Lin Mo rembered very clearly the price Flora had ntioned when she told him about the existence of the mithril gloves.
Around 1000 gold coins, slightly cheaper because there was a mithril mine near Silverstream City, but still at least 800 gold coins.
Madam Shachel's asking price of 850 gold coins was absolutely normal and roughly matched Lin Mo's psychological expectations.
But she directly reduced the price by a full 200 gold coins with just one sentence. Mithril gloves for 650 gold coins couldn't be found anywhere on the entire continent - this was truly the cost price.
"Thank you, Madam Shachel. You are the kindest, most enthusiastic, and most beautiful lady I've ever t."
Since she was being so generous, Lin Mo naturally didn't hold back on the complints, showering her with praise.
Madam Shachel smiled so widely her mouth couldn't close. "I rarely et young people who know how to speak so well these days. Let give you one more bottle of primary mana potion as a gift."
Lin Mo was imdiately delighted and expressed his gratitude repeatedly.
One bottle of primary mana potion was worth 25 gold coins, aning this one sentence had earned him 25 gold coins!
One could only say that those who run alchemy shops are truly wealthy and generous.
I wonder if alchemy is easy to learn... but to beco proficient at this, it probably requires long-term practice and study. I'll try it so other ti.
After paying, Lin Mo received the mithril gloves and mana potion, but he wasn't in a hurry to leave. Instead, he continued asking, "Actually, I'd also like to purchase so spell scrolls. I wonder if you have any here..."
"Spell scrolls? We don't sell those in the shop. I do have two in my personal collection, but—"
Firstly, they're expensive, and secondly, she wasn't really keen on selling them.
Seeing her hesitation, Lin Mo quickly said, "Since they're your personal collection, I naturally shouldn't take what you treasure. But could I take a quick look at them?"
"That's no problem at all."
Shachel went into the inner room and rummaged around for a while before coming out with a beautiful box.
Inside lay the two spell scrolls.
"Can I open them to look?"
"Go ahead, go ahead..."
Shachel didn't mind. The reason skill scrolls were precious was because during their creation, they incorporated many of the creator's experiences and insights about the skill. Therefore, when holding a scroll, the speed of learning and practicing the skill would be greatly enhanced.
This mysterious and profound elent was difficult to replicate—it couldn't be compared to simple transcription.
Thus, there were actually differences in quality among skill scrolls. Skills from master craftsn were even more valuable.
Without a scroll in hand, relying only on operational pathways or simple instruction from others, the difficulty of learning and mastering a skill would increase several tis over.
Unless the person teaching you was very powerful and had deep expertise in that skill.
For example, if Archmage Elvith personally taught you, the effect would far surpass that of a skill scroll.
In Shachel's view, Lin Mo wanting to look at these two scrolls was probably just out of curiosity, wanting to learn about them.
But...
Lin Mo first opened the first scroll.
The inscription at the beginning looked incredibly familiar—it was exactly the sa as the [Fireball] scroll he had initially obtained, clearly the work of Archmage Elvith!
Presumably, Madam Shachel had bought it from Magic Academy students who ca here for practical training.
This was a common-grade magic, one of the basic spells, called [Earthen Shield], a defensive-oriented magic.
The reason it was called defensive-oriented was because, strictly speaking, this skill could also be used for offense, just like a knight directly smashing with a shield.
Of course, its power would be far inferior to genuine offensive magic.
Defensive-oriented magic was clearly less useful for novice mages compared to offensive magic, but for high-level mages, powerful defensive magic was indispensable.
Because mages' physiques were too fragile compared to other professions of the sa level, even more easily assassinated than rangers. So once they were closed in on, without defensive magic, they would die miserably.
But for Lin Mo, this skill wasn't particularly significant.
That being said, what needed to be learned and practiced still couldn't be neglected.
Lin Mo carefully read on. The circuit for this skill was number 7 plus number 9—also a very simple basic spell.
Lin Mo tried running it and quickly mastered it.
But to avoid being too shocking, he didn't demonstrate it on the spot.
"Learned skill [Earthen Shield]! Magic 1!"
Lin Mo's magic power increased to 5 points.
Continue, continue!
Lin Mo carefully rolled up the scroll in his hand, placed it back in the box, then picked up the other scroll. Unrolling it to look, his expression imdiately showed surprise.
This scroll wasn't simple...
[Lightning Strike], composed of circuits 37 plus 64, plus 86 and 93—a full four magic circuits.
Excellent-grade magic!
Lin Mo's face lit up with joy as he imrsed himself in it.
Compared to common-grade magic, combining four magic circuits was indeed much more difficult. Moreover, the creator of this skill scroll clearly wasn't as high-ranking as Elvith, so Lin Mo stared at this scroll for several minutes before gradually figuring out the operational thod.
A flash of lightning appeared in his hand, then quickly dissipated.
He had just found the correct combination pathway and wasn't very proficient yet, so that was a failed attempt. But it didn't matter—Lin Mo had rembered that feeling, so he placed the scroll back in the box.
"Thank you for your generosity, Madam Shachel."
Shachel was currently looking at him with a surprised expression. She wasn't a fool—alchemists were also a profession that relied on magic power and had extrely sharp perception of magical energy. Of course she had felt that fluctuation of lightning elent just now.
This child... seems to be doing more than just looking?
Even though it was just a failed attempt, being able to construct lightning elent with magic power just by looking at a scroll was already astonishing enough.
Or had he been exposed to lightning elent magic before?
Hmm, that explanation felt more reasonable.
"If you need it, I can lend it to you for a while longer."
"No need..."
Lin Mo waved his hand, "Thank you for your kindness, but it's already enough."
Enough? What did that an?
Shachel stared at him blankly. Could it be that he had already learned it?
She then shook her head, feeling like she was sick to even entertain such a crazy thought.
Probably he just tried and failed, found it sowhat difficult, so he didn't want to aim too high for now.
Learning a magic spell required considerable ti, let alone an excellent-grade one. Even if this young man had so connection with little Finnie, she couldn't possibly lend such a precious scroll until he fully learned it.
Refusing now showed he understood his limits.
"Although you've probably heard similar advice many tis, I still want to remind you that human energy is limited. Perhaps you didn't have the conditions before and could only choose to beco a warrior first, but since you've discovered your talent in magic, it would be better to focus on studying magic in the future. After all, everyone can only receive the blessing of one profession at a ti."
"Okay."
Lin Mo had indeed heard these words many tis before—one more ti wouldn't make much difference.
"Alright, alright, if there's nothing else, I'll rest now..."
Shachel waved her hand and lay back down on her reclining chair.
Lin Mo then left the alchemy workshop with Ellie, eagerly returning to the inn.
He went to the small courtyard behind the inn and began practicing the magic circuits he had just morized.
Lightning appeared in his hand again—Lin Mo had pretty much mastered the construction of lightning elent.
Compared to the previous fire, ice, and earth elents, lightning elent magic seed sowhat more difficult, but only marginally so.
After more than an hour of practice, Lin Mo extended his hand again. A bolt of lightning flew from his palm, crackling as it exploded in the air.
"Learned skill [Lightning Strike]! Magic 2!"
Aweso!
Looking at his magic power reaching 7 points, Lin Mo couldn't help but laugh out loud.
This trip had been incredibly profitable!
But then his vision went dark and he felt sowhat dizzy.
Excellent-grade magic naturally consud much more magic power than common-grade magic, including the ntal load.
Lin Mo's re 5 points of spirit was really holding him back.
He needed to quickly practice one magic spell to max level. According to the scroll's description, after mastering a magic spell, there would be a slight improvent in spirit as well.
Returning to his room, he placed the beautiful box on the bed and slowly opened it. Like appreciating a beautiful woman, he carefully examined this pair of mithril gloves worth hundreds of gold coins.
Ever since learning about their existence from Flora, he had been "suffering."
Thinking about them day and night, constantly saving money, he had finally bought them.
Lin Mo carefully felt the pair of gloves.
They felt cool to the touch, very smooth—even more comfortable than Ellie's hands.
Putting them on his hands, the gloves only covered the back of the hand, the back of the fingers, and the fingertips. They didn't completely wrap around the fingers and had a separate structure that didn't affect finger flexibility at all.
After putting them on, the parts on the back of the fingers magically fit tightly.
This was the benefit of mithril's extensibility.
Moreover, mithril was quite sturdy—these could be used as boxing gloves when needed.
Really nice...
Of course, besides these characteristics, as magical weapons, the most important aspect was naturally their attributes.
[Mithril Gloves]
Weapon Type: Magic Equipnt/Gloves
Grade: Excellent (Blue)
Attributes: Durability 80%, Sturdiness 50%
Hidden Attributes: Magic Conduction III: Increases spell casting speed by 15%; Increases all elental spell power by 15%
Equipnt Amplification: Magic Amplification III: Increases maximum magic output by 20% when using magic
Even though he had looked at them multiple tis before, Lin Mo was still shocked once again.
This was thousand-gold-level excellent-grade equipnt? Truly impressive!
The basic attributes went without saying—the craftsmanship of these gloves was quite good.
The focus was on the hidden attributes and amplification—each one was more exaggerated than the last.
Increasing spell casting speed by 15% and all elental spell power by 15%—these two simple sentences were enough to demonstrate the power of the mithril gloves.
As the saying goes, the only drawback of expensive things is their price...
As for the effect called "Magic Amplification," that was even more significant.
Although the power of magic was related to the grade of the skill, the final effect still depended on the specific magic power.
This "Magic Amplification" was equivalent to forcibly increasing the skill's output efficiency by 20%, which could be simply understood as "overclocking" the magic through additional magic consumption to display greater power!
In gaming terms, this was a 20% independent multiplier.
So fierce!
So fierce that Lin Mo wanted to put on these gloves and imdiately charge into Roland Forest to wreak havoc!
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