Chapter 52: Wizards
The handling of the Loki caravan made the surroundings of the lodge quiet. Any wizard is unique, and it is believed that this will make many people's hearts ache for a long time. After this incident, Bran had the idea of going through the caravan, not to catch any secret agents, but to learn more about the wizard's abilities. One more sample, and you can understand these more intuitively.
These days, Bran asked Dani to take him around the market whenever he had free time. Bran's gains were not small, and there were several disappearances in the combined caravan, although everyone knew who did it, but since the Northlanders didn't want to find out, they could only pretend to be deaf and dumb in fear. In this way, it is much more civilized than directly cutting people one by one, which is also the idea of most businessmen.
Natural awakening as a wizard is a very small number of people, and the probability of having a wizard in a caravan should not be very high. When there are multiple wizards in the caravan, just go and catch them, and there will be no wrongdoing. It is precisely because of this that both the mission and the caravan can only endure it at present. For many years of traveling to and from the Northland, the Northland has been in a laissez-faire attitude towards them, which also made them all start to be careless, no one thought that the Northland people had a convulsion this time, and as a result, they suffered heavy losses. And the matter was handled extremely cleanly, and no one was disturbed at all when it happened.
Such a number of wizards, and many of them are unique, and the ability to scout and snoop is a nerve-wracking thing for any organization.
Bran could understand what the royal capital was doing, and for many years the Northlanders had been self-contained, but they had a strong force, which was a very disturbing thing. Whether it's for domination or for all kinds of expectations, you must have a deep understanding of the Northland in order to be prepared.
But now Bran only has gratitude, and without these things, he would not have been able to obtain these samples. Trying to find an already rare wizard alone is no different from luck.
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Bran looked at the wizard Hawkeye in front of him, a young man who could see everything in his sight clearly, even in the darkness of the night in a dim light environment. However, according to him, when observing the villa, the villa exudes a unique magic fluctuation, which interferes with him, and it is better to give up his ability and rely on his eyes to see clearly.
He went on to explain that as he gazed at Bran, the mana feedback was even. The fluctuations of magic he emitted for detection were gradually smoothed out as he approached Bran. Based on the limited mana feedback, he concluded that Bran's mana was very condensed and strong, which was very rare among wizards. Wizards don't have a good way to train themselves other than by using their abilities repeatedly to get acquainted with them. Therefore, although the wizards he had seen were diverse and skillful in their abilities, they had never seen such an undulating magic as the tide of the sea as Bran.
Bran guesses that his ability is to change the physical form of matter. Perception and penetration should also be a process of assimilation. Only when assimilation is complete, can it be changed according to the mind. Because of this assimilation characteristic, some of the magic fluctuations that entered the range of his perception were smoothed out.
Bran thanked Hawkeye for his candidness, and the Northlanders would not make it difficult for him during his captivity.
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The second wizard Brann saw was an old man, a mid-level intelligence organization, not a simple intelligence gatherer. He didn't express any surprise at Bran's arrival, he had planted a heel on Bran.
His ability is to listen, and he can listen to and distinguish the sound of a kilometer or so as long as he wants. It's just that what he listens to is not the sound, but the feedback of magic. Usually Bran always keeps his magic within a certain range, even when he is sleeping. Disturbed by this, the old man couldn't hear Bran from the feedback of the magic at all.
He was careless, and it wasn't until Bran and Dany walked directly in front of him that he was stunned and sent to the castle and handed over to Bran's father, the Duke.
Bran took some inspiration from the old man. For a long time, Bran's unleashed magic was active, like tentacles, which were touched, perceived, and then fed back under the control of consciousness. In the absence of a clear goal, this kind of behavior is more like waving your hand around, and what you catch counts. Therefore, every time he completely lets go of his senses, it is a big burden for Bran, and the mental and physical consumption is huge, and the efficiency is low. Listening, on the other hand, requires only passive receiving, analyzing, and organizing.
Now, he tried to adjust his open sense of magic, trying to passively receive the messages that came from all directions. As a result, more and more mana fluctuations were perceived, and began to entangle, collide, and assimilate with the magic emitted by Bran, eventually forming a mixed noise.
The loud noise instantly invaded his mind, causing Bran to feel dizzy, and all the magical perceptions he had maintained collapsed. After a long time, Bran's body began to re-emanate magic fluctuations, but instead of radioactive emanation, it began to form a web, and countless nodes surrounded Bran, hooking the magic into a spherical net. Between the nodes, attraction and repulsion coexist, constantly oscillating and fluctuating, and finally driving the newly constructed magic network to also fluctuate, with the turmoil of the magic network, the invisible magic began to fill the net, and then fluctuated and fluctuated. Then the fluctuations eventually began to spread, synchronize, rise and fall like a tidal wave.
When the mana completely fills the mana web, it begins to spread outward like a rising tide from the web, and this expansion is slow, firm, and unstoppable. When it spread out of the edge of the magic net for about 3 meters, it stopped expanding and rose and fell with the tide in the magic net. At this time, the various magic fluctuations that spread around were first washed by the magic tide on the periphery, washed by the magic tide, cleansed and assimilated, and then swept through the magic net with the tide, and finally became the information that Bran could understand. At this time, Bran could still see the outside even through the heavy walls of the castle, but this sudden increase in perception formed a strange overlap with hearing, sight, and touch, like a ghost.
It is a spherical magic net with a diameter of about 2 meters, which wraps Bran in the middle. This net, which now no longer needs to be consciously controlled and maintained by Bran, is consumed in its current state at a negligible. The magic net isolates Bran from the outside world, creating a kind of protection from his direct exposure to outside magic. The magic net is enveloped in by the magic tides that spread out, forming a circular layered structure. Now when Bran uses his abilities, it is no longer a direct entanglement between himself and his magic, which will be safer, more convenient and more flexible.
Now he can slowly but steadily improve his abilities by slowly expanding this magic net, and although it will be a long process, Bran has found his way forward, which makes him feel extremely good.
"Your abilities have evolved!?" the old man looked shocked.
"Yes. Bran didn't hide it.
"After meeting me, you got a hint from my abilities?"
"Yes. ”
The old man smiled, with envy, jealousy, and happiness: "I saw wizard evolution for the first time, and it was right in front of my eyes. I always thought that the evolution of wizards was just a legend, if only it had been ...... earlier."
"What do you see?" asked Bran.
"It's not to see, it's to hear. I heard the collapse and the eruption that followed, and then I couldn't hear anything. He pointed to his ear. "I won't be able to hear it again, it's too much beyond the limits of my ability, and even if I refuse to hear it, it's still ....... ”
"I'm sorry. Bran can understand, just like when artillery fires roar, you can still hear it with your ears closed.
"It's nothing, that's fine. At least now I'm really starting to hear sounds. It's a novelty, it hasn't been like this in years. ”
The old man thought for a moment, "Can I ask you a question?"
"Just ask. ”
"I've been traveling in and out of the Northland with caravans since I was a young man, and the Northland has never taken these snoops seriously. Why this year is like this, there is not a single sign. Even on the night I was arrested, nothing looked like something had changed. ”
"I'm sorry, but no one really wants to deal with missions and caravans. Even the Northlands need you to send some clear messages that will not cause misunderstanding between the two sides. At first, there was a wizard who wanted to invade my mountain estate, and then his actions reminded me that there were so many wizards hiding in the caravan, and I just needed a wizard to give me some reference and help.
Don't be surprised and confused. Indeed, I simply can't cope with this with my own child's strength. But I have an attendant, who is also my family, and many things are not difficult when such a powerful warrior wants to genuinely help you. ”
When Bran heard the old man opposite, he subconsciously said his name: "Dani." ”
"Yes, Dani. When such a person goes all out, it is beyond the scope of ordinary people who can prevent it. ”
"What's more, with the help of you, a wizard. The old man pointed out.
"No, I have limited uses, only a pair of eyes. And even if you were to be aware of it, what would you do? Dani will always help me out of trouble, and if I should catch it, she will definitely catch it. ”
"Your elder won't let you mess around like this, how could she follow your orders!?" the old man was a little indignant and depressed.
"You don't understand it now, maybe you've forgotten some emotions. In your eyes, there is too much of the big picture, too many rules. And Dani, and I, just because I need it, so she'll help me. I'm still a bear kid, and Dani is too young.
In fact, the help was really helpful and crucial for me. In the meantime, I'm really sorry.
With your status, once you are caught, there is no hope of getting out alive. The only thing I can do now is for you to die a dignified death. ”
"I first joined the caravan and came to the Northland just to gain knowledge and improve my abilities. And then many things gradually began to cease to be controlled by their own will......"
Bran listened quietly to the old man's story, his beginnings, his sights, his helplessness, this was the last consolation he could give to a dying man......