Salin was suddenly enlightened. Rex's idea was obvious. Every sorcerer who came to Alchemy City would have many strange requests. What they wanted to buy could be said to be very demanding. No matter how strange the things he wanted to buy were, it was normal in Alchemy City. His teacher had given him a white crystal ring. It seemed to be part of a set. His level was too low then, so he couldn't use the rest.
He had been away from his teacher for a long time, and he hadn't seen many white crystal equipment. This showed how precious it was. A ring was so small, yet someone was willing to pay tens of thousands of gold coins.
"Rex, why didn't you say so earlier?"
Rex smiled bitterly. "How would I know it would be like this before coming to Alchemy City? I thought … "
Salin knew that Rex couldn't be blamed for not giving him ideas. He had been muddle-headed before. At this moment, his train of thought opened up and a few ideas popped up in his mind. He also had some confidence in finding his teacher.
Huo Jinna and the Elemental Hand didn't work together. Alchemy City was mainly divided into three parts: the Alchemy Tower, the Elemental Hand, and the three islands.
In other words, the sorcerers of these three parts did their own things. The Elemental Hand was responsible for Alchemy City's safety, the Alchemy Tower was responsible for business, and the three islands controlled resources. Other than searching for equipment related to the white crystal ring, he also had to accept missions from the three islands. If his teacher was on the three islands, he would be found if he paid attention.
Of course, such low-level missions were hopeless. Only by accepting high-level missions could his name be on the list of the three islands. If he had the chance to accept a mission to board a magic ship, there was no way his teacher wouldn't find him.
This required time. Any sorcerer who came to Alchemy City could only accept the low-level missions. Without hunting experience, accepting those high-level missions would be suicide.
His mood improved, and Salin didn't watch the sorcerers compete. He and Rex continued their magic game in the room. But when there were no outsiders, the two of them started trying to dispel level-three spells.
With the two of them working together, Rex had a higher success rate in dispelling Salin's spells. Salin had to add two magic shields to prevent mistakes.
Rex released three Firebird spells in a row. The fire elements condensed into the shape of birds in the air and attacked Salin. Although Fireball was a spell that almost every sorcerer studied until they reached the Great Sorcerer level, Firebird was still highly valued by low-level sorcerers. This was because the Firebird technique's lock-on ability was extremely strong.
A Magician could lock onto an enemy with the Firebird spell without expending much mental power. In comparison, the Fireball spell was more profound, and it was even related to the advancement of some Magicians into the fourth level.
Salin had been using level-two icicles to disperse the level-three firebirds. Rex kept releasing firebirds, but his rhythm was slightly slower. The last firebird bypassed the icicles and pounced on him. Rex was shocked. When the magic touched his body, it was too late to dispel it.
With a loud bang, a huge bubble swelled up on the surface of Salin's body. The bubble burst, and the Firebird dissipated in the air. Salin was also blown away.
"Salin!" Using the Wind Soaring Spell, Rex crossed the entire room in one step and caught Salin, who was crashing into the wall. This time, she was a little competitive. The power of the Firebird Technique exceeded the limit of the third level. She had planned to stop the attack after Salin failed, but the two of them were practicing in the room, which was only a dozen meters wide. A level-three spell, Vibration, could hit the opponent in the blink of an eye. Salin's Water Pattern Shield suddenly burst out and crashed into the firebird.
Salin didn't expect the firebird to explode. The impact was too great. He felt as if his bones had been hit by a giant hammer. If Rex hadn't caught him in time, he would've been badly injured even though he used Wind Speed to slow down the impact.
"What are you doing?" Rex asked angrily. Salin's Water Pattern Shield suddenly expanded without warning. It was as fast as an offensive spell. If he wasn't careful, he might be seriously injured in such an experiment.
Salin was in pain all over, but he felt very comfortable with Rex holding him. He had a lot of things on his mind, but he didn't say them out loud. They only turned into intermittent moans.
Rex came back to himself. He was both angry and amused. He threw Salin on the bed and glared at him. "Do you think I'm your mother?"
Salin fell on the bed, but he still didn't cry out in pain. He simply laughed at Rex. "Don't take advantage of me. My mother died early."
"Humph!" Rex was in a high position, and his skin was even thicker than Salin's. However, Salin's words touched a sensitive part in her heart. Remembering that Salin and she had both lost their mothers when they were young, she didn't keep a straight face anymore. She sat on the bed and asked, "How did you do it? My level-four spell was about the same as your Water Pattern Shield. Did they cancel each other out? "
As she asked, she cast Spring Rain on Salin. The green mist seeped into Salin's body, and he felt much better. He thought for a moment and said, "Not exactly, or there wouldn't have been such an explosion. Defensive spells also have the weakest and toughest parts. I only used the toughest parts to cancel the attack and spread the power. If you hadn't shot out the firebird, I would've been able to control it. "
"Why did you work so hard? We still have time." Rex couldn't help but continue to blame Salin. What he did just now was a new magic experiment, and it was done in an uncontrollable situation.
"Not really. I had this idea a year ago." A year ago, Salin and Rex were still in the demiplane where the Hell of God's Punishment was. Rex understood.
"Then can you still move?"
"Yes, again!" Salin rested for a moment, then sat up and released the Water Pattern Shield again. He was determined to master this skill. It was an important way for him to surpass other Mages. After learning the arrangement of the water elements, his level-two mutated spell now had the defensive power of a level-four spell. If he could make the Water Pattern Shield more active, Salin was confident that he could upgrade it.
Fireball was precious because it could be upgraded. At the level-two level, fireballs were not as destructive as ice arrows. The freezing effect of ice arrows was better than some level-two control spells. However, ice arrows could not be upgraded. Even if you were a Magic Shooter, you could at most use techniques to increase the power of ice arrows, but you couldn't change the nature of ice arrows.
If the Water Pattern Shield was upgraded to a level-three spell, its defensive power would reach level-five. This was much more practical than the Ice Pattern Armor. The Ice Pattern Armor's defensive power was strong enough, but it consumed the magic string of a standard level-four spell. After Salin became a Great Mage, he had never stopped studying the Water Pattern Shield because of this.
He could release 96 level-two spells in a row now, and 24 level-four spells in a row. The magic string consumption was four times lower. He wanted the Water Pattern Shield to be more efficient, not to familiarize himself with the Ice Pattern Armor.
The Ice Pattern Armor was a perfect spell. Before the magic string was used up, it would automatically repair the damaged parts. The only regret was the consumption. It was very difficult for an ordinary level-four Mage to support the Ice Pattern Armor.
Salin had a strong sense of crisis. He had a lot of blank scrolls, which he got from Rafael's Magic Tower. The scrolls would be used up sooner or later. He didn't have the conditions to collect those scrolls anymore.
The only thing he could rely on was his magic string. Now, Salin only needed to rest for half an hour. He didn't need to meditate, and the magic string could return to its normal state. This was relying on the energy of the Dragon Crystal, but Salin knew that he was now level-four, so the recovery would be fast. If he became a Magic Shooter, every time he recovered his magic string, the Dragon Crystal would be used up, and it would take a long time to recover.
If it was like this for a long time, the life of the Dragon Crystal would also come to an end. So, while his level was still low, Salin tried to use low-level Magic Cores to recover his magic string. His strong mental strength allowed him to release a lot of scrolls, and Salin had never stopped using his family badge to train his mental strength.
Salin didn't know why he was so desperate. In fact, as long as there was no Vatican, he didn't care about Count Alphonso anymore. When he arrived at Alchemy City, Salin realized that he was no longer a beggar who only wanted food and clothing. He was a Mage, and he wanted to see the secrets of this world like Rafael.
People change. Some people would slowly give up their ideals after they grew up. Some people would have a higher goal.
Salin and Rex were practicing magic in the room. As Salin asked to increase his height, the noise became louder and louder. The people in Alchemy City pretended not to hear it, but Nelis and Shika, who were practicing outside, were worried that something might happen to Salin.
The most curious ones were Sandro and Gao Gen. These two Qin Yin Mages were also very hardworking. They had both become Great Mages before the age of 40, so it was much easier for them to advance to Magic Shooter than others. But when they heard the loud and short explosions in Salin's room, the two of them couldn't figure out what Salin and Rex were practicing. Even the Silence Ward was broken by their magic practice.
Salin never felt that time was hard. When he practiced magic with Rex, he didn't look like a noble at all. Every move and word was the purest of Mages. Salin liked this feeling. He didn't even want to go hunting on the sea. If he could continue practicing like this in the whole castle, Salin considered giving up his ideals and not thinking about that ship anymore.
But he had to go. When he came to Alchemy City, there was still no news of his teacher. Two days later, Juno appeared in front of everyone with two Level-Six Mages.
Juno didn't say any nonsense. He just looked around and said a short word — go.
At this moment, the contract between Alchemy City and the Mages came into effect. He was responsible for the safety of these people on the sea. Everything had rules. Hunting the finless whale was a safe mission, but among the low-level missions, this was already the most difficult. This time, there were more than ten new Mages in Alchemy City. For Rex's safety, he didn't keep all of them with him. Instead, he distributed them to the other three ships.
Hopefully, this time, it would be smooth sailing and there wouldn't be a storm. Otherwise, the hunter would become the prey. There were a large number of magical beasts in the sea. This was wealth, a huge and dangerous wealth.
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