“Have we been abandoned?” Lauren questioned, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
He gazed eagerly at Lynn.
In truth, becoming a lizard-man had made him feel the most insecure.
Transforming from a human into an heretical existence deed unacceptable in human society.
Although he hadn’t tried, Lauren believed that if he were to walk down the street without the curtain-like cloak that concealed his form, he would undoubtedly elicit nurous screams and horrified stares.
The only person in this world who could tolerate his peculiarity was the young lad in front of him.
“No, we haven’t,” Lynn reassured him. “At least, I won’t suddenly disappear.”
The next morning, Lynn observed the completed frawork of the Sleeping Curse in his mind.
It was a three-dinsional model difficult to describe in words.
At the mont all the nodes were completed, the spell frawork seamlessly lded into one.
Lynn noticed nurous details in this model.
With the formal completion of the spell frawork, it ant he had successfully mastered the zero-ring spell— Sleeping Curse.
However, he still needed a test subject.
Lynn went to the backyard of his residence.
The soil on the lawn in the backyard loosened, revealing an iron head the next mont.
The Iron Earthworm had no idea what awaited it.
Regarding the casting of the Sleeping Curse, there were two modes.
One was the silent casting, advantageous for its stealth, yet not entirely concealed. This was because releasing the spell activated the ntal energy in the caster’s mind, imperceptible to ordinary people and beings with significantly lower ntal energy.
However, it beca very apparent to those with ntal energy comparable to or only slightly lower than the caster’s. Additionally, silent casting was slower.
The other was casting with an incantation, requiring the utterance of a spell. The only downside to vocal casting was that chanting the incantation was quite conspicuous. However, the advantage was a faster casting speed!
As for how much faster exactly, Lynn didn’t know. The magic book only ntioned in passing that vocal casting would be faster, and it was influenced by proficiency.
Lynn raised his right hand, and with a ntal command, his ntal energy flowed into the Sleeping Curse’s spell frawork like water gushing from an opened valve.
A considerable amount of ntal energy continuously dissipated. It stopped only after consuming more than a quarter of his ntal energy.
Lynn estimated that it was approximately twice the consumption of a zero-ring spell on a magic staff.
Was it because the magic staff could save ntal energy, or was it because the spell was engraved on the magic staff? Lynn pondered.
With the successful release of the spell, a grayish-white mist coalesced in his palm.
Just like what he had seen at teacher Angley’s place initially, it could be released at any mont through his intention.
Choosing the Iron Earthworm as the target, Lynn commanded, and the grayish-white mist in his hand shot out at incredible speed.
Sleeping Curse unleashed!
The grayish-white mist instantly rged into the Iron Earthworm’s body, and the Iron Earthworm’s body stiffened.
The next mont, it collapsed.
Lynn received no feedback through the tal bracelet.
The connection was completely severed! Lynn roughly understood the range and trajectory speed of this spell.
Taking out his magic staff again, Lynn released the Sleeping Curse once more.
This ti, as Lynn depleted his ntal energy, he felt a feedback force from the magic staff in his hand.
This force was constant and very resilient.
In an instant, Lynn understood that the reason for the reduced energy consumption during spell release was due to this magic staff.
This magic staff was a valuable item.
Being able to reduce the ntal energy needed to cast spells was highly important for a wizard!
Without the magic staff, he could release at most three zero-ring spells. With this magic staff, he could release approximately six or seven spells.
‘Lynn
Level: Level 3 (0/100)
Physical Fitness: 1.63
ntal Strength: 3.7
Mastery:
—Earth Ring ditation (11%)
Life Occupation:
—Level 1 Mutation Studies (11%) (0/10)
—Level 1 Bloodline Studies (1%) (0/10)
General Experience Points: 0′
The improvent in physical fitness compared to before was a re 0.01, a small increase.
On the other hand, ntal strength had increased significantly with the rise in levels and ditation techniques.
Lynn estimated that without the magic staff, the standard ntal energy consumption for casting a zero-ring spell would be one unit.
With the magic staff reducing the ntal energy consumption by half, it could reach 0.5 standard units.
For an ordinary person without enhanced ntal strength, even if granted the ability to cast zero-ring spells, without a magic staff, one spell could completely drain their ntal energy.
“Brother, I got the glassware you wanted, but that rchant raised the price suddenly and demanded two extra gold coins from ,” Borg grumbled while holding the experintal glassware. “Seeing his cunning face, I really wanted to give him a good beating, then I wouldn’t have to pay him even a single gold coin.”
He felt that he hadn’t handled the situation well and ended up spending two extra gold coins for his brother. How many loaves of white bread could two gold coins buy!
“It’s okay. How much is it, anyway?” Lynn checked the glassware brought by Borg for experints.
It was said that this set of glassware was originally purchased by a priest who enjoyed studying pharmacology. However, the priest had so accidents, and the rchant ended up with this set of glassware, purchased at a high price from abroad.
After inspecting the glassware and confirming its quality, Lynn patted Borg on the shoulder. “You did well, little guy.”
Encouraged by his older brother’s praise, Borg’s spirits soared, filled with excitent.
After dinner, Lynn eagerly returned to his room.
Taking the glass experintal vessels into the Alchemy Laboratory, Lynn then retrieved the dicinal herbs procured by his little errand boy, Borg, a couple of days ago.
“Let think about what else I need,” Lynn rubbed his forehead, recalling the knowledge stored in his mind.
It was preferable to use pure water and a fla of constant temperature. However, obtaining pure water required the condensation of spells, though distilled water could serve as a temporary substitute. As for a fla of constant temperature, Lynn opted for a makeshift version using an alcohol lamp.
Having prepared these materials in advance, Lynn ticulously arranged them on the table. Extracting plant essences, he followed the knowledge in his mind, step by step, heating, modulating, and stirring various plants in different proportions.
The process took close to two hours.
After this duration, Lynn gazed at the dark purple liquid in the test tube in his hand, deep in contemplation. He recalled that the correct end product should be a shade of green, yet the liquid in his bottle was a dark purple. What had gone wrong in the process?
Lynn’s head throbbed with a headache.
But soon, the headache vanished.
A black line brushed across the corner of his vision.
“Daily task completed: Experint (1), Completed an experint of extrely low difficulty.”
“Completion: Unqualified (︾)”
“Reward: None.”
Indeed, completing the experintal series of daily tasks earned rewards.
There was an expandable symbol following the “Unqualified” status.
With a thought, Lynn expanded the symbol following “Unqualified.”
Completion: Unqualified (︽)
Mistakes ① The yellow sprout grass extraction lacked thorough and uniform stirring. Mistake ② The neutralizing agent should have been preheated for 30 seconds, with a preheating ti exceeding 2 seconds being an error. Mistakes ③.
Lynn was pleasantly surprised— there was an explanation accompanying these mistakes. Though it was only textual guidance, it was better than having nothing at all.
Now aware of where his experint had gone wrong, he could avoid such errors in the next attempt. Lynn took out his notebook and transcribed all his mistakes onto its pages.
Afterward, he tidied up the experintal utensils on the table.
“Daily tasks completed: Laboratory Cleanup (2), Clean the laboratory thoroughly, maintaining its cleanliness.”
“Completion: Qualified”
“Reward: 10 general experience points.”
Lynn pondered whether the different difficulty levels between the laboratory experints and the post-experint tasks were due to the assessnt criteria being related to the laboratory’s specifications.
Squinting his eyes, Lynn contemplated this in his mind.
However, he wondered why it was only deed “Qualified.” Achieving an outstanding evaluation seed to be quite challenging.
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