Chapter 642 Experimental Subject

There is one more problem, however.

Before Joan, didn't other mages think of this good idea?

In fact, it is not that others are short-sighted, but that there is a blind spot in thinking here.

There is a necromancy spell called "Curse Down", which can also make the subject become dumb, and the power of the curse is far more than that. The caster can modify the effect of the curse by himself, making people deaf and blind , dumbness, and even a certain physiological disorder are all within the scope of the spell's effectiveness.

The problem is that Casting Curse is a 4th-level arcane spell, which can only be cast by a wizard of at least level 7. For mages who are capable of innovating spells, their level is usually no lower than level 7. For them, there is no need to specially invent a "aphasia spell" with a more complete and powerful spell-reducing spell.

As for those low-level mages who are not yet able to learn the 4th ring "Curse Drop", even if they think of Joan's idea, they still don't have the ability to complete the research and development of this new spell.

Capable people have no motivation, and motivated people lack ability. As a result, "aphasia" has not been invented until today, until Joan, a talented boy with both ability and motivation, appeared.

After sorting out his thoughts, Qiao An next disassembled the "Blindness and Deafness Art" as a prototype reference, selected a useful part of the configuration, modified it slightly and transplanted it into the "Aphasia Art" configuration, and built it first. Create a general framework, and then make additions, deletions, and repairs. The entire research and development process is like "building a house."

This work actually started three weeks ago. Joann completed the preliminary work on the development of "Aphasia" during the trip on the "Mercury", and continued to advance the research and development work after settling in Midgard City. During this period He also encountered many obstacles, most of which were not difficult to solve. There was only one problem that troubled him for as long as a week, and it was not until yesterday evening that he came up with a proper solution.

This problem has to start with the prototype "blindness and deafness" of "aphasia".

If you use words to briefly summarize the spell configuration of "Aphasia", it is to use "negative energy" to cause permanent necrotic damage to the vocal organs of the subject—usually the vocal cords—so that the lesions shrink and tremors are lost Sound function.

It is undoubtedly more difficult to damage the "vocal cords" located inside the human body than to damage the eyes and ears that are half exposed on the body surface. In order to achieve the dumbing effect, Joan had to use more negative energy to participate in the attack.

Extracting negative energy is like pumping water from a well. If you want to improve the efficiency of pumping water, you have to use a more powerful pump, which means a higher level of magic energy.

Qiao An didn't want to turn "Aphasia" into a third-level spell. It would be too wasteful. On the premise of not raising the level, this problem can only be solved by adjusting the structure of the spell tree.

The so-called adjustment of spell structure, to put it bluntly, is to achieve balance and divide the pie. The link of invoking negative energy requires more magic power, and other links need to be "squeezed" and make some sacrifices.

For example, the casting time was originally set at 3 seconds, but it was extended to 6 seconds. The saved mana is just right for improving the energy supply efficiency; or the basic range of the spell is cut from 400 feet to 100 feet, and the freed mana is used to strengthen the energy supply. Efficiency is also OK.

If you are reluctant to sacrifice casting efficiency and spell range, is there any other way?

There is really a way, which is to add magic materials.

There are many materials that can significantly improve the efficiency of negative energy extraction, and the most commonly used and most cost-effective material is black agate.

After repeated calculations, Joan confirmed that when casting the spell, a small piece of black agate with a market price of 5 Gold Durga can just meet his requirements for the efficiency of extracting negative energy.

This incident touched Joan a lot: the optimization process of spell configuration is essentially a process of cost transfer, and the cost is ultimately reflected in money. Without this black agate worth 5 gold coins, even if you are extremely smart Not sure.

Conversely, if you have enough money and spend expensive spellcasting materials without hesitation, even if the spell configuration itself is full of loopholes and has not been properly optimized, in most cases, you can still use money to make up for the flaws, throwing out Same effect as a well-optimized spell, if not stronger.

To put it bluntly: two people have almost the same level of spellcasting, and whoever is richer is more "excellent".

This is the power of money, or more accurately, the power of capital. It is precisely because of the recognition of this incomparable power that most of the well-known contemporary scholars who have made achievements in the field of arcane law are supported by financially strong financial backers.

If a person lacks capital, is arrogant, and disdains to exchange his ingenuity for money, then he can only try his luck.

When Joan eliminated the Siren Banshee, he seized a bag of gems of various colors collected by the Banshee, including two black agates the size of a fist, worth no less than two hundred gold duga.

Joan carefully cut a large piece of black agate into the size of a fingernail, and a small piece is enough to activate an "aphasia".

As of today, Joan has built the spell configuration of "Aphasia" and prepared the materials for casting the spell. The next thing to do is to conduct in vivo experiments to see if this spell can really make people become as theoretically possible. dumb.

For Joan, this is the most troublesome part.

Where should he go to find the test subject?

Pay people to participate in experiments? However, "aphasia" is too dangerous. Who would want to become disabled for life?

As long as the money is sufficient, people who are willing to sacrifice their lives may be able to buy, but it is a pity that Qiao An cannot afford the money.

He sighed, got up and left the desk, opened the bedroom window, and stood in front of the window on the second floor to look at the street scene in the distance.

There is a commercial street near the university campus, which is the most prosperous area in the entire college district. In the morning, the golden sun shone on the street, and the snow piled up under the street trees reflected softly.

There are endless streams of pedestrians on the street. Joan's eyes swept across the crowd, revealing a faint look of predation, and a bold idea suddenly broke into his mind.

From the window sill on the second floor where he is located, there is a straight-line distance of about two hundred yards from the commercial street, and the conversations of pedestrians on the street can hardly be heard here. Correspondingly, people who are busy shopping are unlikely to hear him in the window. Chant the spellcasting spell.

Most of the men and women walking on the streets were ordinary citizens without supernatural abilities from the perspective of their attire. Joan can't help but imagine:

Wouldn't it be interesting if I secretly cast "Aphasia" at the window, randomly select a passer-by as the target of the spell, and then stealthily follow that unlucky ghost who has become dumb, and observe his reaction after the sudden disaster?

More importantly, he didn't need to pay a copper commission for these randomly selected passers-by.

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