Chapter 77: Calamity and Arcane Armor
"Damn it! Who is so wicked as to throw watermelon rinds down here!?" Fang Yu and Shen Shuyao had just taken their things and were leaving when they heard a scream from the fat boss behind them.
The fat boss who was walking around picking up rings had a very big belly and he didn't pay attention. He stepped on a piece of watermelon peel that flew down from somewhere and fell hard on his butt.
"Ouch, it hurts so much." The fat boss rubbed his butt and got up from the ground.
As soon as he stood up, a little brown Teddy dog jumped out from the shop next door, hugged the fat boss's calf and started to straighten his waist.
The fat boss's face turned black and he kicked the little Teddy out. The little Teddy just let out a cry when a young woman in scantily clad clothes rushed out from the shop next door.
"You dare to kick my son!?" The young woman stretched out her hand and scratched the fat boss, leaving three bloody marks on his face.
The fat boss was so angry. I'm usually the one who acts recklessly, but today someone is being unreasonable with me? You're walking your dog without a leash, and you think you're right?
The fat boss slapped the young woman in the face.
"You dare to hit my wife!" It's true that after hitting the younger one, the older one comes. Before the fat boss could see clearly, he was kicked to the ground by a bald man who came out right after him.
"Oh my, stop hitting me, big brother, stop hitting me. I surrender. Isn't it enough that I surrender?" The fat boss burst into tears. He was so unlucky today. He didn't check the almanac before going out.
Fang Yu looked back and felt that it was about time, so he snapped his fingers and lifted the spell effect.
Chen Shuyao, who was watching together, looked at Fang Yu doubtfully.
When Fang Yu pointed at the boss and said, "You will be unlucky tonight," he had already quietly cast a spell.
Fang Yu learned the second first-level spell of the enchantment school - calamity.
After casting the spell, within ten minutes, the recipient will continue to encounter various non-fatal disasters, or as the saying goes, all kinds of bad luck.
For example, you want to smoke a cigarette, take out a cigarette, take a puff, and find that the cigarette is broken; take another cigarette, just after lighting it, you find that you hold the cigarette upside down and light the filter side; take another cigarette, and find that the lighter is out of gas...
For example, you might be walking on the road, and then a car comes and dodges you, causing you to step on smelly dog poop.
The severity of the misfortune is inversely proportional to the kindness of the recipient. The more evil the recipient's intentions are, the stronger the effect of the spell will be.
If the recipient has good intentions, the spell has no effect.
Now looking at the fat boss’s bad luck, he must not be a good person.
There is no need to feel any psychological burden when cheating by tossing rings before.
Moreover, all the prizes at this kind of ring-tossing stall are actually very cheap.
Just like the remote control car in Fang Yu's hand, the wholesale price on 1688 may be less than 20 yuan, and it will probably fall apart after playing with it twice.
Luckily, I had learned the "Magic Stone" trick before. I definitely wouldn't have been able to perform so smoothly in the ring with just the Mage's Hand and arcane tricks.
Magic Stone, a trick of the Transmutation School, was originally only usable on stones. It infuses five stones weighing no more than 200 grams with magic power, and can hit whatever you point at within 20 meters. The throwing speed can reach 180 kilometers per hour, and it not only causes physical damage to the enemy, but also arcane damage that is no less than physical damage, which can be blocked or interfered with.
But Fang Yu studied the model these days and consulted Youzi about what the specific expression of the magic stone model meant, and tried to improve the trick.
After unremitting efforts, Fang Yu's attempt to improve the spell model unexpectedly failed.
The improved model is not as good as the original magic stone in terms of attack power alone, and cannot cause any arcane damage to the enemy.
But there is also a good thing, that is, the range of throwing objects has been expanded. It is no longer limited to stones. Any solid object weighing less than 200 grams and that can be held in one hand can be used.
The spell's range remains at 20 meters, and the maximum speed of the thrown item is 160 kilometers per hour, which is not as fast as the original version. At the same time, if the density of the thrown item is lower than 0.7, the maximum speed of the thrown item will be reduced accordingly.
After Fang Yu came up with this thing, although it was reverse optimization according to Youzi, Fang Yu himself was still quite satisfied with it.
First, my optimization of spells has broadened the application of the magic stone trick. Although its power has been reduced, its practicality has been enhanced.
Second, this is my first attempt at modifying the spell model. As long as the model doesn't crash, it will be considered a success, not to mention that some aspects have been improved.
Third, in modern society, where can we find stones on the streets!
After "improving" the "magic stone", Fang Yu watched a few episodes of Adachi Mitsuru's anime with great enthusiasm, then asked the Youth League Committee and confirmed that the school did not have a baseball team, so he gave up.
Otherwise, you have to join a team and kill everyone.
Isn’t this the golden finger of a genius pitcher?
By then, Japan might even give itself a nickname such as "The Empire's Super Monster".
I checked online and found that there were already fastballs with a speed of 160km/h in Koshien a few years ago, but does he have the ball control ability to hit whatever I point it at?
It was difficult to park in Fumin Lane, and Fang Yu didn't drive. After taking a taxi to send Chen Shuyao back to the national dormitory, he scanned a Mobike and rode back to Wenhui Garden.
"Ling'er~Wuuuuu~Ling'er".
As soon as he entered the door, Fang Yu heard Professor Jorz wailing.
I took a look at the TV and saw that the water monster had appeared out of nowhere and Zhao Linger had died together with the water monster inexplicably.
Holy shit, they're almost dying, yet they're still telling each other how hard they've worked. This dialogue is so fucking awesome.
How did you get so fascinated by it as a child?
The gray-blue color on Yuzi's body was so deep that Fang Yu felt sad when he saw it. It was not this blue even when he confirmed that its previous owner Nasri was dead.
Fang Yu glanced at the still lit computer screen. Yes, he was back just in time. The "Arcane Armor" model was only 0.1% away from being rendered.
The rendering time required for a first-level spell is more than twice that of a zero-level cantrip. Fang Yu was out for more than four hours before the spell model of "Arcane Armor" was just rendered.
Arcane Armor, a first-level spell of the Enchanting School, will cover the target with a protective arcane force field after being cast. According to Youzi's description, the protective effect of the force field depends on the strength of Fang Yu's mental power. The higher the mental power, the better the protective effect of the spell.
With Fang Yu's mental strength of 12 units, the arcane armor he casts can at least withstand a full-strength stab or slash from a strong adult man holding a sharp blade.
I just don't know if it can defend against hot weapons.
Entering the sea of consciousness, Fang Yu began to construct the spell model with ease.
The biggest difference between first-level spells and cantrips is that they require the mobilization of magic network nodes, so variables of the magic network nodes need to be added, which greatly increases the difficulty of constructing the spell model.
Just imagine, it is already very difficult to create a stable model in your mind, and at this time you also have to calculate the variables of the magic network nodes around you at any time. Even among the contestants participating in the Super Brain, I guess not every one can pass this test.
In the previous main plane, arcane apprentices might need to test and construct spell models over and over again, constantly experimenting with node variables, and after several months or even a year or two of research, they could successfully construct a first-level spell model in the Sea of Consciousness.
But Fang Yu basically felt that a first-level spell was not much more difficult than a magic trick. At most, it took a little longer to render, and it took a little more energy to copy the homework.
Fang Yu's innate IQ is indeed not low, otherwise he would not have scored 680 in the college entrance examination.
But more importantly, he's a jerk.
There is no need to spend a lot of effort to create a model in your mind, just stare at the screen and copy it.
As for node variables, it is even simpler. After the mental power connects to the node, the Rubik's Cube will automatically stabilize the link, and extremely accurate variable data can be obtained in one connection.
"Oh~ my great master, your talent is unprecedented. In just seven days, you have already mastered the third first-level spell." Yuzu flew over slowly, and its color had returned to its normal yellow. It seemed that it had walked out of the shadow of the dead heroine.
Fang Yu didn't have time to deal with it.
Because at the moment when the Arcane Armor was taken away by the Rubik's Cube, the long-awaited voice appeared again.
"Obtained Level 21 authority from Lorin Tower. Do you want to activate the third switch?"
I can only update once today, not to save up manuscripts, but to sort out the details.
I found that there was something wrong with my mentality of writing something exciting. I was always hesitant and embarrassed to write.
Today I was chatting with a great writer about a conflicting point I'd abandoned, and he didn't understand why I'd given it up, thinking it wasn't particularly toxic. I explained that it felt a bit illogical, blah blah blah. And blah blah blah.
I was ridiculed by some experts, who said my excuses were all my faults. The root cause was my mindset. I said I wanted to write a good story, but deep down, I felt that good stories were the product of amateur writers. I was so hesitant, wanting to eat but afraid of the heat. So, for the sake of the market, I had to write, and so my writing felt awkward, and so did the readers.
I feel a bit wronged. After all, I really want to write exciting articles. I don't think that only novice articles can have exciting points. There are plenty of exciting articles that are both popular and not novice. But it is also a fact that I lack the ability to write exciting articles, so I can only be criticized.
The overall framework will not change in the later stage, but the details still need to be sorted out.
I hope to make this book more exciting.
In addition, I saw two book friends criticize that the main plot of this book is unclear. In fact, I said at the beginning that the main plot of this book is about arcane show-offs and picking up girls, so it has not deviated from the main plot until now.
Please forgive me for the delay.
(End of this chapter)
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