Chapter 6: Learning Magic
"The true World Tree has incomparably stretched branches that can shade the sky and the sun. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"The true World Tree has a huge body, and every leaf is worth a house."
Grandpa of the World Tree said with emotion and nostalgia in his tone, "I still remember that when I was just a branch growing on the World Tree, the layers and dense green, the intertwined, winding and thick roots. ”
With the description of Grandpa World Tree, a picture seemed to appear in front of Ash's eyes.
The elves leaped through the thick trunks of the trees, as if walking through a forest of branches. Countless elves and goblins danced, shuttling through the dense branches, like countless points of light dancing among the thorns.
The sunlight shone from the cascading branches, and the mottled points of light were like shining embellishments on the World Tree, and the squirrels and birds that occasionally wandered on the trunks of the trees looked curiously at the shuttled elves, singing and dancing with them from time to time.
In front of me is a verdant greenery, and in the midst of it, the elves dance, and the crisp laughter and thin words slowly merge into a wonderful, pleasant river, bringing people free and unrestrained joy.
The lines of the gray face have relaxed, and the body is not so tense.
With his unique ability, the World Tree transmitted the image in his mind to Ash, such a vigorous and nature-loving race, such a stout, selfless dedication, and the World Tree that raised countless elves, unconsciously, made the heart of the discouraged with feelings of love and admiration.
The heart of the World Tree was unreservedly open in front of the ashes, making her unable not to love the peaceful and free race, and to admire and love the incomparably kind World Tree.
In that picture, she seemed to have become one of the elves, and together with Pink Jingjing, she lived happily and without any worries in the arms of the World Tree.
Every time you step on the World Tree, you can feel the soft heart under the hard skin of the World Tree, and on top of the World Tree, the countless absences are wrapped in their love and warmth, making her feel like her whole body is bathed in water, warm and hot.
At this time, she had a smile on her lips.
It was something she would never have in normal times, warm, soft, like a spring breeze smile, but the next moment, she suddenly woke up, her eyes drooped, and she shouted.
This drink woke her up from the magic of the World Tree, and when she came back to her senses, her back was already soaked with cold sweat.
Maybe the World Tree has no malice, but in her consciousness, losing her mind means death. Sometimes it's just a brief distraction, but it can turn your opponent into a winner.
The World Tree sighed, sighing for the stubborn and closed heart of the ashes.
He used his mind magic to try to resonate with Ash and convey his friendly thoughts to her.
However, he had never seen a heart so resistant to others, like a broken mirror, the ground was already broken, but he used sharp lenses to prevent others from approaching.
How many tribulations, how many sufferings, must be experienced for a person's heart to be broken to such an extent?
While the World Tree was worried, it was more distressed, and the stretched note couldn't help but shake over, gently brushing over the gray head, like a kind father caressing the child's head.
Ash felt his kindness and clenched his hands into fists, not knowing how to react.
Ever since she came to this strange village and met Pink Jingjing, she knew what pure kindness was all about.
The people who used to give her food were sympathy and pity, and when she entered the organization, the surging kindness was only for her appearance or for the conspiracy behind them, and now, such pure kindness, made her heart gush with irritability that she didn't know how to correspond.
Pink Jingjing leaned over and rubbed her smooth face kissing, and Nossi landed on the branch not far from the ashes, carefully examining her expression. The other elves also circled around her, comforting her with a thin voice.
At times like this... How to react?
"Say thank you!"
Pink Jingjing's urging rang in Gray's ears, and she opened her lips for a long time before she thanked her.
The second time she thanked her, her tone was still dry, but it felt more natural, and her slightly shy expression once again stunned the elves.
It took a long time for the World Tree to recover, and the old face turned red.
Time flickered, and half a year passed.
In the past six months, Ash and Pink Crystal's footprints have traveled through the entire space opened up by the World Tree, and after realizing that there is nothing to threaten her here, she relaxes a lot. Although he still doesn't say much, he loves exercise and quiet, but his body exudes more and more of a soft aura that the elves love.
"Whoa", ash floated out of the pool, gasping for air.
Pink Jingjing and other elves hurriedly greeted her, Wendyti quickly used dehydration to make the water droplets on Ash's body fall off, and the fire elf Minana hurriedly used fire roasting to warm Ash's body.
Pink Jingjing pouted and chattered, "I really can't figure out why you insist on at least one trip to the water every day, how dangerous it is." ”
"There's a baby."
"Bang la" The baby fish heard Ash's praise and hurriedly flicked his tail happily in the pool.
Wendy said softly, "The water anemone is very powerful, and it will not be good if it is injured." ”
"I'm going to be fine."
Ash regained a little strength, and despite the call of the elves, another fierce man plunged into the water and went to fight the water anemone.
Pink Jingjing pouted and said, "Really, what is there to exercise, we don't have bad people here." ”
"Well, that's exactly what I said." Wendy cupped her cheeks and said in annoyance, "If only there was a way to get Ash's attention." ”
As soon as the words fell, she saw Pink Jingjing and all the elves looking at her together, their big eyes flickering.
"Well said, Wendy, what a great idea!" Pink Jingjing excitedly hugged Wendy is bar and took a bite, which made Wendy's little face red.
Mina chuckled, then became annoyed again, and said, "So what are we going to do to get her attention?" ”
As soon as these words came out, all the elves fell silent and thought about it one after another.
"Stupid! Just teach her magic! ”
"Ahh Nossisi! ”
"Where were you? We didn't see you. ”
The elves surrounded him, and Nossi was embarrassed to say that he had just hidden in the leaves and peeked at it. ”
"Aren't I right behind there?"
"Back? Where?! ”
"Well, anyway, don't you want to get Ash's attention elsewhere?"
"Uh-huh, yes."
"Then teach her magic!"
"Magic?"
"Well, magic can be used to exercise your skills, too."
That's right, magic! Why didn't they think of it?!
The elves immediately engaged in a heated discussion, and Nocisi wiped his sweat, but when he saw Pink Jingjing flying in, he asked him suspiciously, "When did you start calling Ash by name?" ”
"Didn't you keep calling her 'that human'?"
Noxisi's little face flushed, feeling that her face was hot, and while glad that her skin was dark and couldn't be seen, she said stiffly, "That's because you heard it wrong!" ”
After speaking, without waiting for the powder crystal to react, he quickly threw himself into the green grass.
From this day on, Ash was stumped by magic, and he only went to the waterhole once a day, which made the baby fish very depressed, and he wanted to give birth to two legs.
Looking at the orange-red fireball in Mina's palm, her frustration was full of vigilance and curiosity about the unknown, and she said, "This is called magic?" ”
"Well, this is called the Illumination Ball, although it is not as good as the illumination technique of the light system, but it is enough to illuminate the road at night."
"Each of our elves has magic according to their own attributes, for example, their elemental elves are born with the ability to drive various elements, and this lighting ball is a collection of fire elements. ”
Minana nodded and said with a grin, "We often make dozens of lighting balls in the air at night, which are connected into orange and red, which is very beautiful. ”
Ash touched the ball of flame with his fingers, it was warm, not hot, and a little warm.
Glancing at Mina, Pink Jingjing encouraged, "If you learn magic, you won't have to interrupt your workout at night because you can't see." ”
These days, they watch Ash do push-ups, run, jump, and dive every day, and they know that she loves all kinds of exercise, and after listening to Nossisi's advice, they are ready to start in this place.
In his heart, he was thinking about whether the fire element could be considered as a simple flame? Its aggregate is not hot, because of what principle? If that principle could be changed, would it be possible to compress the fire element and form an explosion?
In the case of having to end up in the same way, it can be a good way to self-harm.
The elves didn't know what she was thinking, but each tried their best to recommend their own magic, hoping that Ash would learn from them.
Pink crystal is a flower fairy who understands the language of flowers, directs them to bloom, and makes the rattan dance with them.
Not to be outdone, Wendyti commanded the water element to draw a picture in the sky, and the birds with the water element flew with it.
Mina's fire-based magic was the most eye-catching, turning into countless flame-like villains in an instant, smiling and dancing around everyone.
Nocisi struggled in her heart, not knowing whether it was time to step forward and perform, but Badada had already rushed forward and performed wind magic.
The condensed cyan in his hand flew out, chopping down the fruit on the branches, and holding the fruit in front of Ash with a small whirlwind, making Ash's eyes light up.
Batada said proudly, "Wind magic is powerful, and picking fruit is the most convenient. ”
Ash is something else, this wind magic that is enough to cut off the stem of the fruit, can it also be used as a hidden weapon? If you can't help but unwind magic in melee combat, the odds of winning will be much greater.
Moreover, this kind of hidden weapon does not need to be customized, it only needs to condense the so-called wind element, and there is no consumption problem.
The more I thought about it, the more it excited Ash.
Although she had no knowledge of magic, she only felt as if she had heard the word somewhere, but it did not prevent her from liking it. can kill people without worries, and naturally she likes it very much.
Ash has been torn between training and killing since she was a child, and her seventeen-year career as a killer has long imprinted the various techniques of killing people in her bones, and studying various killing methods has long become her habit, or instinct, and she will subconsciously judge the threat of various creatures and whether various items can be used by her.
Just like a geologist will explore the geology as soon as he comes to the New World, just like a tennis player will judge whether it can be used when he gets a ball, just like a gourmand will distinguish the various flavors of a dish as soon as it enters her mouth.
"I study wind magic."
One sentence made all the wind elves cheer.
"To learn the art of cutting the wind, you must first resonate with the wind elements of nature." The wind elf that teaches gray is called Caesarsa, with two pairs of small wings, which is the oldest of all wind elves and the most suitable wind elf to teach gray.
Through this half a year of contact, Ash also roughly understood the level of elves, it seems that the more wings, the older and more powerful the elves.
"Resonance?"
"Yes, to put it bluntly, it's about getting in touch with the elements of nature." Caesar held a young shoot in his hand, and looked like a teacher.
The other elves, all who were fine, also hula in groups, sat on the surrounding grass and branches, and listened to him curiously.
Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, Caesar was slightly nervous, and shook the buds in his hand a few times, as if to get rid of this tension, coughed a few times, and then said, "The elements of nature are divided into light, darkness, wind, fire, water, earth, and nature. ”
"Ordinary humans can only sense the six elements, and very few can sense the natural elements, but the elves, who are close to nature, can clearly feel the natural elements."
"And unlike the elves, the human body is not a pure elemental body, and there are many impurities in the body, so the absorption and use of various elements must be discounted."
"For example, we all have instantaneous magic, and most humans need spells to chant aids."
Caesar's tirade soon caused the elves to boo, and he scratched his head in embarrassment, blushing slightly, and said, "Now let's practice." ”
Ash closed his eyes and used meditation to find the elements, as Caesar said.
The elves clenched their little fists and looked at her nervously, but until an hour passed, the elements around Ash did not move.
"It's strange, doesn't Ash sense the elementals?"
"I don't know, she's a human, so she probably meditates slowly."
The elves whispered, Pink and Wendy looked at each other, and Mina pursed her lips, deciding that Caesar had taught badly.
Until nightfall, Ash did not feel any of the wind elemental Caesarsa had spoken of.
Day after day, after three days, the elves flew and came, flew and walked, and Ash devoted all his time to meditation except for basic food, but still found nothing.
It's a pity that the elves don't know what kind of magic humans cultivate, they only know a rough idea, so they have to let Ash explore it alone.
In this regard, Noxisi also felt a little dazed, and after thinking about it, he had to turn to the knowledgeable Elf Elder and the World Tree Grandpa for help.