Chapter 211 Preparing for the Expedition

"Lucky?"

Richard looked at the wand, a little confused.

"Are you talking about luck? Let's not talk about whether luck exists. If you bring a staff with you, you will be lucky. Does it mean that I can pick up money when I hold it?"

Ulises shook his head:

"Gah, your idea is too crude. Let me ask you, have you ever encountered a situation where the power of a spell suddenly fluctuated when you were casting a spell?"

"Yes," Richard nodded, "but that is caused by the imbalance of elements and has nothing to do with luck."

"Gah, wrong, totally wrong. This is a manifestation of luck." Ulises said with some air, "You wizards call the distribution of elements in a space a chaotic system. A little variable may cause a lot of chaos. Big changes.

I'm not wrong about this. "

Richard nodded and said: "Yes, but you are not going to tell me that the civilization of the gods has conquered the chaos system and found the formula, right?"

"Gah, formula? Of course this is impossible." Ulises shook his head, "But we have also noticed this situation, and we have also explored it.

We have added a quantity to the chaotic system, which is [luck]. Luck can affect the chaotic system and make the results output by the system more beneficial to you.

On this basis, we use the power of faith and the power of certain miracles to successfully create the blessing of [luck].

As long as you are blessed, when you are involved in the chaotic system, the output results will tend to be beneficial to you. "

It must be said that Ulises' explanation shocked Richard greatly.

After all, the civilization of the gods is a civilization. It is not a simple alliance of a few indigenous strong men, but a community of interests composed of a group of strong men who have mastered the same power system.

In Ulises's explanation, Richard keenly noticed a word.

"The power of miracles? What is that?" Richard asked.

"Gah, the power of miracles is the most magical power in the star world. This power is not restricted by various rules and can do many phenomena that violate common sense. According to our research, the power of miracles should be some that have reached level nine. Life is the product left behind after transcending the astral realm.”

"Level nine life!?"

Richard was shocked. According to the wizard's classification of biological levels, life at level eight is the highest, and life at level nine only exists in theory.

The horror of this kind of life cannot be described in words. According to theory, one of the most common properties of these lives is absolute eternity.

That is, the passage of time will have no effect on them, whether it is the past thousand years or the past ten thousand years. Even if time passes and the world collapses and the stars fade away, they will not change at all.

Richard took a breath: "You can actually use the power left by the ninth-level life!"

Ulises waved his wings: "Hey, don't be so surprised, can't you use it too? The essence of your curse is to borrow the power of miracles. Your superiors should have known about this for a long time, but you are not The curse wizard is not high enough, so I don’t know.”

"...Maybe."

Richard was silent for a moment, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

There are too many secrets in the wizarding world. He is just a second-level wizard who is hundreds of years old, and there are still too few things that he has access to.

"So, this staff can make my spells more powerful?"

Ulises nodded: "Gah, that's it. However, the effect of blessing of luck is limited, and the power it can increase should not be much. Unless you actively use the power of faith to affect the results of spell casting."

"Can I still actively interfere with the results of spell casting?"

Richard was startled again. If he could take the initiative to intervene, wouldn't it mean that when the power of his faith is strong enough, every time he casts a spell, it will be a "critical hit"!

"Gah, don't think so much. Active intervention requires more power of faith than you think."

After saying that, Ulises flew back to the bird's nest, yawned and said:

“Gah, this thing has no entity in nature, you just need to make a staff and fuse it into it.

I have to take a nap..."

Before he finished speaking, Ulises fell into sleep.

…

Making a wand was very simple for Richard. After half a year of making, Richard successfully made a wand with a detachable head.

Since he entered the battlefield as a technical advisor this time, he probably didn't have the job of sneaking into the rear, so Richard replaced the Nomi crystal head of the original wand with a fire element gem. The effect of this gem is very simple and can give a thousand energy Spells below level 1 provide a 10% increase in fire element.

After the production was completed, Richard integrated the Faith Arms into it. After the fusion, Richard experimented to see the effect.

At the spell testing ground, Richard waved his staff and summoned a black fireball. With a wave of his staff, the fireball shot out instantly and hit a target three hundred meters away.

boom!

The target showed that the power of Richard's fireball reached 500 energy levels. Among them, four hundred energy levels are the basic energy levels of the fireball. Eighty of the additional one hundred energy levels come from the fire element amplification array of the staff and the fire element gem on the head of the staff. The additional twenty energy levels The energy level is brought about by the lucky blessing of the staff.

"The effect looks good, an increase of twenty energy levels. This is also the result of the element distribution in the test site approaching balance. If you enter a world where the fire element is unbalanced, the effect should be stronger."

After the staff was made, Richard successively made some small magic costumes to deal with certain special situations.

As an alchemist wizard, the amount of magic equipment directly affects his combat power.

One year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the time has finally come for the Floating City to set off.

At the expedition level, Richard followed the Qingshuang Legion and waited for the arrival of the floating city.

"Boy, be smarter in this war. Plane war is your best chance to make a fortune."

Vladimir stood next to Richard, holding a pipe in his mouth and speaking vaguely.

"Huh? What do you mean by this, Master?" Richard looked at Vladimir with some confusion, "I, a technical advisor, will not sneak into enemy lines like a dark wizard, right?"

"Sneaking behind enemy lines, what are you thinking about?" Vladimir frowned slightly, "Didn't that old guy Jorod tell you before he was promoted?

Although you joined the war as a technical consultant, you are also a member of the Military Chamber of Commerce, and you are qualified to submit a development application to the command headquarters. "

"A development application? What is that?"

Richard was confused when he heard this. When Jorrod was promoted, the news that the Clear Frost Legion was going to participate in the war had not yet spread, and Jorrod had not told him many things.

Seeing Richard's confused face, Vladimir knocked on his pipe, took a deep breath and said:

"Yes, this war happened too suddenly. Logically speaking, the Legion would not participate in two wars in such a short period of time. Since he didn't tell you, I will tell you for him.

You should know that every plane expedition costs a lot. "

Richard nodded: "I know."

Vladimir glanced at Richard and said with some disdain: "Looking at you like this, you don't know how much it costs to fight a plane expedition.

Take our war this time as an example. We are fighting a small world this time, so we have mobilized about one million wizards. Among them, white wizards accounted for more than 600,000, black wizards accounted for 300,000, and there were 10,000 to 20,000 logistics wizards.

With these wizards like this, do you know how much it costs just to hire them to fight in the war? "

"...I really don't know this."

The last time Richard participated in the war, he was a student soldier and there was no employment fee at all.

Vladimir blew out a smoke ring and said slowly: "Generally speaking, the more intense the war, the higher the hiring fee. For example, in a small world, the hiring fee for a white wizard is 700 magic spirits per war, and the hiring fee for a black wizard is 700 magic spirits per war. The wizard is taller than the white wizard and can reach 900 magic spirits.

And this is the price of a first-level wizard, double the price of a second-level wizard, and double the price of a third-level wizard.

There are more than 600,000 white wizards. I count them as 600,000, and black wizards as 300,000, and they are all first-level wizards. Before this war even begins, the great wizard has to spend 690 million magic spirits.

In addition to the employment fee, the great wizard also needs to rent the floating city and prepare various logistical materials. Although these things do not account for the bulk, there are still tens of millions of demons counted here and there.

There are more than 700 million magic spirits in a war. What do you think of this number? "

Listening to Vladimir's calculations, Richard's brain fell into a state of shutdown for a while.

Seven hundred million magic spirits, a number that Richard couldn't even imagine how to earn.

Seven hundred million demons! This cooperation with the Qingshuang Legion only earned him 150,000 magic essence. He would need to cooperate more than 5,300 times to earn this amount.

And this is just the consumption of a plane war to say the least.

Seeing Richard's somewhat dull reaction, Vladimir smiled with satisfaction.

"With such a large expenditure, even some great wizards with rich families will inevitably feel pain. Therefore, before every war, the great wizards will send notices to many wizard chambers of commerce, inviting them to invest in the war and become military chambers of commerce.

The investment from these wizard chambers of commerce is equivalent to a shareholding. If the war is won, he can rely on his status as a military chamber of commerce to apply for the right to exploit certain resources in this new world. "

"What if we lose?" Richard couldn't help but ask.

Vladimir spread his hands: "If you lose the battle, the investment will be in vain. War is risky, so investment needs to be cautious. Do they still dare to ask the great wizard for debt?"

Vladimir continued:

"Many of the resources in these newly conquered worlds are special products based on the rules of the world. If these things are put on the market, there should be no problem in returning them, not to mention big sales. And the military accompanying clause added by your chamber of commerce, Just took advantage of a loophole.

Because of the dean's participation in this war, the legion is also equivalent to a great wizard. And you have reached a deal with the Legion, which can also be said to be an investment. "

"Can this be considered an investment?" Richard asked a little confused.

The Qingshuang Legion signed a contract with them in black and white.

Vladimir blinked: "The pricing of a new weapon is vague, and its value is entirely determined by the legion. Your chamber of commerce will reach a deal with the legion at a price lower than the legion's price. This is also an investment behavior."

"Ah? Can you still play like this?"

Richard was shocked by what Vladimir said. Isn't this equivalent to poaching the academy?

Vladimir smiled: "The dean has eaten most of the plane war. What's wrong with us little shrimps drinking some soup? As long as it does not affect the combat effectiveness of the war, the dean has always ignored these small things."

As he spoke, the sky rippled like water waves, and the huge floating city gradually entered the wizarding world.

Vladimir patted Richard on the shoulder:

"Get ready to enter the floating city. Plane war has more twists and turns than you think."