Great Elf Sage

Ignoring those silly dragons, Nolan flew to the center of the lava pit, calculated the position, and quickly constructed a magic spell in the sea of ​​consciousness. .

Dots of earthy-yellow light spots precipitated in the space. These light spots absorbed a large amount of magma and cooled rapidly to form a huge black hand more than ten meters high. This is an advanced seven-ring earth attribute spell - Obsidian Hand, which is extended from the basic spell "Magic Touch" of the Mage's Hand.

The huge black palm was inserted into the magma. After a while, a pile of bones that were burned by the magma until they were all red were fished out.

"Huh, the spine and skull, which contain the strongest magic power of the adult Gray Winged Dragon, are indeed not so easily destroyed by explosion magic."

Nolan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the few remaining spine segments of the gray pterosaur and the skull that was missing three horns.

"The three strongest horns on the adult gray pterosaur's body have been destroyed, but the spine and skull, which are not as hard as the horns but are full of magic power, can barely survive..."

Feeling the dragon's unique blood magic flowing in the wreckage, Nolan continued to talk to himself.

"It is true that the power of magic can be very exaggerated, but as long as there is a method that also uses magic to resist, it can effectively offset or even counter the opponent. Even if it is just a simple accumulation of magic, as long as it is accumulated to a certain extent, it can still produce effect……"

Nolan was thinking as he controlled the Obsidian Hand to carry the remains of the Gray Winged Dragon and fly towards the laboratory.

……

A few days later, Nolan, who completed the linking formula between the spiritual power of the dragon and the magic power of the blood, once again began to try to construct the 'basic pan-magic induction technique'.

"... This time we have strengthened the link between mental power and magic power. According to the current theory, everything that can be perfected has been perfected, but I always feel that there are still some shortcomings... I can only rely on experimental results to find the answer."

After a while, Nolan, who entered a meditative state, once again constructed the spell he had conceived in his mind.

Everything went on as usual, but this time there was no shock at all in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"There's a show!"

Unfortunately, when the last step was reached, the entire technique collapsed and shattered without any warning.

But this time Nolan didn't show any discomfort. He just felt that his mental power surged back into the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness, and the magic flow that was originally connected to his body was withdrawn.

"From past experience, the deeper the connection between mental power and magic power, the more serious the backlash will be when failure occurs. However, this time, it is unprecedented that mental power and magic power are completely and unreservedly connected, and there are no adverse reactions at all after failure. …”

Nolan was very excited, he felt like he was going in the right direction!

"There can't be anything wrong. This theory is correct. The reason why it failed this time is because there is a very crucial thing missing that I haven't realized yet. And judging from the entire experimental process, this thing is in the technique. The construction process should not be about the balance of elements! Otherwise, there will be no backlash after failure..."

"Soon, the 'Basic Pan-Magic Sensing Technique' with all attributes is almost completed!"

Nolan was in a good mood and wanted to celebrate with a few big moves.

"However, solving the basic pan-magic spell is just the beginning. If I don't complete the analysis of the magic ladder, I will not be able to make progress. I will only be shut out of the door of truth forever, living as a humanoid self-propelled nuclear warhead... "

The ladder of magic, according to Nolan's previous life, is probably a power system from the apprentice at the lowest to the god at the top. In this process, there are key differences between each stage and the specific progression plan for each stage.

In short, it is how to upgrade the magic system created by Nolan.

At present, Nolan relies on his mental talent which far exceeds that of ordinary high elves to cast spells forcibly. However, in Nolan's vision, magicians do not need to use mental power to reconstruct spells every time they cast magic. , and Nolan’s experimental results with the cooperation of several elf volunteers also proved this

——The basic attribute magic induction spell can be permanently engraved in the sea of ​​consciousness. As long as you invest more mental power when constructing the spell, and continue to invest mental power and maintain the state of not casting, this basic spell will gradually solidify. , and finally successfully engraved it into the sea of ​​consciousness. After that, you only need to inject mental power into it every time you use it, and you don't have to spend energy to reconstruct the technique every time.

The scope of this basic attribute magic is very broad, not only the power of nature and the four elements of wind, fire, earth and water in the elves' talents, but even messy magic like the hand of the mage, as long as it can communicate to a certain extent the attributeless nature that pervades the space. Magic can be used as basic induction spells.

Once the basic induction spell is engraved in the sea of ​​consciousness, you can use this spell as the outermost ring and go deeper one by one until the magic power of this attribute is penetrated to the most fundamental essence.

Over the years, Nolan has conducted numerous experiments and determined that the Nine Rings' basic sensing techniques for each attribute of magic power go deep into the extreme and closest to the essence. And if you want to cast more powerful magic on top of this, you must combine several attribute magic powers in the extreme nine-ring state. This is also the principle of "legendary magic" in Nolan's definition.

This is the biggest result of Nolan's research on the magic ladder so far.

Of course, it is only the maximum achievement and not the result, because there is still a critical step that has not been concluded.

Mental strength.

In his previous communication with World Tree, Nolan learned that spiritual power is a manifestation of magic in high latitudes, or that magic is the decay of spiritual power after it falls into a dimension. The unification of the two at a high latitude involves issues at the soul level, which is something that Nolan is not good at at the moment.

The consciousness of a creature cannot directly control magic power, but the mental power emitted by the soul itself is a high-dimensional form of magic power, and can be exercised by the creature through meditation to enhance its control... Because of these characteristics, mental power is necessary to perform magic. 'Fuel', but the mental power level of most creatures has been set until adulthood. Except for freaks like elves and dragons who can accumulate it naturally through a long life, Nolan still has no idea how to increase mental power.

An ordinary adult elf who is two or three hundred years old has only enough mental power to construct a few third- and fourth-ring magic at one time. However, if he has engraved basic induction spells in the sea of ​​​​consciousness and penetrated to the fourth level, Elf can construct four-ring magic nearly ten times at a time.

However, there is no difference between the total amount of mental power between the two. In other words, even if an elf inscribes basic spells in the sea of ​​consciousness to the ultimate level of legendary magic, the total amount of mental power will not be affected at all. And increased.

While the total amount of mental power has not increased, this elf can't even cast a legendary magic. He can still only cast four or five-ring magic a few times. He can't even inscribe the mental power required to construct this legendary spell. not enough……

The World Tree also told Nolan a piece of news about the world's 'privilege' - in this world, the footprints left by every explorer of truth on the road will enable him to receive the world's rewards for his own achievements. 'privilege'.

This is also the reason why Nolan can cast legendary magic easily without inscribing a single spell: in addition to his own mental talent close to those monster-level ancient elves, it is also because he is the creator of these magics and the The first discoverer of its principles.

Nolan does not need to expend much mental power to cast all the magic he invented, and the magic involved in the principles he analyzed will have additional effect bonuses and mental power reduction. In fact, Nolan's total mental power has not increased much.

But Nolan discovered that not all magic and principles can grant him privileges, which means one thing, that is - other intelligent beings have begun to study magic and have achieved certain results.

This is why Nolan did not doubt what Simon said.

……

Coming outdoors, Nolan looked at the huge pit that had completely cooled down.

Several small rivers that were unfortunately cut off by the giant pit were innocently filling the pit with water. Several large puddles had accumulated at the bottom of the pit. Occasionally, some fish could be seen splashing in them. There were some very happy people on the edge of the pit. The big animals are testing - the less cautious animals have long been scared away by the dragon power and magic fluctuations everywhere in this area.

"Well, it would be nice to have a large lake in the laboratory..."

Nolan built a legendary-level magic in the sea of ​​consciousness based on the 'Basic Water Element Sensing Technique' and the 'Basic Wind Element Sensing Technique' as the core.

The legendary storm magic.

Traces of the magic circle flashed in the sky, and dark clouds quickly covered the entire huge area centered on the crater with a few flashes of lightning, and heavy rain poured down.

"We still need to change the course of the river. I have been obsessed with magic for the past half month and have not closed this side at all. The lower reaches of the blocked river are probably in chaos..."

……

After half a day, the effect of the magic dissipated. In front of the laboratory was a huge land, and the previously discontinued river was reorganized by Nolan using earth-attribute magic.

While he was admiring the incomparable sea view created by himself, a voice that gave Nolan a headache came from behind:

"Haha, Nolan, your bad taste has not changed. You have been tyrannical in the Broken Tooth Mountains these years. Do you know how many times the dragons in the Broken Tooth Mountains have complained to us about you!"

Nolan already knew that this guy had sneaked up behind him.

After all, this guy accidentally stepped on his toes once, bumped his forehead against a wall or pillar three times, accidentally scratched his clothes four times, fell down twice on the stairs, and fell seven times on the ground...

"Hey, Nolan, why are you pretending to be sophisticated? Do you know that if I were a killer, you would have already, wow!"

Fall on the ground eight times.

"Ah... Chris, if nothing happens, please go back."

"Nolan! You heartless guy! If your ex-girlfriend fell down behind you, wouldn't you come over and help me?"

"...First of all, I don't want to turn around and see your miserable state now. That would make me feel as if I have bullied you. Secondly, if we are ex-lovers, shouldn't we avoid embarrassing meetings? I think it's better to do that now. It’s very embarrassing; finally, when did you and I become lovers?”

To be continued.