……

After seeing the details on the list, Matthew immediately understood that this was Surier's scheme.

in front of yourself.

It's not a consumer trap.

And pie falling from the sky!

It's just that the pie is too big and there are too many of them.

If you eat hard in one go, you can easily kill yourself.

Spell ability.

This is every mage's dream opportunity, and as Margaret has previously introduced, it is very costly to solidify a spell into a ability through regular training.

The first is the time cost, a training cycle is 14~24 days, usually 2~3 training cycles to achieve initial results.

In other words, it can take a month to achieve the initial goal.

At first glance, it doesn't seem like much time, but time here refers to training day and night.

Each day of the training cycle, the caster must drain his mana and mental power and cast the same spell over and over again.

This can also be a great drain on a person's will and mental strength.

The second is the cost of materials, and training requires a specific potion to be effective.

One of the most important is a potion that breaks the limit on the number of spells cast per day.

Take, for example, "Spell Awareness".

The material cost of this spell is around 25,000 gold.

Compared with the Surrell construction technique, which is completely automatic, the price is only half cheaper.

Third, because in the process of spell ability, it is necessary to take potions that break the limit of the number of spells cast every day, so there is a certain probability that the trainer will be infected with "spell casting addiction".

Follow-up treatment for this problem is very expensive, and there is no specific treatment within the Alliance.

Therefore, there is usually a period of time between each training cycle, which increases the time cost in disguise.

However, this approach is already a manifestation of the great progress of the sorcery civilization.

Before that.

A mage can usually only power one spell in his lifetime-

And most of them are commonly used spells such as mage's hand and illumination.

But that's no longer the case.

The spells on this list in front of you only need to spend money, and they are at your fingertips.

50,000 gold coins for "Spell Counter".

Matthew didn't think it was expensive at all.

He even thinks it's ridiculously cheap!

At that moment, Matthew took a deep breath, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.

In the process.

In the field of moderation, there has always been no wave, and there is no tendency to even call the police.

That's enough to say about Matthew's current state.

His brain is actually quite calm.

It's just that Surier's open card is too tempting, and there is a certain physiological reaction.

No wonder Surrell is so confident and dares to say in advance that she will squeeze you dry, it turns out that she is sure that no one can refuse what she has given!

Matthew raised his eyes to Surrell:

"The price you offer is different for everyone, isn't it?"

Suriel smiled and said:

"You're pretty smart, aren't you?"

"If you are a fourth-order mage, the price of this price list will generally double;

If you are at the fifth order, you will have to triple it.

Legend is another price, not only money, but also a lot of debt to me. ”

"To be honest, I didn't plan to earn money from a little mage like you at all, and the money was barely repaid, and my labor fees were all given away for nothing."

Matthew took her word for it.

Surrell really didn't intend to earn his money.

Her purpose is completely public-

She just wants to be a creditor to everyone, including Matthew!

Therefore, she gave different prices for different groups of people, anyway, the purpose is to squeeze your pockets out and put you in debt.

Matthew secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

He's actually a guy who hates owing money.

"Don't worry, you pick slowly."

Suriel's voice was gentle, she sat across from Matthew, her knees leaning together, a cup of coffee elegantly in her hand, and her movements and demeanor resembled that of a tutor who was making up for her students.

Matthew bit his lip and began to wonder what he needed.

A moment later.

He grabbed a pen and began to tick along the list—

……

"-Spell Rebound-

Man of Steel-

Spell Nullification Enchantment (Creates a spherical space with a radius of 18 meters centered on you, in which all non-legendary spells cannot be effective)

Price: 100,000 gold-

Spell Upgrade (All spells you cast except summon and prophecy have their effects increased by one level)

Price: 100,000 gold-

Spell Instant (When casting a spell of the same level, the effect of your spell appears in sync with your channel;

When casting a spell below your level, your channel time is reduced to 0.02 seconds. ）

Price: 100,000 gold-

Any Door (You can open a portal within your field of vision, the other end of the portal must not be more than 150 meters away from the door, and you must have a strong enough impression of the space on the other side of the door in your brain.)

Warning: The accident rate of any door is 100 times that of wall penetration, so please try to use it within sight.

Available 20 times per day)

Price: 100,000 gold"

……

Each of the spells he chose was well thought out.

"Spell Return" and "Iron Body" are pure instant combat power, and the former, together with Spell Counter and Spell Nullification Enchantment, form a trifecta of Matthew's quality against mages;

The latter, along with the "immortal body", made Matthew's physical body safer.

"Spell Instant" and "Spell Upgrade" are options with a lot of potential, and their effects will increase as Matthew's strength increases.

Even if it comes to legends in the future, these two abilities will be very useful.

As for "Spell Nullification Enchantment" and "Any Gate".

They are also well-known panacea spells, and early learning always comes in handy.

With this set of combat spells as a foundation, Matthew only needs to make up the foundation a little, and then, he can devote all his energy to the exploration of necromantic spells and domains.

Finish the last tick.

Matthew only felt a little tightness in his wrists.

He glanced at the list of spells on the list again, and his eyes were slightly reluctant.

But Matthew resisted the urge to keep ticking.

Krypton is a bottomless pit.

He didn't want to work for someone else for the rest of his life.

Surrell's Construct is indeed one of the channels that can become stronger quickly.

Matthew is willing to use this shareholder wind to further strengthen his own shortcomings.

But he is also well aware.

It's not Fei Capital, it's not Surrell, it's not even Margaret.

This path belongs to theirs, not to one's own.

Matthew has his own path to follow.

He joined the alliance to learn from his strengths, not to completely abandon his legendary ways!

"When this period passes, it's time to settle down, the knowledge of spells in the alliance has disturbed my eyes."

"I should go back to the ordinary woods and cemeteries."

"Nature or immortality, that's my way!"

Matthew's will gradually strengthened.

"Selected?"

Surreel's gentle voice changed a rare hint of tone:

"Are you sure you only need these six?"

Matthew nodded:

"My money, it should be enough, right?"

Surrell said bluntly:

"It's not enough, you only have 470,000 gold coins in your storage items, and you need to pay 500,000 here, and you still need to borrow 30,000."

Matthew hurriedly said:

"I don't need to borrow 30,000 gold coins, I can go back to Rolling Stone Town to wipe it and send it to you soon."

Surrell didn't embarrass him:

"Yes."

"But are you sure you don't pick a few more? There is only one chance, oh, next time you kneel at the alliance headquarters and beg me, I will not serve you for free. ”

Matthew's mood had calmed down by this point.

He was still in the mood to laugh:

"That's enough for me, I'll talk about that later."

Surrell looked at him with interest:

"You're the most conservative mage I've ever met."

"Margaret was already in debt of more than two million at your age.

As a result, she herself has transformed from a very ordinary little mage to the champion of three consecutive battle mage competitions.

That's the charm of Surrell's build.

Let me remind you one last time that once the list is confirmed, it cannot be changed after that.

If you choose more spells, you can make yourself more powerful.

And being strong is the foundation of making a lot of money.

You see Margaret, she repaid more than a million at a young age, and she only needs to work for me for a few more decades to pay off the remaining interest.

If she didn't have the courage to break the kettle back then.

I'm afraid I don't know where it is used as a human flesh battery by some intermediate mages. ”

Surier's words are blunt.

Her advice was also very sincere.

But Matthew still chose to decline politely.

"Very well, it seems that you are really resistant to making me your creditor."

A hint of displeasure flashed in Surreel's eyes.

Matthew hurriedly said:

"You are willing to help me solidify the spell for free, I am very grateful for this, I will always keep this favor in my heart, as long as you can use me, I will not dare to refuse."

His words spoke to Suriel's heart.

She probably just liked the feeling that someone owed her, whether it was favor or money.

Suriel smiled, got up and greeted Matthew:

"Okay then, let's go to the studio with me."

said.

A portal appeared in front of them.

Matthew walked in.

I came to a place where glass was on all sides, dangling under my feet, and the sky was above my head.

He looked around and suddenly noticed a huge city floating in the sky on his left.

The architecture of the floating city is very stylish.

From time to time, there are streamers flying overhead, and it seems to be a small flying machine?

The composition of the whole scene gives it the flavor of a sci-fi blockbuster.

"Don't be nervous, you can't see it from the outside."

Suriel said softly.

Matthew asked curiously:

"Is that the Alliance's Floating City?"

Suriel shook his head:

"That's a cyberdragon, and it's home to a bunch of paranoid magicians."

Matthew was taken aback:

"Your home is next to Cyberdragon?"

Suriel nodded:

"There's no way, someone has to keep an eye on the Cyberdragon, lest the Mechanic Engineer blow up the world, it just so happens that I'm the best mage in the field of enchantment and protection in the Alliance, so it's my turn to do this job."

"Quick, undress, I'm going to give you a check-up."

Matthew instinctively wanted to take off his shirt.

But his movements froze instantly:

"Why do you want to take off your clothes?"

Surrell urged:

"Because you need to choose the site where the construction spell is implanted, the human body is very mysterious, every organ has a different role, and the same is true for the skin.

Although the Surier structure is buried in the subcutaneous fat layer and rarely affects the human body itself, the effect will be better if the best part can be selected for curing. ”

As she spoke, she seemed a little impatient, and her white index finger flicked slightly.

Matthew's clothes were swept away in an instant!

"Hands up, thighs open, don't cover it, let me take a good look."

Surreel's tone didn't fluctuate.

Matthew told himself repeatedly that it was all about getting spells.

Gradually, his slightly restless heart calmed down.

Surrell walked around him and asked suspiciously:

"Isn't your body unhealthy?"

Matthew thought for a moment.

Shut down the temperance field.

A moment later.

Suriel nodded in satisfaction:

"Well, it looks healthy."

"I'm going to put you through a magic test to determine the final implant site."

Between words.

Circles of colorful magic runes surrounded Matthew's body, like a giant silkworm chrysalis enveloping him tightly.

Five minutes later.

The brilliance of magic dissipated.

Surrell took a magic pen and grabbed the wrists of Matthew's two hands and drew a cross on each of them.

She then turned Matthew around and drew a cross on the inside of his back shoulder blade.

After that she opened Matthew's thighs.

Three crosses were drawn in a row on the inner thighs of his thighs.

Matthew could feel the pain of the skin touched by the magic pen, as if it had been burned.

But the pain didn't last long.

He felt some mischievous magical energy burrowing into it, but this form of magical energy was something he had never seen before.

The nature is also smoother than normal magical energy.

"That's it, so be it."

Surill said.

Matthew's clothes suddenly appeared on his body again, which had been stripped away from him.

"Pay the money, I have reserved a spell solidification opening for you, and in three days, come here to find me with the remaining 30,000 gold, and I will perform the spell solidification ceremony for you."

Surrell issued an eviction order.

Matthew reluctantly paid the money.

Then with the help of the fat cat Aggie, he left the crystal castle of Surel.

……

"Hint: With your willpower, you've resisted the temptation of Surreel's Construct, a shocking feat, and you're once again venturing into the realm of temperance.

In return for being involved in the field, you can pick one of the following three abilities –

1. Deception meal (every 10 days, you can choose a day to practice in the realm of moderation in the form of self-deception, on that day, no matter how indulgent you do, it will not affect the accumulation of elements in the realm of moderation, and on the contrary, it may speed up the progress of realm exploration)

2. Ascetic (you can choose to eliminate a worldly desire to gain a more powerful stat bonus)

3. Flexible bottom line (moderation or indulgence, that's the question.) After acquiring this ability, you will have the opportunity to gain a very low chance of getting involved in the realm of indulgence by controlling your behavior in the realm. ）」

……

"Spending 500,000 a day, is this considered a success of moderation?"

Matthew was a bit surprised.

He took a look at three abilities.

First of all, exclude ascetics, this thing is probably not even chosen by Lee Weiqi.

He hesitated back and forth between a "cheat meal" and a "flexible bottom line".

In the end, the former was chosen.

Matthew is confident in his "talent" in the field of development, and even if he wants to master the field of indulgence, there is no need to develop through this ability.

On the contrary, it is the cheating meal that can make him feel less self-restrained at times.

Occasional indulgence contributes to physical and mental pleasure.

Even if you don't need it now.

It will definitely come in handy in the future.

Subsequently.

The realm of moderation of the second exploration also blessed Matthew with a permanent state.

……

"Absolute Focus: Your Focus is +1 forever"

……

The instructions are simple.

The effect is powerful.

All of Matthew's previous "focus" buffs were almost temporary.

Permanent focus is so fragrant for mages!

"It seems that as long as you face a temptation and complete a restraint, you can smoothly enter the realm of temperance and ask for it, isn't this another kind of minotaur?"

"It's a pity that there are so few temptations to trigger a domain judgment."

Matthew left the Crystal Palace in a cranky way.

He plans to return to Rolling Rock as soon as possible to find someone to borrow money.

In the teleportation hall of the Cauldron House, though.

Matthew unexpectedly bumped into Ekmund and another old mage with a very kind face and a somewhat unfocused look.

When Ekmond saw Matthew, he smiled and said:

"Coming back from Surreel?"

Matthew nodded.

Ekmund looked at the old mage gloatingly:

"It's said that you are slow, Surreel has long been eyeing this kid, and specially arranged for Margaret to be his teacher, so he pushed the boat down the river and grabbed the lead without a trace."

The old mage shook his head and sighed:

"There's really no one in the league who can make more money than those two women, and I thought I'd come fast enough."

Ekmond smiled and introduced to Matthew:

"This is the Guardian of the North, Mr. Roderick, he is known for his prophecy spells, the manufacture of magical items, and the imitation of ancient artifacts, of course, the more famous is the high imitations from Roderick's factory, you should have heard of it."

Matthew hurriedly saluted.

Ekmond said:

"Roderick heard that you made a lot of money, and he came from the north to sell you a batch of products, but unfortunately now it seems that his high-imitation demigod may not be able to sell."

See Roderick sigh for a long time.

Matthew was amazed.

Are these legendary mages doing some kind of competition?

Must you squeeze the newcomer who has recently gained a lot of money clean?

Also What's going on with Ekmond?

Heard?

Who else knows about the fact that I made a fortune?

Secretly slandered in the belly.

Matthew was smiling on the surface, and by the way, he gave him the gold coin he lost to Ekmond.

"I said, you'll spend that money in three days."

Ekmund said with a smile.

At this time, Roderick suddenly spoke:

"Ekmond, let's make a bet."

"This kid just came out of Surreel, and we're betting on how much debt he has on him?"

"Neither of us need prophecy, so let's see who guesses better, how about it?"

Ekmond looked at him with a smile, glanced at Matthew, and suddenly said decisively:

"I bet he owes at least half a million!"

Roderick shook his head and said:

"You're too conservative, I think at least a million!"

"You and I are very aware of Surreel's ability, and before that, the lowest debt record on the mage who came out of the Crystal Palace was also 300,000."

"Looks like you're trying to make me win."

Watch the two legendary bigwigs bet in front of themselves.

Matthew's forehead immediately began to sweat.

He cautiously asked:

"What if the actual number is far from what both of you guessed?"

Ekmond suddenly became serious:

"You don't owe more than two million, do you?"

Matthew didn't know what to say.

Roderick suddenly pulled him:

"Don't take this kid's words, just say what to do."

Ekmond said casually:

"If the true answer is really different from what we guessed, then give him both of our bets."

Roderick nodded his head and said he had no opinion.

Under the eyes of the two of them.

Matthew said with difficulty:

"I owe 30,000 yuan on credit for the time being, but I don't have any debt, I can pay it off when I go back and make up a little."

The two legendary mages looked at each other with expressions of disbelief.

"Silly boy, how can you let go of the opportunity to ascend to the sky?"

"Do you know how many people have begged Surel to cure her, but they can't even see Margaret's side because they have no way?"

"Although we always joke about not going into debt with her, that's just a joke, even Teacher Isabel will encourage you to solidify a few more spells from Surreel, this is a rare opportunity."

Ekmund looked anxious.

He seemed genuinely convinced that Matthew had wasted a great opportunity.

Matthew could only smile and whisper that the matter was a foregone conclusion.

Ultimately.

In the regretful gaze of the two legendary mages.

Matthew also received bets from two legendary mages –

It was two gold spell coins with the heads of each of them.

Gold coins have a unique magic in them.

The two didn't say how to use them, and Matthew could only keep them in his pocket as ordinary gold coins.

After saying goodbye to the two legends, Matthew was finally able to return to Rolling Stone.

He hurried to the Lord's Palace.

"Rhaegar has something to do with you."

He walked in the door and went straight to the point.

Rhaeggar, who was reading the newspaper in a pair of pajamas, did not raise his head:

"You don't have to talk about practicing spells, and you don't need to talk about borrowing money."

"I need 30,000 gold coins, I'm in a hurry."

Matthew said.

Seeing his serious attitude, Rhaegar wasn't joking, he just frowned and said:

"Didn't you just get a sum of money the other day? Squandered so quickly? ”

"If you want to borrow money, it's not impossible, but we must write it clearly in black and white, and in addition, I will charge you some nominal interest, after all, it is the treasury of Rolling Stone."

Matthew asked, a little surprised:

"Didn't you just get a sum of money the other day? Is this a squander? ”

Didn't wait for Rhaegar to answer.

A cute little head poked out of the hallway:

"Matthew, are you going to borrow money from me?"

"I've had a lot of pocket money lately."

"I don't charge you interest."

Seve looked at him with big eyes shining brightly.

Behind the desk.

Rhaeggar's expression suddenly turned painful.

……

As he wished, he got an interest-free loan of 30,000 yuan from the lord's mansion.

Matthew's steps back to the oak grove grew brisk.

He was in a happy mood and finished planting the oak trees for the day.

The tombstone was made with a click.

At noon.

A small black cat jumped into the cemetery.

He came up to Matthew and took on a human form.

"Eli?"

Matthew looked at the other party with some surprise, he looked around, and found no trace of the little white cat.

Eli said to him with a complicated expression:

"Matthew, I have something to tell you."

"A very important thing."

……

(End of chapter)