Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 2056 Rare Animals
Faced with this scene, Zhou Xu did not disturb them, but simply watched quietly from the side.

Within the elven race, the way the Elf King interacts with the elves below him is actually quite similar to Zhou Xu's usual way of life.

So even though the staff makers had noticed their arrival, they didn't show much tension and continued their staff-making work in an orderly manner.

Once they finished their work, one of the slightly older staff makers slowly stood up, made a 'please' gesture, and indicated that they should go outside to talk.

"Loris greets Your Majesty."

Upon hearing the name, Zhou Xu immediately remembered that the other person's name was also on the list John had given him earlier.

At this moment, Zhou Xu's mind was also rapidly processing the intelligence information about Loris.

Loris's class is staff craftsman. Within the Elven race, his family has been crafting staffs for generations, making them a renowned staff-making lineage.

[At four stars in spirit, his cultivation level is actually at the Saint Realm, because the crafting process of the staff requires a certain level of cultivation from the craftsman himself. However, he hasn't mastered any combat-oriented mantras, so he's essentially just a production-based support character, similar to Teacher Wang Dong.]

For a country to develop, auxiliary professions in the production system are actually very important, not to mention that they can directly affect the high-end combat power of their Great Zhou.

It's important to know that a suitable, high-quality staff can generally increase the strength of a mage at the Saint Realm level by 20% to 30%.

Just looking at this, you can tell how important he is.

At this point, some people might wonder, didn't they also weave life staffs before in the Great Zhou Dynasty?

But in reality, the finished products are completely different. Elven staff craftsmen have special class and skill enhancements.

The Life Staff they created in their Great Zhou Dynasty was mainly based on the ancient scrolls left by John and his Wood Elf village, which they figured out on their own.

It can only be said that the crafting of the Staff of Life is relatively simple.

Even so, the staffs they actually made were at least 10% to 15% less enhanced than those made by proper elven artisans.

This is just the most basic staff used by the elves.

According to Loris, life-attribute energy is highly versatile and compatible with almost everything except necromantic energy.

The most basic Life Staff can be understood as the most basic and universal staff body. On this basis, various upgrades and enhancements can be made.

"For example, you can add a Life Tree Heart on top, and then supplement it with our inherited enchantment runes to make a high-level Life Staff, which can reach the excellent level."

"The heart of the Tree of Life?"

"Only a life tree that is over a thousand years old can produce it, and each tree can only produce one, and the older the tree, the better."

Later, Loris told Zhou Xu about the making of other staffs.

Replace the Heart of Life with other materials, such as mithril and wind crystal, to create a wind elemental orb, and then add the corresponding enchantment inscriptions, and you'll have a wind elemental staff.

When crafting a fire element staff, in addition to replacing the attribute materials with fire crystals, you can also add some wind crystals. This is because fire can burn brighter with the help of wind, and injecting a little wind element power during the crafting process will actually make the fire element staff more powerful.

However, in order to achieve the effect of the two elemental powers complementing each other, the complexity of the enchantments required will also increase significantly.

Of course, when Loris spoke, he had definitely simplified the entire production process. In reality, making elemental orbs is far more complex than simply adding attribute crystals and mithril; other materials need to be added as auxiliary materials, and the enchantment runes must be adjusted based on the materials used and their effects.

From this perspective, the craftsmanship of staffs is quite intricate, and becoming a true master requires accumulating a great deal of practical experience.

It's not that you can simply obtain a rank through inheritance.

Zhou Xu was genuinely interested in the creation of this staff, after all, he himself was a mage.

But he has never been able to get himself a suitable staff.

On the one hand, his own strength is too high, while the life staff that their Great Zhou made before was of too low level. If he held it, the bonus might not even be one percent.

Even carrying Chun Chun around feels like a burden; it's better not to bring her at all.

On the other hand, there is the issue of attributes. Not only mages, but all things in the world have their own attributes.

A mage with the wind attribute should use a wind attribute staff; this will make their spells more effective and easier to cast.

However, Zhou Xu's situation is very special. Simply put, so far, there is no attribute or mantra that is not compatible with him.

To put it another way, he might be all-around capable.

When this topic came up, Loris was surprised, and even Wright, who was next to him, couldn't help but look Zhou Xu up and down.

During the battle at sea with Eredar, Zhou Xu indeed demonstrated his wind, water, and electric abilities.

But Wright didn't actually think about it that way at the time.

Take himself for example. He has a wind attribute constitution, but can't he still unleash a wave of flames?

A mage or martial artist is not limited to using mantra spells or mantra combat techniques of the same attribute as themselves. Generally, as long as the mantra compatibility is up to standard, they can use them, unless the attribute is completely incompatible with their own, in which case there is zero compatibility.

For example, wood elves are of the life attribute, and the life attribute and the undead attribute are completely incompatible. Therefore, unless wood elves are transformed into the undead, they cannot use necromancy.

However, most attributes do not actually have a completely mutually exclusive relationship.

Without considering the compatibility of mantras, using methods that align with one's own attributes results in greater power, lower consumption, and better effects.

Conversely, using methods that are incompatible with one's own attributes consumes more resources and the power and effect will be greatly reduced, which is the main reason.

However, sometimes, in order to enrich their means of combat, and also to consider unforeseen circumstances, martial artists and mages will often configure some methods that are not of their own attributes, when the conditions permit.

Choosing the right spell or combat art is one way, while, like Wright, directly equipping a weapon with an enchanted weapon of another attribute is another.

Therefore, when you see a martial artist or mage using techniques with multiple attributes, you generally don't think too much about it.

Now that Zhou Xu said that, Wright and Loris's gazes towards him changed instantly, as if they were looking at some rare animal.

(End of this chapter)