Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 214 Capital Mage
The middle-aged wizard Hughes also walked in. When he saw the owner of the mansion, the female wizard Valentina, coming in, several cards appeared above the hall like holographic projections.

Each card is about the size of a palm, with exquisite magic runes on the back and a gold border around the edge.

On the front, there are colored pencil patterns similar to simple drawings, on which various things are depicted with exquisite brushwork.

The vast majority of them are non-living things such as various materials and objects.

"These cards represent the supplies Edwin requested, including scrolls of low-level spells like 'Light', 'Teleportation', 'Archery', 'Projectiles', 'Detect Magic', and 'Fireball'.

There are also offensive spells such as "Fireball" and "Blazing Orb"..."

The middle-aged wizard Hughes looked at these and vaguely understood something.

Valentina said expressionlessly, "These past few days, I've been using the 'divination technique' to make predictions.

However, due to the limitations of the prophecy itself, it is impossible to directly connect to targets with unrelated information, and the living organisms themselves are also easily interfered with.

Therefore, the usage of these materials was anchored through the inventory records of the material warehouse in the teacher's magic tower.

It has been confirmed that in this battle, they consumed more than three times the base amount of ammunition, and the attack firepower far exceeded that of normal battles.

There are also cases of abnormal overuse of "Shield" and "Mage Armor."

"This at least suggests that the enemy Edwin encountered had extremely strong defenses, or that the fortress or secret vault where the enemy was hiding was difficult to breach."

Hughes thought quickly.

“It should be the latter…

In addition, the enemy's close combat ability should be very strong.

Combined with the golem creation...

The battle situation at that time can be roughly calculated."

Valentina said, “I will continue to use divination in the next few days.

We should be generous in predicting the enemy and predict that he has the upper level of a first-level wizard and an attack capability of more than 225 degrees.

However, judging by the fact that Edwin had used spells like "Mage Armor" and "Flight," it was impossible for him to possess the 800-degree attack power of a second-level wizard...

I plan to apply for three magic scrolls of "Protection from Energy Damage" with a power of over 500 degrees, and "Reverse Arrow"... "

Hughes said: "It is not advisable to fight head-on. You can prepare more spell scrolls such as "Spider Web", "Grease", and "Slow".

But in this case, the battle field must be limited...

It would be best to seal the door with "Sealing Spell" from the beginning, and use "Silent Phantom" and other enchantment spells from inside to influence his actions..."

Valentina said: “No, spellcasters above the formal level all focus on spiritual cultivation and have a certain basic resistance.

I plan to apply for the 4th-level "Shadow Spell" to simulate "Sensory Deprivation" and use the necromancy "Energy Weakening" to carry out targeted weakening..."

The middle-aged wizard Hughes listened, his heart pounding.

The arcane system, the use of various spell props and spellcasting abilities, is simply a waste of money.

Not to mention anything else, the value of the two 4th-level magic scrolls alone is as high as hundreds of thousands of magic crystal coins.

Putting aside the question of knowledge or not, just this resource alone is not something that any mage can afford.

But Valentina's next words made him feel even more emotional.

"Besides that, a strong means of restraint is required...

Targeting his lair would also require 3 to 5 times the magic firepower coverage...

But this time, I don’t plan to use Edwin’s traditional offensive strategy, but instead change to long-range bombing from the technological world!
Edwin was too eager for success and wanted to capture him alive, which led to such a result! "Money! All of this is money!

Hughes really wanted to ask, is it worth spending so much money on a dead person?
But this is a famous family, this is a wealthy wizard.

He couldn't say much.

……

January 1, quarry, in the hall.

Roy summoned two captured apprentice mages, Bowen and Huffman, to get a general understanding of the arcane system.

Andov, Olinda, Damo and others were also present.

Even Erlant came to discuss.

"Arcane spells have been lengthy and obscure since the Low Magic Age. Unless they are engraved into the soul or transformed into equipment skills, they cannot be easily used in actual combat.

Most of them still rely on scroll-type consumables."

"In ancient times, the arcane arts even disappeared from memory after being released, requiring recitation and memorization in the dark ages.

Even the invention of ritual magic and the use of spell slots are no different from witchcraft, and are all shrouded in mystery.

However, as time progressed, the demystification of mana gradually became possible, and it became understandable and memorable...

From then on, we entered the Middle Demonic Age and began to point to the essence of Mana."

Roy and others listened to the two people's explanations and nodded secretly.

The ancient mages were indeed no different from wizards, and the names of these two professions were even used interchangeably.

But when some mages focused on rational cognition and sought to explain arcane and mana with scientific methods, they completely bid farewell to the belief in the goddess of magic, bid farewell to restrictions such as spell slots, and began to soar in the field of arcane.

That was their first Arcane Revolution.

After that, legendary wizards, like the great wizards, stepped out into the starry sea, conquered many planes and worlds, came into contact with magical energy and technological systems, and began the research and development of magical technology.

This is the so-called Second Arcane Revolution.

This not only changes the form of power, but also completely transforms the form of society.

"In our Yakinila, knowledge is money, magic is wealth...

A civilian wizard must first consider his own property before considering what spell to use.

On the other hand, what kind of spellcasting ability is worth how much money!

Of course, worldly money is meaningless, I am talking about the wealth of the mage..."

From the explanations of the two wizard apprentices, everyone knows that no matter how talented and outstanding a person is, if he does not have resources, the power he can mobilize will be very limited.

But if a low-level spellcaster comes from a wealthy family and has huge resources to mobilize, he can even mobilize legendary spells!
Knowledge can be bought with money, and so can spells...

What Arcane focuses on is actually the entire system. To monetize knowledge, it depends largely on productivity and the industrial chain!

Their legendary wizards, and even gods of magic, control one world or demiplane after another, and have huge resources and production capabilities at their disposal!
These experiences shocked Roy's apprentices, who felt like country bumpkins coming to the city.

Roy knocked on the armrest of the stone chair and understood instantly.

Why would you learn magic if you don’t have money?
Capitalist mage.

That's probably what happened.

(End of this chapter)