This time, the equipment Jody's father had bought for him consisted mainly of two items.
A wand and a wizard's robe, both apprentice-level.
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Money had to be earned little by little, and equipment had to be bought little by little.
These two pieces of equipment had already emptied Charles's pockets.
The wand enhanced witchcraft, and it also had a spell engraved on it, allowing him to cast that spell directly.
The spell engraved on the wand was a zero-ring witchcraft spell: Energy Missile!
It was similar to Acid Missile, but Energy Missile's attacks were more concentrated, while Acid Missile relied more on the corrosive power of the acid.
The magic stored in the wand could supply enough power to cast Energy Missile six times in a row. After that, he could only wait for the wand to recharge.
Its recharge rate was slow. In any case, once he had used up those six shots in a battle, that was all he would get for the rest of the fight.
Even so, having six instant-cast zero-ring spells was enough firepower to deal with quite a few dangers.
The wizard's robe was similar.
An apprentice's wizard robe had two spells engraved on it.
One was a simple zero-ring spell: Cleansing Spell.
It kept the robe clean on its own, basically making laundry unnecessary.
The second was a defensive spell, a zero-ring spell: Air Shield.
It formed a compact shield of air around the body, reducing the power of ranged attacks or stopping them outright.
After putting on these two pieces of equipment, Charles felt that his reserves had grown a little more substantial.
But compared with Jody, he was still a long way behind.
There was no such thing as having too much