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Chapter 6 05: The Book of Omniscient Knowledge

If you want to pass a certain exam, you must first understand the scope of the exam questions.

Noron has been preparing for this belated alchemist qualification exam for many years, and he has long been confident about it.

There are three major disciplines in alchemy, which are divided into "pharmaceutics", "array science" and "application science".

Every alchemist will eventually specialize in one discipline, like Rusty, an alchemist who is proficient in potions.

The qualifying exam tests the basic knowledge of all three subjects. You can be proficient in one subject, but you must also dabble in other subjects:

"Pharmacology" tests the alchemist's mastery of pharmacological knowledge, application of various pharmaceutical formulas, and proficiency in pharmaceutical refining.

Since he has been helping Lars refine potions for the past ten years, this subject is the subject in which he is currently the most proficient.

"Magic Circle Science" examines the alchemist's understanding of the principles of magic and his proficiency in drawing magic circles.

With the power of individual human beings, only "magicians" can cast spells. They control the magic power and the surrounding elements to cause phenomena in the world by chanting magic spells.

Since ancient times, magic has been the most miraculous trick that human beings can master. Not only mages are fascinated by it, but alchemists are also curious about the world of magic.

Alchemists themselves have no magic power. Although they cannot chant spells like wizards, they can cast spells through other means——

"Magic Circle".

The ancient alchemists studied the principles of spellcasting and invented a written language called magic runes that could replace the wizard's spells.

Draw the magic runes in a specific order to form a "magic circle", and then place magic crystals on the magic circle to serve as the source of magic power required for spell casting. Even an alchemist without magic power can cast spells!

Studying how to cast spells by drawing magic circles is the meaning and value of "Magic Circles".

"Applications" examines the practical and comprehensive application of alchemists' alchemical knowledge, from daily necessities to alchemical weapons. Every aspect is filled with the shadow of "Applications".

For example, the firing method of glass, adding certain special substances to iron can make it stronger; or inlaying natural materials and rare treasures on weapons can make mages or knights more powerful when using alchemical weapons.

It is more appropriate to call it miscellaneous studies than applied studies. All human alchemy knowledge, except for pharmacy and magic circle studies, will be crammed into this subject.

These three disciplines involve an extremely wide range of knowledge, covering almost most of the intellectual achievements of today's human civilization. Even if they only understand the most basic knowledge, few people can master it.

This is why there are not many formal alchemists who have passed the qualification examination, and learning knowledge is not without barriers.

Moreover, knowledge is wealth. Not everyone can easily access this knowledge, let alone learn it.

Therefore, becoming an alchemist is no easier than becoming a wizard or a knight. As one of the most knowledgeable groups among humans, they are quite respected and their status is only lower than that of extraordinary people.

Since becoming an alchemist requires a long period of accumulation of knowledge, unlike knights and mages who value talent more, this is a profession that requires a lot of accumulation, and there are many people who pass the exam in their thirties or forties.

If the 17-year-old Nolen can pass this exam, he will definitely be a young and promising person among the alchemists, but only he knows that this is far from his limit.

Reborn into this world with the memories of his previous life, he had a mature way of thinking and learning since he was a child. When he was seven years old, he seized the opportunity to reveal his alchemical talents to Rusty, a passing alchemist, and asked him to transform himself from an orphan. He was adopted by the hospital and became his alchemy apprentice.

He made full use of this opportunity and worked tirelessly to learn all the alchemy knowledge he could get his hands on. In just three years, when he was ten years old, he was actually confident that he could pass the alchemist qualification examination.

The source of his confidence lies not only in his daily hard work, but more importantly, he has something that ordinary people don't have.

That thing has been in his mind since he was born. If he closes his eyes and concentrates, he can sense this untitled book. He calls this book "the book of omniscience"——

As long as a spell is observed, the Book of Omniscience will automatically turn its pages and record the spells and magic circles required to cast the spell;
As long as you observe a bottle of potion, the book of omniscience will automatically turn its pages and record the materials and refining techniques required to refine the potion.

What you see is what you know.

After years of testing, Nuolun also found that every record in the Book of Omniscient Knowledge will generate some "knowledge points". By consuming the knowledge points, you can ask questions to this book - for example, observing a new first-level spell will generate 2 Knowledge points, if it is a second-level spell, 4 knowledge points will be generated.

When multiple knowledge points are stored, he can use these knowledge points to ask questions to the Book of Omniscience and obtain a new spell or alchemical potion formula.

What you ask is what you know.

He discovered early on that he had no talent for cultivation and could not absorb magic power to become a transcendent. Becoming an alchemist was his only chance to complete a class leap and gain a foothold in this world.

And this book of all-knowing knowledge that exists in his mind is the biggest trump card that supports him on the path of becoming an alchemist.

Nolen sat quietly at the table for a while. He wanted to review the basic knowledge of alchemy the night before the exam, but when he glanced at the books on the table, he found that it was not necessary.

After working as an alchemist apprentice for ten years, and having a golden finger like the Book of Omniscient Knowledge at his side, the mere alchemist qualification exam would not be a problem for him at all.

Instead of worrying about whether you can pass the exam, think about what you will do after you pass the exam.

At noon, the alchemist named Wright showed obvious hostility towards him. Thinking about it, an alchemy workshop in a prime location in the uptown area was enough to make his colleagues jealous.

With such a huge conflict of interest, after he obtains the alchemist qualification certificate tomorrow, it is inevitable to become enemies with Wright. He does not seem to be a broad-minded person, so there is a need to be wary of him secretly causing obstacles.

Thinking of this, Nolen subconsciously touched his left arm, feeling a reassuring hard metal texture coming from his forearm.

He raised his left hand and rolled up the black robe. He could see that his left hand was wearing a dark black arm guard. The arm guard stretched from the elbow of his forearm to his wrist. The interior of the arm guard could be glimpsed through the gap between the metal parts of the arm guard. Blue light.

This is not a simple piece of armor, but an alchemical weapon that he spent five years secretly making for himself, named "Magic Tool Duelist".

The essence of the Duelist's Armguard is a portable magic circle generator equipped with a small magic circle. As long as it is worn, the user can cast spells anytime and anywhere.

Casting a spell may seem mysterious, but actually only requires two necessary conditions:
One is that there is a spell or magic circle that changes the flow of elements.

The second is that there is a magic source that provides magic power for the spell or magic circle.

Nolen gently touched the duelist's switch with his hand, opening the hidden compartments on the outside and inside of the arm guard.

There is a mithril-based card inserted in the secret compartment on the outside, with a red magic circle containing intricate rune patterns painted on it. The magic circle records a secondary fire spell: "Explosive Fireball".

This is the "Magic Array Structure Chamber" of the Magic Tool Duelist's Armguard. The cards with magic arrays inserted inside are called magic cards by Nolen. Each magic card has a magic array drawn on it and records a corresponding of spells.

The hidden compartment on the inside of the arm guard is used to store the magic source that drives the magic card. A piece of emerald green magic crystal cut into a flat square is inserted inside.

The necessary conditions for casting the spell have been gathered. As long as the switch is pressed to connect the duelist's magic circle structure chamber and the magic source, the duelist can cast the spell and deal an unexpected blow to the opponent.

Nolen is convinced that the Magic Tool Duelist is an epoch-making alchemical weapon.Before this, no alchemist could draw a magic circle on such a small card.

The diameter of common magic arrays is usually between two and five meters. Some magic arrays that record advanced spells can even reach more than ten meters in diameter. However, the diameter of the magic array drawn by Nolen is no more than ten centimeters, and the volume has shrunk by more than ten centimeters. an order of magnitude.

All this credit must be attributed to the Book of Omniscient Knowledge. The magic array recorded in it is a magic array that is streamlined to the extreme. The magic runes contained in it do not contain any errors or redundancies.

He can even control the book of omniscience with his thoughts, and project the magic array recorded on the page onto the magic card in the smallest and most extreme size, without making any mistakes in the entire process.

The alchemists of the same generation mainly relied on special pens to draw magic circles on the walls or the ground. The lines drawn were thick, so the magic circle was naturally not small.

This is why two days ago, after people from the Mage Tower checked that there were no traces of magic circle drawings at the scene, they naturally believed that the murderer was not an alchemist, but a mage who chanted spells and cast spells.

They never imagined that the magic circle used to cast "Explosive Fireball" was not painted in the room at all, but was hidden in an inconspicuous black arm guard.

Human beings cannot guess what they have never seen.

(End of this chapter)