Chapter 23 The Combat Power of Magic (Please Read On)

Instantly, Richard's soul wandered again, this time he still possessed the hunchback figure, and still chanted the spell to control the skeleton over and over again, but the focus has changed. This time, Richard's focus is to understand how to control the skeleton and perform daily actions.

After performing it several times, Richard seemed to have a sudden enlightenment, and his inspiration burst out. It turned out that he had to subdivide his mental power into two tentacles and control the left and right halves of the skeleton at a certain rhythm.

But the difficulty of subdividing mental power and extending one tentacle and two tentacles is completely different!

So, the hunchback figure repeatedly controlled how the skeleton walked, first taking the left foot, then the right foot, and slowly after coordinating the steps, the arms also had to swing up

After a long time, when Richard came back to his senses and performed the trick of controlling the skeleton again, sure enough, the skeleton walked much more smoothly, more like a normal person walking.

After performing it several times, Richard was able to fully grasp the rhythm of this walking control.

Immediately, Richard was overjoyed, and controlled the skeleton to run around the room.

For a moment, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and Richard controlled the skeleton to accelerate to the side of the chair, and slashed the wooden back of the chair with a knife!

With a "crack", the crisp sound of wood breaking was heard, and the hard crossbar of the chair back was easily broken into two pieces.

Richard walked closer and took a closer look. He first looked at the palm bones of the skeleton carefully, and then looked at the broken part of the crossbar of the chair back, and his eyes lit up.

The chairs equipped in the school dormitory are all made of black pine wood, which is strong and durable.

If it is not deliberately damaged, Richard estimates that it can be used for decades without replacement, but even such hard wood was easily split by the skeleton he controlled.

This should not only be because the skeleton given by Meiluo was a quasi-knight in his lifetime and had a strong skeleton.

It is more about the magic of witchcraft. It seems that under the control of mental power, the hardness of the skeleton's bones has also been enhanced for some unknown reason!

Otherwise, Richard really didn't know how to explain that the palm bones were intact, while the black pine wood, which was almost as hard and strong, was easily broken.

Immediately, in order to verify his guess, Richard controlled the skeleton and split the other two backrest bars of the chair back.

When he checked the skeleton's palm bones again, they were still white and intact, as good as new!

Richard's face was happy, and he retracted his mental tentacles, picked up a bone from the scattered bones, picked up the knight's sword and gestured gently a few times.

Without the blessing of mental power, the bones were still not scratched. Richard was immediately surprised. It seemed that his previous guess was wrong.

Obviously, it was not because of his mental blessing, but because this kind of skeleton was strengthened by some means.

Richard patted his forehead and finally remembered what Meiluo said before she left, "This is the skeleton of a quasi-knight, which has been initially purified and strengthened."

The key should be the two words purification and strengthening!

Of course, there are also the words "initial", which indicates that the hardness of the bones should be further strengthened.

"Hey, I've only used it a few times, why do I feel that my mental power is consumed a lot!" Richard looked puzzled. It stands to reason that manipulating the skeleton should consume very little mental power, so how could it happen that the mental power consumed by manipulating it several times is more than half!

Could it be that as the level of mastery of the trick of manipulating the skeleton increases, the mental power consumed during manipulation will also increase?

No, no, it should be that the more complex the manipulation of the skeleton, the more mental power consumed, and the longer the continuous manipulation time, the more mental power consumed!

Thinking of this, Richard's face darkened and his brows furrowed.

It seems that this shortcoming of his lack of mental power must be made up as soon as possible.

Otherwise, even if the skeleton can be manipulated exquisitely, if the time is too short, it will have no practical value!

This is quite different from Richard's original plan to manipulate the skeleton in the wild to kill all sides.

After calling up the panel, I saw the column [Witchcraft]: Skeleton Control (14% superficial).

I have already entered the second level, the superficial level.

Richard roughly estimated that although the skeleton is now more agile, it looks like a real person walking.

But the corresponding mental power consumption is nearly 30% more than the entry level. Almost every half an hour, 0.4 units of mental power are consumed.

Converted, it is 0.8 units of mental power per hour.

"Could it be that the next level, the skilled level, requires more than 1 unit of mental power? In this case, doesn't it mean that I can only maintain the skeleton for a maximum of two or three hours before my mental power is exhausted!"

Richard paced back and forth, thinking about whether to further improve the trick [Skeleton Control] or postpone it for the time being.

After a long time, Richard's face was stern and he made up his mind.

No matter what, first push the trick [Manipulate Skeletons] to the proficient level, because only when it reaches the proficient level can it meet the training standards of the zero-level witchcraft [Shadow Grip] in the future.

It will have to be upgraded sooner or later, so why not upgrade it now!

Half a day later, Richard looked tired and exhausted, but when he saw the [Witchcraft] column on the panel showing: Manipulate Skeletons (Proficient 16%), he was extremely happy in his heart.

Richard raised his eyebrows, and without any movement, the skeleton beside him "thumped thumped", like a 100-meter race, and quickly ran to the desk.

Just before it hit the desk, it braked suddenly and stopped steadily ten centimeters away from the desk.

At this time, the skeleton stretched out his right hand, picked up a thick book on the desk, and then returned to Richard and handed it to him.

The whole process was so smooth that it was almost like a real person.

The skeleton picked up the knight's sword from the wall, made a starting posture of Cornell's swordsmanship, and then performed one move after another in a realistic manner.

With the skillful level of magic control, Richard can already control the skeleton and make very complex movements, and the accuracy of control has been greatly enhanced.

The only disadvantage is that the mental power consumption is large, and it is estimated that 1 unit of mental power is consumed per hour, but this is less than Richard expected.

Looking at the skeleton frame performing Cornell's swordsmanship in front of him, Richard nodded slightly, with a satisfied smile on his face.

At present, the combat power of this skeleton under his mental control has reached the level of a quasi-knight.

The most important thing is that the skeleton he controls is fearless!

Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, he will not hesitate to follow his will and go through fire and water!

However, Richard, who was planning to further improve his tricks, called up the panel and took a look at the energy consumed, and was shocked.

The energy points have dropped from the original 3505 to 2805, consuming a full 700 points.

This has not yet entered the main topic - learning Rodrigo Meditation and Shadow Grip, this foreplay has consumed so much energy? ? ?

Richard was speechless for a long time!

"This level of consumption is far more than the inspiration triggering of the crossbow, and this is just a trick! It seems that the energy consumed by the improvement of witchcraft is far more than the basic skills!" Richard frowned and thought to himself.

Originally, if the energy consumption is not high, he will continue to improve the control of the skeleton to proficiency, or even higher levels!

But now it seems that he still needs to think about it.