After solving the core problem of magic items, Chen Zhou's demand for materials from Blue Star shifted to gold, which was inexplicably regarded as an equivalent exchange item even in the multiverse.
Thanks to the ability of "Blacksmith's Blessing", he can directly convert gold into required items to a certain extent.
But even on Blue Star, the content of gold is still very limited, so the Blue Star people openly and secretly hinted that they could start with a bank from a certain country or a neutral country.
I believe that with the help of spells, it would not be a big problem for a high-level spellcaster capable of traveling across planes to steal hundreds of tons of gold without anyone noticing.
However, Chen Zhou was obviously too lazy to do such a troublesome thing - the carrying capacity of the teleportation spell was also limited.
Otherwise, he would have dug up what seemed to be gold from Mars and brought it back to the Great River Territory.
"It turns out that it takes a lot of time to transport the materials from Liu Yi to Gotham. Isn't there a spell that can be transmitted regardless of weight?"
Shouldn't magic be omnipotent? Why should we respect the basic physical rules of mass?
"Magic is just the understanding and application of the nature of the world. At the fifth level, you still have to follow realistic logic."
The magic power consumed and the understanding of magic determine its effect, and the two complement each other.
Only the legendary magic in legends is the miracle that can truly move the iron wall of reality.
"Legendary magic is the real magic. Before this, what spellcasters learned could only be called divine magic and arcane magic?"
Chen Zhou could barely understand this statement. After all, up to the 9th level of the ultimate magic "Prayer", at best, it could only achieve what human power could do.
More like skipping steps and getting to the result?
No wonder the story of "Wish Technique" is often accompanied by mistakes, mishaps and disasters. The initial plan and the final result of any project are completely different.
"Miracle" can achieve results beyond the level 9 spell, but this spell is essentially calling the parents...
"Forget it, just wait, we're not in a hurry anyway."
While waiting for the materials from Liu Yi to arrive at Dixon Pier, he planned to complete the preliminary design of the staff first.
"Although we are making a staff for magical girls to use, what functions does the staff need?"
"Before that, Shushu, I have to ask, do you know what a staff is?"
Hearing this, Chen Zhou couldn't help but sigh. Is there any need to ask? Of course he already knew about this kind of magic item when he was learning how to make it.
The staff, one of the rare things that a mage desires in his life, is essentially an instant magic item. The lowest price is tens of thousands of gold coins, and the price of a slightly higher-end staff is even more than 100,000 (for example, the perfect Storm Staff in the expansion of divine power: 118125 gold coins).
(The picture above shows the price of the staff part in the 3r City Master's Guide.)
Unlike the equipment of many legal professions in the game, this thing does not increase the caster's actual spellcasting ability at all.
The intensity of the spells you cast before you got the staff will not change at all after you get the staff. The intensity of the spells you cast with the staff depends on the maker of the staff and the resources consumed.
※When the intensity of the spell in the staff is increased above the normal level, for example, if a level 7 caster upgrades the level 3 "Fireball" to the level 7, it will still require doubling the consumption of materials and magic power.
The main functions of the staff are three points:
1. Provides the holder with additional spell choices, and usually comes with a certain number of rechargeable charges (rechargeable and non-rechargeable are two prices).
2. Unlike potions (up to level 3), wands (up to level 4), and wands (up to level 7), which have an upper limit on storage capacity, there are no restrictions on the spells that wands can store (but legendary magic is another A set of rules cannot be stored properly).
3. When the caster's own ability exceeds the strength set by the maker of the wand, he can use his own spellcasting ability to replace the relevant magic strength runes in the wand. At this time, the wand is equivalent to providing the holder with Additional spells known.
“Under normal circumstances, even when legendary spellcasters use magic items such as potions, scrolls, and wands, they only have the intensity corresponding to the resources consumed in the initial creation of the magic item.
"But the staff is different. It can increase the intensity of the spells in the staff according to the user's ability."
It's strange. Even if Chen Zhou studied the knowledge related to the staff, he was still confused. The staff does not strengthen the holder, but the holder will strengthen the staff?
Why is it the other way around?
"Because magic has both a surreal side and a realistic side, isn't it natural that the effect will be achieved as much as the materials and magic power are burned?"
That kind of rare item can increase the holder's spellcasting ability as long as it is obtained. Even if it only increases to two times, let alone several times, it is already an artifact-level effect.
No, even the artifact is not so powerful. At most, it can only strengthen the holder's spells to the extent set by the manufacturer.
"Magic always pays attention to logic in such critical places." Chen Zhou thought subconsciously, "So magic can actually be summarized through scientific methods."
After all, magic itself is a system of supernatural forces summarized in a scientific way.
Otherwise, the requirements for professionals such as mages and archival scholars who systematically study magic and divine arts will not be intelligence.
"But the 'staff' you imagined also exists, but it is usually called a scepter. 』
The wand is another type of spellcasting prop that is different from instant magic items. It does not provide the holder with additional magic power or known spells like the previous wands.
Instead, it has a variety of effects, or adjusts the expression of magic during the holder's spellcasting, thus expanding the caster's spellcasting style.
For example:
The instant scepter, as the name suggests, will quickly form the spell cast by the holder after activation;
The Scepter of Dominance can mentally control creatures within a certain range;
The Scepter of Sanctuary opens a portal to a fertile demiplane for a large number of people to survive;
Flail Scepter, which becomes a deadly weapon when activated.
This kind of scepter that provides various abilities is the stick that Chen Zhou imagined to enhance the ability to cast spells, but even so, it often cannot make a substantial change in the intensity of magic (without increasing the spellcasting level).
And most wands also have a limit on how many times they can be used.
"Actually, it's not that there are no magic items that can directly improve the holder's spellcasting ability. For example, the 'Arcane Power Ring' can increase the wearer's spellcasting ability by half a level. It sells for 20,000 gold coins each in Sigil City, and the manufacturer needs Master the limited prayer technique."
This means that the creator must be an arcane spellcaster of 7th level.
By the way, raising it by half a level is its upper limit. Even if you spend tens of millions to buy a bunch of them and string them into chain mail, you can still only increase your spellcasting ability by half a level.
When the wearer obtains a stronger item that improves spellcasting ability, the latter will override the effect of this ring.
This makes it completely impossible to use different types of magical objects to enhance the spell effects of low-level spellcasters to high-level levels.
"Hey, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk more about the fantasy, mystery, and dreams of magic."
(End of chapter)
