Jack should have expected the price to be more expensive than the previous rank. He could only exchange for one thing with his available knowledge points.
He could, of course, do more of the lower-level stages to acc.u.mulate the knowledge points or come here again tomorrow to repeat the stages. This way, he would have enough points to get the mega spell, but he had other plans for tomorrow and the days after. He also wanted to use the remainder of today to do the challenges in the League of Champions. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do it for some time.
Hence, he chose the wing tool. He might have the gold dragon wings which was way better but he also had the Double Clone spell. All this time, one of his clones had to either use the Soar spell, ride on Therras, or stay on the ground. It couldn't contribute much to air-borne battles. With this wing tool, he could have both clones join him in the air.
He proceeded with the exchange and his knowledge points were subtracted. There were now only 7,646 left on his badge.
Jack studied the wing tool he had just gotten.
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Magi Wing Tool (Unique wing tool)
Maximum flying speed: 60 meters/second + dexterity modifier
Intelligence +25
MP consumption: 5 MP/second + speed modifier
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His max-level Soar spell had a maximum speed of 10 meters each second without considering the boost from his dexterity. He didn't have the Fly spell but Peniel informed him that the first-level Fly spell had a maximum speed of 20 meters per second. The max-leveled Fly spell could go up to 40 meters per second.
Hence, this wing tool in his possession allowed him to fly faster than the Fly spell. Plus, there was no description of a height limit as it did on the spells. He wondered if he could fly into s.p.a.ce with this wing tool.
Grace's wing tool was even better than this. Hers was a legendary grade. Her wing tool could fly to a maximum of 100 meters per second. Additionally, her wing tool had an active ability aside from the single stat boost. When her wing tool was active, she could erect a protective barrier that absorbed damage.
He couldn't expect to get a wing tool on par with hers, though. Hers was given by a G.o.d. His was gotten from a league faction.
"The restriction you mentioned, it's this MP consumption?" Jack asked.
"That's right," Peniel confirmed. "The 5 MP each second is the lowest amount this wing tool consumes during flying. If you fly faster, the consumption will be more."
"How much more?" Jack asked.
"You will have to find out by yourself, but normally the consumption only increases after you pa.s.s half the maximum speed. In the case of this wing tool, you will lose more MP each second if you fly faster than 30 meters per second. In any case, the increase in MP consumption won't be more than four times the base consumption."
"So, I can consider 20 MP each second if I fly at top speed," Jack concluded.
Peniel shrugged. "Theoretically speaking," she said.
Jack had 17,626 MP, but this was because of his pinnacle special cla.s.s and legendary-grade bloodline. Other players probably had only half that amount. Without any other skills, he normally recovered 193 MP every ten seconds. This put his recovery at around 19 MP each second. If he flew at top speed, he would lose only 1 MP each second. With his MP pool, he could last for almost five hours if he flew constantly at top speed.
This, of course, if he considered he didn't cast any spell that consumed his MP further. But he also had several abilities that increased his Stamina and MP recovery, including the pa.s.sive recovery boost from Time Sage. So, he didn't see this MP consumption to cause him any trouble.
He equipped the wing tool via his status window. This wing tool was considered special equipment, similar to his G.o.d-eye monocle. They didn't require any special equipment slot. He felt a tickle on his back when the wing tool was equipped.
He went outside into the open and sent a mental command to activate the wing tool. A pair of translucent blue wings spread on his back. He took to the sky then. He already had plenty of experience flying using wings, so he didn't feel awkward using this new tool. The difference was that he could sense his MP getting absorbed by these wings for their fuel.
Jack went straight up at top speed. Due to his insane dexterity, he ended up flying much faster than the description of the wing tool. He flew a bit past 100 meters per second, the same speed as Grace's legendary wing tool.
Nevertheless, his gold dragon wings and supreme dragon form allowed him to fly faster than this.
He continued going up. Because of the thought from before, he wanted to test if he could truly fly out into s.p.a.ce. However, his flying speed became slower as he went up higher. The MP consumption remained at 20 MP per second as if he was at top speed, but he was much slower than he should be. It was as if the air had become denser and harder to fly through.
As he reached an alt.i.tude of around 50,000 meters, he couldn't go any higher. He even transformed into supreme dragon form and tried to push higher. The beast form only managed to add a few meters of height but then he was stuck. Peniel also couldn't explain this phenomenon.
He understood then there was an invisible barrier that kept the inhabitants of this world from going out of its boundary.
He gave up trying and flew back down. He didn't have the time to deal with every mystery of this world. He still had many things that needed doing.
He went to the League of Champions and did the challenge there.
Although he couldn't use Double Clone inside the stages here, he had two new advantages he could use. The Lightning G.o.d Incarnation and Spark.