Chapter 243 Expectations in the Dark <TOC> Chapter 245 Friends Whereabouts
Translator: SumTLMan
In Angel’s impression, Hookedick is a big burly-looking man with a strong body. He has needle-like eyes and was dressed like a primitive tribal chieftain.
However, the person seen in the Crystal Ball image is a tall woman with a plump figure, large breasts and thick buttocks. S/he was only wearing a thing layer of gauze. As for appearance, s/he is a little ugly. The stubble at the corners of his/her mouth hasn’t been cleaned up, and the shadow of Hookedick’s visage can be faintly seen.
Although he seems to be neither male nor female, no one among Angel’s peers will associate this transvestite in the Crystal Ball with Hookedick.
Seeing Hookedick’s current appearance, Angel pats his chest in relief. Fortunately, he refused to inject the succubus bloodline at that time. Otherwise, he would probably have collapsed by now if this has happened to him. He would rather turn into a woman completely than accept an appearance of being neither man nor woman!
Putting away the Crystal Ball. Although he was frightened by the way Hookedick looks now. He has to mention his example will provide very useful information. This event also won’t prevent Angel from the opportunity of facing the “sex changed” Hookedick in the future. At the same time, this will be an interesting conversation topic which Angel will decide to treasure. Perhaps this will come in handy one day…
In the afternoon, Angel took a break and rested for a while before going to check the alchemy weapons.
The clock on the wall pointed to eight o’clock in the evening when Angel finished producing another alchemy weapon. At the same time, David also came over again. Angel assigned him a simple task of making a weapon blank similar to last night, and the two continued their work according to their task duties.
David has made greater progress today compared to his rough start last night. Although it still took him until the next morning to produce only one weapon blank, he began to customize the appearance of the weapon.
He took out his Crystal Ball, looked through some of the Warcrafts in his guidebook, and then began to carve the image in accordance to its appearance in the guidebook.
The final product is a carved crow pattern on the handle in which David also inlaid several precious stones. Although the gemstones are only ordinary gems, they do create an ornate appearance.
However, from Angel’s perspective, the carved patterns for the fire crow are still rough around the edges. This is marked improvement compared to the rough appearance from before.
In one night, Angel personally refined two alchemy weapons. But he wasn’t in the mood to carve or polish the appearance of the weapons. With their simple and crude appearances, there was a sharp contrast between the fire crow dagger David had crafted and what he produced.
“At the beginning when I took on the tasks, I thought it would take at least seven or eight days to finish them all. I didn’t expect for them to all be finished in only two days. This is really all thanks to you!”
Angel smoothly praised David, and then they discussed whether to continue taking on more alchemy tasks.
After David tasted the benefits of “squandering materials,” This addictive feeling has risen to the top in his heart. How can he not continue this practice? Angel personally wanted to accumulate more magic crystals. So, they hit the road and decided to continue taking on more tasks.
But this time it was David who took over the tasks. He is a worker for Promi Alchemy Shop, and many people already knew him. If he comes in to pick up a task, he can effectively avoid being chased and intercepted when he leaves. As for the seven alchemy weapons refined in two days. Angel didn’t immediately hand them over. He decided to wait until their new tasks were completed before submitting them all at once.
David has to go work in the alchemy shop during the day and can only wait until night time to go with Angel and pick up tasks. After getting enough sleep, Angel had nothing else to do in the meantime, so he simply began learning new spells.
Learning Level 1 spells is far more difficult than level 0 spells.
Take the Continuous Crescent Blade for example. The difficulty threshold for learning this spell is actually the lowest for level 1 spells. Dissimilarly for level 0 spells, one just needs to build a spell model, and there are no worries for any of the follow-up steps.
But even so, Continuous Crescent Blade still baffles many people. Because the vast majority of people construct imperfect spell models. It is impossible for most of them to cast a perfect Continuous Crescent Blade spell model. The imperfect Continuous Crescent Blade spell model is at best a complex set of level 0 spells. This model is still unable to completely wield the full efficiency of a level 1 spell.
But for Angel, with the help of the Universal Axis. Casting the Continuous Credential Blade is the easiest Level 1 spell for him to master. Therefore, he regards the Continuous Credential Blade as a Level 1 spell used for learning experience.
However, not every level 1 spell is like the Continuous Crescent Blade. As long as the spell model is well constructed, it can achieve the corresponding power.
The reason why level 1 spells are difficult to master is that many spells have begun involving the application of knowledge.
For example, the most popular Level 1 spell is “Detect Disease.”
Its function is just like the name implies, simply detecting whether an organism has a disease. Although this effect is very simple, but it’s not as easy to learn and master this spell.
The premise for learning this spell is that the caster must be proficient in [Human Anatomy]. If the caster doesn’t know anything about the human body. Even if they build a perfect spell model for the Detect Disease spell, it will end up in vain.
As another example, there are three kinds of spells similar to “Secret Sound Transmission” for Level 1 spells. Namely “Sound Transmission Spell,” “Remote Sound Spell” and “Thought Synchronization.”
The Sound Transmission Spell, which binds sounds and transmits it to a designated object, requires a general understanding of acoustic science.
The Remote Sound Spell can be divided into primary, intermediate and advanced levels. Advanced Remote Sound Spell can directly select the target and transmit sound through the air. The caster needs to have a certain level of proficiency in space science.
Thought Synchronization, under the condition of the other party not resisting. This spell can lead to direct mental contact, allowing both parties to communicate with one another through the mind. To learn Thought Synchronization, one must be proficient in understanding the meaning of mental fluctuations. This is just like sign language. It takes a long time to learn which kind of movements represents which mood.
From these examples, it can be seen that most of the level 1 spells need a deep study of the corresponding knowledge to reach the level of “crude” or “proficient.” This is also the reason why many wizard apprentices still use Level 0 spells. When they arrive at the second level apprentice realm, their accumulation of knowledge is still very poor.
For Angel, the knowledge and education he received from an early age are at a highly professional, subjective and educational level. This affords him a much better foundation than other apprentices. At least, he knows something about Human Anatomy, acoustics and even space science. However, there are still some differences between the disciplines of the Earth and the Wizard Plane. He still needs to make some comparisons before he can truly apply them to his spells.
Angel knows there are special classes in Tree Spirit Court which teach similar kinds of knowledge. But the tuition for these classes is expensive. He plans on going to several classes at a later time to compare the differences between the disciplines of the two civilizations to take more detours.
Until then, even if Angel was familiar with a subject, he didn’t intend on learning the corresponding spell.
The level 1 spell he intends to study today was already known and Sanders has taught him in detail about it: Rewind Sound Illusion.
Although this spell also involves the application of many areas of knowledge. He didn’t have much difficulty in learning this spell because Sanders had instructed him before, and the fact that he also studied sound waves from before also helps.
Angel learned this spell quite naturally. The Rewind Sound Illusion has completely turned into something for his own personal use. This learning speed, with talent left aside, can only be attributed to Jon giving Angel a strong knowledge base. This shows the level of depth of his foundation! He doesn’t understand many areas of knowledge, but he can fill the gaps through the Holographic Tablet. In this case, if Sanders knew of Angel’s learning efficiency, it will even astonish him as a second level wizard.
After successfully learning Rewind Sound Illusion. Angel moves on from his success in learning the spell and focuses on the key points of how to apply this spell.
If he can do it and let a fantasy world come in full force through the sound of a heartbeat. This will be the ultimate performance for this spell.
So, he wasn’t in a hurry to learn other spells. But wanted to start tapping into the potential of the “Rewind Sound Illusion” to use and apply it more freely.
Time passed slowly during Angel’s focus on study.
Just when night obscured the world again, David also left from Mission Hall and brought over ten alchemy tasks to Angel’s residence.
Just as he was about to meet Angel, David saw Angel snap his fingers at him. The next second, Angel, who was standing in front of him, was cut in half by a knife.
The blood spattered as some of the blood droplets even fell on his cheek.
David was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground with a look of horror on his face: “An… Angel?!”
“Although I hate Red Butterfly for going out and swindling people under the guise of my name. But at least she’s a woman I’ve bedded, she is my woman!” A fat man with a bloody knife walked up from Angel’s mutilated corpse and said: “It was too cheap for you to die in one strike.”
“Bass!” David exclaimed when he saw the comer.
But as soon as David finished his exclamation, David frowned and wondered: Why would I call him Bass? Is this Bass? How come he doesn’t look like the Bass I remember? When did he become so fat?
A hint of doubt flashed through David’s eyes. When he observed the red drop of blood on the back of his hand, the drop that been sprayed out when Angel was cut in two.
David raised the back of his hand and sniffed it. There was no smell of blood.
He wiped the back of his hand again, not even the expected wet sensation was felt.
At this point, how could David not know he was in a fantasy world? He gave a long sigh as he said: “Angel when you have test your illusion spells, don’t come looking for me. I was really shocked just now… Besides, there are too many loopholes! I didn’t tell you before, but Bass is actually quite handsome. With his face, he has a lot more fans than Parasitic Mother. Moreover, Bass seldom speaks, let alone killing people and explaining his reason. Don’t you think this is like a staged performance?”
As David’s voice fell, he heard an: “Ah? Is that so?” Then the fantasy world in front of him was completely broken, and Angel was still standing in front of him, still with the gesture of snapping his fingers.
Angel meditated for a moment as he held his chin with one hand: “It seems that it’s still not very easy to build a perfect fantasy world. If the subject sees an acquaintance, they can see through the illusion at a glance. How about next time I start with the line, ‘I’ve been eating too much lately, so I’ve put on weight?'”
David rolled his eyes and said: “This is even more obvious! Who would start by saying, without rhyme or reason, that I’ve put on weight?”
Angel raised his brow and said: “Maybe someone will believe it.”
“Then such a person must be an idiot. To deal with such people, not even a fantasy world is needed. Just say to them ‘Look! There’s a ghost behind you,’ and when they turn their head, you can kill them directly.” David fumed angrily.
“Ah, is that so? It would seem better for me to not set up any characters. Perhaps this will reveal less flaws or maybe set up a masked person altogether.” Angel said.
“As a matter of fact, your fantasy world was off to a good start, and I almost believed it. If I was your enemy, you would only need to take advantage of the flaws at the beginning. Then you can take this opportunity to attack and put yourself in an invincible position.” David seriously suggested.
Chapter 243 Expectations in the Dark <TOC> Chapter 245 Friends Whereabouts