Chapter 78 The True Mage
"Well, the swamp spell probably won't be necessary."
Mo Lan looked at the uneven soil in the room downstairs and pressed it with his hand. The surface was hard, but he could feel that it was soft underneath.
“It’s not used now, and as a control spell, its range is too small and its depth is not enough, so it’s useless.
Forget it, let's put it aside for now, and see if we can find a way to expand the range later. If it's a large swamp, it should be effective in controlling the field and blocking the charge."
After Mo Lan thought about it, he stretched out his hand.
"Earth Wall Technique!"
A three-meter-wide and three-meter-high earth wall appeared in front of Mo Lan.
This is the original earth wall technique.
Mo Lan walked forward and smashed the earth wall with his fist. When he reached the ground, he scanned it carefully with his mental power.
"Sure enough, soil is extracted from the ground. The higher the density of the soil wall, the more soil is extracted. Well, this is very scientific."
Mo Lan looked at the earth wall, then at the spell model, comparing them with each other, and muttered to himself.
"In that case, Earth Wall Technique!"
Mo Lan pointed his hand, and the Earth Wall spell model in the spell slot was activated and fell directly on the earth wall in front of him.
The earth wall changed rapidly, and in a blink of an eye it expanded from one side to four sides, becoming a closed mouth shape.
"I told you, I can even shape the fireball into a fire-resistant ring, so it's just an earth wall.
It's nothing more than inputting a few dozen more parameters. How much more difficult can it be than the fool-proof earth wall technique?"
"Besides, it can also be like this..."
Mo Lan closed his eyes for a moment, used the second-level spell slot to memorize the swamp spell, and released it .
Under the swamp magic, the earth wall softened directly and soon turned into a pool of mud on the ground.
"Swamp Magic is still useful, but as a second-level spell, it is a lot more difficult to remember.
And it seems that softening this earth wall is much slower than before, is it because the density of the earth wall technique is higher?"
"It is not released with magic power. The amount of magic power consumed is unclear. I guess the effect of swamp magic is also related to the hardness of soil and rock. If the hardness is too high, it may not be able to turn into a swamp."
Mo Lan thought about it, concentrated his attention, and continued to memorize the earth wall technique in the spell slot.
"Earth Wall Technique!"
The soil under Mo Lan's feet split from the middle to both sides, forming a corridor that slanted downward at a forty-degree angle.
There were relatively smooth rocks on both sides, but the slope below was soft soil. Mo Lan frowned .
After pondering for a moment, he made slight changes to the parameters of the Earth Wall Technique.
"Earth Wall Technique!"
In front of Mo Lan, the slope hardened instantly without any displacement.
"As expected, if the earth wall technique can push upwards, then it can also push forward, backward, left and right. Since it can push upwards, then it can also be done without pushing upwards and stay where it is."
Mo Lan little by little adjusted the information input into the spell model with his mental power at the moment of casting.
"I see. If we compare the spell model to software, then the information input before releasing it is the operating parameters.
If you do not enter any information when releasing, it will be released according to the default parameters. If you enter parameters, it will be released according to the entered parameters.
This is like an excavator. Some people can only dig forward, backward, left, right, up and down in a mechanical way.
But some people can do excavator dancing, cut vegetables, cook, and dig cables.
This is the difference. Fool-style operation is always the most stable. Adjusting the spell according to the actual situation may occasionally cause a little bit of lameness, but it will definitely be the strongest. "
Mo Lan understood.
"This is how a mage should cast spells, not the same fool-proof operation as a warrior."
Mo Lan carefully perceived and adjusted the parameters, finding the differences between spells with different parameters.
At the same level, same equipment, same spells, same mental strength.
The person who has a good grasp of the casting parameters will always be the winner.
It is easy to change jobs to a mage, but that doesn't mean being a mage is simple.
This is the mage's fighting skill, the mage's spellcasting skill, this is... a real mage!
Mo Lan released the earth wall technique while thinking.
A downward sloping corridor quickly took shape, and thanks to the advantage of spell slots not consuming mana, the corridor continued to extend downward.
"Earth Wall Technique!"
Mo Lan cast a spell subconsciously, and the mental power scattered around suddenly felt something was wrong, and the spell of resisting fire ring that he memorized in daily life was instantly activated.
The impact force directly blew Mo Lan away, and the next moment the bottom section of the corridor collapsed.
"Fuck."
Mo Lan covered his stuffy chest.
Since another first-level spell slot was freed up to memorize Earth Wall, he didn't cast Stoneskin when he used Ring of Resist Fire, which caused him some internal injuries.
But now he just feels scared.
He was almost buried.
"What would happen if I was buried underground and clicked to revive?"
Mo Lan shuddered.
"Resurrection on the spot?"
Not daring to think about this terrible question, Mo Lan turned his attention back to the collapsed corridor. Looking back, he saw a faint light at the end of the long corridor.
"Is it already this deep? I just used my mental strength but didn't pay attention to the light problem."
Mo Lan took a deep breath.
"Well, there's no problem with oxygen, but you have to be prepared, otherwise it would be unfair if you suffocate to death."
He did not go out to get a torch, but continued to use his mental power to figure out how to cast the spell.
For spiritual power, there is no difference between night and day. The eyes are just a perception of light. What the eyes can perceive, the spiritual power can also perceive.
"It's too deep. The pressure from the surrounding soil is too great, and it directly collapsed the earth wall, er, no, the stone wall."
Mo Lan looked at the rock walls around him and silently changed the name of the earth wall technique.
The soil turns into stone, isn't that the stonewall technique?
That makes sense.
"In this case, the parameters need to be adjusted again, and the density of the stone wall needs to be increased."
After some calculations, Mo Lan stretched out his finger to cast a spell, but at this moment a brilliant idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
"Before I cast the spell one meter at a time. Can I extend it a little? Length is also a parameter. How about ten meters?"
Mo Lan pondered for a moment, then pointed his finger and a ray of yellow light sank into the soil, but the stone wall quickly collapsed before it could take shape.
Mo Lan immediately understood what was happening when he sensed the collapse of the stone wall technique with his mental power.
"Stonewall is only a first-level spell. Even if the structural parameters responsible for gathering elemental power are adjusted to the maximum, it is still not enough to gather the earth element required for a ten-meter stonewall.
What if I use my own magic?"
Mo Lan then cast a spell, and soon after, the stone wall collapsed again.
Spell failed!
"No, the structure for converting magic power can't support so much magic power, or the magic power is pouring in too quickly and can't be converted."
"This time the hardware limit is not enough. If we want to adjust it to a ten-meter stone wall spell, the entire spell model will have to be reconstructed.
By then, Stonewall will no longer be a first-level spell."
"But this is normal. If I can increase it at will, then my fireball parameters can be infinitely increased, which is equivalent to planting the sun."
Mo Lan said casually, and suddenly stopped moving.
"But...it seems like there is a way to get around it.
It may not be feasible, but it may not be impossible either. Why not give it a try?"
