Chapter 124

In the game, Roland could feel the presence of a lot of magical elements in the air, but in the real world, he couldn’t feel them at all .

Were there no magical elements in the real world, or anything like them?

This was most likely the case .

However, there was another possibility!

Roland thought that maybe his attributes in the real world were so poor that he couldn’t feel the presence of magical elements to begin with .

After all, in the game, his attributes were much higher than in reality .

1After pondering over this, Roland felt that if it was the first possibility, then there wasn’t much else to think about .

However, if it were the second possibility, then he had to start to consider how he would raise his “attributes” in reality .

After pondering over this, he still had no idea how to go about it .

1It was probably useless to do bodybuilding . Many bodybuilders had made their muscles look like that of orcs, but they were still ordinary people .

Not to mention breaking the void with their fists, they couldn’t even break a strength-testing machine with a single punch . They were too weak .

2Requesting help from the so-called Qigong, or internal cultivation, also felt unreliable .

If it could be done, people would be practicing Qigong all over China . After all, Qigong flourished back in the day, when hundreds of millions of people practiced Qigong at the same time . Even a great scientist had fallen into the craze and wrote a lot about Qigong .

If it really worked, then there should have been successful cases . After all, there were hundreds of millions of people, it was impossible that there was no talent suitable for cultivation amongst them .

So… it was almost impossible to increase attributes through normal methods in the real world .

How about searching for ways inside the game?

This was a game, and wasn’t a game .

Some abilities also worked in reality, such as Language Proficiency .

What about other spells or magic items that worked in reality?

1Could he really find what he wanted?

Roland heaved a sigh as he subconsciously went to the window of the Magic Tower and looked at the turquoise skyline in the distance .

This was a wonderful world, and they knew so little about it .

Therefore, Roland felt that he shouldn’t be in a rush . He should take things slowly and improve his own strength first .

When he had enough strength, he would explore elsewhere . For example, Aldo had mentioned a lot of strange things to him when they chatted .

The world tree’s flowers, dragon flesh, dragon blood, and other things of that sort .

When the time comes, he would bring these things back…

With a goal in mind, Roland immediately returned to the magic lab to work on the derivation of spell models .

The Spell Puppet’s potential had almost been fully tapped, and even if he wanted to strengthen it further, he had to expand the Spell Puppet’s model .

However, he didn’t have any experience in this area .

After deriving for a while, he watched the white magic puppet hold a blue miaodao, cutting all the wooden dummies within ten meters of it into pieces like a harvester .

1The blue miaodao was simply the compression and enhancement Hand of Magic .

Yes . The offensive magic puppet is complete .

Its speed and ability to recognize friend and foe, as well as its basic cognition, had already reached the limit of what Roland could accomplish at his current level .

With attack comes defense .

It was necessary to create a magic puppet with a shield that could protect a spellcaster .

3However, Roland wasn’t in a rush to continue spell derivation, and instead, he went to visit Aldo’s house .

After identifying himself, Roland entered the manor and was taken to a study .

Aldo looked a little bit more haggard than he did before . He sat behind the desk, his eyes sunken like two dark holes in his face .

“Chairman, how did you become like this?”

Roland was surprised .

Aldo waved his hand weakly . “Don’t mention it . I’ve been trying to make a baby for two months, almost day and night, but still no maidservants have gotten pregnant . My mind is so weary . ”

1Roland was speechless . He thought that because Aldo had lost his only son, Aldo was so sad that he couldn’t eat, drink, or sleep, resulting in his current appearance . He never expected that it was because of exhaustion .

1He worried about him for nothing .

Aldo smiled apologetically at Roland who wore a disdainful look, and said, “I haven’t been able to go back to the Magic Tower for a while, so I’ll have to keep troubling you . ”

“Is that all right?” Roland sighed deeply . “If you go on like this, I’ll take all your authority . ”

“Take it, then . ” Aldo snorted, “I’m not interested in that position at all . Now that someone has finally come to take on my responsibilities, I couldn’t be happier . ”

Rolands expression was awful as if he had eaten crap .

He also didn’t want to deal with worldly troubles . He was devoted to the study of magic .

However, one who receives gifts sells his liberty… Aldo didn’t attend to matters, so he had to as the Deputy Chairman .

After a long sigh, Roland said, “I have a few more questions to ask you this time . ”

“You’ve grown tremendously and are now on the same level as me . ” Aldo sized Roland up for a moment, then said, “In my experience, although we are of the same level, I am probably not as capable as you—I don’t think I have anything to teach you in magic . ”

It was just as Aldo had said: Roland’s comprehensive attributes far surpassed his .

Aldo’s “attribute growth interface” rating was Elite at best, not even Genius .

Even Golden Sons’ attribute growth interfaces and number of skills were ranked as Commander level .

The difference was huge .

It was safe to say that three Aldos wouldn’t necessarily rival the current Roland in a fight .

Roland shook his head . “Strength is strength, knowledge is knowledge . Chairman, I’d like to ask, do you know how to expand spell models?”

When Aldo heard this, he coughed repeatedly, such that he almost coughed his lungs out .

His complexion had a morbid flush . This was the result of too much excitement . “What are you thinking? An expansion of the spell model is something that can only be done by professionals, at the Legendary level at least . If you do anything recklessly now, your head will immediately go boom . ”

Roland frowned . “It has to be at the Legendary level?”

“Only Mages above the Legendary level can touch the threshold of the laws,” Aldo explained . “Expansions and changes to the spell model are all linked to the laws, even for level-zero tricks . ”

So that’s how it is!

“I know you Golden Sons are all exceptionally talented, but don’t even think about the expansion of spell models for now . The correct path is to just diligently learn more magic and level up . ”

After Roland left the manor, Aldo’s words still rang in his ears .

Aldo was incompetent as Chairman, but he was also a pretty good man . Those words were his sincere advice .

Roland went back to the Magic Tower and contemplated Aldo’s words for a while .

He had to admit that Aldo had a point .

One’s level was really important . Once one was at a higher level, learning magic would be quite easy .

Thinking of this, he opened the game forums and came to the Mage section .

He wanted to see what other interesting spell models the other players had uploaded .

In the end, he saw a new pinned thread .

A Little Problematic but a Super Stable Spell Model of Inferior Fireball .

1The poster was the data expert, O’Neal, who helped Roland last time .

The content of the post was about as follows: “Roland’s Inferior Fireball circulation channel’s speed is very fast, very powerful, instant cast, and doesn’t consume much… But that’s not right . According to the NPC mages that I came into contact with within the game, after I got on good terms with them, I found out that when they cast Inferior Fireball, they had a long cast time of roughly two seconds . Even though they are at the Elite level . And once you learn Roland’s, it’s instant cast . Don’t you guys get it?

1“This is the difference between… a function monster and an ordinary person .

“If we cast according to Roland’s spell model, even if we learn it, the casting success rate is not high, and we might hurt ourselves . So after learning that other spellcasters took up to two seconds to cast, I redesigned a new circulation route based on Roland’s Inferior Fireball spell model . There will be more connected nodes, but they will all be simple and convenient node paths . The casting difficulty will be reduced by at least one level, which is similar to casting difficulty of level-zero spells . The spell will be extremely stable, but the cost will be longer casting time and lower power .

“We can’t compete with a function monster, so let’s first successfully cast the spell, at least possess fighting strength, then talk about the rest .

“In addition, I strongly recommend the balanced point allocation method that Roland mentioned before . I have already deleted my account and started over . Now, with my new spell model of Inferior Fireball, the success of casting is infinitely near 100% .

“Finally, I’d like to state that I hope you all remember Roland’s spell model . That simple casting path will be ready to use when we are at a higher level . ”

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There were a lot of tearfully grateful replies at the end of this thread .

“After nearly half a year of persistence, Mages have finally ushered in a new dawn . ”

1“Both of them are big shots . Roland’s point allocation method and brute force circulation route are strong, while Mighty O’Neal has off-the-charts data analysis abilities . Now we Mages have two leading figures—rejoice, rejoice . ”

1“I just tried it . O’Neal’s circulation route was really dang comfortable . ”

“Even though I’m using O’Neal’s circulation route, I prefer Roland’s way of casting—it’s pure force . ”

Roland also memorized this spell model and tipped O’Neal 100 forum coins .

Roland then closed his browser after collecting a few spell models on the forums .

At this moment, neither Roland nor O’Neal knew…

It was from this point in time that the Mage players were split into two factions .

The academic faction headed by O’Neal, later called Arcanist .

The beast faction headed by Roland, later called Battle Mage .

2The two factions competed and cooperated with each other .

Focusing his attention back onto the game, Roland was about to conduct a magic experiment, but he saw Vivian trotting in . With a surprised expression, she said, “Deputy Chairman, the mayor, John Senior, has come back . ”

1Once Roland heard this, he immediately walked over to the window .

The Magic Tower was tall enough to see beyond the city .

A cavalry regiment of several hundred men was slowly coming through the city gates .

The cavalry split into two columns and moved slowly . At the forefront was a general in cyan armor .

Roland couldn’t see his face because he was a little too far away, but even at such a distance, he could sense an austere energy from that man .

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