Mercenary Wars

Chapter 81 The Blood-Summoning Sword
[Spirit: 26/40]

[Intelligence: 26/40]

After acquiring the two magic runes, Gao Jiano's spirit and intelligence both increased to 26 points, allowing him to think, memorize, and learn knowledge more efficiently, making the translation of "Blood Magic Notes" much easier.

He then devoted most of his energy to translation work.

Therefore, he also had Daryl share some of the work on the Sithron potion.

For a level four mage and array master, except for a few overly specialized steps, making Sithlon potions is not a complicated skill.

Thus, Gaucano also enjoyed the same pleasure that Pastor Green had given him back then. With Daryl taking over, his workload in this area was greatly reduced, while his income remained basically the same, amounting to several hundred silver coins each month.

In addition, Dariss would explain magical knowledge to him for about two hours every day.

This allowed Gaucano to master seven practical magic tricks, including water washing, clay molding, whispering, magical tricks, fire-making, wizard's hand, and minor illusions.

There are also two first-level spells: Detect Magic and Water.

Several months have passed.

In 1457, around the time of Gaucano's twentieth birthday, the translation of the Blood Notebook was finally completed.

The reason it is described as "basically completed" is that after intensive translation work, Gaugano was able to read Blood Elf script directly at this point, so there was no need to translate the remaining content.

Now, Gorgano can directly read the original Blood Elf texts, and combined with the Blood Mage Notebook and some other classics, he has a more comprehensive understanding of the Blood Mage class system.

People might think that "blood mage" should be considered a specialization of "mage" or an independent profession, but in fact, "blood mage" is a more general concept than "mage," and its breadth is almost close to what humans usually call "professional."

The reason is simple: the Blood Elf Empire, as an unprecedented and unparalleled super magic empire in the world of Farallo, had a level of magic prevalence and prosperity far exceeding that of other periods.

For Blood Elves, "Mage" has almost become the defining characteristic of all classes.

Therefore, many concepts that humans have today are not suitable for direct application to the Blood Elf class system.

But Gaucanor is, after all, a human. Even if he knows that applying it directly is inappropriate, he still has to borrow concepts from the human world to indirectly understand the blood elf system.

Based on this, roughly speaking, if we consider "Blood Mage" as a profession, then it mainly has three specializations.

Sorted from highest to lowest in terms of "proficiency in melee combat," these three specializations are: Bloodblade Mage, Blood Mist Mage, and Blood Mage.

Blood Regeneration is indeed the core skill of the Blood Mage, but it is only the core skill of the "Blood Blade Mage". The Blood Blade Mage is a typical melee mage who is proficient in both magic and melee combat.

The Blood Mage is similar to a mage and a hunter. They like to stand at the edge of the battlefield to unleash ranged attacks and often create blood mist to obscure vision, hence their name.

Blood Mage is a curse expert, skilled at using various blood-based curse spells to ambush people, and usually stays as far away from the front lines of the battlefield as possible.

When considering his long-term career plans, Gaucano almost instinctively ruled out "Blood Mage" from among the three specializations of Blood Mage.

After all, as the possessor of the "Fairness Curse" blessing, he inevitably held some contempt for those who cursed, and naturally did not want to become someone who studied curses.

He also excluded the Blood Mage.

He himself had no prejudice against this specialization, but this was no longer the era of blood elves. In the human world where the church held sway, constantly conjuring up a cloud of blood mist was simply too conspicuous. Thus, "Bloodblade Mage" became the only option worth considering.

The Bloodblade Mage is indeed quite good. It has both strength and survivability, and it is also flexible. The casting of Blood Regeneration is not as flashy as Blood Mist, and in most cases, it is not even noticeable.

However, Bloodblade mages have additional requirements for weapons.

One must possess a "blood-summoning weapon" to become a qualified bloodblade mage.

The so-called "blood-summoning weapons" come in all shapes and sizes. The most basic blood-summoning weapon is simply a regular weapon with a "blood-summoning" enchantment.

High-end blood-summoning weapons are more complex, not only in their crafting but also in their use, often requiring the application of a blood brand before activation. Of course, their power far surpasses that of low-end blood-summoning weapons, and more importantly, they can continuously grow by absorbing blood.

The creation of high-end blood-summoning weapons is a complex process, and there is not a single record of it in either the "Blood Magic Notes" or any other book that Gaucano could find.

Of course, nowadays, let alone high-end blood-summoning weapons, even low-end blood-summoning weapons are nowhere to be found in Gaugano.

He had never heard of anyone enchanting "Bloodcaller" or having the "Bloodcaller" enchantment recipe.

How to do?
Gao Jiano still favors the Bloodblade Mage, and the Blood Magic Notes contain many related spells, enough to form a powerful combat system.

However, the inability to obtain a Blood Summoning Weapon made him hesitate, since without it, the strength of a Blood Blade Mage would be greatly reduced, and it might not even be stronger than an ordinary mage.

Gaucano lay on the bed, his brow furrowed in thought, with several open books beside him, including "The Blood Magic Notebook".

After a while, he picked up a book called "The War of the Blood Elves" and turned to an illustration.

The illustration is a world-famous painting from the Blood Elf era, titled "Faldoran I on the Highest Mountain." The Blood Elf Emperor Faldoran I stands on a black dragon, pointing westward, with thousands of Blood Elf soldiers behind him.

Hanging at the waist of Frederick I was a Blood-Summoning Sword.

Silently gazing at the Blood-Summoning Sword in the picture, Gao Jiano suddenly narrowed his eyes after a while.

Why does it look... kind of familiar?
He quickly found the source of this sense of familiarity.

The pattern on the sword hilt.

After a brief hesitation, Gao Jiano quickly got up, rummaged through drawers and cabinets, and found an inconspicuous white rod-shaped object that looked a bit like a bone.

This white, rod-shaped object was the blood elf relic he had found in the Tidelands.

Despite the different colors, its shape and pattern look very similar to the sword hilt in the painting!
For Gaucano, the process of making the judgment was actually quite predictable.

At the time, the terms "Blood Summoning Sword" or "Blood Summoning" were completely absent from his mind, so the panel could not function and could only list the item as "Unknown".

Now, having learned, he has a set of usable nouns and concepts in his mind, so the moment he re-encountered the information, a line of information flashed by and immediately revealed the truth to him.

[Item: Blood Summoning Sword]

(End of this chapter)