Different World Online

Steve walked down the mine opened by the dwarves, carrying his backpack, and entered this dark world.

Logically speaking, given his cautious personality, he shouldn't go deep into the darkness without the personal skill [Dark Vision];

But who made him a miner... bah... an alchemist with Steve's family blood!

The relationship between the underground world and him is like that between water and fish. The moment he entered the dwarf mine, a shiny iron pickaxe appeared in his hand.

Two sticks + three iron ingots = iron pickaxe;

Because of the frequent attacks by the gray dwarves, the mine had been temporarily closed, so he just let it go and started working;

Just find a wall and start digging.

The pickaxe, carrying the magical power of blood, was swung down, and an angular stone one meter square fell at Steve's feet.

After storing the stones in the [Void Demiplane], Steve started digging again.

Soon, a mine entrance two meters wide and two meters high appeared in front of him.

Looking at this extremely standard mine entrance that would make even a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder happy to death, Steve nodded with satisfaction, picked up the pickaxe and continued digging.

It uses a spiral step mining method, like spiral stairs going down layer by layer;

The advantage of this method is that it is safe and will not fall into the underground magma lake when it is hollowed out, but the disadvantage is that it is not efficient.

The most important thing is that even if the mine is discovered by the gray dwarves, a one-meter-high staircase is nothing to Steve, but this height of staircase is the ultimate torture for those gray dwarves who are shorter than mountain dwarves.

What's more, Steve can even block the stairs with stones, which is simply the worst kind of stupidity.

Leaving a small hole at the entrance for air circulation, Steve swung his pickaxe and began his mining career.

However, before he could dig a few squares down, problems arose.

His [Void Demiplane] storage space is only eight square meters, which cannot accommodate these stones at all;

So he thought of a better way - selling the cut stones to the dwarves.

Soon, with the help of the dwarves, two narrow mine tracks were built.

The mine carts, driven by something unknown, moved silently, transporting a large number of square stones out of the mine and selling them to the dwarves at the price of five copper coins per stone.

Outside the mine, Bruno felt strange and happy as he watched the stones being pulled out in carts.

The strange thing is that Thorin's comrade actually has this ability, just like the alchemist recorded in the epic;

However, it is normal for people who can thrive in the Zerg battlefield to have some extraordinary abilities;

As for the reason for the joy, it was these cheap and easy-to-process stones;

Let's put it this way, if you process these stones casually, you can build an extremely strong wall;

He had long wanted to expand the walls of Thorium Hall outward;

Today's Thorium Hall is still too crowded for the growing population of dwarves.

Standing at the entrance of the mine, watching the workers continuously unloading the stones, Bruno had only one thought in his hard head - give it to me, don't stop, the more the better.

In the mine on the other side, Steve became more and more excited as he dug;

Mining is really addictive, especially when he digs up those red iron ores and feels the heat flowing through his body;

Yes, that's right, he's about to upgrade.

There’s more to Steve’s family bloodline than just digging for stone and molding steel ingots;

As the most magical branch of alchemy, his bloodline allows him to gain power from mining;

Extract the elemental power contained in the metal and transform it into experience;

What Steve didn't know was that as a unique alchemist who had integrated elemental power into his blood, there was no limit to the number of times he could cast spells;

Um... Speaking of this, we have to talk about spellcasting;

Spellcasting in Toril does not rely on the mage's own mana, commonly known as MP;

Most spellcasters actually rely on the [Magic Network] to cast spells;

The magic goddess Mystra is the supervisor and guardian of this magic network;

The mages communicated with the ubiquitous magic network, handing over the spell structure diagrams they remembered and a portion of their own magic power;

Afterwards, the magic network automatically feeds back, synthesizing the prerequisites needed for the spell and sending it to the mage;

This is why mages need to prepare their spells for the next day a day in advance;

The existence of the magic network actually has more advantages than disadvantages for most mages;

Casting spells, especially casting spells entirely on your own, is a very, very, very difficult thing;

Let's put it this way, a wizard with an intelligence attribute below 20 points actually has no spellcasting ability at all;

The existence of the magic network makes it easier for most mages with intelligence below 20 to cast spells;

They don't need to understand the function of every node on the spell structure diagram, nor do they need to personally control every subtle flow of mana;

Let's put it this way, the spell structure diagram is equivalent to a 1G-sized AutoCAD construction drawing, which includes the load-bearing surface stress, the distribution of water supply and drainage pipes, the details of the elevator shaft, etc....

A wizard with an intelligence of less than 20 would have difficulty in understanding or even remembering it completely.

So, they copied down the spell structure diagram in their spellbooks, and whenever they needed to use it, they would memorize it quickly, and then use this memory and a portion of their own mana to gain the qualification to cast the spell;

The existence of the magic network facilitates most low-level mages, but at the same time, it also restricts those truly powerful arcanists;

These arcanists can not only memorize spell structure diagrams, but also accurately understand the function of each node on the diagram;

What's more, they can even adjust the strength and range of spells by micro-jumping nodes;

To these mages who are so awesome that they have no friends, the magic web, damn it.

They don't need to prepare spells at all, because they already have mana. They just need to think about what spells they want to cast.

It was this reason that led to the fall of the Netheril Empire, the predecessor of the Nine Rings Tower;

Netheril is home to many powerful wizards, also known as arcanists. These guys have completely different views on the magic network and the goddess of magic than ordinary people.

In their floating city, with the help of the magical existence of the puzzle lock, ordinary people can perform some tricks;

So they think: [God] is just a more powerful wizard.

Thus, the twelve-ring spell, Karsas's Ascension to the Gods, came into being;

Needless to say, the result was that the Netheril Empire was destroyed, the magic network collapsed, and in order to save the magic network, the first generation of magic goddess died;

Since then, generations of love, hatred and vengeance between wizards and the goddess of magic were born.

Like those arcanists, the alchemists of Steve's family also possess independent mana.

This is one of the reasons why Steve’s family is so unique;