Advent of the Archmage

Chapter 2: Crescent Wand

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In Ferroman Continent, how can we effectively improve our combat effectiveness in a short period of time

Nothing more than three options.

Equipment, potions, magic gains (Buff).

All the apprentices living in the apprentice apartment are magic apprentices, and their magic cultivation is very low, so there is no need to think about the magic gain.

As for the potion, Link didn't have much thought, because there is no alchemy room in the apprentice's apartment, and the alchemy room of the Magic Academy is more than 50 meters away from the apprentice's apartment. The darkness outside the apartment is already full of assassins. This 50 meters is an insurmountable gap. .

Only the last item remains, and that is the equipment.

What is the most important piece of equipment for a mage? Mana Focuser!

In layman's terms, it is a magic wand.

A magician can cast spells without a wand, but the physical body of a magician is usually very fragile, and the magic energy in the body cannot be focused at a high intensity, and its power is very weak.

This requires the help of external objects, which is the role of the magic wand.

For example, if a magic apprentice releases a level 0 fireball without using a magic wand, the power of this fireball is equivalent to a firecracker, but if he takes the most common magic wand, he can upgrade this firecracker to... No. firecrackers, even to the point of detonators.

The magic energy used in the whole process has not changed in any way, the secret is that the magic wand compresses the magic energy.

If magic is like a bullet, then the wand is the gun that fires the bullet. The quality of the gun directly determines the power of the bullet.

Magic wands are very expensive, and the cheapest one costs 100 gold coins each. Link was born in a small nobleman, and he was still the youngest son in his family. He was weak in magic talent, so of course he couldn't have such a luxury as a magic wand.

He didn't, but everyone else in the apartment did.

There are more than 50 magic apprentices living in this apprentice apartment, many of whom are local tyrants. They have at least twenty magic wands, the best of which is in the hands of a magic apprentice named Grant on the second floor.

Link knew that the wand was called Crescent Moon, the proud work of the wand master Henila in his early years, worth more than 1,000 gold coins, and it was a coming-of-age gift from Grant's earl father to his beloved young son.

It is said that Grant cherished the new moon so much that he slept in his arms.

This crescent wand is Link's target.

Think and act!

Link took the clothes beside the bed and was about to put them on, but he stopped quickly. This is the apprentice robe issued by the Magic Academy. The style and material are very unique. People can tell that he is an apprentice of the Magic Academy at a glance. , Of course this is fine on weekdays, but tonight, the more conspicuous his appearance was, the faster he died.

Throwing down the apprentice's robe, Link opened the bedside table, found a gray cloth robe and put it on. This was his own clothes, with no features on it. After wearing it, with his popular appearance, walking on the street would definitely It's like everyone.

After putting on his clothes and boots, Link went out.

Magicians prefer round towers, and the apprentice apartment is in the shape of a round tower. It has five floors, and each floor has 10 rooms arranged in a circle.

When Link walked out of the room, he saw a round hall with a diameter of about ten meters. There was a magic light cluster floating above the hall. The light was very dim. It was already 9:45. For magicians who are generally used to going to bed early, now is the rest time .

Walking along the stone spiral staircase to the second floor, he found Grant's room, and Link knocked lightly on the door.

There was no response, and Grant must have fallen asleep.

After hesitating for a second, Link gave up knocking on the door. Doing so might wake up the apprentices in the nearby room, which is not a good thing for what he is about to do.

Gently stretched out his hand, tapped on the door lock, and then Link activated the mage's hand.

mage hand

Mana Cost: 0.2

no grade juggle

Function: Non-touching moving objects (a mage's general pretentious means)

The Mage's Hand is the only magic the young Link knows, and it's extremely simple, only needing 0.2 points of mana.

The door lock of the apprentice's apartment is an ordinary lock cylinder, and it is easy to open such a door lock with the hands of a magician. After five seconds, there is only a soft 'click', and the door opens.

Link gently pushed the door open, and the wooden door made a soft 'squeak' sound. For a first-time thief, this sound is very exciting, but Link can become the number one Dharma God in the virtual reality His heart is as solid as a rock.

He pushed open the door without changing his expression, walked in, and closed the door gently. The whole process was as natural as entering his own room.

The room was dim, and the layout was similar to Link's room, but the furniture was much more luxurious and exquisite than Link's. The college did not provide the furniture, which was paid for by Grant himself.

Grant was lying on the bed. He was sleeping very deeply. The rumors were true. This guy cherished his wand very much. Even when he was sleeping, he would hold the wand in his arms and hold it tightly with his hands.

If it was a real thief, stealing the wand would be tricky in this situation, but Link didn't. He knew that the upcoming massacre would obliterate everything that happened in the city, and no one would pursue what happened in the city.

Now, he can have no scruples.

Walking to the side of Grant's bed, he stretched out his hand and slapped Grant's handsome face fiercely. There was a crisp 'slap', and the slap was very heavy.

This was for the old Link, who was often bullied by Grant. In a prank, he even caused Link to break his arm.

Grant's father was a duke, so the boy chose to hold back his anger, but Link didn't.

This slap woke Grant up. He was taken aback and sat up suddenly from the bed. He covered his face and looked around, shouting, "What's going on? What's going on?"

His eyes were not fully awake, and he couldn't figure out what happened for a while

With this movement, he naturally relaxed the wand in his hand.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Link snatched the well-made wand into his hand, then raised his hand, and before Grant could react, he slashed Grant's neck with a knife.

Grant rolled his eyes and fell back heavily on the bed, passing out.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't figure out what happened.

Here comes the wand!

Link looked at the wand in his hand. The wand was forty centimeters long, and it was clasped with circles of ring-like fine gold from the beginning to the end. The fine magic runes were engraved from the tail of the wand to the head of the wand, and finally on the top of the wand. A crescent moon is outlined on the head of the staff.

While he was observing, a virtual frame appeared beside the wand, and glowing characters flashed in the frame.

crescent wand

Quality: excellent

Effect: Attack magic power +20%.

(Note: Earl Gridan gave his second son Grant a coming-of-age gift)

Link smiled: "The game system of Lord of Radiance is well done, but this way, it looks much more intuitive."

He got the crescent wand, took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was 9:50, and there were forty minutes left, which was plenty of time. He walked to the door, opened it, closed it, and when he got outside, the crescent wand touched the door. The door locks, and the Mage Hand activates.

With a 'click' sound, with the blessing of the wand, even the power of the mage's hand was greatly increased. The lock cylinder of the door lock was completely destroyed in an instant, and the door would not be able to be opened inside or outside the room. It took a while to get out the door, too.

As long as another forty minutes, no one in this magic academy will have the time to meddle in other people's business.

With the wand, this is the first step.

Link continued to walk to the first floor of the apprentice's apartment. On the first floor of the apartment, there were several display cabinets. In one of the cabinets was a magic bracelet called the 'Bracelet of Guardian'. It was a low-level magic item. The caster could Rely on it to inspire a 2-level defensive magic 'guardian enchantment'.

Link is bound to get this bracelet.

In today's era, due to the concentration of mana in the world, the number of strong people is far less than that of later generations. Level 2 defensive magic is already quite powerful. If it is used well, it can save his life.

Of course, as this world war continues, all kinds of powerful forces continue to erupt, and a large number of space cracks appear in Ferroman Continent. As the world's magic energy concentration rises and rises, there will be more and more powerful people. Back then, 2nd level magic was nothing.

The problem now is that there is still an official magician living on the first floor. She is Mrs. Fairfax, a kind and kind old woman, a level 1 magician, and the dormitory administrator of the apprentice apartment.

This old woman sleeps lightly and wakes up whenever there is a disturbance. With her around, it is much more difficult to steal the bracelet, but Link already has a plan in mind.

He walked towards the stairs, but after a few steps, Link's footsteps suddenly stopped at the door of a room, and an uncontrollable feeling of reluctance surged in his heart.

Link was taken aback, and memories belonging to teenagers emerged.

The apprentice apartment is mixed with men and women, and the magic apprentice living in this room is called Celine, the daughter of a commoner. With her excellent magic talent, she studies for free in the Magic Academy. She has been enrolled for three months and has mastered three 0-levels. Magic, future achievements are limitless.

In my memory, Celine is a very beautiful girl, born with beauty, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the most beautiful woman in the academy, but this is not the key point, the key point is that this Celine once helped Link a lot. Celine cared for Grant for more than a month after his arm was broken, arguing that she was also responsible for the accident.

Link has a low self-esteem and introverted personality, and basically has no friends in the academy. During this month, he developed an inseparable affection for Celine.

'Heh~ boy, is she your first love? Link smiled softly in his heart, he wasn't going to meddle in other people's business, he was lucky to be able to escape by himself, and bringing another person would definitely increase the danger greatly.

He turned and left, took one step, two steps, three steps, and at the fourth step, Link stopped again.

He found that the feeling of reluctance in his heart had become extremely strong, and it had reached the point where it could not be ignored.

"Okay, okay, since it's your last wish, I'll help you fulfill it. After all, I still occupy your body."

It's strange to say, but when Link made the promise, the emotion suddenly dissipated, and he became relieved, as if a shackle had been removed from his heart.

Link had a feeling that the original owner of this body had completely disappeared.

"It's really infatuation." Link shook his head lightly.

He will take this Celine away, of course, not now, he has to steal now... no, take the guardian bracelet.