Volume 1 - The Leaf in the Wind and the Wandering Man Chapter 23 - Refinement of Magic
In just one afternoon, the hole in the wall of Samuel's house had been repaired, and the former captain's plasterers were quite skilled, and it didn't seem to be the first time they had done such a thing. However, the old man in charge of housekeeping was not finished yet, and Samuel was not in a hurry, so he settled the salary and asked him to come back the next day. Samuel had important things to do at night and didn't want anyone to disturb him.
Jabbar's memories of the past are incomplete after multiple reincarnations, but his memories of the abilities and growth of the Void creatures are very complete, so Samuel quickly learns how to strengthen his personal strength. However, according to Abdul-Jabbar, Samuel, as a void creature who has just awakened for a month, is not even a baby for a void creature, at most a little stronger than a fertilized egg. Although Samuel's abilities as a high-level void creature will gradually recover over time, it is only not at this moment.
So Abdul-Jabbar still suggested that Samuel first temper himself according to the power system of this world, to put it simply, let Samuel enhance his arcane abilities again.
Under Jabbar's tutelage, it took Samuel only five minutes to master the art of using the power of the Void to refine magical power. Although Abdul-Jabbar was silent on the surface, he couldn't help but cry out in his heart for perversion, and at the same time he was more curious about Samuel's identity, now he only knew that Samuel was a void creature with a higher rank than himself, but he didn't know anything about Samuel's previous life, and Samuel didn't have the slightest memory of his past life, could it really be a void creature that awakened for the first time?
Samuel didn't know what was going on in his pet's mind, and he was as excited as a child with a new toy when he had mastered a new skill, and he couldn't wait to try to use it to enhance himself.
He first took out a large stack of books related to magic refining from the space ring, and after quickly flipping through them, he picked up a pen and wrote and drew on a piece of paper, gradually outlining the prototype of a magic circle. He paused to think from time to time, and then added a few more strokes to the paper. After about two hours, he erased the many pencil lines on the paper, and a beautiful circle map popped up on the paper.
He stared at the newly designed circle and made one last inspection, then took out a large amount of alchemy materials, and after a simple mix, he entered a meditative state - he was now going to carve this newly designed magic circle into the main circle of his soul as a secondary magic circle.
If there were other mages around, it would be hard to believe. If it feels incredible to design a new support circle in two hours, it's crazy to instantly engrave that circle into your soul. If there is any design flaw in this auxiliary circle that has not yet been discovered, then carving it into the soul without testing it is likely to cause damage to the main circle, or even damage to the soul, and if that happens, Samuel will be bedridden for several months, if not dead.
I don't know if Samuel is confident enough in his design, or if he is a top species like a void creature, and he is confident to protect himself from damage even if he makes a mistake, he directly enters a meditative state.
The alchemy reagent that had just been adjusted had turned into mist and shrouded him at this moment, he took a deep breath of mist, and several silver threads immediately appeared in the depths of his soul, and he guided these silver threads to the center of the inner circle of the main magic circle, and began to weave a small magic circle, which was the auxiliary magic circle that Samuel had just designed - "Magic Refining".
The complexity of this circle is actually no more complex than the magic circles he carved before, such as "Magic Surge" and "Flash". However, unlike these circles, "Mana Refining" is in a sense closer to the underlying laws than the main circle, so it cannot use many of the auxiliary functions provided by the main circle, and must be implemented within the circle, so the difficulty of carving is actually higher than that of these upper circles. Immersed in the spiritual world, Samuel didn't realize that he was sweating profusely, let alone realizing the passage of time, and after several twists and turns, he finally completed the inner ring of the "Magic Refining" circle, which was now able to perform its basic functions. He then carefully began to carve the second ring of the circle. About an hour later, Samuel made a mistake while carving, and the silver threads that made up the second ring immediately began to twist and then drifted away as a silver mist - the engraving of the second ring failed completely.
Samuel sighed, his spiritual power had been overdepleted, and he couldn't make a second attempt, but fortunately, he had finally completed the carving of the inner ring circle, and the basic function of "magic refining" could already be brought into play.
He sank into the spirit world again, and the lilac vortex below the "Magic Refining" began to slowly dissipate, which was the magic pool in Samuel's soul. Soon, the magic in the pool dissipated, Samuel took a deep breath, and some new purple mist immediately emerged from the bottom of the spirit world, these mist looked similar to the fog in the previous magic pool, only darker. These new mist are magic, only more refined than the previous ones. After another two hours, the purple vortex returned to its previous size, and Samuel finally completed refining the entire mana pool, and at this moment, the purity of the mana in his mana pool was already a few points higher than before.
Samuel has a lot of benefits from more refined mana, his spells will have a higher chance of penetrating the enemy's spell resistance, will be more powerful, and the same spell will cost less mana than before, and Samuel's spells will be harder to be interfered with or dispelled by enemies.
To put it more plainly, all spells cast by Samuel thereafter, regardless of school, will receive bonuses roughly equivalent to half of the "Spell Penetration" refinement, half of the "Spell Enhancement" refinement, and half of the "Spell Saving" refinement, and these bonuses will be superimposed on top of all previous refinements.
After completing the carving of the auxiliary circle and making sure that there was no hidden problem, Samuel felt extremely tired, it was past midnight, and Jabbar, who was guarding by the side, did not know when he fell asleep, and it was time for him to wash and sleep.
At this time, there was a knock at the door of the house. By this time, the hole in the wall had already been repaired, and visitors could only enter through the door. Samuel wondered who would come looking for him at this time, and ran quickly to the door. Then he met an unexpected guest:
"Huh, Toft?"
Toft knew Samuel's residence in Nurenta, and Samuel was not surprised by this, but it was already late at night, and the other party must have something very urgent to do when he came to look for him so late.
Toft held up two fingers: "There are two news, one is bad news and the other is ......"
Samuel did not hesitate to interrupt the other party: "Listen to the bad news first"
"The bad news is that Degen Mining Group has decided to breach the contract, and they have chosen to pay liquidated damages instead of fulfilling their labor contracts with the workers. The labor agency also breached the contract, and we got liquidated damages, but according to Gureg's law, we need to be responsible for relocating these workers."
The so-called resettlement is to solicit the willingness of the laborers, either to transport them back to Carlin or to be resettled in Nulenta. Either way, it's a hassle.
"Let's talk about the good news", after hearing the bad news, then you can listen to the good news.
Toft shrugged: "No good news, another one is 'worse news'"
Samuel: "......"
"Yuanfan Shipping Group, which was supposed to buy our assets, suddenly rejected the acquisition, and they did not disclose the specific reason"
Samuel chuckled in his heart, and had a bad premonition.
Toft continued: "But their head said they wanted to meet with us privately...... To be exact, to see you in private, do you see or not?"
Samuel frowned, Yuanfan Shipping Group had finalized the details of the acquisition, but chose to reverse it at the last moment, letting the previous efforts go to waste, why did they do this? I'm afraid that all this can only be answered after meeting the other party.
So Samuel quickly made a decision - see
However, he still asked by the way: "Who is the person in charge of Yuanfan Shipping?"
Suddenly there was a cough behind Toft, and then a man's voice rang out: "It's me"