Enchanted Items

Soon after, Roy carried the now-worthless sheep's blood to the bathroom, poured it into the toilet, and flushed it all away.

He returned to the bedroom, flipped through the books he had borrowed from the library, and continued deepening his understanding of Aquena Magic Gold.

This special metal possessed incredibly powerful properties. Not only could it freely switch between soft and hard, but it could also be adjusted to conduct electricity or not.

Roy instantly thought of many possible applications.

For example, he could twist its tip into strands resembling small braids, then turn them into metal to block damage from flying arrows.

He could condense it into iron needles, iron spikes, or iron spears for stabbing attacks within several meters, or use it to entangle and restrain enemies.

All of this could be accomplished simply by controlling the Witchcraft Energy fed into it.

Even more ingenious was the principle behind using a Faraday cage to guard against lightning strikes. By creating a metal cage around his entire body, he could become immune to a certain degree of Lightning Damage!

However, this operation was not easy to accomplish.

In actual combat, he might not necessarily have the time to react.

He would also have to change the roots of the hair near his scalp into nonconductive material to prevent the current from stimulating himself.

This method of changing one part while leaving another unchanged was also a great test of control.

"The most reliable approach is still to make full use of the Hair Ghost Witch Body's constantly present Activation Energy. I can train it to develop a stress response similar to a conditioned reflex, or even grant it sentience!"

The essence of the Hair Ghost Witch Body was actually a monstrous entity composed of a mass of Law Residue.

He wondered whether he could fully exploit this aspect.

The next day, Roy headed to the market street again.

The Ring Tower Market Street on the third floor was clearly much quieter than those below. This was because there were originally fewer Advanced Apprentices, while the failure of the Forbidden Experiment in the "Chalk Country" had caused many Advanced Apprentices and even Formal Wizards to perish.

Only now, a year and a half later, had it gradually recovered somewhat.

"Roy, I've just gotten a batch of Healing Potions and Mana Potions. Want to buy some?"

"The latest bionic flesh! Essential for refining puppets, and the more you buy, the cheaper it is!"

"How about some Elixirs of Bliss? Extracted from completely natural Worry-Free Fruit—one sip and you'll feel incredible!"

Everyone greeted him, and they apparently knew one another.

Roy barely paid them any attention, turning and entering the row of shops on the other side.

The official shops inside the Witch Tower belonged to the Seven Towers Alliance. Only items refined by Formal Wizards could be put up for sale there.

They were a little expensive, but their authenticity was guaranteed, with no counterfeits or inferior goods.

They were delivered through Teleportation Magic Arrays or subspace transmission and updated at fixed intervals.

By comparison, the items in the Ring Tower Market Street were all made by apprentices themselves. Their prices were more affordable, but they did not necessarily come with any guarantees.

It was said that the higher levels of the Witch Tower also had even better shops, but they were open only to Wizards of the corresponding levels and not to apprentices.

The goods sold there included rare treasures from all kinds of planes and worlds, many of which had been plundered from outside.

However, to preserve the apprentices' drive to advance, enjoying goods beyond one's level was prohibited. No matter how many magic stones one possessed, it was still forbidden.

As he thought this over, Roy arrived at a shop called "Wonderful Assortments."

A sharp-eared goblin with a Slave Mark stamped on its forehead hurried over to greet him and bowed respectfully. "My lord, what do you need?"

It was an otherworldly slave with light-blue skin that looked somewhat like a dwarf.

"I'll take a look first," Roy said.

At that, the sharp-eared goblin led him to the shelves protected by a magic array.

The sight before him was dazzling. All sorts of strange items and pieces of equipment had been imbued with various witchcraft powers, taking countless forms and possessing all kinds of bizarre effects.

The sharp-eared goblin enthusiastically introduced them. "Look, this is a quill that can write automatically. This is a magical conch that can communicate with another one across a distance. These are vibration rings that can sense one another..."

"They all sound nice, but they aren't very useful. Do you have anything suitable for combat, concealment, escape, or the like?"

"Of course." The sharp-eared goblin led him to the other side.

"A Transparency Ring can make your body transparent, producing an effect similar to invisibility.

"There are also Boots of Swiftness, which can greatly reduce the weight of your body and increase your speed..."

"How much are these boots?" Roy asked, intrigued.

"Only 1,500 magic stones!" the sharp-eared goblin replied.

Roy hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you have anything else for defense?"

"Of course. We have all kinds of Elemental Resistance Amulets. Wearing one will weaken the effects of elemental attacks by around thirty percent, with a maximum defense limit of three degrees. They cost only 350 magic stones."

Roy was slightly disappointed.

Only thirty percent protection, with a maximum limit of three degrees.

Besides that, amulets of the same type could not be stacked, and each one provided resistance to a corresponding type of attack.

A full-resistance amulet capable of countering all spell attributes would cost at least ten times as much!

But after thinking it over, Roy still bought the boots with the speed-enhancing effect, along with a Lightning Amulet.

The boost these items gave him was nowhere near as great as Bloodline Modification, and they would not matter much in the later stages.

But at least, they were highly specialized!

After buying the items, Roy left the shop and discovered that he had less than a thousand magic stones left.

"Spending money is easy, but earning it is hard!"

He could not help sighing.

But while passing through the market street, he continued purchasing some locator charms, hemostatic ointment, Mild Healing Potions, and similar items.

As well as two bottles of something particularly important—Mild Lightning Resistance Potions!

This was a miraculous potion that could temporarily increase elemental resistance.

After consuming this type of potion, one could obtain, for a certain period, a force field formed by Witchcraft Energy filling the body, which could neutralize an enemy's Lightning Element spell attacks.

As consumable alchemical potions, they were not particularly expensive, costing only twenty-five magic stones per bottle. But for poor apprentices who could not earn much money, they were still a considerable expense.

This was also intended to counter that merman warlock lord.

Afterward, Roy came to one of the stalls and pondered for a moment.

"Milina, how much are these Mild Mana Potions?"

The stall owner, Milina, was also a newly promoted Advanced Apprentice. She appeared to be slightly younger than Roy.

She hurriedly said, "These are all diluted products I bought and prepared myself. If you want them, I'll sell them to you for ten magic stones per tube."

Before him was a common blue liquid potion from the Arcane World. Pure Mana could be extracted from it, and it could also be called magic power.

This was an impersonal supernatural force believed to be a fundamental element composing spells, as well as one of the components of the soul.

The essence of Witchcraft Energy and Mana was similar to it. They merely contained different elements and existed within different systems, giving rise to various alternative names.

Therefore, Spellcasters could all use these resources as necessary supplies.