Volume 1: The Poem of Departure Chapter 9: What is magic?

For those who have not been exposed to magic, some of them will think that magic is just a dazzling show of the convergence and explosion of the elements, while others will fantasize that magic can satisfy all their hopes, big or small, in any way. In fact, both of these ideas are biased. In fact, although magic is inseparable from the participation of the elements, in most of the complete and mature magic formulas, the elements actually act as a medium and catalyst, and the real core thing - what the magician tries to express, communicate, or create with these complicated formulas or spells - this is the most critical point in magic.

For example, now, although Delcora controls the four basic elements at the same time, and although even the power of holy light and shadow outside the wizard system is integrated into him, what he draws is not actually some devastating large-scale composite elemental forbidden spell - of course, he lacks the strength to control this super-large magic - this is actually just a very, very low-level magic circle, so low that as long as he can get together the six elements he needs, and can memorize those spells and runes that are so complex that it makes people dizzy, a magic apprentice can make it "easy" The ground is reproduced.

"The soil that sustains the existence of all things,"

Delkora murmured, and the staff guided the elementals to draw a circle on the ground. So the earth element fills it, and a separate "space" is formed.

"The water that gives life to all things,"

Delkora groaned, her free hands drawing runes around the earthen circle. The water element rushed there, and there was a flow of water in the space.

"The wind that animates all things,"

Delkora chanted, the staff commanding elemental cascading in layers in midair. The movement of the wind was no longer hindered, and the whole space flourished.

"The fire that gives wisdom to all things,"

Delkora sighed, letting the fire elemental pour into the small space, letting the flames gradually ignite and burn the entire small world. The flames are burning, burning, the world is not destroyed, but there is something more indescribable, as if at this moment, the whole world is really "alive".

"The light that reveals the beginning, the darkness that brings the end,"

Without any more guided movements, the formed small world has taken the initiative to accept light and darkness, ushering in the beginning of its existence, and writing its destined end for itself.

Delkora stopped drawing the runes.

He took a deep breath and, in a singing tone, uttered the final incantation.

"Everything is born here and ends here......"

The otherwise calm elements around him began to surge.

"Elements converge here, disperse here......"

The wind grew stronger, and it was only early in the morning, but it was hotter than noon around the well, and the townsfolk who had been praying looked around in bewilderment, their eyes gradually converging on Delkora who was chanting a spell.

"Origin heralds the end, existence is declared destroyed, and all eternity will usher in the final endβ€”"

"Del Kora!"

A hand suddenly covered Delkora's mouth, and the last spell was interrupted, his mental power inevitably fluctuated, and the almost formed magic circle spell no longer completed itself. The strange "phenomena" around them suddenly disappeared, and the originally turbulent elements quickly regained their calm-

Everything just now was like an illusion.

The earth cube he had constructed was also silent, and the abrupt halt of the spell had caused it to collapse, and the outer elements were peeling away little by little.

β€œ...... Oh my God, what did I do?"

Delcora finally broke free from that state of concentration. He blinked, looked at the model of the clod of earth surrounded by countless runes in front of him, and then looked at Satya, who had let go of his hand with a helpless expression.

Asshas had drawn his sword, barely a little distance from the back of Delcora's head. He seemed ready to stun the madman-looking companion at any moment.

There seemed to be a lot more onlookers than there had been before. Everyone looked at him dumbfounded.

β€œ...... Well, that was just a mistake...... Little accident, I seem to have mixed things up...... Damn, these two techniques are really similar. Delkora scratched her head and pointed to the clod of dirt in front of her, which was filled with six powers, "Well, I can actually continue to ......"

"For the first time, I don't think your memory can be trusted, or is the joy of running away from home overwhelming your sanity?" Satya sighed and slapped Delcora on the shoulder, slapping him on the back, "If you don't want to cause any disturbance, then finish your magic as soon as possible." I'm really desperate for the rest of our mercenary career......"

Satya took a few steps back to make way for space, and Assas took two steps back, still holding his sword in his hand.

It seems that he doesn't trust this crazy magician anymore.

"......" Delkora shrugged, lowered her staff and raised her hands.

"Ahem......"

He cleared his throat and quickly erased many of the runes and added new ones. There was a rumbling sound in the model, as if something was constantly changing inside.

He began to chant incantations again.

"The wind comes from here, the water comes from here, the earth comes from here, the fire comes from here, the elements make up the world, and the light and darkness of the world will reveal everything to us!"

The last syllable falls, and the sound inside the model also reaches its peak. The shell of the earth element does not seem to change, but gradually, there are more winding traces on the shell, and there seems to be water flowing inside, and there are some waterless cavities that are breathing through the air. A small straight crack ran through the cavity from above, extending into a cavity, and below the cavity there was another, much thicker fissure, and the groundwater that flowed in the distance seeped down the crack without reservation, and into the larger dark river below.

Because Delkora uses the Gift of the Sage, which represents the element of water, the veins of the river seem clear.

Most of the townsfolk were still staring blankly, but some of them had already reacted, and the tavernkeeper was one.

"It's ...... A cross-sectional view of the leylines beneath our well?" said Pib Dan, crouching down and looking intently at the earthworm-like cress above, "This was supposed to be an underground river, and our source of water. There's a big crack underneath it, and the water seeps into the big river below, so we don't have water......"

"This is a one-to-one model, your well is ten meters deep and one meter in diameter, but the crack part of that crack is already more than a hundred meters, and your water source has been completely cut off by him. Delkora pinched her chin, "It looks like the leylines are fragile all around here, so I think it's just a normal, small geological change that has left you without drinking water." ”

"This is the great power of nature," said Pierb Dan with a wry smile, "and we still can't conquer nature." ”

"But we can take it, transform it, and make it work for us. Assas put away his sword and spoke, "Is there only this well in the village?"

"It's not just this one, but it's the largest well, and the other wells in the village have dried up. ”

Of course, the whole village depends on that underground river for water, and there is no reason why there is anyone who can get water.

"Do you think that Priest Seris can help you?" asked Assas, frowning. He didn't think that the problems posed by such geological changes could be solved by a small priest.

"Pastor Seris must be able to, he's helped Bone Town solve this problem. The man who looked like the mayor of the town said without hesitation, "Pastor Seris said that he was of high status in his hometown, but he volunteered to live here for more than twenty years in order to spread the gospel of God to us. He's an archbishop, according to outsiders!"

"Archbishop???

The three of them shouted in unison.

The creator god is above, and in the professional system of priests, the archbishop is second only to the Holy Spirit priest and the cardinal, and his strength is comparable to that of the archmagister, that is, the existence of a master-level professional!

β€œ...... Although the Holy See advocates priests to walk the world and spread the glory of God, an archbishop would actually live in this kind of place for more than 20 years......" Satya was speechless, "If it is an archbishop, he should be able to use the pseudo-great prophecy and borrow the power of God's creation, although it is more difficult to change the leyline, but it should be possible to fill the crack a little and restore the original flow of the underground river." ”

She didn't suspect that the Reverend Seris was lying.

"I'm afraid the strength of the three of us is not enough to solve this problem...... But I can choose to trust that Priest Seris," Del Cora pondered for a moment and asked, "Pastor Ceris is in Bone Town, and how far is he from here?"

"It takes a week for the caravan to go one way, and it takes eight days for our best lads, on the best horses, to go back and forth, and although we have stored water, we can't last five days. Piber's face was melancholy.

In other words, riding a fast horse is an eight-day journey...... What's the speed of your horses?"

Piper was stunned for a moment, but still subconsciously reported a few numbers.

Delkora gestured in his hand, reciting the equation, nodded, looked at Satya, and before he could speak, all four staff fell in front of him.

"Take it yourself, use your own ring. ”

"Well, it's nothing. Del Cora shrugged and picked up the vitality of the wind.

"Tell me the direction of Bone Town and the landmarks that I recognize in mid-air, and then get dinner ready, and I'll show you how fast the magicians are. ”