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Chapter 70 Experiment
Although his plan to buy a space bag on the black market failed, Victor unexpectedly discovered that this place actually seemed to have some interesting aspects.
At least in the shops of Morningstar City, he had never seen anything like a "mechanical watch" or "other items from another world" for sale... Maybe they exist but aren't for sale, or maybe they don't exist at all, but the fact that this halfling Yun was able to get his hands on something like this proves that he does have some ability.
Viktor looked at him differently.
However, he didn't ask if the other party had any other items. After all, aside from anything else, for the large number of mortals and underground wizards roaming in this black market, someone like him who could easily pull out a hundred magic stones was truly conspicuous.
If these people really knew that they actually held several thousand magic stones, even with the deterrent power of Morning Star City, there would definitely be people who would want to provoke them.
Besides, some items, even if obtained, cannot be consumed. Therefore, with limited equipment slots, the difference between having them and not having them becomes minimal...
......
The deal with Youen has ended.
Victor, however, was not in a hurry to leave the black market.
Instead, he took Gal around the black market for a while... mainly to let Gal get familiar with the place. Victor himself wouldn't come to such places often, but this place still had some value to it, so Gal would naturally come here more often in the future.
Gar didn't complain about running errands and silently followed behind Viktor, his eyes scanning the black market stalls and the faces of the vendors, so that he could do business with them in the future.
However, Victor didn't buy anything else after that.
After wandering around for about an hour and getting a general idea of the black market, the two chose to return to the East District by the same route.
But Victor did not choose to go straight home.
Instead, they went back to the commercial street and found a shop that sold space bags.
Unlike the wizard shop they visited last time, all the shops qualified to sell strategic resources like space bags were backed by the academy itself. Therefore, after confirming Viktor's identity as an academy apprentice, the transaction proceeded exceptionally smoothly.
Pay in one hand and deliver in one hand.
Victor lost a thousand magic stones from his wallet, but gained an extra storage bag.
As he expected, the equipment effect of this space bag was similar to its original function.
But none of that is the main point. The main point is that this thing can devour without any conditions required:
[Equipable item detected: Wizard's Storage Bag]
[Upon equipping, you will receive the following attribute: Portable Backpack Lv1 — You will gain a portable backpack that can be opened without any restrictions and can store any inanimate object. The area will be determined by your attribute level. Current usable space: 1 cubic meter]
[Requirements for absorbing equipment: None]
[Replace this equipment?]
"interesting!"
Viktor was very interested in this situation.
But now was not the time to devour this thing, so he obediently left the shop and returned home.
......
The following week.
With no more work in the laboratory and his mental strength steadily increasing to nearly 10 points, Viktor reached the level of a mid-level wizard apprentice. His mental power was about to undergo its first transformation, so he mostly stayed at home and didn't wander around.
However, he wasn't exactly idle during this week.
Putting aside his daily meditation and studies in potions and alchemy, he also took some time to devour the 'mechanical watch' he had just acquired.
As mentioned at the beginning, the condition for the mechanical watch to be consumed is witnessing the natural death of a life.
In the wizarding world, this is not an easy condition to achieve. Wizards have long lifespans and engage in various dangerous experiments and battles. Even when they are about to die, they will try to find ways to prolong their lives.
Therefore, finding a wizard who has died of old age is probably harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
The same is true for mortals. There are quite a few mortals in this world, but very few can eat and drink their fill every day. Naturally, it is even more difficult to find people who die of old age.
Fortunately, the conditions for devouring were not limited to humans, but were marked as 'life'.
Therefore, Viktor's initial target was anything that could potentially achieve this condition.
For example, flowers that bloom overnight and then wither, or insects with a lifespan of only a few days... Although these creatures are small and extremely fragile, they are still a kind of life, and in theory, they should be able to meet the conditions for being devoured.
Viktor entrusted the search for both items to Viper.
The viper soon discovered a flower that bloomed at night but withered quickly during the day.
It's a pity that Viktor tried to stay up all night, watching the flower go from full to withered and then back to full, but he never got the prompt to complete the condition... Obviously, it's hard to say that this plant with such strong vitality is simply dying of old age.
So the viper led his minions on a grueling search for those short-lived insects.
Fortunately, his efforts were not in vain. Two days ago, Victor successfully devoured the mechanical watch and then conducted a very detailed test on his newly acquired entry.
First of all, the time acceleration effect of the "rushing towards death" tag does indeed only affect the user.
However, it doesn't only affect Viktor as an individual. When this effect is activated, all items that are close to Viktor will be considered as part of him, thus all entering an accelerated state.
For example, the clothes they wear, the weapons they hold, or the props hanging from their waist.
All of these items will simultaneously enter a state of time acceleration.
The problem is that this time acceleration disappears the instant these objects leave Viktor, returning them to their original speed... Also, because time acceleration differs from ordinary acceleration, once an object leaves the time acceleration state, it is unaffected by it...
It sounds complicated, but to put it simply: Viktor throws a pebble with his hand. The pebble's original speed is 10 m/s, but after activating the time acceleration state, the speed at which the pebble is thrown becomes 15 m/s. However, once it leaves Viktor's hand, the pebble immediately returns to 10 m/s and is unaffected by acceleration.
In other words, the speed an object reaches under time acceleration will not affect the speed of an object after it leaves the time acceleration state.
To be honest... this situation was indeed a bit puzzling for Viktor, but this phenomenon made him realize that his new term didn't seem to match him very well, or rather, it didn't match most wizards very well.
Because of the time acceleration feature, if you want to make good use of this accelerated time, it's best to use close-range melee weapons...
However, since he had already devoured it, Victor could only accept some of the flaws of this skill... After all, even if it didn't directly boost his combat ability, his thinking speed and reaction speed were still greatly improved under the time acceleration state, so it couldn't be said that this skill was useless.
Moreover, this skill isn't just useful in battle; it can also be helpful in certain situations, such as meditation or reading, allowing Viktor to save some time... although it comes at the cost of more lifespan.
But with the help of this entry, the mental strength threshold that was originally expected to take several more days to reach was finally reached ahead of schedule.
Victor was also eager to truly advance to the level of a mid-level wizard apprentice.