Arcane Lord

During this week, Xia Duo completed the magic enlightenment class and compiled a simple dictionary of Nese language, and he can read it by himself through this simple dictionary.

Shado did not waste the opportunity to ask questions once a day. One was given to Dean in exchange for him interpreting Netherese words for Shado after dinner. The other four were traded with Edrich, and a total of 40 coins were exchanged. gold.

But these 40 gold coins only passed through Xia Duo's hands for a moment, and soon left him——

Two brand new blank notebooks (30 gold coins) and two small bottles of ink (6 gold coins) were purchased from Edrich.

A copy of "The Biography of Archmage Darthriel" (4 gold coins), purchased from Dean.

Now Xia Duo carries the following things with him every day:

4 notebooks, 34 pieces of parchment, wooden wine glasses, 1 bottle of ink, quill.

The weight is not light, but these are Xia Duo's core assets, and he would rather carry them with him every day. It's not like Xia Duo has never thought of equipping the dormitory door with a lock, but after asking Audrey, he found out that the most common lock costs 20 gold coins.

This kind of lock can even be opened with a grass stem. Of course, there are more advanced ones, but the price is also more advanced.

Xia Duo temporarily gave up the idea of ​​buying a lock. Perhaps it would not be too late to consider the lock again when his belongings exceed his body load.

…

A week has passed, and the magic enlightenment class has ended, and it will not be repeated. If you want to remediate or re-listen, you will have to pay an extra price.

For this course, Xia Duo is more accepting than the other seven or eight apprentices. After all, he is an adult and has his own logic and cognitive system. He also has systematic skills in summarizing knowledge.

In this regard, an adult Earthling is obviously better than those Nese people who are called adults but are actually only fifteen or sixteen years old.

In the new week, Sha Duo chose the course "Level 0 Magic Overview". The teacher was still a formal apprentice. So far, Sha Duo didn't know how many formal mages there were in the Mage Tower. He just taught the apprentices as before. I chose this course on Ganal's recommendation.

After the enlightenment class, Shado already has a more intuitive understanding of Nase's magic. It is different from the game information before the time travel. The real Faerun and spell casting are more realistic.

Any spellcaster who casts a spell must go through the magic net. The difference is that some spellcasters only need to know the spell effect to let the magic net respond autonomously, while some spellcasters must control the magic net to form the spell effect.

The bard Mu Yan that Sha Duo met before is a typical example of the former, while the mage or arcanist is the latter.

The method to control the Magic Network is the knowledge of the mage's spellcasting elements. The other two elements are concentration and Magic Network.

As long as these three elements are met, even a goblin in the wilderness can become a mage.

As for the level of the spell, it is related to the difficulty of controlling the magic network.

The higher the difficulty, the higher the level of the spell. Nese people are so simple! Even if a certain one-level spell can destroy the world once cast, it is only one level.

But generally speaking, this does not happen, and many mages are accustomed to hiding the spells they discover or create. The truly common spells have already formed a common standard in the nearly thousands of years since the founding of Nese.

Even if a mage claims that he has lowered the casting standard of the third-level spell [Fireball] to the point where apprentices can cast it, and even actually finds a few apprentices to demonstrate it, as long as the vast majority of apprentices cannot do it, then [Fireball] [Spell] can still only be called a 3rd level spell.

The reason why Shado chose this "Level 0 Spell Overview" was not only recommended by Ganal, who previously taught magic enlightenment courses, but also another very important reason was that this course seemed to be the most basic.

Rather than directly learning a specific spell, Shado wanted to accept more of the Netherese people's overall understanding of magic, so he bought the "Biography of Archmage Dathriel" from Dean, not just to learn words. .

This seems to be a process of assimilation, but from another perspective, isn't it the best way to do as the locals do? Moreover, Xia Duo has a vague idea in his heart, which is to spread civilization.

Netheril seems to have been a country for nearly a thousand years, but how much cultural and historical heritage can a country developed from a few small fishing villages have? I don’t know how much influence I have received from elves over the past hundreds of years. If I can be influenced by elves, why can’t I be influenced by Xia Duo?

A person in another world is inevitably lonely, so isn't it a pleasure to create a group of tribesmen yourself?

But before it can really take hold, this idea can only be deeply hidden in Xia Duo's mind.

…

a new day.

The course "Level 0 Spell Overview" was taught by the official apprentice Colin, but when it was time to start the class, Xia Duo discovered that this course had already been held for a week.

In other words, most of the apprentices who joined the Mage Tower a week ago have taken this class. Because Xia Duo chose the enlightenment class, he is already seven classes behind these people.

And the seven or eight new apprentices who took the enlightenment class with Sha Duo were also a little confused.

But Colin will not start from the beginning for these people, but will continue to listen to the progress of last week.

Xia Duo felt a little annoyed, but there was nothing he could do about it. The biggest trouble right now was that those in front didn’t listen, and those behind might not be able to keep up. It was simply a vicious cycle, falling behind step by step.

"The overview of spells in the first stage has already been discussed. Newcomers can ask others to borrow notes. Of course, they can also come to me for 20 gold coins each time."

Colin's words made several new apprentices very dissatisfied, but Xia Duo was quite happy. In addition to being able to earn money for tutoring, what Colin meant was that what we were going to talk about today actually had nothing to do with last week's lesson. .

If you calculate it this way, Xia Duo only missed the spell overview part, but he will not miss the new content.

Sure enough, Colin went on to introduce this week's course, "This week I will teach [Reading Magic] and 0-level spell identification. Please take notes. If you miss it, the old rule is 20 gold coins per session."

【Reading Magic】? !

Xia Duo was extremely happy. This level 0 magic can be said to be the starting point and cornerstone of the entire mage's journey. Without [Reading Magic], even spell scrolls cannot be read and understood, let alone more complex spell books.

Or to be more precise, the key to distinguishing a mage (also a quasi-mage) from an ordinary person lies in this [reading magic].

There are many ordinary people in Savile Town who can cast level 0 magic, but they cannot [read magic], so they are not considered wizards, not even apprentices.

Strictly speaking, new apprentices such as Xia Duo are not real apprentices.

The watershed lies at this level 0 [Reading Magic].

Moreover, [Reading Magic] is also the beginning of understanding magic and deconstructing the magic network. Otherwise, you will be like the bard, knowing what is happening but not knowing why.

Obviously, Xia Duo, who likes to get to the bottom of things, will not let this magic go. It has long been on his must-learn list.

But now Colin was willing to teach [Reading Magic] for free, which made Sha Duo immediately prick up his ears, brace himself 120%, and listen attentively to the lecture.