The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 29 Making Magic Costumes (please read more)

Alchemy is a very complicated art. Whether it is magic equipment, magic potions, synthetic beasts, or magic arrays, these things require the use of multiple skills mixed together to achieve the best results.

This requires not only sufficient patience and carefulness on the part of the wizard, but also the ability to adapt to circumstances and even have a flash of inspiration when making the work.

After Richard purchased the tools, he hung a do not disturb sign on the door.

The production process of "Pale Mask" was not complicated in his opinion, but he still took it 200% seriously.

Because it was not a skull purchased directly, Richard had to process the head of the black-striped anaconda first.

Soak the head of the black-striped anaconda in a special alchemical solution for twelve hours, and then remove it to clean the flesh and blood attached to the skull. Then soak it again in the same alchemical solution, and repeat the same steps until the skull is cleaned until there is no trace of flesh and blood.

Richard wasted no time soaking the skull.

Grind the inferior wind-patterned stone needed to make the Pale Mask into powder, then mix it with the carbon powder burned from the ten-year-old demonized wood in proportion, add 500 grams of clean water, let it stand for three hours, and extract the clear liquid.

This is cartilage water used to soften the skull.

The sticky mushrooms are then mashed into a paste and mixed with poison bauhinia ink to create ink for drawing alchemical runes.

This step is very dangerous.

Poisonous Bauhinia ink evaporates easily and is highly toxic. When sticky mushrooms and poisonous Bauhinia ink are mixed, if there is a slight mistake in the ratio, huge amounts of heat will be generated.

For his own safety and that of his neighbors, Richard had to rent a test area to do the mixing.

This is another additional expense.

After the preparations were ready, Richard soaked the skull of the black-striped anaconda in cartilage water for an hour to soften it.

The skull is the main material of the mask, and it is easy to shape after softening.

The texture of the softened black-striped anaconda's skull was somewhat like plasticine, and Richard easily molded the skull into a pale mask.

Then comes the most critical step.

In general magic armor, engraving spells is often the most critical step, but the pale mask is an exception. The most difficult part is drawing the magic conduction circuit. Richard needs to use magic thread with black mercury to draw the magic conduction circuit inside the skull. If the path is wrong or the magic fluctuates, the mask will become useless.

But because Richard had refined Joe Lord's skills, he was very proficient in controlling magic, and he completed this step in just ten minutes.

"Huh, all that's left is to engrave the runes."

Richard carefully opened the ink he had prepared earlier and began to engrave runes on the back of the mask with a feather pen.

In the quill, magic reacts with alchemical ink, which causes the quill to deform, so Richard needs to replace it with a new quill every time a rune is engraved.

The magic engraved on this mask is a first-level spell called intimidation. Its effect is to intimidate the enemy and is a spiritual attack.

If a low-level apprentice is suddenly attacked by intimidation, he will instantly lose consciousness. If he is a little timid, he may even piss and shit or even faint on the spot.

After engraving the spell, Richard wiped the sweat from his head.

Up to now, he has spent four days making this mask. The whole process went very smoothly, and the quality is not high-quality, but at least it is acceptable.

This result should be enough to pass the exam.

"But why is this thing so fragile?" Richard touched the mask. It seemed that because the owner of the skull he used was not an adult, the mask did not feel as hard as the design said. Instead, it felt like it would break if bent.

"Let's strengthen the texture of the entire magic array. Otherwise, the mask will be broken if it gets bumped or dented."

……

"You made it pretty fast." Chucks held the wine flask and looked at Richard in surprise. "It took me two weeks to make this thing, and I failed once in the middle."

"Well... maybe I'm lucky. I succeeded at the first try." Richard scratched his head and smiled shyly.

He didn't cheat this time, he did all the steps by himself.

"Incredible, incredible. Senior Sister is right, you are indeed a genius in alchemy." Chax praised, "Then from today on, we are brothers. If you have any small problems in the future, you can come to me for help. Although what I learned is unconventional, I still have the basics."

Richard nodded, he knew the disadvantages of working in isolation. After a few more pleasantries, a series of footsteps came into Richard's ears from far away.

boom.

Anna pushed the door open and walked in. Today, Anna was dressed differently from before. She had changed her wizard robe into a black outfit similar to a tights, showing off her hot body.

"Are you done?" Anna stared at Richard with her eyes fixed.

"I'm done. This is the finished product."

Richard waved the bag of masks toward Anna.

Anna felt the subtle fluctuations of magic in the bag, and although her expression did not change, she felt relieved in her heart.

She was not wrong, Richard was indeed a genius.

"Come on, follow me to see the instructor, Chucks you follow too."

Arriving at the 99th floor of the Central Black Tower, Qiao Luode was still sitting in front of the bookshelf, looking at his notes with a sad face.

"I failed again. What's wrong with me? Is it because the lab is in a bad location that affects my luck?"

"Teacher, Richard's work is finished."

"Hmm?" Qiao Luode turned his head to look at his eldest disciple, with some confusion in his eyes.

"What Richard?"

Anna's face froze when she heard this. She pulled Richard in front of her and said helplessly:
"It's Richard whom you met before, teacher."

"Oh, yes, you did bring an apprentice here before." Qiao Luode slapped his head and suddenly remembered that Anna had brought an apprentice here.

Seems like he has some talent.

Qiao Luode kept tapping his temple with his index finger and began to search for information about that day in his complicated memory.

He had too many things to remember, and a small figure like Richard was really not worth remembering.

After searching for a few minutes, Qiaoluode finally remembered the scene of that day.

Anna introduced an apprentice who also thought might have talent, so he gave him a test.

But I seemed to be in a bad mood that day because the experiment failed, and it seemed that... I gave the wrong thing.

What he should have given was the design of the Concealment Mask, not the design of the Pale Mask.

Qiao Luode felt a little embarrassed. How could a low-level apprentice make the Pale Mask?

The magic conduction circuit of the Pale Mask must be guided by magic and completed in one go, which requires extremely high control of magic. If the magic control is not enough, then quantity is needed to make up for it. Generally speaking, a high-level apprentice with ordinary talent can complete the production of the Pale Mask only after studying magic control.

Although his two disciples were extremely talented, they both completed the production while they were intermediate apprentices.

But the apprentice in front of him seemed to have done it.

"It should be a defective product that barely conducts magic."

Joe Lord looked at the bag containing Richard's mask and thought
The quality of magic equipment is divided into four levels, namely the highest perfection, the second fine product, the third finished product, and the last defective product.

Although inferior quality magic suits can cast spells, they are at a great disadvantage in terms of mana consumption and spell effects. Compared with finished magic suits, inferior quality magic suits consume more mana, but the spell effects are weaker.

But even so, the ability to make magic armor of inferior quality is enough to prove the talent of this apprentice.

Joe Lord walked up to Richard and tried to put on a gentle expression. After all, giving the wrong exam paper was really embarrassing.

"Don't be nervous, just give me the mask."

(End of this chapter)