Planting an immortal tree in the wizarding world

Chapter 96 Instant-cast Wands, Spell Scrolls and Talismans
Ronan had seen descriptions of wands containing magical runes in the books of the Kingdom Wizarding Academy.

This type of wand is called an "instant-cast wand," and it contains a spell that can be activated by injecting magic.

However, this wand is a one-time use item; once the spell is cast, the wand is destroyed.

"What kind of witchcraft are sealed within these three wands?"

Ronan, gripping his wand, asked Triss.

Triss remained furious, her eyes fixed on Ronan:

"If you don't let me go back, you and your family will pay a heavy price... Ah!"

Before Tris could finish speaking, Ronan took out the dark elf's dagger, swung it sharply, and several drops of blood splattered.

Triss screamed in agony as blood immediately streamed down his thigh.

It was his thigh, where Ronan had cut off a small piece of flesh.

Even though it was a small wound, Triss, who had always been pampered, had never suffered such an injury before, and immediately screamed and cried out in pain.

"If you don't answer my questions, I'll cut off another piece."

Ronan said calmly:

"Has your Fleming family, who are cooperating with the Necromancers, ever seen a skeleton?"

"My knowledge of anatomy may be limited, but it's enough to cut you into a skeleton and still keep you alive."

Hearing Ronan's words, Triss immediately imagined her own miserable state, and the pressure made her cry even harder.
"If...if I tell you, will you let me go?"

“Of course,” Ronan said. “If you tell me, and you promise not to tell anyone else about what happened here, I will let you go.”

"Okay... I'll say it."

Triss was in so much pain that his face was covered in sweat, a film of sweat that shone in the dim light.

“The three wands in your hand are beginner-level lightning wands, which contain the power of lightning.”

'Then, the magic runes here are lightning magic runes.'

Ronan immediately used his divine sense to delve into the magic wand and, with the help of the primordial chaos, recorded the magic runes.

He had read about how to make instant-cast wands in the books in the library of the Kingdom Wizarding Academy.

It means learning both sealing techniques and magic runes, and then combining the two.

There is another prerequisite for creating an instant-cast wand: you need to obtain wood that can seal power.

Wood capable of sealing power is extremely expensive. Ordinary wood cannot withstand the power and will explode during the manufacturing process.

Thinking of this, Ronan couldn't help but think of three items that were very similar in use.

— Spell scrolls, instant-cast wands, and talismans.

The paper for the magic scrolls also needed to be made from precious wood.

If you draw the magic runes on ordinary paper, they won't work at all.

However, spell scrolls are rarely instantaneous.

To release a spell scroll, magic is usually transmitted through the paper to the magical runes in order to trigger the spell.

Therefore, the release speed is definitely not as fast as the transfer of magic power to the sorcery model.

The advantage of a spell scroll is that it is cheaper than an instant-cast wand and consumes less magic power than a spell model.

In addition, magic scrolls have another advantage: they can record extremely powerful magic spells.

Generally speaking, a scroll containing extremely powerful witchcraft is very long, and it requires a long chanting session to cast the spell.

Some wizards would cast a protective spell on themselves and then begin chanting to perform the great spells on the spell scroll.

While instant-cast wands, compared to spell scrolls, cannot seal some extremely powerful spells, their magic transmission speed is fast enough to allow for instant casting.

However, the amount of wood required to make an instant-cast wand is greater than that required to make a spell scroll.

Furthermore, the sealing techniques required to create an instant-cast wand are far more advanced than those required to create a spell scroll. Therefore, instant-cast wands are typically rarer and more expensive than spell scrolls.

Generally speaking, individual wizards will buy instant-cast wands for their own use.

In some large-scale wizard wars, wizard armies typically use spell scrolls.

With the help of their comrades, they had enough time to chant.

Furthermore, in war, witchcraft is cast out one spell after another at an extremely high frequency.

If all wizards used instant-cast wands, they simply couldn't withstand such a drain.

Similar to spell scrolls and instant-cast wands, in the world of cultivation, the equivalent is the talisman.

However, the cost of making talismans is much lower than that of spell scrolls and instant-cast wands.

Through the structure and incantations of the talisman, even a piece of parchment can contain the power of the talisman.

Moreover, its power is no less than that of these two magical items.

After Ronan's thoughts raced for a moment, he put away his wand and then took out a medicine bottle from his storage bracelet.

He examined the medicine bottles; there was nothing new or interesting about them.

These are nothing more than potions for treating wounds, restoring magic, restoring mental strength, and aiding meditation—standard equipment for wizards.

Ronan retrieved the potion and stuffed the storage bracelet into the pocket of his inner shirt.

Then, he asked Triss what else he knew about himself and his family.

When he learned that the Fleming family had hired a professional wizard to replicate his talisman, he thought to himself.

Talismans and magic patterns are both symbols that can manipulate the power of heaven and earth.

However, the steps and details of drawing these two things are quite different.

Comparatively speaking, the strokes of talismans are simpler than those of magic runes.

However, drawing talismans involves many intricacies, such as laying out paper, grinding ink, and wielding the brush. The complexity of the process and the intricacy of the method far surpass those of magic patterns.

Even with Ronan's skill in drawing talismans, when learning a new type of talisman, one must follow the rituals of bathing, calming the mind, and chanting incantations.

Only after you have mastered drawing a talisman can you skip some steps.

However, before drawing the talisman, one must still practice breathing exercises and calm the mind. While drawing the talisman, one must still silently recite the incantation in one's heart.

Moreover, when drawing talismans, one must pay great attention to how to make each stroke, how to turn it, and how to control the time ratio.

Simply copying the talisman will not produce any effect.

The talismans in the talisman book are just copies of the originals; they can only show the practitioner what the talismans look like, but they cannot be used at all.

Magic patterns, in terms of their patterns alone, are far more complex than talismans.

However, as long as you figure out how to draw the magic runes, such as the proportions between the runes, you can completely replicate the magic runes.

Wizards in the wizarding world have developed a fixed mindset, believing that all symbols capable of manipulating the power of heaven and earth are contained within their structure.

Therefore, Ronan believed that the formal wizards who tried to replicate his talismans probably wouldn't have thought about controlling the time of drawing the talismans, or the rituals of bathing, meditation, and chanting.

If there really were a high-ranking, officially recognized wizard, to study his talisman.

He estimated that it would probably take a long time to figure out the intricacies of it.

Moreover, his talisman is only a first-tier talisman in the world of cultivation, not a high-end item.

In the wizarding world, there are also other spells and artifacts that can counter undead creatures.

Moreover, some powerful witchcraft can also be used to destroy undead creatures.

High-ranking, formal wizards have precious time, and none of them would actually spend time studying this talisman.

(End of this chapter)