Five days later.
"The upgrade and optimization of the Starry Sky Meditation Method has been completed."
Hellagur closed his eyes and began to meditate.
After the Starry Sky Meditation Method was upgraded, the three and a half stars in Herag's mind that were originally scattered randomly were now connected together.
After Deep Blue added an auxiliary background, Hellagur understood. This was very similar to the thousand-dot diagram when he deciphered the pocket watch, except that there were not so many dots on the diagram.
The three existing stars are located in turn at several magic points in the first picture. Herag calculated that there are still seven magic points in this picture.
The three stars are on a continuous line, forming a corner of the dot pattern.
When Herag was meditating, he found that the three stars had a weak connection, and his meditation speed was obviously much faster.
The fourth star was originally estimated to take another month, but at the current rate it can be solidified within a week.
In addition to the meditation speed, the speed of magic power operation has also increased a lot.
"Partial petrification." Hellagur's right hand turned grayish white.
"Deep Blue, how long did this spell take?"
"This partial petrification took 86 seconds."
Herag pondered, "86 seconds. It took 3 seconds before. This is a significant improvement."
This 0.5 seconds is a huge improvement and is very important in actual combat. →
"After the first dot map is completed, there should be other changes."
Helag decided to sign up for multiple courses in the future to provide sufficient data support and information input for Deep Blue.
Deep Blue has powerful data analysis and computing capabilities. Herag only needs to input enough data and Deep Blue can do a lot of things.
During the time when his meditation method was being upgraded, Hellagur took the time to write another letter to Lillian.
Due to the limited authority of the Moonglade Runestone, they could only communicate through letters.
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Five days later.
"The basic principle data for spell model construction has been entered, and the speed of spell model construction has increased by 20%."
"The Herbal Medicine database has been updated. It includes several new potion material effects and uses, new common potion refining procedures, and new recipes for Wolfsbane and Dictamnus..."
In five days, Hellagur completed the basic principles of spell model construction and the introductory course on herbalism.
At the same time, the fourth star of the Starry Sky Meditation Method has also been successfully meditated.
"Herag Merlin: Strength 2, Agility 0, Constitution 0, Spirit 9, Magic 100%."
After this successful meditation, other body data also improved slightly.
"I'm still two stars away from becoming a second-class apprentice." Herag calculated silently.
Once his mental strength reaches the standard, he can try to break through to become a second-class apprentice.
"Next is... learning two spells. Herag currently only has one partial petrification spell, and his attack and defense methods are too limited.
Zero-level spells generally have dedicated spell model books, just like some petrification spells.
Hellagur can choose to buy it from a formal wizard or from other wizard apprentices.
He thought of the bespectacled Leo, so he took out the rune stone, opened his friend list, and sent a message: "Do you have a spell model for a level zero spell?"
After a while, Leo replied: "Yes, what type do you need?"
"One offensive and one defensive."
"Offensive spells include Cone of Ice, Fireball, and Corrosive Arrow, while defensive spells include Ice Shield."
Leo then projected a few pictures over, which were overviews of the spell models corresponding to these spells, with simple data and effect descriptions.
"Ice Cone: High mana consumption, fast speed, strong attack power, with freezing effect, and will be affected by the effects in hot areas."
"Fireball: High mana consumption, medium speed, strong attack power, explosion and burning effects, cannot be cast underwater."
"Corrosive Arrow: Medium mana consumption, extremely fast speed, strong attack power, and has a corrosive effect."
"Ice Shield: High mana consumption, weak resistance to fire spells."
Herag scanned it and asked, "How much?"
"Each one is two magic stones, and if you pay with gold coins, it will cost three hundred gold coins."
"So expensive?" Herag didn't expect that level 0 spells would be so expensive.
Leo replied, "This is the normal price. Compared to potion materials, the zero-level spell model is very cheap. The price of zero-level spells is very transparent, and you can easily find out."
"However, new wizard apprentices generally cannot afford zero-level spells. They usually do some tasks to earn magic stones before learning zero-level spells."
"It's best to take quests that reward magic stones. Gold coin quests are simple but too slow."
Herag went to the Chat Tavern for a while, searched for the keyword "zero-level spell", and found that it was indeed the price.
He opened Leo's chat window and replied, "Give me the Corrosive Arrows. I'll trade them for gold."
"Okay, I'll send it to you. Where do you live?"
"Room 443."
Ten minutes later, Leo came over with a heavy book and a pile of drafts.
He also lives in the northern woods, not far from here.
"This is the spell model for the Corrosive Arrow you requested. These drafts are some of my previous calculations. You can use them as a reference."
Leo's draft was densely packed with parameters and formulas, and the reasoning process was well organized.
"Here are three hundred gold coins, count them." Herag's wallet was suddenly half empty, and he felt a little painful.
Lillian probably didn't expect that Hellagur's gold coins would be consumed so quickly.
Leo adjusted his glasses and used magic to control the gold coins to jump into his pocket one by one.
"The transaction is completed. If you have any questions, you can ask me. I can answer them when I'm not busy. The spell of Corrosive Arrow is still a bit difficult." After counting the gold coins, Leo stood up and prepared to leave.
"Well, okay, thank you very much." Herag stood up and walked Leo to the door.
After closing the door, he sighed, "I didn't expect there would be after-sales service. This Leo has the temperament of a researcher."
Aside from the robe Lindi had given him, Leo was wearing simple, coarse cloth. He came and went in a hurry, so he was probably busy studying magic.
Herag guessed that his life must be very difficult, otherwise he would not set up a stall in the flea market.
The wizarding profession is really expensive. Herag only has more than 200 gold coins and a magic stone on him now, which is only enough to buy a second level zero spell.
There is no suitable defensive spell for the time being. He feels that the Ice Shield spell is too limited, and many people know the Fireball spell, which is easily restricted.
Among the three offensive spells, Fireball was excluded first because his ring was already enchanted with this spell, but the casting speed was slower.
The Ice Cone spell is not suitable for continuous combat. He does not have enough mental strength and magic power now, and the Ice Cone spell consumes too much magic power.
So in the end I chose the spell Corrosive Arrow, which has a wide range of usage scenarios.
Leo actually didn't have much use for his drafts. Deep Blue could complete all the calculations, and he didn't even need to do the process of building the spell model himself.
But he still read these drafts in their entirety, and it was obvious that Leo was a wizard with very rigorous logic.
"Deep Blue, begin entering the Corrosive Arrow's data, and then begin constructing the Corrosive Arrow spell model."