The Truth of Magic

Chapter 124 Transcription Scroll (14)

After the lecture, Zhao Xu hurried back to the dormitory to find the "Monster Illustrated Book".

The outer layer of this thick monster illustration book is inlaid with iron sheets, and in the middle is a huge open blood-red monster eyeball. At the turning point of the composition, there are seven or eight bright red raised beads inlaid.

Who would have thought that this thing is actually the legendary high-level artifact "Monster Illustrated Book".

After Zhao Xu read the 100 questions about transformation at the meeting, he already knew that if an ordinary mage wanted to transform into a corresponding creature, he would have to do a lot of work in the early stage, from understanding the various characteristics of the creature to getting along with him for a long time.

Only by familiarity can one understand and transform.

This is the pain in the heart of every mage who tries to study transformation spells but fails in the end.

Therefore, in the 100 questions of transformation, the 17 special cases have been studied by countless mages, but each of them is almost impossible to realize.

When Zhao Xu put the "Monster Illustrated Book" back in his backpack and took it to Antinoya's office, it was the most cautious road he had traveled in his life.

Zhao Xu's name had long been engraved in the core of the obelisk, and he was not blocked until he went upstairs.

When Antinoya saw Zhao Xu handing over the "Monster Illustrated Book" respectfully, she just smiled slightly, "Someone told you?"

Zhao Xu nodded, but said in his mouth, "Can't I find it?"

"Then let me ask you, have you searched this book with knowledge and skills?"

Zhao Xu nodded.

"Have you read any detailed descriptions of artifacts in any classics?"

Zhao Xu shook his head.

"That's right. Divine artifacts have powerful characteristics. Apart from being undetectable, they cannot be described in knowledge. Therefore, their functions can only be passed on by word of mouth, and books can only describe names at best."

At this moment, Antinoya squeezed the artifact "Monster Illustrated Book" back into the bookcase, which made Zhao Xu feel a little distressed. An artifact was treated so harshly.

But thinking about another piece of sub-artifact armor, it was greeted and sent right in front of the door. This "Monster Illustrated Handbook" was able to lie quietly on the bookcase, which was already a good treatment.

"If you are free now, let's go. The 'Transcription Scroll' class just started in the afternoon." After speaking, Antinoya pulled Zhao Xu directly to start teleporting.

Zhao Xu had always set it to pass Antinoya's teleportation by default, so when he came to his senses, the two of them had already appeared in a mysterious room.

On the most central desk are stacks of blank parchments, specially customized for transcribing magic scrolls.

There are also all kinds of quills in front of the desk, most of which are quills, six or seven bottles of specially made ink for transcription from deep black to blue, and incense is also lit in the corner of the room, but it smells unsafe. The fragrance from Tinoya's office is pleasant.

Zhao Xu already understood that this was a special room for transcribing scrolls.

Compared with memorizing spells or learning spells, transcribing scrolls needs to be carried out in a harsher environment.

Like before when he took an adventure in a carriage, he still had trouble memorizing spells, so it was just a joke to copy the scrolls.

"Archivist is a magical spellcaster profession. The promotion criteria are actually similar to wizards, that is, you can successfully transcribe zero-level divine spells, first-level divine spells, and master the abilities of 'Dark Knowledge' and 'Transcribing Scrolls'." .”

When Zhao Xu heard it, he was actually no different from a sorcerer, except that the sorcerer's magic pet ability was replaced with the ability of dark lore.

"Don't look at me, just listen first."

"Listen?" Zhao Xu was surprised?

"Sit down, idiot." Antinoya said angrily.

Zhao Xu didn't think much about it, and just pulled the stool away and sat down.

Suddenly, he noticed that two dark red curtains were slowly opened in front of him, revealing a huge transparent glass screen, and under the front of the screen was a huge square, on which a piece of paper was neatly stacked. The table and layout are similar to those in his room.

It seems that in order to prevent cheating on the earth, the desks are moved to the playground for exams.

And at the front of the square, there is a large illusion projection. An hourglass appears on the projection, and there is very little sand left on it.

Zhao Xu was taken aback when he saw it. He didn't expect that a digital teaching would start in Arthur.

Only then did Zhao Xu realize that after he sat in this position, the transparent glass screen in front of him hooked his pupils.

He controlled his eyeballs at will, and he was able to manipulate the glass screen to display a picture-in-picture with enlarged details of the picture in front of him.

It's like a huge vr screen.

The mage apprentices sitting below did not have this treatment. They were all on the square on the first floor, watching the illusion projection at the front display the content.

"Copying scrolls is a course that mages must learn. There is no technical content at all, so the association has set up a square where the teaching content is constantly played regularly for everyone to learn this specialty, and the second floor is a closed room. room."

"It is not only for the use of senior mages, but also to test this new alchemy teaching product first."

"If the effect is good, it may be promoted to other specialties later."

At this moment, Zhao Xu understood that he was equivalent to being in the vip box now.

At this time, the hourglass just finished leaking, and the illusion projection also started to play the teaching content, and the sound was directly transmitted into this box.

Zhao Xu quickly manipulated his eyeballs to project the content of the illusion projection onto the glass screen in his room, occupying nearly a third of the space at once.

Learning specialties needs to consume everyone's spirituality, and spirituality can only be compensated by upgrading.

When Zhao Xu was a level 1 sorcerer, he traded the ability to copy scrolls and summon magic pets in exchange for the ability of "Wisdom Spellcaster".

Although he no longer needs to memorize spell books, he can't use the unused spell slots to copy spells in his spare time like those novice mages.

If the spell bit of the day is a fresh fish, then copying it into a scroll is equivalent to drying the fish for easy storage and consumption next time.

"Mentor, if I have mastered the transcription scroll before, isn't it equivalent to mastering the ability of a 'dark knowledge' to advance to the scroll scholar this time?"

Antinoya was standing next to Zhao Xu at this moment. It was also the first time she had come into contact with this alchemy equipment, and she was also thinking about the principle behind it.

After hearing Zhao Xu's question, she replied, "That's right."

"Isn't that equivalent to wasting a specialty?"

At this time, Zhao Xu was already listening to the content of the illusion teaching projection, but at first there were some clear background descriptions, and he could still concentrate on communicating with Antinoya.

"Theoretically, the first level ability of the dossier is to 'copy the scroll' instead of gaining additional specialties."

"Then it looks like I've made money."

As Zhao Xu said, he thought to himself that his ability as a 'wisdom caster' was not bad at all.

"It can't be said to be profitable." At this time, Antinoya was already close to the screen, observing the lines on it, "Among the senior mages, a few people have actually mastered the method of replacing specialties."

"How to say?"

"For example, change your transcription scroll to 'Chaos Expertise', and then replace 'Chaos Expertise' with the feat you want. This way, the spirituality of your two transcription scroll expertise will not be wasted." Antinoya explained road.

"And this can be done through the eighth-level spells 'Abandon Chaos' and 'Convert to Chaos'. This is the legendary card shuffling."

Zhao Xu, who was determined to study hard, was in a much better mood when he heard this idea.

The mages were able to play so many tricks that soldiers like Zhao Xu were envious of.

This is also the reason why he wants to defect to the mage camp, not just joining if he can't beat him.

The main reason is that if soldiers want to fight against spellcasters, they must be equipped with various magic items created by spellcasters.

"Then my mentor, my wise spellcaster, is actually the price of two specialties, right?" Zhao Xu nodded at this moment.

"For the residents of Arthur, it may be a bit expensive, but for you, without a wise spellcaster, you can't quickly improve your level within a year. After all, you are not really that smart."

Antinoya attacked mercilessly.

"Mentor, what's the point of one year?" At this moment, Zhao Xu couldn't hold back and asked.

"This involves a prophecy, you just need to upgrade as much as possible now."

Antinoya didn't explain too much.

At this time, the illusion projection had already begun to talk about the key to transcribing the scroll, and Zhao Xu's whole body and mind were drawn to it.

In the square, several player mage apprentices kept writing straight books with pens, recording the key points of this lecture. For them, if they missed this lecture, it would not be so easy to get in again.

It is also only in this classroom that these materials can be used for free.

This also made them listen to the class more seriously than when they were studying on Earth.

"Scribing scrolls", like "brewing potions" and "making wands", are sub-categories of the crafting item feat.

After successfully transcribing the scroll, the selling price is the number of rings of the spell multiplied by the level of the caster, and then multiplied by the base number of 25 gold coins.

Therefore, the estimated price of the first-level spell scroll is 1*1*25=25 gold coins, and the zero-level scroll is only sold for 12.5 gold coins in half.

The manufacturing process costs about half of the selling price.

So Zhao Xu successfully copied a first-level scroll, in addition to consuming his corresponding spell slot, he also had to spend 12.5 gold coins as a material fee.

More importantly, it will consume his experience points and slow down his upgrade speed.

Think about it, ten crossbow arrows only cost 1 gold coin, and a first-level scroll costs 12.5 gold coins. It is also expensive to use a scroll to release a magic missile to hit someone.

Therefore, mages generally only copy or buy scrolls of spells that are not usually prepared.

For example, the "detect secret door" spell that Zhao Xu used during his adventures in the dungeon, if he hadn't prepared to go to the dungeon, no one would have lost his mind to prepare this spell.

But the world is unpredictable, who knows what will happen suddenly, so scrolls have always been an important means for mages.

This time, after Zhao Xu learned the ability to "copy scrolls", he finally made up for his lameness.

According to the big data statistics of the mages, it takes about one day to transcribe a scroll worth 1000GP. For example, if the legendary ninth-level scroll is worth 3000GP, it will take three days to transcribe.

For those with less than 1000GP, the simplest level-1 scroll guarantee is one hour, and the zero-level scroll is half an hour.

So Zhao Xu might have to light candles at night and stay up late to copy these spell scrolls.

This is also the fate of Arthur's mages.

It's just that Zhao Xu sighed deeply when he looked at the rather delicate one, using a quill pen he wasn't used to.

The quill pen has been complained countless times on the forum. Most players are used to using gel pens, and they rarely use pencils and ballpoint pens.

In order to copy the scroll, they had to use this designated quill pen, which made every player feel helpless.

It's just that they tried to use their own processed charcoal pens, even if they were stained with ink, the copied scrolls were not powerful at all.

Because the goose feathers used to transcribe the scrolls are entirely produced by specially bred geese, and the transcribed ink has been tested for thousands of years before it has become a stable formula today, and it is the exclusive monopoly product of the Mage Association.

Where is it so easy to reproduce the same effect.

So even if the quill was uncomfortable and inconvenient to use, Zhao Xu could only overcome it by himself.

It's just that when Zhao Xu just picked up the quill, Antinoya said, "Play a little game."

After finishing speaking, a quill pen crossed an arc and landed on Zhao Xu's desk, but stood up out of thin air.

"This is the automatic shorthand quill."

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