"But according to what you said earlier, magic weapons require an energy core to trigger spells, right? The magic core is so rare, can it still be used to make Swift Wind Arrows in batches? After hearing Arthur Wang's words, Xia Qi couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty, please have someone bring you a magic arrow that has been used and a magic arrow that has not been used."

Xia Qi beckoned, and someone immediately went to do it.

A few minutes later, a guard came over with two arrows in his hand, and after handing them into Luo Xiaohei's hands, he left respectfully.

"Give it to him." Feeling Luo Xiaohei's eyes, Xia Qi said.

"Your Majesty, please see."

Arthur took one of the arrows, broke it off, and took out a small gray-white pebble from the gap.

The stone is small, about the size of an adult's little fingernail cap.

Arthur Wang did not rush to explain the pebble, but picked up another arrow unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, this swift wind arrow has not been used yet."

After saying that, he directly broke the swift wind arrow again.

Then Arthur took out a stone of about the same size from the gap.

It's just that this stone is not grayish-white, but azure.

"Wind Core?"

Immediately, Xia Qi shook his head again.

According to Arthur Wang's previous statement, since the magic core is so precious, it is destined to be impossible to use it to produce consumables such as arrows.

"Your Majesty, this is not a magic core." Arthur Wang put two stones in front of Xia Qi's eyes and explained.

"Not a core?"

Xia Qi pinched the azure gem in his fingertips and looked at it carefully.

Although this gemstone is small, it shines brilliantly in the light.

The other gray-white pebble looks ordinary, as if it were a grain of rice that has been completely hulled.

"Your Majesty, this thing is an ore, we call it a magic crystal, and this piece is a magic crystal of the wind system."

"Something like an energy stone? Is this the mana of the wind system? ”

When Xia Qi was in Blue Star, in addition to playing games, it was.

But whether it's a game or not, there are similar settings in it.

"Yes."

Arthur nodded.

"The magic crystal is simply a magic ore containing elemental mana, but unlike the magic core, the magic crystal is a disposable product, and once the mana in it is consumed, it will become like this."

As he spoke, Arthur pushed the small gray-white stone forward.

"I see, this small wind-based magic crystal contains wind-based mana that can trigger a swift wind arrow spell, and once the mana is drained, it will turn into a waste stone."

After speaking, Xia Qi's gaze fell directly on Arthur Wang.

"Are there a lot of magic crystals like this?"

"In the elven civilization, there are only three veins of magic crystals, and the output can only be said to be barely enough."

At this point, the mystery of the range of the elven archers has finally been solved.

Xia Qi estimated that the cost of this magic arrow would definitely not be cheap.

After that, Xia Qi asked Arthur Wang about the information of the elf mage.

According to Arthur Wang, spells are divided into three major levels: lower, middle, and upper.

The first-order and second-order spells are lower-level spells.

Spells of the third and fourth orders are median spells.

Fifth-order and sixth-order spells are higher-level spells.

And in addition to these three levels, there are also forbidden spells.

Ten thousand years ago, the elf ancient tree just ate a forbidden spell, and then it withered directly and entered a near-death state.

The elven mages in the mage army are basically all low-level mages who can only cast lower-level spells.

If you are a mid-level mage, you are one of the few existences in the entire elven civilization.

Howell, the right-hand man under Arthur Wang, was technically only a mid-level mage.

Although it is very close to the advanced level, it has not reached that point after all.

The reason why he was able to use the fifth-order hurricane technique was thanks to the staff in his hand that helped him bear part of the load, but even so, he could only barely maintain the hurricane technique for a few seconds.

The power of fifth-order spells, he didn't exert 100% of them.

When Xia Qi heard this, he just laughed a few times, but there was a shock in his eyes that could not be erased.

In his opinion, the lethality was amazing enough, but the result was not all!

All of a sudden, Xia Qi had a strong expectation for the high-level occurrence in his heart.

According to Arthur Wang, the closest strength to a high-level mage in the current elven civilization is Howell, and Howell's own mage talent is also very good.

But even so, if he wanted to become a high-level mage, he would have to cultivate for another hundred or two hundred years.

For the long-lived race of the elves, Xia Qi is really desperate, everything is measured in a hundred years.

Suffice it to say, decades are short for them, and time is really meaningless in the eyes of the elves.

"That's right."

Xia Qi turned his head and said to Arthur Wang, "Didn't you say before that there is a magic crystal that can test the talent of a mage?" Bring one over and I'll try it. ”

Xia Qi was still quite interested in this matter, after all, spells were something that he couldn't usually touch.

After the matter was ordered, Arthur Wang directly called an elf attendant to fetch the magic crystal used for the test.

And while waiting, they said the last class in the back row of the elves, the elven sacrifice.

According to Arthur Wang's description, the elf sacrifice is a proper support class, and its function is to bless soldiers with buffs.

At the critical moment, you can also perform a healing technique to save people's lives.

Xia Qi suddenly realized a problem, it seems that the elven priest is not using a wind-based spell, right?

"Indeed."

After hearing this question, Arthur Wang nodded and replied, "The spells used by the elven sacrifices are wood spells. ”

After about half an hour, the elven attendant who had been sent to fetch the magic crystal had returned, still with a small wooden box in his hand.

Arthur took the wooden box from the elven attendant and opened it, only to see a transparent stone the size of an egg in the center of the box.

Although the whole stone does not look colorless, it is crystal clear, and it still looks very beautiful, thinking that this should be what he called the magic crystal.

Holding the magic crystal in his hand, Xia Qi threw an inquiring look at Arthur Wang.

"What's next?"

"Just concentrate, and you can get results in as little as a minute. After a minute, if there is still no response from the magic crystal, it means that the tester does not have the talent to become a mage. ”

Xia Qi nodded in understanding, then closed his eyes slightly and began to concentrate.

During this period, the guards standing around all cast their curious eyes on Xia Qi.

There is no doubt that everyone is very interested in whether His Majesty has the talent of a mage.

A minute passed, but the magic crystal didn't react at all.

In other words, Xia Qi did not have the talent to practice spells.

Hawkers, it doesn't matter, anyway, even if he has the opportunity to practice spells, he doesn't have time to practice

As for this test, it was just to satisfy his own curiosity.

"Come and try it too." Xia Qi said to the guards around him.

Anyway, the magic crystals have already been brought, and it won't take much time for a person to spend a minute, so it's better to try them all.

What if one of them happens to have a talent for practicing magic?

In this regard, all the guards showed a look of great interest.

The guards stepped forward and began to conduct the test.

However, from the beginning to the end, only one of the guards had the talent to practice magic.

Unfortunately, this guard has the talent to practice earth magic.

The reason why I say it's a pity is because there is no earth-based magic in the current elf clan.

Not to mention that he is a magician who practices rock magic, but there is no record of it.

High Elves practice wind magic, Wood Elves practice wood magic, and Nature Elves practice nature magic.

It's not like you can't practice magic, though, because you can still figure it out on your own

"Qin Chuan, are you interested in cultivating spells?"

Xia Qi pondered, it felt good to have a mage in the escort team.

If Qin Chuan is interested, then let him meditate and cultivate first, and as for the earth-based spells, he will find a way later.

"It's up to Your Majesty."

Qin Chuan did not answer directly to this

Seeing this, Xia Qi smiled and waved his hand and said, "Come according to your own ideas, if you want to cultivate, you can cultivate, if you don't want to, forget it." ”

Even if he didn't practice spells, Qin Chuan himself was a powerful warrior.

At the same time, Xia Qi didn't think that mages were necessarily stronger than warriors.

Being able to manipulate supernatural powers sounds great, but casting powerful spells requires a long period of chanting and casting, and after the mana is depleted, the recovery speed is not as fast as expected.

Because of long-term meditation, physical fitness is at most the level of ordinary people.

No matter how powerful the spell is, before he completes the spell chanting, a random arrow flying on the battlefield may kill him, which can be said to be a very obvious existence of strengths and weaknesses.

After hearing Xia Qi's words, Qin Chuan fell into deep thought.

Spells, this mysterious power, are undoubtedly a lot of temptation for everyone, but at the same time, they also have all kinds of limitations and disadvantages.

He wondered if he could cultivate magic without losing his own strength.

Arthur Wang probably saw Qin Chuan's thoughts, and reminded on the side: "I need to remind you, if you want to carry out the idea of dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, then I advise you to give up as soon as possible, because it is completely unrealistic." ”

"Why?"

Arthur Wang explained: "If you want to practice spells, you have to meditate at least 80% of the day except for the time when you eat and sleep. And meditating for a long time will make your martial arts cultivation regress. ”

"Conversely, if you choose to train in combat and can't sustain enough time to meditate, your spell cultivation will regress. As for practicing half of each or something, it will only be abolished in the end. ”

Needless to say, there must have been elves in the elven civilization who tried it.

Maybe this elf is Arthur himself.

In this regard, Xia Qi is not incomprehensible.

Because these two professions are themselves in conflict.

After seriously weighing the pros and cons, Qin Chuan reached out and touched the war knife on his waist, and then replied: "Back to Your Majesty, I still trust the war knife in my hand more. ”

Hearing this, Xia Qi, although he felt a little pity in his heart, finally agreed with his decision.