6 Lv! Upgradable 0th-Tier Magic—Departure!

After mastering the skills on those Magic Scrolls, Tang Zheng looked at his Attribute Panel:

[Ability Table]

Talent: [Player]

Overall Level: 5 Lv

Experience Bar: 830/400

Class:

Basic Class: Genius 1 Lv (Warrior, Priestess/Priest, Pharmacist, Alchemist, Mage, Thief)

Intermediate Class: Sword Saint 4 Lv

Skill Points: 3

Passive Skills: Item Box, Slash Enhancement (4%)

Active Skills:

Warrior: Instant Reflection, Fourfold Slash of Light, Quick Slash, Stealth

Magic: Paper Making (0th Tier), Warming (0th Tier)

Minor Wound Healing (1st Tier), Magic Arrow (1st Tier), Odorless (1st Tier)

Job Skills: Medicine Making, Alchemy

Killing those two Eight Fingers members had earned him quite a bit of experience.

With a thought, Tang Zheng consumed the experience to level up, adding the gained level to Sword Saint.

Genius 1 Lv + Sword Saint 5 Lv—Overall Level 6 Lv

Among the skills, Tang Zheng had mastered the male Thief's Stealth skill and, incidentally, unlocked Thief as a Basic Class.

Skill: Stealth

Cost: None (Cooldown: 1 min)

Description: In darkness or shadows, reduces the user's presence and increases Agility by 10% for 30 seconds.

Skill: Paper Making (0th Tier) ↑

Cost: 1 MP

Description: Creates 1,000 sheets of inferior-quality paper. Each additional point of MP creates 500 more sheets. No upper limit.

Skill: Warming (0th Tier) ↑

Cost: 1 MP

Description: For 1 minute, heats a touched object to 100°C.

As Tang Zheng examined the information on the newly acquired skills and magic, he was not particularly surprised to see that 0th-Tier magic required only one point of MP.

0th-Tier Life Magic truly offered no help whatsoever in battle.

No wonder hardly any Magic Casters in the New World were willing to master several kinds of 0th-Tier magic!

Even the game YGGDRASIL had a limit on Skill Points.

For people in the New World, learning magic required effort. Moreover, every Magic Caster seemed to have a certain limit on the number of spells they could master at each stage.

Under such circumstances, no one was willing to waste time learning 0th-Tier magic.

Suddenly!

Tang Zheng noticed the "↑" symbols behind the two 0th-Tier spells.

"This is!"

Tang Zheng's eyes widened, and his body shook. "My earlier guess was actually correct."

When he had browsed the Magic Scroll catalog at the Mages Guild, Tang Zheng had noticed that the recorded Magic Scrolls for Paper Making came in both 0th-Tier and 1st-Tier versions.

That unusual situation had caught Tang Zheng's attention.

The Tier Magic system in YGGDRASIL had an extremely clear division of levels.

Yet the Life Magic independently created by people in the New World could actually be raised to different tiers!

This made Tang Zheng realize that the magic created by Magic Casters in the New World might differ from the game's Tier Magic!

That was also why Tang Zheng had bought two 0th-Tier spells to verify it.

"Upgrade!"

Tang Zheng stared intently at the two 0th-Tier spells.

As each spell consumed one Skill Point, both spells indeed changed.

Skill: Paper Making (1st Tier)

Cost: 5 MP

Description: Creates 800 sheets of high-quality paper. Each additional point of MP creates 400 more sheets. No upper limit.

Skill: Warming (1st Tier)

Cost: 5 MP

Description: For 1 minute, heats a touched object to 150°C.

Tang Zheng looked at the newly displayed information. Though delighted, he also frowned slightly.

How should he put it?

As he had guessed, the independently created Life Magic of the New World could indeed be upgraded in tier, but for now, the changes were not particularly obvious.

Furthermore, the "↑" symbols behind the two spells had disappeared.

"According to the learning levels for Tier Magic, levels 1 through 7 can master 1st-Tier magic, while levels 8 through 14 can master 2nd-Tier magic."

Tang Zheng thought silently, It should be because my level isn't high enough, so I can't upgrade them any further for now.

At the same time, he wondered whether he could eventually raise these two spells to the standard of Tenth-Tier Magic.

But—

If they truly reached the level of Tenth-Tier Magic, could these 0th-Tier spells, independently developed by New Worlders for assistance, possess the power of normal Tenth-Tier Magic?

Whether they would be useful was one matter!

The other was whether it would be worth spending limited Skill Points to improve them in this way.

After all, these Life Magic spells were meant for support from the start. All of this needed careful consideration!

Tang Zheng took a deep breath, his eyes still filled with excitement and surprise.

No matter what!

This was an entirely unexpected way to obtain Tenth-Tier Magic. After all, there were practically no natives in the New World capable of using Tenth-Tier Magic.

No one used it.

Naturally, Tang Zheng had no way to spend Skill Points to acquire Tenth-Tier Magic.

More importantly—there was no information about this kind of magic on the Great Tomb's side!

After sorting through his thoughts,

Tang Zheng rubbed his temples to ease his weary mind, then lay directly down on the bed.

Most of his ideas could be tested later!

For now, the most important thing was still raising his level. He could not lose sight of the main goal.

"Sleep!" Tang Zheng suppressed the excitement in his heart.

The next day.

As soon as dawn broke,

Tang Zheng got up, left the small inn, and began purchasing food and essential supplies.

With the Item Box, a relatively large spatial backpack, Tang Zheng did not need to worry too much about food storage or spoilage.

For the price of two gold coins,

Tang Zheng bought nearly a month's worth of food supplies in one go. To avoid drawing attention by buying so much food at once,

Tang Zheng went to different shops to buy batches at a time. Buying food alone took up the entire morning.

After casually eating some lunch,

Tang Zheng began buying weapons. That short sword already had cracks and chips in it and could no longer be used.

For one silver coin each, he purchased ten ordinary Iron Swords. He also bought a light suit of soft armor for protection, spending one gold coin in total.

Next,

Tang Zheng went to the Mages Guild again. Since they were unwilling to sell 2nd-Tier Magic Scrolls, Tang Zheng had no choice but to reveal his identity as a Faith-based Magic Caster.

Only then did he spend three gold coins to purchase a Magic Scroll for Item Appraisal.

Although it was 2nd-Tier magic, Item Appraisal was neither support magic nor offensive magic, so its price was roughly the same as that of a 1st-Tier offensive Magic Scroll.

After taking care of these basic supplies,

Tang Zheng went to the Adventurer's Guild and purchased some intelligence materials concerning the Great Forest of Tob.

He spent another two gold coins.

After a full day of preparations, Tang Zheng had spent eight gold coins, leaving him with only six gold and seven silver.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye!

[Month of the Lower Wind], June 1.

Dressed in a black robe, with an Iron Sword at his left hip and a waterskin hanging from his right side, Tang Zheng left E-Rantel, where he had rested for two days, and headed north.

The Great Forest of Tob was an immense primeval forest surrounding the Azerlisia Mountains, located north of E-Rantel.

Numerous dangerous magical beasts and Demi-human races lived within it. It was one of humanity's forbidden zones; even some top Adventurers only dared to operate around its outermost edge.