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Chapter 366: Chapter 365 The Strange Metallic Ball

Day broke.

In the Magic Laboratory, the main laboratory.

Sitting at the long table in the lab, Richard held a quill in his hand, writing on a papyrus scroll with a rustling sound, noting down the functions of several items he had taken out of his briefcase–after some preliminary tests, he had generally understood some aspects of these items.

First, there was the seemingly ordinary black short wand.

This indeed was a magic wand that allowed for more precise control over the casting of spells, meaning, it allowed for spells to be cast farther and more accurately.

But “precision” was merely an auxiliary feature of the short wand, its primary function was… energy storage.

Yes, energy storage!

This function surprised Richard himself. With this feature, the short wand could store mana or free energy elements internally, becoming an external second magic source. Once the first magic source inside the body or the free energy elements were exhausted, this second source could rapidly replenish them.

Hence, by using this short wand, the capacity for mana storage could be significantly increased, and the ability to sustain combat was noticeably strengthened.

Of course, even with such capacities, Richard was still, strictly speaking, a first-level wizard apprentice.

Yes, a first-level wizard apprentice.

On the East Coast, wizards and apprentices were ranked by multiple criteria.

The lenient criterion was based on the intensity of mana fluctuations, which is the quantity and power of mana mobilized in a short time for casting a specific spell.

The standard criterion was by the ability to cast spells of fixed levels. For instance, a third-level wizard apprentice wanting to advance to a first-level low-order wizard must have the ability to cast a certain number of first circle low-level spells and zero-circle high-order spells without the help of any magic tools. Only after achieving this could they be recognized as a first-level low-order wizard.

If one couldn’t do so, even if they had the ability to defeat or kill a first-level low-order wizard, they would still be rated as a third-level wizard apprentice.

The most stringent criterion required not only meeting all the demands of the standard evaluation but also having “spiritual strength” and “mana storage limit” among other constraints.

By the strictest standards, Richard was undoubtedly just a first-level wizard apprentice–the weakest existence–although his spiritual strength had reached the standard of an official wizard through the training of the crystal skull, his mana storage limit was too low, typical of a first-level wizard apprentice.

There was nothing that could be done about that. To have a sufficiently high mana storage limit, one must spend a great deal of time and energy to continuously expand the magic source and use meditation to absorb free energy elements and melt them into mana for long-term storage.

Richard’s time was always tight, and after remodelling his magic source using the method of an Apocalypse Wizard, he had almost never altered it.

Thus, maybe by using the method of an Apocalypse Wizard, substituting free energy elements for mana in casting, given the same storage capacity, the wear was minimal, and the number of spells cast significantly increased. Moreover, by using magic runes, he could cast first circle spells and, by employing some other methods, even kill powerful wizards from mysterious organizations like Suo Men, yet he was only a first-level wizard apprentice–who could kill wizards.

He didn’t have much resentment about this.

Because from the beginning, he hadn’t much pursued wizard levels.

He became a wizard not to “prove his mettle with power” but to treat himself as the best research subject to deeply study the operational mechanisms of the “spell” system.

In his view, the significance of being a certain level wizard was not great, nowhere near as important as successfully analyzing the entire system.

Once successfully analyzed, the so-called wizard levels were merely a string of data; with the abilities discerned from the analysis, he could adjust his wizard level anytime and even produce a large batch of high-level wizards at will.

Simply put, he didn’t chase levels; he pursued what lay beyond the levels.

“Rustle, rustle, rustle…”

Richard wrote on the papyrus, finishing his notes on the functions of the energy storage magic wand and began documenting the functions of three magic scrolls.

The three magic scrolls were “Shadow Cloak,” “Wind Lord,” and “Eye of Gaze.”

“The function of the ‘Shadow Cloak’ is similar to the ‘Concealing Breath Skill’ obtained from Old Marlon, and it also shares some similarities with the previously used ‘Extraordinary Concealment’. It can hide a person, mask their breath, and even their form, achieving a kind of deceptive ‘invisibility’ that makes them ‘seen’ yet unseen.”

“The function of the ‘Wind Lord,’ is to comprehensively strengthen the control over Wind Magic and allow the body’s speed to burst to an extremely high degree, which is useful whether in attack, dodging, or retreating.”

“The function of the ‘Eye of Gaze’ is to enhance perception and improve vision. The degree to which perception is enhanced and vision is improved increases as more spiritual power is invested.”

This was what Richard had learned from his simple research of three Magic Scrolls. Since he had not actually operated them, he was still unsure of their real effects, but in Richard’s view, they were undoubtedly only strong, not weak.

Having recorded the functions of the ‘Short Wand’ and ‘Magic Scrolls,’ Richard stopped the quill that was scribbling on the Papyrus Scroll.

Turning around, Richard picked up the metallic ball that lay on the table, observing it carefully with a slight frown.

Among the items he had taken out of the suitcase, this metallic ball was the only one that, so far, had shown no function other than seeming like a mere decorative piece.

But the issue was, this metallic ball was dull and not at all pretty; if it were really for decoration, it wasn’t qualified.

So what exactly was this object?

Richard observed and pondered carefully, but after a long while, he still had no ideas.

At this moment, the familiar sound of “clatter clatter” rang beside him.

Looking towards the sound, Richard saw Pandora busily working again– washing test tubes.

As Pandora moved skillfully, one test tube after another shattered into pieces.

Seeing the glass tubes break, Pandora’s eyes shone brightly as she quickly collected the pieces and stowed them in a large chest under her bed, then continued washing.

“Clatter clatter,” the breaking continued, Pandora again collecting the shards, putting them into the chest, and washing anew.

This was a vicious cycle, which would not stop until all the glass test tubes were shattered.

Richard watched, cringing a bit, thinking: It looks like I’ll need to order a batch of new test tubes from Alex again.

With these thoughts, Richard withdrew his gaze, gave one more look at the metallic ball in his hand, and suddenly thought of the Hall Spirit–the Golden Mask in the suitcase.

Richard glanced again at Pandora, who was energetically washing test tubes. He suddenly stood up, calling out, “Pandora.”

“Ah?” Pandora stopped her movements, turned her head, and asked in confusion.

“Want to go somewhere with me?” Richard said.

“Where?” Pandora asked, tilting her head.

“A very interesting place.”

“Ah–” Pandora hesitated.

“Come with me,” Richard said, grabbing Pandora’s hand and heading towards the corner, where they descended into the underground Magic Laboratory.

Upon reaching the Magic Laboratory, Richard took the suitcase out from the Space Iron Ring, placed it on the floor, opened it, and immediately a massive amount of light burst forth from the suitcase.

“This is…” Pandora’s eyes widened.

“This is the interesting place I was telling you about,” Richard said, pulling Pandora into the light.

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