Upper Fire Moon, July 15th.
This was the eighth day since arriving in "E-Rantel".
Nolan's original plan was to resupply and re-equip before heading to the Baharuth Empire, but the acquisition of scroll manufacturing technology…
…made him temporarily change his plans. In these past few days,
Nolan had almost entirely focused his energy on crafting magic scrolls, even expending a skill point to raise "Papermaking" to the third tier for this purpose.
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Skill: Papermaking (Tier 3)
Cost: 15MP
Effect: Produces 500 sheets of high-quality paper.
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Tier 2 Papermaking could produce 700 sheets of Tier 2 paper, but at Tier 3, it could only produce 500 sheets.
Similar to crafting Tier 2 magic scrolls, crafting Tier 3 magic scrolls also required twenty sheets of Tier 3 paper.
His current magic power was 28 points. Since he didn't have a true spellcaster class, his magic power only recovered one point per hour on average.
Over a day, he could use a total of 52 points of magic power.
To make a Tier 2 magic scroll, he first needed to consume 5 magic points to create the scroll, then activate the enchantment effect magic "Tier 2 Magic Accumulation," and finally infuse the Tier 2 magic into the scroll.
This process required a total of 25 magic points.
Crafting a Tier 3 scroll, on the other hand, required 30 magic points.
It took him more than a day to craft one Tier 3 magic scroll and one Tier 2 magic scroll.
Eight days had passed.
Counting those made today, Nolan now had 10 "Tier 3 Angel Summon" magic scrolls and 5 "Tier 2 Angel Summon" magic scrolls in his possession.
"Ten Flame Archangels should be able to suppress the opponent. Five Guardian Angels will be used to mislead them with false information."
Nolan sat on the bed in the inn, looking at the 15 magic scrolls laid out before him. His eye bags were slightly dark, but his gaze was serious and focused.
"It's still not enough. I need to be more secure. I'll prepare for two more days to craft a few more magic scrolls."
Thinking this,
Nolan waved his hand at the magic scrolls before him, storing them all into his item box.
In these past few days, by calculating the time, and to ensure no loss during magic recovery, Nolan would immediately craft magic scrolls as soon as his magic power was sufficient, regardless of day or night.
This also caused his eye bags to darken, making Nolan inexplicably recall the miserable days of clocking in at work in his previous life.
There was no other way; his current magic power was too scarce, and every single point of magic had to be used wisely.
Although the "Magic Swordsman" class could increase magic power, at this stage, or rather, before acquiring the "Cursed Knight" and "Valkyrie" classes, he would most likely not level up "Magic Swordsman."
Naturally,
Nolan would also not waste experience points on intermediate or high-tier magic classes before then.
This was also why!
Nolan had set his sights on Khajiit, one of the Twelve Apostles of Zuranon, hidden in "E-Rantel."
More precisely, it was the magic item "Orb of Death" in his possession.
The "Orb of Death" item...
Its most striking feature was that it was a magic item with independent intelligence, something that did not exist in the "YGGDRASIL" game.
Another feature...
…was its ability to autonomously absorb and store negative energy!
This ability, whether in the anime or the light novel, wasn't actually very conspicuous.
Nolan didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after acquiring the "Magic Swordsman" class, especially with the characteristics displayed by the passive "Magic Infusion" provided by this class,
a thought suddenly flashed through Nolan's mind.
Could this passive ability be combined with the Orb of Death's storage ability?
What is negative energy?
For undead spellcasters, it was simply another form of magic or special energy.
Since the "Orb of Death" could store energy, could it also store magic power? After all, magic power was also a type of energy.
Especially by using the "Magic Infusion" ability to forcibly inject magic power into it, turning the "Orb of Death" into an item specifically for storing magic power.
Of course!
This was only Nolan's current speculation. Whether it could truly be realized would only be known once he got his hands on this magic item.
After all!
Neither "YGGDRASIL" nor the other world had magic potions that restored magic power.
To increase one's magic power, recovery speed, reduce magic consumption, and so on, one could only rely on classes, top-tier magic items, or even cash shop items.
Nolan couldn't compare to the Skeleton King in terms of these things.
Otherwise!
Nolan wouldn't need to provoke an organization like Zuranon at this stage.
In the eyes of ordinary people,
an organization like the "Eight Fingers," a clandestine organization whose influence spread throughout the entire Kingdom, was already a terrifying existence.
Then Zuranon was a secret cult society capable of threatening various nations!
The entire organization consisted of only 13 people, with its Twelve Apostles and a mysterious leader.
In the anime and light novels, among the limited information revealed, there were only two apostles: Khajiit, currently in "E-Rantel,"
and Clementine, a member of the Slane Theocracy's Six Great Scriptures, specifically the strongest Scripture, the Black Scripture, also jokingly called the "Comical Sister."
And Clementine, possessing strength in the upper echelons of the Heroic Realm, had at least three individuals stronger than her among the Twelve Apostles.
As for Khajiit, he wasn't even ranked.
At this point in time, Nolan was also unsure whether Clementine had already joined Zuranon.
Two days passed in a flash.
Nolan once again had five more Tier 2 magic scrolls in his hand. He had originally intended to craft Tier 3 magic scrolls.
However, to make his strategy more deceptive, he prepared several other spells for unexpected situations.
During these few days,
besides crafting magic scrolls, Nolan rarely left the inn openly. Covertly, he gradually disposed of the beast and monster corpses he had harvested from the Great Forest of Tob.
The monster, the Black-Green Serpent, in particular, took quite some time to deal with.
His funds suddenly reached 1200 gold coins, but now, only 600 gold coins remained.
To move more conveniently in the dark, he spent half of his considerable funds to purchase a magic item.
It was now deep into the night.
The streetlights enchanted with perpetual light had sequentially shut off, making the night, obscured by dark clouds, even darker.
"Woof."
The little Hellhound, lie beside the window, was the first to notice the darkened street. Its boney chain extended, nudging Nolan, who was sitting on the bed with his eyes closed, resting.
"Is it time?"
Nolan opened his eyes, glanced towards the window, and picked up the black robe he had placed aside earlier, wrapping it around himself.
Swish!
A magic potion appeared in Nolan's palm. Without hesitation, he drank it in one gulp.
"Stay in the room. You don't need to come out with me this time," Nolan said to the little Hellhound with a wave of his hand, his voice flat.
As he spoke, a hoarse, middle-aged male voice emanated from Nolan's mouth.
This was the effect of the potion he had just drunk, very cheap, only one gold coin to temporarily change his voice.
"Woof~" The little Hellhound's pale green beast eyes showed disappointment, and the boney chain on its body swayed a few times.
Thud!
Nolan had already reached the window. He leaped, easily flipping over the window and landing in the alley below.