Chapter 14: Weapons and Magic
The currency circulating among wizards is magic stones.
However, the main continent has a large population, and not everyone is a wizard. There are still a large number of mortals, and gold and silver currencies are also in normal use.
The Kuite Islands have no ability to issue currency, and all currency in circulation is transported from the main continent.
Therefore, the gold and silver coins that Mrs. Grand gave to Link can also be used in the Life Service Building.
Link has only been to the Life Service Building once and is not particularly familiar with this four-story building. He only knows the general layout.
The first floor is mainly engaged in catering. If some new blood from aristocratic backgrounds are not used to the large dishes in the cafeteria and have some money in their pockets, they will come here to improve the food.
The second floor specializes in selling various smart devices, such as smart mechanical puppets and portable smart computers.
Not all new blood can get the free portable brain from the college on large aircraft, and the portable brain is indispensable for the new blood's life and study in the college.
Therefore, for those newcomers who have not received a free portable smart computer and have no money in their pockets, the specialty store on the second floor has launched a smart brain loan... The third floor
is a large bookstore.
The books in the library are all popular and basic books, and there are few books and materials involving advanced knowledge.
Many good books recording advanced and extended knowledge can only be purchased from bookstores.
The price is naturally not beautiful at all.
On the fourth floor are various shops, with a wide variety of goods and a mixture of good and bad.
Shopping here really tests your eyesight.
Link's needs are very clear. A small sharp weapon that is easy to carry and can cause harm to second-class wizard apprentices and even third-class wizard apprentices.
There are many weapons that meet this requirement, mainly rune weapons and even witch weapons.
The so-called rune weapons, or more accurately, rune items, are ordinary items with some runes added to them, so that they have some special attributes and can play some special roles.
However, a few scattered and unsystematic runes cannot make the item qualitatively change, and cannot be called a witchcraft. Their functions are limited, and they are not accepted by official wizards.
Wizard apprentices and some mortal nobles like to use rune items.
Link was short of money, so naturally he couldn't afford witchcraft weapons that could only be purchased with magic stones, so he could only limit his scope to rune weapons.
Looking around, Link found a magic-breaking sleeve crossbow in a second-hand item store.
Whether it is a second-class wizard apprentice who is about to be promoted, or a third-class wizard apprentice who has been promoted, they have not yet completely escaped the realm of the mortal body. If they are hit by a crossbow arrow, they will still be seriously injured or even die directly.
The spell-breaking properties of crossbow arrows are specifically designed to target witchcraft such as shields and armors.
After some hard bargaining, Link finally bought this second-hand magic-breaking sleeve crossbow that came with three crossbow arrows for 2 gold coins and 50 silver coins.
Buy the sleeve crossbow and equip it immediately.
It is said that people who are cruel don't talk much, that's it.
If you have the intention to mess with me, I'm not afraid of killing you.
Back in the dormitory, Link presets several scenarios for using the sleeve crossbow, such as actively setting up an ambush, such as launching cold arrows suddenly, and such as falling to the ground to fight back... He
practiced each one several times and became familiar with how to use the best method in these scenarios. After firing the crossbow arrow at a tricky angle and as fast as possible, Link finally stopped with satisfaction.
Wash, change, meditate.
For wizard apprentices, meditation is the most important means to increase strength.
Only by working hard every day can we make progress.
Link operated "Occlumency", his consciousness sank into the sea of consciousness, and exchanged the virtual and real relationship between the equilateral triangle body of the rune and the reflection, and then condensed his mental power into a thread. He first traced the derived rune at the top corner, and then Move to the bottom left corner, trace the water element affinity rune once, then move to the right bottom corner, trace the wood element affinity rune once, and then return to the top corner to form a loop.
Each cycle consumes 3 standard units of mental power. After 5 consecutive cycles, Link's mental power will enter a state of exhaustion. After exiting the meditative state, although it has not been tested and there is no data to show, Link intuitively felt that the amount of his mental power increased slightly, and there were two more magic powers in his body.
One kind of magic is smooth and moist, and the other kind of magic is full of vitality.
Both of these magic powers are not concentrated and stored in a certain part or organ of the body, but are dispersed in every cell.
Because the number is still too small, and Link has not practiced the method of using magic power to temper the body, there is nothing magical about it for the time being.
But Link was very satisfied with the effect of tonight's meditation.
Most new blood, after passing the first two and a half levels of meditation, first imprint a will rune in the sea of consciousness, and then continue to meditate on this will rune alone for a period of time.
After he became familiar with the rhythm and state of meditation, and his ability to control his mental power was tempered, he could then imprint other runes, and finally form a rune cycle, and be promoted to a first-class wizard apprentice.
Not only does it take a long time, but the effect is not particularly obvious.
Unlike Link, who was promoted to a first-class wizard apprentice during his first meditation. After that, every time he meditated, his mental power steadily increased and his magic power gathered more smoothly.
Just perfect.
sleep.
...
the next day.
The Sun Also Rises.
Link got up early, cleaned up his personal hygiene, and went to the cafeteria to have breakfast in his morning glow.
Coming out of the cafeteria and on the way to the teaching building, Link deeply understood the legendary cultivators in previous lives who had a strong pursuit of a spotless body and fasting.
Such unavoidable trivial matters in daily life are such a waste of time.
Eating is okay.
Link still loves food.
But Link had to spend a lot of time washing and changing clothes every day, which made Link intolerable.
Link secretly decided that he must learn a witchcraft that has a cleaning effect. Then his clothes will be clean with a swish, and his body will be clean with another swish!
But witchcraft is not something you can learn if you want to. The course "The Essence, Origin and Development of Witchcraft" is currently the only course that Link has access to knowledge about witchcraft, but it does not include a complete model of witchcraft.
The class on witchcraft models should not be offered until next semester.
Link wants to learn witchcraft in advance, and there are currently only three possible ways.
The first is to report to the college about his promotion to a first-class wizard apprentice and seek possible benefits or rewards; the
second is to scrounge in the library and find witchcraft that is as precious and rare as a hidden gem in the ocean from thousands of books. model;
the third is to buy it in the bookstore in the life service building.
However, each of these three approaches has its own drawbacks.
Going to the bookstore to buy it costs magic stones. Link's annual subsidy of three standard first-level magic stones has not been paid yet, so his pocket is empty.
The probability of finding it in the library is equivalent to winning five million in the lottery.
Comprehensive comparison, reporting to the college may still be the most appropriate, but it will be a little more high-profile. After all, it has only been two weeks since school started.
Link was in no hurry to choose between the three paths.
And wait patiently, just in case there is another way.
(End of chapter)