Bright lights illuminate the card-making workshop, reflecting on the magical instruments and utensils.
Those instruments exude an ancient atmosphere, as if they have witnessed the glorious rise of many card makers.
At this time, Lanqi was concentrating on the workbench.
He counted the basic ingredients carefully, took out a compartment tray, and took some of the ingredients he would need.
Place them one by one into the grids of the grid plate.
Talia frowned slightly as she watched him select the materials.
What does this guy do with so many materials
While Talia was confused, Lanqi gradually completed his preparations.
Talia, who had been frugal and down and out for so long, almost forgot that she had once been wealthy.
Lanqi rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, his face full of anticipation, and was ready to start practicing making magic cards.
He began to mix the ink with the ground attributeless magic crystal powder and magic core liquid in a somewhat clumsy manner, and used a measuring instrument to detect the fluctuations in magic power during the mixing.
Ranchi, who is not yet able to synchronize his own magic power with the mixing of ink, can only rely on magic props for the time being.
"… "
In fact, this is not difficult, but you can't learn it just by reading books, so you need someone to teach you.
Talia watched Lanci's rookie operation calmly.
However, she had no interest and no need to guide this human boy who had no magical talent.
See here.
Talia already knew what card Lanqi wanted to make without having to read on.
Because Lanqi opened the magic scroll that he would use to extract, intercept and engrave.
This scroll is actually a first-level psychic spell, Mind Interference.
Compared to magic scrolls that become useless after being used once, if they are made into magic cards, the spell can be used repeatedly.
Mental disturbance
Category: Spell Card
Grade: Blue precious
Tier: 1
Effect: It is only effective for enemies within 3 meters, making them unable to move for a very short time. The mana consumption and duration of the effect are determined by the mental gap between the two sides. The cooldown time is 120 seconds.
In most cases, magic cards made using this magic scroll as the basis will have similar effects, with only slight fluctuations in the control time.
If the card maker has superb skills, he may be able to produce a higher-level purple rare quality.
Then the effect will become stronger, or have more additional effects.
certainly.
Even though it is only a first-level magic, its precious blue quality makes it very challenging for novice card makers.
It would be good if the card doesn't explode, or if a degraded version of white ordinary quality can be made.
Talia couldn't yet comment on the boy's talent or what kind of card he would make.
But for most talented humans, it is already too late to start learning card making now.
Lanqi's family background is obviously not bad.
If you have talent, you should invest the best resources and start learning early.
There is no need to try to make cards on your own just because you are interested in it.
"Tata, do you know how to make cards?"
Lanqi stared at the scroll in his hand, as if he felt Talia's gaze, and suddenly asked.
To him, it seemed like it would be nice to have someone to chat with in the workshop.
"… "
Talia ignored him and just looked away indifferently.
She didn't want to lie about something as trivial as this, nor did she want to let the human know anything he didn't need to know.
Lanqi smiled tactfully and stopped talking to Talia.
Just like how the Card Makers Association views me, if I were a businessman, I would still have good trading value.
But as a card maker, there is no apparent value in it.
So far, the only people who think highly of me are the housekeeper Mr. Hans and the maid Miss Francine.
While thinking to himself, Lanqi continued to pour the prepared magic ink into the engraving pen.
Next, he couldn't be distracted anymore, because he was about to enter the most critical step of making magic cards -
Rewriting and finalizing magic structures and circuits.
First-level mental magic is mostly mental interference with very small effects, while strong control type mental magic often requires a closer distance to be activated.
If you want to rewrite the effect, you not only need extremely strong magic creation ability, but also multiple experiments and improvements. The difficulty is far beyond the normal production.
Lanqi was concentrating, focusing all his energy on what was in front of him.
As the engraving pen in his hand moved slightly, he slowly integrated his magic power into each magic circuit.
The magic structure of a card is not something that any magician or magic craftsman can draw. It is a process of understanding, creation and casting.
Without a thorough understanding of outstanding talent, even if you can draw something similar, you will not be able to give it the power it deserves.
Lanqi held his breath, as if he had entered the most challenging moment.
The biggest trouble in burning is the circle of fine magic runes engraved on the card. These are twisted and look like ants crawling around. Without sufficient eyesight, it is impossible to recognize them, let alone write them out.
He burned it slowly with a frown on his face.
Just like a painter painting a beautiful work.
Every brushstroke is extremely delicate, yet full of a sense of stability.
This made Talia, who was standing by, look at Lanci a little more seriously.
Let’s not talk about how low-level the cards Lanqi is making are, and how inexperienced he is.
At least at this moment, Lanqi's temperament does not seem like that of a clumsy card-making apprentice, but rather that of a great artist with extremely superb skills!
Dozens of seconds passed like this.
Accompanied by a loud explosion.
Exploded.
Talia: “…”
In the faint smoke, she shook her head imperceptibly.
He is indeed a mediocre person who wastes money.
Even though she didn't quite understand the spell writing of human magic, she could roughly tell that Lanqi was doing some very confusing operations -
He did not seem to be satisfied with just creating the mental interference, but instead tried to extract and engrave it while rewriting it into a more complex spell, and then directly encapsulate and produce it.
Just as a beginner should first figure out how to walk before mastering running, Lanci wanted to skip walking and running and try flying from the very beginning.
Would do such a thing.
Or he's a genius with an extremely conceited ego.
Or he's just a fool who's too ambitious.
"Why did it explode..."
Lanqi looked at the magic cards in his hand that exploded like firecrackers in a daze.
It seemed like everything happened too suddenly, shattering his dream of making cards.
Fortunately, the light barrier in the card-making workshop protected him from harm.
The next second, Lanqi ran out of the card-making workshop as if he had thought of something.
"This guy..."
Talia frowned and muttered to herself.
Even if the employer was hurt and in a bad mood and wanted to leave, he shouldn't have lost his temper and ignored her like that.
What she hated most was anyone abandoning her.
Just as Talia was about to leave the card-making room with an unhappy look on her face, Lanqi ran back, rushed to the workbench and started to quickly record something with a pen.
"You're not leaving?"
Talia asked.
"No, this is just the beginning! I just asked the butler to bring me some more things."
Lanqi answered as a matter of course.
He didn't seem to be hit at all. Instead, his eyes were shining with enthusiasm and anticipation, as if he was filled with endless desire to explore this field of card making.
Talia said nothing more and sat back down.
She is very patient and doesn't hate it just sitting here and getting paid £3 a day.
I just don’t know how long it will take for this human to give up after repeated failures.
Soon, the deacon brought Lanqi several books and some previously unused materials.
Lanqi took the book and began to read it quickly at the long table as if obsessed.
He spent the whole afternoon constantly crashing the card, recording failure data, and checking and studying.
…
Two whole weeks passed like this.
Every day, Lanqi and Talia would come to this card-making workshop, one would blast the cards while the other would look at them, and they would stay there for almost the entire day.
But Lanci has not yet made a decent mental interference.
Talia was still sitting in her chair, holding the book gently in her hands, flipping through the pages slowly, completing her job of protecting her employer.
However, she no longer paid much attention to Lanqi's card-making process, and only spent her time flipping through human books.
In her opinion, Lanqi's failure was normal.
Even if a beginner trains as intensively as Ranci without regard for the cost, he will still have to go through repeated failures if he wants to produce a blue precious quality card.
Lanci really doesn't seem to have much talent.
Those with good talent may have made several usable first-level magic cards by now.
There are even geniuses who can directly produce precious blue quality cards as soon as they start making cards.
Unlike Lanqi, which has been producing waste for a full half month.
A faint light appeared at the edge of my vision.
Even as she focused on the book in her hands, Talia knew that soon there would be the sound of magic cards popping.
Because Lanqi had no idea how many times he had failed at this step.
However.
As the light grew brighter and brighter until it went out, this time there was no sound as usual.
"… "
Talia couldn't help but move her eyes away from the page.
She saw Lanqi looking very focused, like a craftsman completing the last step of a masterpiece.
The magic card in his hand began to emit a hazy halo.
It seemed to be successful, and Lanqi breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, a magic card that can be called a finished product was successfully born along with the mist!
Lanqi smiled with relief and stared at the card.
He seemed very satisfied with the quality of this card. Even as a card maker, he couldn't help but admire it for a moment longer.
I saw the card glowing with amethyst light.
Even Talia couldn't help but glance sideways at Lanqi.
Without any instruction, the first card I made was of purple rare quality
For most card makers, only those who reach the fourth or fifth level and then go back to make first or second level cards can hope to make rare quality cards.
Although Lanqi did spend too much time and money, there are also more exaggerated geniuses among the demons.
But what surprised Talia was that a human she met by chance actually had such a talent...
Sure enough, even fate is on the side of humans.
An inexplicable feeling of powerlessness spread in her heart.
This situation made her feel that in this era of humans favored by the gods, the restoration of the demon nation was like a bubble and out of reach.
"Tata, look at my masterpiece!"
Lanqi's cheerful voice raised Talia's drooped eyes a little.
Actually, for her.
A first-level purple card is not a rare thing.
Moreover, compared to the materials wasted by Ranchi, the value of this card is not even a fraction of the loss.
Even if it is a purple-quality mental interference, it is ultimately just a relatively low-cost mental magic, not a necessity, and it cannot even be considered a general-purpose card.
Compared with ranged professions, more melee professions will carry it.
However, when I was thinking about this.
Talia identified the effect of the card in Ranchi's hand and finally frowned.
because.
She saw that the effect of this mind interference magic improvement was -
Basic etiquette
Category: Spell Card
Grade: Purple Rare
Tier: 1
Effect: Only effective for enemies within 3 meters, making them kneel down in front of you. Mana consumption is determined by the mental gap between the two parties. Cooldown time is 120 seconds.
Note: Sir, please do not judge people through the crack of the door, and do not get carried away.
"…?"
She was thinking, doesn't this kind of card usually have the effect of freezing the enemy who gets close for half a second
Although the picture made by Lanqi has a similar effect... it may indeed have a slightly longer control time than the mental interference.
but…
There are some things she can't say.
“Do you sell this card?”
After thinking for a while, Talia finally asked.
This was the first time she took the initiative to talk to Lanqi.
With the dozens of pounds she earned from Lanqi, it was not difficult to buy a lowest-level purple rare quality magic card.
Of course, this is only true for ordinary cards.
Lanqi's original spell card does not exist on the market, so its price cannot be estimated.
Its value does not lie in whether it is easy to use.
But you must never let others use it.
So it’s better to take control of it yourself!
"Oh no, I want to keep this one for myself. It's a good life-saving card."
Lanqi looked at Talia with a little surprise, as if he was surprised by her appreciation, then smiled and shook his head to refuse.
Talia: “?”
A good life-saving card
... Are you sure this card can save your life
Maybe you wouldn't die in a fight.
But with this card that comes with powerful enrage and taunt effects, it’s hard to say.
…