’The Object Positioning Skill is definitely useful. Didn’t the Viper Association use this Magic to track us on our way to Rommon?’
’If I need to find soone or locate an item later, this Magic will definitely be useful. Extrely useful, in fact.’
’He just hadn’t expected to be a teacher in the morning and a student in the afternoon,’ Colin grumbled to himself.
He spoke up, "Of course I have to learn it. For a Mage, every Magic is important. Who knows when it might co in handy? Not long ago, the Water Manipulation Cantrip saved my life."
"Alright then. I’ll teach you the specifics of how to learn Magic from a Scroll," Donkexes nodded. "I’ll give you a list of materials later. You can just buy them at the Magic Material Shop."
Since this was about learning Magic, Colin wouldn’t slack off.
After finishing the cake, he hurried off to buy the materials.
Besides Gemstones, there was also an assortnt of strange things like a ghoul-jackal’s nose and a vampire spawn’s ear.
Other than the fact that these materials were all related to the senses, Colin couldn’t see what else they had in common. ’Professional Mages from the academies could probably tell, though,’ he figured.
Ale followed behind him the whole way with a blank expression. Not knowing what this Half-Elf was thinking about day in and day out, Colin just let her tag along.
In the end, he spent a total of 108 Gold Coins plus so small change.
He had spent half the inco from his recent adventure in one go.
It was worth ntioning that in this world of Magic, Gemstones, which could disturb the Magic Net to a certain extent, were basically considered strategic resources. Furthermore, the effect a Gemstone had on the Magic Net was closely related to its "value" and "type."
Therefore, in this world, most of the Gemstones in the Divine Hall of the Goddess of Wealth were strictly appraised and categorized, and their value was very stable—though, of course, there were still occasional minor fluctuations.
Additionally, Colin had also briefly asked a Priest of the Goddess of Wealth.
To learn Magic from a Scroll, a Tier One Magic required about 50 Gold Coins worth of materials. After that, for each subsequent Tier, the material cost would increase by another 50 Gold Coins.
’So far, he had learned a total of three Cantrips, one Tier Two Magic, and two Tier One Magic from the system. Not even counting the cost of buying Scrolls, just the materials alone would have cost 200 Gold Coins.’
’When he calculated it like that, Colin felt he had actually gotten a pretty good deal.’
’He’d also heard that Magic instructors at the Black Tower received a certain budget for materials each month. He wondered if he’d ever get a chance to get in on that perk.’
As soon as Colin walked into the training room, Donkexes ca up and asked, "You bought them?"
"Yep. So, let’s get started."
"So, you should have a Spellbook by now, right?" Donkexes asked tentatively, his small eyes, nestled in wrinkles, full of distrust.
"Of course I do." Colin took out his Spellbook and showed it to him.
"Oh, really? Soone probably gave it to you. I have a feeling you’d never be willing to buy one yourself." Donkexes glanced at Colin’s Spellbook. "Alright, co over here."
As he spoke, the Dwarf walked over to a table in the corner of the training room. With a wave of his hand, he swept the clutter on the table aside and then unrolled the Scroll.
Then, he hastily fetched a bottle of ink and a quill.
"First, crush the Gemstone and mix it into the ink. Then, when I tell you to start copying, you’ll transcribe what’s on the Scroll into your Spellbook. Rember, do not make any mistakes. It’s best if you can copy it exactly."
After speaking, Donkexes rummaged through a pile of junk and found two mortars and two pestles.
Colin placed the Gemstone in the mortar and began to grind and crush it bit by bit with the pestle.
While he was doing this, Donkexes, who was standing to the side, also crushed the dried materials.
Then he put them into a small wooden bowl and carefully used a fine brush to pile the powder into a small cone.
While doing this, the Dwarf patiently explained, "You’ll know the quantity and processing thod for these auxiliary materials after you’ve carefully studied the Scroll. They’re similar to the formulas you automatically understand after you learn a new Magic."
When Colin had finished grinding the Gemstone, Donkexes took out another wooden bowl.
He poured all the Gemstone powder in, then carefully added the ink, little by little.
As he poured, Donkexes muttered, "You can use a little less ink, but not too much. And it can’t be too little, either. You must use every last bit of the Gemstone powder to write in your Spellbook."
Once the ink and Gemstone powder were evenly mixed, Donkexes lit a wooden splint and carefully ignited the cone-shaped pile of materials.
A few sparks imdiately appeared at the top of the cone, and a thin, long wisp of white smoke rose from it.
"Alright, start copying the Scroll."
Colin quickly filled his quill with the ink and began to copy the script from the Scroll, bit by bit.
Holding the quill dipped in ink that contained the Gemstone, he felt a certain amount of pressure.
However, his hand was still remarkably steady as he began to write.
’If Colin had to describe it himself, the feeling was actually similar to Casting during combat—both involved performing delicate work under imnse pressure.’
’In high-intensity battles, he could execute the hand gestures for a Spell flawlessly thanks to his Casting Skill Level. So, of course, he could also copy the words from the Scroll into his Spellbook bit by bit.’
’Of course, the effect of his Intelligence Attribute was indispensable as well.’
’With higher Intelligence, he could concentrate much better.’
And so, Colin transcribed the text stroke by stroke.
anwhile, Donkexes stood beside him, constantly stirring the ink to prevent the Gemstone powder from settling at the bottom where the quill couldn’t pick it up.
Before he knew it, he had reached the last sentence.
Colin drew the last drop of ink into his quill and perfectly transcribed the final characters into his Spellbook.
As the final stroke was laid down, a stream of silver light flashed across the characters in the Spellbook, starting from the end and flowing all the way back to the very first character.
At the sa ti, the Magic Scroll on the table suddenly burst into a silver Fla.
Just as Colin was about to put out the fire, Donkexes reached out a hand to stop him.
The silver fire was completely extinguished in just an instant.
When he looked again, the once pristine and complete parchnt had instantly turned into a pile of burnt white ash.
"I..."
Colin had just started to speak when a sudden wave of dizziness washed over him.
He quickly grabbed the table for support, forcing down the nausea rising in his throat.
A flood of inexplicable information suddenly poured into his brain, leaving Colin feeling overwheld and dizzy, completely shattering his concentration.
Donkexes, standing beside him, waited patiently.
Only after he felt Colin had recovered did he say, "Scrolls store the model of a Magic. Once you complete the transcription like this, the Magic model transfers to your Spellbook, and the Scroll itself becos useless."
Colin gasped for a few breaths, looking like he wanted to say sothing but couldn’t because of the dizziness.
"Just take a mont to recover." Donkexes stepped forward and patted him on the back.
「A mont later.」
Having caught his breath, Colin asked, "So, does this an I can make money by scribing Scrolls now?"
Hearing this, Donkexes shot him a thoroughly exasperated glare.
"Of course. A Cantrips Scroll costs only 15 Gold Coins in materials, and you can scribe one in about a day. Selling it would net you a profit of at least 10 to 35 Gold Coins.
"Scribing a Tier Two Magic, on the other hand, takes more than three days and costs 100 Gold Coins in materials. If you sell a scroll like that, the profit is around 100 Gold Coins. Most of the materials I collect are used to make Scrolls to sell."
"That much?" Colin was imdiately tempted.
"But—and this is a big but—I absolutely do not recomnd you make money this way."
"Why not?"
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