The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 258: The Choice of Innate Witchcraft (Two chapters in one)

"Metal Transfiguration!" Ryan whispered the name of this new witchcraft.

After reading it carefully several times, Ryan soon discovered that the difficulty of visualizing the witchcraft model of this new witchcraft "Metal Transfiguration" was much higher than the witchcraft he had learned before, "Burning Touch", "High Temperature Force Field" and "Burning Light".

It is even several times more difficult than the metal-related 'Sharp Technique'.

Ryan had anticipated this.

Because this is first-level witchcraft.

In terms of level, both the 'Sharp Technique' and the 'Burning Light' that he had learned before were merely apprentice-level witchcraft.

Therefore, even with Ryan's current mental power of 39 points, it is not easy to learn this metal transformation technique.

Since he had planned to exchange for metal transfiguration beforehand, Ryan had prepared a lot of iron ingots, copper ingots and other metal ingots in the corner of the room in advance.

After spending a lot of time memorizing the witchcraft model structure in his mind, Ryan walked to the corner, picked up a heavy iron ingot, and began to try.

For Ryan, he has a system, and as long as he succeeds once, it means that it will be permanently engraved on the career panel.

Therefore, even though this witchcraft is extremely difficult, Ryan is still confident that he can master it in a short period of time.

After spending more than an hour and failing dozens of times in a row, Ryan, with beads of sweat on his forehead, finally succeeded!
As metal deformation is performed.

The rectangular iron ingot held in Ryan's right hand began to deform at a very fast speed!
After a few seconds, it turned into the shape of a dagger.

Ryan estimated that it took about three seconds.

In addition to being surprised, Ryan frowned and immediately thought of something.

He looked at the blade of the dagger carefully for several times, tested its sharpness with his fingers, and looked thoughtful.

After a while, Ryan recited the spell again and performed metal transformation.

Soon, the dagger changed rapidly again, this time, into an exquisite little hammer.

From the appearance, it looks very much like the blacksmith's hammer used by ordinary blacksmiths.

However, the blacksmith hammer used by ordinary blacksmiths usually only has the hammer head made of iron, while this small hammer is made of iron throughout, including the hammer head.

After waving the small hammer in his hand a few times, Ryan showed a satisfied look on his face.

Putting the small hammer aside, Ryan folded his arms across his chest, paced back and forth in the room, thinking.

"The blade of the dagger is a little soft. This is because the dagger was formed through metal transformation and has not been quenched and hardened."

"If this is used in combat, the destructive power of sharp weapons will be significantly reduced."

"The hammer is much better, the impact is not that great."

Ryan thought about it and realized that basically any sharp weapon, whether made of bronze, wrought iron or steel, needed to be quenched to increase the hardness and sharpness of the blade.

"In this case, I will need to find a special metal or alloy to match this metal transformation technique in order to achieve the best effect in terms of power."

"wrong!"

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to Ryan's mind.

He used metal transformation magic again and changed the small hammer in his hand back into a dagger.

Immediately afterwards, Ryan cast another metal-based magic, 'Sharpness'.

With the successful performance of the Sharp Technique, a dazzling, water-like silver light suddenly appeared on the surface of the dagger in Ryan's hand.

Ryan picked up an iron ingot with his left hand and started cutting it with a dagger in his right hand.

And with the help of Sharp Technique, this process is not difficult.

This immediately made Ryan look happy.

"If you use the Sharpness Technique, the metal material requirements may not be very high. Hardened fine gold ingots or blood-marked steel will be enough."

“You don’t need to look for rare or precious metals.”

"what?"

"Wait, the effect of the Sharpness Technique I just performed seems to be much better than before." In an instant, Ryan discovered a problem.

He could clearly feel this change; the power had increased by at least 10% or 20%!

"That's not right. Sharpness is still level 1 (90/100), and the level has not been upgraded." Ryan glanced at the Wizard Apprentice (Super) career panel.

"Could it be because of the increase in my mental strength?"

"That's not right either!"

"It's been quite a while since my mental strength reached 39 points."

Ryan frowned, turned to the property panel in confusion, and checked it item by item.

When he saw the talent 'Intermediate Steel Body', Ryan narrowed his eyes and suddenly thought of something!
"Could it be that it's because of that talent point that upgraded the 'Basic Steel Body'?" Ryan muttered to himself.

He remembered it clearly.

At that time, when the 'primary steel body' was upgraded to the 'intermediate steel body', a silver-gray metallic halo lit up on his body surface.

This halo was very similar to the halo when performing the Sharp Technique. It seemed like mercury flowing on his body surface, and then the halo converged and could no longer be seen.

"But that's impossible. I've never heard of a person's elemental affinity changing."

Ryan was very sure about this.

He and Naya Usman of the Warlock family once talked about this issue.

In addition, it is also mentioned in ancient books that a person's elemental affinity will almost never change.

"But if it is true as I guessed, improving my steel body talent will increase my affinity for metal," Ryan couldn't help but feel excited.

That means that metal magic is more suitable to serve as one's innate magic!
"I remember Naya tested herself once. Her affinity for fire was 71, and her affinity for metal was 72. Both were above average."

"No, I have to go to the training hall right away! There is a test crystal there."

At this time, Ryan also noticed that the system prompt also appeared:

[You have studied metal deformation, and your understanding of it has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Metal Transfiguration]

[Your skill Metal Transfiguration is improved, experience value +1]

However, Ryan was thinking about elemental affinity at the moment, so he didn't look closely. Instead, he left the room and walked quickly towards the training building.

When Ryan entered the training hall on the first floor, he saw that the reception girl he had seen last time was still in charge of guiding him not far in front of him.

When the reception girl saw Ryan coming in, her eyes lit up immediately, and she took the initiative to step forward and asked enthusiastically:
"Hello, Lord Ryan, how can I help you?"

"Hello. This time, I want to conduct an elemental affinity test."

"Ah?" The girl's beautiful eyes suddenly widened.

Could it be that this extremely powerful Lord Ryan is planning to develop into a wizard?
It’s not that there are very few people in the Sword Wielders branch who practice both the paths of knights and wizards.

On the contrary, this situation is not uncommon.

However, it is rare to see someone like Ryan, who not only has super knight talent but also practices witchcraft!

"what happened?"

"No, nothing, Lord Ryan, the elemental affinity test is on the third floor. I'll take you upstairs." The welcoming girl reacted immediately and said with a smile.

"Okay." Ryan followed the receptionist down the stairs, circling up along the wall.

"By the way, where is the second floor?" Ryan asked casually.

The last time he came, he mainly visited the Rapids Room and Advanced Rapids Room on the first floor, but he really didn't know what was on the second floor.

"Sir, the rooms on the second floor are mainly used by some instructors to teach small classes and guide the sword-wielding adults to master different types of extraordinary combat skills. In addition, there are massage rooms and attack power testing rooms on the second floor, etc."

"There's also a massage room?" Ryan couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Yes, my lord."

"Well, Lord Ryan, actually, my massage skills are also good." The receptionist saw Ryan's expression and thought that Ryan was interested in massage. Her pretty face blushed and she recommended herself.

"Well, maybe next time. I'm busy this time." Ryan didn't think much about it.

This time he was focused on testing his elemental affinity, so naturally he had no time for massage.

"Yes, sir." This made the reception girl feel a little discouraged, but when she thought that Lord Ryan did not refuse outright, the girl's mood suddenly improved.

"By the way, what is the attack power testing room you just mentioned?" Ryan asked again.

"Oh, that's where the sword-wielders test the power of their extraordinary combat skills. There's also a testing room for witchcraft power on the third floor." The girl said quickly.

That's it, Ren nodded.

He had a general understanding of the layout of the entire training building.

The second floor is mainly for sword-wielders of the Knight's Path.

For example, small class teaching.

Different instructors are responsible for teaching different extraordinary combat skills.

not bad.

Ryan has already thought about it. Next time if he wants to improve Locken's axe and shield combat skills, he can come here. It should be able to save some skill points.

As for the third floor, it should be prepared for sword holders on the wizard path.
Soon, Ryan followed the reception girl to the third floor.

"Sir, this is the room for testing elemental affinity. There will be someone to receive you inside, and I will take you there." The girl said with a smile.

"OK, thanks."

Ryan saw that the door of the room was wide open. He could see several small rooms inside, and there seemed to be no one inside.

Also.

Everyone's elemental affinity is innate. If there is no supreme power such as gods affecting it, it will not change throughout one's life, so there is naturally no need to test it frequently.

As Ryan walked into the room, a young girl quickly came up to him and asked in a clear voice, "Sir, how can I help you?"

"Let me do some elemental affinity testing."

"Okay, sir. According to the regulations, this service requires you to pay 5 merit points. Is this okay with you?"

"Okay." Ryan nodded.

The girl took Ryan to another compartment inside.

As soon as he entered, what caught Ryan's eyes was a prismatic crystal that was much taller than the Usman family's crystal. It was two meters high and its cross-section was also an equilateral triangle.

The room is surrounded by white walls, and there are no lighting such as wall lamps installed. This is because the paint on the surface of the wall emits a faint white light.

"Sir, the method of using this test crystal is very simple. All you have to do is hold it, concentrate your mind, and then mobilize the energy particles as much as possible." The girl explained with a simple gesture.

"Yeah." Ryan nodded.

Without any hesitation, Ryan began to hold the crystal prism, which was almost as tall as him, with both hands, closed his eyes and concentrated.

As Ryan injected his spiritual power, the prismatic crystal soon emitted a bright white light. At the same time, the originally transparent prism began to surge with colorful light.

Soon, the light gradually stabilized.

Ryan opened his eyes and looked.

There was a silver mist on the top of the prismatic crystal, and red mist in the middle. The length of the silver mist was obviously slightly longer than the red one. The bottom of the crystal was a mixture of colors, which could be ignored.

"Hey, sir, you actually have an extremely rare affinity for metal elements! And it has reached a high level." The girl was surprised and exclaimed in amazement.

Ok?
Superior?

Renn was shocked!
Sure enough, his affinity for metal elements had changed.

Before Ryan could ask, the girl took the initiative to report the data:
"Sir, your affinity for metal is 84.2, which is top-notch and very rare. The second-best affinity is for fire, which is 71.8, which is above average and also very good."

Metal element affinity 84.2!

Ryan remembered it clearly.
When Naya tested him before, his affinity for metal elements was only 72, but now it has reached 84.2. No wonder the power of witchcraft has increased a lot!

The higher the affinity for a certain element, the stronger the witchcraft power will be under the same conditions.

In other words, if Ryan casts metal-based witchcraft now, the power will be much stronger than before.

The key point is that he should still be able to continue to gain talent points and improve his talent "Steel Body" in the future.

This means that his affinity for metal elements may reach a higher level, which will significantly increase the power of Ryan's metal witchcraft!

You should know that improving the level of witchcraft control only increases the speed of casting spells, but does not increase the power of witchcraft.

If you want to increase the power of witchcraft, the easiest way is to increase your mental strength.

But the problem is that improving mental strength requires months of experience in meditation practice.

In addition, most wizards of the same level, such as first-level wizards, have very little difference in mental strength, so the power of witchcraft that can be enhanced by elemental affinity becomes particularly valuable.

So now, a happy trouble appeared in front of Ryan!

A worry that no one else would ever have.

He originally planned to learn the fire-related defense spell "Resist Fire Ring" and the atomization mixture to become a formal wizard.

But now, it would be a pity not to take the metal path.

"Sir?" The girl couldn't help but remind him softly when she saw the young swordsman with rare talent standing there in a daze.

"Oh, nothing."

"Sir, do you need other tests? For example, the total amount of mental power, the comprehension of witchcraft models, etc." The girl asked proactively.

"No thanks."

At this moment, Ryan's mind was focused on choosing the path of witchcraft.

You can come anytime you want to test these next time.

"Sir, regarding the study of metal magic, there is no instructor in this branch who specifically teaches related courses. However, there are two instructors who teach fire magic."

"Next time!" Ryan waved his hand and left the third floor.

Along the way, Ryan was still thinking!

"The problem is that if you choose Metal, there is too little witchcraft."

"Of course, there may be some metal magic in some wizard schools. For example, the Bishu Construction School that provides this metal transformation spell should definitely have more than one metal transformation spell!"

"But this point still needs to be confirmed."

While thinking, Ryan quickly changed direction and headed to the library of the Sword Bearer Branch.

Inside the library.

"Hello, sir, how can I help you?" A pretty young employee saw Ryan approaching, stood up and bowed.

"Help me look up some information about metal witchcraft." Ryan said as he handed the other party his golden badge.

"Okay, sir! Please wait a moment." The girl took the badge respectfully with both hands and began to search quickly.

"I have found it, sir. There are eleven ancient books related to metal magic, namely "Introduction to Ancient Metal Magic", "Application of Metal Magic in Construction", and "Introduction to Ancient Metal Magic (Steel Barrier)".

"Borrow all eleven books."

"Hmm?" The girl looked at Ryan with her big eyes fluttering.

Eleven books? I can finish them all!

"Is there a problem?"

"No problem, sir. The price of borrowing is 110 merit points in total."

"brush."

Soon, Ryan returned to the room with a pile of thick rubbings and began to read them eagerly.

Ryan uses a retrieval-style speed reading method.

Two hours later, he quickly figured out a few problems.

First of all, the book "The Application of Metal Magic in Equipment Manufacturing" wrote that the Empire has first-level metal magic such as "Mercury Sword", "Steel Ball Crushing", and second-level metal magic "Spike Torrent" and so on.

It is only because of the special application of metal witchcraft in equipment manufacturing that it is strictly controlled by the empire.

Simply put, if Ryan wants to obtain metal witchcraft from official channels, he must continue to improve his status or authority.

In addition, there are also some metal-based witchcraft in some wizard schools.

For example, it is recorded in "The Application of Metal Magic in Construction" that in the Bixiu Construction School, there is a second-level metal magic called "Construction Guardian".

This school specializes in the study of metal puppets and war colossi, and the number of people in the entire school is very small.

After all, if you don’t have an affinity for metal elements, you won’t be able to do research in this field.

At the same time, many ancient books record that "Metal Transfiguration" is a very important metal-related witchcraft, which has different degrees of bonuses for other metal-related witchcraft.

Statements like these.

"It seems that it is not impossible to use metal magic as the innate magic!"

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to Ryan!

At this moment, Ryan suddenly remembered that he had not checked the previous system prompts.

He immediately started flipping through it.

I saw a new icon at the top of the icons below the Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary) panel.

The pattern on the icon is a twisted and deformed metal column, with a palm pattern on the side and short arcs between the two.

These short arcs formed circles, which seemed to symbolize that the palm was facing the metal pillar, releasing some mysterious fluctuations, causing the metal pillar to twist and deform.

At the same time, there is a line of small words below the icon:
Metal Transfiguration Level 1 (1/100)

Effect of Metal Transfiguration Level 1: Consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding metal energy particles, and changes the shape of the metal in the host's hand.

(Note: Metal Transfiguration is a continuous guided magic. The speed of transformation is directly proportional to the level of control and mental strength, and inversely proportional to the total amount of transformed metal, metal type, etc.)
Ok?
Ryan read the words in the notes several times.

The speed of transformation is proportional to the level of control, and he had already expected this.

There is nothing special about the fact that it is proportional to mental power. The several apprentice-level witchcraft he had mastered before were all proportional to mental power.

only.
"The type of metal is inversely proportional to the total amount of deformed metal. This is a bit annoying." Ryan muttered to himself.

This point was overlooked in his test just now!
Soon, he picked up the two prepared iron ingots and tested the metal transfiguration again.

Sure enough, even though it is transformed into a hammer, the time consumed has increased from about three seconds to about four seconds due to the increase in the number of iron ingots.

This immediately made Ryan frown!
After thinking about it, Ryan conducted a deformation test on several iron ingots that were roughly the weight of a two-handed warhammer.

As a result, it took a full ten seconds to transform more than ten iron ingots into the original shape of a pig head hammer!

this.
The situation in front of him suddenly made Ryan's face look a little ugly.
Although it is currently at level 1, it can be upgraded later.

But even if you improve one level, you can reduce the operation time by 20%.

"Then level 2 is about eight seconds."

"Level 3 is more than six seconds, Level 4 is more than five seconds, and Level 5 is four seconds."

".lv8 two seconds"

Ryan did some mental arithmetic.

He found that even at level 10, it still took about one second and three seconds.

It looks fast, but the problem is that it is still a bit far from what Ryan expected!
Ryan’s previous idea was that in battle, weapons would instantly transform, such as a broadsword suddenly turning into a sickle, and the enemy would be caught off guard and hit instantly!
Or, the warhammer in your hand can instantly turn into a tower shield to block sudden attacks from the enemy, etc.

The battles between the great knights were not measured in seconds, but in 0.1 seconds or even shorter times.

This means that even if Ryan increased it to level 10, it would still be an order of magnitude lower.
"wrong!"

"And metal types too!"

Ryan's heart trembled!
He discovered a bigger problem!

Immediately, he quickly walked to the corner of the room and picked up a handle-shaped hardened platinum fragment, which was the broken handle of his pig-head hammer.

After a few seconds.
Ryan looked extremely ugly!

Because he had just tested it and found that hardening the same weight of refined gold was much more difficult than iron ingots!

It took him almost twenty seconds to transform the hardened gold ingot into its original pig-head hammer shape!
This is simply.
In other words, his previous idea of ​​instant transformation in battle was almost impossible to achieve!

Unless metal transfiguration becomes a natural witchcraft!

The consumption of mental energy is greatly reduced, and at the same time, the casting speed is greatly improved!
But how is this possible!
Metal Transfiguration is not a defensive witchcraft!
After thinking about it, Ryan took a deep breath and adjusted his mood.

He planned to put the metal transformation spell aside for now.

At this time, Ryan saw the wooden box containing the aerosol mixture on the table.

He casually opened the wooden box, and a bottle of potion emitting azure blue mixed with golden starlight appeared in front of Ryan.

Seeing such a beautiful atomized mixture, Ryan couldn't help but pick it up and look at it carefully.

At this time, the system prompt suddenly appeared:
[Ding! The host has been detected to have obtained the atomized mixture, triggering the job change - Wizard (Legend)! ]

[Prerequisites for promotion to Wizard (Legend): 30. Wizard qualifications; 24. Spirit 24 points or above; . Basic Meditation Will Rune (/); . Master any one first-level witchcraft; . Atomization Potion. If the current conditions are met, yes/no to change to Wizard (Legend)! ]

[Note: After changing to Wizard (Legend), the Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary) occupation panel will be overwritten. ]

"I haven't learned the 'Resist Fire Ring' yet, how come..." Ryan asked puzzledly.

In an instant, Ryan froze in place!
He figured it out!
He still remembered the prerequisites for promotion to Flame Walker (Legend), the fourth of which was to master the first-level fire spell 'Flame Guard'.

In the system's description, from beginning to end, there was no mention of defense against witchcraft!
Where does this saying come from?

Ryan thought about it carefully again.

This is what Naya Usman, a descendant of the Warlock family, said to him at the time:
".Wizards have discovered that the best choice for this solidified witchcraft model is defensive first-level witchcraft. In ancient times, many wizards chose offensive witchcraft. But later they discovered that when facing assassins or some invisible monsters, they would be attacked."

"I took it for granted before!"

"It turns out that metal transfiguration can be a natural magic!"

"I have the talent 'Intermediate Steel Body', which makes my defense quite strong. If I can continue to improve my talent, it should be no weaker than the first-level defensive witchcraft."

"correct!"

"Also! Metal Transfiguration, transforming into shields and armor, isn't that also equivalent to defensive magic?"

Suddenly, Ryan's eyes lit up!
(End of this chapter)