Chapter 9: Guns and Sticks
Since Casfield City is adjacent to the Jedi in the south of the continent, it is natural that the output in the forest has become a specialty of the whole city.
Probably because the world is flat, not a sphere, and its climate is unpredictable. Liu Li didn't know what to say about the irresponsible creator of this world, but when Wells showed him a map of the southern woods to explore, Liu Li's worldview collapsed in half. Have you ever seen a dense jungle where this side is still a broad-leaved rainforest and then a short distance away becomes a boreal coniferous forest? Liu Li has already decided on the type of weapon he will use in martial arts on the road of dual cultivation of law and martial arts, so the question of how to make his spear will also be put on the agenda.
Liu Li's plan is to use a kind of wood with good magic guide and tough properties to make a gun shaft, and then use magic crystals or hard magic ore as the spear head, so that it has the dual attributes of a spear and a staff at the same time. The forest is full of all kinds of trees, and legend has it that if you go deeper into the sky, you can even see towering giant trees, so it is not a problem to find a handy wood to make a gun barrel. And the spear head is not too much of a problem, the effect of making the spear head with the magic crystal of the monster is naturally not as good as the pure magic ore, but Liu Li is now just a spell caster who has just come into contact with spells, and has not even advanced yet, and it is not difficult to find a suitable magic crystal in the town's trading market.
In fact, what Liu Li didn't know was that Old Wells had a plan in his heart for his staff. The structure of the spear is nothing more than the barrel and the head of the spear, and the wand is nothing more than the body of the wand and the crystallization of magic power, and there is not much difference in itself. Although I don't know what kind of weapon Liu Li will choose in terms of martial arts, as a mage, he definitely has a suitable staff, and the toughness of the staff body is not considered, but the magic crystal of the ground lizard has been lying in Old Wells's private collection. The earth lizard's talent spells are mainly based on the red element, and it just so happens that Old Wells is also a spell caster who majors in the red element, and of course he must start from what he is best at when he teaches his students, so there is nothing more suitable for Liu Li than the magic crystal of the ground lizard.
Time flies, and a year later, the changes in Liu Li are even more obvious. However, in terms of physiognomy, it is not accurate to say that it has changed. In a year's time, Liu Li's whole face not only did not become more mature, but developed in a more and more immature direction. The current Liu Li looks really in line with the appearance of his age in this world, for which he is not less ridiculed by the guys in the city guards, and from time to time he hears a "Liu Li, who grows and becomes more tender", he really doesn't know what to do, if he really wants to lose his temper about it, those guys may laugh even happier. But fortunately, there is no change in height, at least it has not shrunk back, which is really lucky. In terms of mentality, Liu Li also feels more energetic. It's not that he becomes immature in dealing with things, maybe it's because there aren't so many immutable constraints in this world, and the progress in magic has made him feel a kind of joy that "things that once could only exist in fantasy become reality".
The biggest change is Liu Li's strength. Normally, if an apprentice wants to officially enter the first order mage, it will take three years to enter the first order mage, and it is not uncommon for the slow ten years to enter the rank, and this journey, Liu Li really only took one year to complete. Every time I see the purple-red lightning flashing through my fingertips, although it seems to be weak, the power contained in it is by no means as simple as it seems, although I have never tried to shoot it out, but the demonic beast does not care for the time being, ordinary humans will definitely not be able to resist this blow. This is only the primary power of the first order, thinking about the more mysteries to be discovered, Liu Li's heart is also excited.
However, vaguely, Liu Li also felt a little flawed, I can't say why, every time I cast a spell, I seem to feel that something is missing. His spells weren't supposed to be like this, though Wells was always amazed at his talent and was satisfied with the "shock" he cast. There was always a voice whispering in my ear: "That's not right, your 'electric shock' shouldn't be like this." Liu Li, who couldn't figure it out, temporarily put down her thinking about it, after all, she couldn't get a result after trying many times, so she had no choice but to go with the flow.
In terms of martial arts, after more than a year of spear training, at least in the use of spears, Liu Li has found it difficult to find opponents in the city guards. On the one hand, it benefits from a physique that is far beyond ordinary people, and on the other hand, Liu Li does have a "talent" that surpasses ordinary people in gunnery. In terms of dexterity, he was as skilled as an extension of an arm, and there were only a handful of people in the city guard who could do so. However, the strange thing is that for other weapons, the improvement brought by the superior physique is far less obvious, and compared with the soldiers who began to cultivate in the same period, it is only beyond the average level. Liu Li, who was puzzled by this situation, couldn't help but worry about whether his luck would be affected, after all, the luck of spearmen has always been worrying since ancient times.
For Liu Li, today is special, from the day of the time traveled to today, exactly two years. Old Wells said that he would give himself a gift today, although Liu Li already knew what it was, he still couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart. His own "staff" has finally taken shape.
After finishing the morning training of the city guards, Liu Li, who had not even eaten lunch, rushed back to the Mage Tower with an impatient mood. That's a staff, a symbol of a mage.
"Where's my staff?" Through the closed door of the study, Liu Li's shout was heard from a distance. I don't know when it started, but this little thing also likes to learn what the mercenary guild guys call themselves like this. Wells was also wondering in his heart, "There shouldn't be any problems with my own teaching, when did this thing grow crooked?" But he didn't want to think about how he used to go to the Mercenary Guild in order to maintain the majesty of the long-defunct town mage, and he was trying to control himself, and since he had a student who could carry him back from the tavern, he drank more and more unscrupulously. In front of those mercenaries, you can still work hard to control it, Liu Li carried him back to the mage tower, others don't know, Liu Li has seen it many times.
Liu Li, who opened the door of the study, flashed a purple-red electric light in front of him, which was the familiar "electric shock". Liu Li didn't panic about the sudden attack, the same purple-red electric light flashed at his fingertips, and then spread, forming a disc with a diameter of nearly half a meter. The burst of electric light submerged into the disk, as if it had been assimilated and absorbed, and instantly expanded the diameter of the disk by more than double. Liu Li, who felt that the elbow spell was becoming more and more difficult to control, threw the entire disc out of the window of the corridor at the door of the study, and pretended to exaggerate and shouted: "The old man murdered the apprentice!" The voice was so loud that it could be heard downstairs. However, the rest of the mage tower had long been immune to the usual behavior of this pair of strange masters and apprentices, and they were not even interested in asking.
"Stinky boy, do you have the ability not to hide?" Old Wells blew his beard and stared at Liu Li had long been accustomed to ignoring it, but looking at the satisfied look that flashed in his eyes, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that this response should be regarded as passing. Liu Li, a first-order beginner, has only mastered the "Electric Shock" spell now, but the changes contained in this simple first-order spell are not so easy to grasp. Take Liu Li's performance just now, with the expectation of the "magic staff", the moment he opened the door, he was actually a little careless, and the electric light that came from him really caught him off guard. However, the electric light in his hand only flashed two words in his mind and the spell was cast, which belonged to the spell wielder's habit of using spells. The elements contained in the magic are then adjusted to form a disc, which is again the specialty of the invoker. Liu Li, who took the path of "double cultivation of law and martial arts", did not specialize in the path of practicing the law like his teacher, but chose to hold mantras and pray for spirits at the same time. Warmages are inevitably in melee combat, and in melee combat, the enemy won't give you time to chant incantations comfortably.
"Come and get it yourself, and I can't send it to you. Pointing to the long wooden box on the table, Wells was full of confidence. After compensating for the repair cost of the Mage Tower, in order to help Liu Li get this staff, he almost emptied all the treasures of low-level spell materials in his private warehouse, and even paid a lot for some rare high-level materials.
Excited, he opened the wooden box and looked at his own weapon. The pitch-black barrel of the ebony wood is surrounded by magical patterns oozing from Mithril. In order to make Liu Li more handy to use, Wells paid a full 500 grams of Mithril to find his old friend to use the method of penetration to engrave the inscription in it, and finally formed such a gun with both magic guidance and tenacity. The connection between the barrel and the head of the gun is wrapped in pure gold, so that the head made of the lizard crystal can be perfectly embedded in it. The Lizard Crystal is also carefully polished and hardened by the top gem craftsmen in the imperial capital, making it hard and sharp while retaining the magic contained in it to the greatest extent. The most brilliant thing is that the Lizard Crystal as the head of the spear can be replaced. Although the barrel of the gun is already the ultimate that Wells has achieved with his ability and connections, the level of the magic crystal of the Broken Rock Lizard can only support Liu Li's promotion to a middle-level mage at most. Wells also put a lot of thought into his students' weapons.
"Go ahead and try it. Liu Li's impatient look was already on his face, and Wells didn't force him to stay.
It was not the first time that Liu Li, the underground testing ground of the Mage Tower, had not used other spell-casting techniques in his hand, and had recited all the spells in a regular manner, and the elements were arranged in the most standard proportions. With the light trembling of the blue in the meditation space in his mind, the magic power was transmitted to the weapon through his hands, and a feeling of pleasure occupied all of Liu Li's perception. The arc of electricity that did not disperse around the spear, but it was no longer the purple red it used to be, and the bright blue light shone throughout the space, and the voice sounded again: "This is your magic." ”