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Chapter 30 Forging the Lord of the Rings

Leaving Leonard's house, Locke returned to the hotel where he lived and said goodbye to Peggy and Linda.

After staying in Princeton for almost a week, the mother and daughter had already looked around, and it was time to go back, but Locke did not go with them. He had to go to New York to meet Balthazar and ask him about magic.

Since seeing Balthazar for the first time last Christmas, Locke has been studying magic for more than half a year, and Meditation managed to reach the intermediate level a week ago.

At the same time, Locke also learned a few basic magics, most of which he learned abruptly by relying on the system to brush up his skills. In terms of understanding magic, he is still a beginner and needs to write to Balthazar frequently for advice.

But writing a letter to ask for advice is not as good as face-to-face advice. Locke plans to stay in New York this summer vacation and ask Balthazar for advice.

"Jingling bell." Following the ringing of the doorbell, Locke came to Balthazar's antique shop again.

"Welcome... so it's you." Balthazar glanced at Locke who was standing at the door.

"Your place is still so messy, can't you tidy it up?" Looking around the surrounding environment, Locke couldn't help complaining.

He is not a particularly diligent person, but the chaos here still challenges Locke's cognition.

"This is not something you should care about." Balthazar glanced at Locke: "My time is precious, and I have to help take care of Dave in two hours."

Since Dave was confirmed to be Merlin's descendant, Balthazar started to act. Dave was just born, so Balthazar couldn't teach him magic directly.

But he couldn't wait to move next to Dave's house and became neighbors with Dave's family.

With Balthazar deliberately making friends, Dave's parents quickly regarded him as a friend. When they were busy, Balthazar also took over the task of taking care of Dave.

"Since we're talking about Dave, I'm also a little curious, why don't you take me there later." Locke suggested.

Balthazar thought for a moment, then nodded: "No problem, but now let me see what step you have learned."

Locke nodded, and soon, Balthazar used Apparatus to change his image, leading him to a wasteland in the outskirts.

"From the letter you wrote, it can be seen that you have made rapid progress, but I will have to verify everything." Balthazar said, "Now, let's cast all the magic you know."

"No problem. What I have mastered now are some basic magic skills. I have only mastered seven of the magic in your book." Locke nodded, and then demonstrated them one by one in front of Balthazar.

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"You are very proficient in manipulating elements, or in other words, manipulating molecules, even better than mine... well, perfect." After watching, Balthazar's eyes were full of wonder:

"It seems that your talent is very good, but you lack enough experience and guidance, and you still need a Lord of the Rings."

"The Lord of the Rings?" Locke looked at the topaz ring Balthazar was wearing.

"Yes, the Lord of the Rings is equivalent to our staff. You should have noticed it when you cast magic. Manipulating magic is very difficult. The Lord of the Rings can help you better condense magic power and manipulate fine particles, so that you can cast spells faster. Quick, the spell is more powerful."

Balthazar said: "The Lord of the Rings is extremely important to a magician, it has a strong personal imprint, every magician has his own exclusive Lord of the Rings, you need to find and create it yourself.

It will accompany you for the rest of your life. The top magic ring can increase your speed of casting magic several times and reduce the consumption of magic power.

As for the skills of making the Lord of the Rings, it is recorded in the magic book I gave you. Your magic has already started, and it is time to create your own Lord of the Rings. "

"Actually, I have also read about alchemy in the magic book, but if you want to create a top-notch Lord of the Rings, the materials you need are not cheap."

Locke shrugged helplessly. The most important thing in the Lord of the Rings is gemstones. The bigger the ring, the more magic power it can withstand, and the purer it is, the higher the efficiency of guiding it.

Therefore, to create the Lord of the Rings, you need top-quality gemstones, and this type of gemstones are usually very valuable.

Relying on his gains in the Japanese stock market, Locke is now worth more than one million dollars, but the gemstones with top purity are all world-renowned gemstones, and their prices basically exceed tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

Of course, there are also other kinds of magic rings, like the magic ring handed down by Merlin. Its material is magic gold, which is more precious than gems. Magic gold naturally contains a lot of magic power, and its efficiency of guiding magic and its ability to withstand magic are higher. , are also rarer.

At least for more than 1000 years, Balthazar has never seen any other magic gold except the Dragon Ring.

Of course, Locke also wants a top-notch Lord of the Rings, but it is not realistic to realize this wish in a short time.

Now he can only buy a batch of alchemy materials first, practice alchemy skills under Balthazar's guidance, and create an overused magic ring by the way.

Because he didn't want to live in Balthazar's antique shop, Locke rented a luxury suite in the hotel, asked Balthazar about magic every morning, and went to the New York City library to read in the afternoon.

The library in New York City has a wide range of books. He has a library card and can borrow all kinds of cutting-edge scientific books at any time.

His knowledge reserve has long exceeded the content of ordinary university courses. Now he basically relies on reading and self-study to improve himself, and he does not need to listen to lectures in class. The teachers at the school know his situation and have no restrictions on him.

The reason why he didn't skip a grade was more to use the student's career to gain more potential points, so Locke's next half month in New York can be said to be extremely fulfilling.

Until he received a call from Tang Wei: "My plane is about to take off and I will arrive in New York tomorrow, can you come and pick me up?"

"Have you taken care of everything?" Locke asked.

"It's been dealt with, but I don't even have a dollar with me now. If you don't come to pick me up, I will have to live on the streets of New York." Tang Wei said.

Locke frowned. He knew that Tang Wei had saved up money for college for a long time, but her tone didn't seem like she was joking. Could it be that he had spent all these days on school trips?
The graduation ceremony has been over for almost a month. According to the habits of high schools in the United States, these high school graduates who have been confirmed to be admitted to the university, as long as conditions permit, will choose to go on a school trip.

There are many options for children from rich families to study and travel. In addition to the United States, they can also get together in twos and threes and go to Europe for a while.

Children from middle-class families with good incomes drive their own second-hand cars prepared at home and take a casual road trip to see the customs and customs of all parts of the United States.

As for those children who still need to worry about college tuition fees, they will not have this blessing. Most of them will choose to find a place to work, not to mention tuition fees, at least they must prepare some living expenses for themselves.

Growing up in Dongguo when she was a child, Tang Wei only had the habit of saving. After she got the admission letter from Columbia University, she started to work part-time as a female gambling partner in the casino to pay for part of the tuition and living expenses.

After working for a few days, I met Locke and promised to help her with her tuition and living expenses.

But even if Locke promised to pay her tuition and living expenses, Tang Wei would not spend her money indiscriminately, and at the same time, she would not lie at home and wait for Locke to pay her money.

She originally planned to take advantage of the summer vacation to work part-time to save some private money for herself, and at the same time to preview her homework in advance according to the school book list to prepare for university courses. It happened that Locke was also addicted to magic and learning, so he did not urge her to come to New York early to accompany her .

Her attitude towards study is quite rigorous, and she knows that this is the safest shortcut to change her destiny, but just before she was going to come to New York, there was a problem at home.

(End of this chapter)