Chapter 16: Leaf and Leiting Magic
From the twenty-ninth village back to Liangyue City, it only took one and a half days to walk alone, and it took five and a half days for the negotiation team to rush back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After a tiring journey, Maier and his party said goodbye to the negotiating team after entering the city and went home to rest. The house that Maier rented was an ordinary dwelling, one house and one courtyard. There was a living room and two bedrooms, with Maier and Kiki living in one of the bedrooms and the other two maids in the other.
Mel is not used to being disturbed when he is resting. He is a Lighting Magician, and the way a Lighting Wizard rests is different from that of ordinary people. They are accustomed to meditating before going to bed to improve their "dominance". Domination is at the heart of Leitin's magic, and the Ryding mages rely on it to control the "magic element" and restructure it into what they want it to be.
The magic arrows that Mel commonly uses are a prime example. Magic arrows are one of the basic magic in Leiding magic, and there is a proverb among the Letin people, that is, "there are a hundred magic arrows, there are a hundred magic arrows", because the magic arrows constructed by each Leiding magician have different shapes and structures.
Maier thinks that the long cone-shaped magic arrows are the best to use, so he only builds them like this. Some Lighting Mages will open a health slot in their magic arrows to increase the damage dealt by the magic arrow when it hits the target. The Ryding Mage's control over the Magical Element is temporary, and once the Dominating Power they exert on the Magical Element is gone, the Magical Element dissipates into its most primitive particle structure and is redistributed into the air.
Meditation is a tedious process, and the Ryding Mage needs to use the existing Domination to interact with the magical elements in the air, and this interaction is not to change its structure as it would when using magic, but to simply use the Domination to connect with the magical elements, and then disconnect, and repeat until they are exhausted.
There aren't many ways to increase dominance through this process, but it's the only way to increase it so far. Accumulate a little bit every day, and your strength will increase over time. So generally speaking, the older the Leiting magician, the stronger the strength.
Meditation requires concentration and cannot be interrupted. Therefore, when Maier meditates, Kiki will always stand outside the door and watch the wind, and no one will disturb the master's practice. When Maier finishes meditating, he will call Kiki in. Kiki will spread the futon on the floor and wait for her master to sleep before resting.
Leaf and Bird don't know anything about meditation, so whenever Kiki comes out to take the wind, they are curious about what Mel is doing in the room at this time.
That evening, Maier started meditating early, wanting to rest early. After Kiki stood still outside the door, Xiaoye and Xiaobird hid in the bedroom and whispered.
"The master seems to be doing something very powerful." Xiao Ye said, "Every time at this time, I feel like a lot of things like little bees flying into the owner's room. ”
"Little bees?"
The bird couldn't understand the metaphor and looked puzzled.
"Why can't I feel it?"
"I don't know, I just know that the things are invisible, but I can feel them."
"They?"
"Well, they seem to be alive, that's why I say they're like little bees."
Unseen...... It's like it's alive......
She couldn't be talking about ghosts or something, right?!
The bird, who knew nothing about Leitin's magic, shuddered, she was most afraid of this kind of thing.
"What the hell is the master doing...... God is mysterious, and we don't know it yet. Hmph, that little little bit must know, since it's that little thing, it's definitely not a good thing! ”
Ever since she officially tore her face with Kiki, Little Bird secretly began to call her "that little dot". She thought that she had done this very secretly, but she didn't know that Kiki had already known about it, and she had heard these words more than once.
However, Kiki does not take revenge on the bird, because the bird is the owner's property, and only the owner can punish her. The last time she slapped the bird, Kiki blamed herself for a long time, and she took the initiative to admit her mistake to Myer. In this regard, Maier scratched the back of his head helplessly, and he didn't know what to do except comfort Kiki with kind words.
Kiki wouldn't tell Mel about it, because it would definitely bother him. All she had to do now was do her duty as a maid, and she didn't want to think about anything else.
In fact, in addition to being relatively cold in attitude and strict in her work requirements, Kiki still takes good care of the other two maids. Xiao Ye has a very good impression of Kiki, and will always call her "Miss Kiki" from the bottom of her heart.
"Hmm...... Why are you talking like that again, if Miss Kiki hears it, she will be very sad. ”
"I don't care about that little thing!"
The bird folded his arms and turned his face away in disdain.
There was silence in the bedroom for a few seconds, and then the bird put the conversation about Kiki aside and continued to talk about Myer.
"Well, do you think the master is working on some strange magic?"
"Strange magic?"
"It's to take out people's souls and turn them into weapons or something."
"Hmm...... I don't know why, but I don't think it's possible. ”
"Why can't it be?"
"Hmm...... I don't know, I just don't think it's possible. ”
"Is this intuition?"
"Probably."
"Then what you said must be right."
"Huh? Why? ”
"Because your instincts are very strong, like the time when you ran away, if it weren't for you, one of us would have to be eaten."
"That's just luck."
"Luck is also part of strength! Xiao Ye, you are still too inferior. ”
"Me? Inferiority? ”
"You don't know?!"
"Hmm...... Am I having low self-esteem? ”
"Why are you inferior? In your eyes, it seems that everyone is better than you, and it is right to stay at the bottom, and it is also appropriate to be bullied. In the past, when we were still evil witches, you were the most powerful one in the team, and even the team leader couldn't compare to you, but you were willing to be supported by a little ghost in the eighteenth phase of the rock word camp to do this and that. ”
"Hmm...... Aren't you like that too......"
"I didn't do it willingly. Wouldn't I complain every time I worked? But you don't even complain, you always look like 'this is as it should be' and 'I deserve to be bullied', every time I see it, I feel very distressed! ”
"Hmm...... I'm sorry. ”
"So don't say I'm sorry!"
The little bird hugged Xiao Ye's body and rubbed his face lightly against Xiao Ye's face.
"You saved my life, even if you kill me, you don't have to say sorry."
"How could I possibly kill you......"
"I know." The little bird patted Xiaoye lightly on the back, "I know, but my life is yours, and this will never change." ”
“…… Our lives were saved by our masters. ”
"I know that, too. But if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been saved by my master. So for me, you are first, the master is last, and if you are in danger at the same time as the master, I will definitely save you first. ”
"How can this be done......
"What's wrong with that?"
"But you've sworn ......"
"Ah, five thunderbolts, right?" The little bird grinned, "That kind of thing doesn't matter, for the sake of Xiaoye, even if it is split into pieces by lightning, I am willing." ”
Xiao Ye's face was flushed by the bird's words, and he was too shy to speak.
The next day, Mel, who had been well rested, got up early. When he woke up, Kiki had already prepared a washbasin and teacup for him and was cooking breakfast in the kitchen.
Xiaoye and Xiaoyu also got up early, and when Maier finished washing up and went to the yard to move his body, the two were cleaning the yard. When they saw Mehr, they saluted him with a broom, and then went on with their work.
Mel's breakfast was divided into three groups, and Mel finished first and then went back to his room to change his clothes. At this time, Kiki will finish breakfast as fast as she can, and when Maier has changed her clothes, she will go out with him.
Xiaoye and Xiaoyu are the last group, they need to wash the dishes after eating, then clean the room, and then feed the horses pulling the cart and give them a bath. When Kiki returns, she checks on their work and is reprimanded if they don't qualify.
Maier wore a set of leather armor and a long sword when he went out today, and Kiki thought that he was probably going to the Bounty Hunters Guild to see the bounty order, and then go to the commercial area to see the price of goods, and finally take Kiki to take a look around Liangyue City to see if he could clean up a few outlaws who were not long-sighted and make a lot of extra money.
So Kiki also put her light crossbow on her back, and brought her knife and crossbow arrows. After the two of them went out, they walked along the main road to the Bounty Hunters' Guild. Maier chatted casually with the clerk of the guild, and learned that during the time he left Liangyue City, there were two more bounty orders in the guild.
The first one is for a wanted murderer, and Mel has little interest in it, as it consumes too much time and energy, and doesn't make much money. The second one is to rescue the hostages, and Mel is not interested in it, because this kind of task is more time and energy consuming than the previous one, and the bounty is quite a lot, but at that time, Mel might as well go to the business twice, so as to earn more.
The general bounty is between 100 and 1 tairong, and more than 1 bounty will be hung in a more conspicuous place in the guild hall. This type of task is more difficult, usually several bounty hunters work together, and the bounty is divided equally, making about the same amount of money as a normal bounty.
Since the Bounty Hunters Guild didn't have a mission that Mel found suitable, he only stayed in the guild hall for a while before taking Kiki to the business district. Due to the approaching war, the price of grain in Liangyue City has risen significantly. Maier saw a lot of fresh faces in the grain stores in the business district, and these fresh faces spoke with an Iraan accent, most of them buying grain for several Ira forces around Liangyue City.
If Maier hadn't followed Yishan to Twenty-Nine Village, he would have been able to make a lot of money in these ten days. But there is no "if" in reality, and Maier has missed the best time to harvest grain. Now the price of grain in the villages must have been stirred up by the merchants, and it is not much money to collect grain.
This couldn't help but make Maier regret it a little, and even had the idea of going to Yishan for financial compensation. But when he thought about it, Yishan was his cousin and his relative. Since it is the relatives who ask for it, then the inconsequential matters have to stand aside - these are the words that Mel's mother taught him from an early age.
Making money is important, but it's really inconsequential to Myer. He earns money so that he has money to spend, so as not to be embarrassed like when he first came down the mountain. Now that he had completed the task given to him by Gray, if it wasn't for Yishan to keep him, he would have returned to his hometown long ago. Once you return to your hometown, the money is useless, and there is no point in making more money.
But in that case, he won't be able to save Kiki, and he won't know Xiaoye and Xiaobird, let alone Big Rabbit.
Mel is not making money now to live a rich life, but he just doesn't want to be raised by Yishan for nothing and be a person who has nothing to do. At the same time, he also wanted to test his abilities and see how far he could go in his life under the mountain.
The criteria for measuring the value of people under the mountain are nothing more than a few, money, fame, status, and strength. The latter three are not available, and it is difficult to get them in the short term, so he can only make money now.