After dinner, before the tactics class, Xia Duo hurriedly went to the material application office to redeem two learning scrolls. Considering that he had already exchanged attack spells before, this time Xia Duo chose [Phantom Sound Technique] and [Mage's Hand] like this
Functional spells.
It's enough to have [Acid Splash] as an attack spell. Xia Duo doesn't think he can rely on some apprentice spells to dominate the battlefield.
Choosing functional spells only gives him more choices when facing danger. In the final analysis, he still has to survive this wave of orcs, and everything else is secondary.
He had no intention of sacrificing his life for Saville at all, but he was forced by the situation and had to do it.
For the tactics class, Xia Duo still chose the spell practice room from the previous two days. This time, the tactics class only taught some army passwords and how to use standard weapons.
After the class, the official apprentice was given a one-handed sword, a small-hand crossbow, and 6 crossbow arrows. The moment he got the weapons, Sha Duo realized that the battle was coming soon.
But facing the powerful orcs, Xia Duo felt that these two weapons did not bring him much sense of security.
The other apprentices also seemed to understand the terrible fate they would face next, and one by one began to practice crazily, whether it was magic, swordsmanship, or anything that could bring them a sense of security.
Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help but shake his head, wondering why the Mage Tower didn't provide proper guidance. Did he really want these apprentices to die on the battlefield?
I can’t figure it out, I can’t figure it out!
Shado came to Netheril unexpectedly from Earth, less than a year ago. He is still studying hard about everything about Netheril. Shado has not yet been able to penetrate deeply into the underlying humanistic thinking logic.
However, no matter what others do, Xia Duo always has his own goals, plans, and determination to act.
Practicing swordsmanship is not a good choice. Even Xia Duo is not prepared to bring this one-handed sword to the battlefield. What else can he do besides becoming a burden?
There was no practice with the hand crossbow. There were very few arrows, only 6. Xia Duo's fingers hooked the crossbow string. It was almost certain that this hand crossbow could not cause fatal damage to the orcs.
Even for humans, it is difficult to kill them with one blow.
Moreover, the effective damage range of the hand crossbow is limited. If the situation really requires this damage, he is probably not far away from death.
Only magic!
Only magic can turn the impossible into the possible and the rotten into the miraculous.
Although Xia Duo comes from Earth, where technology is prevalent, and has only been in Faerun for less than a year, he has truly seen the magic of magic, and he is now full of confidence in magic.
Even if it's just some apprentice-level spells, they might be able to produce miraculous effects!
The remaining time in the tactics class is limited, so you must make good use of it!
Xia Duo quickly found a deserted corner in the spell practice room and unfolded the learning scroll. During this period, some people also wanted to get the opportunity to read the learning scroll, but Xia Duo refused them one by one.
He was ready to verify his conjecture from last night, so he did not copy it into his notes immediately, but directly studied the study scroll.
The first is the 0-level spell [Phantom Sound].
The effect of this spell is somewhat similar to the [Messaging Technique] learned before. The only difference is that the sound emitted by [Messaging Technique] can only be heard by the target, and the distance is farther.
[Phantom Sound Technique] emits sound without distinction. Depending on the size of the sound, all people with hearing within a certain range can hear it.
Its spell structure is similar to an open arc. If you continue to dismantle the spell structure, its essence is still the entanglement, joining, bending, coiling and superimposition of the shallowest layer of the magic network.
This was already well-established in Chateau's previous research and cannot be over-done.
Instead of practicing [Phantom Sound Technique] immediately, Xia Duo put away its learning scroll, opened the learning scroll of [Mage's Hand], and studied it carefully.
Still similar to the 0-level spells he had studied before, Xia Duo was completely relieved now——
Sure enough, all the 0-level spells he knew had similar operations on the same level of magic network. The only difference was that the spell structure above this bottom-level operation was different.
In other words, the spell structure is only an intuitive manifestation of the success of spell casting, and the direct operation of the magic weave is the true essence of magic.
Whether it is the entanglement, joining, bending, coiling, overlapping of the strands of the magic web, or any other more complex operation, Chateau named it [Elements of Magic].
Named with reference to the "Three Elements of Spellcasting".
Any magic is composed of several elements, but these operations are too complicated, and the mage also needs spell structures to assist memory when casting spells.
This is like a house made of several building materials, but it is impossible for the builder to directly turn the building materials into a house. A construction blueprint is also needed to ensure that the entire construction process does not go out of shape.
If a mage can understand all the elements of a magic, then he can release the magic even if he does not know the structure of the spell.
Of course, this metaphor is not appropriate, because all the elements actually include the spell structure.
The elements of a 0-level spell are relatively simple. It is only the most superficial operation of the magic network, and the spell structure above the elements is not complicated.
At least it doesn't seem complicated to Chateau.
At this point, Sha Duo can actually be said to be proficient in 0-level spells (theory). For other 0-level spells that have not been exchanged, Sha Duo is confident that as long as he is given enough time, he can even "create" them on his own.
At this point, Xia Duo can also look forward to the higher-level scenery. A formal mage is not out of reach.
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No one knew that just now, in this magic laboratory shared by many people at the same time, Xia Duo completed an important transformation - not in terms of strength, but in vision, confidence, and even ambition.
The whole morning's work had tempered his body, and the afternoon's research had transformed his spirit. However, no matter how he transformed, he could never escape the orc tide.
Xia Duo could only put his thoughts aside for a while and devote himself wholeheartedly to practicing magic.
The only level 0 spells he has mastered now are [Acid Splash] and [Light Spell]. Although he has learned the other spells, he still lacks the skills to master them.
Casting spells with one's own body can also be called magic skills, and naturally requires regular practice.
What if it’s a machine?
For a moment, Xia Duo's thoughts went astray again, and he even thought of an alternative spell-casting device, but ignored that the Mage Tower itself is a multi-functional, super powerful alternative spell-casting device, or building.
Pulling back his wandering thoughts, Xia Duo warned himself not to be too ambitious, but to be down-to-earth and take care of the present before talking about anything else.
Time passed quickly after that.
After dinner that day, Xia Duo did not study as usual. Instead, he went to bed early. After a day of physical and mental exertion, he was too tired.