Combat Power of Magic
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In an instant, Richard's soul wandered again, this time still possessed by the hunchbacked figure, and still loudly recited the spell to control the skeleton over and over again, but the focus had changed. This time Richard's focus was on understanding how to control the skeleton and perform daily actions.
After performing it several times, Richard seemed to have a sudden epiphany and was filled with inspiration. It turned out that he needed to divide his mental power into two tentacles and control the left and right halves of the skeleton respectively at a certain rhythm.
But the difficulty of subdividing mental power and extending one tentacle and two tentacles is completely different!
So, the hunched figure repeatedly controlled how the skeleton walked, first taking the left foot, then the right foot, and after slowly coordinating the steps, the arms had to swing for
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.
After practicing it a few more times, Richard was able to fully master the rhythm of walking.
Suddenly, Richard's face showed joy, and he controlled the skeleton to run around the room with "Kala Ka La".
Suddenly, an idea flashed in 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", a 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 carefully examined the skeleton's palm bones, then looked at the broken part of the crossbar of the chair back, and his eyes lit up.
The chairs in the school dormitories are all made of black pine, which is strong and durable.
If it wasn't deliberately damaged, Richard estimated that it could 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 has 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, broke easily.
Immediately, in order to verify his guess, Richard controlled the skeleton to cut off the other two backrest bars of the chair.
When I checked the skull's palm bones again, they were still white and intact, looking as good as new!
Richard's face lit up with joy. He retracted his mental tentacles, picked up a bone from the scattered bones, picked up the knight's sword and gestured lightly a few times.
Even without the help of mental power, there were still no scratches on the bones. Richard was greatly surprised. It seemed that his previous guess was wrong.
Obviously, it was not because of his own spiritual blessing, but because this skeleton had been strengthened by some means.
Richard slapped his forehead and finally recalled what Meiluo said before she left. "This is the skeleton of a quasi-knight, which has undergone preliminary purification and strengthening."
The key should lie in the two words "purify" and "strengthen"!
Of course, there is also the word "preliminary", which indicates that the hardness of the bone should be able to be further strengthened.
"Huh, I've only used it a few times, why do I feel like my mental energy is being consumed so much!" Richard looked puzzled. Normally, controlling the skeleton should consume very little mental energy, so why did it feel like more than half of my mental energy was consumed after controlling it a few times?
Could it be that as the level of mastery of the trick of controlling the skeleton increases, the mental energy consumed during the manipulation will also increase?
No, no, it should be that the more complex the manipulation of the skeleton, the more mental energy will be consumed, and the longer the continuous manipulation time, the more mental energy will be consumed!
Thinking of this, Richard's face darkened and his brows knitted.
It seems that I must make up for my lack of mental strength as soon as possible.
Otherwise, even if you can control the skeleton extremely skillfully, if the time is too short, it will have no practical value!
This is quite different from Richard's original plan of controlling skeletons in the wild to kill everyone.
When I opened the panel, I saw only the [Witchcraft] column: Control of Skeletons (roughly 14%).
It has already entered the second level, which is the superficial level.
Richard made a rough estimate and found that the skeleton was now much more agile, like a real person walking.
However, the corresponding consumption of mental energy is nearly 30% more than that at the entry level. Almost 0.4 units of mental energy are consumed every half hour.
To put it in perspective, this means 0.8 units of mental energy is consumed per hour.
"Could it be that the next level, the skilled level, requires more than one unit of mental power? If so, 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 [Manipulate Skeletons] or put it off for now.
After a long time, Richard's face turned grim and he made up his mind.
No matter what, I will first push the trick [Manipulation of Skeletons] to the proficient level, because only when it reaches the proficient level can I meet the training standards of the zero-level witchcraft [Grasp of Shadows] in the future.
I have to improve sooner or later, so I might as well do it now!
Half a day later, Richard looked exhausted and haggard, but when he saw the "Witchcraft" column on the panel showing "Manipulate Skeletons (Skilled 16%)", he was extremely happy.
Richard raised his eyebrows, and without any movement, the skeleton beside him "thump thump thump" quickly ran towards the desk like a 100-meter race.
Just before hitting the desk, the car 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 table, then returned to Richard again and handed it to Richard.
The movements throughout the entire process are so smooth that they are almost like real people.
The skeleton picked up the knight's sword from the wall, made a starting posture of Cornell swordsmanship, and then began to demonstrate each move in a very realistic manner.
With his proficient level of magic control, Richard is now able to manipulate skeletons and perform very complex movements, and the accuracy of his control has also been greatly enhanced.
The only drawback is that it consumes a lot of mental energy, an estimated 1 unit of mental energy per hour, but this is already less than Richard expected.
Looking at the skeleton performing Cornell swordsmanship in front of him, Richard nodded slightly, a satisfied smile on his face.
At present, the combat capability of this skeleton under his mental control has almost reached the level of a quasi-knight.
The most important thing is that the skeleton that he controls is fearless and undaunted!
Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, we will follow his will without hesitation 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 3505 to 2805, consuming a full 700 points.
We haven't even gotten to the point yet - learning Rodrigo's Meditation Method and Shadow Grip, this foreplay has already consumed so much energy? ? ?
Richard was speechless for a long while!
"This level of consumption far exceeds the inspiration triggering of bows and crossbows, and this is just a trick! It seems that the energy consumed by the improvement of witchcraft far exceeds the basic skills!" Richard frowned and thought to himself.
Originally, he had planned to continue improving his control of skeletons to proficiency or even a higher level if the energy consumption was not high!
But now it seems that I still have to think about it again.
(End of this chapter)
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