Volume I: Hell-Tier Lord World Chapter 115: Learning New Magic

Holding two magic books, Aileen busied herself for more than half an hour before finally turning to Chen Gu.

“My lord, I’ve finished everything on my end. Look—here I’ve opened a special little book alcove that can hold five books of the same type.

“An outsider can randomly learn one spell or recipe from a magic book.

“However, each visitor can learn one spell. It’s no longer like before, when the book might disappear after being used only a few times.

“There’s one more thing: I can record any recipes or spells learned by outsiders here.

“Others cannot learn directly from the Magic Tower, but they can purchase prepared potions here, or use these additional spells within the Magic Tower.”

As she spoke, Aileen pointed toward the newly constructed book alcove.

Chen Gu smiled when he heard this. “Excellent. What potions and spells are available now?”

“My lord, come this way. I’ll explain them to you.

“This time, both the Insect Potion Manual and the Biological Alchemy Manual have produced one potion recipe.

“The Insect Potion Manual has yielded the Butterfly Powder recipe. Once used, it can put all enemies within a certain area to sleep for ten to fifteen minutes. They may awaken if attacked.

“The Biological Alchemy Manual has yielded the Power of the Rhinoceros Beetle recipe. With a few materials, it can be brewed into a Rhinoceros Beetle Potion. After drinking it, strength increases by ten for half an hour.”

Hearing about the two recipes, Chen Gu nodded. It seemed these potions would be best suited for the potion shop outside.

“All right. If you have the materials, start brewing those potions. Now tell me what spells I can learn in this Magic Tower.”

“Very well. There are five first-level spells available to learn here.”

Aileen quickly explained them to Chen Gu.

Chen Gu took out his magic book and copied down each spell as he listened. Before long, he had recorded all five.

【Divine Shield (Level 1, Earth, Defense): Reduces the damage taken by the selected allied unit from melee attacks by 15%. The effect lasts for 30 minutes. (The earth places the greatest emphasis on defense.)】

【Grand Slow (Level 1, Earth, Control): Reduces the speed of the selected enemy unit by 25%. The effect lasts for 30 minutes. (Once marked by Grand Slow, you become the person most hated by the earth.)】

Neither of these earth spells was offensive, but they were both extremely useful to Chen Gu.

One could strengthen the defenses of his subordinates, while the other could slow the enemy’s advance.

With these two spells, Chen Gu had many more strategies to choose from in battle.

Unlike the earth spells, there was only one spell in the potion category. Yet even this single spell revealed just how unique potion magic was.

【Vitality Regeneration (Level 1, Potion, Recovery): Can be used on allied creatures that are not undead, mechanical, or elemental. Automatically restores a certain amount of health each minute. (As long as you are not dead, drinking this potion will restore you rapidly.)】

The moment Chen Gu saw this spell, he felt that he might have found a way to deal with the Heart of the City outside.

Perhaps he could use this spell to wash away all the undead aura clinging to the Heart of the City.

However, Chen Gu did not hurry outside. He carefully finished learning all the spells, including the divination spells with which he was even less familiar.

Compared with potion magic, divination magic had even more distinctive and unusual characteristics.

It was entirely designed for dealing with certain special situations.

【Reveal Treasure (Level 1, Divination, Special): Allows the user to search for treasures buried on an adventure map and display them on the map. (If no target is specified, the most valuable object will be marked on the map as a treasure.)】

【Fortune (Level 1, Divination, Special): Improves part of the user’s fortune and determines the target of their luck. (Sometimes, victory is separated from you by only the slightest bit of luck.)】

After mastering these two spells, Chen Gu understood their nature.

Reveal Treasure belonged to the divinatory art of treasure seeking, while Fortune concerned the concept of luck and therefore belonged to astrology.

Reveal Treasure was ideal for hunting down treasures.

Fortune, meanwhile, could be used to bless someone before battle.

After learning all the spells, Chen Gu did not leave immediately. Instead, he practiced them seriously with Aileen.

Whenever he grew tired, he simply drank water from the mana pool to recover.

In the end, he managed to fully master every spell within six hours.

Although he had not yet reached the level of proficiency, there would certainly be no problems when he used them in battle.

Once he had finished learning, Chen Gu said to Aileen, “Spend the next few days brewing more potions. If any of my heroes come here to learn magic, teach them as well.”

“Of course.”

Aileen agreed at once.

Only then did Chen Gu leave the Magic Tower.

After stepping down from the carriage, Chen Gu deliberately glanced toward the warehouse carriage.

By then, all kinds of supplies had been piled around it.

None of them had been sorted or put away, however.

That was because Chen Gu was currently building a warehouse.

Everything that had previously been stacked inside the carriage had now been moved outside it.

This did not trouble Chen Gu. His battlefield had not yet been completely cleared, and the carriage was currently functioning as a temporary camp, so all construction work was proceeding considerably faster.

The warehouse would be completed in only twelve hours. Once that happened, the personnel assigned to guard it would naturally take care of these supplies.

Chen Gu would only need to check the report to know how much he had gained this time.

However, Chen Gu remembered that every building came with a corresponding town quest.

The quest had to be completed before construction was finished.

If he missed the opportunity, then adding auxiliary buildings or new functions after completion would require a far greater investment.

Chen Gu had been busy learning magic in the Magic Tower earlier and had not paid attention to the town quest.

Now that he had finished learning the spells, he naturally turned his attention to it.

He glanced at the new town quest. It had indeed been prepared for the warehouse.

【Town Quest】

Source: The Vineglow

Rank: White

Quest Requirement: Collect fragments of supplies with twenty different attributes to enrich the variety of goods stored in the warehouse. (0/20)

Quest Reward: Supply Synthesis Cabinet

Quest Description: What matters most in a warehouse? Naturally, the classification and synthesis of supplies. Only when everything is properly sorted can it be stored more efficiently.

Looking at the description before him, Chen Gu smiled.

As for the various fragments of supplies, he had collected quite a few.

There were fragments of armor, fragments of longswords, fragments of bones, and many other things.

At first, Chen Gu had been troubled by how to use them. Now, a synthesis cabinet had appeared.

It gave him hope of finally putting these supplies to use.

He immediately began sorting through the various goods, selecting suitable fragments to complete the town quest.