"O my holy light!"

In the bedroom of the mansion, Oryx, who was studying the secret book of light and shadow balance, let out an exclamation from time to time.

As the first "Shadow Priest" in human history, Natalie Serin's many skills shocked him, a believer who had slowly turned into a holy light in the years of Holy Light cultivation.

Deviance is no longer enough to describe the audacity of this female bishop.

In the Mystical Archive, Natalie Sellin discusses four ways to manipulate the power of Shadow.

The first option is more common, but it is the most dangerous.

The essence of the caster lies in spiritual power. Use mental power to manipulate the "magic" in the body, such as the arcane energy of the mage and the divine energy of the priest, to cast spells; Use spiritual power to attract the "magic" of the outside world, such as a mage to induce the ubiquitous magic net energy, or a priest to pray for holy light and cast a spell that consumes a lot of money.

And this method is to follow the latter, pray to the void like praying for holy light, obtain shadow energy from the opposite side of the material universe, and cast spells.

Of course, as a mortal who grew up in an age where she didn't know anything about the universe, Natalie didn't know that the Void Realm existed. The emptiness in her mouth is only an imaginary, similar to the infinite divine source of the Holy Light in the minds of the followers of the Holy Light.

But Natalie claims that every time she tries to do so, she feels something terrible notice of her, and a dark whisper that leads to madness rings in her ears. She doesn't recommend practitioners of the path of balancing light and shadow to try this method, even if they are very protective of themselves.

Of course, she didn't know that it wasn't her imaginary "void" that responded to her. Because a mortal, no matter how much he prays, is not enough to cross the infinite and attract the attention of the Lord of the Void, the Lord of the Void.

It was the Elder Gods of Azeroth who responded to her. More accurately, it was the Blade of the Dark Empire of Saratas, who bewitched her, corrupted her, and led her to the path of the balance of light and shadow.

The second, more conventional, was developed by Natalie Seling during the Second War when she studied orc warlocks.

That is, like an orc warlock, who uses evil energy to bind the shadows and then cast shadow spells.

In fact, most demons other than the Nasrezm clan, including the Eredans of the Burning Legion, who have degenerated into "Manari", also use this method to cast shadow spells, as a supplement to common methods such as evil spells.

In this chapter, Natalie also explores the origin of demons.

Based on her own investigation, she discovered that the demons all came from a cosmic realm called the Twisted Void - something that Dalaran had known for a long time, and that the female bishop had studied for many years before she learned about it.

She claimed that if the power of the Shadow and the Void existed on the opposite side of the material universe, then given that the orc warlock's method of using shadow spells came from demons, she highly suspected that the so-called Distorted Void was the boundary of the material universe, very close to the opposite universe of dense shadow energy.

What is genius?

That's what it's called.

Speculation based on existing phenomena is still very reasonable, and almost reveals the truth of the universe.

The Distorted Void is the boundary of the material universe, located between the material universe and the void realm. This was unknown to even Dalaran, not even to the High Elves and the Night Elf Empire that once glorified Azeroth.

But this approach is still not what Natalie Sellin suggested.

For like the Shadows, evil power is not an easy force for humans to control. Is it necessary to understand another dangerous force in order to harness the shadows? In this way, not only is it more difficult, but the risk is doubled.

The third is the method she admires the most and is practicing, and it is also the path of the "Shadow Priest" in the plot.

That is to harness the shadows with the help of the Light.

Use the Holy Light to protect your mind, and on the premise of ensuring your own safety, combine the first method to pray to the Void and obtain the power of the Shadow, which can be used as a supplementary means in addition to the divine spell.

The principle of its realization is the same as that of the "orc warlock" in Natalie's eyes. The latter uses evil energy to bind the Shadows, while she uses the Light as a counterbalance.

And the fourth method is the most profound one.

Directly transform the Holy Light into a shadow and cast a shadow spell.

According to Natalie Selin, she herself only came up with this assumption based on existing theories. But she herself was far from reaching this level of absolute idealization, and was not allowed to enter at all, and even thought that it was impossible for mortals to reach such heights.

Not to mention Natalie Serling, who created the way of balancing light and shadow, even Orrix, who once stood at the height of the plot and observed the most fundamental setting of the entire universe from a macro level, thought it was impossible.

Because the principle is the transformation between light and darkness, which involves the root of the power of the six primordial sources.

It can be regarded as the most profound knowledge of the boundless......

One of them.

If you think about it, I am afraid that the only thing that is more advanced than this thing is to create things out of thin air and control time.

……

After reading it for a while, Aeryx grew in admiration for Natalie.

Natalie lived in a closed, backward, rigid and dogmatic era. Even last year's Dalaran had just been expelled from the Kenrito Six Council for Kel'thugad's repeated violations of the ban on necromancy and the resurrection of only a few small mice, depriving him of his position on the Council of the Kenrito Six - of course, this example is not appropriate. After all, Mr. Ke is not conducting academic research, but really has a dangerous interest in the necromantic realm.

This is true even of Dalaran, let alone the Church of Light.

Her maverick behavior not only violates human public order and good customs, but is also regarded as an absolute taboo within the church.

However, Natalie was able to walk out of a path that was unprecedented for human Light cultivators.

On the one hand, there is pressure from within the church.

On the other hand, it is also under the pressure of monitoring human society, which will strangle any threat in the cradle.

What's even more commendable is that she has also pulled out a large sect, and she is also aware of Saratas's evil intentions, knowing that it will not end well to be with the shadows, so she conceals this ancient god and prepares a way out for herself in advance. Although he was assassinated by his bewitched believers, he left behind a spell that would resurrect him......

Looking at human beings, how many people can be as talented as her, and have an extraordinary mind?

Before her, any human Light practitioner could have imagined that the Light and the Shadow were interdependent and could be transformed into each other. With the help of the Holy Light, it is completely possible to pry the shadows of the opposite side, and then walk a tightrope to control the power of dangerous shadows.

Not to mention human beings, let alone the fundamental knowledge involving the power of the Origin......

Looking at the history of Azeroth, the Troll Race, which once spread out all over the world, or after that, the Night Elves whose territory covered more than half of the world, had a vague basic understanding of the power of the Six Origins, let alone such profound knowledge.

Although Natalie's motivation to study the balance of light and shadow came more from Saratas's demagoguery, this does not deny her talent.

In Aurex's mind, he has put Natalie together, the recognized master of the school of protective magic and the most brilliant genius in human history, Antonidas, the current Speaker of the Kenrito Six and leader of Dalaran, and Varian Wrynn, who has reached the point of unprecedented warrior in history.

Natalie is an unborn genius who, in the words of her previous life, belongs to the kind that can start a sect and show a path for future generations.

……

Oryx put away his admiration for the female bishop and tried to manipulate the shadow energy in his body using the techniques in the Mystical Codex.

A dark shadow swirled around his fingertips, one moment it turned into pure light, the other it returned to its original form, and the transformation moved as he pleased, without any hindrance, as if it were an extension of his limbs.

Oryx's eyes widened suddenly, and shock was written all over his face.

How can this be......

Directly transformed into Holy Light?

He had obviously only read the beginning of the Secret Codex, and had not delved into too many technical things.

According to Natalie's Secret Book of Light and Shadow Balancing, this is the fourth method called "the impossible height of mortals"!

After a few more attempts, he found that all the shadow energy in his body could be perfectly controlled, and it was only a matter of time before he completely purified himself.

And the holy light transformed into the shadow can also be used for him to cast divine spells as before.

And if you look at the total amount of divine energy that the shadow can transform, your "mana value" is equivalent to a ......

Almost ten times.

Thanks to various assistance such as [Zela's Grace], ["Caster's" Cultivation Codex], [Velon's Divine Spell Experience], and other assistance, Orrix, who is already a high-level epic powerhouse, already has spiritual power and "mana value" far beyond that of a Holy Light cultivator of the same level, reaching the level of an ordinary legendary powerhouse.

In this way, it can be compared to some old legendary powerhouses who have been famous for a long time...... If you compare it to a paladin who is more adept at hand-to-hand combat and has a holy spell skill than a priest who specializes in it......

Oryx found a reference for himself.

He believes that the divine energy in his body may have surpassed that of his teacher, Saidan Dasohan.

Excited to finally get rid of Salatas's grip, he silently made this assessment to himself in his heart: "Okay...... It turns out that I am also the kind of genius who is not born in the world. ”

He really didn't know that there was any human in this era who could transform the light and the shadow so lightly as he did.

Salatas would never have predicted that he would have a versatile "golden finger" that could resolve the crisis invisibly, and even make up for himself. The shadow energy that was originally used to corrupt him has directly become his upgrade package......

But soon, he frowned again.

The answer to this question is really that you are too genius? Could it be that it was due to the shadow energy that Saratas injected into his body, could this be a deeper plan of Sarathas?

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Sir, Master Luo Ning of Dalaran is looking for you."

"Okay, I'll be in the parlor right away." Oryx answered, put aside the doubts in his heart for the time being, put away "The Way of Balancing Light and Shadow", straightened his clothes, and opened the bedroom door.

……

A few minutes later, Oryx appeared in the living room.

Luo Ning stood up to greet him, with a bald middle-aged man in a priest's uniform beside him.

"With the highest respect to you, Bishop Oryx." The bald middle-aged man respects him very much.

No way, he has now been promoted by Archbishop Benedictas to special bishop of Lordaeron, with the same status as a bishop of a diocese at the national level. Regardless of this status, he has been able to receive the attention of the Light many times, and he has done such a great thing not long ago, and any believer who believes in the Light will regard him as a saint in the world and pay sincere respect.

This person's accent and appearance are less like locals, but more like southerners.

"Hello two, is there anything important to come to me?" Oryx nodded in return, a little confused, mixed with a little worry.

Luo Ning......

Needless to say, it's not good to come every time. It's not about the bad news about the situation, it's about bringing some big news that shocks the eye.

But what he didn't expect was that Ronin would be with a priest of the Holy Light Church.

"Nothing else, you were hoping to get Natalie Serling's writings on shadows to study, and this time, we've brought you more." Ronin replied, and summoned a stack of books that had been heavily sealed by magic from the spatial enchantment bag he carried with him, personally dissolved the magic, and handed it to Oryx.

When Oryx got his hands on it, it seemed that it was indeed more advanced than the ones he had sent before, huh......

It's also more dangerous.

However, it is not as comprehensive as the book "The Way of Balancing Light and Shadow" he has.

He wondered a little, what was wrong with Dalaran, why did he suddenly open the ban, and hadn't he always refused to provide Natalie's more dangerous theoretical writings?

As if seeing his question, Ronin duly replied: "Yesterday Archbishop Benedictas sent us a letter, repeatedly asking us to provide you with more of Natalie's writings to help you through this difficult time. By the way, he also sent this priest to bring some of Natalie's books that he had collected earlier, and asked us to give them to you after checking the safety. ”

The ambassador Dalaran, who had just returned from the Stormwind Kingdom, spoke in a somewhat helpless tone.

Originally, Dalaran only gave a limited number of shadow writings to Orix, which could not be said to be fooling, but sincerely for his good. After all, most of those writings are too dangerous, and Natalie Selin, who has died at the hands of her followers, and those who have all gone crazy are the best examples.

It can be seen that Dalaran is now forced by Archbishop Benedictas to lift the ban.

And all because Orix helped the Stormwind Kingdom solve the great scourge of Onexia, which made Archbishop Benedictas pay more attention to him.

The bald priest on the side also stepped aside, took out a second stack of books from the book bag placed on the table, and presented it.

It has always been a secret that Orix has been corrupted by the Shadows. Except for some high-ranking people in Dalaran, only the high-ranking officials of the Knights of the Silver Hand and Archbishop Benedictas knew about it.

This man was sent to deliver the book, presumably a close associate of Archbishop Benedictas.

"Thank you so much, I needed that. On my behalf, please thank the Council of Kenrito, and the Archbishop. Oryx pretended to be grateful, but in reality, he didn't need these things anymore.

"I will, greetings again, and I wish you a speedy escape from the ills of the Shadows. Then I won't bother you both. The priest took his leave, and followed the servant out of the parlor, leaving the room to Ronin and Oryx.

Ronin said worriedly, "Oryx, to be honest, no one understands the dangers of these theories better than the Kenrito Council. Archbishop Benedictas is well-intentioned, but I don't recommend that you study these books right away...... Can you see what I mean? I suggest you go the more secure way. ”

Without outsiders, Luo Ning would not be outside.

Several contacts, although not very in-depth, most of them are official matters, but they are enough to make him like Oryx the person. There is no problem getting along, and they both have faith in justice, and the relationship between the two is close.

"Is this advice from Master Ronin himself, or from the Council of the Six?" Oryx asked with a smile.

"All of them," Ronin shook his head and said frankly, "Crassus is helping you figure it out, and you'd better not try this too soon, which could lead to worse results." ”

"Don't worry, Master Luo Ning, I will wait a little longer, even if I have to do it, I will definitely study these books on the premise of ensuring my own safety."

"Okay, then I'll go back." Luo Ning sighed and got up to leave.

……

After Ronin left, Oryx returned to his bedroom with the stack of books in his arms.

Again, there is a more comprehensive "The Way of Balancing Light and Shadow", and he no longer needs these books.

And he's not stupid.

It is impossible to rule out the possibility that Archbishop Benedictas was corrupted by Salatas.

What if these books were sent by Sarataste and caused him to fall deeper into the abyss of shadows?

Oryx chuckled.

He doesn't study deeply, he just compares......

If there is a problem with the stack of books sent by Archbishop Benedictas, it will at least confirm the archbishop's heels. (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)