Chapter 454: Unidentified Creature
The jungle is growing!
Maca is sure that this is a strange ancient magic. It's just that the magic of magical creatures is fundamentally different from that of wizards, and although Maca can feel the magic constantly stirring, she can't tell the meaning contained in it.
He just found that if he replaced it with a glacier or something related to temperature, he might be able to try to analyze and interpret it with his understanding of the cooling rules.
For he could vaguely feel that there was something déjà vu hidden in this fluctuation of magic, as if he had felt it on one of the regular runes of the Scroll of Truth.
Sometimes I have to admit that the innate magic of these magical creatures is indeed much better than the spells of wizards.
"Thank you to the three ancestors for the miracle of life, all the creatures in this jungle will give their silent gratitude for your favor!"
Old Luck knelt on the stone slab in front of the shrine, and his old voice cried out unreservedly.
Not knowing if anything else would happen, Maca carefully guarded Luna and Hermione, choosing to wait and see.
As you can see, many plants are beginning to grow rapidly, and some roots and vines are churning the ground, lifting up the stone slabs around the shrine.
This strange growth obviously began to spread around the shrine.
Maca took out her staff and gently slammed it to her feet, using the power of Transfiguration to forcibly stabilize the area they were in to prevent her feet from being unstable. If something really happens in an emergency, you won't suffer because you can't get the balance right.
He could feel the shaking of the earth continuing. Moreover, this tremor has not gradually calmed down due to the passage of time, but has a tendency to intensify.
Obviously, the plants around me began to gradually stop growing, but the vibration under my feet was ......
"Something isn't right, it looks like something is coming out......," Maca said with a slight frown, "further north, somewhere." ”
“…… That...... What is that? ”
The elf Ruck seemed to feel it too, and he hurriedly stood up, looking a little surprised.
"What did you find?" Maca immediately asked.
"Young wizard, you're right......" the old elf muttered as he looked in the direction from which the vibrations were coming from, "something is indeed squeezing up the ground...... Rich in magic...... Rich in life! ”
Maca didn't feel any life, but he did sense the magic.
"What's that?" He nodded.
"No, I don't know...... Old Luck has never seen ......" The elf shook his head repeatedly, "Old Luck can only say that it must be some kind of ...... Some kind of life born of nature. ”
Seeing that Rak was obviously unclear, Maca was a little curious. But curiosity is curiosity, and he is more concerned about the safety of Luna and Hermione.
The magic of the ancient magical creatures just now contains a kind of magic that can promote the growth of animals and plants. And that inexplicable power seems to have ripened some strange big guy together.
"Lac, what made you decide to bring Luna here?" Maca frowned and asked, "I think you'd better explain it and stop playing dumb riddles with me." ”
"This ......," said Old Lack, shaking his thin arm and shaking his head, "No, Old Luck is just...... Just do things according to the rules of my people. Our elders have told us that when we meet a life that can listen to the whispers of nature, we should bring it here, and our ancestors will give our people a better future......"
"Did your elders tell you that doing so would make a big guy with teeth and claws?"
As Rak spoke, Maca was already flying with her magic book.
But when he poked his head out of the canopy and looked far north of the island, he saw a large expanse of thick turquoise vines sticking out of the jungle, waving in midair.
"What?" Old Luck said blankly.
Maca didn't pay any more attention to the elf, he just poked his head out and watched for a while, and when he noticed that one of the vines didn't seem to be moving, he fell back to the ground.
"There's a lot of vines waving around in midair, but it doesn't look like they're coming." Maca shrugged at Luna and Hermione, "It's a good thing it doesn't grow in the Forbidden Forest, and just by looking at the range of those vines, it's definitely not easy to deal with." ”
"All up to the canopy?" Hermione was surprised, "How big is that?" ”
Compared to Hermione's panic, Luna was clearly much calmer. Or maybe she didn't really think about the danger at all, but simply expressed curiosity.
"Maka, are we going to check it out?" She said in a trance, "After reading it, I can tell my dad - he can write it into "Singing and Singing." ”
As she spoke, she paused slightly, and then sighed leisurely, "...... Another wonderful and special magical creature, oh...... I think readers will love it. ”
"Honestly, I'd like to see what it is," Maca agreed, then shook her head, "It's not right now—I don't think you can get close to it." ”
"Yes! We don't know what it is, it's not safe to rush over! Hermione said cautiously, "And we don't have to go over." ”
"Rak, there's no one of your people over there, is there?" Maca asked, turning her head to the elf.
"No, there isn't." Old Luck shook his head slowly, "We mostly live in the storage room under the tower now, which is a big place, and even in the rainy season, we won't be wet all day. ”
"Then don't worry about it, let's go back first......"
Maca glanced further north, then beckoned to Rak and the two girls, and began to return the way they had come.
Although Old Luck believes in his ancestors, he is not brainless, and he still understands the danger of staying away from the unknown. When Maca said this, he didn't show any objection.
However, this seemingly frightening mutation did not end there.
The magical tower built by Rowena reacts to what appears above the island. Although Maca didn't remember it for a while, when a red light faintly passed through the gaps in the leaves, he immediately understood what the appearance of the red light meant.
"We'd better hurry," Maka frowned, "Rak, you take us back to the Tower with the Apparitions, and tell your people to stay in the Tower and not come out!" ”
"Apparition?" Old Luck wondered, "What's that?" ”
"Space moves," Maca explained quickly, "disappearing from here and appearing in the tower—you know." ”
"Oh, okay."
Old Luck nodded hurriedly, and Maca asked Hermione and Luna to grab Old Luck's arm. After a crackling explosion, their bodies twisted and shrunk into points and disappeared in place.
When they appeared together at the bottom of the tower, Maca didn't say a word, and walked straight to the middle staircase with Hermione and Luna. Although he didn't really want to go to the upper floors of the tower at all, he had to climb higher to get a visual view of the jungle at the moment.
"Rak, stay with your people, I'll take a look at the situation outside."
In fact, there is no need to say Machado. Old Luck only nodded slightly, and soon moved to another place to inform his kindred.
It didn't take long for the three of them to go up to the lookout at the top of the tower.
From here, you can see almost the entire island. In the distance, the sea is blue, and the jungle that has just grown up is lush and green. Standing here, you can smell the sea breeze coming towards you, and there is a salty smell between your mouth and nose.
But now is not a good time to enjoy the scenery, at this time, around the tower, a red halo has lit up. When Maca first came here, she had seen the power of this huge red ring.
At the beginning, a large group of fire dragons had no ability to resist under the expansion of the aura, and they were pushed to the edge of the island before landing one after another, which shows that this kind of defensive magic is indeed powerful.
Maca had suspected that maybe Hogwarts was hiding some kind of defensive magic, but it just didn't turn on for some reason. But the castle, which concealed all sorts of secrets, was more mysterious than the tower of Rowena, and he had not been able to dig up much useful from it until now.
Not to mention the secrets of Hogwarts Castle, what Maca is worried about at the moment is the repulsive aura of this tower.
The vines to the north did activate the tower's defenses, but the vines were just vines, and the body of the unknown being was still in the jungle. If the aura of this magic tower is activated, it will not only fail to achieve the expected effect of repelling enemies, but will instead stimulate the opponent.
"Maka, what's this red glow outside?" Hermione leaned on the lookout, looking surprised.
"Some kind of ancient defensive magic," Maca said casually, "and really, I don't even know which side to cheer for right now...... If that big guy in the north is too powerful, maybe our mission will be completed ahead of schedule in this accident. ”
Before he could finish his words, he saw the red rings around the tower shake as violently as the last time, and then spread rapidly, sweeping over the entire island at a great speed.
When the aura collided with the waving vines to the north, the thick vines were suddenly bounced away by a huge force, splashing a cloud of turquoise foliage debris.
And in the next moment, Maca was not surprised to see what he had expected—the big guy who didn't know what it was raised again, and whipped wildly in the jungle over there.
"Huh?"
When Maca waited a little longer, he couldn't help but sigh.