Richard had heard the name of the magic stone from the nobles on the airship, but this was the first time he had seen the real thing.
This magic stone is the size of a thumb, black all over, and diamond-shaped. It looks like a black gem in the sun.
Richard used his mental power to sense the magic stone and found that the magic power stored inside it even exceeded his magic power return, and it was effortless to absorb it.
This is undoubtedly a great thing for Richard.
The magic power stored in the magic reflux of a wizard apprentice is limited. After the magic power in the magic reflux is consumed, even a wizard needs to absorb magic power again.
But simply absorbing magic power from nature to restore the magic power backflow is very inefficient. Richard spent two full days on the airship to restore half of the magic power he consumed. With this magic stone, Richard's magic power recovery time can be reduced from two days to two minutes.
"No wonder a magic stone can be sold for 100,000 gold coins in Plantagenet. If you bring two of these, you can easily pass the exam as long as you become a wizard apprentice." Richard exclaimed in his heart while holding the magic stone.
"By analogy, if wizards don't have any special means, I'm afraid the battle between wizards will become a competition of personal wealth."
Thinking of this, Richard's eyes turned even more fiery as he looked at the magic stone.
Magic stone is not only wealth, but also part of the wizard's power.
Richard put the magic stone into his bag and continued on his way.
But this time it was different. Before Richard took action, a ray of light suddenly flashed on his body.
Zero-ring spell: Lightness spell.
With the magic stone as a backup source of magic power, Richard no longer hesitated to use spells.
As the effect of the light body spell took effect, Richard suddenly felt his body lighter, he walked more briskly, and the pocket around his waist also became lighter.
The effect of the light body spell lasted for half an hour, during which time Richard walked nearly twice as far as he would have walked without the spell.
If he continued like this, Richard would only need about three days to reach the location of the light column.
But just as Richard was trying his best to hurry on, a sound of breaking air came from the forest.
Whoosh!
Richard leaned over subconsciously and saw an icicle flying out from the forest and brushing past his scalp.
"That was a close call!"
Looking at the icicle that had shot a hole in the tree trunk, Richard felt a pang of fear in his heart. If he had squatted down a second later, his head would have been pierced into pieces by the icicle.
"I can't be so reckless. Although hurrying on the road is important, I can't put the cart before the horse." Richard warned himself and raised his hand to release a magic missile in the direction of the ice cone.
Since someone attacked him, he naturally had to return the favor.
The blue light flew out, and Richard did not even bother to see the effect. He directly cast a light body spell on himself, lowered his body, and ran in a zigzag pattern towards the direction where the ice cones were released.
Whoosh!
Another ice cone.
But this time the ice cone was a million miles away from Richard's location.
"It seems that this guy is panicking." Richard thought to himself, "The sneak attack failed to kill him with one strike, and he immediately panicked after being resisted."
Is such a person worthy of killing me?
Richard sneered, and the figure of the sneak attacker appeared in front of him.
The attacker was petite, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and was a beautiful noble girl.
The girl's face was full of panic at this time, and her hand with the ring kept shaking, trying to release another ice cone spell to kill Richard.
"Don't come over here! Don't come over here! Don't come over here!"
When the girl saw Richard's figure getting closer and closer to her, she suddenly closed her eyes and screamed and released an ice cone.
But the gods had no mercy on her, and this time the ice cone was still a long way away from Richard.
"it's over."
Richard stood not far from the girl with a cold expression, and a blue light flashed at the fingertips of his raised arm.
He has no intention of showing mercy to women.
Bang
Red and white splash.
Richard came to the girl's body indifferently. There were two bags beside the girl. It seemed that one of the unlucky people had been attacked.
Richard pulled the ring off the girl's finger. The ring was made of gray metal and had a metal holder for the magic stone. It looked very ancient.
"It seems that this is the magic prop that the nobles mentioned. It is the underlying reason why Kevin's alliance was formed."
Richard had an idea and wanted to use the Miracle Furnace to refine it to see if he could find out how to make the ring. But the Miracle Furnace had no reaction to the ring, as if the quality of the ring was too low to be noticed by the furnace.
After taking off the ring, Richard searched the girl's body again.
In the end, Richard found three magic stones and a magic dagger. Similarly, the Miracle Furnace had no reaction to the dagger.
"The nobles are so fat. If all the nobles were idiots like this, I'd want to hunt them down."
Richard looked at the dagger in his hand and found that there was a depression similar to the magic stone on the handle of the dagger. Richard put the magic stone in it and saw that a line of runes appeared on the blade that looked ordinary.
Richard swung the dagger twice, and the entire blade of the dagger easily pierced into the trunk of the tree next to him. The age of this tree was estimated to be over a hundred years old.
"What a sharp dagger!"
Richard exclaimed, and immediately thought of the Wind Crow sword technique he had learned from the sword of the first Baron Hesse.
Although he has become a wizard apprentice now, if someone gets close to him, he will instantly turn back into that weak farmer's son.
Although this dagger is not long enough, it is still a sharp weapon, enough for him to use the Three Points Wind Crow Sword Technique.
The Three-Point Wind Crow Sword Technique coupled with this dagger that could cut through iron like mud not only made up for his shortcomings in close combat, but also raised his strength to a higher level.
Richard suppressed the urge to laugh and removed the magic stone from the dagger's handle.
Good steel should be used on the blade. His magic stones are not abundant enough to be used casually.
After putting away the magic stone, Richard put on the ice cone ring on his hand, put the magic dagger at his waist, and continued on his journey.
The other things on the corpse were of little use to Richard, and would have been a burden to take with him, so he simply left them where they were, waiting for the right person.
Having learned his lesson, Richard no longer traveled so recklessly this time. He also kept his eyes and ears open while walking in the forest.
Although this is much slower, it is safer.
In this way, Richard spent the first day of the exam.
The forest was filled with the chirping of insects at night. Richard piled up a pile of fallen leaves under a big tree as his bed for tonight.
Although the temperature in this primeval forest was not high, it was much warmer than the Hesse Territory in the cold winter. Even at night, Richard was only a little cold, not shivering.
Richard opened a bottle of nutritional potion and took a sip.
The taste of the nutritional potion is very strange, it feels like diluted aged vinegar mixed with grass juice and then sealed and fermented for a month.
Although the taste is bad, the effect is really good.
After taking a test tube of nutrient solution, Richard instantly felt a warmth in his stomach, and the hunger in his stomach disappeared instantly.
After drinking, Richard lay under a tree, and the fatigue of the day came over him like a tide.
But instead of sleeping, he chose to meditate.
On the airship, Richard discovered that meditation can help eliminate mental fatigue. Two hours of meditation is even more effective than eight hours of sleep. In this primeval forest full of dangers, staying awake more often is undoubtedly a good thing.
Moreover, meditation itself can enhance mental strength, so it can be said to be the best of both worlds.
But just as he entered into meditation, a strange beast roar resounded through the forest.