After the upgrade was completed, Xia Duo did not leave the spell laboratory, but continued to test the specific energy consumption of the 8th-level spell.
When casting spells with the help of magic web, all energy consumption is paid by the magic web. The caster does not need to think too much, but if it is a micro-magic web that uses its own arcane fire to cast spells, or pure arcane energy to cast spells, then it needs to be considered. .
Xia Duo has conducted relevant tests before, and the tests only go up to 7 rings. As for 8 rings or even higher, he has speculated, but there is no actual data to support it.
This time I did it by the way.
After slightly sensing his own arcane fire, Xia Duo discovered that, just like the previous upgrade processes, after sensing deeper levels of the magic network, the arcane fire automatically derived more complex structures.
When it is unfolded, the arcane fire, which could only be unfolded into a maximum of 7 layers of magic net, can now be expanded to an eighth layer.
It's like the arcane fire combined with its own will automatically replicates the newly contacted level after its own will comes into contact with the deep magic network in the environment.
At the same time, the coverage area of the Micro Magic Network has also suddenly increased compared with before the upgrade. If it did not rely on such a leaping growth during the upgrade, the coverage of the Micro Magic Network under normal circumstances could only increase slowly over time.
Then, Xia Duo used the unfolded micro-magic network as a tool and the arcane energy stored in the arcane fire as energy to start casting spells. From level 0 to level 8, the energy consumption gradually increased.
Level 0 aside, it can only slightly touch the surface of the magic network. When the energy consumption is low, it is almost negligible, and when it is high, it is very close to a level 1 spell.
But starting from the 1st ring, almost every ring level is upgraded, there will be an obvious step-like growth trend in energy consumption.
This is in line with ordinary people's simple intuitive understanding, and through many tests, Xia Duo has figured out the approximate energy consumption range of each level of spells.
If the true energy consumption of a level 1 spell is 1 arcana point, then——
2 rings is 2;
3 rings is 3;
4 rings is 5;
5 rings is 10;
6 rings is 20;
Level 7 consumes about 50~80 arcane energy;
Although mastering 8th-level spells means becoming a senior arcanist or archmage, in fact, the real energy consumption of 8th-level spells is between 100 and 200, which is not absolutely different from that of 7th-level spells.
Xia Duo tested multiple versions of the 8-level [Mage Armor]. If it was extremely simplified and only maintained at the 8-level level, the consumption of arcane energy would be at least 100.
And even if it is extremely complicated, it is difficult to break through 200.
This is very consistent with his previous speculation, and if he follows this speculation, the real energy consumption of a 9-level spell is between 200 and 500.
As for the higher 10th level, which is the level of power mastered by the great arcanists, Xia Duo speculates that there will be a big improvement, at least twice as high as the 9th level.
As for the specific height, he could not speculate yet.
However, Shado had just returned from [The Birth of Cormanso, the Projection Plane], and he obtained a large amount of elven magic information in that projection plane.
Therefore, he knew that the 10th ring was a rather special level and could almost be considered the end of magic.
In Netheril, there is a similar statement, and the consumption of this magic, which can be called the ultimate magic, is difficult to infer using common sense.
Perhaps like a 0-level spell, there is a basic consumption and an infinite consumption, but the consumption of a 0-level spell can be infinitely small, while the consumption of a 10-level spell may be infinite on a certain basis.
As for levels above 10, the elves are collectively called high magic, that is, the power that only high-level wizards can master, up to 12 levels.
As for Netheril, Shado only knew that the level of the Tower of Time had reached level 11. As for the specific upper limits of other great arcanists, there was no record at all.
From this point of view, it seems that the elves are more advanced, but the achievement difficulty of the great arcanist and the high elf mage is completely different.
As long as an arcanist lives long enough, even a humble arcanist can eventually become a great arcanist, but an elven high mage needs to work day and night to sense the magic network and at the same time study the principles of magic.
Of course, since elven magic is largely passive spellcasting based on the automatic response of the magic network, elven mages may not be as good as human arcanists in terms of magic principles.
When Shado communicated with his high mage follower Elfich in the projection plane, Elfich mentioned more than once that almost none of the elven high mages were less than 300 years old.
If this were a human being, his bones would have melted when he was 300 years old!
And this may be the real reason why Netheril finally gave up on elven magic. The elves blocking magic knowledge may be only one aspect, and the slow upgrade speed is the key.
If human mages had been learning elf magic without any additional means of extending their lifespan, it would be almost impossible for a high-level mage to emerge, and the human race would be suppressed by the elves for life after life, unable to stand up.
This is like a life-and-death battle between a strong person and a weak and sick person. Under normal circumstances, the strong person will always win an overwhelming victory.
Unless innate factors such as physique are not taken into account and the competition is purely about intelligence, then it is possible for those who are innately weak to win.
The Nese magic system is like this. It almost excludes any innate factors. As long as you study hard, you can gain strength. Knowledge and wisdom are the ultimate magic weapons for victory.
Knowledge and wisdom are fair to any race. If any individual wants to obtain knowledge and wisdom, it needs time to accumulate, and the time required for this accumulation is precisely within the tolerance of human beings.
Of course, elves can also learn Nese magic, but tens of thousands of years of tradition cannot be broken so easily!
However, when the elves gave up their traditions and began to learn like humans, the elves at that time were undoubtedly extremely terrifying.
Although Xia Duo regarded elves as future opponents in his heart, he did not want to meet such elves. Without him, the racial advantage would be too great!
Although elves are officially considered adults when they are 100 years old, in fact elves reach sexual maturity around the age of 25, and their minds can mature quickly as long as they are willing to train.
"The First Minister of the Ming Dynasty"
It's just that in a long-lived society like elves, people will be treated as children until they are 100 years old. Elves who grow up like that will naturally be immature.
Even humans have a similar phenomenon. A society with a life expectancy of 80 years and a society with a life expectancy of 40 years are completely different things.
The latter may need to raise the next generation and shoulder the burden of life at the age of 14 or 5, while the former may still be a child who has not grown up in his 20s.
Once the elves fully learn from humans, they can give birth at the age of 25, and then regenerate every 25 years. As for education, they will be completely in accordance with humans.
Such elves are almost the long-lived version of humans, and their potential will increase and develop faster in the future. How can short-lived species be their opponents.
Therefore, Xia Duo sincerely thanked the elves for their traditional power. Because of this, the main plane was not completely occupied by the elves, and only humans had room for them to play.
