Chapter 123: Transcription Scroll (1/4)

After the pulpit was opened, Zhao Xu hurried back to the dormitory to find the "Monster Illustrated Book".

The outer layer of this heavy monster illustrated book is inlaid with iron sheets, and in the center is a huge open blood-red monster eyeball, and at the turn of the composition, there are also seven or eight bright red raised beads.

Who would have thought that this thing would actually be the legendary high-level artifact "Monster Illustrated Book".

After Zhao Xu flipped through the 100 questions of transformation, it was already roughly clear that if an ordinary mage wants to transform into a corresponding creature, he has to carry out complicated work in the early stage, from understanding the various characteristics of the creature to getting along for a long time.

Only by being familiar can we understand and deform.

This is the pain in the heart of every mage who tries to study the transfiguration spell, but ends up having no choice but to return home.

Therefore, among the 100 questions of transformation, the 17 special cases have been studied by countless mages, but each one is almost impossible to achieve.

When Zhao Xu put the "Monster Book" back in his backpack and brought it to Antinoya's office, that part of the road can be said to be the most cautious road he has ever walked in his life.

Zhao Xu's name had long been engraved in the core of the obelisk, and it was not blocked until he went upstairs.

And when Antinoya saw Zhao Xu respectfully handing over the "Monster Illustrated Book", she just smiled lightly, "Someone told you?" ”

Zhao Xu nodded, but said in his mouth, "Can't I find it?" ”

"Then let me ask you, have you ever searched this book with knowledge and skills?"

Zhao Xu nodded.

"Have you ever read a detailed description of an artifact in any tome?"

Zhao Xu shook his head.

"That's not it, artifacts have powerful properties, and in addition to being undetectable, they cannot be described in knowledge. So their role can only be passed on by word of mouth, and the book is at best a description of the name. ”

At this time, Antinoya squeezed the artifact "Monster Illustrated Book" and stuffed it back into the bookcase, which made Zhao Xu feel a little distressed when he saw it, an artifact was actually subjected to such harsh treatment.

But thinking about another piece of secondary artifact armor right in front of the door, this "Bereaval Illustrated" can lie quietly on the bookcase, which is already a good treatment.

"If you have time now, let's go, just in time for the 'Transcription Scroll' class to start in the afternoon." After that, Antinoya directly pulled Zhao Xu and began to teleport.

Zhao Xu had always set the default to pass Antinoya's teleportation technique, so by the time he came back to his senses, the two had already appeared in a mysterious room.

On the central desk are stacks of blank vellum paper, custom-made for transcribing magic scrolls.

There were also assorted quills in front of the desk, mostly quills, six or seven bottles of specially made ink for transcription from dark black to blue, and incense was lit in the corner of the room, though it didn't smell as pleasant as in Antinoya's office.

Zhao Xu had already understood that this was a special room for copying scrolls.

Compared to mnemonizing or learning spells, transcribing scrolls requires a more demanding environment.

Like he used to take a carriage to go on an adventure, the memory spell was still reluctant, and it was a joke to copy the scroll.

"As a profession of a magic caster, the criteria for promotion of a dossier scholar are actually similar to that of a mage, that is, you can successfully transcribe zero-level divine arts, first-level divine arts, and master the two abilities of 'dark knowledge' and 'transcription scroll'."

When Zhao Xu heard this, he was actually no different from a mage at all, but he just exchanged the mage's magic pet ability for the ability of dark knowledge.

"Don't look at me, you can listen first."

"Listen?" Zhao Xu was surprised?

"Sit down, stupid." Antinoya sneered.

Zhao Xu didn't think much about it, and directly pulled out the stool and sat down.

Suddenly he noticed that in front of him, two dark red curtains slowly opened, revealing a huge transparent glass screen, and in front of the screen, there was a huge square, on which were stacked neatly arranged paper tables, all of which were arranged in a similar pattern to the one in his room.

It's as if the desk was moved to the playground for exams on Earth to prevent cheating.

At the very front of the square, there was a large illusionary projection with an hourglass on it, and there was not much sand left on it.

Zhao Xu was stunned when he saw it, but he didn't expect that in Arthur, he started a digital teaching.

And Zhao Xu found that after he sat in this position, the transparent glass screen in front of him hooked his pupils.

He controls his eyeballs at will, and is able to manipulate the glass screen to display a picture-in-picture with magnified details in front of him.

It's like a giant VR screen.

The mage apprentices sitting below did not have this treatment, they were all on the square on the first floor, watching the illusion projection at the front to display the contents.

"Copying scrolls, a course that all mages have to learn, has no technical content at all, so the association has made a square where the teaching content is constantly broadcast regularly for everyone to learn this specialty, and the second floor is a closed small room."

"It is not only for the use of senior mages, but also for the first test of this new type of alchemy teaching product."

"If the effect is good, it may be promoted to other specialties in the future."

Zhao Xu already understood at this time that he was now equivalent to being in the VIP box.

At this time, the hourglass just finished leaking, and the illusion projection also began to play the teaching content, and the sound was directly transmitted into the box.

Zhao Xu hurriedly manipulated his eyeballs, allowing the content of the illusion projection to be projected onto the glass screen in his room, occupying nearly one-third of the space at once.

Learning expertise consumes everyone's spirituality, and spirituality can only be compensated for by leveling up.

When Zhao Xu was a level 1 mage before, he exchanged the ability of "Wisdom Caster" for the ability to copy scrolls and summon magic pets.

Although he never had to carry a spell book on his back, he couldn't use the unused spell slots to transcribe spells in his spare time, like those new mage masters.

If the spell slot of the day is a fresh fish, then transcribing it into a scroll is equivalent to drying the fish for easy storage and consumption next time.

"Mentor, if I have already mastered the Transcription Scroll before, wouldn't this promotion to the Scroll Scholar be equivalent to only mastering the ability of a 'Dark Knowledge'?"

Antinoya was standing beside Zhao Xu at this time, she was also the first time she had come into contact with this set of alchemy equipment, and she was thinking about the principle of it.

After hearing Zhao Xu's question, she replied, "That's right." ”

"Isn't that a waste of expertise?"

Zhao Xu was already listening to the content of the illusion teaching projection at this time, but at the beginning it was a background description of some clear soup and little water, and he could still distinguish between his mind and Antinoya.

"Theoretically, the dossier's first-level ability is to 'transcribe scrolls' rather than gain additional expertise."

"Then it looks like I've earned it."

Zhao Xu said, secretly thinking that his 'Wisdom Heart Caster' ability was not at all lost.

"I can't say that I make money." At this time, Antinoya was already close to the screen, observing the lines on it, "Among the high-level mages, there are a few people who have actually mastered the method of replacing their expertise. ”

"How?"

"For example, swap your transcription scroll for 'Chaos Specialty', and then 'Chaos Specialty' for the specialty you want. So that the spirituality of your two transcription scroll specialties will not be wasted. Antinoa explained.

"And this can be done through the eighth-level spells 'Abandoning Chaos' and 'Taking Refuge in Chaos', which is the legendary card shuffle."

Zhao Xu, who was already determined to study hard, was much better when he heard this idea.

The mages were able to play so many tricks that Zhao Xu and these warriors envied.

This is also the reason why he defected to the mage camp, not just because he couldn't beat it.

The main reason is that if a warrior wants to be able to fight the caster, he must also equip various magic items created by the caster.

"Then the mentor of my wisdom heart spellcaster, in fact, is still the price of two specialties, right?" Zhao Xu also nodded at this time.

"For the inhabitants of Arthur, it may be a bit costly, but for you, without the Wisdom Caster, you can't possibly level up in a short period of time, after all, you are not really that smart."

Antinoya struck mercilessly.

"Mentor, one year, is there anything important?" At this time, Zhao Xu couldn't hold back a little and asked.

"There's a prophecy involved, you just need to level up as much as you can now."

Antinoya didn't explain much.

At this time, the illusion projection had already begun to tell the key to copying the scroll, and Zhao Xu's whole body and mind were also dragged over.

In the square, several player mage apprentices are holding pens and constantly writing straight books, recording the key points of this explanation, for them, it is not so easy to miss this lecture and want to get it again.

It is only in this class that these materials can be used free of charge.

It also makes them listen to the lecture a little more seriously than when they go to school on Earth.

"Transcription Scroll" is a subset of the crafting item specialty, as are the specialties of "Concoction Potion" and "Wand Making".

After copying a scroll, the price is the number of rings of the spell multiplied by the caster's level, multiplied by the base of 25 gold.

Therefore, the estimated selling price of a first-level spell scroll is 1*1*25=25 gold coins, and the zero-level scroll only sells for 7.5 gold coins at half count.

The manufacturing process costs about half the price.

Therefore, Zhao Xu successfully copied a first-level scroll, in addition to consuming the spell slot corresponding to him, he also had to spend 12.5 gold coins in material costs.

What's more, it will deplete his experience points and slow down his leveling up.

If you think that ten crossbow arrows are only 1 gold coin, a first-level scroll costs 12.5 gold coins, and it is also expensive to use the scroll to release a magic missile to hit someone.

As a result, mages generally only transcribe or buy scrolls of spells that they don't usually prepare.

For example, the "Detect the Secret Door" spell used by Zhao Xu during his adventure in the dungeon, if he didn't prepare to go to the dungeon, no one would have burned his brain to prepare this spell.

But the world is unpredictable, and who knows what will happen suddenly, so scrolls have always been an important tool for mages.

This time, after Zhao Xu learned the ability to "copy scrolls", he finally made up for the lack of lameness.

According to the big data statistics of the mages, the transcription time of a scroll worth 1000GP is about 1 day, like the legendary ninth-level scroll that costs 3000GP, then it has to be copied for three days.

For less than 1000GP, the simplest level reels and level zero reels are guaranteed to be one hour.

Therefore, Zhao Xu may have to light candles at night in the future and stay up late to copy these spell scrolls.

This is also the fate of Arthur's mages.

It's just that Zhao Xu looked at the rather delicate, but unaccustomed quill and sighed deeply.

The quill has been complained about countless times on the forums, and most players are used to using gel pens, pencils and ballpoint pens are used less.

In order to transcribe the scrolls, they had to use this kind of designated quill pen, which made every player helpless.

It's just that they tried to use their own charcoal, and even if it was stained with ink, the copied scrolls were not even powerful.

Because the goose feathers used to copy the scrolls were produced entirely by specially cultivated geese, the ink used for copying had also been tested for thousands of years before it became today's stable formula, as the exclusive monopoly product of the Mage Guild.

Where is it so easy to reproduce the same effect.

So even if the quills are uncomfortable and inconvenient to use, Zhao Xu can only overcome them by himself.

It's just that when Zhao Xu just picked up the quill, Antinoya said, "Play a little game." ”

After saying that, a quill pen crossed the arc and landed in front of Zhao Xu's table, but it stood up out of thin air.

"It's an automatic shorthand quill pen."