Howard suddenly mentioned the staff, and Roland immediately recalled the instructor's teachings.

What is a staff?

According to the instructor Lokandi, the staff is a necessary magic weapon for mages and has three major functions.

First: Protect the mage and bear the consequences of spell backlash instead of the mage.

Second: Assisted casting.

Those powerful spells with extremely complex rune sequences are very difficult to release with bare hands, prone to errors, easily disturbed, and very unstable. And those powerful staffs can solve this problem well.

Third: Spell integration.

The rune stones of the staff are relatively large in size and can etch multiple spells at the same time. A mage can integrate all common spells on one staff, which is convenient, fast and safe to use.

For a mage, a handy staff is a must-have tool.

In the past, Roland disagreed with this, but now he has mastered more and more spells, his strength is getting higher and higher, his structure is getting more and more complicated, and the situation he faces is becoming more and more dangerous. He feels the importance of the staff.

As soon as Howard left, Roland untied the hole in the long leather bag and poured out all the things in the bag.

There are not many things, just three things.

A peculiar wooden stick, iron-cyan, with a metallic luster, and the outer skin was carefully polished, but the wood grain was clearly visible, circle by circle, very dense. When Roland's fingers touched the surface of the stick, he felt the surface of the wood was cold, and when his fingers moved gently along the surface, he could feel a slight numbness, as if he was touching a low-voltage electric door.

"Tsk tsk~ This thing is interesting."

Roland calmed down and felt the situation on the surface of his fingers carefully.

He discovered that the reason for such a strange touch was that the stick was almost completely insulated from mana. The subtle mana tentacles that naturally extended out of Roland's body were bounced back like a ping-pong ball after hitting the stick.

‘The iron-blue metallic luster, magical insulation, extremely fine wood grain, and a cool touch. Is this the cold iron wood that the teacher has been obsessed with?’

Cold iron wood grows next to the hot magma of active volcanoes, without fear of high temperatures, and is an excellent material for making the body of a phlogistin staff.

‘This thing is hard to come by and is extremely precious. I didn’t expect that the college would be willing to give me a reward. This move is so generous!’

The second thing is a piece of blue-gold metal, not much, only as big as half a thumb.

When Roland saw this thing, his heart moved. When he reached out and touched it, he felt soft and slightly warm. It was obviously metallic, but it felt a bit like warm flesh and blood.

"Blue, soft metal, it's Sekin!" Roland was shocked again.

Sejin is a companion mine for gold mines. Although it is not as rare as Han Tiemu, it is also extremely precious and is an excellent spell guide material.

This piece of Sejin looks small, but it is heavy in your hand, and must weigh at least half a pound. In the market of spell materials, it is a rare good thing.

The third item is an inconspicuous ring.

The ring is pure black and has a slightly metallic luster on the surface. When you look at it suddenly, it looks like an ordinary iron ring.

Roland picked up the "iron ring" and looked carefully. Soon, he found a small blue-gold dot on the inside of the ring, which was the magic power infusion point of the magic weapon.

Obviously, this ring is a magic weapon.

But what magic weapon is it?

Roland wanted to give it a try. Of course, he would not directly test it, because this type of magic weapon has a limit on the number of times it is used, and it is used less frequently.

He looked at the ring and silently said in his heart: Copy.

When the ring was copied and entered the thinking laboratory, his consciousness immediately sank into it and began to experiment.

More than ten minutes later, Roland woke up again and put the "iron ring" on his left middle finger: "A mid-level defensive spell "holy barrier" will be triggered instantly and can withstand three attacks from dark spells. It is a good thing to save lives."

These three rewards are generous, and they solve Roland's urgent need.

He can use the "Iron Ring" directly, but Han Tiemu and Sejin are both raw materials and must be made into magic tools to function.

The current situation is that Han Tiemu is the best stick material; Sejin is also an excellent mana guide material, which is at least 2 levels better than Mithril.

Now, he only needs another good rune stone to create an excellent phlogin staff.

Roland had just one of these rune stones, which was the flawless ruby ​​given to him by Alice.

Logically speaking, since the materials are already in place, the next step is naturally to create a staff.

But Roland hesitated when he looked at the materials at hand.

"Although Sekin can be reused, both cold ironwood and rubies are naturally generated and can never be modified after forming one time. The only legal spell I know now is Eron Shock. In other words, my phlogistics staff can only release one phlogistics spell, which is still a low-level one. It's really a waste."

"But if you don't build it, then it would be a waste to put this material dry, and I do need a staff now."

"Why do it?"

Roland held his chin with both hands and looked at the staff material on the table, and fell into a dilemma.

After thinking about it, he couldn't come up with a solution that was the best of both worlds.

"The available volume of the staff rune stone is limited. For example, the flawless ruby ​​given to me by Alice can draw at most 10 intermediate spells or 2 advanced spells, and once drawn, it cannot be changed. The formal description is 'limited spell positions'. Is it possible to create a universal staff of 'infinite spell positions'?"

‘Hiss~Universal Staff? Interesting~ It seems to be very funny~’

As soon as this word appeared in Roland's mind, it immediately turned like a curse, constantly circling in his mind, and could not be removed.

"Unlimited spell positions, cast spells according to the mage's will...is this possible?"

"Hmm~ It sounds like a fantasy. Not to mention anything else, a frost-attributed staff, even if the rune stone on the head of the staff can release the phlogin spell, it will definitely not be able to withstand the power of phlogin and will burst instantly. Then this thing is no different from a disposable spell scroll... Then, what if it is a universal staff limited to the same type of spell?"

For example, a frost staff can release all frost-like spells. Phosphin Staff can release all phimosis.

"Well~ This idea is much more feasible. If it can be realized, then I just need to create a phlogsin staff, which is enough to release high-level and all phlogsin spells below the high-level."

"If you really succeed, you will definitely save a lot of money!"

"But what should I do?"

There are thousands of runes, and there are 927 commonly used phlogin runes. The rune structure of phlogin-like spells is also ever-changing. How can we integrate all these spells into a staff?

Roland fell into contemplation.

After thinking about it, I still had no idea.

This problem is really too difficult. The knowledge of his predecessors cannot help Roland at all, but if he succeeds, he will almost create a new field of magic with his own strength.

If this idea really becomes a reality, it will be enough to change the world!

This is by no means easy.

"Think slowly, don't rush for a moment. I'll put these materials away first. Anyway, I'm very skilled in interpreting the methods with bare hands. The rune structure of the Ayon impact technique is also simple, and I can't use the help of the staff for the time being."

He reloaded the materials into a cloth bag, walked into the study, and locked all the precious materials into the safe.

Just as Roland pulled out the key from the lock core, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

‘Runes are like code, and spells are apps written in code. That staff is the phone that runs the app... The ordinary staff is a feature machine, and the universal staff is a smartphone?’

‘Wait ~ This metaphor is not very accurate.’

‘It should be like this. Spells are programs, and staffs are platforms for running programs. Ordinary staffs can only run scheduled programs solidified on hardware, and cannot install software, which is equivalent to a calculator. Universal staffs are computers, which can install new programs at any time and expand functions.’

‘Hiss~ Interesting~ Interesting~ If this happens, the design idea of ​​the staff will completely change!’

In an instant, Roland's mind was like a flood discharge dam. Countless new ideas rushed out of the flood discharge vent, and these ideas collided with more sparks of inspiration. The feeling was wonderfully indescribable.

After a long time, when Roland came to his senses again, he found that he was still half-squatting and half-stop, and his thighs were numb and almost unconscious.

He simply sat on the floor, rubbed his numb thighs hard, and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I am not making a staff, this is just building a magic computer!"

Such a new staff has a much more complex structure than the current general staff, but its functions are much stronger than that of ordinary staff.

Such a thing cannot be accomplished overnight. With Roland's existing magic knowledge, it is completely insufficient to control such a huge job.

He needs to supplement knowledge, a large amount of magic knowledge, the more the better, the more comprehensive the better!

This is a huge project, but Roland firmly believes that as long as he perseveres, learns day after day, experiments day after day, improves little by little, he will always succeed!

Just as his blood was boiling and his determination was on the verge of determination, the door was knocked, and Trunks' voice came in: "Roland~Roland~It's time to go to class."
Chapter completed!