Ethan and Issandra arrive at Akara's tent together, and Ethan helps Acala make the potion as he had promised.

The work he is responsible for is not difficult, mainly tedious, requiring a lot of patience and considerable time to process the herbs.

Once he had processed the herbs, Akara would be able to use the half-finished products to make the finished potion.

In this process, Ethan was able to combine the knowledge he saw last night with practical operations, further understand and absorb it, and then continue to observe the whole process of making potions in Akara, and thoroughly understand the entire method and process of making magic potions.

"That's pretty much how magic potions are made. ”

Akara pointed to the raw material in front of him, and then to the finished potion, the red liquid in a small transparent bottle.

"When choosing the right raw material, it is necessary to first carry out simple treatments, such as cleaning, removing the useless parts, or using a spell to remove the energy in which the properties are not suitable, and then drying it in the sun or drying it with a direct spell, in the process of which the corresponding spell must be used to ensure that the properties required in the raw material are not destroyed. Of course, some herbs can also skip this step, such as the healing herb you collected this time. ”

"Then it's extraction and refining. Extract the essence of the herb and mix some auxiliary materials to make the potion you want. "For example, the elixir made by Akara is made with water, and the auxiliary material is water, which is convenient to apply...... Yes, the reason why it is made into potions is because it is easy to use.

In fact, there is nothing special in the previous steps, the most critical part of the production of magic potions is the final part, how to extract the 'effect' you want and make it into a potion?

In this regard, Akara did not teach in much detail, and even said something a bit mysterious, Ethan listened to it for a long time and finally could only understand that this thing is purely based on personal understanding, if you can study and understand, you really understand, and if you don't understand, you can't learn it.

"It's too ......"

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't find a suitable word to describe it. No way, a lot of knowledge on the mysterious side is so chattering, which is why the threshold for this profession is particularly high, you really can't achieve anything big if you don't have enough IQ.

"First of all, you need to have excellent physical fitness, and now you need to have a high IQ and understanding. It's no wonder that in some works, mages are all plug-ins, and in terms of the requirements of this innate condition, if the cultivated one is a piece of garbage, who would still be a mage. ”

No way, let's practice!

Luckily, magic potions require little to no magic to make, and although there are some spells that need to be used, they can be done using magic arrays that can be used with the help of external forces.

The working principle of this magic array has also become one of Ethan's learning goals, after all, in the absence of enough mental power to conceive itself, or to draw magic power from other places for his own use, this ability to extract from the current environment or some items containing magic power, and cast effects, can solve many of Ethan's problems.

He also considered changing this magic circle so that he could cast a few small spells on his own, and the problem of the magic array's energy supply could be easily solved—he thought of those inferior magic stones in the Sea of Calm, and those magic stones contained enough energy to perform some small magic.

Thinking of this, Ethan's energy rose a little more, and he was more motivated to learn, not only listened carefully, but also kept asking all kinds of strange questions, many of which Akara didn't know how to answer - in his previous life, he lived in a world of information explosion, and the last thing Ethan lacked was his brain.

Fortunately, Akara still had a lot of herbs of other natures in his hands, and he gave them to Ethan to practice potion making and magic circle use.

For the next few days, Ethan spent the mornings helping Akara with the herbs, and then in the afternoon when Akara made the red potion, he practiced with some of the inferior herbs.

Akara would also take the time to point out what was wrong and what was done well, as well as answer some of Ethan's brains about the use of the magic circle.

Compared with the previous pure brain-opening hole, after using the magic array for a few days and having a clearer understanding of the principle of using the magic array, some of the ideas put forward again were recognized and praised by Akara.

"If you can find a stable source of mana, then the magic circles you just mentioned are feasible, but the construction of the magic array needs to be redesigned, which requires you to have a clear understanding of what kind of spells you want to use. ”

Ethan didn't know that? According to his previous idea, he wanted to design a magic array that could cast fireballs, and the power was not even too great, and it could release fist-sized fireballs.

As for the temperature, concentration of the flame, and the explosive power contained in it, he didn't have too high requirements, even if it was a simple fire, it was enough for him at the moment.

But even if it's such a simple request, it's not something that can be done casually, it requires you to have a very clear understanding of the spell of fireball, at least you must understand its principle, otherwise how to build a magic array?

Now that Ethan understands the principles of energy supply and solves the source of energy, he doesn't know anything about the construction and final casting process.

After all, Akara is a priest and not a mage, and she is proficient in healing magic rather than elemental attack magic, so if Ethan wants to complete the magic array he envisioned, he needs to formally and systematically learn the relevant magic knowledge.

If it had been before, he wouldn't have known who to turn to, but he happened to have a suitable person right now: Isandrola, an excellent witch from the mage community, a powerful mage who specializes in the application of fire, frost, and thunder and lightning.

"You want to learn magic with me?"

Issandra has been living in the camp for a while, and she will walk around the camp every day, investigating the dark forces while helping the camp clean up some of the dark creatures around her.

With the help of a powerful mage like Issandra, the pressure on the Rogers in the camp was much lighter, so Issandra's prestige in the camp was also rising day by day.

The good thing is that Ethan's quest to find Issandra is so easy that he can find out where the mighty Master Issandra is doing almost casually.

"To put it simply, I want to learn some of the principles of spells. ”

Ethan spoke his mind and the idea of making a few pieces of equipment engraved with a specific magic circle.

After listening to the detailed explanation, Issandra only frowned: "It is indeed not difficult to make such magical equipment, but it is not very valuable. ”

What Ethan wants to make is the simplest props, and there are no even material requirements, just an ordinary equipment engraved with a magic array, and then a spell preset in the magic array is cast through the trigger of mental power. Similar equipment is not uncommon in this world, but no one can use such inferior materials to engrave such basic magic at the same time.

This kind of thing can even be called 'rough and rudimentary!' The Orthodox Inheritance Master His Excellency Issandra obviously does not look down on this set.

"Thinking about these is not good for your mage path, you should still practice well and improve your mental power - in fact, as long as your mental power is improved a little more, you can officially start learning spells, and then you can cast these simple spells with your bare hands. ”

Ethan shook his head helplessly: "But I don't have any self-preservation power now, I may die at the hands of dark creatures at any time, if I die, how can I cultivate spiritual power or even learn magic?"

"Uh......" Issandra couldn't refute, it was indeed a very real question, "Well, I can tell you some basic magic. ”

These basic spells are not a secret that cannot be taught, and once you start to learn magic formally, these things will be known to any mage.

Issandra had wanted to teach a few simple introductory techniques of attack and defense, but quickly changed her mind and took a book out of her luggage.

"This is a basic magic book, it is given to you, and the spells you need are all documented. Issandra looked at Ethan, whose face was full of information, and finally added: "But I still have to warn you, even if you want to build more advanced magic on items, then you can't succeed with ordinary materials." ”

Ethan nodded, he still knew this, and Akara had mentioned it to him before: "Actually, even if it is a few magic arrays that are introductory to magic, I am ready to make a weakened version." ”

Even entry-level magic, if it is built according to the maximum power, it is not something that can be carved on it just by finding something. The conductivity of the magic power, whether it can accommodate the impact of greater energy, these will directly affect whether the magic array can be successfully arranged.

And those that can have excellent conductivity and withstand a large amount of energy impact are particularly rare magic materials, which are simply not available in Ethan's current state.

Therefore, even if he got an entire book of entry-level spell principles from Issandra, his plan did not change, and it was still a weakened version of small magic.

Just as he was about to go back and read the basic spell principles and choose the right little magic to craft a few pieces of equipment, Issandra suddenly stopped Ethan, who was about to leave.

"I've been out and about all this time, and I've finally discovered that the place with the most dark energy in this area is an underground cavern called the Evil Cave, and after discussing it with Akara, I think it might be a gathering point for all the dark creatures in the vicinity. ”

"So?" Ethan didn't think that Isandrola had come to team up with him to fight the Evil Cave, and that he didn't have that fighting power.

"I need you to do me a favor. Issandra handed over a letter: "Before I came here, I met a Rasmar priest who was also investigating the cause of the dark power, so I want you to send him a letter for me to come here and destroy those dark creatures with me." ”