Chapter 4: Gem Enchantment
According to normal common sense, whether in this world or in the game world before Ain, it is completely impossible for a mage who has only touched the first layer of the magic net to use and change the gem. However, in his previous life, Aine had heard of a method of making magical items entirely using gems.
Gemstones are inherently magical, and they carry some of these magical effects to a greater or lesser extent. The use of gemstones is often reflected in how to enhance the effect of these gemstones. Or add another magic effect to a gem that already has a more obvious effect, but all of this is nothing more than activating the gem itself.
In his previous life, what Aine had heard in the game was that gems were used as containers for mana or magic storage, which could be activated directly with mana or passwords when necessary. Of course, the method of direct activation of the password also requires a high level of arcane attainment, and the activation gem is infused with magic power.
"Malrington, I also know the meaning of gemstones, but the teacher left a skill for working with gems when he left......"
Malinton also frowned, although he was just an ordinary person, he knew that each gem with a magical effect was worth a lot, and few mages who were just starting out could do it. Even if he didn't know the extent of Ain's arcane attainment, it was common sense that it was not possible to have the arcane attainment to process gems after five years of arcane cultivation from scratch.
Ain also saw Malrington's puzzled eyes, and immediately explained: "The method of processing gemstones in this discipline is not the same as the way gemstones are processed in the world. "What is the difference, Aine himself didn't know so much before he went to the magic pool to inquire, but what can basically be confirmed is that his current arcane attainment is enough to make a few low-level gem magic items.
Although Malrington didn't understand, Ain, who had come before, knew that the saddest thing about this world was that the level of arcane art had been regressing. Since the fall of the Arcanist Empire, the magic level of the entire world has stagnated, and even regressed in many areas. Although this is not all the reason for thinking, and there are also elements of high gods, the result is that the level of arcane research is not worth mentioning compared to those days.
And the gem enchantment technique in Ain's memory was just a small trick that almost everyone in the Arcanist Empire knew back then.
Marrington looked at Al in suspicion, and then left Iron's room to retrieve the bag of gems. Even now that Malinton was the housekeeper of the Lannisters, there was nothing he could do if Ain really insisted on selling the gems. After all, the current owner of this house is Ain.
By the time the bag of gems was placed on Ain's desk, Aine had already had a basic understanding of the gem enchantment from the Grand Arcanist Empire.
However, when Ain opened the gem bag, he found that the bag of gems was not so ordinary.
For many ordinary people, they look at gemstones by color and shape to distinguish, and many jewelers can only roughly identify some common gemstones. Gems that are often magically applied are almost only recognizable to the caster - and even some gems that have been magically applied require a great deal of knowledge and a single ring of arcane identification to be accurately identified.
And among the gems in this bag is a gem that Aine can't directly identify without the help of arcane arts, but judging from the magic aura on it, it should be a gem with extraordinary magical effects.
Although Ain didn't prepare the arcane art of identification today, he directly used the power of the magic energy pool to build a temporary spell slot with the identification technique recorded through the magic energy pool.
But what he didn't expect was that this time the identification technique also failed.
In the game, the role of identification is to identify a variety of magical items. It can be said that as long as you use the identification technique, you will definitely be able to obtain the properties of this magic item. However, in reality, the identification technique has been greatly limited, and it must be used in conjunction with one's own knowledge. There are some academic mages who are inherently ill-informed, and often have serious obstacles when using the identification technique.
Seeing such a situation, Aine could only shrug helplessly. Due to the difference between the game and reality, Ain is now distressed a lot.
If you can't identify this gem as your knowledge increases, then you can only accurately identify it when you can connect to the sixth layer of the magic net and prepare a six-ring arcane legend at a certain cost. However, this kind of consumable and time-consuming arcane art, Ain is definitely unwilling to use.
The other dozen or so gems are relatively sparse and ordinary, and the types are quite single.
Five malachite, one white crystal, three lapis lazuli, four clear crystal.
Seeing a total of five crystals, Aine also had a headache. Originally, he weighed the bag and thought that there were many gems in it, but he didn't expect that his mother would attribute the crystals to the scope of gems.
The quadripartite transparent crystal is basically the most common magic storage container, and many of the second-level magic items that are used daily are powered by the transparent crystal.
This clear crystal can be said to be very cheap, mainly because it has a good charging effect. Even a few hundred charges won't easily damage this crystal - of course, if you put this source of mana for secondary magic items on real magic items, then this clear crystal like a rechargeable battery will naturally only become a consumable.
In addition to the fact that Clear Crystals have a good charging effect, there is also a reason why they are inverted and cheap, which is that they can only be used for secondary magic items. And secondary magic items, even if they are secondary, are magic items, not something that civilians can enjoy.
But fortunately, one of the five crystals is a white crystal. Aine sighed in his heart.
White crystal and clear crystal feel similar to the name, but they are completely different in terms of appearance classification and their use. White crystal does not have any demonic properties, but it is indeed a kind of gem-like crystal that can develop the spirit, enhance spiritual cohesion, make the mind clear and calm the mood. This crystal is also a favorite of spellcasters who need spiritual support to keep their heads above water.
For ordinary low-level spellcasters, being able to wear a ring with only a small half-square white crystal is the best aid to their own spiritual improvement.
This white crystal Ain was directly kept, and threw it into the space bag along with the gem that could not be identified. After paying off the debt, go and carve this white crystal to see what you can make.
Malachite and lapis lazuli are the main dishes that Aine is about to get his hands on.
Malachite has a stress-relieving effect, which is suitable for attaching to the arcane art of the protective school that is present in the theory of the eight schools. Lapis Lazuli, on the other hand, can have a slight bonus in leadership, which is suitable for those summoning spells in the spell school.
According to Ain's own point of view, it is best to use his current strength to add a link to the malachite to resist the arcane of otherworldly tendencies. However, many plane travelers will choose to have a constant resistance to the otherworldly tendency on certain magical items, rather than this trigger. After weighing the pros and cons, Ain chose to attach a ring to each of the five malachites to the arcane art of disease resistance. After activating the gem, one can gain resistance against disease for one day.
On the lapis lazuli, Aine weighed it for a long time, and still chose the more practical arcane of the two arcane arts, the invisible servant and the summoning mount. Although the summoned mounts can only last for four hours according to Ain's magical skills, the summoned mounts do not need to eat or drink, and they do not feel tired.
As for how often each gem will be activated, Ain can't tell for sure. According to the information he found himself, the activation interval of each gem is related to the arcane attainment of the maker and the level of the skill that was made.
However, in this other world, there is no such thing as a skill level, and Ain can only roughly understand the level of making this skill as the proficiency of the technique of making this item.
Obviously, Aine has no confidence in himself at all.
In the end, Ain chose a compromise method, examined all the arcane arts that he could cast, and blessed himself with almost all the arcane arts that could improve his skill, and then carefully began the first malachite enchantment.
Ain's first choice of malachite was because malachite is not very expensive, and the arcane protection against disease is not as complicated as summoning mounts, so the probability of failure should be much smaller.
However, Ain's small abacus did not work at all, and with a slight "bang", several tiny cracks had already appeared on the surface of this first malachite.
Reluctantly, Aine took out a large piece of yellow paper and wrapped the malachite that already had cracks on the surface. He knew that the failure of the enchantment just now had completely destroyed the structure of the malachite itself, and now this malachite could only wait for it to be processed before turning into gem powder and becoming a spell casting material.
"Bang." There was another soft sound, and there was another malachite in the yellow paper just now.
The loss of two malachites, Aine is now sweating on his forehead, if he continues to fail like this, he must first engage in some unworthy work that only apprentices can do, and first save some raw capital.
"Since malachite has failed twice, let's try it with lapis lazuli again." Ain also had no choice, so he took out an lapis lazuli and a transparent crystal, and prepared to enchant the lapis lazuli.