Chapter 80: Three-Ring Mage
Mo Lan opened his eyes and climbed up from the flat stone surface refreshed.
Just cast a Gale of Wind and then look at the system prompts.
“I just increased my intelligence attribute point by one point, bringing it to 17.
I got another level here and got some free attribute points. Oh, it feels so good."
Level 6, 17 points of intelligence, and 1 point of free attribute.
"OK, now the intelligence is going to be 18 points, I'll order."
Mo Lan lightly tapped his fingers, and the free attribute points fell behind intelligence, but the next moment Mo Lan was stunned.
"What does it mean?"
"Tip: Insufficient attribute points, unable to upgrade."
The intelligence column flashed red, and it calmed down after several prompts.
Mo Lan was stunned. He clicked several times but it was of no use.
"Does anyone know why I can't add free attribute points? @All members"
"[video]"
Mo Lan sent a screen recording of his attribute panel to the group.
Ding Jin: "Hmm? Intelligence is 17 points? How come it's so high?"
Zou Peng: "That's not right. Your attribute points don't match. When you were level 5, your intelligence was 16. Now you're level 6, and you haven't added any free attribute points yet. You have a little extra... Did you improve a little by training?"
"Yes, I just added a little bit. I just want to know why I can't add any more free attribute points. It always reminds me that I don't have enough attribute points.
Is this one free attribute point not enough? How many do you need, two, or three? Or more. "
Zou Peng: "I don't know, we haven't upgraded recently, we have been busy honing our skills and training, but we haven't upgraded yet.
Wait for me, I'll go ask someone else."
Then the group fell silent. Mo Lan paced in the underground space, thinking silently.
After a while, Zou Peng sent a message.
Zou Peng: "I asked, when the attribute points reach 16, the number of free attribute points required to go up further increases.
It takes one attribute point to upgrade from fifteen to sixteen, and two points to upgrade from sixteen to seventeen.
At the moment, I don't know how much it will cost to liter 17 to 18.
Currently, it is speculated that it is an arithmetic progression, that is, adding a little each time, because if it is doubled, then attribute points cannot be added.
That’s about all the information I got.”
No one spoke for a long time after Zou Peng sent the message, until Mo Lan broke the silence.
"But I was promoted directly from sixteen to seventeen. I didn't need two free attribute points."
Zou Peng: "Then our previous guess is likely correct."
Mo Lan also thought of this at this time.
"In "Real Game", the most orthodox way to improve your strength, or the original way, is to train yourself, or practice with some skills. The experience value system is heresy?"
Zou Peng: "Well, this is the only way to explain why the requirements for upgrading experience points are increasing, and the requirements for adding free attribute points are increasing."
Ding Jin: "So it seems that even if we upgrade by training in advance, we are not that far ahead."
Zou Peng: “No, we are still far ahead.
@墨岚, I think you shouldn't use your free attribute points right away. Training has its limits. When you can't improve it by training anymore, adding points directly might have a miraculous effect.
@丁锦, even in addition to the benefits of this breakthrough, we can still gain extra free attribute points every time we exercise and level up.
I don’t want to calculate the details, but if you have some free time, you can calculate how much more it is and send it to me.”
Ding Jin: "Well, I don't want to calculate it. Anyway, it's enough to know that there are attribute points to earn. There will always be data experts who will calculate it and post it on the forum. I can just take a look at it then."
Mo Lan silently sent a message before closing the group chat page.
"+1"
"+1"
After exiting the group chat, Mo Lan looked at the free attribute point, took a look, and fell into deep thought.
"If it's true as we speculated, how many players can break through to the elite level?"
After thinking about it, Mo Lan said to himself.
"Well, the experience point requirements before level 10 are relatively acceptable. As long as there are no other thresholds for advancing to the elite level, there shouldn't be any, right? Is there any game that will design bottlenecks for players?"
"It takes a lot of people trying their best to reach the elite level. I guess it's rare to reach the master level. As for level 20 or even higher... one in a billion, a child of destiny."
The corners of Mo Lan's mouth curled up little by little, and his fighting spirit was high.
"But this is what makes it interesting. If everyone can get there, then what's the point of my efforts?
So what is real about this so-called "real game"?
This is the greatest truth.”
"A thousand miles begins with a single step."
Mo Lan took a deep breath, cast a whirlwind spell, and then started moving around in this small underground space.
"How did I break through just now? Extreme casting?"
Mo Lan recalled his previous state and twisted his neck, but did not start immediately. Instead, he sat down cross-legged.
He closed his eyes and let his consciousness sink into his mind. At the moment of breakthrough, the mental power in his mind was already full.
"Prioritize upgrading the core's second-level spell slot to third level."
Mo Lan muttered to himself, the mental power in his mind gathered rapidly, and the three spell slots with the second-level spell slot as the core slowly rotated.
The discrete mental power was drawn into the rotation and tightly wrapped around the second-level spell slot.
The ink cartridge rotated, and Mo Lan calculated the angle and balanced the force with ease, compressing his mental strength bit by bit, accompanied by a loud bang.
His head felt a little dizzy, so he supported himself with his hands. After a few seconds, Mo Lan focused his attention on the core spell position.
Condensing spell nodes, one, two, three... ninety-eight, ninety-nine, third-level spell slots!
Mo Lan's mind was filled with surprise, but he immediately forced himself to calm down.
"Huh, next are these two first-level spell slots."
With the familiar operation, accompanied by two light sounds, the two first-level spell slots were transformed into second-level spell slots, and at this time there was still discrete mental power remaining.
Mo Lan looked at these mental powers and suddenly had a vague guess in his mind.
One first-level spell slot, two first-level spell slots, three first-level spell slots, four first-level spell slots!
When the fourth first-level spell slot was fully condensed, his mental strength was exhausted, not a single bit left.
With the third-level spell slot as the center of the circle, the two second-level spell slots rotate around the third-level spell slot, and the four first-level spell slots also rotate around the third-level spell slot.
Looking at this regular scene, Mo Lan understood.
“Originally, when you have enough first-level spell slots, you can change your job. When you have enough first-level spell slots, you can change your job. When you have enough first-level spell slots, you can change your job.
When you have enough to condense one third-level spell slot, two second-level spell slots, and four first-level spell slots, you can be promoted to a third-level wizard."
Looking at the spell positions rotating in circles in his mind, Mo Lan pondered for a moment.
“It’s too easy to confuse the first-level and second-level mages with the character levels. Since the spell slots are arranged by ring, the first-level has only one-ring spell slot, and the second-level has two rings.
Well, let's not call them levels, let's call them rings, first-ring mage, second-ring mage, first-ring spell slot, first-ring spell."
"So now I am... a three-ring wizard!"
