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Chapter 132
🕑 Added 2024-06-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTCAnton noticed how Frederick was looking at him.
“What?” He asked the mage.
“You can now create enchanted items?”
“I did tell everyone that I was on the verge of a breakthrough and this was the result. Although, I’m still not satisfied with it since it would only last for a couple of hours with its mana storage full.”
Anton then retrieved a second tablet from his inventory but this one did not have any mana. He handed it to Frederick.
“Can you store your mana on this one?” Anton asked the mage.
Frederick held the tablet and then using some sort of gestures, cast a spell on it. Anton could see mana floating from Frederick to the wooden tablet. Everyone could see some indicator on the part of the wooden tablet that was assigned as its power storage and one cast of the mage’s spell filled five percent of the mana storage.
“One cantrip only filled five percent of its storage. I could only memorize up to seven cantrips and all seven cantrips would take me seven hours of memorization!”
“That long!” Anna exclaimed.
“Memorizing a spell from a spell book would take time and it would depend on the power and talent of a mage as well as his level on how long it would take a wizard to memorize a specific spell. I’ve heard that an archmage only needs to look at a cantrip and they would instantly memorize it though I have not seen it.”
“How do you increase your level of power?” Anton asked.
“By casting and memorizing spells. It’s like exercising your muscles. In time you will instinctively know that you can add more to your existing spells. After some time again, you will instinctively know that it is time for you to attempt the next level of spells. I haven’t reached that yet so I’m still only able to cast cantrips.”
“How did you store your spell on the tablet then? Did you cast the actual spell on the wooden tablet?” Anton asked.
“Yes. Instead of the spell actualizing, it would feel and look like the tablet was siphoning off the mana and spell structure of the spell then the spell disappeared from my mind. That meant I would need to memorize it again.”
Anton now believed that Frederick's spell system was just like the magic system from Dungeons and Dragons. He was not casting it in stone because more than likely, there would be several types of spell systems in this world or maybe just several deviations but the fact was, he shouldn’t make assumptions.
“It’s now so cold and comfortable here!” Anna exclaimed.
“I will still need to study it further since the duration is still very short and the energy requirement was great.”
“Even if that’s the case, the fact that you’re now able to enchant even an ordinary wooden tablet is groundbreaking! Your family will become truly rich. Soon you will be able to create legendary enchanted swords!” Frederick stated excitedly.
“Brother could already enchant a sword! I’ve seen him put a fire enchantment on Father’s sword once but it only lasted for a few minutes,” Anna informed the mage.
They all felt the carriage stopping and that meant it was time for the caravan to rest for the night. They all then heard a knock on their door. When Colin opened it, Anders entered.
“It’s so cold here!” Anton’s Father exclaimed.
“It’s a new enchanted item that Anton made. Look at the table, that’s the wooden tablet of Air Commissioner,” Anna said to her father.
“It’s air conditioner. It only lasts for a couple of hours though so I will still need to improve on it,” Anton added.
“How does it work?” Anders asked.
Frederick then gave the wooden tablet that he was filling with energy to Anders.
“You just need to lay it on a table and switch it on by turning on the switch,” the mage said to Anders, pointing at the switch located in the tablet.
“What will happen if someone puts their hands on the floating ice orb?” Anders asked.
“The hand will freeze but not too fast so it is not too dangerous.”
Anton demonstrated by putting his hands inside the floating Frozen Orb above the wooden tablet. After he retrieves his hand, Anna foolishly and courageously puts her hand inside the orb.
“It’s so cold!”
“Of course, it's cold. Don’t let it stay there for long or your hand will turn into a block of ice!” Anton scolded his sister.
Anna retrieved her hand from the orb and showed and pouted at her brother.
“Can we sell something like this?” Anders asked while studying the wooden tablet.
“I’m guessing for now we can’t since I’m still researching it. I will still need to find a way to increase its duration and maybe find another source of power like those mana stones that Frederick was talking about or maybe solar power or something like that.”
“Mana stones are incredibly valuable but I’m guessing that if you find a way to let a mana stone power that tablet and increase its duration, rich folks would clamor to buy something like that!”
“Maybe soon you will be able to create magic wands and I don’t have to memorize spells! You’ll just give me a hundred different wands and once all of the spells inside are spent, you will just charge it for me!” Anna said while making a gesture that looked like she was casting spells using a wand.
“I would still prefer to cast my spells instead of them coming from a wand. The mana coursing through my veins brought joy and excitement that nothing can compare,” Fredrick said contemplatively.
“You’re right, Frederick. I will continue my studies to become a wizard,” Anna said.
“It would still be a great advantage to our family if you do learn how to create magic wands,” Ander said to his son.
“I will probably be able to learn that someday. Right now I learned that particular enchantment because it was too hot inside the carriage but I will still need to focus on increasing my personal power.”
Anders then told everyone that it was time to eat dinner. While they were eating, Anders showed Nemina and Lucas the wooden tablet of Air Conditioner that Anton made. When Anton’s father switched on the wooden tablet while it was on the table, a glowing ice orb floated on top of the tablet. Cold air spewed out from the orb but since they were outside, it didn’t do much with the surrounding temperature but those who were close to it could feel the cold air coming from the orb.
Anton could hear the whispered conversation between his father, Nemina, and Lucas while they kept looking at him but he just ignored them.
After dinner, Anton provided mana water for his family and friends for bathing and after he bathed he went inside the carriage to continue his research in increasing the duration of the wooden tablet air conditioner. He knew that he should focus on completing the Hell Difficulty and grinding for levels and items but the temperature was really irritating him so now his mind was still full of ideas on ways to increase the duration and efficiency of the first enchanted item that he had made.
