Chapter 114: Chapter 87: Big Purchase, Can I Learn All This?
「Five days later.」
The deduction of the metal alloy formula for Silver Star was complete.
In the living room of his apartment, Pei Ze focused on the formula information in his mind and couldn’t help but grimace.
’1.2 kilograms of Star Meteorite Iron, 0.5 kilograms of Sunken Sand Gold, 1.4 kilograms of Silver Dragon Tungsten Iron, 1.8 kilograms of Fire Rock Copper...’
The metal alloy formula provided by the Eye of Omniscience included a total of thirty-six rare metals.
Every single one was incredibly valuable. Silver Dragon Tungsten Iron, priced at 15 Magic Stone Coins per kilogram, was somehow only considered mid-tier among them.
The most expensive, earth core shining gold, was worth as much as 55 Magic Stone Coins per kilogram.
After a final calculation, a single standard unit of the metal alloy would cost over seven hundred Magic Stone Coins.
It was truly worthy of being called a perfect metal alloy formula; even an Official Wizard would frown at that price.
"Eye of Omniscience, if I want to strengthen Silver Star into a Tier Two Witchcraft Artifact, how many standard units of the metal alloy does it need to absorb?"
[12 standard units]
Pei Ze did a quick calculation, and the resulting number made his scalp tingle.
Nearly nine thousand Magic Stone Coins!
’I’d go bankrupt and still not be able to afford that much.’
Pei Ze sighed.
Of course, if he could obtain a Tier Two Witchcraft Artifact, nine thousand Magic Stone Coins wasn’t actually that expensive.
After all, wasn’t every Tier Two Witchcraft Artifact worth over ten thousand Magic Stone Coins?
Furthermore, if Silver Star evolved into a Tier Two Witchcraft Artifact, it would undoubtedly be among the best of its tier.
But that being said, for the current Pei Ze, nine thousand Magic Stone Coins was unquestionably an enormous sum.
His entire cash flow at the moment added up to less than one hundred and fifty Magic Stone Coins.
’If I sell off all my other miscellaneous things, I should be able to scrape together two hundred Magic Stone Coins.’
’The 200 contribution points I have left can also be exchanged for some of the rare metals.’
’I happen to have over seven kilograms of Silver Dragon Tungsten Iron, so I don’t need to buy that for now.’
After calculating everything, Pei Ze found he was still short by over two hundred Magic Stone Coins.
’Looks like my only option is to brew some potions to sell for money.’
Pei Ze shook his head, setting the matter aside for the time being.
At this stage, he couldn’t hope to strengthen Silver Star to Tier Two.
Even if he brewed potions until he dropped, it would be difficult to scrape together nine thousand Magic Stone Coins.
Besides, even if he strengthened Silver Star to Tier Two, he wouldn’t be able to use it.
For now, the Tier One Silver Star was more than enough.
It wouldn’t be too late to consider strengthening it to Tier Two after he advanced to a Wizard.
For now, he just needed to have it absorb a few standard units to reduce Silver Star’s Spiritual Power consumption.
Gathering his thoughts, Pei Ze glanced at his task list, thought for a moment, and then resumed the task of improving the Weakness Beam.
The One-Ring Spells he had yet to improve were Weakness Beam, Frightening Skill, Silent Illusion, and Jumping Skill.
He planned to start learning new Magic after he finished improving these four spells.
’Next, I’ll just have to wait for the analysis of the Lightning Rune and the Flash Magic Tattoo to be completed.’
...
Time flew by.
「The last day of February.」
Inside a Magic Laboratory at High Tower Academy.
Pei Ze stood in the center of the main hall, holding his Longsword horizontally as his other hand swiftly traced a few lines in the empty air.
In an instant, countless Energy Particles were drawn into threads, weaving and intertwining to quickly outline a profound and complex azure rune.
Pei Ze reached out, grabbed the rune, and wiped it onto the body of the sword.
With a CRACKLE, the sword’s blade suddenly lit up. Countless slender blue arcs of electricity materialized, flickering ceaselessly across its surface.
"It’s done!"
A smile appeared on Pei Ze’s face as he fiercely swung the sword, striking a nearby crystal target.
CRACK!
The crisp sound was mixed with the faint crackle of arcing electricity.
’Type: Physical, Battle Qi, Lightning’
’Power: 28.3 degrees’
"Not bad."
Pei Ze nodded in satisfaction.
At this level of power, it would probably only take two or three hits to break through a standard layer of Mage Armor.
The key was that its Spiritual Power consumption was only equivalent to an improved Magic Missile, yet its duration was a full five minutes.
Low consumption, high power, and a long duration—its practicality was self-evident.
’And this is just the effect of a single Lightning Rune. If I can stack them, the power will be even greater.’
The information Gu Lin had given him mentioned that an Enchanter had once successfully attempted to improve Elemental Runes by stacking them.
Unfortunately, the material only mentioned this in passing and provided no specific details.
But Pei Ze didn’t mind. As long as he had a concrete direction and the foundational knowledge, he could use the Eye of Omniscience to deduce the rest.
’I won’t rush to research stacking Elemental Runes. I’ll analyze the other Elemental Runes first.’
"Eye of Omniscience, analyze the Gale Rune and the Earth Rune."
[Task created. Beginning analysis of Gale Rune. Estimated time: 68 days.]
[Task created. Beginning analysis of Earth Rune. Estimated time: 68 days.]
"That short?"
Pei Ze was a bit surprised.
Even if his analysis speed had increased due to his higher Spirit attribute, this reduction was a bit too much.
The analysis time had been reduced by nearly half.
Pei Ze immediately checked the feedback from the Eye of Omniscience and had a moment of realization after reading it.
Simply put, the knowledge of Elemental Runes was divided into two parts: basic principles and advanced applications.
The former primarily covered the fundamental theory and general outline of Elemental Runes.
The latter consisted of the specialized knowledge for each individual type of Elemental Rune.
The previous analysis of the Lightning Rune had included both the basic principles and the advanced knowledge for the Lightning Rune, which was why it had taken so long.
Now, when analyzing a new Elemental Rune, it only needed to analyze the advanced applications, so the required time was naturally much shorter.
’In that case, is it the same for Magic Tattoos?’
Pei Ze immediately tried giving the command to analyze the Thunder Burst Magic Tattoo.
