After discussing the forbidden curse with Frank, Benjamin had dinner and returned to his room.
Originally, he planned to continue meditating and create a few more rains of water elements. However, when he sat on the bed, he couldn't help but frown, feeling as if he had forgotten something.
… What did he forget
After frowning and recalling for a while, Benjamin suddenly realized.
Previously in the ruins, he also met an explorer who died in the darkroom. At that time, he pulled out two tattered books from the corpse and put them in his bag, which could be regarded as the harvest of that industry. He almost forgot about it before, but now that he has time, he can just take it out and take a look.
So, Benjamin took out the two books.
The dead explorer should also be a mage. Although he was old, he was not so old that he couldn't understand the language. I hope these two books from ancient mages can bring him some good inspiration.
These two books are somewhat damaged, and the titles cannot be clearly read. However, after turning a few pages, Benjamin felt that this was like a recipe for refining something.
Mix some Warcraft materials together to make a special dye, then use certain plants to weave threads and spin them into cloth, and finally use some special techniques to make clothes that can enhance the wearer's ability.
When Benjamin saw this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Isn't this... isn't this the method of refining magic props
Once upon a time, magic props were sought after by many mages. Wands, robes, crystal balls, accessories... countless things have brought infinite improvement to mages. However, during the long struggle with the church, this technology was unknowingly lost in the long river of history and completely stolen by the church.
Today, magic props have almost become synonymous with priests, or are also known as "magical props".
As for mages, even in countries where magic is relatively prosperous, there are very few people who have learned this technique. I don’t know why, but everyone is more interested in refining magic potions. Magic props are like some unpopular national handicrafts that are in danger of being lost.
In this day and age, it's almost impossible to find someone among Freden's wizards who can make magic props.
Benjamin didn't expect that he would actually find relevant books on a corpse from an unknown number of years ago.
However, if you think about it, the decline of magic props has only happened in the past few hundred years. After exploring the ruins, I found the corpse of an ancient mage with several books on how to refine magic items. This is indeed not surprising.
Rather than being surprised, Benjamin was too late to be happy! When he was in Horli Kingdom, he wished he could have more magic props. He was jealous of those extremely rich priests, and he only had three spell slots, so there was little room for change. Therefore, magic props are the most direct way for him to improve his combat effectiveness.
Besides, how can we conquer the world without such things as equipment
Because of this, Benjamin looked at the two books differently.
This is his biggest gain from exploring the ruins!
Excited, he carefully picked up these two somewhat damaged books and read them carefully.
Because of the age, a lot of content was missing from the book, and Benjamin felt heartbroken after reading it. After a rough inspection and filtering, there are more than twenty complete production drawings.
—Fortunately, it’s acceptable, and it’s not that badly damaged.
Most of these production drawings are mainly woven magic props, such as flags, robes, cloaks and the like. The effects are very practical, some enhance mental strength, some enhance elemental affinity, and some can resolve elemental impacts - that is, increase magic resistance. Benjamin nodded repeatedly, very satisfied.
Simply... awesome!
He couldn't help but sigh again that he could actually get such a thing. The character he had saved up for so long since time traveling had probably been spent on this.
If they can produce all the above things, let alone Benjamin himself, the entire "one" mage group will be able to take a step up in strength. Not to mention, if they master the entire production process, they can sell extra things, or use this to expand their influence, recruit new mages, etc...
In short, the significance of these two books is simply strategic to him.
Of course, Benjamin didn't dare to be happy too early. That will be a matter for the future. For now, he still has to try out the operability of these production diagrams. If the above materials could no longer be found, then he would not be happy in vain.
Therefore, he flipped through two books and found a production diagram that he could try right now.
"Storm Cloak", this is the name of this magic item, but really speaking, it is more similar to a cloak. The above introduction is that wearing it can increase the affinity of the wind element and strengthen the power of wind magic. And Benjamin chose it just because it looked simpler.
In order to provide materials for the dispensation mages, they have stocked up on a lot of materials in the warehouse, and they have all the materials needed for the storm cloak.
So, Benjamin couldn't wait to stand up and walked to the warehouse.
"The skin of the storm wolf, the blood of the long-tailed weasel, the blades of the windweed, the feathers of the dark crow..."
Speaking of which, the materials required for magic props are several times more complicated than potions. Because it was his first time making it, Benjamin had to take a few more copies to prepare for another attempt after failure.
After thinking about it for a while, he also called the proprietress of the previous textile store and asked her to provide him with technical support.
Just like that, almost ready, Benjamin returned to his room, took a deep breath, and started making the storm cloak.
Using the ice breaking technique, he condensed a series of making tools: ice scissors, ice needles, ice basins, ice pestles... Compared with making an ordinary cloak, the wind cloak is countless times more complicated. Fortunately, Benjamin can operate these things with his mind, and the proprietress can also provide guidance. Otherwise, it would take him an unknown amount of time just to become proficient with the tools.
"Let me see... First, make the magic primer, which in this case is silk thread."
According to the content on the production diagram, Benjamin put several ingredients into the ice basin, then controlled the ice pestle and started pounding it, as if pounding medicine. Soon, the blood of the monster was mixed with some plants, turning into a pool of dark green liquid, from which a faint fragrance emanated.
Seeing this, Benjamin quickly threw in the hair of a sheep-shaped monster, and then, under the guidance of the landlady, he operated the ice spindle and used the wool to slowly spin out a brown silk thread.
"That's it, that's what it says on the production diagram." The proprietress held the book, nodded, and sighed, "Don't worry, this thread is so strong, your technique is so rough and it hasn't broken yet, I'm sure You can’t go wrong!”
“…”
This is really shameless to say.
After thinking about it, Benjamin simply handed over the spinning tools to the proprietress, so that she could show off her delicate skills, wear gloves, operate the ice spindle, and continue spinning.
As for Benjamin himself, he began to process the main material of the storm cloak - the complete wind wolf skin.