Overlord: Welcoming the Birth of the King
Chapter 29: 6LV! Zero-Level Magic That Can Be Advanced, Departure!

After mastering the skills on these magic scrolls, Tang Zheng looked at the attribute panel:

[Ability Table] 

Innate Talent: [Player] 

Overall Level: 5Lv 

Experience Bar: 830/400 

Profession: 

Basic Profession: Genius 1LV (Warrior, Priestess/Priest, Alchemist, Magician, Thief) 

Intermediate Profession: Sword Saint 4Lv 

Skill Points: 3 

Active Skills: 

Warrior: Instant Reflection, Four Light Combo Slash, Quick Slash, Stealth 

Magic: Papermaking (Zero-Level), Heating (Zero-Level) 

Light Wound Healing (First-Level), Magic Arrow (First-Level), Odorless (First-Level) 

Profession Skills: Pharmaceutical Production, Alchemy 

………… 

Having killed those two members of the "Eight Fingers," Tang Zheng gained quite a bit of experience. 

With a thought, Tang Zheng consumed experience to level up and applied the increased level to the "Sword Saint." 

Genius 1LV + Sword Saint 5LV — Overall Level 6LV 

Among his skills, Tang Zheng had learned the "Stealth" skill from that thief man and had simultaneously unlocked the thief’s basic profession. 

Skill: Stealth 

Cost: None (Cooldown 1 min) 

Description: In darkness or shadowy environments, reduces one’s presence and increases agility by 10%, lasting 30 seconds. 

…… 

Skill: Papermaking (Zero-Level) ↑ 

Cost: 1MP 

Description: Produces 1,000 sheets of low-quality paper; for each additional point of mana consumed, produces 500 more sheets, no limit. 

…… 

Skill: Heating (Zero-Level) ↑ 

Cost: 1MP 

Description: Raises the temperature of a touched object to 100℃ for 1 minute. 

…… 

Tang Zheng looked at the newly acquired skill and magic information, noting that zero-level magic only required a small amount of mana consumption, which was not very surprising. 

Zero-level life magic indeed offered no combat assistance. 

No wonder hardly any magic chant users in this other world were willing to learn multiple zero-level magics! 

In the "YGGDRASIL" game, skill points had a limit. 

For people in the other world, learning magic required effort, and each magic chant user seemed to have a limit on the number of magics they could master at each stage. 

Under such circumstances, no one was willing to waste time learning zero-level magic. 

Suddenly! 

Tang Zheng noticed the “↑” mark behind two zero-level magics. 

"This is!" 

Tang Zheng’s eyes widened, his body jolted, "My previous guess was actually correct." 

While flipping through magic scroll books at the Mage Guild, Tang Zheng had noticed that the recorded magic scrolls for "Papermaking" included both zero-level and first-level versions. 

This unique situation caught Tang Zheng’s attention. 

The tiered magic system in the "YGGDRASIL" game had very clear level distinctions. 

But the life magic innovated by people in the other world could apparently be promoted to different tiers! 

This not only made Tang Zheng realize that the magic chanters’ magics in the other world might differ from the tiered magics in the game! 

This was also why Tang Zheng bought two zero-level magics to cross-check. 

"Promote!" 

Tang Zheng fixed his gaze tightly on the two zero-level magics. 

As each magic consumed one skill point, changes indeed appeared in the two magics. 

Skill: Papermaking (First-Level) 

Cost: 5MP 

Description: Produces 800 sheets of high-quality paper; for each additional point of mana consumed, produces 400 more sheets, no limit. 

…… 

Skill: Heating (First-Level) 

Cost: 5MP 

Description: Raises the temperature of a touched object to 150℃ for 1 minute. 

…… 

Tang Zheng looked at the newly displayed information, surprised but slightly frowning. 

How to put it? 

According to his guess, life magic innovated in the other world could indeed be promoted in tier, but the changes so far were not very obvious. 

Also, the “↑” marks behind these two magics had disappeared. 

"Based on the tier magic learning levels, first-level magic can be mastered at levels 1–7, and second-level magic at levels 8–14." 

Tang Zheng thought silently: "It’s probably due to insufficient level, so it can’t be promoted for now." 

He also speculated that if he continued leveling up, maybe he could promote these two magics to tenth-level magic. 

Only— 

If they really reached tenth-level magic, would these zero-level life magics developed by the other worlders have the power of normal tenth-level magic? 

Whether they were useful was one matter! 

Another was skill points were limited, so was it worth spending skill points on these? 

After all, these life magics were originally meant as auxiliary magics. All these needed consideration! 

Tang Zheng took a deep breath, his eyes still filled with excitement and surprise. 

No matter what! 

This was a way to obtain tenth-level magic that he had never expected before. After all, almost no natives in the other world could use tenth-level magic. 

No one used it. 

Naturally, Tang Zheng could not spend skill points to obtain tenth-level magic. 

More importantly—there was no information about such magic existing in the Great Tomb! 

After organizing the thoughts in his mind, 

Tang Zheng rubbed his temples lightly to ease his tired head and directly lay down on the bed. 

Most ideas could be experimented on later! 

Right now, the most important thing was to level up and not lose sight of the main goal. 

"Sleep!" Tang Zheng suppressed the excitement in his heart. 

The next day. 

At dawn. 

Tang Zheng had already gotten up, left the small inn, and began buying some food and key supplies. 

With the item box providing a large storage space, Tang Zheng did not need to worry much about food storage and spoilage. 

Spending two gold coins, 

Tang Zheng bought close to a month’s food supply in one go. To avoid drawing attention by buying so much food at once, 

Tang Zheng bought in batches at different shops, spending a whole morning just purchasing food. 

After eating a quick lunch, 

Tang Zheng started buying weapons. The short sword he had was already cracked and chipped and unusable. 

He bought 10 ordinary iron swords at one silver coin each and also purchased a lightweight soft armor for protection, spending a total of one gold coin. 

Next, 

Tang Zheng went again to the Mage Guild. Because they did not intend to sell second-level magic scrolls, Tang Zheng had to reveal his identity as a faith-based magic chanter. 

Only then did he spend three gold coins to purchase a magic scroll of "Item Identification," used for identifying items. 

Although it was second-level magic, because "Item Identification" was neither auxiliary nor offensive magic, the price was about the same as a first-level offensive magic scroll. 

After securing these basic supplies, 

Tang Zheng went to the Adventurer Guild and purchased some intelligence materials about the Great Tob Forest. 

He spent another two gold coins. 

A whole day of preparations, Tang Zheng had spent eight gold coins and was left with six gold coins and seven silver coins. 

Two days passed in the blink of an eye! 

[Downwind Moon], June 1. 

Tang Zheng wore a black robe, an iron sword hung on his left waist, a water pouch on his right side, and left the "E-Rantel," where he had rested for two days, heading north. 

The Great Tob Forest was a huge primeval jungle surrounding the Angelicia Mountains, located north of E-Rantel. 

It was home to many dangerous magical beasts and demi-human races and was one of humanity’s forbidden zones. Even some top-tier adventurers only dared operate on its outskirts.