Chapter Twenty-Four: Plastic Energy is the Romance of the Mage
A carriage pulled by four chocobos drove slowly from Silvermoon City to Sunny Wind Village.
In addition to the goblin coachman, there were six people in the carriage, four High Elves, a human dressed as a vendor, and a fat dwarf...... Carlin deeply suspected that the carriage was moving so slowly because of the dwarf's presence.
The poor chocobo had died tragically at the hands of the Morrowind mage Doon, and Carlin was ready to find a new mount.
The other people in the carriage were all ordinary elves (people...... Seeing the red robe on Carlin and the staff in his hand, they all subconsciously moved away from each other.
Mages in Quel'Thalas are indeed common, with almost one out of every ten elves appearing in more than one ring...... However, the mage's own strong strength and innate sense of mystery made the elven civilians and civilians of other races unable to stop.
Carlin was also happy about this, and happened to start exchanging his thoughts with the Omniscient Eye.
"The host has studied alchemy in the past few days?" The Omniscient Eye was worried about being discovered by the high-ranking mages in Silvermoon City, so he had been shrinking into Carlin's mind for a long time, and he was not aware of what was happening in the outside world.
"Yes, I've borrowed some books on alchemy and made some initial attempts at alchemy!" Carlin replied honestly.
"It seems that the host really wants to learn to prepare a clear potion and completely relieve the addiction?" The omniscient eye asked a little puzzled: "However, the degree of the host's own demon addiction is not very deep, and even if something happens, it won't cause major trouble, so there's no need to bother with it......
Carlin nodded, not answering.
The level of his demon addiction is indeed not high, even if he waits for the day when the Well of the Sun is destroyed, he will not be as miserable as those blood elves in the later generations...... But in the whole of Quel'Thalas, there are too many elves who are extremely dependent on demon addiction! Once the Well of the Sun is destroyed, what awaits them may be the end of becoming Heartless or Withered!
Although Carlin doesn't think he's a virgin, if he can do something he can, he naturally has to work it!
The omniscient eye doesn't dwell too much on this.
"Do you have any thoughts on the future direction of the host?" The All-Seeing Eye continued.
"Where is the future going?" Carlin frowned, "You mean?" ”
"The Arcane system is divided into eight different schools: Protection, Spells, Enchantment, Change, Prophecy, Necromancy, Plasticity, and Illusion!"
Carlin nodded, this had been mentioned at the apprentice assembly earlier, and the instructor Kirkland.
"The eight schools are actually related to each other and do not conflict, but the mages below the sixth ring still recommend majoring in spells from at most two schools, and the spells of the rest of the schools minoring, which is more conducive to future development!" The omniscient eye went on to explain.
"Major in Spell Faction...... So what do you mind? ”
"First of all, the All-Seeing Eye strongly recommends that the host major in protective spells! For mages, first of all, their main body is relatively fragile, and they are vulnerable to enemy fire attacks in war...... Therefore, the protective spell is the most core spell, and it is related to the life and safety of the mage itself! ”
Carlin agrees, saving life is clearly the first priority, especially for a crunchy profession like mage. Moreover, many of Azeroth's well-known mages choose protective spells as their main focus; For example, Antonidas of Kenrito, in the face of the invasion of the Scourge in the future, the shield he built for Dalaran once made Arthas helpless; There is also the High Elf's Prince Kael'thas, although his mastery of various spells is relatively balanced, but Karin remembers that he saw in the records of his previous life that Kael'thas also majored in the protection department.
"And what about the other major?"
"The Omniscient Eye advises the host to choose the spell system, which is a very comprehensive faction and is well suited to ......"
The All-Seeing Eye had barely finished his sentence when he was immediately interrupted by Carlin: "No, I choose the Plastic Energy Department?" ”
"Plastic?"
"Yes, a mage who can't even rub fireballs is a mage!"
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"Plastic spells manipulate energy or use an unknown source of power to produce the desired result, as if they were created out of nothing. Plastic spells can produce gorgeous effects while also dealing terrifying damage! The All-Seeing Eye introduced, "For example, the Fireball Technique mentioned by the host earlier is actually to concentrate the free flame elements in the air in the surrounding area into a single point and then launch them!" ”
"I suddenly had an idea!" Carlin spoke, "Since the Fireball Technique is produced by concentrating the flame element in the air, can we increase the concentration of the flame element in the air to strengthen the power of the Fireball Technique?" ”
The All-Seeing Eye pondered for a moment, "Great idea, no one in the previous hosts of the All-Seeing Eye has mentioned this, do the hosts have any specific suggestions?" ”
"I saw an alchemy formula called 'Black Powder' in the alchemy process before, the essence of which is to produce a high concentration of flame elements!" Carlin came up with his own idea.
"Black powder? Is it made of charcoal, sulfur and fire? There is also this kind of alchemy product in Faerun, but it has not received much attention from alchemists! ”
"Yes, what if you use black powder to increase the concentration of flame elements in the surrounding air before releasing fireballs?" Carlin suggested.
"It does have some effect, but the omniscient eye doesn't think it's very useful!" The All-Seeing Eye replied, "The power of black powder is too low, if the host releases the fireball technique through this method, the power can only be increased by about 20-30%!" ”
"Isn't it great to increase by two to three percent?" Carlin was a little curious.
"That's because the host is only a one-ring mage, so it can have a 20%-30% increase; When the host advances to the fourth and fifth ring mages, the increase may only be 2%-3%! The All-Seeing Eye explained.
"Is that so?" Carlin was frustrated for a moment, and then suddenly he had an even more terrible thought.
"So be it...... Omniscient Eye, listen to me make a hypothesis...... Suppose there is an alchemy product with the same nature as black powder, and its power is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of times that of black powder, how much effect will it have if it is used to release the fireball technique! Carlin asked tentatively.
"Tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of times...... If there really is such a terrible alchemy product...... the voice of the omniscient eye became very serious: "The fireball technique released through it as a medium can easily slaughter the gods!" ”