Three days ago, Nolan had already raised his "Genius" level to eight, so his Caster level already met the requirements for using second-tier magic.
In particular, he finally got his wish with the second-tier magic "Item Appraisal" that he had always wanted to master.
However!
The magic power consumed by second-tier magic also increased, requiring 10 MP.
Nolan had too little magic power, so he could only use second-tier magic once each time. Including the time for magic power recovery, he could only use it twice a day!
Therefore, Nolan spent two days finally figuring out the appraisal information for the several magic items he had previously obtained.
Item: Magic Item · Armor · Guardian Necklace
Level: Lowest (1-10)
Effect: Low-level Magic Attribute
Passive · "Low-tier Physical Resistance" (Once/Day), can resist one low-level physical attack.
Description: A magic necklace used to prevent close-quarters combat.
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Item: Magic Item · Weapon · Arcane Staff
Level: Low (11-20)
Effect: Low-level Magic Attribute
Active · "Anti-Evil Defense" (2 Times/Day), reduces damage from necromancy magic by 10 points.
Passive · MP Recovery +5%
Description: An ordinary low-level magic staff, the creator seems to be at odds with necromancers.
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Item: Magic Item · Special Craft · Short Staff
Level: Consumable
Restriction: Magic-type · Magic Caster
Effect: "Silence (2/5)", eliminates all sound within a 50m radius centered on the user.
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Item: Magic Item · Weapon · Mithril Dagger
Level: Low (11-20)
Effect: Piercing Attribute.
Active · The tip of the sword contains a "trace amount of paralysis" toxin (needs to be added manually)
Passive · Increases "piercing" damage by 10 points.
Description: A dagger weapon with added Mithril metal.
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Under the appraisal of "Item Appraisal," Nolan finally understood the information of the four magic items.
Among these four items, except for the Mithril Dagger which was not very suitable for Nolan's current fighting style, the other three items could all be used.
The most valuable among them was the Arcane Staff!
Even Nolan was a little surprised that it could increase the speed of magic power recovery.
Although this effect was better than nothing...
Such a magic item alone would cost at least 1000 gold coins!
It should be known that.
Although there were potions like healing potions that could restore HP in the game "YGGDRASIL," there were no potions that could restore MP.
This was different from the games Nolan played in his previous life.
For Magic Casters in "YGGDRASIL," it was not an exaggeration to say that their magic power was their lifeline.
Therefore, any Magic Caster would prepare magic items that accelerated magic power recovery.
Additionally.
In "YGGDRASIL," different classes could not use each other's class weapons.
Even after the "Great Tomb of Nazarick" descended into the New World, this rule still remained for the Skeleton King and his companions.
However, people in the New World did not have such restrictions.
Even Magic Casters could wield shortswords and even draw bows.
Nolan was naturally the same; the class restrictions in Item Appraisal had no effect on him.
Under these circumstances.
"Item Appraisal" could actually identify "class restrictions," data that did not exist in this New World.
This shows that the information appraised by "Item Appraisal" also has a certain relationship with the user's cognition.
At this moment.
Besides "Item Appraisal," Nolan had also mastered two more second-tier spells.
That's right, those were the two zero-tier spells.
After his Caster level increased, "Warm Up" and "Papermaking" once again showed the "↑" mark.
He spent one skill point each to upgrade both spells to the second tier.
Skill: Papermaking (Second Tier) ↑
Cost: 10MP
Description: Produces 700 sheets of high-quality paper.
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Skill: Warm Up (Second Tier) ↑
Cost: 10MP
Description: Warms the contact point of an object to 300℃ within 1 minute, instantly warming it to 100℃.
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After these two spells were upgraded to the second tier, the changes were quite obvious, especially "Warm Up." It was originally just the most ordinary life-skill magic, but now that it was upgraded to the second tier,
The ability to instantly warm a contacted object to 100℃ already showed the offensive nature of this spell!
A high temperature of 100 degrees was enough to damage the human body, capable of instantly killing an ordinary person, though normal second-tier magic could also easily do this.
The key was the growth potential of this magic.
Most importantly!
Life magic did not belong to the system magic in the "YGGDRASIL" game at all, so the "Great Tomb of Nazarick" had no relevant information.
The other was "Papermaking."
It changed from being able to produce 800 sheets of paper, with continuous paper production by expending more magic after casting, to only being able to produce 700 sheets.
The quantity not only did not increase but decreased instead.
Nolan's thoughts stirred, and he took out two sheets of paper from his item box.
One was paper made with first-tier magic, and the other was paper made with second-tier magic.
Both sheets of paper looked very white, but the paper made with second-tier magic was not only white but also glowed faintly when illuminated by the sun.
"So, what's the use of this paper containing magic power? And this glow, it feels a bit familiar."
Nolan looked at the paper in his hand, a hint of recollection flashing in his eyes, but he still couldn't remember where he had seen such a glow.
After a brief moment of thought.
Nolan cast an "Item Appraisal" on this sheet of paper.
Item: Material · White Paper (Second Tier)
Level: Lowest
Effect: Paper containing weak magic power, not easily damaged, writing on it can remain unchanged for a hundred years — Alchemical material.
Description: White paper.
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Seeing the appraised information, Nolan raised an eyebrow.
"Text written on it can remain unchanged for a hundred years?" Nolan was somewhat surprised.
Books made using this type of paper should already be considered "magic" books, and some great nobles might need this kind of paper that can preserve text for a long time.
Nolan thought for a moment and felt that this paper containing magic power could probably be used to sell for money.
Wait!
Nolan narrowed his eyes slightly; he had heard the "Stone" team mention before that some nobles indeed had such books that could preserve text for a long time.
This indicated that "second-tier papermaking" already existed in this world!
When he bought scrolls at the Mages' Guild in "E-Rantel," he only saw magic scrolls for "0-tier papermaking" and "first-tier papermaking."
Of course.
The Mages' Guild in this border region also seemed not to openly sell second-tier magic scrolls.
Only after Nolan revealed his identity as a faith-based Magic Caster was he able to acquire the "Item Appraisal" magic scroll, which had no offensive capabilities whatsoever.