Bloodline of the Wizard-Chapter 52 - Close-Combat Magic Sword
Chapter 52: Chapter 52 Close-Combat Magic Sword
Chapter 52 -52 Close-Combat Magic Sword
Three months, to be exact, three months and twelve days, Ronan’s panel information had quite a few new changes.
Firstly, his strength, which leapt from 11% progress at Level 5 Apprentice to 69% at Level 7.
This was still through consuming potions.
Four bottles of Intermediate Zero Rank Nourishing Spirit Potions allowed Ronan’s spiritual cultivation to surge by more than two levels.
The cost was a full fifteen yuan of Intermediate Magic Stones.
In addition to opening the Waist Storage Bag of the second Intermediate Apprentice Black Robed Wizard and obtaining another sum of Magic Stones, Ronan’s breakthrough in his own money-making skills was also one of the reasons he dared to adopt this “luxurious” method of cultivation.
His Rune engraving skills had improved a lot, the Proficiency of the [Protection] rune had advanced to Mastery, and the success rate of engraving had increased to over fifty percent.
Almost every two engravings would definitely succeed once, and in one day, with good luck, he could succeed five to seven times.
Given the current price of the [Protection] rune fluctuating around twelve Low-level Magic Stones, he could guarantee a net income of ten Intermediate Magic Stones per month!
With more money at hand, Ronan underwent a complete “swap of guns for cannons,” not only acquiring the long-desired Magic Wand and changing into a new Magic Robe, but also purchasing desired spells, and even various commonly used Battle Potions were always fully stocked and carried with him.
Compared to three months ago, his comprehensive strength had increased by more than ten times.
“The key is actually the great compensation for the shortcoming in control measures…”
Once having not even a single Control Skill, Ronan now had three Control Spells lying quietly on his Skill Bar in his character panel, and they were all Intermediate Zero Rank.
Besides the Electric Attribute Spell[Electric Light Flowing]which he bought from a market stall, the rest[Weakness Curse]and[Howling of the Dead Soul], came from the Black Robe.
Initially, Ronan wasn’t planning to study the Undead Magic, but after opening the Waist Storage Bag of the second Intermediate Apprentice Black Robe and finding the[Weakness Curse]bundled with the[Blood and Flesh Puppet]Spell for summoning zombie servants, he became more and more intrigued as he read in detail.
He couldn’t resist and accidentally learned it.
After that, he simply decided to “break the pot by dropping it,” and learned the matching[Howling of the Dead Soul]for the Ghost Magic Ring.
Of course, he didn’t dare to study too deeply, only practicing until he could smoothly perform the casting.
[Electric Light Flowing]on the other hand, took a lot of effort and was trained to Proficiency level.
These three Control Spells each had their own strengths.
[Electric Light Flowing]summons electric currents to flow along the ground, attacking opponents.
Its lethality is average, but the paralyzing effect inherent to Electric Attribute Spells is excellent; the downside is that it’s hard to control the summoned flowing electric light, and it’s easily blocked by Energy Shields.
When Ronan first learned this spell at entry-level, he could only summon two streams of flowing electric light, but after becoming proficient, the number of summoned streams increased to four.
[Weakness Curse], when cast, directly weakens the opponent physically, causing rapid depletion of the opponent’s stamina, affects a large area, can target multiple opponents at once, and completely ignores the presence of Energy Shields, which is quite unreasonable.
This is also a characteristic of the domineering Curse System Magic, regarded by Ronan as one of the best Control Spells.
Of course, the downside is also obvious; it’s difficult to study, casting is slow, against opponents of lower strength than oneself, one spell can make the target lie down and turn into a “dead fish,” but if the opponent is of the same level or higher, the weakening effect quickly diminishes.
With Ronan’s current entry-level proficiency, applying [Weakness Curse]to a high-level apprentice of the same level would probably reduce the opponent’s physical state by about twenty percent.
The last one, [Howling of the Dead Soul], there’s nothing much to say, a crazy woman ghost cursing “Valensuna, that bitch” suddenly bursts out, and anyone would be startled by the sudden appearance.
If it starts “Howling,” it can also impact the mental aspect of the opponent, affecting the opponent’s casting, action judgments, etc.
This spell hardly requires any guidance; a simple command to the undead underneath the opponent is all it needs.
The main improvements in the Proficiency of the spell are the effects triggered by [Howl] and the frequency of commands issued.
Ronan speculates that the limit of this spell should depend on the number of undead the Spellcasters control.
If a crazy woman screams loudly in front of you, you might just shudder, but what about a hundred crazy women?
That would definitely be a hysterical “Wailing Storm,” possibly loud enough to burst one’s head.
On another note, the Proficiency of [Basic Meditation Technique] is steadily increasing.
After becoming a Master of [Energy Missile—Particle Torrent], it became extremely difficult to increase the Proficiency.
For a whole three months, Ronan only managed to increase it by two points.
In addition to each point of Proficiency requiring more casting experiences for accumulation, a major reason is that practicing once costs too much, and it’s really hard to find a suitable place for spell practice.
Often, Ronan couldn’t practice even once a day…
However, Ronan found that with every increment of Master Level Proficiency in [Energy Missile—Particle Torrent], the number of torrent particles, which resemble miniature black holes, increases by one, and the spell’s strength also surges significantly.
Now, when he exerts his full strength to cast [Energy Missile—Particle Torrent], the scope of the Extraordinary Magic Realm formed by the spell is nearly double the size than before, and its power has also significantly increased.
Moreover, after three months of practice, Ronan can now control the power size of each [Energy Missile] as he wishes.
This is crucial, as from now on, Ronan no longer has to worry about running out of mana or even draining his Life Force every time he casts a spell…
“With the aid of Magic Beast Meat, both [Ascetic Body Refinement] and [Basic Swordsmanship] have smoothly entered the Expert Level..”
Ronan casually picked up the Magic Wand, grasped the top end with his right hand, and exerted a little force.
“Clang!”
A cold light flashed through the woods, and suddenly, Ronan was holding a long, dark, lightless one-handed sword over one meter long.
This sword was hidden in the shaft of the Magic Wand; the blade was very narrow, about half as wide as a normal one-handed sword, and looked thicker than the usual one-handed swords.
Ronan slowly walked towards the corpse of the Two-headed Demon Lizard, lightly swinging the long sword in his hand.
It took almost no effort to smoothly slice off the smaller head of the Two-headed Demon Lizard’s neck.
“Even slicing the flesh of an Advanced Zero Rank Magic Beast feels almost without any resistance; it was worth the three Intermediate Magic Stones and twenty-five Low-level Magic Stones I spent..”
Ronan was quite satisfied with the sharpness of the black longsword.
This Magic Sword was custom-made for him at Weiling Workshop, enchanted with two [Sharp] runes, one [Solid] rune, and an additional [Absorption] rune.
He had almost given up all the normal functions a Magic Wand should have, solely focusing on close combat.
Actually, Ronan’s original idea was not like that; mainly because his [Ascetic Body Refinement] progressed to the eighth movement and broke through to the Expert Level, significantly enhancing his physique.
Feeling that it would be a shame not to utilize such a solid melee foundation, it shouldn’t just be used for running away.
The rune effects usually enchanted on traditional Magic Wands are mostly useful for increasing spell power and casting speed.
His Master Level [Energy Missile—Particle Torrent] already has terrifying power, and its casting is nearly instant.
The two most helpful enchantments for most Wizards are rather dispensable for him.
Thus, Ronan took a different approach and crafted this melee-oriented Magic Sword. freewebnσvel.cѳm
Of course, the main reason is because…
The custom fee for this kind of melee-oriented Magic Sword is much cheaper than a normal Magic Wand!
