Chapter 63: The Circle
In the early morning, the sea is calm, the soft sunlight is dotted with the gentle waves, and the golden light flashes as if someone is singing a requiem in a low voice.
Unas was born in an inland city, and he didn't expect that the first time he saw the sea in person would be in Azeroth, and the excitement he should have had was diluted by a strange feeling.
The salty sea breeze was refreshing, and the two of them raced some distance on the beach, and after making sure that no one was following, Gordon led him to a cave under a cliff.
"Why doesn't anyone come to fish?" Unas was a little strange, he didn't see half a figure along the way, there was a shortage of food in the monastery, and the sea was an inexhaustible granary.
"After the destruction of our navy, an unfriendly tribe of fishmen migrated to several small islands in this vicinity, and they have taken over the fishing grounds at this estuary, and we have no warships, so we can't expel them at sea."
Unas remembered the raft they had ridden in the lake of Cheshui, and if there had been a warship at that time, the vanguard would not have lost seven men at once.
Gordon lit a torch and walked into the cave, and continued: "At first, there were still people who came to the beach to fish, but after a series of disappearances, no one dared to come, and it was self-defeating to fight guerrilla warfare with the fish-men at sea, and this coast was temporarily abandoned by the monastery. ”
"Looting scum," Unas scolded, keeping up with Gordon, "we've been running on the beach for a while, and you say we'll be targeted by the fishmen." ”
"If they dare to go ashore, I will turn them into fish grillers." Gordon seems to have forgotten that he wants to be a monk, and it is not good for a monk to speak so cruelly.
The cave was not deep, and the two soon came to an end, when Gordon brought a large rock to block the intersection and lit a few torches to light it.
It was a relatively flat stone chamber, with traces of man-made everywhere, and Unas couldn't help asking, "What is this place?" ”
"I don't know, it's probably inhabited, I stumbled upon it before." Gordon cleared out a small patch of flat ground, then took out a vial of powder and began to draw patterns on the ground.
Unas watched quietly, and as the minutes and seconds passed, the pattern gradually took shape, the main body was a five-pointed star, and each corner was superimposed with some strange small patterns, and runes of unknown meaning were written between the lines.
"This is the Inheritance Circle of the Fire Ring, you have to remember it," Gordon put a red gem on each corner of the pentagram and held out his hand to Unas, "Give me the ring." ”
The jet-black ring was placed in the center of the circle, and Unas did Gordon's command to slit his finger and squeeze out a few drops of blood, allowing the ring to infect his blood.
"Follow me, salamayayi......"
"Wait a minute!" Unas hurriedly interrupted him, "I'm not ready yet. ”
The Dread Demon King in his body has been silent for a long time, maybe he is sleeping? But it is more likely that he is observing every move of the outside world, and it is better not to expose Gordon's family secret to the devil.
He summoned the shred of holy energy in the center of his eyebrows to surround the heart, forming a closed ball to envelop the whole heart, Unas was not sure if this would keep the demon out of prying eyes, he just wanted peace of mind.
With that, he nodded to Gordon, who resumed reciting what appeared to be an elven incantation.
Gordon spoke, Unas repeated, and with a mouthful of incantations, the entire circle lit up.
The energy in the red gem flowed along the lines of the ground, and finally converged in the center of the circle, and the jet-black fire ring turned into a golden red like red-hot steel.
As the last syllable of the incantation ended, the golden-red ring suddenly emitted intense light and heat, and Unas seemed to hear a clear chirp, and the scene of blue sky, white clouds, and earth flashed before his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
Gordon's timely question woke him up, and Unas shook his head, leaving the illusion behind: "I'm okay, the ritual is complete?" ”
Gordon nodded and said, "You put the ring on and see how it feels." ”
The fire ring on the ground turned jet black again, and the blood on it disappeared completely, Unas picked up the treasure and tried the size, only the middle finger was the most suitable.
Placing the ring on the middle finger of his left hand, he closed his eyes and focused, vaguely feeling an inexplicable connection between the ring and him.
He tried to snap his fingers, and a beam of sparks burst from his hand, and he quickly turned his head to dodge, and the flames turned into sparks and quickly disappeared into the air.
It's really dangerous, it's good that he flashes fast, otherwise his hair would have been on fire.
Gordon didn't blame him, but breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good, it seems that the inheritance ceremony has succeeded." ”
"I feel like I can release a stronger beam of fire." Unas's snap of his fingers just now was just a small test.
"Now you don't need to release any strong flames, as you saw just now, it's easy to burn yourself if you don't control it well, my training for you is only to enhance your control over the flames, but before that," Gordon pointed to the pattern on the ground, "you have to memorize this inheritance circle." ”
Unas squatted down, carefully observing the magic circle on the ground by the light of the torch, a few patterns are easy to say, but the dense runes of size add up to more than a hundred words, unless you are a genius who will never forget, where can you remember it in a short time?
Gordon explained his confusion in time: "Take out my holy deed, I have recorded these runes in the holy deed." ”
It turned out that Gordon was also afraid that he would forget, so he mixed these runes into other spells, and it was difficult for people who didn't know the details to piece together even if they got the holy deed.
Unas took out the holy deeds, and Gordon pointed them out to him, and the fragmentary runes in the book were all compared to those on the circle, and now he only had to memorize the page numbers and lines of each spell.
Under Gordon's supervision, Unas continued to write and draw on the ground until he had the ability to complete the circle on his own according to the Holy Covenant.
This shorthand made Unas dizzy, but when it came to the Flame Knight's legacy, it was really sloppy.
Gordon picked up the five rubies, smoothed out all the marks on the ground, and said, "My ancestors seem to have had some unpleasant encounters with the High Elves when they made this artifact, so they passed down a warning - the ring-bearer must not let this ring fall into the hands of the High Elves, not even touched!" I hope you will obey this commandment as well. ”
"Of course, the elves should never want to touch my left hand," Unas said sincerely, "and if you don't want to be a monk anymore, I can give it back to you." ”
Gordon smiled indifferently, took out the family heirloom sword from the sword box behind his back, gestured twice, and said: "There is also the fire kiss, it is said that red jade is one of the main materials to build it, so you should not show it in front of the dragon clan, especially the red dragon, so as not to attract unnecessary attacks." ”
"What's Ruby?"
Accustomed to his lack of common sense, Gordon explained, "Ruby is the essence that condenses from the throat of an adult red dragon, which is equivalent to the second heart of the red dragon, and the red dragon that loses it will quickly weaken to death. ”
Whatever Gordon's ancestors did to get the red jade, it was equivalent to exchanging the life of a red dragon for a weapon, and there was no doubt that the fire-kisser would incur the dragon's wrath.
Unas was looking forward to the sword made of such a precious material, and asked, "Then what is the effect of the fire kiss?" ”
"Indestructible, the hardness of the fire kiss has reached the extreme, it has been passed down for so many years, and after countless battles, it is still flawless," Gordon gently stroked the smooth blade of the crystal sword, as if it were a lover's hand, "Of course, it can also increase the power of the fire element, and the destructive power of the fire magic released through it will be increased by one to five times." ”
"As for whether it's one or five, it depends on your individual talent, and if you want to know how your talent is, start practicing now," Gordon moved away from the boulder blocking the road, "The first step is to control the flame of your finger size......
A neighing sound suddenly interrupted him, it must have been from the horses tethered to the outside of the cave, the two looked at each other, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of Gordon's mouth: "It seems that there really is an uninvited guest!" ”