When the dust settled, the exhausted three-man team slept through the night. The next morning, when Delcora stepped out of his tent, he saw the Siren prince Mocarus Achias, sitting by the extinguished campfire, holding a history book borrowed from Assas, carefully flipping through it.

A Saint Rank hero was keeping vigil for us, and the sudden thought made Del Cora laugh. He straightened his collar and sat down across from Mocaros. He knew that Mocaros must have a lot of problems.

In fact, he also has a lot of questions.

"Ah, good morning, Del Cola. ”

"Good morning, sir. Are you reading the general history of the mainland?"

"Yes, I need to know what has happened in this thousand years to ensure that I will not be discarded by the times. "Moreover, I myself am very fond of knowledge." Reading is also a pleasure for me. ”

"What do you use to record the Siren's writing? It's hard to keep paper in the deep sea, is it?," Delkora wondered.

"In the deep sea, there is a kind of seagrass with wide leaves, and the traces are clear when carved with stones, and we use this seagrass to record our words. But a patch of seagrass can record a limited number of words, and we don't have printing technology, so a complete book is a valuable thing at the bottom of the sea. ”

"But you must have read a lot of books. ”

"I'm just a beginner compared to the Holy Magisters on land. Each of them was well-read, well-versed in magic, politics, astronomy, and geography, and they knew more than I could in any way. I used to be proud of the art of ocean magic—but now, a thousand years later, I believe it won't be an advanced skill either. Mocaros pointed to a spot in the book and read, "'The discovery of the Sequence of Magic created by Holy Magister Philine Lambert, which greatly increased the controllability of the elements, opened the door to a long-stagnant theory of magic, and the high-level forbidden spells were no longer just fantasies on paper. This sentence, this sentence mentions the word 'magical sequence'. This is supposed to be a new theory that emerged in the late stages of the war that spread across the continent? Can you tell me about the changes it made to magic. ”

"I know you're going to ask about this. Delkora cleared her throat, took a moment to organize her words, and said, "You have a deep understanding of the magical rune system and the science of magic patterns, and you have created a magic pattern that is unique to the Kraken. So, what do you think of the elements?"

"Impressions?"

"It's just a sense of the elements. Do you think the elements are gentle and controllable?"

"No, never. Mocaros shook his head in disapproval, "From the first time I cast magic to my final Saint Order, in more than a hundred years, I didn't think I could truly control the elementals. Even if the Kraken clan are born with an affinity for the water element, the elementals will not meekly obey me. The process of my magic is nothing more than using mental power to forcibly manipulate the elements to do what I want. Even the magic runes and magic patterns are just simplifying and solidifying this process with special formulas. Elements may be inherently chaotic and uncontrollable. ”

"In your time, this is the accepted theory of all magicians. "But in reality, we just haven't found the right way – this 'method' is the basis of magical sequences." ”

With a gesture of stretching his hand, the free fire elemental in the air gathered, condensing a small puff of flame in his palm.

"Elements have their own phases. The fire element is violent, the earth element is heavy, the wind element is flexible, the water element is quiet, and the elemental molecules are arranged in different ways according to their own phases, so there are natural phenomena such as wind, fire, water, and earth, and these natural phenomena will naturally disappear and become free molecules again due to the passage of time. In the past, mages only paid attention to the powerful effects of the convergence and bursting of the elements, but paid little attention to the internal mechanism of this effect. ”

"The inner mechanism?" Mocarus nodded slightly, "Many people have studied it, but they are always unable to figure it out. ”

"Because they're all from the mage's point of view, not the elemental. Delkora scattered the flames in her hand, picked up a branch and drew a simple model on the ground, "In the eyes of magicians, magic is the subordination of elements to spiritual power. But in reality, the process is quite the opposite. ”

He dotted a few dots at different locations and connected them with a line.

"Natural phenomena are the aggregation of elements, and magic is also the aggregation of elements, so why should we separate the two? Natural phenomena can be born without the participation of magicians, why can they arise naturally? The core is here-"

He pointed to the rough model.

"Each element has its own arrangement – this is the theoretical core of the theory of magic sequences. ”

"The arrangement of the elements? you mean—" Moccarus' eyes lit up.

"Philine Lambert analyzed countless kinds of magic, and even stood in the center of many large magic effects to collect samples, and came to this conclusion: elemental molecules arranged in different ways will produce different effects, more than a certain number of elemental molecules will produce a tendency to self-arrangement, and the magician's mental power can strengthen this tendency, and in the process of elemental magic, it is not the magician who dominates, but the elements that produce the tendency to self-align - this is the three laws of Philin, the basis of modern magic. ”

“...... It's very brief. Mocaros was stunned for a long time, and finally could only spit out these three words with difficulty.

"Ah, of course, because I just talked about the history of magic textbook, its specific content is too much and too complicated, and many scholars and great magicians have added to it for more than a thousand years, so I can't finish it all here. Delcora scratched her head, "Assas, Assas, do you have a book on magical sequences?"

"No," Asas's voice came from the tent, "I'm a knight, Del Cola. Why do you think I'm going to bring something like that?"

"I just thought you were well-read!" Del Cola replied, spreading his hands at Moccarus, "No way, not really." You'll have to wait until you leave here to buy a copy. This kind of book is available in every library and bookstore. ”

"I'll go and see it. Mocaros nodded, but suddenly remembered something, and pulled out the trident beside him, "I should thank you for saving me." But before I was sealed, I had nothing but this weapon. This trident is called Ocean Pastoral, an artifact forged for me by an elven blacksmith grandmaster, and it has the affinity attribute of the water element, which can actively enhance and weaken the power of the water elemental magic within the range, and it can heal itself by absorbing the water element, and the water element stored inside it in the full state can support the casting of a water attribute forbidden spell, and it can also reduce the control of other magicians in the range over the water element - I really have no other possessions. This artifact, I want to give it to you. ”

"Huh?" Delkora looked at the four-meter-long trident and froze.

"I want to give you this artifact as a thank you for saving me. Mocaros repeated.

"Ah...... This...... Not necessarily. It's really unnecessary. The corners of Delkora's mouth twitched, secretly comparing the length of the thing, and then thinking about his height of about one meter seven, he replied very firmly: "Being able to obtain the friendship of a saint rank is already the best reward. ”

“...... Are you worried about the size?" Mocarus noticed his gaze and laughed, "You just need to find a master blacksmith and you can split it up and reforge it." Many of the weapon's properties lie in its material, and with the blacksmith's skill, the trident is enough to be reforged into three artifacts. ”

"No, it's not," Delcora shrugged, "and while its size is one of the reasons, this thing really doesn't have much of a temptation for me. ”

“...... Is the world so developed in a thousand years?" Mocaros was stunned and muttered to himself, "The artifact is no longer precious and not valued......"

"Although the improvement of forging technology has made great progress in the production and preservation of artifacts, and there are more and more artifacts on the continent, the artifacts themselves are still precious. It's just that since this thing has been with you for a thousand years, he has become a witness to your time. It's also something you remember, and you should keep it. Del Kora's tone was very sincere.

"Mainly, he really doesn't lack weapons. Satya stepped out of the shadows, sat down next to Del Kora, and said, "Just stay." With your friendship, our harvest is enough. ”

“...... You guys are such a strange bunch of humans. Mocaros could only put away his thoughts and bowed to them, "However, if I can return to the deep sea, while I am still alive, you will all be the guests of the Siren Clan forever." The gates of the deep sea will always be open to you. ”

"It's a great honor. The two returned the salute together.

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"Goodbye, Mr. Mocarus, I wish you a speedy return to the deep sea!"

Rejecting Moccarus' offer to take them through the Sunset Mountains, the three-man team was gradually obscured by the jungle, and their voices faded.

Mocaros stood in place, the four-meter-long Siren, looking a little out of place in this forest.

"Hello, Sage of the Siren. ”

"Hello, strange assassin. ”

A human figure suddenly appeared on the branch in front of Mocarus. A middle-aged man in a simple outfit.

Because he stood on the tree, he was taller than Mocarus.

"Thank you for not taking a serious shot when I was crazy," Moccarus saluted the man without surprise, as if aware of the man's existence, "I apologize for what I have done. ”

"I watched the fight the whole time, so I knew you had to do it. The man returned the salute earnestly, "Introduce yourself, my name is Saltania Shadow." ”

"My name is Mocarus Achias—what are those three young men? they are untouched by artifacts, and they have a Holy Order with them to protect them. ”

"I think you've already guessed who they are. ”

“...... I'm just not sure. ”

Moccaros shook his head, thought about it, and smiled again.

"I see. The Kraken will be their forever friend – it's a pleasure for the Kraken. ”