Chapter 258 The Choice of Talented Witchcraft (Two chapters in one)
"Metal Transfiguration!" Ryan softly read out the name of this new witchcraft.
After reading it carefully several times, Ryan soon discovered that the difficulty of visualizing the witchcraft model for this new witchcraft "Metal Transfiguration" was completely higher than the witchcrafts "Scorching Touch", "High Temperature Force Field" and "Blazing Light" he had learned before. It
was even several times more difficult than the "Sharpness" which was also a metal-based witchcraft.
Ryan had expected this.
Because this was a first-level witchcraft.
According to the level, both the "Sharpness" and "Blazing Light" he had learned before were only witchcraft at the apprentice level.
Therefore, even with Ryan's current mental power of 39 points, it was not easy to learn this metal transfiguration.
Since he had planned to exchange for metal transfiguration before, Ryan prepared a lot of iron ingots, copper ingots and other metal ingots in the corner of the room in advance.
After spending a lot of time memorizing the structure of the witchcraft model, Ryan walked to the corner, picked up a heavy iron ingot, and began to try.
For Ryan, he had a system. As long as he succeeded once, it would be permanently engraved on the professional panel.
Therefore, even though this witchcraft was very difficult, Ryan was still confident that he could master it in a short time.
After spending more than an hour and failing dozens of times in a row, Ryan, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead, finally succeeded!
With the casting of metal deformation.
The rectangular iron ingot held in Ryan's right hand began to deform at a very fast speed!
After a few seconds, it turned into the shape of a dagger.
Ryan estimated that it took about three seconds.
Surprised, Ryan frowned and immediately thought of something.
He looked at the blade of the dagger carefully, tested the sharpness with his fingers, and looked thoughtful.
After a while, Ryan recited the spell again and cast metal deformation.
Soon, the dagger changed rapidly again, this time, it turned into a delicate little hammer.
From the appearance, it looked very much like the blacksmith's hammer used by ordinary blacksmiths.
However, the blacksmith's hammer used by ordinary blacksmiths usually only has the hammer head made of iron, while this small hammer, including the hammer head, is made of iron throughout.
After waving the small hammer in his hand a few times, Ryan showed a satisfied look on his face.
Putting the small hammer aside, Ryan crossed his arms and paced back and forth in the room, thinking.
"The blade of the dagger is a bit soft, this is because the dagger formed by metal deformation has not been quenched and hardened."
"If this is used in combat, the destructive power of the sharp weapon will be significantly reduced."
"The hammer is much better, the impact is not that great."
Ryan recalled that basically, whether it is a sharp weapon made of bronze, wrought iron or steel, it needs to be quenched to enhance the hardness and sharpness of the blade.
"In this case, I need to find a special metal or alloy to match this metal transformation spell to achieve the best effect in terms of power."
"No!"
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through Ryan's mind.
He cast the metal transformation spell again and changed the small hammer in his hand back to the form of a dagger.
Then, Ryan cast another metal-related witchcraft, the 'Sharpness Spell'.
With the successful casting of the sharpness spell, a dazzling, water-like silver light suddenly appeared on the surface of the dagger in Ryan's hand.
Ryan picked up an iron ingot with his left hand and used the dagger in his right hand to cut the iron ingot.
Under the effect of the sharpness spell, this process was not difficult.
This immediately made Ryan look happy.
"If I use the sharpness technique, the metal material requirements may not be very high. Hardened fine gold ingots or blood-marked steel are enough."
"I don't need to look for rare or scarce metals."
"Huh?"
"Wait, the sharpness technique I just used seems to be much better than before." In an instant, Ryan found a problem.
He could clearly feel this change, and the power increased by at least 10% or 20%!
"That's not right, the sharpness technique is still level 1 (90/100), and the level has not increased." Ryan looked at the wizard apprentice (supernormal) profession panel.
"Could it be because of the increase in my mental power?"
"That's not right!"
"My mental power has reached 39 points for a long time."
Ryan frowned, and turned the system to the attribute panel in confusion, checking it item by item.
When he saw the talent 'Intermediate Steel Body', Ryan narrowed his eyes and suddenly thought of something!
"Could it be that the talent point increased the 'Primary Steel Body' that time?" Ryan muttered to himself.
He remembered it very clearly.
At that time, when the 'primary steel body' was upgraded to the 'intermediate steel body', a silver-grey metallic halo lit up on his body surface.
This halo was very similar to the halo when performing the sharpness technique, flowing on his body surface like mercury, and then the halo converged and could not be seen.
"But this is impossible. I have never heard of a person's elemental affinity changing."
Ryan was still very sure of this.
He and Naya Usman of the Warlock Family once talked about this issue.
In addition, it was also mentioned in ancient books, and it was almost unheard of that a person's elemental affinity would change.
"But if it is true as I guessed, improving the talent of steel body will increase my affinity for metals," Ryan couldn't help but get excited.
That means that metal witchcraft is more suitable to serve as my talent witchcraft!
"I remember Naya tested me once, and my affinity for fire element was 71, and my affinity for metal element was 72, both of which are above average."
"No, I have to go to the training hall right away! There is a test crystal there."
At this time, Ryan also noticed that the system prompt also appeared:
[You have studied metal deformation, and your understanding of it has improved! ]
[You have learned a new skill - metal deformation]
[Your skill metal deformation has been improved, experience value +1]
However, Ryan was thinking about elemental affinity at this time, and did not look closely, but left the room and walked quickly towards the training building.
When Ryan entered the first floor hall of the training building, he saw that the girl who was in charge of guiding him was still the receptionist he had seen last time not far in front of him.
When the receptionist saw Ryan come in, her eyes lit up immediately, and she took the initiative to step forward and asked enthusiastically:
"Sir Ryan, hello, how can I help you?"
"Hello. This time, I want to take the elemental affinity test."
"Ah?" The girl's beautiful eyes suddenly widened.
Could it be that this extremely powerful Lord Ryan is also planning to develop into a wizard?
It's not that there are very few people in the Sword Bearer Branch who are practicing both the knight and the wizard.
On the contrary, this situation is not uncommon.
It's just that it's rare to see someone like Ryan, who has a super knight talent and also practices witchcraft!
"What's wrong?"
"No, nothing, Sir Ryan, the elemental affinity test is on the third floor, I'll take you up." The receptionist girl immediately reacted and said with a smile.
"Okay." Ryan followed the receptionist girl along the stairs and circled up against the wall.
"By the way, what's the second floor?" Ryan asked casually.
The last time he came, he was mainly in the Torrent Room and Advanced Torrent Room on the first floor, but he really didn't know what was on the second floor.
"Sir, the rooms on the second floor are mainly for some instructors to teach in small classes, to guide the sword-bearers to master different types of extraordinary combat skills. In addition, there are massage rooms and attack power test rooms on the second floor, etc."
"There is also a massage room?" Ryan couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Yes, sir."
"That. Sir Ryan, in fact, my massage technique is also OK." Seeing Ryan's expression, the reception girl thought that Ryan was interested in massage, and her pretty face blushed, and she volunteered.
"Well, next time, I have something to do this time." Ryan didn't think much about it.
This time he was thinking about testing the elemental affinity, so naturally he didn't have the heart to massage.
"Okay, sir." This made the reception girl feel a little discouraged, but when she thought that Lord Ryan didn't refuse outright, the girl's mood suddenly improved.
"By the way, what is the attack power test room you just mentioned?" Ryan asked again.
"Oh, that's the place where the sword-bearers test the power of their extraordinary combat skills. There is also a test room for witchcraft power on the third floor." The girl said quickly.
I see, Ryan nodded.
He roughly understood the layout of the entire training building.
The second floor is mainly for sword holders of the Knight Path.
For example, small class teaching.
Different instructors are responsible for teaching different extraordinary combat skills.
It's pretty good.
Ryan has already thought about it. Next time if he wants to improve Locken's axe and shield combat skills, he can come here, which should save some skill points.
As for the third floor, it should be prepared for sword holders of the wizard path
. Soon, Ryan followed the welcoming girl to the third floor.
"My lord, this is the room for testing elemental affinity. There will be someone to receive you inside, so I will take you here." The girl said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you."
Ryan saw that the door of this room was wide open. He could see that there were several small rooms inside, and it seemed that there were no people.
That's right.
Everyone's elemental affinity is innate. If there is no supreme power such as gods, it will not change throughout their lives, so there is naturally no need to test it frequently.
As Ryan walked into the room, a young girl quickly came up to him and asked in a clear voice, "Sir, how can I help you?"
"I'll do an elemental affinity test."
"Okay, sir, this service requires you to pay 5 merit points according to the regulations. Is that okay with you?"
"Yes." Ryan nodded.
The girl took Ryan to another compartment inside.
As soon as he entered, what caught Ryan's eyes was a prismatic crystal that was much taller than the crystal of the Usman family. It was two meters high and the cross section was also an equilateral triangle.
The room was surrounded by white walls and there were no lighting such as wall lamps installed. This was because the paint on the surface of the wall emitted a faint white light.
"Sir, the method of using this test crystal is very simple. Just hold it, concentrate, and then mobilize the energy particles as much as possible." The girl made a simple gesture and explained on the side.
"Yes." Ryan nodded.
Without much hesitation, Ryan began to hold the crystal prism that was almost as tall as him with both hands, closed his eyes, and concentrated.
As Ryan injected his spiritual power, the prism crystal soon emitted a bright white light. At the same time, the originally transparent prism began to surge with colorful light.
Soon, the light gradually stabilized.
Ryan opened his eyes and
saw a silver mist on the top of the prismatic crystal, and red mist in the middle. The length of the silver mist was obviously slightly longer than the red one.
The bottom of the crystal is a mixture of colors, which can be ignored.
"Hey, sir, you actually have a very rare affinity for metal elements! And it has reached the top level." The girl was surprised and said in amazement.
Hmm?
Top level?
Ryan's heart was shocked!
Sure enough, his affinity for metal elements has changed.
Before Ryan asked, the girl took the initiative to report the data:
"Sir, your affinity for metal elements is 84.2, which is top level, which is really rare. The second is the affinity for fire elements, 71.8, which is above average, which is also very good."
Metal element affinity 84.2!
Ryan remembered it very clearly.
When Naya tested him before, the affinity for metal elements was only 72, and now it has reached 84.2. No wonder the power of witchcraft has increased a lot!
The higher the affinity of a certain element, the stronger the power of witchcraft under the same conditions.
In other words, if Ryan casts metal witchcraft now, the power will be much stronger than before.
The key point is that he should still be able to continue to acquire talent points and improve his talent "Steel Body" in the future.
This means that his affinity for metal elements may reach a higher level, which will greatly increase the power of Ryan's metal-based witchcraft!
You know, the improvement of the level of witchcraft control only increases the speed of spell casting, but does not increase the power of witchcraft.
The easiest way to increase the power of witchcraft is to improve mental power.
But the problem is that the improvement of mental power requires months of meditation practice.
In addition, most wizards of the same level, such as first-level wizards, have little difference in mental power, so the power of witchcraft that can be improved by elemental affinity is particularly precious.
So now, Ryan has a happy trouble in front of him!
A trouble that no one else will have.
He originally planned to learn the fire system, the defense to the first-level witchcraft "Resist Fire Ring" with atomization mixture, and be promoted to a formal wizard.
But now, it is a pity not to take the metal system path.
"Sir?" The girl saw the young sword bearer with rare talent in front of her stunned in place, and couldn't help but remind him softly.
"Oh, nothing."
"Sir, do you need other tests? For example, the total amount of mental power, the comprehension of witchcraft models, etc." The girl asked proactively.
"No, thank you."
Ryan's mind was focused on the choice of witchcraft path at the moment.
These, when you want to test them next time, you can come anytime.
"Sir, regarding the study of metal witchcraft, there is no instructor in the branch to specifically offer relevant teaching, but for fire witchcraft, there are two instructors to offer it."
"Next time!" Ryan waved his hand and left the third floor.
Along the way, Ryan was still thinking!
"The problem is that if you choose the metal system, there are too few witchcraft."
"Of course, there may be some metal witchcraft in some wizard schools. For example, the Bixiu Construction School that provides this metal transformation should definitely have more than one metal transformation!" "
But, this point needs to be confirmed again."
While thinking, Ryan quickly turned and went to the library of the sword bearer branch.
Inside the library.
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?" A beautiful young employee saw Ryan approaching, stood up and bowed.
"Help me look up information about metal witchcraft." Ryan said, and took the initiative to hand over his golden badge.
"Okay, sir! Please wait a moment." The girl took the badge with both hands respectfully and began to search quickly.
"I found it, sir, there are a total of eleven ancient books related to metal witchcraft, namely "Introduction to Ancient Metal Witchcraft", "Application of Metal Witchcraft in Construction Science", and "Introduction to Ancient Metal Witchcraft (Steel Barrier)"."
"Borrow all eleven books."
"Hmm?" The girl fluttered her big eyes and looked at Ryan.
Eleven books? I can finish them!
"Any problem?"
"No problem, sir, the borrowing price is a total of 110 merit points."
"Swish."
Soon, Ryan returned to the room with a pile of heavy rubbings and immediately read them eagerly.
Ryan used a search-style fast reading.
Two hours later, he quickly figured out a few problems.
First, the book "The Application of Metal Magic in Equipment Manufacturing" wrote that the Empire has first-level metal magic such as "Mercury Sword", "Steel Ball Crushing", and second-level metal magic "Iron Thorn Combo", etc.
It's just that due to the special application of metal magic in equipment manufacturing, it is strictly controlled by the Empire.
Simply put, if you want to obtain metal magic from official channels, Ryan has to continue to improve his status or authority.
In addition, there are some metal magic in some wizard schools.
For example, "The Application of Metal Magic in Construction" records that the Bixiu Construction School has second-level or even third-level metal magic.
This school is a school that specializes in the study of metal puppets and war colossi, and the number of personnel in the entire school is very small.
After all, if you don't have affinity with metal elements, you can't do it in this field.
At the same time, many ancient books record that "Metal Transfiguration" is a very important metal-related magic, and it has different degrees of bonuses for other metal-related magics
.
"It seems that it is not impossible to use metal magic as a natural magic!"
The more Ryan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him!
At this moment, Ryan suddenly remembered that he had not checked the previous system prompts.
Immediately, he looked through them.
There was a new icon at the top of the icon below the Wizard Apprentice (Supernormal) panel.
The pattern on the icon was a twisted and deformed metal column, with a palm pattern on the side, and short arcs between the two.
These short arcs formed a circle of circles, which seemed to symbolize that the palm was facing the metal column, releasing some mysterious fluctuations, causing the metal column to twist and deform.
At the same time, there was a line of small words below the icon:
Metal Transfiguration lv1 (1/100)
Metal Transfiguration lv1 Effect: Consume a certain amount of mental power, use a specific magic model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, and change the shape of the metal in the host's hand.
(Note: Metal Transfiguration is a continuous guided magic. The speed of deformation is proportional to the control level and mental power, and inversely proportional to the total amount of deformed metal and the type of metal.)
Hmm?
Ryan read the text in the annotation several times.
He had expected that the speed of transformation was proportional to the level of control.
There was nothing special about the fact that it was proportional to mental power. The several apprentice-level witchcrafts he had mastered before were all proportional to mental power.
However,
"The type of metal is inversely proportional to the total amount of transformed metal. This is a bit annoying." Ryan muttered to himself.
This point was ignored in his test just now!
Soon, he picked up the two iron ingots he had prepared and tested the metal transformation again.
Sure enough, the same transformation into a hammer, due to the increase in the number of iron ingots, the time consumed increased from about three seconds to about four seconds now.
This immediately made Ryan frown!
After thinking about it, Ryan tested the transformation of several iron ingots, which were about the weight of a two-handed warhammer.
As a result, it took a full ten seconds to transform more than ten iron ingots into the original pig-headed hammer!
This.
The situation in front of him suddenly made Ryan's face look a little ugly.
Although it is now at the level 1, it can be improved later.
But even if each level is upgraded, the casting time can be reduced by 20%.
"Then lv2 is about eight seconds"
"lv3 is more than six seconds, lv4 is more than five seconds, lv5 is four seconds"
".lv8 is two seconds"
Ryan did some mental calculations.
He found that even lv10 would take about one and a half seconds.
It looks fast, but the problem is that it is still a bit different from what Ryan expected!
Ryan's previous idea was that in battle, the weapon would instantly transform, such as a big sword suddenly turning into a sickle, and the enemy would be caught off guard and hit instantly!
Or, the war hammer in the hand would instantly turn into a tower shield to resist the enemy's sudden attack, etc.
The battle between the great knights is not calculated in seconds, but in 0.1 seconds, or even shorter.
This means that even if Ryan adds it to lv10, it is still an order of magnitude off
"No!"
"There is also a metal type!"
Ryan's mind trembled!
He found a bigger problem!
Immediately, he walked quickly to the corner of the room and picked up a handle-shaped hardened fine gold fragment, which was the handle of his broken pig-head hammer.
After a few seconds,
Ryan's face was extremely ugly!
Because he had just tested it, and the hardened fine gold of the same weight was much more difficult than the iron ingot!
If he wanted to change the hardened fine gold ingot into the original pig-head hammer, it would take almost twenty seconds!
This is simply...
In other words, his previous idea of instant transformation in battle is almost impossible to achieve!
Unless, metal deformation becomes a natural witchcraft!
The consumption of mental power is greatly reduced, and at the same time, the casting speed is greatly increased!
But how is this possible!
Metal deformation is not a defensive witchcraft!
After thinking about it, Ryan took a deep breath and adjusted his mood.
He planned to put metal deformation aside for the time being.
At this time, Ryan saw the wooden box containing the atomized mixture on the table. He
opened the wooden box casually, and a bottle of potion emitting azure blue mixed with golden starlight appeared in front of Ryan.
Seeing such a beautiful atomized mixture, Ryan couldn't help but pick it up and look at it carefully.
At this time, the system prompt suddenly appeared:
[Ding! Detected that the host has obtained the atomized mixture, triggering the job change - Wizard (Legend)! ]
[The prerequisites for promotion to Wizard (Legend) are: 1. Wizard qualifications; 2. Spirit 30 points or more; 3. Basic Meditation Will Rune (24/24); 4. Master any one level 1 witchcraft; 5. Atomized mixture. The current conditions are met, yes/no to transfer to Wizard (Legend)! ]
[Note: After the job change to Wizard (Legend), the Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary) occupation panel will be overwritten. ]
"I haven't learned 'Resist Fire Ring' yet, how come..." Ryan asked in confusion.
In an instant, Ryan froze in place!
He figured it out!
At that time, he triggered the prerequisites for the promotion to Flame Walker (Legend). He still remembered that the fourth item was: mastering the first-level fire magic 'Flame Protection'.
In the system's description, there was no such thing as defensive magic from beginning to end!
Where did this statement come from?
Ryan thought about it carefully again.
This was what Naya Usman, a descendant of the warlock family, said to him at the time:
".Wizards found that the choice of this solidified magic model is the best first-level defensive magic. In ancient times, many wizards chose offensive magic. But later they found that when facing assassins or some invisible monsters, they attacked."
"I took it for granted before!"
"It turns out that metal deformation can be a gifted magic!"
"I have the gift 'Intermediate Steel Body', and my defense is quite strong. If my talent can continue to improve in the future, it should not be weaker than the first-level defensive magic."
"That's right!"
"Also! Metal deformation, transformed into shields and armor, isn't it also equivalent to defensive magic?"
Suddenly, Ryan's eyes lit up!
(End of this chapter)
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