Wizard: Surviving in the Steam Age with Points for Demon Hunter

Chapter 293 What a magical existence!
Wei En sat quietly in front of the workbench, and the candlelight on the surrounding walls flickered, illuminating his already plump face.

He has long been accustomed to killing, but in his heart, he is still unwilling to take the initiative to cause killing for the sake of power.

However, in such a world, everything seems to be changing strangely, and secrets are revealed everywhere.

The Church of the Righteous God, the School of Wizards, the Evil God Sect, the Extraordinary Nobles, the Deep Sea Species, the Sea Tribe, Pirates, etc.

For their own purposes, these people with extraordinary power either hide behind the scenes and engage in conspiracies, preach doctrines, develop believers and gather faith, or wantonly cause killing...

He saw all these things - and felt more and more urgent.

Even those beings who have existed for several epochs are accumulating strength, so how can he stand still?

Wei En took a long breath and then opened the panel again——

Name: Wayne Loft
Occupation: Archwizard (junior)
Toughness level: 22807.85
Spirit level: 22680.64
Origin: 1588 (1589) (Seal 1 point of origin)
Talents: Deception (Proficiency Level), Spiritual Conversion (Proficiency Level 0/100000)

Feats: Ballistic Control, Stealth Detection, Rapid Fire
Companion Contract: Healing, Teleportation (Calamitas)
Survival points: 143340
Looking at the attributes on the panel, Wei En frowned.

In other words, he can save some of his basic attributes?
Thinking of this, Wei En's eyes flickered slightly, and he activated his spiritual conversion talent, first converting all original powers into basic attributes.

尸爆术（死神）4级（1/40000）……（40000/40000）。

Spiritual conversion proficiency level (1/100000)... (100000/100000).

There is also the burst time of the blood boiling spell. If it can be switched off and on at any time, it will also greatly improve his options in battle...

In short, the description of the effect of the corpse explosion after adding points this time made Wei En feel much better. At least it means that he will have more possibilities in the future!
After doing this, Wayne closed the panel.

[Corpse Explosion (Death) level 4 (40000/40000), should it be improved? 】

[Note: Spiritual transformation (mastery) upgrade conditions: Origin reaches four thousand. 】

Toughness level: 29096.25
Spirit level: 29096.25
Origin: 1 (2) (Seal 1 point of origin)
add a bit!

In addition to the Corpse Explosion Technique, other items that cannot be controlled within the scope include fearful howling, shadow entanglement, etc.

Wei En had a similar feeling when fighting before - he was timid.

If you upgrade to another level, the corresponding conversion ratio will be further reduced...

Tsk!
Wei En couldn't help but shook his head, and focused on looking at the panel again to think.

If you want to obtain more original power, in addition to killing and devouring, the second way is to rely on basic attribute conversion to obtain it - spiritual conversion talent!
Now the spiritual conversion level is proficient level, and the conversion ratio between basic attributes and original power is eight to one.

With the operation just now, he saved about 3,000 basic attribute levels compared to the previous proficient-level spiritual conversion talent.

And the original power he needs to advance to legend now is at least 20,000...

Toughness level: 22096.25
Spirit level: 22096.25
Origin: 2000 (2001) (Seal 1 point of origin)
"feasible!"

【promote. 】

[Note 1: Corpse Explosion Technique (Death) Level 5, Passive Characteristics: After the injured living body dies, it will undergo a second corpse explosion, with an explosion range of one hundred meters. 】

"Oh?"

[Congratulations, your skill: Corpse Explosion (Death) has been upgraded from level 4 to level 5. Effect: Can detonate any dead life form (including but not limited to flesh and blood life forms), causing area damage. 】

At the same time, the phantom clones are not dispersed enough to control them to avoid enemy attacks.

"It's absolutely terrifying. How many deep-sea species do we have to kill to get enough?"

I saw those original sub-bodies opening their mouths and meditating continuously, while drawing the original power to the rune brand between the eyebrows.

However, before his smile widened, he saw on the panel the number of survival points needed for spiritual transformation to be upgraded again - one million!

[Spiritual conversion proficiency level (100000/100000), is it improved? 】

Although Wei En didn't think he could kill the entire Kordo Sea area, and the panel mechanism also limited his idea of ​​​​earning survival points.

Thinking like this, Wei En casually added the remaining survival points to the corpse explosion technique.

He looked up at the ghosts and the others, with a slight smile on his face.

Wayne twitched the corner of his mouth, a smile on his face.

But coupled with the requirements for other spell upgrades, such a terrifying survival point is needed...

"You are all mature original sub-bodies, so you have to work hard to grow up."

【promote. 】

[Note 2: The damage is added with death characteristics and increases the damage of the next corpse explosion. (Corpse explosion damage can be superimposed)]

Does this mean that other spells can achieve the so-called "meticulous" control after merging the source?
If this is the case, then when he uses spells in the future, he can further utilize the abilities of the wizard profession.

Wei En looked at the new note information that appeared on the panel. Can the Corpse Explosion Technique after the source fusion terminate the spell effect in advance?

[Congratulations, your talent: Spiritual Transformation has been upgraded from entry level to master level. Effect: You can transform your toughness level, spiritual level, and original power into each other. The conversion ratio between toughness level and spiritual level is one to one. The toughness level or spiritual level is converted into original power at a ratio of seven to one, and vice versa. 】

Even if he kills the deep-sea species non-stop, his gains will not be huge due to the diminishing rewards in the future.

Although in this battle, he gained a lot of improvement by killing the alienated monsters in the abyss, he didn't even have enough original power needed to fuse the four spell rune brands.

Regardless of checking the effect of the upgraded spiritual conversion talent, Wei En activated the talent again, raising the original power to two thousand——

Since there is a huge gap in subsequent survival points, it is very necessary to improve the level of the Corpse Explosion Technique. He has decided to find a sea area to cast several Corpse Explosion Techniques every day to explode some survival points.

[Note 3: After the source is fused, the corpse explosion technique can be carefully controlled, including the explosion range, explosion direction, virus infection targets, early termination of spell effects, etc. 】

"effort!"

Ghost narrowed his eyes and grinned. He would always respond to Wei En's request immediately.

Maybe it's because he was badly repaired in the beginning?
Wei En laughed dumbly. With these original sub-bodies around, he would not feel bored when conducting research and improving his strength.

On the contrary, in most cases these original sub-bodies can give him feedback and have autonomous consciousness, which can also dilute those boring times.

Wei En looked at it for a while and continued to study the scroll of the great wizard's code that promoted him to legend.

"The requirements for promotion to the intermediate level of the Grand Wizard: each origin sub-body is branded with fifteen spell runes, and the spell level is required to reach level five, the spiritual level is to reach ten thousand, the origin is to reach one thousand, the talent and ability reach the proficiency level, and the origin fusion spell brand is required That brings the number to five.”

Wei En calculated the necessary source power and survival points...

Taking the current source power required for the fusion of the four magic imprints as an example, he must have at least eight thousand sources.

To upgrade all spells to level five, the number of survival points required is 1.39 million!
This does not include the newly learned spell runes in the future. If he continues to integrate the origin of Death, the improvement of nearly twenty spells will almost consume nearly one million survival points.

"More than two million survival points...what an astronomical number!"

Wei En shook his head helplessly. After working on it for a long time, it was not other things that created obstacles for him to advance, but his survival point.

Compared with the figure of two million, the eight thousand origins required for promotion are not so difficult to accept.

Thinking like this, Wei En continued to look through the contents of the note——

"The original fusion talent ability is a special existence of the secret wizard system."

"The most obvious feature is that after being promoted to a great wizard, a black mark appears between the eyebrows that flickers on and off."

"So far, no one in the Ghost School can explain clearly what the requirements are for the mark between the eyebrows to appear."

"But a certain chief in the Fourth Era once speculated that only wizards with outstanding talents will receive this honor - the speed, original power, spell level, or talent level of the promoted wizard exceeds that of most wizards."

Outstanding talent...

Wayne raised his eyebrows. It seemed that he was right in not asking about the abnormality in his original world before.

Obviously, the mark between the eyebrows has nothing to do with that.

"After the symbol appears, the time for the arcane wizard to advance to legend will be greatly increased."

"The reason is that the original power consumed by fusing the innate ability is much higher than that required when fusing the soul-devouring spell rune brand."

Much higher than?
Wei En thought about what the ghost had said before, that integrating the soul-devouring magic rune brand would require occupying a thousand sources?
Think again that the threshold for promotion to the intermediate level wizard is one thousand origins...

Equivalent to, the original power required to integrate the innate ability is equal to several great wizards?

"If the natural ability is not improved much, it is not a loss."

Wei En thought that he still had two talents.

After such calculations, the 20,000 source power he thought before was completely insufficient. At least double it...

Forty thousand origins?

Tsk, two hundred and eighty thousand basic attributes!
Wei En laughed at himself. In comparison, the impact of the gap of two million survival points on him actually made him feel mentally balanced.

"The method of merging talent with original power is similar to fusing spells and rune imprints, but the seed of talent must be formed first."

"With the concept of runes as the core, it is similar to the original runes that form itself!"

"It is worth mentioning that after you fuse a spell rune brand, you will discover your own original rune pattern. (Don't expose it easily, otherwise someone may steal your origin)."

Wei En thought that when he communicated with Boras before, the other party showed him some patterns of the original runes.

It turns out that this is how the original rune patterns came about... It doesn't require him to study it personally, or to reach a certain level of rune science.

"Referring to this method, the formation of the talent seed is between the original rune and the original core world. It is the manifestation obtained by condensing one's own talent and ability."

"After forming the seed of talent, the talent's ability will be able to break away from the limitations of one's own bloodline, greatly increasing the upper limit of its ability."

"According to the records of many arcane magic system wizards with the same honor, there are three main aspects of improving the effect of natural abilities after integrating the original power."

"The first is the innate ability. For example, the original innate increase in spiritual level is 100, and after forming the innate seed, the increase effect is 200."

"Second, the speed of promotion of talents and abilities is increased, shortening the time by at least one-fifth."

"The last and rarest case - it is possible to unlock other derivative abilities of the talent. (Highly unlikely)"

"Finally, the way to gather the seeds of talent is..."

The effect of the fused talent ability is obviously improved, doubled?
When Wei En saw the last paragraph, his face showed a somewhat thoughtful expression.

If this is really the case, it will definitely be a great benefit to him, at least the speed of improvement of his original power will be greatly increased.

But Wei En knew that his situation was different from other wizards. He had two talents to condense.

"I hope it won't have any impact..."

Thinking like this, Wei En tried to gather the seeds of talent according to the records in the handbook.

"Innate abilities are born from blood and origin. Therefore, to condense the seeds of talent, you need to extract the innate power from blood or origin..."

extract?

Wei En closed his eyes, and his consciousness was immersed in the world inside his body.

If this is the case, then his two talents should come from blood and origin respectively...

As his consciousness immersed, the light ball formed by the panel in his mind, the original core world, the partner contract, the servant contract, and even the "Deadpools" slowly rotated.

He actually regarded his conscious world as a galaxy, surrounding the core of the source, with the panel above the central axis, and everything else scattered... the next second!
Wei En's body shook, and his spiritual transformation talent was automatically activated. As his blood flowed rapidly, his mental and toughness levels were converted to each other.

Moreover, the conversion speed is very fast!
Immediately afterwards, little bits of light rose in the world of consciousness, like a new ball of light slowly condensing.

At the same time, his original core world is also automatically emitting original power, and a ball of light is also condensed under the central axis corresponding to the panel.

Wei En knew clearly in his heart that the light ball rotating around the original world was the spiritual transformation talent, while the one below the central axis was the deception talent!
At this moment, without waiting for him to observe further, two messages appeared on the panel——

[Your spiritual transformation talent seed is condensed and completed! Evaluation: Bloodline talent, a legacy gift from ancient existence! Special rewards: +100 survival points, +5 toughness level, +5 spiritual level. 】

[Your bully... evaluation: What flashed past? Special rewards: Survival Points +1000, Origin +25, Resilience Level +50, Spirit Level +50. 】

Then he saw the two newly appeared light balls, and one was a red and blue cloud that was entangled like Tai Chi.

The other one is very scattered, and you can vaguely see the pattern of an eye.

"It turns out that what I thought before was a bit wrong..."

Wei En "looked" at the two newly emerged seeds of talent in the conscious world and murmured to himself.

He originally thought that the deception talent came from the blood of the Loft family, but now it seems that it is not the case.

Obviously, his own bloodline contains the talent of spiritual transformation, while the talent of deception is hidden in his original core world!

"There's another deviation..."

"What exactly is the problem?"

Wayne frowned, a bit confused on his face.

But what he didn't know was that at this moment, two points of dark golden light quietly lit up in the depths of his red eyes - the existence that seemed to be the luster of metal flickered slightly and then disappeared again.

Ok?
Wayne glanced around the space where the studio was in confusion.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but there seemed to be some unclear pictures in front of his eyes just now.

It's like there's something hidden around...

Wei En looked at it for a while and found nothing, so he stopped thinking about it.

"However, the condensation of talent seeds went very smoothly."

With his consciousness immersed in the world in his mind, he has already sensed that he can transfer the original power of the original core world to the two light groups.

As for what the consequences will be—

[Origin-10. 】

[Origin-10. 】

[Your spiritual transformation talent is fused with ten points of origin. The current fusion progress is 1/1500. Evaluation: The origin power is still too lacking, you weakling! Special rewards: Survival Points +50, Origin +2, Resilience Level +2, Spirit Level +2. 】

【你的欺……当前融合进度1/3000评价：是有个鬼鬼祟祟的诡异东西吧？特殊奖励：生存点+100，本源+4，韧性等级+4，精神等级+4。】

Well!
It consumes twenty points of origin, and is rewarded with six points of origin, twelve points of basic attributes, and several survival points...

Calculated, it is equivalent to only consuming ten points of origin - a good deal!
"The panel is truly a magical existence!"

After Wei En sighed, he tried a few more times.

However, it is obvious that the panel's mechanism to prevent rewards farming still exists.

As the rewards obtained decrease, the source consumption of his fusion talent ability increases. After five times, only the survival point reward is left.

Wei En then replenished the source to two thousand, looked at the progress bar reminder on the panel, and couldn't help but sigh.

It takes ten points of origin to increase a little progress. To complete the integration of talents, it will cost at least thirty-five thousand origins?

If the talent level is further improved in the future, the consumption will continue to increase...

In addition, there is currently no improvement effect after integrating talents and abilities...

“There’s a long way to go!”

……

……

Custer City State, Secret Adjustment Department.

The luxurious hall of the Property Management Department has now been transformed into the office area where the senior officials of the Secret Service Department are located.

The property management department where Somle Arias worked was moved to the detention area, and a layer was created above the dungeon below for their research.

At this time, in the luxurious hall, Lacey held a newspaper with a heavy heart, not even paying attention to the smooth floor under her feet illuminating the bottom of her skirt.

Arianna and others followed behind, looking at each other.

"Boss, what's going on?"

"I always feel like I'm worried."

"Don't you understand?" Arianna, as an old man from the Secret Adjustment Department, the former commander of the Second Logistics Corps and now the captain of the First Logistics Corps, knew exactly what happened that night.

As for the content in the newspaper, whether it was "Deformed Wizard" Wayne Loft or the former Director of the Secret Service, Alais Coulibaly, they were all strongmen who had left Custer's Secret Service.

Now the two of them are fighting for life and death on Alexei Island, and one of them died...

Lacey, oh no, or the entire secret blending department, I'm afraid they won't feel too comfortable.

What's more, the one who died was Alais who had given them a lot of care in the past...

"Stop talking later. Director Nifa doesn't have a bad temper, but if you are too showy, there is no guarantee that you won't be targeted by Deputy Director Yegor. He..."

"Lord Yegor!"

At this time, the investigator on the side suddenly turned pale and saluted to the corridor on the other side.

Ariana was stunned for a moment, then looked quickly, a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, "Mr. Deputy Director."

"Arianna, keep talking, what's wrong with being targeted by me?" Yegor glanced at him with his cigar in his mouth.

"Hehe, no, it's nothing. I'm just grateful for your hard work, so I brought you some small gifts."

Arianna licked her face, took out two beautifully packaged cigars from her pocket and offered them to her: "These are 'Tiger Brand' cigars from the city-state of Kelland..."

"Oh?"

Yegor took it unceremoniously, looked it over, put it in his pocket, and said with a smile: "Assuming you are interested, I will accept it."

"Yes Yes……"

Ariana's heart was bleeding. The two cigars were worth twenty gold pounds, and she wanted to keep them for herself.

did not expect……

"Lacey, what's wrong with her?" Yegor didn't know what he was thinking. He looked thoughtfully at Lacey in front of him without looking back, and asked.

"You don't know yet?"

"Ok?"

"Just yesterday, Director Alais and Investigator Wynn were on Alexei Island..."

After listening to his story, Yegor's expression changed slightly.

Director Alais, is he dead?

He didn't care about anything else and followed directly.

Not long after, several people arrived at Nifa's office.

When Lacey saw Yegor and others arriving, she pursed her lips and said nothing.

Director Nifa's face looked a bit sentimental. She had known for a long time that Alais would fight against Wei En.

Ever since Alais asked her to take away the forbidden object a few days ago, she knew that this battle was inevitable.

However, she thought the winner would be Alais...

"Lacey, he is no longer the director of our Secret Adjustment Department, you don't have to worry so much."

"I know, but..."

Yegor interrupted: "Director Nifa is right, Lacey, Alais is no longer the person we are familiar with. He will be dead when he dies. Why bother so much?"

"You don't look like the Lacey I know."

"Egor!" Lacey glared at him, "I'm not entangled, I'm just worried about whether the death of Director Alais will have other effects on the Secret Adjustment Department."

"What impact will that have?" Yegor was stunned.

"I don't know either, but I feel like things won't end so easily."

"I do know something about it." Nifa muttered: "But... forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter. There should be no follow-up."

"At least, it won't affect us here."

She originally wanted to tell the two of them that when Alais came before, he had talked about some arrangement of things.

Regarding the origin of the Disaster Sect, the secrets of the Desire Sect in the city-state of Custer, and the subsequent movements of the Abyss Sect in the Eastern Continent.

But in conclusion, she could see that it was what Alais thought...

"Really?" Lacey looked at her suspiciously.

Nifa shook her head slightly, and instead of continuing to explain, she took out a piece of parchment from the drawer and placed it on the table.

"Just come here. I have a task here that I need you to perform."

"Wha, what? My mission?" Lacey was stunned for a moment and asked how the matter of Director Alais was related to the mission.

"That's right, the Secret Investigation Department of the Kingdom of Chartland has a secret operation that requires the dispatch of investigators from the Secret Investigation Department of each city-state."

Director Nifa spoke calmly and said with a smile: "I originally wanted Yegor to go over, but looking at it now, you are more suitable."

"What is the specific mission?"

"It's all on the notice. Take it back and take a look. It's not a difficult task, but it does require a lot of manpower. It just so happens that there's nothing going on here for the time being. You can bring two more investigators with you and just relax. ."

Lacey took the parchment dubiously, turned to look at Arianna and the others, nodded and said, "Then I'll go back and prepare."

When Yegor saw this, he didn't say anything, turned around and left with them.

Before long, the entire office was empty.

Nifa walked to the window, looked at the backs of Lacey and others, and sighed quietly.

"It seems that the person mentioned in the prophecy is... Wei En!"

(End of this chapter)