Victor carefully placed the legendary mage Mellon's notes on the wooden table and spread them out to read.

"Sure enough...... This notebook contains some of the magic that the legendary mage Mellon learned, as well as some corresponding notes and experiences......"

Victor's spirit was lifted at once, "What's more, there is also a very detailed spell casting process and precautions recorded in the notes!" And that's what I desperately need most......"

According to the notes, the development of magic in the continent of Walsted can be roughly divided into two periods. Based on the date of the founding of the Arcane Empire "Netheril", the era before it is called the Age of Ancient Magic, and the era after it is called the Age of Near Magic.

In the ancient magic era, the lineage of mages was mostly one-on-one master-apprentice. Although this was very helpful for maintaining the mystery and concealment of mages, in an era when life could pass away at any time, this inheritance model almost led to the disappearance of the mage profession.

In the near-magical age, legendary mages who had learned the lessons of their predecessors came together to create new rules and establish a new system of mages that continue to this day.

According to the characteristics of the spell, it is divided into eight factions: protection, spells, prophecy, confusion, plasticity, illusion, necromancy, and change.

According to the power of the spell, it is divided into nine levels, such as: one-ring spell, five-ring spell, nine-ring spell, etc. In this way, the mages are also divided into nine levels, namely: the first ring mage and the second ring mage...... Master of the Nine Rings.

Corresponding to this grading method is the rank of honor, i.e., Arcanist 1, Arcanist 2...... Ninth Arcanist. Compared with the ring grading method, this honor grading method is more valued by the mages!

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Before becoming a full-fledged mage (one-ring mage), one must first learn and master the most basic zero-ring spells, and those at this stage are referred to as "mage apprentices".

After looking through the spell model of the Zero Ring spell several times, Victor was puzzled.

It's not because of how obscure the spell models are, quite the opposite, but because the construction models of these zero-ring spells are too simple...... In his mind, these models were nothing more than runes cobbled together from the most basic geometric patterns.

Not spending any more time here, Victor continued to flip back through his notes.

"If you want to cast a spell smoothly, in addition to the most core spell model and mental power, you also need indispensable spell components such as spells, postures, materials, and equipment (unless you have mastered a certain spell specialty, such as spell silentness, spell casting exemption, etc.)...... In the final analysis, the process of casting a spell is essentially the process of using materials or equipment as a medium, with spells and gestures, and using mental power to stimulate the magic model constructed by magic power. ”

"The so-called spiritual power, that is, the mind, is an invisible magical power...... When a mage uses his spiritual power to bind the magical elements in the space, this spiritual power containing the magical elements is called magical power. ”

"Therefore, the amount, strength, and purity of spiritual power are directly related to the level and number of spells a mage can cast......

"For a long time, legendary mages have collected, organized, and created a variety of meditation methods...... The most common of these is the Breathing Meditation, but there are many more powerful secret meditations, such as the Stacked Array Meditation Method......"

"As the name suggests, the key to the Stacking Array Meditation Method is how to use spiritual power to construct a special stacking array...... The mage apprentice only needs to build a magic circle in his soul to ensure the consumption of his spiritual power, while the first ring mage needs to build two magic circles, and the second ring mage needs three ...... And so on. ”

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Due to the large amount of content recorded in the notes, Victor only read a small part of the content, mainly some common sense knowledge, zero ring spells, and meditation methods to exercise mental power.

Taking a few deep breaths, Victor was apprehensive as he prepared to meditate for the first time, for he knew from the notes that even a gifted mage apprentice would take two or three years to fully master the Stacked Array Meditation Method.

Still, Victor wanted to give it a try! He took a position that he felt comfortable in, and then gradually emptied his brain......

Against all odds!

Victor, who meditated for the first time, built a circle very easily, and did not encounter all the problems recorded in his notes.

"Maybe it has something to do with my intellectual attributes......"

Victor thought happily, "If the next qiē is still so smooth, I'll soon be able to master the first Zero Ring spell!" ”

After calming his mind, Victor returned to a meditative state. This time, he completely entered a deep meditative state, and only stopped when there was a feeling of fullness in his soul.

After a short break, an excited Victor opened his notes again, pondering which Zero Ring spell he had first.

"Acid Splash, Resistance Boost, Detection Magic, Reading Magic, Vertigo...... Flashing, Illusion, Necromancy...... Projectiles, Tired Touches, Mage's Hands, Teleportation...... Arcane Marks, Magic Tricks......"

More than twenty kinds of zero ring spells dazzled Victor's pick.

Originally, Victor wanted to learn to read the magic spell of the zero ring, but when he saw that the casting material required for this spell was a clear crystal or ore prism, he had to give up...... Because in a hurry, he didn't have a way to collect these spell casting materials.

After much thought, Victor finally chose "Projectile" as the first spell he wanted to master.

"Spell Name: Projectile Item"

"Spell Type: Variation"

"Spell Level: Zero Ring Spell"

"Spell Ingredients: Spells, Stances"

"Spell Effect: Can throw an item under ten pounds at a distance far greater than you can throw."

As recorded in the note, Victor began the spellcasting step with full concentration.

With the recitation of the incantation and the gesture movements, Victor could clearly feel that his spiritual power had resonated with it, and the magical elements that were floating near his body were attracted one after another, forming a magical power......

Unfortunately, due to Victor's rustiness and the fact that in the process of building the spell model, the magic collapsed, and the spell cast naturally failed.

Undeterred, Victor just repeats the casting steps over and over again, learning from his failures. Finally, when Deng Hang's spell cast failed nearly ten times, he successfully constructed a spell model and activated it with mental power.

Under Victor's manipulation, a spare candle on the wooden table suddenly emitted an orange light, and then flew out of the window and disappeared into the darkness.