Chapter 7: Wand

For a spellcaster, the importance of a wand is self-evident. The improvement of a suitable wand for an excellent spellcaster is even more exaggerated than a sword saint finding his dream sword.

Similarly, if a spellcaster loses their wand, it's like a sharpshooter losing their gun. Basically, half of their skills are abolished on the spot, unless the spellcaster masters high-level techniques like "wandless casting."

As the ultimate race standing at the top of the spellcaster system, witches' reliance on wands is much smaller than those other-race mages who can't even cast a fireball without a wand. After all, they are naturally born with the ability of wandless casting.

Some talented little witches even have magical power in their first cry after birth, which belongs to innate magic and doesn't need any wand assistance at all.

And those witch cubs who don't know much and don't know how to control the innate mana in their bodies are even more terrifying. The "bear children" of other races are at most a bit naughty, at most harming furniture, and the harm is not great. But witch bear children might be throwing fireballs and frost at their parents at every turn.

It is said that some peak witches today were even more incredible when they were young. With terrifying talent, they could start high-level magic by instinct when they were young, and it was normal to accidentally send unprepared parents to the hospital.

Well, although witches look like humans on the outside, it's actually no problem to treat their essence as the kind of magical beasts that can use magic naturally.

However, this doesn't mean that witches don't need wands. This is like saying that people can walk, but driving can be faster. The bonus effect of a high-quality wand on witches' magic is still quite considerable.

And after so many years of development and evolution, through countless adjustments and upgrades by spellcasters, the entire system process is now very mature.

The wands in the witch world today are basically divided into three categories according to length: short wands, long wands, and standard wands.

Short wands generally have a length of less than 40cm, and the longest will not exceed the length of a person's forearm. The advantages of such wands are fast and convenient spellcasting, high precision in mana control, and the short wand body is easy to hide, suitable for assassination or fast-attack spellcasters.

As for the disadvantages, well, insufficient materials, low mana conversion efficiency, easy to cause more meaningless mana loss, and the amplification of magic effects is also smaller.

Long wands are generally over 1.5 meters, and many are even taller than the spellcaster themselves. The advantages of such wands are high mana conversion efficiency and strong amplification of magic effects, suitable for turret-output spellcasters.

It's just that long wands also have disadvantages such as being too long to be easily hidden, easily exposing the spellcaster's existence, and because they carry too much mana, they are not easy to control, so there are requirements for the user's mana control precision.

As for standard wands, just like their name, they are the most standard type of wand, with a length between short wands and long wands, generally around one meter. And they also take into account the advantages of both short wands and long wands. They are the type that is okay in all aspects, but not outstanding in any, but fortunately, they are the mediocre "all-rounder" type without any shortcomings.

After Dorothy followed Alice into this shop, the first thing that caught her eyes was various glass display cabinets. The whole shop was divided into three areas. The wall on the left was full of various short wands, the display wall on the right was various long wands, and the glass wall cabinets in the middle displayed various standard wands.

"Welcome, two cute witch ladies."

A somewhat old voice welcomed the two. It was an old gentleman wearing gold-rimmed glasses. The old man had white hair and beard, but his spirit was quite good. He was very energetic and dressed very elegantly, with a sense of an elderly gentleman.

Dorothy looked at the old man's appearance and recognized that this was an ordinary human mage, which made her look up to the old man's craftsmanship a bit more.

After all, although humans are close relatives of witches, they are not a superior race in this magical world. In terms of magic talent, they are far inferior to supernatural races such as elves and dwarves. The only thing they can take out is their huge population and the protection of witches behind them.

And the entry standard for Witch Specialty Stores is very high. Even for supernatural races like elves and dwarves, it is not easy to meet the standard, let alone more mediocre humans.

However, relatively speaking, the human merchants who can officially enter the Witch Specialty Store must have a few tricks up their sleeves.

"Grandpa Odell, I'm here to take care of your business again."

Alice, seeing the old man, greeted him very familiarly.

"Hehehe, welcome, welcome, little Alice."

The old man also showed a kind smile, happily welcoming this regular customer.

"Are you here to maintain your wand again today?"

He asked.

"Hmm, hmm, I have to trouble you again. And this is my sister, Dorothy. I brought her here today because I want to buy a new wand for her. Please help see if there is anything suitable for her, preferably the latest smart wand."

Alice said while taking out two pistols from the magic pocket on her body and handing them to the old man, while introducing her sister beside her.

And Dorothy's gaze stayed more on the two pistols Alice took out, her expression slightly weird.

This was a pair of cool-looking dual pistols, one black and one white, with some red patterns like blood vessels all over the gun body, and even two sharp blades extended from under the gun barrel, which meant that these two guns seemed to be able to be used for melee combat.

This pair of dual pistols was Alice's wand, belonging to the short wand category.

"Tsk, a wand that looks like this—times have really changed."

Dorothy complained in her heart. As a transmigrator, not only did she not feel any information advantage of a transmigrator, but she often felt that she couldn't keep up with the development of this magical world. It was truly a complex feeling of being an old antique out of touch with the times.

However, the wands in the witch world were like this. Besides the length, there were no other restrictions. The appearance was like knives, guns, swords, halberds, guns, cannons, sticks, and clubs—all kinds of shapes. It was completely different from the single wooden stick with a gemstone in her inherent impression.

However, thinking about it carefully, this was normal. After all, although witches were top-tier spellcasters, they weren't as physically fragile as real mages. Excellent physical fitness allowed witches to be fearless when enemies got close and engage in melee combat with enemies, beating professional warriors until they doubted life.

Then, as a witch's wand, the wooden stick structure that was unfavorable for melee combat was naturally not enough. A witch's wand must be the type that can bomb from a distance and fight with blades up close.

Just when Dorothy was still convincing herself to get used to it early, the shop owner, the old gentleman, also shifted his gaze to her.

"Witch lady, can you let me see your previous wand?"

The old gentleman said gently.

Dorothy quickly took out the wand she had been using from her pocket and handed it to the old man.

This was also a short wand, and it was the kind of short wand with a shape similar to the magic academy movie she had seen in her previous life.

This was also an old partner who had accompanied her for more than ten years. When she first started learning magic, she chose this beginner-level beginner wand because of her movie sentiment.

However, in recent years, the old partner had indeed been unable to keep up with her growth. Now, every time she cast a spell, she had to be careful to control her mana to prevent the old partner from dying on the spot. Now it was indeed time to let the old partner retire and rest.

She looked at this short wand with some reluctance and looked at the old man with some expectation. She didn't know what kind of new wand the old man would recommend to her later. ===== CHAPTER 8 =====