Chapter 76: The True Use of Papermaking, Scroll Crafting

In the blink of an eye.

Over a dozen magic notifications appeared on the attribute panel.

Tang Zheng raised his forehead slightly; it was his first time seeing so many spells all at once.

It was just that...

He observed that these spells were all First-Tier magic, and belonged to the non-offensive category; there were even a few Zero-Tier utility spells mixed in.

"Teacher."

"Teacher."

"Teacher."

"Teacher."

The dozen or so spellcasters present noticed the arrival of Master Beru-Rui and Tang Zheng, and many immediately looked up and spoke respectfully.

However, most of their gazes fell upon Tang Zheng, who was very unfamiliar to them.

Feeling the weight of these gazes.

Tang Zheng bowed slightly, trying his best to show a friendly smile.

Master Beru-Rui walked down the stairs, waving a hand at the crowd to signal them to continue with their work.

"How much do you know about magic scroll crafting?" Master Beru-Rui asked in a flat tone.

Nothing at all!

Tang Zheng remained silent.

"Heh."

Master Beru-Rui chuckled, his voice carrying a strange and inexplicable tone: "Many people spend a vast amount of time trying hard to learn the Second-Tier 'Papermaking' with zero results."

"Yet some people are able to master it easily, and can even cast it perfectly."

"A gap in talent, is it."

When saying the last few words, Master Beru-Rui's voice remained calm, but it became much quieter, as if he were muttering to himself.

So that's it.

"Does 'Papermaking' have to do with crafting magic scrolls?" Tang Zheng thought to himself, feigning surprise on his face.

He had actually already guessed it just now, but having it confirmed still left him somewhat surprised.

Furthermore.

What made him even more suspicious was that Master Beru-Rui would tell him so easily, and even bring him to this place, which was clearly the core of the Mages Guild where magic scrolls were crafted.

"It seems you really don't understand at all."

"To be precise, it is the Second-Tier 'Papermaking' that is related to the crafting of magic scrolls."

Master Beru-Rui turned his head, glanced at Tang Zheng behind him, and continued indifferently:

"Don't be so surprised; the crafting methods for First-Tier and Second-Tier magic scrolls are not considered secrets to any nation."

The two walked down the stairs.

Master Beru-Rui raised a finger and pointed around at the people in the hall: "The magic scrolls you purchased previously were crafted by these fellows. How were they to use?"

Tang Zheng absorbed the intelligence he had never encountered before and replied: "Very good."

"No need to save their face."

"They are just crafting some common goods; mere First-Tier magic scrolls with no offensive capabilities, and yet they have such a high failure rate."

Master Beru-Rui mocked coldly without mercy.

As soon as these words fell.

Bang!

A loud sound exploded, like a blast caused by uncontrolled mana; at the same time, a strange, burnt smell filled the air.

"Ah!"

With a cry of pain, a magic caster not far from Tang Zheng was knocked to the ground by the shockwave.

The person did not appear to be injured and quickly climbed up from the ground, having likely prepared some kind of magical protection in advance, but the person looked quite disheveled.

At this moment.

This magic caster noticed the gazes of everyone in the hall and their face instantly turned bright red.

They lowered their head in shame, not daring to look at Master Beru-Rui at all.

"A waste who only knows how to squander materials!"

"What are you standing there for? Get back to it!"

Master Beru-Rui's voice remained very calm, but his words were blunt. For a moment, the spellcasters present hurriedly lowered their heads and continued with their work.

No wonder the air was filled with a strange smell.

A flash of realization crossed Tang Zheng's face, his expression slightly odd.

The commotion just now was not small, yet the hall where the front desk was located had remained very quiet; some kind of sound-dampening magic must have been set up.

"Since you don't know much about crafting magic scrolls, you must have heard of alchemists, right?"

"A qualified alchemist needs to understand a vast amount of herbal knowledge, knowing how to combine the properties of each herb, secret recipes, and so on."

"Only then can even the most ordinary alchemist craft potions through hard work. But magic scroll crafting is different; it has an inherent threshold."

"If the difficulty of becoming an alchemist is one, then the difficulty of crafting magic scrolls is ten."

Master Beru-Rui said indifferently, then continued: "This is not an exaggeration; you must first be a magic caster."

"To craft a 'Dissolve' magic scroll, you must master that spell, but a magic caster's time and energy are limited."

"Crafting a Second-Tier magic scroll requires mastering Second-Tier magic, and so on; at this level, it is no longer decided by whether you work hard or not, but by talent."

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"This also requires mastering various techniques for crafting scrolls, otherwise, it will end up like the situation just now."

Is crafting magic scrolls really this complicated?

Tang Zheng was not particularly clear about the situation regarding magic scroll crafting in the "Yggdrasil" game.

But at least the craftsmanship of the humans before him was indeed extremely difficult for people of this other world.

The level restriction alone was enough to suppress the birth of higher-tier magic scrolls!

"Thank you for the explanation," Tang Zheng said.

"Follow me."

Master Beru-Rui lifted his feet and walked toward the interior.

Tang Zheng followed.

Soon.

Master Beru-Rui stopped in front of a male mage who looked to be about 40 years old.

Beside the man lay clean white paper; that unique faint mana luster and toughness were exactly what was produced by the Second-Tier spell "Papermaking."

This middle-aged mage was currently carefully picking out ten sheets of white paper and placing them into a container filled with a pale gold liquid.

As the paper gradually became soaked by the liquid.

The middle-aged mage quickly pulled a piece of parchment from the side and rapidly placed it into the container as well: "Scroll Crafting!"

In an instant!

With a flash of white light,

The parchment and the white paper in the box fused together, turning into a thick, gray scroll.

Having crafted the scroll, the middle-aged mage let out a slight breath, quickly turned to look at Master Beru-Rui, and said respectfully: "Teacher."

After speaking.

The middle-aged mage also showed a friendly smile toward Tang Zheng.

And at this moment.

The information on the attribute panel also appeared.

'Skill "Scroll Crafting" discovered. Requires Magic Caster profession. Current conditions met.'

'Do you wish to consume 1 skill point to learn?'

It only requires the Magic Caster profession, with no related production profession requirements?

A flash of surprise crossed Tang Zheng's eyes.

In "Yggdrasil," scroll crafting technology belonged to the production profession line.

There existed production professions related to it, such as "Alchemist" or "Blacksmith."

Yet here, it wasn't needed!

This meant that the scroll crafting technology used by the middle-aged man was created or improved by humans themselves!

"Learn."

Tang Zheng did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately recited silently.

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(End of chapter)