Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Chapter 98 Runes and Enchantment

[Enchantment Skill Experience Point +1]

[Enchantment Skill: lv0(5/10)]

Enchantment Skill appeared after learning about enchantment knowledge and became the tenth subject on his Academic Prodigy panel.

After understanding enchantment, he realized it encompassed many aspects: alchemy, creating magicalized items, crafting puppets, and its inseparable relationship with Runes Skill.

Runes Skill knowledge is also extremely complex, including rune lines, 3D runes, runes bundles, and runes sorcery arrays.

Without mastering Runes Skill, it is difficult to master Enchantment.

Likewise, without knowing Enchantment, the application of runes would be greatly diminished.

These two subjects are closely linked and complement each other.

While learning these two subjects, Ivan felt as if he was back to the time when he first encountered potions, having to advance step by step.

“Runes are the foundation of all powers. Understanding all runes is like deciphering all the powers in the world, allowing one to harness these powers for oneself.” While examining the elementary runes book, Ivan found the opening statement intriguing, reflecting an immense anticipation or, perhaps, ambition.

Upon deeper understanding, he discovered that runes could be applied in many areas: meditation runes were needed, Spring Bud construction required runes, and Ginger Summer Water preparation and the creation of magicalized items also required runes.

Element-wise, there were Fiery Flames Runes, Freezing Ice Runes, lightning runes, rock softening runes, Plant-type solidify runes, etc.; energy-wise, there were energy gathering, giantification, sharpness, amplification runes, and others.

“It turns out complete runes are all 3D, there are no flat runes.”

“Deciphering runes requires 'Nidaham language', a decoding language created by the ancient sorcerers also known as 'rune line'. Rune line is flat and can be directly engraved onto object surfaces, making it convenient for engraving while hiding the true appearance of the runes.”

“To master runes, one must first master rune line.”

After skimming through the elementary runes book, Ivan suddenly felt that the opening statement might be right, Runes Skill might be the most important subject, more important than apothecary and Enchantment.

As soon as this thought appeared, he cast it aside, as the urgent task was to study diligently.

Half a month later, Ivan, having crafted his potions, went to the apothecary store to deliver them to the store owner, Auric.

“You're really not with the Apothecary Group?” Auric couldn't help but ask.

“I'm with the Enchantment Group, under Sorcerer Randall,” Ivan replied.

“I know, a very formidable Insect Control Master.” Auric secretly clicked his tongue, an apothecary taught by an Insect Control Master—this world was becoming more incomprehensible.

Leaving the apothecary store, besides purchasing a large quantity of raw materials, Ivan gained an extra 400 low-grade magic stones, netting over four hundred magic stones in a round trip, proving that apothecary was indeed a highly profitable industry.

In fact, he had withheld a portion to make the production rate seem less exaggerated, and this did not include the part about crafting Ginger Summer Water.

After leaving the apothecary store, he made a detour to the enchantment store.

Back in the dormitory, Ivan went to a corner inside the apothecary lab and pulled out two bluish-gray element stones, handing them to the habitat of the rapid wood silkworms, a cabinet made of mulberry wood.

Hearing the noise, several rapid wood silkworms transformed into moths and flew close, landing on him with a snap, then transformed back into wood silkworms. He could clearly sense the admiration emanating from the wood silkworms.

“Have fun on your own, I don't have time to play with you.”

Nowadays, the attitude of the rapid wood silkworms towards him was like that towards a Silkworm Queen, exceedingly clingy.

It wasn't because he had any special charm, but because he had learned the spell 'Blackbeard Crown', making him seem like a monarch to the rapid wood silkworms, his status slightly higher than that of a Silkworm Queen.

It must be said that the Blackbeard Crown spell was truly marvelous. It forged a “crown” using the aura of the rapid wood silkworms, and artificially created a 'king' of the rapid wood silkworms.

As a king, he could clearly sense the state and mood of the rapid wood silkworms. This was undoubtedly a severely underestimated spell, and if the descendants of the sorcerer families knew about it, they would no longer look down upon Insect Control Masters.

His right arm concealed a pattern that, when activated, would reveal a design resembling a crown, the very bearer of the Blackbeard Crown spell.

In the cabinet, a plump wood silkworm slowly crawled toward him, looking so clumsy that it was almost nerve-wracking—it was indeed the Silkworm Queen.

“Silkworm Queen, lead them to eat.”

Ivan gently stroked the clumsy Silkworm Queen, lifted it in front of the Plant-type element stone, and then took off the other rapid wood silkworms stuck to his body one by one, letting the Silkworm Queen lead them to feed.

Element stones, like magic stones, are a universal currency for sorcerers, and element stones are element energy crystals. One low-grade element stone is equivalent to one low-grade magic stone, but their denominations are not the same.

Element stones are decimal, one intermediate element stone equals 10 low-grade element stones, one high-grade element stone equals 10 intermediate element stones.

Magic stones, however, are in a hundred system, one mid-grade magic stone equals 100 low-grade magic stones, one high-grade magic stone equals 100 mid-grade magic stones.

For sorcerers, of course, the most commonly used are magic stones, as magic stones can stimulate an increase in mental power and are closely related to the sorcerer's own strength.

“Theoretically, one magic stone is equal to one element stone, but in actual exchange, 10 low-grade magic stones can be exchanged for 12 low-grade element stones. Given the feeding cycle of the rapid wood silkworms, the monthly meal cost is about 15 magic stones, which is an expense that could dissuade many an apprentice.”

Ivan carefully calculated the meal costs for the rapid wood silkworms, dumbstruck by the amount—it was just for three hundred silkworms.

Fortunately, earning magic stones was not difficult for him; maintaining a group of rapid wood silkworms was easy.

Among the three hundred rapid wood silkworms, two-thirds had merged with 'Spring Bud' and half had accepted the curse power brought by 'Ginger Summer Water.' He originally possessed three parts of curse power, now effectively reduced to two.

Once all the rapid wood silkworms had transferred a portion of curse power, only one part would remain on him, which with his strength, he could easily suppress.

Both Spring Bud and Ginger Summer Water were providing him with a continuous stream of Experience Points, the former bringing Experience Points in Knight Breathing Skill and the latter in Apothecary Skill and a small amount in Curse Skill.

Different studies also contributed certain Experience Points.

[Apothecary Skill: lv4(492/1000)]

[Knight Breathing Skill: lv4(413/1000)]

[Runes Skill: lv3(49/300)]

[Energy Particle Skill: lv2(34/200)]

[Meditation Skill: lv1(91/100)]

[Linguistics Skill: lv1(56/100)]

[Curse Skill: lv1(96/100)]

[Biology Expertise: lv1(97/100)]

[Enchantment Skill: lv1(9/100)]

On the Academic Prodigy panel, each subject's Experience Points had increased, with the largest increase being in Apothecary Skill, followed by Knight Breathing Skill and Runes Skill.

Runes Skill had been upgraded to level 3, Enchantment Skill to level 1. He had subsequently obtained two Small Lights of Wisdom, which allowed him to reinforce and consolidate the two disciplines, becoming adept, as well as receiving one level 3 and one level 1 Light of Wisdom.

Curse Skill, Biology Expertise, and Meditation Skill were about to be upgraded to level 2.

Everything was methodical, and each time he saw growth on the panel, he felt a profound sense of accomplishment emanating from within.

“I've got the hang of runes and enchantment; it's time to try my hand at creating something, starting with disposable runes.”

Disposable runes were what Sorcerer Ungar gave them on the sorcerer's ship, capable of temporarily enchanting a weapon once, naturally a product of Enchantment Skill. The complex patterns that can be seen on the beast hide are actually rune lines deciphered from runes.

Correct rune lines must embody the original rune's power, this power could be only 10% or 20%, or even 100%, depending on the Enchanter's own ability.

The rune lines he inscribed needed to embody half the power of the original runes for the temporary magicalized item to be successfully created.

The first time he tried his hand at this, Ivan chose the Plant-type 'Solidify Rune', one of the most basic runes.

Chapter end

Report