After the forum ended, Zhao Xu hurried back to the dormitory to find the "Monster Illustrated Book".
The outer layer of this thick monster illustrated book is inlaid with iron sheets. In the middle is a huge open blood-red monster eye. At the turning point of the composition, there are also seven or eight bright red raised beads inlaid.
Who would have thought that this thing is actually the legendary high-level artifact "Monster Manual".
After Zhao Xu read through the 100 Questions on Transformation at the meeting, he roughly understood that if an ordinary mage wanted to transform into the corresponding creature, he would have to do complicated work in the early stage, from understanding the various characteristics of the creature to getting along with him for a long time.
Only by familiarity can we understand and transform.
This is the pain in the heart of every mage who tries to study transformation spells but ultimately fails in vain.
Therefore, in the 100 Questions of Transfiguration, the 17 special cases have been studied by countless mages, but each one is almost impossible to achieve.
When Zhao Xu put the "Monster Manual" back into his backpack and took it to Antinoya's office, that section of the road could be said to be the most cautious road he had ever taken in his life.
Zhao Xu's name had long been engraved in the core of the obelisk, and it was not blocked until he went upstairs.
When Antinoya saw Zhao Xu respectfully handed over the "Monster Illustrated Book", she just smiled softly and said, "Has someone told you?"
Zhao Xu nodded but said, "Can't I be the one who found it?"
"Then let me ask you, have you ever searched for this book using your knowledge and skills?"
Zhao Xu nodded.
"Have you ever seen detailed descriptions of artifacts in any classics?"
Zhao Xu shook his head.
"That's right. Artifacts have powerful properties that cannot be detected and cannot be described in knowledge. Therefore, their functions can only be passed down orally, and books can only describe their names at best."
At this time, Antinoya squeezed the artifact "Monster Manual" and stuffed it back into the bookcase, which made Zhao Xu feel a little distressed that an artifact had been treated so harshly.
But considering that another piece of sub-artifact armor was waiting for him right in front of the door, it was already a good treat to have this "Monster Manual" lying quietly on the bookcase.
"If you're free now, let's go. The 'Scroll Copying' class just starts in the afternoon." After saying that, Antinoya directly took Zhao Xu and started teleporting.
Zhao Xu had always set the teleportation technique through Antinoya by default, so when he came to his senses, the two of them had appeared in a mysterious room.
On the desk in the center are stacks of blank leather papers, specially customized for transcribing magic scrolls.
There are also various quills placed in front of the desk, most of which are goose quills, and six or seven bottles of specially made copying ink ranging from dark black to blue. Incense is also lit in the corner of the room, but the smell is not peaceful. The fragrance from Tinoya's office is pleasant.
Zhao Xu already understood that this was a special room for copying scrolls.
Compared to memorizing spells or learning spells, transcribing scrolls requires a more demanding environment.
Like when he went on an adventure in a carriage before, he was still barely able to memorize spells, and copying scrolls was just a joke.
"Documentary scholar is a profession of divine spell caster. The standard for promotion is actually similar to that of a mage. That is, you can successfully copy zero-level divine spells, first-level divine spells, and master the abilities of 'dark knowledge' and 'copying scrolls'." .”
When Zhao Xu heard it, he realized that it was actually no different from a mage. It was just that the mage's familiar ability was replaced by the ability of dark knowledge.
"Don't look at me, just listen first."
"Listen?" Zhao Xu was surprised
"Sit down, idiot." Antinoya said lightly.
Zhao Xu didn't think much, just pulled up the stool and sat down.
Suddenly he noticed that in front of him, two dark red curtains slowly opened, revealing a huge transparent glass screen. In front of the screen, there was a huge square with a neatly arranged piece of paper stacked on it. The table and layout were similar to those in his room.
It's as if desks were moved to the playground for exams on Earth to prevent cheating.
At the front of the square, there is a large illusion projection, with an hourglass floating on the projection, and there is not much sand left on it.
Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, a digital teaching started in Arthur.
Only then did Zhao Xu realize that after he sat in this position, the transparent glass screen in front of him hooked his pupils.
By controlling his eyeballs at will, he can manipulate the glass screen to display a picture-in-picture that enlarges the details of the scene in front of him.
It's like a huge VR screen.
The mage apprentices sitting below do not have this treatment. They are all in the square on the first floor, watching the illusion projection in the front showing the content.
"Scroll copying, a course that all mages must learn, has no technical content at all, so the association has set up a square where teaching content is broadcast regularly for everyone to learn this specialty. The second floor is filled with sealed rooms. 's little room."
"It is not only for the use of senior mages, but also to test this new type of alchemy teaching product first."
"If the effect is good, it may be promoted to other specialties later."
Zhao Xu already understood at this time that it turned out that he was now in the VIP box.
At this time, the hourglass had just finished leaking, and the illusion projection also began to play the teaching content, and the sound was directly transmitted into the box.
Zhao Xu quickly manipulated his eyeballs to project the illusion projection onto the glass screen in his room, occupying nearly one-third of the space.
Learning expertise requires everyone's spirituality, which can only be compensated by upgrading.
When Zhao Xu was a level 1 mage, he gained the ability of "intelligent spellcaster" at the cost of transcribing scrolls and summoning familiars.
Although he no longer has to carry a spell book on his back, he cannot use the unused spell slots to copy spells in his spare time like those novice mages.
If the spell slot of the day is a fresh fish, then transcribing it into a scroll is equivalent to drying the fish for easy storage and consumption next time.
"Teacher, if I have mastered the Transcription Scroll before, wouldn't it be equivalent to mastering the ability of 'Dark Knowledge' if I am promoted to Scroll Scholar this time?"
Antinoya was standing next to Zhao Xu. It was her first time coming into contact with this set of alchemy equipment, and she was also thinking about the principles behind it.
After hearing Zhao Xu's question, she replied: "That's right."
"Isn't that equivalent to wasting a specialty?"
Zhao Xu was already listening to the content of the illusion teaching projections at this time, but at the beginning they were all background descriptions that were clear and watery. He could still concentrate on communicating with Antinoya.
"Theoretically, right? The first-level ability of the dossier is 'copying the scroll' rather than gaining additional expertise."
"Then it seems I've made a profit."
Zhao Xu said, secretly thinking that his ability as a 'wisdom-minded spell caster' was not lacking at all.
"It can't be said that it's profitable." At this time, Antinoya was already close to the screen, observing the lines on it, "Among the senior mages, a few people have actually mastered the method of replacing expertise."
"How to say?"
"For example, change your transcription scroll to 'Chaos Specialty', and then change 'Chaos Specialty' to the specialty you want. In this way, the spirituality of your two transcription scroll specialties will not be wasted." Antinoya explained road.
"And this can be done through the eighth-level spells 'Abandon Chaos' and 'Convert to Chaos'. This is the legendary card shuffling."
Zhao Xu, who was already determined to study hard, felt much better when he heard this idea.
The mages were able to do so many tricks that made warriors like Zhao Xu envious.
This is also the reason why he wants to defect to the mage camp, not just join because he can't defeat them.
The main reason is that if a warrior wants to fight a spellcaster, he must be equipped with various magic items created by the spellcaster.
"Then mentoring me as a wise caster is actually the price of two specialties, right?" Zhao Xu also nodded at this time.
"For residents of Arthur, the price may be a bit high, but for you, without a wise caster, you cannot quickly increase your level within a year. After all, you are not really that smart."
Antinoya struck mercilessly.
"Teacher, what's the significance of one year?" At this time, Zhao Xu couldn't hold himself back and asked.
"This involves a prophecy, you just need to upgrade as much as possible now."
Antinoya didn't explain much.
At this time, the illusion projection had begun to explain the key to transcribing the scroll, and Zhao Xu's whole body and mind were also drawn to it.
In the square, several player mage apprentices were holding pens and writing hard, recording the key points of this explanation. For them, if they missed this lecture, it would not be so easy to get in line again.
Only in this class can you use these materials for free.
This also makes them listen to the class more seriously than when they went to school on earth.
"Transcribing Scrolls", like "Creating Potions" and "Making Wands", are sub-series of item-making feats.
After successfully transcribing the scroll, the selling price is the spell's level multiplied by the caster's level, and then multiplied by the base number of 25 gold coins.
Therefore, the estimated selling price of the first-level spell scroll is 1*1*25=25 gold coins, and the zero-level scroll is only sold for 12.5 gold coins based on half.
The manufacturing process costs about half of the selling price.
Therefore, Zhao Xu successfully copied a first-level scroll. In addition to consuming his corresponding spell slot, he also had to spend 12.5 gold coins in material fees.
More importantly, it will consume his experience points and slow down his upgrade speed.
Think about it, ten crossbow arrows only cost 1 gold coin, and a first-level scroll costs 12.5 gold coins. After calculation, it is expensive to use the scroll to release a magic missile to hit someone.
Therefore, mages generally only copy or purchase scrolls of spells that they do not usually prepare.
For example, the "Secret Door Detection" spell used by Zhao Xu when he was adventuring in the dungeon. If he didn't prepare to go to the dungeon, no one would be crazy enough to prepare this spell.
But things are unpredictable, and who knows what will happen suddenly, so scrolls have always been an important means for mages.
This time, after Zhao Xu learned the ability to "copy scrolls", he finally made up for his lameness.
According to the big data statistics of mages, it takes about one day to copy a scroll worth 1000 GP. For example, the legendary ninth-level scroll costs 3000 GP, so it takes three days to copy.
For those with less than 1,000 GP, the simplest level one scroll guarantee is one hour, and the zero level one is half an hour.
So Zhao Xu might have to light candles at night and stay up late to copy these spell scrolls.
This is also the fate of Arthur's mages.
It's just that Zhao Xu looked at the rather delicate thing and sighed deeply with a quill he was not used to.
Quill pens have been complained about countless times on forums. Most players are accustomed to using gel pens and use less pencils and ballpoint pens.
In order to copy the scrolls, they had to use this designated quill, which made every player helpless.
It's just that they tried to use charcoal pens processed by themselves. Even if it was stained with ink, the scrolls they copied had no power at all.
Because the goose feathers used to copy the scrolls are entirely produced by specially bred geese, and the ink used to copy the scrolls has gone through thousands of years of testing to become the stable formula it is today, as the exclusive monopoly product of the Mage Association.
How could it be so easy to reproduce the same effect
So even if the quill was uncomfortable and inconvenient to use, Zhao Xu could only overcome it on his own.
But when Zhao Xu just picked up the quill, Antinoya said, "Let's play a little game."
After saying that, a quill crossed an arc, landed on Zhao Xu's desk, and stood up out of thin air.
"This is an automatic shorthand quill."
Group number: 191645033.
Everyone is welcome to play
(End of chapter)