Constructing-Style Wizard

Evaluating his visit to Sienna and Kaiden on a scale of 100, Noland would only score himself a 90.

He docked 10 points for one significant oversight.

That oversight being, he hadn’t anticipated Kaiden’s dramatic reaction when his true identity was revealed.

Noland had ascertained Kaiden’s true identity through deconstruction. He was so focused on acquiring Kaiden’s knight techniques, he did not think about why Kaiden might hide his real name.

That was a lapse in judgment.

Yet, upon reflection, even if he had anticipated this, it could hardly have helped. Given that deconstruction couldn’t retrieve distant memories, there was no way for Noland to know what kind of enemy Kaiden was fearing.

This lapse was eventually smoothed over by Noland, thanks to his ability to assess situations prudently. Stated more bluntly, his actions embodied the attributes of “exploiting the weak and fearing the strong,” and “survival of the fittest.”

Since Noland was confident that Kaiden was less powerful than himself, he dared to visit and reveal Kaiden’s identity. If the individual had been of a higher standing than himself or an heir or housekeeper from a more illustrious family, Noland would have had to weigh his options carefully.

In the eyes of others, Noland’s actions may have seemed shameless, akin to a bully.

But Noland did not see it that way.

The intention behind his manipulation and coercion was to establish a fair and just transaction with the other party.

If a true tyrant were involved, it would inevitably result in a hostile takeover, not a win-win scenario like what he, Noland, had achieved.

Following his deep self-reflection, Noland proceeded to collate his acquisitions of the day.

Undoubtedly the most substantial gain was Shaping Magic as well as the accompanying Shaping Energy Technique.

Noland opened the Skill Panel for Shaping Magic, carefully reading over the characters and diagrams featured there.

All this information was sourced from Sienna’s textbooks.

As long as one follows the directions provided and correctly utilizes Shaping Energy Technique, it’s possible to mold the formless, intangible magic energy into a specific spell.

This process is equivalent to creating a custom spell.

The Shaping Energy Technique that Noland now possessed displayed a completeness of 50%. It had only one flaw, that being the energy cost for shaping energy was doubled to 200% of the normal rate.

Beyond this defective aspect, Noland’s Shaping Energy Technique was identical to a typical one.

Having read through the instructions on Shaping Magic, Noland proceeded to examine the Magic Panel for Shaping Energy Technique.

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[Spell Name]Shaping Energy Technique

[Type]Energy Shaping Magic

[Completeness]50%

[Level]Level 1, upgradeable up to a 100-Level

[Effect]

The casting target of this spell must be magic energy that you control.

The spell material for this spell is Energy Points.

By locking onto the magic energy with your intent and activating this spell, you can shape magic energy into spells by consuming Energy Points.

During the process of shaping the spell, you will continuously receive suggestions on shaping energy from the system.

The spells shaped through this technique will be automatically recorded in the ‘Self-created Spell Blueprint’ sub-item of the Shaping Energy Technique.

You can level up the ‘Self-created Spell Blueprint’, but its level cannot exceed that of the shaping energy technique itself.

[Explanation]

Due to the defects in the spell blueprint, the energy point consumption of this spell is +100%

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Having finished reading the information on the magic panel, Noland excitedly rubbed his hands and decided to test how it felt to create a custom spell.

He focused his thoughts on his magic robe, extracting a mass of Death Energy from the ‘Death Energy Storage Array’.

The Death Energy mass had a dark appearance and did not reflect any light.

It contained 10 points of Death Energy.

Noland cast the ‘Shaping Energy Technique’ towards the Death Energy Mass.

A few distinct system messages appeared in Noland’s mind.

[You have used ‘Shaping Energy Technique’ on the ‘Death Energy Mass’.]

[By consuming 1 point of energy, it can be shaped into 10 casts of ‘Fear Charm (Level 20)’.]

[By consuming 1 point of energy, it can be shaped into 10 casts of ‘Group Disability Technique (Level 20)’.]

[By consuming 2 points of energy, it can be shaped into 5 casts of ‘Death Two Finger (100-Level)’.]

[By consuming at least 100 points of energy, it can be shaped into a random spell.]

[The more energy points invested, the ‘rarer’ the resulting spell.]

[Ensure that the energy strength of the energy mass used for energy shaping is not less than one percent of the energy consumption. Otherwise, the energy shaping process will inevitably fail due to lack of shaping materials.]

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Noland immediately understood the linkage between the ‘Shaping Energy Technique’ and the Deconstruction Core System.

For an ordinary shaping energy wizard, the process of creating a spell is time-consuming and fraught with unexpected issues, which may lead to the failure of energy shaping.

In the case of Noland, as long as he is willing to consume Energy Points, he will certainly be able to create a usable spell blueprint.

This undoubtedly provides Noland with a new avenue for acquiring spell blueprints.

Would he have to deconstruct magic books in the future to acquire spell blueprints of various wizard factions? He audibly pondered this question.

“I suppose I will still need to deconstruct magic books. Many spells from different factions require materials other than magic energy. The Bone Magic from the Tomb King, for example, uses bones as casting materials, not magic energy. My ‘Shaping Energy Technique’ can only shape energy into spells. As for spells that require physical materials, the technique is powerless.”