, but only gave her 60,000 symbol point cache and 1.5 million storage space - the 30,000 level is already the highest level among civilian terminals - which shows how strict the technical blockade in the industrial chain is.

This is understandable, though. If legitimate magic terminals on the market can easily cast large spells with a power of over 100,000, what will become of military-grade equipment? How can they be classified and sold at high prices?

This is also why the performance rating of the spell is so important when trading at the welding gun, because many times, the gangs do not have the conditions to cast large spells, and can only compete on the quality of small and medium-sized spells.

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Because she prioritized cooking for the teacher, Rosalyn didn't sit down at the dining table until after lunch, when she had washed the dishes and dried her hands with a rag. With excitement, she began to look up the three new techniques given by the teacher.

In fact, in terms of user experience, the four major techniques of "Ice, Fire, Wind and Thunder", which have been refined to almost perfection, are already quite easy to use and can be applied to most combat scenarios.

But even so, the three newly developed medium-sized techniques still made Rosalind's eyes fixed and she felt extremely excited.

First up is the first new procedure – regeneration pump!

Simply put, it's a powerful self-healing technique. In the past, Yvette had also developed a similar "vitality technique," and this one was an upgrade. Besides enhancing self-healing capabilities, it also created a regenerative heart external to the body, absorbing blood from wounds and re-injecting it, thus preventing the debilitating effects of excessive blood loss.

Next is the second new technique - Scarlet Armor!

This is a protective spell that increases the body's defense capabilities. After use, a large number of dark red runes will appear on the surface of the skin, and the body's resistance will be greatly increased. Whether it is simple physical damage or special damage from high or low temperatures, it has extremely high resistance, which can effectively prevent the skin from being scratched by the deformed monster and die unclearly.

Finally, the third new procedure - muscle release!

Like Scarlet Armor, this spell is a self-strengthening spell, but it's more offensive in nature. Upon use, it significantly increases strength, stamina, and even reaction speed. If combined with Scarlet Armor, it can transform into a melee mage, capable of tearing apart low-level aberrations on the spot.

However, the downside is that both Muscle Release and Scarlet Armor cost 20 mana points and lasted for 10 minutes. For Rosaline, whose mana had just reached 45, choosing this melee mage combination made the traditional four major spells of Ice, Fire, Wind, and Thunder nearly unusable.

Therefore, she could only hope that the teacher would optimize the magic consumption ratio of these three spells as soon as possible, and put more effort into meditation.

When she has enough mana in the future, she could activate the Scarlet Armor and Muscle Limit Release while casting the four top-level spells of Ice, Fire, Wind, and Thunder. Wouldn't that mean she could just walk across the island? By then, she could also explore more dangerous areas on the island with her teacher.

(End of this chapter)