r18novel Chapter 18 The Scarlet Wizard, Poverty and Wealth
Chapter 18 The Scarlet Wizard, Poverty and Wealth
He "inherited" some assets from the old man.
The seven spell scrolls are not mentioned.
This allows Loon to learn spells from them, or to tear them open and use them against enemies; of course, the latter is somewhat wasteful.
Then there was the storage bag that old man had bought with most of his savings.
In addition, there were five magic stones and two hundred and eighty magic stone fragments stored in the storage bag.
Magic stones are the currency of the wizarding world.
It is not some kind of mineral that grows from the ground, but rather something formed by wizards using their spiritual power to draw upon mystery and store pure mystery in some kind of container.
In addition, after some powerful wizards die, their corpses will form a "magic stone mine".
Of course, only true wizards can condense magic stones—wizard apprentices can only condense magic stone fragments.
Magic stones are arguably the most useful resource among wizards.
Because it is a convergence of mystery and spiritual power, wizards can directly extract spiritual power and mystery from magic stones.
Placing some magic stones near you while meditating can greatly improve the efficiency of your meditation, and may even allow wizards with insufficient aptitude to break through their limits.
In addition, some magical artifacts crafted by wizards, as well as magic arrays set up by wizards, can be activated directly using magic stones.
For wizards, condensing magic stones is an extremely taxing activity, both depleting their mental energy and wasting their cultivation time.
Only wizards who have resigned themselves to their fate and have no intention of trying any further paths will abandon their routine meditation and instead use their time and mental energy to condense magic stones in exchange for other forms of wealth.
Therefore, both magic stones and magic stone fragments are extremely precious resources for wizards.
Especially magic stones—those are things that only true wizards can condense, and are extremely precious treasures that wizarding apprentices can only dream of.
Five magic stones may not sound like much, but in reality, just one magic stone is enough to make wizard apprentices fight each other to the death.
As for the two hundred and eighty magic stone fragments, they were exactly what wizard apprentices were made of, and Loon wasn't so sure how valuable they were.
"That depends on how valuable the Scarlet Wizard's knowledge is."
"It depends on what the Crimson Wizard wants," Loon said, adopting an extremely confident demeanor.
"What do I want?" The Crimson Wizard's smile grew increasingly strange.
"I want offensive spells. Can the Thunder Wizard produce them?"
"Or perhaps, I'd like some magic stone fragments to help me complete a few experiments."
"Would the Thunder Wizard be willing to sacrifice his meditation to help me condense the magic stone fragments?"
There was a hint of mockery in that strange smile.
Upon hearing this, Luo Ang fell silent.
It was only at this moment that he suddenly realized just how precious the old man's legacy was!
"I certainly have magic stone fragments," Luo Ang said seriously.
"But what knowledge will the Crimson Wizard be willing to offer in exchange for the magic stone fragments?"
The offense and defense have become aliens!
Originally, it was Loon who wanted to exchange knowledge with the Crimson Wizard—whether to exchange or not, the initiative was entirely in the hands of the Crimson Wizard.
But now, the Scarlet Wizard's seemingly difficult words actually gave Loon confidence.
The legacy left by the old man was far more valuable than Loen had imagined!
Both being wizarding apprentices, the Crimson Wizard before him could only dream of magic stone fragments—while Loon held a complete magic stone in his hand!
There were a full five!
In addition, there was the spell scroll.
The Crimson Wizard before me wanted offensive spells—among the seven scrolls left behind by the old wizard, three were purely offensive spells!
Including Luo Ang's own Thunderclap Technique, that makes four!
"Strange, offensive spells are for attacking, and they don't have any effect on the wizard's meditation."
"One or two of these spells are enough!"
Why would this scarlet wizard want offensive spells?
"Furthermore, judging from the order of his words, his need for offensive spells is actually greater than his need for magic stones?"
"Could it be that this Crimson Wizard doesn't possess any offensive spells?"
Confused, Luo Ang suppressed the fact that he possessed offensive spells.
"You really have a fragment of the magic stone?" The Crimson Wizard immediately became interested, her voice tinged with surprise and uncertainty.
The demands he made of Luo Ang were, of course, intended to make things difficult for Luo Ang—after all, business people know that when you have the upper hand, if you want to extract more value from the other party, you must first propose a condition that the other party cannot meet.
If the other party cannot meet this condition, then they will naturally have to make more concessions in other areas.
The rarity and value of that offensive spell go without saying.
Throughout the entire Storm Sea, very few wizard apprentices possess such spells—most are bloodline spells, offensive spells devised from their own bloodlines.
This already gives them a huge advantage when facing other wizard apprentices.
As for magic stone fragments, that sounds like something that would be very satisfying.
But in reality, which wizarding apprentice doesn't want to become a real wizard?
For wizard apprentices, unless it is absolutely necessary, who would be willing to waste their meditation time and mental energy to condense magic stone fragments?
But who would have thought that the Thunder Wizard opposite actually had a fragment of magic stone in his hand?
"Fragments of magic stone!" Thinking of these four words, the Crimson Wizard felt her heart beat faster.
The path he chose was the path of the Beast King Wizard.
This is also the easiest path to becoming a formal wizard among all the wizarding paths.
However, a Warcraft Wizard needs to contract a Warcraft beast as their partner, using this as the foundation to establish their Warcraft clan.
But in this world, wizards have been powerful for countless years. In the process of their rise, those magical beasts have been almost completely wiped out by the wizards and turned into materials in their hands.
Especially in this current plane, which is already quite barren, those magical beasts have been wiped out and have yet to recover.
If wizard apprentices here want to contract magical beasts, they have no choice but to find a way to train them themselves.
And that's the problem—finding a beast with the bloodline of a monster is easy.
However, it is not so simple to stimulate the bloodline in these beasts.
This requires a lot of resources and also a lot of luck.
It will take even more time!
After all, those magical beasts with bloodlines are living beings. Selecting, hatching, growing, experimenting, observing... which of these processes doesn't take time?
As for consuming one's own mental energy to condense magic stone fragments to accelerate their growth and speed up the results of the experiment... what a joke!
The Beastmaster Wizard's contracted partner is to have this partner help him become a wizard.
If one were to delay one's own cultivation for the sake of this companion, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?
Therefore, throughout her years as a wizard apprentice, the Crimson Wizard constantly traded magic stone fragments with other wizard apprentices.
However, the other wizard apprentices did not have many magic stone fragments either—and even magic stone fragments could enhance the apprentices' meditation effects. Most apprentices preferred to use these magic stone fragments to accelerate their meditation rather than exchange them for other things.
Unless they are truly lacking some kind of resource.
"I wouldn't come here just to joke with the Crimson Wizard." Loon reached into his pocket, and with a thought, took out two magic stone fragments from his storage bag. He held them in his palm for a long time before reluctantly taking them out and showing the two glittering magic stone fragments to the Crimson Wizard.
The glittering fragments still retained some warmth, as if Luo Ang had kept them close to his body all along.
"It really is a fragment of a magic stone!" The Crimson Wizard couldn't help but take a step forward.
Luo Ang then stepped back at the opportune moment, maintaining the previous distance between the two.
"Thunder Wizard, how many magic stone fragments do you have?" Crimson Wizard reluctantly withdrew his gaze.