…… By the way, Mr. Evelyn is talking about "magic items", not "alchemical items".

Richard quickly realized the difference. This is not your own misunderstanding. Although the vast majority of magical items in the world are made through alchemy, there are exceptions. For example, "ancient relics" that have been excavated from ruins or passed down from generation to generation in families with a long history cannot be called alchemical items in general because modern wizards cannot distinguish the means and techniques used to make them, and do not know whether they are the result of alchemy.

The Book of Demons is a typical example, it belongs to ancient relics, and the method of making it has been lost thousands of years ago, so it does not belong to the category of ordinary alchemy items.

In other words, Rasputin has the ability to craft non-alchemical magical items?

At that moment, Mr. Evelyn took out a stone slab from nowhere and handed it to him, and the mottled dents and scratches on it showed the marks of time.

Richard certainly recognized what it was. Like the one in his hand, this is a book of demons.

"If it weren't for the lack of a suitable magic book, even I would have wanted you to help make one." The blonde youth said half-jokingly, "Why don't you sell me this toy in your hand?" ”

……

Richard was unmoved on the surface, but his heart was already filled with surprise.

He subconsciously looked at his snake staff. According to the implicit meaning of Mr. Evelyn's words, could it be that this staff is also a magic book? What the hell is this like a book!

But if you think about it carefully, the magic clay tablet in his hand and in his arms is also far from the "book...... Therefore, the "magic book" in the mouth of wizards should only refer to an item with the same power, and it doesn't matter what it looks like.

Richard knew that the so-called "magic book" was a terminal machine that could connect to the network in the past. The wizards of this era may not be aware of this, but they can certainly detect the difference between the Book of Demons and other items.

He had always thought that the snake staff in Rasputin's hand was an alchemical object, but at this moment, when Richard called on the "knowledge" about the alchemy field in his mind and compared it, he knew that something was not quite right.

Ordinary small alchemy items can only carry one or two spells. This is true even for legendary wizards, who can attach higher-level spells to items, but cannot break through the limitations of the material volume itself, because this technology has nothing to do with knowledge, and the smaller the object, the less space there is to apply alchemy to transform it; Conversely, alchemical items that can enchant compound spells tend to be very large.

But the snake staff in Richard's hand was different, he knew the moment he touched it, the snake staff carried a total of seven mental realm spells! This is completely unreasonable and contrary to the basic laws of alchemy. To use an analogy, the snake staff didn't feel like a cold object at all, but like a living mind realm wizard.

The snake staff must have been made by Rasputin himself, and only he could do something like it. In other words, the dead wizard leader should not have known alchemy, but some kind of secret art that only he could master. At the same time, Richard's thoughts before Evelyn came back to mind.

He wanted to truly master the power that belonged to the legendary wizard, so he thought of a way to replace the human body with a real terminal, but neither constant spells nor alchemy could really be realized, the former could not be applied to real objects, and the products of the latter could not be combined with the network...... Or rather, the spiritual realm is connected.

But now it seems that the solution to this problem lies in oneself?

Richard's brain was running faster than ever, trying to find the existence of this secret technique in the knowledge base. If he were a true legendary wizard, the process could be done in a blink of an eye. However, his current level of brain development is obviously not comparable to that of Raspuchin.

"Will it be ......?"

His attention was focused on a document in the "deepest" part of the system of permissions that Raspuchin had. This is something that Richard deliberately ignored for his own safety.

- That's the [Legendary Spell] that Rasputin mastered.

……

"If you don't speak, you can say yes."

Richard's attention was once again drawn back to reality by Mr. Evelyn's words.

It seems that I need to find time to think about this matter for a while.

While thinking so, he nodded silently and put the other party's magic book aside. As said before, the current Richard has no confidence to refuse.

"And what about the pay?"

Mr. Evelyn had just said something like, "As long as he can do it", but having said that, he couldn't have made too much of a request, equivalent exchange is the basic norm of the wizarding world, and Richard knew this kind of thing.

It must be a condition that is not much different from a high-level magic item......

To be honest, it made him a little lost. After all, the current Richard still has a very shallow understanding of the real wizarding world, and the only thing he wants now is a way to master power, but this can't be left to anyone, he can only rely on himself to figure it out.

At this moment, a thought suddenly came to his mind.

Its source is a sentence that Raspuchin once said-

"As for your constitution...... It's not that it can't be solved. Some high-level potions have the effect of altering the physique. Inside the Magic Tower, there are Life Realm wizards who can refine this type of medicine. ”

A potion that can improve his talents, this is indeed what Richard wants! And when it comes to refining potions and the realm of life, who could be more authoritative than Mr. Evelyn.

"Potions."

Richard suppressed the excitement in his heart and replied in a low voice.

"A potion that can change one's own constitution."

Mr. Evelyn blinked and said with a smile.

"Which little guy provoked you, this kind of punishment is very painful, and it can lead to irreparable trauma if you are not careful, I will only use it when teaching students."

……？？

"I have other options here."

The blonde youth took two glass bottles out of his pocket and placed them on the table.

"I'll put the potion you said here. However, if it is used as a punishment and you don't want to hurt the other party, the 'Awakening Potion' here can have the same effect and has no side effects. This bottle of Awakening Elixir was snatched from the Pope's Chamber, and it must be a high-end item. ”

"The Awakening Elixir is a material used by knights to improve their ranks, and its essence is also a potion. However, the potion for wizards works on the brain and can easily cause irreparable damage, while the Awakening Potion acts on the body and can be repaired even if it causes damage. But for people who don't exercise regularly and haven't mastered the training method, both potions can be painful to use, how about it? ”

Richard was a little speechless.

Now he finally understands what is going on, the so-called "physique-improving" potion is not the same thing as he expected at all. Richard remembers thinking that "it's hard to imagine that a great man like a legendary wizard would deliberately lie and deceive an apprentice whose status is so different from his own...... Sure enough, you can't overestimate the morality of this group of wizards.

He didn't think much about it, sighed, and then randomly picked out the awakening potion from it.

*

Mr. Evelyn was no longer here, and when he said he was going to visit his students, he left the room.

Richard looked at the glass bottle containing the transparent liquid in his hand, and only felt a little bitter.

"Do you think there are any potions in this world that can improve the so-called 'magic qualifications'?"

He seemed to be muttering to himself in an empty place, but in fact he was asking for his real name, which had been silently by his side.

"According to my speculation, the human body of this era has the ability to replace the terminal to connect with the super-dimensional domain, and I believe that this is a development of physical ability, and it has caused changes in certain physiological systems. The so-called ascension magic should be to change this change more deeply......"

"I think in the wizards, the change happens in the brain, and the knights ...... Well, I haven't touched it, but judging by Evelyn's description of the 'Awakening Elixir', it should be for the body. I think this difference exists because wizards use 'spells' from the brain's memory to mobilize magic, while knights are supposed to use magic in some way using their bodies. ”

"There is indeed a project in the Earth government to develop the deep potential of the brain, and I read what the staff told me in the newspaper, and it's not a secret."

Real name replied.

"Really?"

"But, by the time I was sleeping, there was no breakthrough in the project. In addition, the effect of stimulating the brain with drugs is very weak, and I think it is only possible to have brain surgery directly. It is not possible to use this kind of delicate surgery in this current environment. ”

…… That's true. Now he knew that a physical-altering potion did exist, and Rasputin wasn't lying, but the potion was quite weak and risked irreversible damage to the brain, so no one would try this thankless act, but occasionally wizards would use it to punish students who made mistakes and did not die.

"But if it's just for the body, it's different, right?"

Real name nodded.

In the era in which she lived, such as "genetic enhancement drugs" that could greatly improve physical fitness, even the standard enlistment equipment that every regular army soldier would inject.

Richard imagined that the future soldiers would all be Captain America, and couldn't help but shake his head.

In this way, the bottle of awakening potion in his hand is different from the wizard's potion, it really has a powerful effect, but it is only useful for the "knight", and he is a "wizard"! Even with the Awakening Potion, he still couldn't delve into the Demon Path like a true wizard......

"Wait."

Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in Richard's head.

"Do I need to learn and master spells like other wizards? No, no, I need ...... Seems like it's just magic? ”