Chapter 197

Subsequently, Gao De tried to dismiss the familiar.

He just moved his heart, and the hexagram array appeared once again.

The star array shrouded Flora, flashed, and brought her to disappear in place.

According to the spell description: You can temporarily dismiss your familiar, at which time it will enter a small plane to wait for your re-summoning.

Flora now should have entered a small plane exclusive to her.

Gao De consumed the liquid magic power in his body again and cast 【Obtain Familiar+】.

The hexagram array appeared again, bringing back Flora.

Flora in a puffed-up state.

"What's wrong?" Gao De felt somewhat guilty for no reason.

"Mage, it's very dark and very small inside, I don't like it."

"Then don't go there in the future."

"Better be."

Flora nodded her small head the size of a soybean, and took out another small green leaf from nowhere, gesturing on it with her fingers.

It was like a child doodling on a notebook.

"What are you doing?"

"Holding a grudge."

"Hmm?"

"Today, you pulled me into the small dark room, this grudge, Flora-sama has recorded it."

Gao De: "..."

Flora doesn't like the small plane of 【Obtain Familiar+】.

According to her, that is a narrow room.

Therefore, Gao De didn't choose to take Flora back to the small plane.

Fortunately, the familiar can act independently without following the mage.

And even if it follows, Flora, who is the size of a finger, is indeed not difficult to carry. After much persuasion, he coaxed the puffed-up Flora, Gao De looked at the time, and it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

The second floor of the library was already closed at this time.

But Gao De, whose mental state was still very excited and high-spirited, was somewhat unable to be idle.

He thought about it and finally decided to leave the dormitory and head to the academy's spell testing ground.

He prepared to go and familiarize himself with the spell abilities of a first-circle mage.

After advancing to a first-circle mage, compared to the mage apprentice stage, a big gap is the ability to obtain ring-ascension spellcasting.

It was still renting a private room for half an hour.

It was just that this time, as a formal mage, the room fee soared from the original 5 silver to 1 gold now, which made Gao De feel very painful in his heart.

One price for one product, the corresponding change is that the room venue is obviously larger, and the spell testing puppet is also more durable.

Gao De aimed at the spell testing puppet and first cast 【Frost Bite】, which he had mastered earlier but had not verified the specific power.

The liquid magic power in his body instantly went 1/4 drop.

And the spell testing puppet also gave feedback in time at this time.

Freezing damage, attack power 6 degrees.

Casting a cantrip normally only consumes 1/4 drop of liquid magic power. I now have a total magic power of 20 drops of liquid magic power, that is to say, I can release 80 cantrips... Gao De breathed a sigh of relief after getting the precise number.

He felt that his "magic power deficiency phobia" was finally about to be cured.

"Let's try ring-ascension spellcasting again," Gao De thought to himself.

The so-called ring-ascension spellcasting is to use a high-circle mage rank to cast low-circle spells.

For example, Gao De, as a first-circle mage, can choose between normal casting and ring-ascension casting when casting cantrips.

Normal casting, the effect of the cantrip is no different from casting a cantrip as a mage apprentice.

And ring-ascension casting will cause the power of the cantrip to increase accordingly.

It was still 【Frost Bite】.

But this time, for ring-ascension casting, Gao De directly consumed 1 drop of complete liquid magic power.

The spell testing puppet gave feedback in a timely manner:

Freezing damage, attack power 12 degrees.

The magic power consumption increased from 1/4 drop of liquid magic power to 1 drop of liquid magic power, but the power only doubled... Gao De thought secretly, and didn't feel it was unreasonable. This is somewhat like the fuel consumption of a car; compared to the increased speed, fuel consumption is generally increased exponentially, not proportionally.

But no matter what, the improvement of spell power is obvious.

Of course, ring-ascension spellcasting has a limit and cannot be ascended infinitely.

Generally, cantrips can be ascended for ring-ascension spellcasting three times, which is already the limit.

For example, 【Frost Bite】, the power of normal casting is 6 degrees, and first-circle mage ring-ascension casting will increase the power of 【Frost Bite】 to 12 degrees.

Second-circle mage ring-ascension casting will increase it to 18 degrees, and third-circle mage ring-ascension casting will be 24 degrees.

But 24 degrees is the limit power that 【Frost Bite】 can reach.

Even if you are a fourth-circle mage or a fifth-circle mage, it is impossible to increase the power of 【Frost Bite】 as a cantrip.

Subsequently, Gao De also tested all other spells he hadn't tested before one by one.

【Poison Spray】, poison damage, attack power 10 degrees, ring-ascension spellcasting power doubles.

【Blade Burst】, force damage, attack power 6 degrees, ring-ascension spellcasting power doubles.

【Moonlight Arrow】, radiant damage, attack power 4 degrees, power increases to 6 degrees under moonlight, ring-ascension spellcasting power doubles.

【Dead Man's Knell】, necrotic damage, attack power 8 degrees, trigger prerequisite, attack power will increase to 12 degrees, ring-ascension spellcasting power doubles.

And besides increasing power, ring-ascension spellcasting may also present other effects.

For example, 【Eldritch Blast】, the king of cantrip damage with an attack power of ten degrees, does not double its power when ring-ascension spellcasting, but adds a ray.

In addition, besides damage spells, many other cantrips also have the possibility of ring-ascension spellcasting.

Like 【Create Water】, every ring-ascension spellcasting will increase the amount of water it creates by 2 gallons.

Of course, this doesn't mean much to most mages.

Normal spellcasting is 1/4 drop of liquid magic power to create two gallons of water, and ring-ascension mage is 1 drop of liquid magic power to create 4 gallons of water.

That's not as good as normal spellcasting twice.

Same effect, and saves half the magic power instantly.

But for Gao De, it has significant meaning.

—【Create Water+】 is something that can only be "lottery-drawn" on the first spellcasting of the day.

Ring-ascension spellcasting is equivalent to guaranteeing that once you win the lottery, the reward doubles.

After a series of tests, Gao De left the spell testing ground with satisfaction.

He truly understood what Mentor He Xi said: in the mage world, it is generally recognized that cross-ring combat is almost impossible.

Not to mention that high-circle spells themselves are far more powerful than low-circle spells.

Just this one ring-ascension spellcasting and the abundance of the high-circle mage's own magic power are enough to make high-circle mages suppress low-circle mages so they can't lift their heads.

He couldn't imagine how he, as a mage apprentice, could defeat his current self.

So, how powerful is the rune construct? It actually has the opportunity to smooth out such a huge gap between mage ranks, making cross-ring combat a possibility... Gao De couldn't help but think.

Returning to the first district again.

Gao De suddenly remembered that his "first draw of the day" had not yet been performed.

He immediately came to the kitchen and performed ring-ascension spellcasting 【Create Water+】.

There had already been enough good things today, so Gao De didn't have any expectations, just habitually drew once.

But unexpectedly, good things happened again.

The familiar yet strange light fragrance appeared in the pottery jar.

Water of No Leakage.

A full four gallons.

Not long after.

Gao De carried a small cup of Water of No Leakage and ascended to the second floor.

The little thing calling herself Flora-sama was lying on a paper page much larger than herself, looking curiously with big eyes compared to her size.

Gao De glanced at it.

It was the course notes he made when learning 【Magic Plant Cultivation】.

Seeing Gao De return, Flora raised her head and asked puzzledly: "Mage, do you humans plant grass like this?"

(End of chapter)