But!
Nolan remembered that when he saw two different magic scrolls for "Papermaking," he had specifically asked a member of the Mage Guild about it.
However, the other party had made no mention of "Tier 2 Papermaking"!
Logically, there should be no need to conceal "Papermaking," which is completely non-offensive and cannot be applied to combat.
"Lowest-grade" alchemical material.
Nolan looked at the last sentence in the appraisal information, deep in thought.
Studying life magic was nothing more than for analyzing higher-tier magic or increasing the convenience of life.
If "Tier 0 Papermaking" was purely for daily life, then "Tier 1 Papermaking" was specifically provided to nobles to distinguish themselves from commoners.
Or, it was used to create books and write on with superior paper.
In fact, the quality of paper produced by "Tier 1 Papermaking" was already comparable to that of his previous life; to this extent, it was sufficient to meet normal daily and living needs.
It was completely unnecessary to develop "Tier 2 Papermaking" in another world, when you think about it carefully.
"Papermaking" was not a tier magic passed down from the era of the Eight Greed Kings, but rather something independently developed by people of another world, forcefully raising this life magic to the second tier.
The time and effort expended by the people of another world must have been unimaginable.
From a spellcaster's perspective, with that much energy, one could completely learn other second-tier magic, or even strive to reach the level of a third-tier spellcaster.
From the pragmatic perspective of the people of another world, there was also no need for it.
Then, such a result could only mean there was a "demand"!
Alchemical materials?
Nolan thought carefully, but found no clues, so he shook his head slightly, choosing to temporarily put it out of his mind.
Suddenly.
Nolan seemed to notice something unusual, a look of surprise on his face.
He saw that after the two spells, "Heating" and "Papermaking," there was actually an "↑" symbol.
"How is this possible?" Nolan looked utterly stunned, as if he had seen something incredible.
Levels 1-7 — First Tier Magic!
Levels 8-14 — Second Tier Magic!
According to the "Genius" 9LV level, even if converted to other spellcaster professions, he should only be able to use second-tier magic.
How could "Heating" and "Papermaking" still be able to increase their tiers? What was going on?
Nolan's eyes were filled with deep confusion, and after a brief hesitation, he chose to spend skill points on the "Heating" spell.
Skill: Heating (Tier 3) ↑
Cost: 15MP
Description: Heats the contacted object's location to 600°C within 1 minute, or instantly to 200°C.
...
Nolan was still astonished.
However, he was not surprised by the more powerful effects displayed after "Heating" was further upgraded, but rather by the fact that it could still increase its tier.
He spent 1 more skill point.
...
Skill: Heating (Tier 4)
Cost: 20MP
Description: Heats the contacted object's location to 1200°C within 1 minute, or instantly to 400°C.
...
Hiss~
Nolan took a deep breath; "Heating" at the fourth tier was already somewhat terrifying.
A high temperature of 1200 degrees was enough to easily melt steel, and was even close to the temperature of magma!
Not to mention, it could instantly raise the temperature by 400 degrees, which was already quite astonishing destructive power!
This time there was no "↑" symbol, and seeing this, Nolan had more or less figured out what was going on while he was thinking.
"Can spellcaster professions that can be converted by "Genius" be calculated based on the sum of spellcaster levels?" Nolan couldn't help but murmur in surprise.
He had originally thought that "Genius" could only be calculated based on one basic profession, but the current situation was clearly not that!
The reason why the "Heating" spell directly rose to the fourth tier was naturally because it met the requirements for fourth-tier magic (levels 22-28).
The only possible explanation for this situation was that among the magic-based professions that "Genius" could currently convert, the levels of these three magic-based professions—"Mage 9LV," "Alchemist 9LV," and "Potion Master 9LV"—were added together.
A total of 27 spellcaster levels!
Although Alchemist and Potion Master are classified as production professions in "YGGDRASIL," they are cast through magic, so they are counted as magic-based.
That's right!
The "Genius" profession could actually calculate the recorded basic professions, especially spellcaster professions, based on their combined levels.
This hidden ability was meaningless for warrior-type basic professions, but for spellcaster professions, it was practically like cheating!
In the game "YGGDRASIL," magic casters were divided into four systems, and different systems calculated levels separately!
For example.
Mage 7LV + Priest 1LV = Combined Level 8LV
These two professions, one magic-based and one faith-based, would allow the use of second-tier magic if calculated by spellcaster level.
But in reality, with such a profession structure, players could only use first-tier magic from the magic system and first-tier magic from the faith system.
Therefore!
Players in "YGGDRASIL" would only specialize in one spellcaster system.
To cast tenth-tier magic of a certain system, one could only choose one of the four spellcaster systems—magic, faith, spirit, or other—and raise the spellcaster level to at least 64.
The remaining 36 levels would not be enough to construct another spellcaster system.
Hoo~
Nolan exhaled deeply, reaching up to rub his temples, which were throbbing slightly from his earlier excitement.
He had originally thought that the "Genius" profession merely converted basic professions, without any attribute bonuses or the abilities possessed by the converted profession.
It was like putting on an empty shell of a basic profession for disguise.
He never expected such a hidden ability!
"Genius" is a common profession, a type of basic profession, with a maximum level of 15.
Therefore!
One only needed to master five basic professions from a certain spellcaster system, or four basic professions plus one intermediate profession.
This would easily satisfy the requirements for "Tenth Tier Magic" in a spellcaster system.
In other words, Nolan could completely use this clever method to max out the spellcasting levels of the magic, faith, spirit, and other systems.
This is why Nolan inwardly called this ability practically like cheating.
Even in the game "YGGDRASIL," such an ability was quite rare!
That's right, it was "rare," not non-existent!
In the light novel version, the Bone King once mentioned that the "special profession" that an Illusionist could eventually take had the strongest illusion magic exclusive to that profession.
It was said that it could cast illusions on the entire world, thereby deceiving the world and making the fake seem real!
In the game, this manifested as being able to disguise one's own magic-based system as one of the other three spellcaster systems.