Chapter 52 Melee Sword
Three months, three months and twelve days to be precise, Ronan's panel information had many new changes.
The first is strength. The progress of the fifth-level apprentice jumped from 11% to 69% of the seventh-level apprentice.
Still relying on drugs.
Four bottles of zero-level intermediate spirit-restoring potions increased Ronan's spiritual power by more than two levels in one go.
The price was a full eight pieces of intermediate magic stones.
In addition to opening the storage pocket of the second intermediate apprentice, the black-robed wizard, and getting another amount of magic stones from it, Ronan's breakthrough in his own money-making skills was also one of the reasons for daring to adopt this "luxury" way of practice. one.
His rune engraving technology has improved a lot. His proficiency in [Protective] runes has been promoted to mastery, and the engraving success rate has also increased to more than 50%.
Almost every time you engrave twice, you will definitely succeed once. In a day, if you are lucky, you can get five to seven yuan.
Based on the current unit price of [Protection] runes, which fluctuates around twelve low-level magic stones, he can guarantee a net income of ten intermediate-level magic stones in one month!
After getting rich, Ronan "exchanged a shotgun with a cannon". Not only did he buy the staff he had been thinking about for a long time, he also replaced it with a new robe. He also bought the spells he wanted. He even had several commonly used combat potions ready at all times. .
Compared with three months ago, the overall strength has increased by more than ten times.
"Actually, the key is that the shortcomings in control methods have been greatly compensated."
Ronan, who once didn't even have a control skill, now has three control spells lying quietly on the skill bar of the character panel, and they are all zero-level and intermediate.
Except for the electric spell [Electric Light Flow], which he bought with money at a market stall, the remaining [Weakness Curse] and [Howl of the Dead Souls] all came from the black robe.
Ronan originally did not intend to practice necromancy spells, but after opening the storage bag of the second intermediate apprentice's black robe, he found a [Curse of Weakness] placed together with a [Flesh Puppet] spell that summoned zombie servants. , after studying it in detail, the more I read it, the more excited I became.
I couldn't hold it back and accidentally learned it.
Then he simply "broken the jar and smashed it" and learned another [Howling of the Dead Soul] that matched the ghost magic ring.
Of course, I didn’t dare to learn too deeply, I only practiced to the level where I could cast spells smoothly.
[Electric Light Flow] It took a lot of hard work to reach the proficiency level.
These three control spells can be said to have their own merits.
The effect of [Electric Light Flow] is to summon electric current, which will flow along the ground and attack the opponent.
The lethality is average, but the paralysis effect of the electric spell is excellent. The disadvantage is that the summoned flowing electric light is difficult to control and is easily blocked by the energy shield.
When Ronan first learned this spell, he could only summon two rays of lightning. After he became proficient, the number of rays he could summon increased to four.
[Curse of Weakness] can directly weaken the opponent physically after being cast, causing the opponent's physical strength to be consumed quickly. It has a large range and can affect multiple targets at one time. It completely ignores the existence of the energy shield, which is quite unreasonable.
This is also the overbearing aspect of curse spells, and it is the field control skill that Ronan is most satisfied with.
Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious. It is difficult to practice and slow to cast spells. When facing an opponent with a lower strength level than yourself, one spell can make the opponent lie on the ground and become a "dead fish". However, if it is an opponent of the same level or a higher level, it will be weak. The effect is quickly diminished.
With Ronan's current entry-level proficiency, giving a [Curse of Weakness] to a senior apprentice of the same level would probably reduce the opponent's physical condition by about 20%.
The last one [Howl of the Dead] has nothing to say. The ghost of a mad woman who said "Valenzuna bitch" suddenly jumped out, no matter who it was, it would be frightened.
If it "howls", it can also have a certain impact on the opponent's mental level, affecting the opponent's spellcasting, action judgment, etc. The key to this spell is that it requires almost no guidance. It only requires a simple command to be given to the undead under the opponent.
The main improvement in spell proficiency is the effect stimulated by [Howl] and the frequency of each command given.
Ronan speculated that the upper limit of this spell should depend on the number of undead controlled by the caster.
If a mad woman screams loudly in front of you, you may only be frightened, but what if there are a hundred mad women?
It was definitely a hysterical "howling storm" that might have blown your brains off.
In other aspects, the proficiency of [Basic Meditation Technique] has increased steadily.
[Energy Missile—Particle Torrent] It is extremely difficult to improve your proficiency after becoming a master.
In three months, Ronan only gained two points of proficiency.
In addition to the fact that each point of proficiency improvement requires the accumulation of more spellcasting insights, another big reason is that practicing once is too expensive. The key is that it is really difficult to find a suitable place for spellcasting practice. In many cases, Ronan couldn't practice it even once a day.
However, Ronan discovered that every time the master-level proficiency of [Energy Missile - Particle Torrent] increases, the number of particles in the torrent that looks like a super-miniature black hole will increase by one when it is used. , the spell intensity also skyrocketed.
He is now using all his strength to use [Energy Missile - Particle Torrent]. The range of the extraordinary legal domain formed by the spell is nearly doubled than before, and the power is also several percent greater.
Moreover, after three months of practice, Ronan has been able to control the power of each [Energy Missile] at will.
This is very critical. From now on, Ronan no longer has to worry about the situation where every time he casts a spell, his mana will be empty, and even his life force will be drained
"With the assistance of Warcraft Meat, [Austerity Training] and [Basic Swordsmanship] 】Both of them entered the expert level, which was extremely smooth..."
Ronan picked up the staff casually, held the top of the staff with his right hand, and applied a little force.
"Qiang!"
A cold light flashed in the forest, and Ronan saw a one-meter-long, dark, one-handed long sword in Ronan's hand.
This sword is hidden in the body of the staff. The sword body is very narrow, almost half the size of a normal one-handed sword, and it looks thicker than a normal one-handed sword.
Ronan walked slowly into the body of the two-headed demon lizard, and waved the long sword gently in his hand. It seemed that without much effort, the smaller head of the two-headed demon lizard rolled down smoothly from the neck of the two-headed demon lizard.
"The skin and flesh of the zero-level high-level magic beast can be peeled off without any hindrance. The three intermediate magic stones and the twenty-five low-level magic stones I spent are not in vain."
Ronan was quite satisfied with the sharpness of the black sword.
This long sword was specially customized by him at the Welling Workshop. It was enchanted with two [Sharp] runes, one [Strong] rune, and one [Light Absorbing] rune.
He gave up almost all the functions of a normal staff and built it entirely for close combat.
In fact, Ronan's original idea was not like this. The main reason was that after practicing the eighth movement of [Ascetic Exercise], he broke through to the expert level, and his physique improved significantly again.
I feel like it's a pity not to use such a good melee combat skill. I can't just use it to escape every time.
The most useful effects of the enchanted runes on a normal staff are to increase the power of spells and speed up spell casting.
His master-level [Energy Missile - Particle Torrent] is terrifyingly powerful in itself, and its spell casting is close to instantaneous. The two enchanting effects that are most helpful to ordinary wizards are dispensable to him.
So Ronan simply found another way to create such a melee sword.
Of course, the main reason is that the customization cost of this kind of melee sword is much cheaper than that of a normal staff!
(End of this chapter)