Chapter 223 New Spells and New Inventions (Ⅰ)

Edward walked up to Joan, pulled his wrist, and looked at the bruise on the back of his palm.

"I'm going to do it properly, and I'll be fine after I go back and apply a cold compress."

"Practicing swordsmanship is all about persistence. After all, we are not full-time swordsmen. It is enough to spare an hour a day to practice swordsmanship."

After speaking, Edward held his saber and turned to leave the training ground.

Joan quickly picked up the saber and followed him to the outside.

"Edward, thank you for today."

"Students, you don't need to be polite. Except for weekends, I will come to the swordsmanship hall every afternoon at this time. If you are free, you are welcome to practice swords with me at any time."

Joan nodded gratefully, and his impression of Edward Gates improved a lot, so he decided to come to the swordsmanship hall to learn from him more in the future.

After changing back to her clothes, Joan bid farewell to Edward.

After leaving the swordsmanship hall, he went to the college's public bathroom to take a shower, washing off his sweat, and feeling light and light all over his body.

It was still early for dinner, so he walked into the library and decided to copy a few new spells as the focus of the next stage of study.

The arcane scrolls in the library are open to all arcane students, but with Joan's current mage level, he only has the permission to copy 1st-level spells.

He first checked the list of ring 1 spell scrolls, there were no less than a hundred in total, a small part of which he had already learned, and many spells had very narrow uses and were only effective for a specific species or special environment.

Joan is more willing to give priority to learning spells with a wider range of applications. After careful screening, four cost-effective ring 1 spell scrolls were selected, namely "Charm Human", "Protective Faction", "Disguise" and "Activating Rope".

After paying the librarian a loan fee of four hundred gold Duga, Joan got four scrolls, found the corresponding empty table in the reading hall and sat down, laid out the stationery and spell books, and concentrated on copying.

The first spell "Charm Human", if you only look at the name, it is easy to be misled.

In fact, this spell can not only confuse those humans whose willpower is not strong enough, it is also effective for "subhumans" such as elves, dwarves, dwarves, halflings, goblins, orcs, and even lizardmen.

All the above-mentioned ethnic groups together account for at least half of the population of the entire Vales world.

From this perspective, the scope of application of "charming humans" is quite wide.

"Protection camp" is actually a collective term for a group of spells, which can be subdivided into "protection from evil", "protection from good", "protection from chaos" and "protection from law".

The functions of such spells are quite complicated.

First of all, the defense and resistance against the opposite faction can be improved at the same time,

In addition, there is another very important function, which is to specifically resist the vicious spells such as "charm humans" that control people's hearts or possess bodies.

Finally, the "protection camp" type of spell can also prevent summoned creatures of the opposite camp from approaching the subject.

The third level 1 spell Joan transcribed was the "Disguise" spell belonging to the illusion school.

As the name suggests, this spell can temporarily change the caster's own appearance, including appearance, height, fatness, age, clothing and weapons.

"Disguise" is the best choice when you don't want to reveal your true identity.

The last spell Joan transcribed was the 1st ring spell "Activating Rope" belonging to the School of Change.

This spell temporarily energizes a rope, snaking and wriggling in a designated direction, tripping or binding a designated target, at the will of the caster.

Making an inanimate object temporarily or permanently alive is an important topic of the Transfiguration School, and many related spells have been born from it.

For example, the "secondary item activation technique" used by Master Rawls to create the "activated scarecrow" is a typical example.

Among all activation spells, "Activation Rope" is the lowest level one, and it is also the common basis of all other high-level activation spells.

If you want to systematically learn a certain type of spells from a certain school, you must follow the law of step by step, from easy to difficult.

Joan learned the "activation rope" first, and it will be much easier when he learns similar high-level spells in the future, such as the 2-ring "secondary item activation spell" that he has copied in the spell book, and this is what he chose to give priority to. The main reason to learn this spell.

It took Joan three hours to transcribe all four 1st-level spell scrolls into his spell book. Afterwards, he checked his copy against the scrolls to confirm that there were no errors in the graphics, symbols, and grammar. Then he tied up the scrolls again and returned them to the librarian.

After the administrator checked the scroll, he signed it and filed it, and Joan took back the student ID card that was used as a deposit.

After leaving the library, Joan went directly to the cafeteria and ordered a noodle for dinner.

The noodles served with cheese powder and tomato basil sauce are full-bodied, inexpensive and filling. It is a fast food he often orders in the school cafeteria.

Picking up the fork, he skillfully rolled up the noodles, dipped them in the sauce, and stuffed them into his mouth. The taste was as good as ever, but Joan's mood was not as bright as it was in the morning.

He had agreed with Thomas to exchange spells in order to save the cost of copying, but he found that the spells that Thomas copied from him last time had not been fully mastered, and there was no need to go to the library to copy new spells, so it was inconvenient for him to ask Thomas and this matter, otherwise wouldn't it appear that he deliberately took advantage of the other party?

It would be easier to spend money to transcribe the scrolls yourself.

The four newly transcribed spells enabled him to find the direction of the next stage of study, but he also paid a high price for it.

400 Gold Durga is not a small sum for him.

Thinking of his greatly shrunk wallet and the heavy debt he was carrying, Joan couldn't help but feel anxious.

"It's been too comfortable this month. It's not good to just live like this all the time. It's time to cheer up and think about ways to make money."

Joan fiddled with the fork, secretly making up her mind.

After a hasty dinner, he returned to his small attic, sat in front of the desk, opened the storage bag, took out a ledger from it, and counted his assets and liabilities.

The two most recent incomes are the 500 Gold Duga earned by helping Miss Martha eradicate the "digger" in the garden, and the 300 Gold Duga paid for providing serial materials to the newspaper.

The income is certainly substantial, and the expenses are also considerable.

Not counting daily odds and ends, Joan has two big expenses recently, including the 400 Gold Duga spent on transcribing the spell scroll just now, and the 1 ounce magic crystal he bought at Yangbo Firm last weekend——Javier The gentleman wiped off the change for him, and only charged 600 gold duga.

Income minus expenses, excluding pocket money, Qiao An now only has a total of 500 Gold Duga deposits, which can be cashed at any time with a check issued by Yangbo Trading Company.

For a poor student from the countryside, the savings of 500 Gold Duga is not a small amount, but Joan is still carrying two debts.

The student loan plus the loan owed to Yangbo Trading Company for the purchase of the "Life-supporting Ring" was as high as 3,500 gold Dujia.

The heavy debt was like an invisible mountain, pressing on his back, making him deeply anxious.

Thanks to the book friends for the reward this week: tce, 600 starting coins; 19951, 100 starting coins