Furan held the purple short sword she had brought back from the Spirit Realm in one hand and a long rod in the other, drawing runes on the short sword.
This long rod was a rune pen used to assist in enchantment, and it cost ten gold coins.
This price was something even Enchanters in the fiercely competitive market couldn't afford, leaving it to gather dust in the shop for several years.
Furan knew that this long rod was a necessity for drawing certain high-level runes and was helpful for rune drawing in general. Being wealthy and influential, she bought it directly.
The runes she wanted to engrave on this purple short sword were [Haste] and [Penetration].
These two runes would speed up its flight when thrown and greatly increase its piercing power, strengthening its throwing attributes.
Furan already had a long sword for close combat, so carrying another short sword felt a bit redundant.
Firstly, the lengths were asymmetrical. If one wanted to dual-wield, they should use symmetrical weapons; even if they used weapons of different lengths, they should at least use something longer. Who would specifically carry an extra dagger?
[You have successfully crafted an enchanted weapon. Rune Craft proficiency +10]
[Rune Craft (Proficient) (Proficiency: 2341/10000)]
She looked at her Rune Craft proficiency and felt that this progress bar was truly far too long.
At this rate, it would be at least before the end-of-year assessment before Rune Craft reached the Extraordinary level of proficiency.
There was no other way; she wanted to grind this skill to Extraordinary proficiency first to see if she could also upgrade her [Spiritual Power] trait.
However, she was currently very short on base materials. The enchanted daggers she had made almost filled an entire room.
She had already placed an order for two thousand daggers, which were scheduled six months out. The production efficiency of those Magic Craftsmans still couldn't be improved.
There was no choice. Although using magic for processing was fast, it also consumed Spiritual Power and mana. Making three a day was considered good.
It was useless for her to be anxious; other people's hands were only so 'fast,' so she could only wait slowly.
Furan lightly summoned her panel and began to think about what to do next.
[Name: Furan
Class: Apothecary (Half-star), Rune Warrior (Half-star)
Attributes: Constitution 2.8, Spirit 2.7
Skills: Pharmaceutical Studies (Extraordinary) (Proficiency: 3675/100000)
Metallurgy (Mastered) (Proficiency: 341/1000): You should be able to proficiently forge weapons now.
Elven Swordsmanship (Mastered) (Proficiency: 69/1000): You can use Elven Swordsmanship like a true elf.
Hardened Scales (Mastered) (Proficiency: 341/1000)
Light-Praying Art (Mastered) (Proficiency: 400/1000)
Wind Blade (Proficient) (Proficiency: 241/10000)
Magic Missile (Beginner) (Proficiency: 42/100): You can release a decent Magic Missile now. Keep it up, apprentice!
Appliance Enchantment (Uninitiated) (Proficiency: 0/10): If you haven't forged a powerful appliance, you will never learn this Spell.
...(Omitted)
Traits: Move With the Wind, Spiritual Power, Magical Alchemist, Elven Combat Style
]
Since returning from the Spirit Realm, she had been practicing her skills, and her proficiency had increased significantly.
After Elven Swordsmanship reached the Mastered level, it added 0.2 to her Constitution.
This was different from when she improved her Breathing Technique. Back then, the Breathing Technique upgrade added a lot; why did the swordsmanship upgrade only add a tiny bit?
She speculated that as her own Constitution grew higher, the amount added would decrease.
As for her Spirit, she didn't know which skill was driving it; she only knew that one day she looked and it had suddenly increased.
She had also practiced many Spells recently, so perhaps it was driven indirectly.
Recently, she had also taken the opportunity to learn Magic Missile, which had been sitting in her skill list since the first chapter. She could now buy the magic stones she used to be too stingy to purchase in bulk.
But the effect of this Magic Missile was truly a bit weak. When Wind Blade was at this level of proficiency, its damage could match three Magic Missiles.
Moreover, her Spiritual Power had increased now. Logically, there should be some bonus to casting Spells, yet it was still so pathetic.
One could only say it was indeed a Spell distributed for free by the academy; it wasn't even on the same level of power as those that were purchased.
Furan continued to look at the skills on the panel. She would have to practice Spells more in the future and advance to a formal rank as a mage first.
Originally, she wanted to see if she could advance in close combat first. She could feel that she could possess multiple classes, so she chose to have both close combat and Spells.
But after her Elven Swordsmanship reached Mastered, a class prompt popped up that made her abandon that idea.
[Detected that you possess relevant skills. After meeting the conditions, a class can be formed.]
[Class: Territory Knight (One-star).]
[Achievement Conditions: Breathing Technique (Mastered).]
[Three Combat Skills (Mastered).]
[Possess riding-related skills.]
[Possess the title of Knight.]
[Possess a piece of land recognized by the people above and other Territory Knights.]
Furan later learned that this was precisely the advancement method that those territorial nobles relied on. After checking the relevant conditions, she directly chose to give up; it was too difficult.
The last condition could almost only be met by the heir of a noble, and you even had to have others recognize your ownership of the land.
No wonder mages were so hard to advance. She was still wondering how close combat, which was so weak, could advance, and it turned out there were such extra conditions.
She could only look for other close combat class advancement methods in the future and see if she could advance as a mage first.
She hadn't even triggered the true advancement method for a mage yet. Perhaps these were all hidden within various Schools and hadn't been released at all. She still had to join a School to advance.
"Let's try that Tier 1 Spell first."
She took out the notes she had recorded in class. Of course, she hadn't written them herself; with so many apprentices at the time, there were always a few who copied them down. She had bought them for three silver coins.
Although this Spell had a complex structure, theoretically, it was something an apprentice could learn because its structure did not exceed the scope of an apprentice's ability.
But to learn it, just as her panel prompted, she had to craft a sufficiently powerful appliance.
She had reason to suspect that the reason Harbos taught such profound content was that crafting what he spoke of was the minimum requirement for learning this Spell.
But crafting a high-level staff was a bit too difficult. She had money, so materials weren't an issue, but these materials were rare in Apprentice City. It would take two months for the materials she ordered to arrive, and that didn't even count the time she would spend trying.
Harbos thought so too. He knew this would take too much time and wasn't something that could be solved overnight. He was already prepared to see if he could find a few talented ones after finishing this course and then stay in Apprentice City for two years to teach these apprentices.
At this moment, Furan thought of what she had seen using the Star Gazing Technique before; she had made a steam engine.
Wasn't this easy to understand? She knew the key to casting this Spell was to make a powerful appliance, and wasn't a steam engine exactly a powerful appliance?
And crafting a steam engine required a certain amount of physics knowledge, and its complexity seemed to be just about equal to crafting a high-level staff.
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