Lord of Arcane

Chapter 211 Imprisoning the Orb
On the second day, Xia Duo temporarily forgot all the trivial matters outside the mage tower, and Niya didn't even read the intermediate arcane geometry that she had previewed.

It has been three days since the arcane competition, Xia Duo just remembered about the new spell, the force field ball spell created by [Circular Missile].

[Magic Missile] is only a level 1 spell, even if it is used by a high-level mage, it will not be fundamentally different from that of a low-level mage.

But the archmage can usually upgrade it to become a 2-ring, 3-ring, or even more advanced [Magic Missile], and add more new features to it, such as locking, acceleration, and explosion.

The same is true for Xia Duo's [Circular Missile]. Before touching the second layer of the magic net, it uses all the magic elements of the first layer to realize it. price.

In other words, a 9-ring spell can actually be realized only through the elements of the first layer of the magic net, but in that case, the complexity of casting the spell is likely to be sky-high.

For example, one must continue to focus on casting spells for several years and perform a large number of operations on the first layer of the magic net, and any mistake in a small step may cause the spell to fail.

If it can be done, it may be able to touch the ninth layer of magic net in one step.

Xia Duo never thought about it, and he would never do such a crazy thing. Pushing up the 1st ring is already very difficult, just like the force field spell.

The original plan [Circular Missile] (unverified), but there was instability in the process of casting the spell. In order not to fail, he could only play freely with his understanding of the principle of the spell, and the final result became beyond recognition.

What Xia Duo needs to do now is to sort out this force field ball spell completely, and finally simplify it (replacing a large number of 2-level elements with 1-level elements, this step is the easiest), and it will be a real 2-level spell.

On the field before, Xia Duo had sorted out most of the key elements, as well as an overview of the spell model, and there was not much work left.

With the spell notes, Xia Duo came to the spell laboratory and applied to Ta Ling for the level 2 magic net suppression effect. He didn't want any accidents during the experiment.

"not bad!"

After a little experience of the magic net environment in the spell laboratory, Xia Duo nodded with satisfaction, worthy of its price of 60 gold coins for an hour!
At the beginning of the experiment, Xia Duo did not experiment with the force field ball spell first, but tried the original version of [Circular Missile] first. If it was successful, there would be another 2-level spell.

However, two force field bursts in succession let him understand that [Loop Missile] is still immature, if not in the magic laboratory, he might be injured.

Thinking about the force field ball on the field, it was really a fluke!
As long as the spell laboratory is started, it lasts at least one hour. There is no such thing as turning on when casting a spell and turning off when thinking.

Even his memory became much clearer, which saved him a lot of effort in completing the elements of [Force Ball].

……

At noon, Xia Duo hurriedly finished his lunch, and went back to the magic laboratory. His experiment has reached a critical moment, and the elements and structure of the spell have been completed. He is now conducting a stability test.

A spell is not only for people to successfully cast, but also cannot cause too many variables. The factors that affect the stability of the spell can be roughly divided into two categories:

The caster's own reasons, the spell's own reasons.

The former is not considered for the time being, and the latter is mostly a conflict between spell elements, similar to redundant elements in a computer program, which may or may not affect spell effects.

But in order to be more stable, it is still necessary to eliminate as much as possible.

And if you want to check the redundant elements of spells, in addition to slowly testing them through stability tests, the most direct way is to start from the essence of the magic net and the principles of spells, and use theory to guide practice.

In this regard, Xia Duo is still lacking for the time being, and he is not as proficient as he is at the 0-ring level. However, practice itself can also promote theoretical progress. He is now using krypton gold to brush up theoretical experience.

There is an old saying in Xia Duo's hometown, "What is learned on paper will eventually be shallow." Dry thinking and theory are very empty. The right way is to combine theory with practice and be impartial.

The essence of the magic net and the principle of spells with one hand, the training of spellcasting and practical application with the other hand, grasping with both hands, both hands must be hard.

……

Going back to the spell itself, this new spell, which Xia Duo named [Confinement Ball], finally took shape after more than a dozen experiments.

The specific effect of the new spell is a force field ball. When it comes into contact with a physical object, it will quickly wrap and imprison the physical object.

It doesn't have to be put on the enemy's head, it can be used on hands, feet, or weapons. Although it is not a directly fatal spell, Xia Duo is quite optimistic about its application.

This is the 2st-level manifestation of a 1nd-level spell, and it is simplified to a real 2nd-level spell. At this point, the development of [Confinement Orb] can be considered successful.

But Xia Duo still has some regrets, he needs more tests, such as casting distance, confinement strength, reaction with [Mage Armor], etc.

It's just that the spells he can use every day are extremely limited, and he is not allowed to conduct endless experiments. At this moment, he can't help but think of the benefits of recruiting apprentices.

The apprentice's experiment with the mentor is essentially a joint spellcasting led by the mentor, which is more labor-saving than the mentor's single-handed spellcasting.

But the Tower of Time can only recruit apprentices for mid-level mages, and there must be apprentices. Not every year there will be new mages.

Even if you have one, you still have to be ranked according to seniority, and you don't know when it will be your turn!

Ugh--

Xia Duo let out a long sigh, and felt that he was a little too optimistic. What he should worry about was when Nya would arrest him for the experiment!
……

With only a little energy left for making scrolls in the evening, Xia Duo was not going to try anything else, and the afternoon became very leisurely.

He took out the "Intermediate Arcane Geometry" he had borrowed before and began to preview. Although it was placed in the middle-level area of ​​the library, most of the cases in it were still 1st-level spells.

However, starting from the middle-level arcane geometry, it is no longer limited to analyzing spells, but analyzing magic nets, which involves the essence of magic nets.

If the principle of magic is engineering, then the essence of magic net is natural science. This "Intermediate Arcane Geometry" has a bit of "Mathematical Principles of Natural Science".

Xia Duo greedily flipped through it, skipping temporarily when he encountered something he couldn't understand in the middle, trying to read it as quickly as possible, so as to have an overall understanding of it first.

But when he turned to the last page, the line of text on it made him a little dumbfounded——

"To be continued."

(End of this chapter)