"If I have these two Alchemy Talents, then no matter what, I'll at least have something to fall back on.
Besides, I studied 'Activation' before, so I understand the basic structure of Spell Models, as well as most of the general principles.
Quite a few of these points are interconnected."
Learning the first Spell Model might take more than half a year, or even several years.
But the second and third would only take a day or a few days.
Of course, all spells were easy to learn but difficult to master.
Without studying them to a certain depth, mastering them was impossible.
Roy continued flipping through the notes.
They had given him quite a bit of inspiration, and he became so absorbed that he almost lost himself in them.
He was now certain that even for him, this sort of thing would be quite helpful.
The next day.
Roy rested properly and recovered his energy.
After that, he dealt with the mission and handled some loose ends left over from killing Potterning.
It was evening by the time he arrived at the testing area.
"I'd like a special room to test an explosive... Enchanted Gunpowder."
The Apprentice responsible for registration recorded his request meticulously.
"All right, the formalities are complete. Be extremely careful. I don't want to have to go in and clean up the mess in the middle of the night.
"You have no idea. Last time, some guy went in after eating pickled herring, and then bang! He blew himself all over the room!
"I had to scrub everything while throwing up. Do you know how miserable I was?"
Roy: "..."
We aren't even that familiar with each other. You don't need to complain to me about this.
Still, the Apprentice's words reminded him to take every step seriously during the experiment, and he eventually completed it without a hitch.
Roy weighed the Enchanted Gunpowder he had successfully refined and went outside to the testing room.
Thick Bronze Walls and Iron Battlements surrounded the place. Witchcraft arrays were engraved across them, while the magic stones embedded within guided energy and generated numerous functions that covered the entire site.
Before long, explosions of varying intensity rang out one after another.
Through the witchcraft array's monitoring, Roy basically confirmed that he had mastered the production technique for this Alchemical Product.
"This 'Enchanted Gunpowder,' infused with Fire Elemental energy, not only possesses explosive power far beyond that of ordinary gunpowder, but also carries the enchanted attack effects of fire.
"Just a fist-sized amount can produce an Alchemical Bomb with a power of ten degrees.
"If it's equipped with shrapnel, poison, strong acid, and so on, it can produce all sorts of different effects. Its uses are practically limitless.
"It's also content from the basics of creation...
"Such a set of techniques can be extrapolated into a Power System based on Chemical Energy. It's practically a work of art!"
As a transmigrator, Roy immediately came up with all sorts of ideas.
But in the face of the Wizards' various miraculous abilities, these ideas were still insignificant.
They were merely minor tools for the Apprentice Stage.
"Out in the wider world, there are also things like Dwarf muskets and Goblin missiles, but there are too many prerequisite technologies, and the process is far too troublesome.
"Even if I studied them to the end, someone could still control me with a dose of knockout powder or a spell to Dominate Human. That would be completely meaningless.
"Even if civilization developed to the age of interstellar travel, by the standards of this Wizarding World, it would only be equivalent to around Level 3.
"Only beings who possessed divinity from the outset—ordinary demigods, false gods, and Legendary Mages of the Arcane World—could rival a Level 4 Archmage.
"I only need to advance steadily along the path of wizardry."
After one night, Roy had refined two Alchemical Bombs.
They were fist-sized products with a standard yield. Their power was roughly ten degrees, and their market price was more than a hundred magic stones each.
"Taking the possibility of failure and the risks involved in the process into account, the profit isn't that high.
"There's also the matter of throwing and aiming...
"I'll need a matching Storage Artifact or some kind of launching device.
"There are many problems that need to be solved."
Roy was not particularly interested in such external objects. He focused more on researching the infusion and enchanting of Witchcraft Energy.
This would allow him to Learn by Analogy when refining other Enchanted Items.
For that reason, he also conscientiously took notes so that he could consult them and conduct further research in the future.
During this process, he suddenly thought that without an accompanying inheritance, self-study of something like this would inevitably be inefficient. Having someone teach him might be better.
Thus, when he was leaving, he spent several magic stones and asked the Steward Apprentice here, "I want to master Enchanted Gunpowder. Do you know of any private tutors you could recommend?"
The Steward Apprentice accepted the magic stones and readily replied, "I know a senior apprentice who understands this field. Although she hasn't reached the Advanced Stage, she has some accomplishments in this area.
"However, she charges a little more. One magic stone per lesson—equivalent to two lessons from someone else. Are you willing to spend that much?"
"That's fine. Sorry for the trouble," Roy said.
By the time he finished, it was already daytime.
Even with the support of the Black Iron Rank Talent Alchemy Machine, he was not actually made of iron. He felt somewhat tired.
So he returned to his residence to rest.
Unexpectedly, someone came looking for him right away.
The female Apprentice was about twenty years old. Beneath her dark-gray Apprentice's robe, she had a curvaceous figure and looked quite well-endowed.
"You're Roy, right? My name is Olinda. I heard you were looking for someone to tutor you?"
That Steward Apprentice is pretty reliable. Once he gets paid, he really does get things done!
Roy raised an eyebrow, silently sized her up, and invited her into the room.
"What stage have you reached in your self-study?" Olinda asked briskly, wasting no time.
Roy replied, "I can already perform basic enchanting, but I still don't understand quite a few things about infusing fire. The efficiency of my enchanting is also very low."
"All right. Then we'll start by explaining that part!" Olinda said.
"So that's what it is. These symbols are variations of gunpowder ratios.
"And these material names that I couldn't understand are actually just little tricks using substitute words!"
After the lesson, Roy nodded repeatedly, feeling both relieved and satisfied.
Although hiring a private tutor cost money, at least during the introductory stage, it was money well spent.
Olinda's high fees really were justified.
Her explanations were both thorough and simple, and her careful guidance had increased his learning efficiency by who knew how many times.
However, Roy soon noticed that while chatting, this senior apprentice kept twirling her hair, seemingly trying to show off her charm.
He couldn't help but grow suspicious and wary.
"You look like you're about to reach the Advanced Stage... Have you heard of the Great Wind Land Hills?"
Instead of sitting properly on the chair, Olinda sat on the edge of the bed, supporting herself with one hand behind her. She leaned back slightly and spoke in a languid posture.
"The Great Wind Land Hills?" Roy asked in confusion. "What about them?"
Olinda said to him, "You don't know yet? The news has already spread throughout the tower.
"Based on feedback from various mission locations, someone deduced the pattern behind the explosion in Chalk Country affecting the outside world.
"It began at the Great Wind Land Hills, with Witchcraft Energy radiating outward from the center!
"This means there might be a passage into Chalk Country nearby!"
"There's such a thing?" Roy exclaimed in surprise.