Chapter 18: Amy's Intelligence

In the quiet workshop, the candlelight flickered.

Gao De remained motionless for a long time, then suddenly raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and pointed diagonally forward.

Looking at this action alone, it was somewhat inexplicable and mysterious.

However, after Gao De made this action, magical energy fluctuations occurred at his fingertip, and a blue-white beam of light shot out from thin air.

The beam itself was not thick, but it carried an inexplicable chill.

The next instant, the cold beam of light, like a flying knife, shot out from Gao De's fingertip with a "whoosh" and struck directly on the small gray mouse corpse Gao De had placed in front of him.

The moment the beam touched the small gray mouse, a faint sound of ice cracking could be heard in the air.

A thin layer of ice instantly condensed on the small gray mouse's fur.

The existence of the thin ice lasted for about twenty seconds before dissipating.

"It can last for twenty seconds on a dead small gray mouse; if the target were Magic User Seda, lasting three seconds would be considered good."

Gao De calculated secretly in his heart.

Immediately, he let out a long breath.

"Six days, all three cantrips mastered!"

After completely perfecting the new method of spell model construction, he succeeded in constructing the Acid Splash spell model in one go.

Although the main reason was that the construction method he used was far more efficient than the traditional method, it still carried a bit of luck.

Perhaps there is also a so-called "newbie bonus" in cultivating spells.

In any case, for the subsequent construction of the "Resistance" and "Ray of Frost" spell models, Gao De did not continue the good luck of the first day.

Both spells were not successful after his mental energy was over-consumed, and he needed to wait until the next day after his mental energy recovered to conduct a second or even third attempt.

Six days had passed since he purchased the three spell formulas from Yomu.

Just now, Gao De finally succeeded in constructing the Ray of Frost spell model.

This declared that he had mastered all three new spells.

A first-rank apprentice, six days, mastering three cantrips.

No one would believe it if he said it!

This is the superiority of Gao De's current method of constructing spell models.

But Gao De did not smugly think of himself as a genius.

He clearly understood that the reason he could achieve this incredible transformation was simply because he was standing on the shoulders of giants.

In the end, it was just picking up the wisdom of predecessors.

For the people of this world:

First, one must change inherent concepts, converting the traditional construction method of determining star-seed positions while connecting star-tracks into the new method of determining star-seed positions first and then connecting star-tracks; then, using the method of analytic geometry to establish a coordinate system to decompose the spell model to determine star-seed positions requires both the courage to question authority and the knowledge to solve the problems existing in the new method.

More importantly, one must also have a "Feng Ling Yue Ying."

The traditional spell model construction method has been passed down for who knows how many years.

The more powerful the magic user, the more deeply rooted their cultivation according to the traditional method over so many years, and under the inertia of thinking, the harder it is for them to question and change it.

And weak magic users would not even have such wishful thinking.

It's like the heliocentric theory; looking at it now, it's just an obvious truth, but back then, the geocentric theory was a sacred and inviolable truth that could never be questioned.

But for Gao De, a visitor from another world, he did not have any pedantic concepts of truth or not.

He was still a magic user apprentice as new as could be, and his thinking mode for spells had not yet been fixed.

Moreover, for an excellent math student, daring to question and daring to change is a basic quality.

If the teacher's method is wrong, or the teacher's method is not good, then use your own method to solve the problem; this is the most normal thing.

As for analytic geometry and the Cartesian coordinate system, for the people of this world, it is knowledge in a brand-new field, creating a new concept.

But for Gao De, it was just taking a practical method from his own knowledge base.

Analytic geometry and the Cartesian coordinate system were not profound knowledge in Gao De's previous life; any ordinary middle school student encountering this situation could think of it.

But for the people of this world, thinking of a coordinate system is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Some things, if thought of, are simple in principle when explained, but getting to that step can stump countless people.

If you can't think of it, you can't think of it. An apple fell countless times, and only Newton thought of universal gravitation.

Even the seemingly simple Cartesian coordinate system was born in the 17th century; before that, not a single person thought of it.

"Mastered five spells, my current mana can just barely support me in casting five cantrips..."

Gao De rubbed his slightly swelling temples and muttered to himself.

There are shortcuts for constructing spell models, but the growth of mental energy and mana must be done step by step.

He had already tested that after casting 0-circle spells five times, his mana would be exhausted.

—Casting the five mastered cantrips in turn once, and he was out of mana.

This awkward situation can be described by a common saying: "A fully geared magic user is still trash without mana."

Gao De had no way to deal with this.

The growth of mana cannot be achieved overnight; at least this awkward situation will last for a period of time.

"Money, and source..."

Since mana growth is unrealistic in the short term, he must think of ways to do more with limited mana, such as enhancing the effectiveness of spells.

This is unrealistic for others, but it is traceable for Gao De.

Because he has Feng Ling Yue Ying, he can "add points."

It's just that adding points requires consuming source.

Thinking of this, Gao De felt some regret.

The source from the Gray-Eyed Mouse should not have been so easily used on Mending.

Although 【Mending+】 is good at everything, it cannot be used for actual combat or killing.

The spell problem was temporarily solved, and the next focus was to obtain new source.

"Go to the commercial district again tomorrow to see if there are any ways," Gao De pondered in his heart.

He had been in this world for eleven days, and as time passed, his inner anxiety grew.

But even if there were ways, it would require money, and after purchasing the three spell formulas, his savings had shrunk to 30 silver and 8 copper.

Thinking of this, Gao De couldn't help but sigh again.

Sure enough, in any place, or even any world, you can't do anything without money.

When Gao De left the workshop and returned to the small bedroom, his roommate Amy had already gone to bed.

These past few days, he had been concentrating on constructing spell models and returned very late.

Gao De took off his outer clothes quietly, lay down, and prepared to rest.

"Gao De, are you back?" In the dark and quiet, Amy's voice came.

Gao De was startled, then gave a soft "hmm" and apologized: "I've been cultivating for a long time these past few days, so I came back late and disturbed you."

"No, I also came back late today and just lay down, not asleep yet."

Amy's voice was very small, as if hesitating about something. After some struggle, he finally spoke carefully: "Gao De, are you thinking of... dealing with Magic User Seda?"

In the dark, Gao De's expression changed, his heart trembled, and he even subconsciously thought he had exposed something these past few days.

"I know, you told me a long time ago that if we don't do something, we will all die."

Amy took a deep breath, as if having made some determination. "Magic User Seda is too powerful, and I have always felt that no matter what we do, we can't change anything."

"Magic User Seda is indeed very powerful," Gao De replied ambiguously.

"You asked me that day," Amy imitated Gao De's tone from that day and repeated Gao De's original words, "If someone wants to kill you, what would you do?"

"I couldn't answer then, but I've been thinking about this question these past few days," he nodded hard in the dark and said, "At least we can't do nothing, right?"

"It's impossible for me to sit and wait for death," Gao De expressed his attitude.

"Magic User Seda specializes in necromancy spells, and there is one spell, I don't know the name, but I know that as long as he touches the target, the target will become powerless."

Gao De was silent and did not respond.

Amy added: "I heard Yilan say that one of the three rules of magic users is 'Never let others know your spells.' Although I don't know the specific meaning, I think this should be of some help to you."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 19 =====