Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 73 Five Rings Spell
Harvey was bent over his desk, concentrating on drawing the analytical matrix diagram of the spell.

This was a five-ring improved spell, "Kairil's Corrosion Field", that he had obtained for free when he spied on a private academic exchange between two high-level spellcasters on the Magic Network Forum.

A five-ring spell that can be cast using elemental energy or using death energy combined with spell materials.

When Harvey listened to the conversation between the two high-level spellcasters, he basically understood the tricks they described, such as how to draw the spell matrix, how to implement matrix analysis, how to configure spell materials, etc.

Although he had just been unexpectedly promoted to a mid-level spellcaster, he did not have any powerful spells that could be learned and mastered immediately that were suitable for his level. The common spells of the necromancer mostly dealt with corpses and ghosts, so Harvey only needed to consider mastering one of the categories.

Biting off more than you can chew is an absolute truth in the way of magic.

So Harvey's thinking is very clear. He must first learn some powerful spells that can cause area damage, so that when the army is at a disadvantage in the battle with the evil orcs, he can play a role in turning the situation around.

The five-ring improved spell "Kyriel's Corrosion Field" clearly meets Harvey's target requirements.

The materials required for the spell are simple to configure, the spell has a large attack range, and the corrosive poisonous fog released can instantly cover an area of about one thousand square meters, causing enemies shrouded in it to suffer from many negative effects such as poisoning, dizziness, blindness, and mental disorders.

In this situation, combined with the long-range and precise shooting of the magic gun soldiers, the effect is almost the same as shooting on the training ground.

After completing the last simulation of the spell matrix on the white paper, Harvey left the desk and came to the spell potion preparation table.

After the military workshop in the backyard of the main castle was built, the underground laboratory was transformed into a normal magic laboratory.

In the huge underground space, in addition to the three alchemical energy-gathering arrays standing in the center of the room, there is also a long metal table next to it, on which are placed three large "magic brain" devices.

Harvey usually uses it to collect various magical knowledge he has gleaned from forums.

After all, all kinds of knowledge and information on the Magic Network Forum, whether shared publicly or discussed privately, need to be transmitted through the "Unit Zero" energy gathering array. Harvey can very conveniently intercept and excerpt various contents that he thinks are valuable.

Behind the three energy-gathering arrays are several magic network transmission arrays that are activated around the clock. Various letters, scrolls, magic weapon materials and other items constantly appear in the center of the array. More than a dozen small working alchemy beasts surround the array, picking and transporting these magic express items in an orderly manner.

Harvey's main cash flow income currently comes from this magic express delivery business.

After all, things like last time where someone disguised themselves as a powerful being and rescued three high-level spellcasters trapped in a rift in another space could not happen all the time. Harvey did not dare to promise such protection easily again, as it was very likely that he would be put in danger.

The number of members in the forum has grown to about twenty active users. He plans to wait for a while before holding a bidding auction for invitations to reap another wave of high-quality profits.

Ultimately, the number of active forum members will be fixed at around thirty in the short term.

If the number exceeded this, the resulting overcrowding would make it easier for the Union and other organizations to spot the news about Administrator Turing and the Magic Network Forum. Even his own alias, "Kel'Thuzad," disguised as a high-level necromancer, would be exposed as a complete novice on the forum. Harvey sent a message to Reiner, who was busy out in the field, via a one-way communication device, instructing him to return to the main fortress laboratory as soon as possible to assist with his upcoming spell analysis experiments.

He took out several enchanted crystal bottles with different labels from a row of half-person-high transparent glass cabinets against the wall. These crystal bottles were all painted with alchemical arrays, which could preserve the magical materials inside in different ways to prevent their properties from changing or their energy from being lost.

A gigantic eyeball soaked in a thick black liquid, a pale flower that, after blooming, resembled a painful human face, and a mass of dark green mold that squirmed constantly within a glass bottle, seemingly alive...

Harvey placed the bottles and jars on the preparation table, took the metal protective mask and put it on his head, and began to prepare the spell potion through the crystal lens.

Harvey used his wizard's hands to manipulate the pure silver tweezers and spoon to take these strange and rare spellcasting materials out of the glass bottle. He almost held his breath while completing the operation. Although he was wearing a protective mask, he still did not dare to be careless.

After all, according to the knowledge shared by members on the forum, the giant eyeball taken from the body of the "Mutated Soul-Eating Beast" could cause even a novice spellcaster to fall into a state of mental confusion and loss of consciousness if they stared into it for more than three seconds.

The bottle of dark green "corruption mold" is an extremely dangerous magical material. As long as it comes into contact with the skin, it will immediately begin to use the flesh and blood of living things to frantically reproduce highly toxic mold, causing the parasitic target to rot from the inside out.

Harvey would repeatedly sterilize all experimental instruments that had come into contact with mold with flames at high temperatures after use. This was also because the growth environment of this mold was naturally afraid of high temperatures and flames.

By drawing a decomposition and recombination array on the configuration table, Harvey refined and purified all the experimental materials, then mixed them together in order, poured them into a small crucible engraved with a complex alchemical array, and began refining.

When Reiner rushed to the laboratory, Harvey was already waiting for him there with three crystal test tubes filled with spell potions.

"Sir, I remember Mr. Asdalen mentioned that if the mental capacity is insufficient, it would be dangerous to rashly analyze high-level spells beyond one's level..." Reiner has been learning some basic magic theory knowledge from Asdalen during this period, and he is no longer a worldly-wise person.

For someone like Harvey, who had just been promoted to an intermediate spellcaster, to immediately want to analyze the fifth-ring magic was considered a radical and risky act in the eyes of any experienced spellcaster.

Of course, Harvey had no way of explaining to him the problem of his spiritual anchor, which was far different from that of ordinary people.

But he knew very well that with his current mental strength, as long as he didn't try to do something stupid like trying high-level spells of the sixth ring or above, he would have no problem analyzing the fifth ring magic.

Moreover, there are plenty of free casting rings in his magic pattern. Except for one casting ring occupied by the three-ring creative spell - Mirror Curse, there are still six remaining.

After all, the spiritual anchor in the sea of other people's consciousness may come from ancient secret knowledge or the solid beliefs accumulated by generations of families.

The broader and more profound the knowledge, and the more resolute the faith, the more indestructible the spiritual anchor of the spellcaster.

Harvey's spiritual anchor is a complete and independent civilization.

(End of this chapter)