The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 37 Big Purchase (Seeking Follow-up Reading)
The spell shop is also located on the 50th floor of the Central Black Tower, but compared to the library, the spell shop is much smaller.

As soon as he entered the door, Richard was facing a counter. Behind the counter stood a mechanical puppet similar to the one in the Qiyao Chamber of Commerce. However, compared with the clerk in the Qiyao Chamber of Commerce, the one in front of him was a bit rough, with many mechanical structures exposed and fine gears constantly turning inside.

Behind the mechanical puppets were shelves for spell models. Richard counted them and found that there were only three rows of large bookshelves similar to those in a library.

"What kind of spell model would you like to buy?" the mechanical clerk asked Richard with a sound almost like metallic friction.

"Minor Fireball, Ice Cone." Richard said the spell names he had thought of long ago.

Needless to say, the power of the Lesser Fireball was a killer among low-level apprentices, and the price was also the most expensive among the first-level spells, worth 100 magic stones. Richard had a vague idea in his mind when he bought the Ice Cone spell - there was something wrong with the Ice Cone spell.

Although the name of the Ice Cone Technique is very vivid, anyone who has actually used it will know that the power of the Ice Cone Technique actually comes from the speed of the ice cone. The ice cone itself has no direct power other than its hardness.

And this caught Richard's attention.

If Cone of Ice's power is generated by speed, then its spell model must be able to remove the part that provides kinetic energy.

And for this part, Richard has some wonderful ideas
"The total price is 11,000 college coins."

Richard handed over a dozen college coins that he had exchanged on the way. The mechanical clerk opened his chest and put the coins in. With a brief sound of gear friction, the clerk confirmed the number of college coins.

"The quantity is correct, please wait." The clerk turned around and pressed the shelf twice.

There was a sound of mechanical friction coming from above the counter, and a metal pipe descended in front of Richard, with a noise coming from inside.

Bang!

Two scrolls shot out of the pipe and were grabbed by the mechanic.

"Please accept these. Secondary Fireball spell model, Ice Cone spell model."

"Pneumatic pipelines." Richard recognized this system. He didn't expect to see the same system in another world.

Richard put away the scrolls. Unlike crystal balls, these scrolls did not transmit spiritual messages directly, but were written with written information. This was done to make it easier to release curses on the scrolls to prevent students from reselling them after learning them. It was also because the inheritance crystal balls were expensive and the academy did not want to waste money.

Back in the dormitory, Richard handed the scroll with the Ice Cone spell to Ellie. He hadn't opened the scroll yet, and the curse of the scroll hadn't been triggered yet, so the scroll could still be traded.

"You want me to disassemble the part that releases kinetic energy?" Ellie looked at Richard and asked with some confusion.

It’s a good spell. Others just add things to it, but why does Richard want to dismantle it?

Richard nodded and confirmed again:
"Well, you disassemble that part and give it to me. I have some ideas I want to test."

He is an alchemist, and his understanding of the various rune systems of the transmutation spells is far inferior to that of Ellie, the transmutation wizard. This is also one of the disadvantages of being an apprentice. The apprenticeship time is too short, and unless there is a mentor to lead the way, it is impossible to practice both schools.

"Okay, give me three months and I promise to get it for you." Ellie took the scroll and agreed readily, and then pretended to mention it casually, "Oh, by the way. Master Susanna has accepted me as a formal apprentice."

"Huh? So fast. Congratulations." Richard bowed and congratulated. Ellie becoming a formal apprentice of a wizard meant that his investment was not in vain.

Other wizards do not need magic stones to buy like Joe Lord. Once an apprentice becomes a formal apprentice, it means that he has obtained part or even all of the wizard's mantle.

"That's it?" Ellie was somewhat dissatisfied with Richard's attitude, and said with a puffed face, "Don't you have anything else to say?"

"Well...what do you want me to do?" Richard scratched his head. Was he asking him to treat her to a meal? But shouldn't Ellie treat him to a meal to celebrate? "You...you...why don't you praise me?" Ellie was furious, but then she lost her temper.

"Forget it, that's just how you are. Now that I've said it, praise me!"

Richard looked at Ellie who was like a child, and for a moment he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After he praised her a few times, Ellie finally let him go with satisfaction.

Back in his room, Richard did not rush to flip through the scrolls, but took a handful of iron beans and went to the balcony.

"Wuni, come and eat iron beans."

As soon as Richard finished speaking, a green-eyed crow flew into the house, landed on Richard's other arm, and then ate the iron beans in Richard's hand bite by bite.

Wuni is the name Richard gave to the crow. After Richard raised it for a year, the crow had become very close to him.

It won't be long before he can implant the soul seed into its body without any resistance.

After feeding Wu Ni, Richard returned to the room and opened the scroll that recorded the secondary fireball technique.

The number of spell models that a wizard's soul can carry is not infinite. The more spell marks there are, the heavier the burden on the soul. However, the increase in mental strength will also increase the soul's ability to bear.

During the apprenticeship stage, an apprentice can carry up to four spell marks. Although spell marks can be removed, the cost of the ritual to remove the marks is not small.

Therefore, every spell mark must be chosen with great caution.

Lesser Fireball is one of the most direct-killing spells in the first-ring Shaping Spells. It has strong power in both physical and elemental damage, and is considered the most cost-effective spell in the apprentice stage.

The scroll records a very complex two-dimensional figure filled with densely packed runes. However, if you look at the figure from a distance, you will find that the outermost circle of runes connected together form a circle.

This is also the origin of the level of "ring" of spells.

But the number of rings only represents the complexity of the spell, not the power of the spell. There is a saying among wizards that there is no best spell, only the most suitable spell.

Spells are just tools, and tools can only produce the best results when used in appropriate situations.

Memorizing spells is an extremely time-consuming and laborious process, because there is no chance to turn the pages of a book when engraving the spell mark in the soul, and it must be completed in one go. If you interrupt it halfway, not only will all your previous efforts be wasted, but sometimes it will also damage your soul and cause a permanent decline in your mental strength.

Fortunately, Richard had the Furnace of Truth. After spending five points of mental energy, he memorized the spell model of the secondary fireball spell firmly in his mind.

Just remember the model and the rest will be easy.

Richard sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a meditative state. In the soul space, Richard used his mental power to condense runes one after another, and then arranged these runes in the air according to the order of the model. After the arrangement was completed, he began to continuously fill the runes with mental power until these runes merged with the soul.

This process was very slow, and Richard did not complete the fusion until the next morning. When the spell model was completely imprinted on his soul, Richard felt an inexplicable sense of pressure. This weight did not come from reality, but from the soul.

This means that his soul has more burden, and it also means that he has succeeded.

"Finally it's done, but I don't know how powerful this original version of the Lesser Fireball is."

There was a hint of excitement in Richard's eyes. He had to blow something up now!
　Thanks to the monthly tickets of Slytherin with Cold Eyes and J Battle of the Forbidden City D

　　
　
(End of this chapter)