Chapter 30 The price of knowledge

Chapter 30 The Price of Knowledge

Byron grabbed the draft of the drawing that Saul had just explained, including the blotting pen clipped to it, and shoved it into his big, camouflaged mouth.

He nodded to Saul and gave another “hmmm” before leaving Saul’s quarters.

As for Kori, she had been standing still ever since Saul had started explaining his three-dimensional modeling and parsing of runes.

She was staring straight at the desktop and did not return to her senses even after Byron took all the draft papers away.

As time passed, Saul was a bit worried.

Could it be the aftermath of that whatever parasite from the Mutual Aid Society?

Although Senior Byron said that the parasite was not life-threatening, he didn’t say that it didn’t harm the brain.

Looking at those parasitized apprentices, their brains are more or less out of whack.

Suddenly, Korie moved.

She pulled open the door to Saul’s room like the wind and rushed out, and before Saul could regain his senses, she rushed in again like the wind holding a bunch of things.

Smoothly kicking the door shut.

“Wow!”

A bag landed on the table with a crisp, pleasant crash.

Then there was a book as well as something that looked like a grenade.

“This is all my magic crystals, and these two are the most valuable things I brought. All for you!”

Korie bowed and saluted with her hands together.

“Please be sure to tell me again, I didn’t quite catch it just now!”

Saul wasn’t polite, he opened Korrie’s money pouch and reached in with both hands to hold out a large handful.

There were just quite a few magic crystals peeking out from the white bones of his fingers.

It was a bit of a shame to look at it, but Saul didn’t have the heart to pick it up again.

Otherwise it was a little bit of a drop in compulsion.

“What’s this?” Sok pointed to the thin booklet on the table.

“This is a spellbook on the fire elemental 0th level sorcery Searing Breath.”

Surprisingly, it’s a spell book?

Sol picked up the book at once, but held back from opening it.

“I have a transcription of this book, and this is the original, with the original owner’s practice tips in the back.”

Seeing Sol’s excitement, Keri’s heart was also pleased, and she resumed the same pride she had in the past between her words.

“However, because it is one of the more powerful of the 0th rank spells, you need to learn two composite runes of the fire elemental attribute when constructing the spell model.”

“This spell book alone is already worth the knowledge I’ve taught you.” Sol sighed.

A first level apprentice could learn two sorcery spells for free from their mentor, any more would have to be traded for credits.

And the more powerful the sorcery, the more credits it required.

Saul really did not expect to be in the hands of Cori actually have such a good thing, just take the magic crystals seems to be a little too much.

But Kerri did not feel that Saul had already taken advantage of the idea, she also took the initiative to introduce the third thing.

“This one is called Iron and Fire, a sorcery prop. When you use it, you unscrew the cap at the back, pull out the cotton rope inside, and then throw it within five counts. It will blow up after a hard impact or after the five count, and it contains sharp pieces of iron that can penetrate the tough outer skin.”

Good lord, it’s really a grenade!

Keri’s identity in the outside world should not be simple, otherwise it would be impossible to carry such a large amount of magic crystals with her, and there was even a spell book and a sorcery prop in her hand.

“I just taught you a rune.”

The other party was too generous, making Saul feel so guilty.

“No, what you taught me was a method, a way of thinking.” Keri said seriously, “Unfortunately, I don’t have any equivalent knowledge that I can exchange with you right now, so I can only give you these mundane things.”

Sol shook his head straight.

It’s okay, I like mundane things.

……

There was no one hanging out in the hallways by the time Kori got back. Even if they were relaxing, people wouldn’t forget and catch up on their studies.

Thinking about the eerie laughter that bubbled out of the mouths of the new students who had joined the support group, Saul secretly warned himself that danger was everywhere in this wizarding world, and Cid was not the only one who could threaten his life. So no matter where he was, he had to remain vigilant and alert.

Saul sometimes misses the life of his previous life, although the pressure of social animals is also very high, but at least it is not to the point of killing people.

It’s just that his time to even sleep was compressed, and the time he could use to remember the past was just the occasional seconds of distraction in his studies.

In the next few days, Saul thoroughly mastered that dark-attribute composite rune and begged for his first 0th-rank sorcery from Mentor Kaz.

The first two 0th-order sorceries cost no magic crystals or credits to learn, and were equivalent to the tutor’s compulsory education.

But if you want to make your mentor do his duty, you can only wait until your mentor is still satisfied with you, or when he is in a good mood.

Otherwise, what you get might just be a cold dismissal.

“What sorcery are you touching when you haven’t even learned the basics?”

And once again, Saul surprised Kaz with his first sorcery choice, which was Organ Preservation.

There was a kind of determination to vow to work the necropolis until death.

Yet it also pleased Mentor Kaz, and it didn’t take much lip service to learn this sorcery.

In addition to learning the runes, Saul had also been exercising his spiritual power these days.

The props used for the exercise were the puppet dolls he borrowed.

Every time Saul exercised his spiritual power, he could still hear the puppet doll’s cries for help.

The tiny, murmuring, encircling cries for help are dizzying, and when the harsh, frantic “kill me” appears, Saul will immediately disconnect himself from the puppet.

After the initial control of his mental power, the puppet’s influence on Saul was already limited.

“Sure enough, getting stronger can break the weirdness.”

Saul let go of the puppet doll and snapped her face down on the table, then began to continue parsing the 0th-order Sorcery Preservation Organ.

“If, according to the viewpoint of the previous life, it seems that the decay of a corpse is caused by the death of immune cells and the continued metabolism of microorganisms, then what is the principle of using sorcery to preserve organs?”

Saul took out a new blank booklet and began to record the history of his research on sorcery preserved organs specifically.

As for some reflections on the knowledge of his previous life, he would use the words of his previous life and would intentionally write some misspellings that sounded the same or had similar words.

Though he may have been thinking too much, Saul was still afraid of being deciphered.

The wizard world, but it can really slice you up and study you!

“Could preserving organs be a microscopic spell like dehydrating, sterilizing? Like food, sealed and sterilized, it would last a long time.”

Combined with Mentor Katz’s description, Saul felt that he already had a preliminary knowledge of this sorcery.

Next, he put down all his notes and took out three pieces of partially fresh organs cut from the guests only yesterday from the cabinet and brought them to the table.

With his eyes fixed on the first piece, Saul’s mental energy began to trace the runes that made up the sorcery.

Raising his hands into the air, he began to dance.

The gestures were those taught by Mentor Kaz to cast spells, and were required for newcomers.

Spell casting gestures served as a guide to reduce the likelihood of failing to cast a spell, reducing the lethality of the failure backlash.

When one can become proficient at casting spells, it is possible to guide with one hand or without gestures.

Saul had practiced the gesture hundreds of times before formally casting the spell, making the gesture movement a subconscious reaction of the body.

He had also activated the corresponding basic runes within his spirit over and over again.

Compound runes, on the other hand, because they would consume too much magic power (after many adjustments, a compound rune would no longer consume all of Saul’s magic power), Saul only dared to draw them with a pen to increase familiarity.

But even though he had prepared a lot, Saul’s first spell casting still failed.

The magic in his body fluctuated a bit, and Saul calmed down for a while before he could continue thinking.

“When building multiple runes together, it’s easy to get distracted, causing the build to fail, or proficiency.”

Having failed the first time, he was not discouraged, but took out his crystal ball and immediately began meditating to recover his magic power.

One point.
Two points.

Three points.

When the candlestick above the teleportation platform “giggled”, Saul finally succeeded!
0th level sorcery, save organ, proficiency +1!

(End of chapter)