Chapter 67: A Strange Failure
Magic enhancement is one of the most basic and commonly used spellcasting techniques, which Leo has seen in books. Of course, he was very much looking forward to learning this, but he was not satisfied and asked, "Teacher, when will I be able to learn such instantaneous and multiple spells?"
"Stinky boy, don't be too ambitious!" Byron glared at Leo, "Even I can only cast a portion of magic that is below my own level 2 in an instant. In other words, you can't instantly cast some level 0 magic until you reach level 2. As for the multiple methods, although there is no specific level limit, the consumption of spiritual power is very huge. It's not a double spell, you only need to consume double your mental power. For example, casting a double mage's hand requires at least four mage's hands to consume mental power, which is completely more than worth the loss in your current situation, and it is not as useful as magic at all. ā
After being educated by the teacher, Leo had no choice but to scratch his head and accept it, "So that's the case, what about the magic synergy?"
This time Byron didn't answer, but asked, "Which magic is the one you are most familiar with now?"
Without thinking about it, Leo said, "The hand of the mage." ā
"Heh, I'm quite good at choosing, this magic is indeed the most practical of all level 0 magic. The old mage smiled and continued, "Now I'll tell you about magic efficiency. This spell-casting technique is actually to add magic components on the basis of the original magic, and then improve a certain effect. ā
Hearing him say this, Leo immediately remembered what he had learned in the seminar a while ago, and asked, "Just like the flashing technique, you can adjust the number of magic components of the basic spatial passage and control the flash distance?"
"Clever!" the old mage praised, and sighed secretly in his heart, it is comfortable to give a lecture to a smart child, and it is a little thorough. "Take the mage hand you are most familiar with as an example, let me ask you first, the standard mage hand is composed of several magic components, what are the magic components and what is the function?"
"Two, one is a component that controls the field of an object, and the other is a component that connects spiritual forces. ā
"Well, the names of these two components are the Basic Force Field Component and the Mental Force Anchoring Component. The old mage paused for a moment, and then quickly continued: "The standard mage's hand can control an object of up to 127.12 kilograms, and this strength is obviously not enough in many cases. So, if you need a more effective Mage Hand, you'll need to add a base force field component to your spell model. ā
Leo had actually thought of it, but never tried it. According to his understanding, changing the spell model must be a very advanced skill, but when he heard that he could also try it, his interest immediately increased, and he hurriedly asked, "Oh, how do you add it?"
The old mage was amused by Leo's impatience and said, "You already have a solidified spell model, now generate it directly, but don't use spells to project it." ā
After a few moments, the spell model of the Mage's Hand was completed, and Leo said, "It's all right, teacher. ā
Byron nodded, "Draw an additional power building, don't do anything else just yet, keep it at a distance from the spell model." ā
There was a few seconds of delay in drawing the mana artifact, and then Leo spoke again: "It's all right, teacher." ā
"Yes, the components are drawn very quickly, and it seems to be very skillful. The old mage took the pen and paper on the real table, and said as he draw, "Let the magic components slowly approach the spell model, and feel the repulsion between them?"
"I feel it. ā
Soon, Byron had sketched out a rough diagram of the spell model, and he pointed to one of the points and said, "Find this place, this is the blank space, accelerate the components, add it, and don't collide with any runes." ā
With Byron's guidance, Leo added the force field component to the spell model, and then, as if he sensed some very strange fluctuations, a new spell model appeared.
"Teacher, it's done. ā
"Really?" said Byron, with a surprised expression.
Although Leo was a little strange about this, he still nodded honestly: "It's really good." ā
Byron stroked his beard and said with a little helplessness: "Luckily, now listen to me chanting the mantra, there are some differences from the standard mantra." ā
The spell was quite short, but Leo could still hear that one syllable had changed, but it wasn't that hard to learn. He chose a random chair and recited the incantation.
The next moment, the mage's hand that was enhanced was projected onto the main material plane, and the chair floated with the traction of Leo's spiritual power.
In order to verify this, Byron also cast the mage's hand on the chair, but it was a standard version. Under the traction of mental power, the chair did not move at all, and he finally confirmed that Leo had indeed completed the magic enhancement in one go.
"This is too ......," Byron was completely speechless, and when he practiced this technique on his own, he tried for several days before he succeeded. Seeing Leo's excitement and pride, he secretly took something out of the spatial ring and injected magic into it.
Two minutes later, the magic cooled down, and Byron said as usual, "Boy, I'll take a look at it again." ā
Leo certainly wouldn't refuse, but this time, no matter how much he tried, it always ended in failure.
"Child, I'm also doing this for your own good, so that you don't have to fly to the sky. Byron muttered secretly in his heart, and said to Leo, who was still trying: "Now that you know it's difficult, go back and practice hard." Well, you go get Claire and Montoya, and Owen, he should be back for the New Year. ā
"Why did you succeed the first time and fail the next few times? Could it be that you were just lucky?" said Leo with a puzzled face.
More than ten minutes later, in the real yĆ n room, the three family students and Leo stood honestly, waiting for the old mage to speak.
The old mage focused on Montoya and Owen, and finally glanced at Leo before saying, "I was too busy a while ago and delayed your class, but I will still be very busy in the future, so the class will continue to be suspended." In a few months, the major academies will be opened, and some of you will get letters of recommendation to enter the academy without exams for more in-depth magical studies, and some of you will have to take the joint entrance examination for magic, so I hope that you will not lose your studies. But don't think that with a letter of recommendation, everything is fine. After admission, each college will hold a preliminary examination for recommended students, and if your grades are too poor, you will be expelled from the school. Your elders and I won't be going to pick you up. ā
"Isn't the family matter over, what else is the teacher busy with?" In an instant, the three students had such thoughts at the same time, but they didn't dare to question the teacher directly, so they had to think about their own thoughts.
Montoya looked at Leo with some apprehension, and finally relaxed a little when he saw the other party smile back.
And Owen happened to see a scene, and the resentment in his heart for Leo and Montoya almost made him attack immediately.
As for Claire, with the girl's current level, even if she goes to take the magic joint exam, she has no problem at all, so she has no expression at all.
Seeing that there was nothing to do, the old mage waved his hand and said, "Okay, you guys go back, Leo, you also go back and prepare, don't do anything else today." ā
"Good teacher. ā
Back in his cabin, Leo looked at the fat man sleeping on his bed, a little helpless, it was estimated that for a long time, the two of them would have to share a room. Touching the chubby, furry head, the ogre's transformed Nightblade Leopard actually let out a comfortable snoring sound, then rolled over and continued to sleep.