CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: DARK ENERGY SHIELD

"Freshly brewed coffee." With a flick of Larry’s finger, a cup of coffee floated over to the table.

Herag glanced around the room, which was filled with magic potion tubes, and then looked at the coffee, sensing that the aroma seemed different.

Larry laughed, "Don’t worry, it won’t be contaminated by potions. I always follow safety standards during experiments."

Herag awkwardly smiled and took a sip of the coffee, finding the taste acceptable.

"Come with me." Larry took off the gloves from his hands, plugged the test tube he was holding with a cork, and put it on a rack nearby.

In the inner room, there was a desk. Larry picked up a book and a notebook from it.

"This is the spell model for the Dark Energy Shield, and this notebook contains all my research as a Wizard Apprentice on this spell. I hope it can be helpful to you," Larry said.

"Thank you, Mr. Larry!" Herag noticed that the thickness of this notebook was almost catching up with the book.

Ordinary Wizard Apprentices really have to put in tremendous effort to learn a spell, spending countless energy and time to complete the construction of a spell model.

"The Dark Energy Shield spell is highly practical but also very challenging. For you, it might take a long time to learn. Don’t rush, make sure to fully understand it before constructing the spell model, otherwise it might damage your mind and affect future advancement."

Larry offered some suggestions and then talked about points to pay attention to, including some pitfalls he had previously encountered.

Only after a whole hour did Herag leave Larry’s home.

"These experience shares are worth two Magic Stones," Herag thought to himself.

Even though he had Shenlan and didn’t need to worry about the model construction, these experiences were still very valuable.

Although the spell models for Partial Petrification Technique and Corrosive Arrow had been successfully constructed, Herag never stopped researching these spell models.

He needed to analyze, learn, and summarize on his own, without relying too heavily on Shenlan.

Only with a deep understanding of these principles can he increase his future potential.

After returning home, Herag immediately let Shenlan begin analyzing the spell model for the Dark Energy Shield, while he carefully read through the book and notebook content.

"The analysis and organization of the Dark Energy Shield spell model and related materials are complete and ready for spell model construction at any time."

A few minutes later, Shenlan finished analyzing and organizing the relevant materials.

"Begin construction of the Dark Energy Shield spell model."

"Task has been filed. Estimated remaining time is forty-five minutes, with an expected magic power consumption of 48%."

The Dark Energy Shield spell was more complex than Herag imagined, with the time and magic power consumed for the spell model construction far exceeding that of the other two Level 0 Spells.

While reading the book and notebook, Herag found that the parameters and formulas for Partial Petrification Technique and Corrosive Arrow were generally under fifty, but the Dark Energy Shield spell had over ninety parameters and over sixty related formulas.

Moreover, this spell also involved knowledge related to Dark Energy, which required learning fundamental knowledge related to Elemental Magic.

For ordinary Wizard Apprentices, this spell was indeed too high-tier, and learning it would be laborious.

Herag prepared to thoroughly study the related knowledge of this spell. Shenlan could enhance his immediate combat power, but he couldn’t slack off in researching and learning these spells himself.

With Shenlan, he could obtain precise data, which would help him learn and understand faster.

Forty-five minutes later.

"The Dark Energy Shield spell model construction is complete."

Herag put down the book and began to cast the Dark Energy Shield to see the effect.

A black and purple energy shield appeared around Herag’s body, providing 365-degree no blind spot defense.

"Shenlan, how effective is this shield’s defense?" Herag asked.

"According to calculations, it can withstand three Small Fireball Techniques released by you," Shenlan replied.

"Three times... not bad." Herag was quite satisfied, as the Small Fireball Technique was already considered one of the more powerful Level 0 Spells, and the Dark Energy Shield significantly improved his defense capability and forgiveness.

Shenlan provided another tip, "If it were a Second-Class or Third Class Wizard Apprentice, the strength of released spells would be higher, and it would be expected to only withstand 1.5 times."

This was as Herag expected, and as for Official Wizards, with a vast power gap, no shield would work.

"Now I finally have some basic combat capability." After completing the learning of these two spells, Herag started planning his next step, which was to make money.

Nothing can be done without Magic Stones and Gold Coins; courses and resources all require money.

He took out the Talisman Stone and opened the task interface to start searching for suitable tasks.

Herag’s standard for searching for tasks was: low danger level, and the task rewards are Magic Stones.

"Hunt the Magical Beast Giant Spirit Spider, ensuring the integrity of the silk cocoon, task reward of twenty Magic Stones."

Herag looked up information on the Giant Spirit Spider and immediately gave up on this task.

The Giant Spirit Spider requires at least a Third Class Wizard Apprentice to handle, and ensuring the integrity of the silk cocoon added great difficulty. Probably only Official Wizards or particularly skilled Third Class Wizard Apprentices could take on this task.

"Necromancy experiment assistant wanted, requires knowledge in Necromancy, at least a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice, task reward of five Magic Stones."

This task Herag could also only pass on since he lacked the required strength and knowledge, and Necromancy spells generally carry certain risks, with Necromancy experiments having the highest accident rate. Many Necromancers end up neither dead nor alive due to accidents during experiments.

"Assassination team hiring, target is a Third Class Apprentice, requires at least a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice with strong combat capabilities, task reward of fifteen Magic Stones."

Herag sighed slightly. With insufficient strength, he lacked the qualifications for many tasks.

There are too few Magic Stone tasks available for First-Class Wizard Apprentices, and it took Herag two hours to finally find one that seemed suitable.

"Harvest Sleeping Mushrooms in the Moonlight Forest, exchange ten mushrooms for one Magic Stone, less than ten will be exchanged for Ten Gold Coins."

Herag didn’t rush to sign up but first went to the Gossip Tavern to gather information.

After reading some posts, he roughly understood that this task was available every spring and summer.

Sleeping Mushrooms are a very important Magic Potion material, required in many magic potion formulas, with high demand.

This task is published by the Moonlight Forest, accessible to all Wizard Apprentices.

However, apart from First-Class Wizard Apprentices, few people take on this task due to its low efficiency.

Sleeping Mushrooms are hidden underground, making them difficult to search for and pick, and they have the characteristic of masking magic power, making them hard to find.