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Chapter 134: Is This Not Supposed to Be a Messy Kill?
Chapter 134: Is This Not Supposed to Be a Messy Kill?
Next, Rayen began to contemplate the 'Scorching Touch' magic model as described in the records.
In simple terms, a magic model is a combination of a limited number of Will Runes.
To put it simply, if each Will Rune is likened to the English alphabet 'abcd', then a magic model is a specific word like 'abandon'.
Of course, Will Runes are three-dimensional spatial structures, not as simple as English letters.
But that's the general idea.
On the other hand, there are twenty-four Will Runes, and the English alphabet has twenty-six letters, so the numbers are not very different.
This is why one must learn meditation techniques before learning magic.
Closing his eyes, Rayen focused all his senses and slowly began to perceive various mysterious energy particles in the surrounding space.
It seemed that with the enhancement of his mental power, or perhaps due to his previous experience, Rayen was much quicker in sensing and guiding the fiery and bright fire elemental particles.
However, corresponding to the guidance of the fire elemental particles, the difficulty of fully contemplating the 'Scorching Touch' magic model was not small.
After failing seven or eight times in a row, Rayen finally succeeded! A faint layer of red light appeared in front of his palm, barely noticeable unless one looked closely.
Unfortunately, this effect lasted only for a few seconds, and the red glow disappeared without a trace.
However, Rayen was not discouraged; instead, he felt a surge of joy.
Because, in fact, he had already succeeded, and 'Scorching Touch' was not only a contact-type magic, but also a guiding-type magic.
Once an interruption or change occurs during the guiding process, the magic will be terminated or disrupted.
System Prompt:
【You have learned Scorching Touch, and your related comprehension has increased!】
【You have understood a new skill - Scorching Touch】
【Your skill Scorching Touch has improved, experience +1】
At the same time, below the Apprentice Mage (Extraordinary) panel, there was originally only one icon for Basic Meditation Technique, but now, above it, was a brand new icon.
The icon's border glowed slightly, and the pattern on it was a spread-out palm with leaping flames in front of it.
Rayen focused his attention on the new icon, and below it, there was a line of small text.
Scorching Touch lv1 (1/100)
Scorching Touch lv1 Effect: Consumes a certain amount of mental power to guide surrounding fire elemental particles with a specific magic model, causing high-temperature damage within a certain range in front of the host's palm.
(Note: Casting time is 3 seconds, and the power is proportional to the duration and the host's mental power. The closer the contact distance, the greater the power. Current effective lethal distance: 0~0.5 meters.)
Huh! It worked!
Rayen's face lit up with joy.
He immediately began to test its power.
Rayen placed his palm about 30 centimeters above the wooden table, and then cast 'Scorching Touch'. Soon, Rayen saw a red glow in his palm, and after two or three seconds, he noticed that the original wood-colored tabletop seemed to have some charred marks.
Rayen then lowered his palm to a height of 10 centimeters.
As the distance between his palm and the tabletop shortened by 20 centimeters, the charring speed increased significantly.
At this moment, a faint black handprint appeared clearly on the wooden table.
Rayen thought for a moment and then directly pressed his right palm onto the table.
Instantly, the charred area rapidly spread outwards from Rayen's palm, quickly forming a black circle the size of a basin bottom.
A pungent smell of burning wood wafted from the table.
Rayen quickly lifted his right palm from the table, interrupting 'Scorching Touch', the newly learned magic.
Looking at the circular charred pattern on the table, Rayen was both surprised and delighted!
"Wow! This temperature must be around three to five hundred degrees! The wood surface has carbonized."
"It's a pity that there's no accurate way to measure the temperature, so I can only guess for now."
"However, it's still far from what the book describes in terms of its application in forging."
"After all, the melting point of bronze is nearly 1,000 degrees, and for iron, it's around 1,500 degrees."
Rayen pondered for a moment, muttering to himself.
The successful mastery of 'Scorching Touch' filled Rayen with excitement, and he tried out this newly learned magic several times in a row.
As a result, circular charred marks appeared on the walls and the backs of chairs in the room!
After several attempts, Rayen still couldn't hide his excitement.
However, he also felt a slight discomfort in his brain, a kind of drowsy feeling, which was a mental fatigue.
Rayen knew that this was probably due to excessive mental power consumption.
Therefore, Rayen quickly stopped and took a short rest.
"Knock knock knock!"
"Rayen, are you in?" It was his mother Emma's voice.
"Yes!"
As Mother Emma opened the door, she looked around with a puzzled expression, her nostrils slightly flaring as she gazed at Rayen and asked, "Rayen, are you roasting something?"
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"What's that burning smell? I can smell it downstairs."
"Huh?"
At this moment, Rayen realized that he had been so focused on experimenting with the effects of the Scorching Touch spell that he hadn't noticed the slightly pungent smell of burning wood in his room.
"No! I might have accidentally lit the wood with a candle." Rayen quickly denied.
Mother Emma mumbled a few words, originally wanting to say something more.
Because when she first opened the door, she saw the circular charred pattern on the wall that was still smoking.
Could a candle burn such a large area? Are you kidding me?
But when Emma thought of her son Rayen's formidable presence when slaying enemies, she held back and swallowed the words that had already reached her throat.
"He's an adult now, let him have some little secrets of his own!" Emma thought to herself.
"Oh, you little brat! You better ventilate more." Mother Emma closed the door again.
"Yes, Mother!" Rayen replied, feeling a bit embarrassed as he rubbed his head.
Although Mother Emma had already witnessed his strength, Rayen still didn't want his family to know about his wizardry training.
After all, the path of a knight, an extraordinary profession, was widely accepted by ordinary people.
But when it came to wizards, it was a different story. With various bizarre spells and the sinister and terrifying image of wizards in the ballads of the bards, ordinary people were still quite fearful.
So, Rayen felt that he should maintain the high-end image of a knight in front of his family.
Thinking about the knight profession, Rayen recalled the most loyal companion of a knight or warrior—their weapon! Rayen placed the greatsword wrapped in sheepskin on the table, unrolled the sheepskin, and held up the Radiant Greatsword, examining it carefully.
Although the integration of starmetal had increased the hardness of the greatsword several times, the enemies he faced were also growing stronger day by day. At this moment, the blade of the greatsword already had numerous small notches.
The blade needed to be sharpened again.
So, Rayen took out a small sharpening stone, dripped a few drops of oil, and began to sharpen the blade diligently. After finishing, he laid the greatsword flat and observed it from various angles, confirming that the curvature of the blade and the notches were mostly fine. Only then did Rayen rewrap the Radiant Greatsword in sheepskin and set it aside.
Then, Rayen flipped to the first page of the panel system—the attribute page, and carefully studied it.
Looking at the numbers 3 and 4 at the bottom, a smile appeared on Rayen's face.
It wasn't easy to be a 'rich man' for once! Soon, Rayen began to think about how to allocate his points.
First, regarding attributes, adding points to strength would directly increase Rayen's combat power, as his extraordinary trait 'Gigantic Strength Level 2' and core skill 'Power Surge' both enhanced his base strength.
If he added points to constitution, he could increase the duration of the power surge, improve resistance to various abnormal states, and so on, which would also be very beneficial.
Agility was also important.
However, Rayen currently didn't have any abilities or skills that significantly boosted his agility. So, if he were to allocate points, he could temporarily put it on hold and decide later based on the specific situation.
As for willpower, in the short term, it wouldn't bring any immediate benefits to Rayen.
If it wasn't urgent, Rayen could slowly increase it through the practice of Basic Meditation Technique.
After some contemplation, Rayen still couldn't decide, so he chose not to allocate attribute points for now.
After all, leaving them for recovery during battles was akin to a divine miracle!
Next, Rayen focused his attention on skill points.
Regarding skill points, the allocation direction was either the Knight (Extraordinary) panel or the Apprentice Mage (Extraordinary) panel, which had only two skills.
First, let's look at the Apprentice Mage (Extraordinary) panel with only two skills.
If he added points to Basic Meditation Technique, the benefit would be an increase in the speed of willpower attribute growth.
And if he added points to Scorching Touch, the benefits would be even greater. Besides enhancing the damage effect of the spell, it could also be used in blacksmithing, thereby improving the profession level of blacksmithing.
However, it was unclear how much the improvement would be and whether it would be enough to smelt bronze or even iron ingots at Level 2 or 3.
But as an entry-level contact-type spell, Scorching Touch could only be used at a relatively close range, which was a limitation.
To be honest, the attack range of Scorching Touch might not even be as wide as that of a two-handed greatsword!
This was where Rayen hesitated.
If it were a long-range attack spell with great power like Fireball, Rayen would undoubtedly activate the continuous point allocation mode without hesitation!
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Fireball Machine Gun! Just thinking about it was exciting! Wouldn't this be a chaotic slaughter?
Rayen couldn't help but imagine.
(End of Chapter)
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