Chapter Thirty-Six What is Magic Period, leave a message)
The night is drooping, in a small hotel outside Goswellen.
In a simple and dim room, Zach was sitting at the desk fiddling with a dry and ugly head.
Goswellen is the "satellite city" of Sinnied Island, which means it is very close to the destination of Zach and his group.
But at the request of Nefa, several people were preparing to stay in this small hotel for a day. She had contacted her informant and wanted to find out the current situation in the city.
Crack.
There was constant movement next door.
Zach sighed and silently said in his heart: ‘Ta Ling, record my next words and submit them to the Holy Tower as a research report.’
‘Yes, master.’
After contacting Taling, Zach also began to complete the mission issued by the Santa Tower.
Although his main goal now is to rebuild his own power, as a hunting mage, he at least has to do it.
Moreover, these tasks will accumulate contributions for him, which is closely related to his promotion.
He has been staying at a high-level mage for some years.
He first completed several tasks of recording customs, customs, history and culture.
This allowed him to gain a total of 200 source stones, which was equivalent to his 20 years of income as an arcane mage.
Although it has a lot of harvest, it does not mean that the hunting source mission is so lucky every time.
After all, this is a world that has been spread all over civilization, and it is not difficult to collect relevant information. If he is in a world without civilization or even life, then it would be very different to draw a topographic map.
But even so, some tasks are still difficult to complete at this stage, such as the world map.
Although Niphgaard and the Northern Kingdom have detailed kingdom maps, some countries across the ocean, as well as the Kozra Desert outside the Blue Mountains, and even the Eastern Kingdoms further away are still hidden in the mist.
But Zach is not in a hurry. If he can take the world into his pocket, it will be easy to draw a map of the whole world.
In addition to handling "daily tasks", he will also take the initiative to explore the "secret knowledge" of this world.
Zach lifted up the dry head on the table, and the hunting source pendant on his chest emitted a faint light.
"Record location: Unnamed world, temporarily called the World of Witchhunter."
"Record time, the 10183th Era of the Mage, and the 1273th Era of the Local Annals."
"Record creature: Hayao, status: death."
"The Uma, discovered in the world of witch hunters, is one of the three extraordinary creatures of the same type called "Lady of the Forest" or "Witch of the Forest" by the locals. The estimated life level is level 0. The other two are dead for the Wild Po and the Bob, and the whereabouts of the body are unknown."
"Appearance: Reference recording images. Although the other two ladies in the forest are both "female" humanoid individuals, their appearances vary greatly. The mumbo is hunched and thin, while the bob is strong and tall. Whether the three individuals are the same species is unknown."
"Ability 1: A very long life span can almost be considered immortal. According to local records, the Lady of the Forest lived here when she arrived on a boat in the 760th year of the resurrection calendar. Her age was at least 513 years old, which even exceeded the lifespan of most elves."
"According to some of the speculations of Ein Elle, the Lady in the Forest came from other worlds and entered the world of the witch hunter when the spheres meet. The most recent confirmed sphere of the spheres meet occurred in 230 years before the resurrection calendar."
"There is another possible celestial sphere convergence event, namely the era of the Elf Immigration, one said to have occurred in 1240 BC of the Resurrection calendar, and the other said to have occurred in 2230 BC of the Resurrection calendar. If the scholars Ain Al's speculation is true, the lower limit of the existence of the Lady in the Forest in the World of the Witch Hunter is 1503 years, and the upper limit is 3503 years."
"Ability 2: Deformation and mist. Individuals demonstrate the ability to escape attacks by transforming into mist."
"Ability 3: communicate and command creatures in the swamp area within a radius of dozens of kilometers, including native beasts and even humans in the wizard world, as well as intelligent but low-intelligent creatures in the wizard world after the celestial sphere converges. Whether this ability is achieved through telepathy is unknown."
"Ability 4: Individuals have demonstrated the ability to manipulate their destiny within a small range and have low accuracy to predict the near future..."
"Ability 5: Manipulating the semi-plane (unconfirmed)...."
"Six Ability:..."
After making the records, Zach breathed a sigh of relief and silently recited in his heart:
‘Ta Ling, submit a report and send this specimen back to the Mage Tower.’
‘The report has been entered, and the expected reward is 10 source stones... Master, transmitting specimens will consume about 100 units of magic power.’
The mage shook his head and threw the head into the trash can aside: "It's a little bit to save."
The movements next door had subsided at some point, and a series of footsteps rang out in the corridor outside the door.
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Bang bang bang
"please.."
Before he finished speaking, the visitor had already pushed the door open.
Zach at the table turned around and said, "Yennefa. Is there anything else to do so late?"
After they got to know each other, they no longer said "male" or "sir", but directly called each other by their names.
"Zach... Cough!" The sorcerer was about to speak when he was choked by the rotten smell in the room. She glanced at the rotten head in the trash can: "You finally threw this thing away!"
Yennaifa's face was full of red at this time, with his slightly wet black hair spreading on his exposed shoulders, and he was wearing only a black nightgown, and his delicate curves were vaguely visible.
"I have inquired about it. Now the entire city of Goswellen is under curfew. There are checkpoints on both gates on the front side. Anyone entering and leaving the city must pass a strict inspection." said the sorcerer.
"As expected, the search for Xiri is a big deal, and the Nifgad Empire will definitely do everything without any leakage."
"And my informant saw warlocks entering Sinnied Island one after another. We may be under house arrest during the meeting." Yennefa leaned against the wall with his hands in his arms: "Do you have any plans?"
"No, just enter the city normally."
The sorcerer frowned, she thought Zach would have some plans.
But the mage didn't think too much.
Nifgaard checks if he wants to investigate, and asks them to preside over the meeting if he wants to preside over the meeting. The soldiers come and the generals come and the water comes and the soil covers the earth.
He has regained his spell casting ability, and before absolute power, any conspiracy is futile.
The sorcerer stared at the black-haired mage for a while, feeling that the other party was really not keeping it, so he could only shrugged: "Since that's the case, then we will enter the city from the main gate tomorrow."
"I'm sorry, Yennefa. Good night."
Yennaifa was about to turn around and leave, but saw several open books on Zach's desk, which were the big books she had lent to the black-haired mage before.
"Power of Elements", "Natural Magic", "Invisible World".
The sorcerer immediately became interested.
She had heard a lot of Zach's deeds from Geralt, and also knew that the black-haired young man had increased his spell casting ability recently.
But apart from that so-called "community star map", she had never seen this man release any other magic.
She always wanted to see with her own eyes how strong this mage from another world was.
Better than yourself?
Will it be better than the elf queen Francisca?
Will it be stronger than Wigofortz?
What about the legendary Jane Becker?
She pulled a chair from the side: "How are these books reading?"
"Ahem...." The black-haired young man coughed twice. The sorcerer's pajamas were too thin, and his looming body made him unable to look directly. He turned his head and looked elsewhere, and said casually: "It's very interesting, but he still didn't answer that most basic question..."
“What’s the problem?”
"What is magic?"
The female scholar had no expression on her face when she heard the words, but her eyebrows and eyes showed displeasure.
These books were the standard textbooks she taught at Aritusa College. But the guy who called himself a "wizard" said that they didn't even explain what magic was.
"These books were written by the first generation of warlocks represented by Jane Becker and Joffley Monk, and have a clear explanation of magic."
“Which book, which page?”
Before Yennefa could reply, one of the books slowly floated up from the desk behind Zach and floated straight between the two.
The book was opened in front of the sorcerer, the pages were flipping, and then they stopped accurately on a page.
Zhaka leaned on the back of the chair with his hands on his back, looking at the ceiling and said slowly: "Invisible World" says that magic is the scythe that swept across the voles' nest, the men and women hugging each other under the crescent moon, the splattering blood and flowing fresh milk..."
"A poetic metaphor is gorgeous but empty, and can only be considered mysterious, and even the metaphor is inaccurate."
As soon as the words were finished, the book flew straight back to the desk, and the second book floated in front of the sorcerer.
"The Power of Elements says that magic is the four elements of nature: earth, water, air and fire. This force sleeps under the ground, the fire burning at the core of the earth, the air we breathe and the water we drink. Using this force is the basis of sorcerer education, allowing them to do things that ordinary people cannot imagine..."
"Only describe the phenomenon, but not touching on the substance."
The third book opens in front of the sorcerer.
"Invisible World says that magic is a science, and its essence is to control, suppress and utilize elemental energy. Magic can also be the source of chaos, so people who have not received proper training should never easily enter any magic field. Magic masters regard the use of magic as an art, but to be proficient in skills, they must practice, study and work hard. In addition, talent is also very important..."
"It's completely off topic...and this description itself is very irregular..."
Yennefa's cheeks were flushed, but he could not refute it.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, she herself does not have a good definition of magic. After a while, she said, "The skill of manipulating chaotic energy to create non-existent things is magic."
"If I don't use chaos energy, Is it considered magic?"
“…”
The sorcerer felt a little chest tightness, so she wanted to turn around and leave directly, and take back all the books she had lent out.
But the way this man just manipulated those books really opened her eyes.
It was an extremely superb [Mutual Transfer] skill. In the rating of the Warlock Association, [Mutual Transfer] was just a first-level magic, but she had never seen that warlock could control so accurately and delicately.
And this mage does not need spells, gestures, or even eye sightings!
He was staring at the ceiling for no reason from beginning to end!
Chapter completed!