Chapter 282 'Magneto'
The Fire Cube only had a metallic luster before it was upgraded, but now its surface glows with silver light, just like the moon shining brightly.
There is a circle of golden patterns on the silver sphere, representing the amount of spiritual power, which can now be displayed intuitively.
In addition, the gold-eating ability does not require physical contact as before, and can be released within a range, and can also directly extract the corresponding metal from the ore.
After the advancement, the Fire Cube can absorb one more thing, which is the silver essence to refine mithril. He no longer needs to spend a lot of time on tedious alchemical refinement to obtain mithril, which can be regarded as an additional "production-type" skill.
It only takes a few gold spirit coins to replenish the spiritual power. Compared with the value of mithril, it is a huge profit.
Mithril is not only the main material of the sublimation array, but the substance itself can cause considerable damage to dark creatures such as werewolves and vampires, and is also very effective against evil spirits.
It is a pity that the types of metals swallowed by the Fire Cube did not increase to include harder metals, but fortunately it provides a soul-infused effect that can enhance the defense of the metal essence.
This ability is similar to the Golden Light Seal, but the good thing is that the soul does not need to be actively released, it is automatically released by the Fire Cube.
As long as they are stored in the soul-controlling space, all essences and metals will enjoy the soul-infused effect, and as time goes by, the additional defense provided by the soul-infused space will become higher and higher.
As for whether this additional defense has an upper limit, I don't know. I guess there should be a limit, otherwise this skill would be too strong.
Crown picked up a piece of fine iron ingot and began to experiment to see how much the efficiency of the Fire Cube's gold-eating ability could be improved.
It originally took more than ten seconds to complete the swallowing, but now the iron ingot in his hand turned into black residue in less than four seconds. The swallowing speed was more than three times faster.
Throwing away the residue in his hand, he placed his right hand on the neatly stacked fine iron ingots. A hazy light like mist appeared and wrapped around the iron ingots.
The volume of the aura was about half a cubic meter. Crown felt that a steady stream of iron essence was being drawn out and filling the space of the Rubik's Cube.
In just five minutes, the pile of fine iron ingots turned into residue.
The corners of Crown's mouth turned up and he laughed.
If the efficiency of devouring metal essence before was equivalent to riding a bicycle, the efficiency now is like driving a car on the highway. What restricts him is the output of iron ingots.
However, the blacksmith shop is too busy now, and most of the refined iron obtained from smelting ore has been made into equipment. We can only wait until the war is over before consuming the metal essence on a large scale.
Even if he cannot devour harder metals in the future, he can devour more essences of iron and lead and cover his body surface thickly enough to use it as armor.
After experimenting with the efficiency of the gold-eating magic, Crown began to store the metal. The hazy aura reappeared, and the wrapped metal was transferred to the inside of the Fire Cube. The amount of metal in the warehouse decreased rapidly.
After a busy period, the storage space of the Fire Cube reached saturation.
The reserves of various metals such as iron, copper, lead, and tin all reach 30,000 pounds. In this way, the mass of the metal clone can reach 120,000 pounds, which is equivalent to 50 tons.
Such a large lump of metal can cause huge damage to low-level monsters even if it just rolls on the ground.
The fourth-level Fire Cube has a new skill, which is to control the metal with soul-bearing effect around the body.
The effect of the metal-stained soul-enriching energy that has just been stored in the soul-controlling space is still very weak. After testing the release range of this skill in a few days, Crown feels that his ability is tending to be closer to Magneto in "X-Men".
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As night fell, the meeting room of the Warlock Brotherhood in Rhine City was brightly lit.
Lannister sat at the chair, stern-faced and silent.
This afternoon he attended a tripartite meeting held by Flanders, who informed him that the city of Rhine would be facing a large-scale attack by cultists.
He was told that according to the alliance signed by the major forces during the last holy war, he had been forcibly conscripted to stay in Rhine City and could not leave until the end of the war.
His original mission was just to obtain the formula of the golden potion, but he ended up staying here as a 'mercenary', and what was even worse was that he didn't get paid.
"Sir, how should we prepare?"
Fili asked carefully. The Silver Warlock had been in a daze for quite a while.
The witch's words brought Lannister back to his senses, and he said calmly:
“Prepare according to the combat rules set by the Brotherhood. We are only assisting friendly forces. The power of the church is the main force to resist the attacks of the cultists.
I have only one request, the most important thing in battle is to save yourself as much as possible."
His own forced call-up means that the pressure on Rhine City will be very great.
Fili nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I understand. A few days ago, Yennefer was commissioned by Mr. Londo from the city government to take an airship to the Andes Mountains for reconnaissance."
She recounted what Yennefer and the others had experienced in the past few days, and concluded: "After Lord Yennefer came back, we argued for a long time because of our differences of opinion."
In fact, they had the idea of leaving Rhine City at that time, but this decision required approval from the Brotherhood headquarters.
Lannister stared at the witch and asked, "Are there many people who want to leave?"
"Yes, but we are afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so we are still discussing it."
“Leaving before the war means that after the war, we will not be able to establish a branch in Rhine City again, and the Brotherhood’s power may be completely expelled from the Kingdom of Farouk.
Now we don’t have to worry about making a decision. After Flanders made the situation public, we can’t leave even if we want to.”
Leaving Rhine City at this time is equivalent to being a deserter on the battlefield. It is possible for those low-level warlocks to leave, but if these high-level warlocks leave, they may not be able to survive on the continent.
The rules of the Holy War Covenant are no joke. If they leave, the Church of the Lord of Fire will dare to issue a death order against them, and other churches will also blacklist those who flee the war.
After a bitter smile, Lannister stood up:
"The meeting is over. In a few days, I will take the airship to Hammers City to discuss the resumption of the Golden Light Potion transaction with Crown Moya."
Fecat was stunned. Discuss resuming the transaction? Did Lord Lannister not intend to use some tricks to get the formula?
He didn't know what happened in Hamers City, but he just thought that the other party didn't find a suitable opportunity.
As if he understood what Fecarter was thinking, Lannister looked at him and said, "You may not know this yet, but Clown has advanced to the Silver rank."
"Silver rank? How is that possible?"
Fekart roared in his heart, he thought he was hallucinating.
He knew exactly when the other party became a third-level transcendent. Only more than a year had passed, and he had become a silver-level expert. Doesn't that mean that he would never have a chance to take revenge?
Not only Fekart, but everyone else was stunned by the explosive news.
Feili felt her throat was very dry, and asked doubtfully: "Sir, is the news confirmed?"
"It's absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes. There will be at least four silver-level transcendents participating in this war.
Me, Flanders, Cavendish, and Crown."
Lannister responded calmly and turned away.
When Fekart saw the Silver Warlock's back, he felt more bitter.
The third-level warlocks left one after another, and Yennefer was the only one left in the meeting room.
"Go back and talk to Geralt. In the future, spend more time with Clown. This kind of personal connection must be maintained more often."
She felt very happy when she thought about how Geralt and Clown had known each other since childhood.
. . . .
After consuming most of the Sunfire Liquid that he had accumulated in recent days, Clown walked out of the alienated land.
Today he discovered a problem. After releasing golden light in the same place for a long time, the laws here also changed.
In the area where he was standing, the pollution laws of the starry sky creatures had been purified almost completely, and he felt that this polluted land had regained vitality.
When he released the golden light, he could clearly feel the malicious gaze. When he turned back to look for it, he found nothing.
That star creature probably hated him to the core, but it could do nothing about him.
What made him unhappy was that the proficiency he gained each time he released the Golden Light was reduced again.
The proficiency he gained today was about seven points less than the average he had when he just returned to Hamers City.
[Golden Light Mantra: 53425/150000; Level 3]
[Flame Breath: 5164/50000; Level 4]
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
On his way back to Hammers City, Crown stopped to experiment with the new abilities of the Fire Cube.
He gave the pet an order through the mental link: 'Fujin, go catch a prey, the bigger the better.'
"Quack!"
The golden crow called as it flew away, and the sound gradually faded away.
Crown used the Fire Cube to create a bronze javelin. He let go of it and the javelin was bound in front of him by an invisible force field.
Controlling the javelin to move forward, he found that the javelin's sensitivity began to weaken after it was three meters away from the body, and when the javelin was five meters away, it would lose sensitivity and fall.
He once again created more than ten javelins, then swung his hand forward, and the javelins suddenly flew forward at a speed that was as fast as firing from a crossbow.
The javelins were arranged in a cross shape and embedded into the tree trunk fifty meters ahead.
A one-meter-long javelin, embedded 20 centimeters into the tree trunk, has enough penetrating power to deal with monsters below the second level.
Next, he began to increase the number of javelins. After experiments, he found that it was most comfortable to control about one hundred javelins, and the limit was about one hundred and thirty.
This number is also related to the size of the javelin. When he increases the size of the javelin, his control decreases.
After retrieving the launched javelin, Clown took out two gold spirit coins and began to absorb spirit essence to restore his spiritual power.
As the level of the extraordinary realm increases, the speed of absorbing spiritual essence becomes faster and faster. Now it only takes seven or eight minutes to absorb all the spiritual essence.
After a while, Fu Jin flew back, quacking.
Crown looked up and saw a black wild boar being caught by a pet.
The wild boar was motionless, so it must have been killed.
He ordered Fujin to put down the prey, then pierced the wild boar's skin with a dagger. Judging from the toughness of the skin, it was a second-level monster.
Klauen released a huge metal pillar, and under his mental control, the pillar broke into countless silver-white blades that floated around him.
The blades were small in size, so there were many more that could be controlled. He carefully controlled the distance of the blades, not letting them exceed three meters from his body.
"Fujin, throw the boar down from the sky to where I throw the javelin."
Klauen pointed to the large pit where the metal pillar had been placed, two meters in front of him.
"Quack, quack"
The crow obediently grabbed the wild boar, kept rising and then swooping down, dropping the prey seven or eight meters above the ground.
Klauen suddenly activated his mind, and the blades around his body began to spin wildly like a tornado.
The wild boar was submerged in the howling wind, and blood splattered, as if it was thrown into a meat grinder.
Its skin, muscles and bones were cut open in an instant, and bright red dotted the white snow.
The blade stopped turning, and it was as smooth as new, without a trace of blood.
Crown looked at the ground, saw the minced meat all over the place, smiled and nodded.
He has unlocked several new fighting methods, which is cause for celebration.
At this time, he heard the roar of the airship and couldn't help feeling a little strange.
"The church's airship left yesterday. Is there something urgent that needs to be delivered? Could there be something strange happening in the Andes Mountains?"
Thinking of this, Crown immediately put the blade into the storage space of the Fire Cube and hurried back.
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When Crown returned to the central church in Hamers City, he found his own black carriage parked at the gate.
When the groom Brown Buffett saw him coming back, he immediately jumped down and ran over to say, "Sir, there is a guest in the house. His name is Rivergaz Sparrow. The butler asked me to come and see you."
The big businessman is coming? I thought so. The snow kept falling, so I couldn't see the airship logo in the distance, and I was worried that something had happened.
Clown was relieved, got on the carriage and ordered, "Go back."
The magic circle in the town opened a small function, and the temperature of the ground was kept at a relatively high temperature.
There was no snow in the city, and the snowflakes that fell quickly turned into water and flowed into the sewers.
When he rushed back to the mansion, the butler William was chatting with Rivegaz in the living room.
When Crown walked into the living room, Rivigaz immediately stood up:
"Sir, I haven't seen you for a few days. I feel that your temperament is even more outstanding."
The other party flattered him right away, catching Clown off guard. He laughed and said:
"Your Excellency looks so radiant. I thought you might not come to our little place."
"How could that be? If we open one more route, we can earn more profit."
Rivigaz said sincerely, why wouldn't he come, this is such a great opportunity to enhance their relationship.
It doesn't matter if the profit is a little small at the beginning, or if there is a loss. His main purpose is to have a say with the silver powerhouse.
Clown took the seat vacated by the butler and said:
"William, prepare a guest room and prepare the dinner to our best standards."
This is yesterday's update. I injured my finger the day before yesterday, which has affected my typing. The agreed double update will be postponed for a few days.
(End of this chapter)