Chapter 27 Expensive Magic
There are many types of magic in the multiverse world, but most of them have certain restrictions. For example, elf magic can only be used by those who have signed a contract with the elf, and elf magic requires that the race must be an elf, etc.
Because of these restrictions, most types of magic have a limited spread range and very limited influence.
Among all categories of magic, the magic that has the widest spread and the widest application is called arcane magic.
The biggest feature of this kind of magic is that there are not too many messy requirements. As long as a person is not stupid and has a certain amount of magic power, he can learn it through three years of spell casting and five years of simulation. Although the number of spell casters has always been limited due to literacy and other issues.
There are not many, but mages who use arcane magic account for the vast majority.
At the same time, arcane magic can be divided into nine different types of schools, namely evocation, transformation, enchantment, protection, conjuration, illusion, prophecy, necromancy and alchemy. Different magic schools have different characteristics, spells
It is also divided into six levels from a to f.
Since most mages use arcane magic, there are naturally many new spells developed for arcane magic. This causes new mages to face a huge amount of spell materials when they first start.
Therefore, they generally only choose one or two schools to specialize in. There are also mages who specialize in a certain school through magic rituals. This will increase the power of the school's spells and reduce consumption, but the disadvantage is that they must give up the other two schools, and cannot
Learn and use the spells of the abandoned school.
This is a compromise due to lack of time and energy. Everyone knows that general mages are the strongest, but generally they can only give priority to one or two schools to form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible.
Regardless of specialization or specialization, a mage who is good at a certain school will be given the name of that school.
For example, those who are good at the school of evocation are called evocation masters, those who are good at the school of change are called transmutation masters, and those who are good at the school of necromancy are called necromancers or necromancers.
Different from the general impression that the Necromancer has a status as a villain boss, although Necromancy has a bad reputation, from a legal perspective, it is not illegal to learn and use Necromancy.
Moreover, necromancy plays an important role in various fields such as medical treatment, pharmacy, criminal investigation, etc. Necromancers are even very popular when looking for jobs.
After all, magic is just a tool, and good and evil mainly depend on the person who controls the tool.
The current level of social development in the multiverse world is roughly equivalent to that of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, but because of the addition of magic, they can create something that is beyond the times.
For example, the shower room in my dormitory at the Adventurer School provides 24-hour hot water service. They made a bell-shaped magic item that hangs upside down in the bathroom. It only requires weak magic power to activate it. If
If no one needs to replenish the magic power, it can be used for about 30 minutes a day. Although it is not long, a shower is completely enough.
At the same time, because of the addition of magic, in this world without heavy infrastructure equipment, people can still build magnificent buildings with much less manpower, and drainage facilities equivalent to the size of cities have become almost completely universal.
To be honest, this made me feel relieved. At least when I entered the city, I wouldn’t see dirty water flowing on the ground, or even excrement and urine everywhere. I had to use the adjective "like India".
In addition, because of the addition of magic, their manufacturing level has also developed ahead of the curve.
The paper you can buy is no worse than stationery stores on Earth, and things like glass have long been popular. Although the price is not comparable to industrial products, at least it is still available.
So if you want to make a fortune here based on the knowledge on earth, you'd better do enough market research first.
——Excerpted from "The Notes of Demon King Atlas"
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Perrenli initially thought that magic was similar to Harry Potter, where he could just recite a couple of difficult-to-pronounce spells and wave a wand, so he had to practice it several times.
Then he was slapped hard in the face.
Now through the spellcasting method of rune magic, he can learn new spells at an extremely fast speed, and it is indeed as easy as he thought.
However, the inherent flaws of rune magic will not disappear as you become more proficient, such as the slow casting speed.
The characteristic of rune magic is to release different spells by writing different runes and combining and arranging them. In the later stages, not only will the disadvantage of slow spell casting speed not be alleviated, but it will become more and more serious.
After all, the higher the level of a spell, the more runes it requires.
Moreover, his rapid progress is mainly due to his ability to understand any text and speak any language that he has gained since time traveling. Although it has nothing to do with the Demon King System, which has been proven to be not a good thing, its origin is unknown after all.
It’s still a hurdle that can’t be overcome.
Perrenli has a very sense of urgency. He believes that it is very unsafe to place all your hopes on one thing.
So in addition to learning rune magic, he also chose another way of casting spells, called the spell model construction method.
This method of spellcasting is also the most widely used method at present, and it is also the method of spellcasting that is closest to the image of a mage in conventional impressions.
Use magic to construct different spell models to cast spells, and rely on gestures, spells, and spellcasting materials to help model construction.
Compared with rune magic, a major advantage of this method is that as long as you are proficient in a certain spell, the casting time will be greatly reduced when releasing the spell. Sometimes it only takes a gesture or even a thought to activate it.
However, the construction of spell models is also limited. You cannot build the same model continuously. It is no problem to release different spells. If you build the same model continuously, it will easily cause the model to collapse and the spell casting to fail.
To explain it in game terms, this is similar to waiting for a CD.
It doesn't matter, the worst thing is to use rune magic to complement each other. After all, things are dead but people are alive, and you can always find a way to deal with them.
In comparison, the threshold for rune magic is low, but the upper limit is also low, while the spell model construction method has a high threshold and a high upper limit.
Of course, the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, it is really difficult to learn.
Pei Renli had to work hard to prepare for the college entrance examination and memorize as much as possible a large amount of magical information that was like a thesis, but it was very difficult to do it word for word.
To this end, he asked Ravna to go back and find a blank notebook...or rather, it was a blank book almost as thick as a dictionary.
He copied down the key points and parts that needed attention, giving full play to the spirit that a good memory is worse than a bad pen. Since he started learning magic, Pei Renli used up an entire bottle of ink in just two weeks.
It’s no wonder that mages often carry spell books with them. As their learning progresses, there will of course be more and more words in the books.
This is just a basic spell, and it is foreseeable that more things will need to be recorded in the future.
What troubled Pei Renli was not that it was too difficult to learn, but the very real lack of money.
The price of ink is not exaggerated, but for Pei Renli, who only has more than 20 copper coins in his pocket, it is also an unaffordable expense. This makes him scratch his head and wonders whether the school can provide interest-free loans in this regard.
Such as to relieve urgent needs.
"Concentrate!"
In his mind, he was thinking about where to get money. The loud shout brought Perenli back to his senses immediately. Kaya in front of him approached like a whirlwind, and the wooden sword wrapped in a lot of sponges and velvet in his hand slashed down diagonally.
Even if it is a weapon used for practice, it will definitely bruise a lot if it is hit.
Pei Renli hastily used his backhand to block the attack with his dagger, finally avoiding shoulder pain for a long time.
"The response is quick, but your lack of concentration is not a good habit."
"Something's wrong."
While speaking, Pei Renli clenched his fist with his unruly left hand and used all his strength to punch Kaya in the lower abdomen. The latter withdrew his hand from holding the hilt of the sword and was not surprised at all by Pei Renli's surprise attack.
Block the fist with your fingers open.
But Pei Renli immediately surprised her.
"Electric claw technique!"
It is difficult to learn to cast spells by constructing a spell model. It has been another week since returning from the first mission, and Pei Renli has only learned the electric claw technique, and this spell is similar to the light spell and belongs to the lowest level of magic.
He still has a long way to go before he can completely make up for his shortcomings.
As he thought, he usually relied on rune magic, but this time he suddenly didn't see the runes and was really caught off guard.
Kaya let go a little slower, unable to avoid the intense electric light, and felt a strong numbness in her palm.
Then she saw that Pei Renli drew a curved rune on the fingers of his left hand.
"Flash Technique!"
It is also the lowest level of magic. The sudden explosion of bright light caused Kaya's vision to lose sight of Perenli for an instant. She could only see a hazy white in her eyes and had to close her eyes.
Taking this opportunity, Pei Renli drew away his dagger and moved half a step sideways to attack from the side.
But Kaya seemed to be able to identify positions by hearing sounds, and judged Pei Renli's exact position through the subtle footsteps, and the dagger's slash was blocked by her long sword.
The effect of the flash spell only lasted a moment, and Kaya's vision basically recovered. Then she saw that Pei Renli's left hand had completed writing runes. The three flashing runes acted as real spell power.
He patted the ridge of the long sword with his palm.
"Magic Missile!"
The arcane power that exploded at close range caused the practice sword in Kaya's hand to be knocked away. Pei Renli felt happy, but immediately realized that something was wrong.
He used magic missiles for containment. After all, when force acts on a weapon, people will instinctively try to grab the weapon, causing a temporary loss of balance, and of course being unable to fight back.
But the weapon was knocked away too easily, which showed that Kaya had no intention of holding it at all, that is, it was intentional.
Realizing that something was wrong, he was about to retreat when Kaya in front of him dwarfed and rushed in front of Pei Renli at an unstoppable speed.
Then he felt numbness in his right hand holding the dagger. Kaya snatched the dagger from his hand and put it on his neck.
"Time's up! get out of class is over!"
Chapter completed!