Chapter 48: Unique Characteristics

“I was thinking about the Magic Weapon Summoning Book,” Petty replied with some bitterness. Now that this thing was no longer a secret, it was fine to talk about it directly.

“What’s wrong? Did you encounter some obstacle?” Kaysa asked curiously. For convenience in learning Martial Arts, the two of them were now living together. So, after the Magic Weapon Summoning Book was no longer a secret, she learned that Petty was also a Magic Weapon Summoner.

“It’s just hard to decide which Magic Arms to choose from the Magic Weapon Summoning Book.” Putting aside some of the knots in her heart, Petty spoke about the problem she faced. There were many weapons in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, including knives, spears, swords, and halberds.

Learning one type of weapon and mastering it was already very difficult, let alone being able to easily use every type.

“Why worry about that? You just need to choose one type,” Kaysa said with a light laugh. “Although the Basic Magic Weapons in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book have no summoning restrictions, starting from the beginner level, you must summon frequently to increase the Magic Arms’ strength. As for the Intermediate Magic Weapons, I can only see simple information now. I don’t even know how to unseal and summon them.”

This was something Kaysa had figured out on her own. After all, the contents of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book were very simple. Figuring this out wasn’t difficult. For those Intermediate Magic Weapons, she could only learn their names and simple information. This information was probably meant to help her make suitable choices later when the conditions for unsealing were met.

“One type?” Pati raised her head, somewhat confused. The information about the Magic Weapon Summoning Book that Kaysa mentioned seemed a bit different from her own.

“Mmm… the strength of each summoned Magic Arm is different. The more skilled you are with it and the more times you summon it, the stronger the Magic Arm becomes. Basic Magic Weapons are fine, but the Magic Arms afterward can only be developed along one type,” Kaysa explained. She was a Warrior herself, so her grasp of the subtle differences in Magic Arms’ strength was better than Petty’s.

She easily noticed some minor distinctions. This discovery gave her some understanding of the future trends of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. As for the impact this thing had on people, probably all Magic Weapon Summoners didn’t care.

It was merely an Equal Contract. Even if there were tricky parts, it wouldn’t be an evil contract like a devil’s pact, which could leave someone with nothing left, not even bone fragments. So, even if there were some conspiracy behind the book’s appearance, it didn’t matter.

After all, they didn’t need to pay any high price. It only required the extra mana cost for summoning and supplying one percent of their mana daily to the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. As for Battle Qi Warriors, they needed to provide extra Battle Qi power.

It was considering this that Zheng Yichen later, with Loris’s help, wasted a lot of effort to install a new patch for the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. He added an extra mana channel specifically for collecting Battle Qi and other types of power. Given his Talent, even if it were a different kind of power, once in his grasp, he could use it. So, when he realized Battle Qi Warriors could also form contracts, Zheng Yichen decisively added this patch.

The effect of the mana channel was to provide mana to maintain the Magic Arm Projection and also receive the user’s Battle Qi. Battle Qi wasn’t like mana and couldn’t replace it. Therefore, Battle Qi Warriors had a hard time using the Magic Weapon Summoning Book unless they had an extra mana source. The mana source naturally was the mana stored within the summoning book. Of course, because of this, when they used Magic Arm Projections, their Battle Qi consumption was much higher than mana consumption.

Consider it a conversion tax.

Mana was easy to obtain; Battle Qi was hard to come by. After all, the original intention behind making the summoning book, besides being able to create a large number of Magic Arms, was partly to create a powerful growth-type item… External mana was stubborn. When using Magic, one had to use Mental Energy to assist in calling upon it, making it relatively easier. But in other situations, it wasn’t easy to truly utilize.

Gathering external mana in one place was easy, but gathering it into an item was difficult. However, mana absorbed and converted into their own by Mages or Mana Warriors didn’t have this problem. After all, that power was something they could freely control. Even “giving” it away was their own business. Similarly, special powers like Battle Qi were also within Zheng Yichen’s collection scope.

Just think about it: now the Magic Weapon Summoning Book was just in its starting stage, with average strength. If it accumulated for thousands of years, with countless people using the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, providing a continuous foundation for its mana accumulation, how much immense power could it accumulate by then? It might even directly reach a new qualitative change.

Similarly, only Zheng Yichen could create this type of thing. The mana from countless people carried countless traces belonging to them. To truly utilize it, one first had to clear those traces away. That was another extremely troublesome process. Once cleared, that portion of mana would probably be almost eliminated.

But Zheng Yichen’s innate Talent characteristics allowed him to directly ignore such traces… once he took it, it became his!

“Is that so?” Petty asked, somewhat puzzled, trying to confirm. The summoning book Kaysa described seemed completely different from her own situation. Every Magic Arm she summoned could reach the highest point of Advanced Summoning. But what Kaysa meant was that the Magic Arms they summoned initially weren’t very strong and could only be slowly improved through continuous use.

She didn’t have such restrictions, nor did she have anything like Magic Arms sealing. For her, the Magic Arms in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book only had the issue of whether they met the summoning standard to be summoned, or were below the standard. As long as her power was sufficient, she could summon every Magic Arm.

But others seemed to only be able to develop along a certain type of Magic Arms later on. To achieve a high-level summoning of Magic Arms, they had to expend extra effort. It was like Magic: most Mages basically specialized in one type. Even if they knew other spells, they were only for auxiliary purposes.

“But this is already quite good,” Kaysa said with considerable interest. In her view, Petty’s confusion stemmed from a lack of understanding of the book. That made sense. After all, she was a Summoner, while Kaysa was a genuine Warrior. When it came to understanding weapons, if a Summoner could surpass her, then she was a failure as a Warrior.

“So, senior, what do you specifically think of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book?” Gently rubbing her face, Petty’s mood gradually improved. Although others also had Contracts with the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, clearly she still had unique advantages. She didn’t know how things were for others, but she imagined it was similar to Kaysa’s situation… No, it must be like that.

“It’s a very good thing. Whether it’s mana or Battle Qi, these are all forms of power. Just by consuming power, you can use powerful Magic Arms without worrying about damage. That’s really great,” Kaysa said quite happily. Magical weapons not only had high production costs, but they also weren’t truly indestructible.

With frequent and prolonged use, like ordinary weapons, they would wear out. Therefore, weapons required regular maintenance, which meant additional expenses.

The Magic Arms summoned by the Magic Weapon Summoning Book were similar in power to conventional magical weapons on the market. The power consumed to summon Basic Magic Weapons wasn’t much. If you wanted to maintain them, you just needed to slowly consume mana continuously. This consumption rate was very slow, like turning a one-time mana consumption for a spell into installment payments.

The payer could interrupt the payment process at any time without any loss. This gave Magic Weapon Summoners great flexibility when using Magic Arms. They could use Magic Arms anytime for battle without worrying about excessive mana consumption due to high frequency of use.

If choosing to use them intermittently, the total consumption from several uses roughly equaled the mana consumption for creating one Basic Magic Weapon. With saving, the consumption could be even lower. This usage made the Magic Weapon Summoning Book more “user-friendly.” Basically, every Magic Weapon Summoner who had used Magic Arms couldn’t help but continue using the Magic Weapon Summoning Book.

It was convenient, cheap, and the cost was just consuming a little bit of power. Who wouldn’t want to use it?

So, as the outside world deepened its understanding of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, more and more Professionals wanted to get one and sign what was jokingly called the Magic Weapon Summoning Book’s contract… the Magic Weapon Contract.