Its daybreak.
Laboratory, main laboratory.
In front of the long table in the laboratory, Richard sat upright, holding a quill and writing rustlingly on the papyrus scroll, recording the functions of several things taken out of the suitcase - after some small tests before. , he generally had a partial understanding of these things.
The first is a short black staff that looks ordinary.
This is indeed a staff that allows people to control the release of spells more accurately. In other words, it can make the range of spell attacks longer and more accurate.
But the "precision" attribute is just a side function of the short staff. The most important function is... energy storage.
Yes, energy storage!
This function surprised even Richard. With this function, it means that the short staff can store mana or free energy elements inside and become a second source of magic outside the body. After the mana or free energy elements of the first magic source in the body are exhausted, the second magic source can be quickly replenished in reverse.
In this way, using this short staff, the mana storage capacity can be greatly improved, and the ability to continue fighting is significantly enhanced.
Of course, even so, in a strict sense, Richard is still a first-level wizard apprentice.
Well, a first-level wizard apprentice.
On the East Coast, there are multiple standards for grading wizard apprentices and wizards.
The loose standard is to evaluate the level by the intensity of mana fluctuations, that is, the amount and strength of mana mobilized to release a certain spell in a short period of time.
The normal standard is to judge the level by casting a fixed level of spells. For example, if a third-level wizard apprentice wants to be promoted to a first-level low-level wizard, he must have the ability to continuously release as many one-level low-level spells and as many zero-level high-level spells without using any magic props. Only after doing so can he be rated as a first-level low-level wizard.
If you can't do that, even if you have the ability to defeat and kill a first-level low-level wizard, you will still be rated as a third-level wizard apprentice.
The most stringent standard is that it must not only meet all the requirements for normal assessment, but also meet restrictions such as "mental strength" and "mana storage upper limit."
According to the strictest standards, Richard is undoubtedly only a first-level wizard apprentice—the weakest existence—although his mental strength has been tempered by the crystal skull and has reached the level of a formal wizard, but the upper limit of mana storage is too low, making him a first-level wizard apprentice. Degree.
There is no way to do this. If the upper limit of mana storage is high enough, a lot of time and energy must be spent to continuously open up and expand the source of law, and use meditation to absorb free energy elements, and then smelt them into mana for long-term storage.
Richard's time has always been very tight. After transforming the source of the law according to the method of the Apocalypse Wizard, it has almost never been changed.
In this way, perhaps he used the method of the Apocalypse Wizard to use free energy elements instead of mana to cast spells. Under the premise of the same reserves, the loss was minimal and the number of spells released increased significantly. And using the magic pattern, he can release a ring of spells, and use some other means to kill powerful wizards of mysterious organizations like Solmen, but he is only a first-level wizard apprentice—a first-level apprentice who can kill wizards.
He didn't have much resistance to this.
Because from the beginning, he didn't pursue the wizard level.
The reason why he became a wizard was not to "prove the Tao with force", but to regard himself as the best research object and to conduct in-depth research on the working mechanism of the "magic" system.
In his opinion, becoming a wizard of several levels is not as meaningful as successfully analyzing the entire system.
Once the analysis is successful, the so-called wizard level is just a string of data. With the help of the analyzed ability, he can adjust his wizard level at any time, and even produce a large number of high-level wizards at any time.
To put it simply, he does not pursue rank, but what lies behind the rank.
"Shashasha..."
Richard wrote on the papyrus. After recording the functions of the energy storage staff, he began to record the functions of the three spell scrolls.
The three spell scrolls are "Cloak of Shadows", "Lord of the Wind" and "Gazeing Eye".
The function of "Shadow Cloak" is similar to the "Concealment Technique" obtained from Old Mullen, and it also has some similarities with the "Hidden Supernatural" used before. It can hide people, block their breath and even their body shape, and achieve a kind of "invisibility" that is fake and real, making people "turn a blind eye".
The function of "Lord of Wind" is to comprehensively strengthen the control of wind spells and allow the body's speed to explode to an extremely high level. It is very useful whether it is attacking, dodging or retreating.
The function of the "Gaze Eye" is to enhance perception and enhance vision. The degree of strengthening perception and improving vision will continue to be strengthened as the input of mental power increases.
This is what Richard learned by simply studying the contents of the three spell scrolls. Because there is no actual operation, the actual effect is not clear yet, but in Richard's opinion, it is definitely only strong, not weak.
After recording the functions of the "short staff" and "spell scroll", Richard stopped writing with his quill on the papyrus scroll.
Turning around, Richard picked up the metal ball on the table, observed it carefully, and frowned slightly.
Among the few things taken out from the suitcase, this metal ball is the only one that has not found any function so far, as if it is just a metal ball for decoration.
But the problem is that this metal ball is dusty and not beautiful at all. It is not qualified to be used as a decoration.
So what exactly is this
Richard observed and thought carefully. He thought for a long time but had no idea.
At this time, a familiar "clattering" sound came from the side.
When Richard heard the sound, he looked over and saw that Pandora had started to work diligently again - cleaning the test tubes.
With Pandora's skillful movements, the glass test tubes were broken into pieces one after another.
Seeing the broken glass tube, Pandora's eyes became extremely bright. She quickly collected the fragments, put them in the big box under her bed, and then continued to scrub the test tubes.
"Clatter, crash, crash", the shattering continued, Pandora once again collected the fragments, put them into the box, and washed them again.
This is an endless cycle that will not stop until all the glass test tubes are broken.
Richard looked at it and couldn't help but feel a bit of toothache. He thought to himself: It seems that he has to order a new batch of test tubes from Alex.
Thinking of this, Richard looked away, glanced at the metal ball in his hand, and suddenly thought of the golden mask in the palace in the suitcase.
Richard looked at Pandora who was actively cleaning the test tubes, suddenly stood up, and said: "Pandora."
"Scared?" Pandora stopped what she was doing, turned around and asked in confusion.
"Would you like to go somewhere with me?" Richard asked.
"Where?" Pandora asked, tilting her head.
“A very interesting place.”
"Scared—" Pandora hesitated.
"Come with me." Richard said, pulling Pandora and walking towards the corner, from where he went down to the underground magic laboratory.
After arriving at the magic laboratory, Richard took out the suitcase from the space iron ring and placed it on the ground. He reached out and opened it, and a large amount of light was immediately released from the suitcase.
"This is..." Pandora's eyes widened.
"This is the interesting part I told you." Richard said, pulling Pandora into the light.
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