After parting with the old priest, Shade found the three-story gray building of the rental carriage company three streets away according to the map. The main business here is to book carriage services in advance for important trips, but there are also carriages that can carry goods.
Xia De knew that his books were best not seen by ordinary people, so he specifically asked the driver whether he would check the cargo.
"We are a professional horse-drawn carriage rental company. Even if you are pulling a corpse, no, even if you are pulling a whole carriage of corpses, as long as you don't leave any traces, it has nothing to do with us."
The middle-aged accountant who took the money from Xia De emphasized with drooping eyelids:
“We are very professional.”
A cart for goods was much cheaper than a cart for people, even though it also had to carry Shard back home. When Shard personally carried the books to his home at 6 St. Teresa's Square, he spent less than 8 shillings in total.
Although Room 2 on the second floor used to look big, after moving so many books in, it felt like the study was not big enough. While Shade was controlling the curious orange cat Mia to prevent her from touching his books, he was thinking that he must develop the remaining space in the house when he had time.
He did not go out that day. The extremely foggy weather outside was not suitable for going out, so he stayed at home reading the books he had bought for 50 pounds, consuming gas and steam whose price he did not know.
Most of the first-year courses for ring sorcerers only involve knowledge, not supernatural things, so most of the exams are memory-based. As a foreigner who has undergone a complete education system, Shade is very good at this and believes that he has the confidence to finish most of the first-year courses during the exam season at the end of this year.
As for those courses that required practical operation, he maintained a great curiosity about power and believed in his self-learning ability, so he thought it would not take him too long to complete those courses.
Now that he had the textbook, Shade was most concerned about spells and magic, which were the two ways to directly gain power. Although he kept the doctor's advice in mind, Shade still believed that he needed the most basic self-protection power.
As a first-year holocaust, St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy did not directly mention too many holocausts and spells in the two courses of "Holocaust Basic Course - Thaumaturgy" and "Holocaust Basic Course - Spells", and the few mentioned were relatively common ones judging by their effects.
St. Byrons Comprehensive College provides three spells and four thaumaturgy for free to first-year correspondence ring sorcerers.
There is a standard system for free spells. No matter which academy the students are from, the first spells they are exposed to are the same.
The spells recommended to be learned and used first are igniting water and moving objects. These are the most primitive manifestations of mysterious power since ancient times, and they have more advanced spells that can be extended.
Moreover, these three spells do not require too many materials to learn, and no materials are needed to cast them. They are the most convenient spells. Xia De learned and mastered them in half a night.
"ha!"
He stared at the newspaper in his hand, and the newspaper finally emitted a wisp of burning green smoke, which scared the orange kitten who was playing with the pages on the other side of the newspaper and made it jump into Xia De's arms.
"ha!"
He kept shaking the empty water cup with his right hand, and the inner wall of the cup became wet. Shade touched the sweat on his forehead and put the cup back on the table, but before he could check it, the soft orange cat Mia in his arms curiously pounced on the cup.
"ha!"
He looked at the water cup with his eyes bulging out, and the cup moved back on the table automatically. The orange cat that rushed towards the cup changed direction in the air, kicked the table with its little paws, and jumped back into Xia De's arms again, looking frightened again.
This is a somewhat timid cat, and its ferocity towards strangers is just a means of protecting itself.
The magic that St. Byron's Comprehensive College provides to its first-year students is determined by the core spiritual runes of the ring sorcerer.
Shade's talent is quite good. Although time and space and Silver Moon are rare, they are not uncommon. In the basic course - Thaumaturgy, the academy's suggestion is to prefer the related thaumaturgy of Silver Moon. After all, for a beginner in occult studies, time and space spirit runes are both dangerous and complicated.
Therefore, among the four free magics provided by the academy, the only magic related to time and space is the perception of time, which allows Shade to have the ability to know the time point he is in at any time.
Although this magic doesn't sound very useful, it is quite troublesome to learn. As a basic magic provided by the academy, the materials needed for learning are naturally provided by the academy. Among them, the century-old pocket watch is easy to find, but the "four-leaf clock flower" is a strange plant. Although the chemistry academy has a nursery to grow it, the picking process is very troublesome, so Shade will have to wait until next month to get it from the doctor.
As for the magic related to Silver Moon, the Academy provides three -
The Silver Moon Gift of Scindia, under the light of the Silver Moon, gains healing ability, which can heal oneself and others. This is a magic that can only be learned and used by the holder of the Silver Moon Spirit Rune, and can only be used at night.
From the naming method, it can be seen that this is a magic developed by the academic circle magician, so the name is used as a prefix. If the Silver Moon Light Magic invented by Shade is strong enough, he can name it Shade's Silver Moon Light Magic.
Moon Shadow's illusion, on any night, uses the power of moonlight to perform some simple illusions. Any holder of a spirit rune related to the moon can learn this magic, but the illusions vary slightly depending on the spirit rune and the user, and are also limited to use at night.
Silver Moon Slash, draws a silver moonlight in the air to attack the enemy, and has a very good damage effect on enemies with enlightenment and blasphemy elements. This magic can only be learned by the holder of Silver Moon, but the holders of other moon, star and even sun concept spirit runes also have similar magic, but the effect is different.
This is the only offensive magic among the three.
There are three moons in the night sky of this world: silver, yellow and red. The three moons have different meanings in mysticism. The red moon is related to flesh and blood, reproduction, the yellow moon is "moonlight" and "guide", and the silver moon is synonymous with "guardian", "holiness" and "mystery".
Therefore, the magic associated with the concept of the Silver Moon is different from that of other moons. If Shade's spiritual runes were of a higher-level concept like the Moon, he would actually be able to learn more magic.
The three magic skills were specially selected by the academy, respectively focusing on treatment, illusion and attack, which can be said to be very comprehensive.
The study materials are still provided with the book, which are a mercury-like liquid called "Silver Moon's Luminosity" in a thumb-sized glass bottle, a piece of silver silk cloth embroidered with an unknown old sacred emblem, and a silver knife with only the blade left, on which a crescent moon is engraved.
But it was not enough to just have the materials to learn. Shade also needed to prepare the corresponding environment and master the corresponding spells. These could not be solved in one day, so by that night, he had only learned the Silver Moon Slash.
The learning requirement of Silver Moon Slash only requires the ring warlock to be able to attach the moonlight of the Silver Moon to the broken silver knife, which is quite simple for Shade now.
He repeated this process under the moonlight at night, and each time he attached moonlight, the knife became shorter. When he attached silver moonlight for the 13th time, the broken blade in the light completely disappeared. Xia De looked at his slightly glowing hands, and he had an epiphany in his heart. He had learned this attack-type magic.