The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 333 Two New Witchcrafts (Two Chapters in One)

At this moment, everyone began to feel around themselves with fear on their faces.

Soon, everyone in the 'Black Sword' team discovered that except for the deputy captain, the wizard Angte, they were not infected by the mysterious fungus because they seemed to be protected at all times by their innate witchcraft.

Even the strongest captain, 'Black Sword' Guerrero, the top knight, now has a lot of white catkin-like fungal spores on his body.

The other three team members who were not as strong as Guerrero had even weaker physical resistance. At this time, white fungi had grown on them, which were the same mushrooms as the oyster mushrooms just now.

"Hurry! Let's leave here first!" Guerrero immediately commanded. At the same time, the uneasy feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Just as everyone in the team quickly turned around and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, everyone in the group felt the ground in the tunnel shake violently!
Then, a low roar that had never been heard before but carried a strong deterrent sound came from inside the forbidden door.

In an instant, everyone felt a sudden chill in their hearts, as if they were trapped in an ice cellar. Even moving their legs was much more clumsy than usual!
Out of instinct, the members of the Black Sword Team turned their necks slightly stiffly and looked towards the forbidden door behind them.

Two brown lights suddenly appeared inside the forbidden door.

"Long~long~"

As the ground vibrated rhythmically, the two lights moved closer and closer.

The stench became stronger.

When the enemy approached the area illuminated by the light magic, the members of the Black Sword Team could see clearly that it was not a lamp, but a pair of giant dragon's eyes.

This giant dragon was extremely ugly. The smooth scales that a normal dragon should have on its skin were nowhere to be seen on this dragon.

The surface of the body was covered with wrinkles, pits, and even pus, as if some strong, corrosive energy was emanating from the body from the inside out.

"Go quickly!!!"

Guerrero finally understood the source of the strong uneasiness in his heart.

The corrosive dragon in front of him must be the strange creature that was originally sealed in the forbidden gate.

Although the opponent had been sealed for thousands of years, the remaining aura was still extremely powerful. Guerrero felt at the first moment that this was a monster that only the Guardians of the Empire were capable of dealing with, and it was not something their Black Sword Team could resist at all.

Although they heard their captain's almost exhausted screams, at this moment everyone felt as if they were stuck in a swamp, and their running speed was less than one-third of the usual speed.

"hold head high!!!"

The corrupt dragon roared!

Immediately afterwards, a cylindrical stream of yellow-green mist-like breath violently spewed out from its big mouth.

In the narrow tunnel, it was almost impossible to avoid this damage!
The last person in the team was the first to be hit by the thick fog-like breath. The mushrooms on his body began to grow wildly. In just a few seconds, all kinds of gray, green and colorful fungi covered his entire body and face.

Although he was still running, in the eyes of others.

Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to call it staggering.

the second.
The third.
The wizard Ante's protective magic was instantly broken, and fungi began to grow rapidly on his body. Naturally, Black Sword Guerrero was no exception.

Seeing that the entire team was about to be wiped out, Guerrero stopped, suddenly turned back, and chopped at Tubre with all his strength with the black sword!
At the same time, a low roar came from behind:
"Ante, try to spread the news!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his whole body radiated a light of the Force mixed with a trace of will. He swung the black two-handed sword in his hand, like an arrow shot from a bow, and rushed straight towards the corrupt dragon that was chasing him.

“Black light!”

A black arc of light flashed by, and the corrupt dragon's front claw elbow, which was as thick as a stone pillar, was immediately cut open by the "Black Sword" Guerrero, leaving a gash several dozen centimeters long.

Yellow-green pus spurted out.

Just when 'Black Sword' Guerrero felt that maybe he could hold out for a while longer, and even had a slight chance of escaping.

But the next second!
"boom!"

A huge and sharp claw slammed down from top to bottom, smashing the "Black Sword" Guerrero into meat paste!
"team leader!!!"

At this moment, the wizard Ant had just finished chanting a spell. A light blue whirlwind wrapped around his body and carried him forward rapidly, but he saw his captain dying tragically in front of him.

"Hurry up, faster! I want to survive! I have to pass the message on!!" It was the first time that Angte lost his composure as a wizard, and he was furious!

But it was too late.

It’s not that the corrupt dragon behind him is catching up.

Instead, he was contaminated by the breath, and at this moment, various fungi on his body began to grow rapidly.
at the same time.

Near the entrance to the Adachi Mine.

A third-level wizard apprentice in a gray robe and a great knight holding a sword and shield were chatting idly.

Both of them were new members who had just joined the "Black Sword" team, so they were arranged by Guerrero to be at the entrance of the mine to be responsible for vigilance and communication.

"It's been two hours and ten minutes. Why haven't the captain and the others sent out any message yet? Could something have happened?" The Knight of Sword and Shield opened his pocket watch, checked the time, and frowned.

According to the agreement before departure, the team in the cave would communicate with the two of them every two hours.

This is also the standard procedure for the Sword Bearer Team to carry out exploration missions.

“No, Captain Guerrero’s strength has reached the quasi-legendary level. With the addition of Deputy Captain Ante, a formal wizard, it’s just an investigation mission, how could there be any accidents!” The gray-robed apprentice shook his head and said.

"Wait, Medeiros, did you hear that noise?"

"It seems to be coming from the mine." The Sword and Shield Knight Luka turned around vigilantly, motioning his companions to listen, and said.

"I heard it, but... could it be the sound of the wind?" Medeiros, holding a short stick, listened for a while but could not figure out where the sound came from.

Because they were at the Longya Pass at the moment, there were strong winds all year round, which was why they chose to ride ponies suitable for mountain travel instead of the Imperial airship.

"Ah~"

At this moment, a scream that was obviously from a human came from the mine!

This made the two of them look at each other and immediately become alert.

"Hurry, hide behind the hillside." Medeiros called out immediately.

The two men quickly hid behind a hillside dozens of meters away from the mine and hid.

Their mission was to guard and communicate, not to fight. This was the clear order Captain Guerrero gave to the two men before they set off.

A few minutes later, a monster in human form staggered to the cave entrance, roared, and then turned around again, returning to the depths of the mine.

"What kind of monster is this?"

As a great knight, Luka had never seen such a strange humanoid monster covered with fungi.

Medeiros just stared at the scene in front of him, motionless.

"Medeiros?" This made Luka feel a little strange. Logically, Medeiros had rich combat experience and was a formal member of a gold-level team before. He would not be so scared by the monster.

"It's over!" Medeiros said in despair.

"It's over! Captain and the others are all finished!"

"Luka, that was not a monster, it was the deputy captain, the wizard Ante!"

Medeiros' words rang in Luka's mind like a thunderbolt!
"What! How is this possible?"

"Really? Did you notice the amulet on the other person's neck? I am very familiar with that amulet. It is a witchcraft item that seals the water film technique."

Immediately, Luka was stunned. He thought about it and realized that there was indeed something reflective on the neck of the humanoid monster.

"Because I also have this item, which I exchanged for in the branch exchange hall." Medeiros pulled out the prismatic crystal amulet from his chest and showed it to Luka.

This made Luca believe what Medeiros said at once.

After being in a trance for a while, Medeiros muttered something to himself, quickly took out a piece of paper from his pocket and began to write with a feather pen.

"Report to the branch immediately!"

Just half a minute later, a blood falcon soared into the sky.
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The next morning.

Münster, the study at the new Wren residence.

At this moment, Ryan was sorting out the three rare metals he brought back from the branch yesterday: magicized thorium, hardened adamantium, and glow ingots.

However, when Ryan set his eyes on the demonized thorium, suddenly, his eyebrows raised, as if he thought of something.

He first used a portion of it to transform into two kite-shaped shields, and then used the remaining demonized thorium to quickly transform the various plate armor parts according to the style of the mithril carved plate armor on his body.

With the armorer's 'Armor Forging Expertise (Passive)' and the great armorer's 'Inscription Expertise (Passive)', Ryan took less than half an hour to complete a set of enchanted thirium plate armor engraved with 'primary defensive inscriptions'.

Looking at the slightly matte silver plate armor suit in front of him, Ryan couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

"This set is equivalent to witchcraft resistance equipment. With the magicized thorium and the primary defense inscriptions, the damage effect of the enemy's witchcraft on you will be weakened by at least half."

“The only inconvenience is carrying it.”

But immediately, Ryan thought of the Blood-Feathered Hippogryph that had just entered maturity.

"You can't carry it with you, but you can put it on Xueyu. Before the battle, you can change the plate armor set at any time."

Although Ryan has the innate magic of "Metal Transfiguration", it would be fine if it was just a breastplate, and it could cover the chest in a very short time.

But if you want to transform it into a knight's plate armor suit with inscriptions and composed of complex parts, it is impossible to accomplish it in an instant.

After completing the above tasks, Ryan focused his attention on the parchment scroll he had just exchanged - "Floating Technique".

Levitation is a first-level witchcraft that is not difficult to learn.

After a while, the system prompt appears:

[You have learned the art of levitation, and your understanding of it has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - levitation]

[Your skill levitation is improved, experience value +1]

At the same time, below the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel, next to the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation, there is a new icon.

The pattern on the icon is a person floating in the air with a cotton-like white cloud under his feet, which seems to represent the meaning of being supported by white clouds.

There is a line of small text below the icon:
Levitation lv1 (1/100) Levitation lv1 effect: consumes a certain amount of mental power, uses a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding wind energy particles, and makes the host float in the air, lasting for one minute.

(Note: The operation takes 3 seconds.)
"That's right, I don't have to worry about accidents when riding Blood Feather!" Ryan nodded, feeling happy.

"But three seconds of casting time is still a little long."

Just as Ryan was considering whether to add points to the levitation technique or practice on his own to improve it, he suddenly noticed the icon of the advanced meditation method, Heart of Steel, on the side.

Iron Heart Advanced Meditation (Incomplete) lv1 (1/100), with the special effect 'Metal Mastery lv1'.

"Oh, by the way, what is the effect of this advanced meditation method?"

Ryan thought about it and realized that he really didn't know.

Because he didn't need to consider this problem when he was learning the basic meditation method. He had successfully completed the practice of basic meditation by adding points to his mental strength.

This made Ryan curious.

After thinking about it, Ryan glanced at the five remaining skill points, and couldn't suppress his curiosity, so he invested a point in the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method.

As the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method advanced from level 1 to level 2, a flood of memories about the practice of Iron Heart poured into Ryan's mind.

Ryan closed his eyes, stood where he was, and carefully felt the memory fragments of practicing these advanced meditation methods in his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, it was as if he was in a mysterious space, where he had practiced the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method for several years.

Then, Ryan started to practice the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method again.

After a while, he was pleasantly surprised to find that in his sea of ​​​​consciousness, the process of visualizing and outlining the first-level model of the Heart of Iron was much smoother than before, and the outlining efficiency was nearly twice as fast!
What is this concept?
This means that within the same daily meditation limit of about half an hour, he could only use his mental power to outline it twice before, but now, he can visualize and outline it four times.

what does this mean?
This means that Ryan's mental power atomization process can be greatly accelerated!
Ryan also knew a thing or two about the time it takes to atomize mental energy.

For other first-level wizards, no matter how talented they are, if they want to reach an atomization level of more than 90%, they will need to improve it over a period of years.

For most wizards, the process of atomizing their mental power would take almost 20 to 30 years, even if they could successfully break through bottlenecks without any setbacks along the way.

Within ten years, any first-level wizard who can complete the process of mental power atomization can be called a wizard genius.

Within five years?
I'm afraid it's rare in the entire Dragun Empire.

This made Ryan suddenly excited.

"It's twice as fast now, but it can obviously be faster!"

After pacing back and forth in the room and thinking for a while, Ryan decided to add some advanced meditation methods.

With the increase of points, the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method has moved from lv2 to lv3
A few minutes later, Ryan tried the Iron Heart advanced meditation method again. Sure enough, his visualization process was accelerated again. In about half an hour, he was able to complete six visualization cycles!

"It started out as two times, now it's six times, which is three times the original speed!"

"Level 3 is three times, so wouldn't Level 4 be four times?"

Suddenly, Ryan's eyes lit up!
Immediately, he tried to add some points to the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method again.
At this time, the system prompt suddenly appeared:
[Adding points failed! The upper limit of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method (incomplete) has been reached. ]

"Ok?"

Ren frowned slightly.

"This represents the first level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method. The fastest I can do is three times the speed?"

"Okay, if it's three times the speed, then it means that it takes three years for others and one year for me?"

"Although it still feels a bit slow, I can barely accept it." Ryan, who was quite greedy, thought to himself.

"No. I can also increase points in spiritual attributes. It has been proved before that if the spiritual power is strong enough, it will further accelerate the atomization process." Ryan's eyes lit up and he thought of something instantly.

This is why, for most wizards, various medicines that can enhance mental power are extremely precious.

A drug that can increase the speed of mental atomization?
Maybe there is, but Ryan hasn't heard of it yet.

"Perhaps, it's time to find drugs that can enhance mental strength."

"Through Jennifer's auction house channel? Or through the Munster branch of the Royal Pharmacists Association?" Ryan immediately thought of two paths.

After all, for Ryan, he has the 'Breaking Bad' career panel and is a top pharmacist himself.

The reason why he didn't consider making his own potions before was because for him, it was obviously more worthwhile to spend his time on improving his extraordinary combat skills.

But now, if it is a potion related to improving mental strength, it is not impossible to consider making it myself.

"Oh, right. When I killed the third-level wizard apprentice Adams in Shining Gold Town, I seized a spiritual book that detailed the method of making a secret potion. The effect of this potion can enhance mental strength."

"But the materials are quite hard to find. We can ask Jennifer to try looking for it through the auction house." Ryan recalled.

As for why it was not made at that time, it was also because the materials were difficult to find.

"But there is no rush for this. Perhaps I should study puppetry first."

As for improving his mental strength, Ryan was not in a hurry because he could improve it by adding points. Instead, he was quite interested in the puppetry taught to him by mentor Mogaro.

Ryan took out the thick book on the principles of puppetry given by Mogaro from the drawer and began to read it carefully.

After opening the title page, Ryan saw on the next page that almost the entire page was filled with the number of revisions, revision time and revision content.

"Huh? It seems that the school attaches great importance to the contents of the book "Principles of Puppetry". It has been revised many times."

"Yes, this book is probably as important to the school as the Xinhua Dictionary in the previous life. Although it is basic, it is of extraordinary significance."

Ryan first spent some time reading the overview, and then, following the instructions of Teacher Mogaro, he turned directly to the chapter on metal puppets.

For Ryan, the metal puppet is highly compatible with him.

And his extremely high affinity for metal elements can also fully unleash the combat effectiveness of metal puppets.

As for other types of puppets, such as clay puppets, rock puppets, flesh and blood puppets, etc., it will not be too late to learn about them slowly after he has mastered the production of metal puppets.

After all, beginners should avoid biting off more than they can digest.

".For puppets that do not require high intelligence, using the Activation Technique can achieve the goal."

".If it is a mid- to high-level puppet with high requirements for intelligence, it is necessary to add a control core."

Looking at this passage, Ryan fell into deep thought.

"Level of intelligence?"

"Animation?"

"Control core?"

"The control core is about mid- and high-level puppets. Let's ignore it for now and look at the activation technique first." Ryan quickly made a choice.

It didn't take Ryan much time to find the record about activation in the last few pages of the Principles of Puppetry.

As a first-level witchcraft activation technique, it is actually not easy to master.

However, for Ryan, who has a mental power of 60 points, close to the middle and late stage of the first level wizard, it is not difficult.

Just like when learning levitation, after a while, the system prompt sounded:

[You have studied the art of activation, and your understanding of it has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Activation]

[Your skill activation is improved, experience value +1]

At the same time, a new icon has been added below the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel, next to the Witcher Metal Barrier.

The pattern on the icon is a cane gently tapping the head of a clay doll, as if the cane is giving the other person some kind of wisdom.

Renn focused his attention on the new icon and saw a line of small words below the icon.

Activation Level 1 (1/100)

Effect of LV1 of Activation: consumes a certain amount of mental power, activates mysterious energy particles, and gives life to a certain humanoid or animal-like dead object, giving it primary intelligence and simple mobility, which lasts for half an hour.

(Note: This witchcraft is a guided witchcraft. The time and mental energy consumed by the spell are determined by the complexity and size of the object.)
"It's done!"

Renn looked happy.

"Huh, humanoid or animaloid?"

"For half an hour?"

"Guided magic?"

Ryan immediately noticed several key words.

After thinking about it, Ryan made the simplest entry-level puppet based on the principle of metal puppet. No, it’s not quite a puppet. According to the book, it is called a movable metal dummy.

It is only necessary to transform any metal ingot, such as an iron ingot, a copper ingot, etc., into a metal block with a humanoid shape.

This is also a very simple task for other metal wizards, and can be done in a minute at most. For Ryan, who has "Metal Transfiguration" as his innate magic, it only takes one second.

In an instant, a half-human-height metal puppet appeared in Ryan's hand.

After Ryan placed it on the ground, he performed the witchcraft "activation" that he had just mastered.

As the spell sounded, Ryan lightly pointed his finger, and a khaki beam of light as thick as his little finger shone on the metal doll.

After about three seconds, Ryan discovered that there was a small light spot in his spiritual sea.

Following the "stand up" command, the metal puppet actually stood up slowly and walked automatically.
"Hi~Interesting!" Ryan raised his eyebrows and said.

At the same time, perhaps because his affinity for metal elements was high enough, he hardly felt much mental energy consumption.

This means that he can try to animate a larger movable metal dummy.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

This made Ryan smile slightly, as if he had thought of something. He gave the command "Open the door" to the movable metal dummy.

(End of this chapter)