Chapter 333 Two New Witchcrafts (Two chapters in one)
At this time, everyone began to feel around in fear.
Soon, everyone in the Black Sword team found that except for the deputy captain, the wizard Angte, who seemed to be protected by his innate witchcraft at all times, he was not infected with this mysterious fungus.
Even the strongest captain, Black Sword Guerrero, the peak knight, had a lot of white catkin-like fungus spores on his body.
The other three team members who were not as strong as Guerrero had even worse physical resistance. At this time, they had grown white fungi, which were the mushrooms that looked like oyster mushrooms just now.
"Quick! Let's leave here first!" Guerrero commanded immediately, and at the same time, the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became stronger.
Just as the team members turned around quickly and planned to leave.
Suddenly, everyone felt the ground of the tunnel suddenly shook!
Then, a low roar that had never been heard before, but with a strong deterrent, came from the forbidden door.
Instantly, everyone felt a sudden chill in their hearts, as if they were trapped in an ice cellar. Even moving their legs was much more clumsy than usual!
Instinctively, the members of the Black Sword Squad turned their necks slightly stiffly and looked at the forbidden door behind them.
They saw two brown lights suddenly appearing inside the forbidden door.
"Rumble~Rumble~"
As the ground vibrated rhythmically, the two lights got closer.
The stench became stronger.
When the other party approached the area illuminated by the light spell, the members of the Black Sword Squad saw clearly that these were not lights, but a pair of dragon eyes.
This dragon was extremely ugly. The smooth scales that should have been on the skin of a normal dragon were not seen on this one.
The surface of the body was full of wrinkles with pits and even pus, as if the body was emitting some strong, corrosive energy from the inside out.
"Go!!!"
Guerrero finally understood the source of the strong uneasiness in his heart.
The Corrupted Dragon in front of him must be the strange creature that was originally sealed in the Forbidden Gate.
Although the other party has been sealed for thousands of years, the remaining breath is still extremely powerful. Guerrero immediately felt that this was a monster that only the Imperial Guardians could deal with, and it was not something that their Black Sword Squad could resist.
Although they heard their captain's almost hoarse screams, at this moment, everyone was like being trapped in a swamp, and their running speed was less than one-third of the usual speed.
"Ang!!!"
The Corrupted Dragon roared!
Then, a cylindrical yellow-green mist-like breath violently spewed out from its big mouth.
In the narrow tunnel, this was almost impossible to avoid! The
last person in the team was the first to be hit by the mist-like breath, and the mushrooms on his body grew wildly. In just a few seconds, all kinds of gray, green and colorful fungi covered his whole body and face. Although
he was still running, in the eyes of others.
Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to call it staggering.
The second and
third
wizards, Ante's body protection magic, also broke instantly, and fungi began to grow rapidly on their bodies. Black Sword Guerrero was no exception.
Seeing that the whole team was about to be wiped out, Guerrero stopped, turned back, and chopped at the breath with all his strength with the black sword!
At the same time, a low roar came from behind:
"Ante, try to spread the news!!"
As soon as the voice fell, he was seen to be full of the light of the Force mixed with a trace of will, and he waved the black two-handed sword in his hand, like an arrow from a string, and rushed straight to the corrupt dragon that was chasing him.
"Black light!"
A black arc of light flashed, and the elbow of the corrupt dragon's front claw, which was as thick as a stone pillar, was immediately cut by Black Sword Guerrero with a length of several dozen centimeters.
Yellow-green pus spurted out.
Just when Black Sword Guerrero thought that he might be able to resist for a while longer, and there was even a slight possibility that he could escape.
But the next second!
"Boom!"
A huge and sharp claw slapped down from top to bottom, and the 'Black Sword' Guerrero was directly beaten into a pulp!
"Captain!!!"
At this moment, the wizard Angte had just finished chanting a spell, and a light blue whirlwind was wrapped around his body, carrying him forward rapidly, but he saw his captain died tragically in front of him.
"Hurry up, faster! I want to survive! I have to pass the message out!!" As a wizard, Angte lost his composure for the first time, and he was furious!
But it was too late.
It was not the corrupt dragon behind him that caught up.
It was because he was contaminated by his breath that all kinds of fungi on his body began to grow rapidly.
At the same time.
Near the entrance of the Adachi Mine.
A third-level wizard apprentice in a gray robe and another big knight holding a sword and shield were chatting idly.
Both of them were new members who had just joined the 'Black Sword' team not long ago, so they were arranged by Guerrero at the entrance of the mine to be responsible for vigilance and communication.
"It's been two hours and ten minutes. Why haven't the captain and the others sent a message yet? Could something have happened?" The Sword and Shield Knight opened his pocket watch, checked the time, and frowned.
According to the agreement before departure, the team in the cave would send a message to the two of them every two hours.
This was also the standard procedure for the Sword Bearer team to carry out exploration missions.
"No, Captain Guerrero's strength has reached the quasi-legendary level, and with Vice Captain Ante, a formal wizard, it's just an investigation mission, how could there be any accidents!" The gray-robed apprentice shook his head and said.
"Wait, Medeiros, did you hear the sound?"
"It seems to come from the mine." The Sword and Shield Knight Luka turned around alertly, motioning his companions to listen, and said.
"I heard it, but... could it be the sound of the wind?" Medeiros, holding a short stick, listened for a while, but couldn't tell where the sound came from.
Because they were at the Dragon Tooth Pass at the moment, there were strong winds all year round, which was why they chose to ride short-legged horses suitable for mountain travel instead of the Empire's small airship.
"Ah~"
At this time, a scream that was obviously human came from the mine!
This made the two of them look at each other and immediately alert.
"Quick, hide behind the hillside." Medeiros immediately called out.
The two quickly hid behind the hillside dozens of meters away from the mine and hid.
Their mission was to guard and communicate, not to fight. This was the clear order given by Captain Guerrero to the two men before they set out.
A few minutes later, a monster in the shape of a human staggered to the entrance of the cave, roared, and turned around again, returning to the depths of the mine.
"What kind of monster is this?"
As a great knight, Luka had never seen such a strange humanoid monster covered with fungi.
Medeiros stared blankly at the scene in front of him, motionless.
"Medeiros?" This made Luka a little strange. Logically, Medeiros had rich combat experience and was a formal member of a gold-level team before. He would not be scared by a monster like this.
"It's over!" Medeiros said in a state of despair.
"It's over! The captain and the others are all over!"
"Luka, that was not a monster just now, it was the deputy captain, the wizard Ante!"
Medeiros' words rang in Luka's mind like a thunderbolt!
"What! How is this possible?"
"Really? Did you notice the amulet on the opponent's neck? I'm very familiar with that amulet. It's a witchcraft item that seals the water film technique."
Luka was stunned. He recalled that there was indeed something reflective on the neck of the humanoid monster.
"Because I also have this item. I exchanged it in the exchange hall of the branch." Medeiros pulled out the prismatic crystal amulet on his chest and showed it to Luka.
This made Luka believe Medeiros' words at once.
Medeiros was in a trance for a while, muttering something in his mouth, and quickly took out a piece of paper from his arms and wrote it with a feather pen.
"Report to the branch immediately!"
Just half a minute later, a blood falcon flew straight into the sky.
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The next morning.
Münster, the study room of Ren's new mansion.
At this moment, Ryan was sorting out the three rare metals, magic thorium, hardened adamantium, and glowing ingots, which he had brought back from the branch yesterday.
However, when Ryan fixed his eyes on the magic thorium, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something.
He first took out a part of it to transform into two kite-shaped shields, and then used the remaining magic thorium to quickly transform each plate armor part according to the style of the mithril carved plate armor on his body.
With the "Armor Forging Expertise (Passive)" of the armor forger and the "Inscription Expertise (Passive)" of the great armor forger, Ryan only took less than half an hour to complete a set of magic thorium plate armor engraved with "primary defense inscriptions".
Looking at the slightly matte silver plate armor set in front of him, Ryan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
"This set is equivalent to a sorcery resistance suit. With the magicized thorium and the primary defense inscriptions, the damage effect of the enemy's sorcery on you will be at least reduced by more than half."
"The only inconvenience is carrying it."
But immediately, Ryan thought of the Blood Feather Hippogryph that had just entered the mature stage.
"You can't carry it with you, but you can put it on Blood Feather. Before the battle, you can change the plate armor suit at any time."
Although Ryan has the innate sorcery 'Metal Transfiguration', if it is just a breastplate, it can be covered on the chest in a very short time.
But if you want to transform into a knight's plate armor suit with inscriptions and composed of complex parts, it is impossible to complete it in an instant.
After completing the above matters, Ryan focused his attention on the parchment scroll he had just exchanged - 'Floating'.
As a first-level sorcery that is not difficult, floating is not difficult to learn.
After a while, the system prompt appeared:
[You have learned floating, and your understanding of it has improved! 】
【You have learned a new skill - Levitation】
【Your skill Levitation has been improved, experience +1】
At the same time, at the bottom of the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel, next to the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation, there is a new icon.
The pattern on the icon is a person floating in the air, with a cotton-like white cloud under his feet, which seems to represent the meaning of white clouds lifting.
There is a line of small words below the icon:
Levitation lv1 (1/100)
Effect of Levitation lv1: Consume a certain amount of mental power, use a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding wind energy particles, and make the host float in the air for one minute.
(Note: The casting time is 3 seconds.)
"Not bad, I don't have to worry about accidents when riding the Blood Feather!" Ryan nodded, feeling happy.
"But the casting time of three seconds is still a little long."
Just as Ryan was considering whether to add points to Levitation or practice to improve it on his own, he suddenly noticed the icon of the advanced meditation method, Heart of Steel.
Heart of Steel Advanced Meditation Method (Incomplete) lv1 (1/100), with the special effect 'Metal Control lv1'.
"Oh, by the way, what is the effect of adding points to this advanced meditation method?"
Ryan thought about it and found that he really didn't know.
Because when he was learning the basic meditation method, he didn't need to consider this issue. Before, he successfully completed the practice of the basic meditation method by adding points to his mental power.
This made Ryan curious.
After thinking for a while, Ryan glanced at the remaining five skill points, and couldn't help but invest a little in the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation.
As the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation entered lv2 from level 1, a torrent of memories about the practice of Iron Heart poured into Ryan's mind.
Ryan closed his eyes, stood in place, and carefully felt the memory fragments of the practice of these advanced meditation methods in his mind.
When he opened his eyes again, it was as if he had experienced several years of hard practice of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation in a mysterious space.
Then, Ryan started to use the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation again.
After a while, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the visualization and outline process of the first layer model of the Iron Heart in the spiritual sea was much smoother than before, and the outline efficiency was nearly twice as fast!
What does this mean?
This means that in the same meditation time of about half an hour per day, he could only use his mental power to outline it twice, but now he can visualize and outline it four times.
What does this mean?
This means that Ryan's mental atomization process can be greatly accelerated!
Ryan also knows a thing or two about the time it takes to atomize mental power .
For other first-level wizards, no matter how brilliant they are, if they want to reach a level of atomization of more than 90%, they still need to improve it in years.
For most wizards, even if they can successfully break through the bottleneck without any setbacks along the way, it will take almost 20 to 30 years from the beginning of the mental atomization process.
And within ten years, a first-level wizard who can complete this mental atomization process can be called a wizard genius.
Within five years?
I'm afraid it's rare in the entire Dragun Empire.
This made Ryan excited.
"It's twice the speed now, but it can obviously be faster!"
After pacing back and forth in the room and thinking for a while, Ryan decided to continue to add some advanced meditation methods.
With the addition of points, the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method entered lv3 from lv2
. A few minutes later, Ryan tried to use the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method again. Sure enough, his visualization process was accelerated again. In about half an hour, he was able to complete six visualization cycles!
"It was two times at the beginning, and now it's six times, which is three times the original speed!"
"LV3 is three times, so isn't LV4 four times?"
Suddenly, Ryan's eyes sparkled!
Immediately, he tried to add points to the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method again.
At this time, the system prompt suddenly appeared:
[Adding points failed! The upper limit of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method (incomplete) has been reached. ]
"Huh?"
Ryan frowned slightly.
"Does this mean that the first level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the fastest I can do is three times the speed?"
"Well, if it's three times the speed, it means that it takes three years for others and one year for me?"
"Although it still feels a bit slow, I can barely accept it." Ryan, who was quite greedy, thought to himself.
"No. I can also add points to the spiritual attribute. It has been proved before that if the spiritual power is strong enough, it will further accelerate the atomization process." Ryan's eyes lit up and he thought of something instantly.
This is why, for most wizards, various drugs that can enhance spiritual power are extremely precious.
Drugs that can increase the speed of spiritual power atomization?
There may be, but Ryan has not heard of it yet.
"Perhaps, it is time to put the search for drugs that enhance spiritual power on the agenda."
"Through Jennifer's auction house channel? Or through the Munster branch of the Royal Pharmacist Association?" Ryan immediately thought of two paths.
After all, for Ryan, he has the 'Breaking Bad' professional panel and is a top pharmacist himself.
He didn't consider making potions himself before because it was obviously more cost-effective for him to spend time on improving extraordinary combat skills.
But now, if it is a potion related to enhancing spiritual power, it is not impossible to consider making it himself.
"By the way, when I killed the third-level wizard apprentice Adams in Shining Gold Town, I seized a spiritual book that detailed the method of making a secret potion. The effect of this potion can improve mental strength."
"It's just that the materials are quite hard to find. I can ask Jennifer to try to find it through the auction house." Ryan recalled.
As for why he didn't make it at that time, it was also because the materials were hard to find.
"But... There's no rush for this. Maybe I should study puppetry first."
As for the improvement of mental strength, Ryan was not in a hurry because he had the advantage of adding points to improve it. Instead, he was quite interested in the puppetry given to him by mentor Mogaro.
Ryan took out the heavy book "Principles of Puppetry" given by Mogaro from the drawer and read it carefully.
After opening the title page, Ryan saw that almost the entire page was filled with the number of revisions, revision time and revision content.
"Huh? It seems that the school attaches great importance to the content of the book "Principles of Puppetry". It has been revised many times."
"Yes, this book is probably as important to the school as the Xinhua Dictionary in the previous life. Although it is basic, it is of extraordinary significance."
Ryan first spent some time reading the overview, and then, according to the instructions of Mr. Mogaro, he turned directly to the chapter on metal puppets.
For Ryan, metal puppets are highly compatible with him.
And his extremely high affinity for metal elements can also give full play to the combat effectiveness of metal puppets.
As for other types of puppets, such as clay puppets, rock puppets, and flesh puppets, it is not too late to slowly understand them after he masters the production of metal puppets.
After all, beginners should not bite off more than they can chew.
"For puppets with low intelligence requirements, the activation technique can achieve the goal."
"For mid-to-high-level puppets with high intelligence requirements, it is necessary to adopt the method of adding a control core."
Looking at this paragraph, Ryan fell into thought.
"Intelligence?"
"Activation technique?"
"Control core?"
"Control core is about mid-to-high-level puppets. Ignore it for now and look at the activation technique first." Ryan quickly made a choice.
It didn't take much time for Ryan to find the record of the activation technique at the last few pages of the puppetry principle.
As a first-level wizard, the activation technique is not easy to master.
However, for Ryan, who has a mental power of 60 points, close to the mid-to-late first-level wizard, it is not difficult.
Just like when learning the levitation technique, after a while, the system prompt sounded:
[You have studied the activation technique, and your understanding of it has improved! 】
【You have learned a new skill - Activation】
【Your skill Activation has been improved, experience +1】
At the same time, a new icon appeared at the bottom of the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel, next to the magic metal barrier.
The pattern on the icon was a cane gently tapping on the head of a clay doll, as if the cane was giving it some kind of wisdom.
Ryan focused his attention on the new icon, and saw a line of small words below the icon.
Activation lv1 (1/100)
Activation lv1 effect: consume a certain amount of mental power, induce mysterious energy particles, and give a certain humanoid or animal-like dead object vitality, giving it elementary wisdom and simple action ability, which lasts for half an hour.
(Note: This sorcery is a guided sorcery, and the casting time and mental power consumption depend on the complexity and size of the object.)
"It's done!"
Ryan's face lit up.
"Huh, humanoid or animal-like?"
"It lasts for half an hour?"
"Guided sorcery?"
Ryan immediately noticed a few key words.
After thinking about it, Ryan made the simplest entry-level puppet based on the principle of metal puppets. No, it is not a puppet yet. According to the book, it is called a movable metal dummy.
It only needs to transform any metal ingot such as iron ingot, copper ingot, etc. into a metal block with a humanoid appearance.
This is also a very simple thing for other metal wizards. It can be done in a minute at most. For Ryan, who has "metal deformation" as his innate witchcraft, it is a matter of one second.
In an instant, a half-human-high metal puppet appeared in Ryan's hand.
After Ryan placed it on the ground, he performed the witchcraft "activation" that he had mastered.
As the spell sounded, Ryan gently pointed, and a yellowish-brown light beam as thick as a little finger shone on the metal puppet.
About three seconds later, Ryan found that there was a small light spot in his spiritual sea.
As the command "Stand Up" was issued, the metal doll actually stood up slowly and walked automatically.
"Hiss~ Interesting!" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.
At the same time, perhaps because of his high affinity with metal elements, he hardly felt too much mental energy consumption.
This means that he can try to activate a larger mobile metal dummy.
"Knock knock knock!"
There was a knock on the door.
This made Ryan smile slightly, as if he thought of something, and he gave the command "Open the door" to the mobile metal dummy.
(End of this chapter)
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