Chapter 57: The Demon King and Idealism
"First of all, before we can learn magic, we first need to understand what 'magic' is."
"'Magic' is an energy, an energy that is everywhere. Magic exists in all things in the world, but it is difficult to control, like air. Therefore, if we want to use magic, then we need a carrier to carry the invisible magic. ”
"Depending on the medium, the magic has different forms and characteristics. For example, a warrior fuses his magic with his own flesh and blood to produce 'fighting energy', which can strengthen his strength and weapons in his hand, a warrior monk fuses his magic with his own will to produce 'spiritual energy', which can strengthen his body with his own will, and we mages merge magic with their soul through meditation to produce 'magic' that can be controlled by the mage. In order to distinguish it from the ubiquitous magic in nature, we usually call the magic in the mage's body, which is completely controlled by the mage, 'small source magic'. The mage uses the 'small source of mana' to affect matter and the large source of mana from the outside world, so as to achieve spell casting. ”
Lizar Rose explains a few things about magic to Grimm.
Through Lizar's explanation, Green also has a more accurate understanding of the sources of those powers in this world.
"Alright. That's all for the introduction to magic. Next, let me tell you what magic is. The black-haired witch pulled out a pinch of phosphorus moss from her mage's robes, "This is phosphorus moss, a plant that lives in a humid environment and is able to glow in the dark. ”
The phosphomoss vanished, and a small ball of light appeared in Lizaros's hand.
"Do you see clearly?" Lizarrose asked Green.
"See clearly." After Green's perception attribute was temporarily strengthened to 22, his eyes seemed to glow, "There is a wave of magic that spreads out from your body, and then injects into these spellcasting materials, dismantles these casting materials, and then turns into a ball of light. ”
"The magic uses phosphorus moss as the casting medium to reproduce the luminous ability of phosphorus moss, and this luminous ability is strengthened to a certain extent, which is spell. That kind of flashing spell with your fist or something, it's definitely not a spell! ”
"Recreate the luminous power of phosphomoss?" Green thought for a moment, "Spells are the use of magic as a tool to influence matter and reproduce natural phenomena?" ”
"Yes." Lizaros paused, "Now, do you understand the difference between a warrior monk and a mage?" ”
Green smiled awkwardly, "Understood." ”
"All the spells of the mage follow the laws of nature. Therefore, it is very important for a mage to learn knowledge and understand the world. Because only by understanding the principle of a certain phenomenon can it be reproduced in the hands of a magician. The kind of barbaric behavior of desperately releasing spells with his head stuffed regardless of the principle is the practice of a warrior monk. ”
After correcting Grimm's perception of magic, Lizaros left - as a powerful witch, Lizaros was also a figure with a head and a face in Yod City, so naturally she didn't have that much effort to slowly teach Grimm spells.
Green left the house and went to the library to continue absorbing knowledge.
If the magic of the "Demon King" is instinctive, as simple as waving a fist, then the magic of the magician is like operating a sophisticated machine, which is not only complicated, but also has a relatively slow reaction speed and a certain delay. Although the strength and form are somewhat different, the knowledge is universal.
"Magic?" Green touched his chin.
If "materialism" and "idealism" are represented by two end points, then earth technology is very close to the end of materialism, and the capabilities of this world are closer to the end of "idealism". Among them, the ability of the warrior monk is very close to the end of "idealism"; The magician's magic, though equally idealistic, adheres to some of the characteristics of materialism; Relatively speaking, physical professions such as warriors and thieves are not much different from earthlings in the early days, and their abilities are also very "scientific", but as the level increases, their abilities slowly begin to put "science" aside, and their abilities become more and more "magical".
"Science" is the power of materialism, then "magic" is the power of idealism!
"Hmm......" Green leaned back on the chair in the library, looking up at the sky, thinking about some of the settings in the game in his mind, and corresponding them to this world, "The birth principle of the Noble Phantasm is to condense the will of living beings...... One of the most common nobles is the church itself! Each church is a treasure formed by the will of countless believers, and pastors and believers can obtain various bonuses in the church......"
Although the will of ordinary people is weak, if the will of countless ordinary people is condensed, it is still a powerful force! The holy vessels of the Church are treasures condensed by the will of countless ordinary people.
"Tsk! Was that what Sid was going to do? Use the will of many strong people to help him condense his treasures. No wonder he picks those who have a certain amount of strength! ”
Even if he understood Sid's plan and purpose, it was useless. If you want to sabotage Sid's Treasure Crafting Plan, you can only thwart Sid's theft head-on! But this incident also gave Green a wake-up call.
"I ...... Pretty strong, right? Green couldn't help but look at his system interface, "So can I also make a treasure of my own?" ”
When Green figured out the principle of the Noble Phantasm, a new transformation project appeared under the item transformation interface.
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Item Transformation and Treasure: Transform an item, extract its concept, and make it a treasure.
Renovation consumption:?? Chaos Mana (Calculated cost based on the characteristics of the target item.) )
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Hey!? Really!? Green couldn't help frowning.
This [Treasure] item transformation project did not exist before, and was born after Grimm understood the principle of Treasure.
"It's kind of interesting......"
Just like nuclear energy is very powerful, but if you don't know how to use it, then nuclear energy can only be used as a bomb, but if you have an idea, nuclear energy can also be used to generate electricity or be used as an engine. The same goes for Chaos Mana.
The Demon King can use Chaos Magic "as he pleases", using Chaos Magic to destroy, distort, and transform things. It's a very powerful ability, but if you don't know how to use it, it's just a powerful attack skill.
When Grimm understood the principle of the Noble Phantasm and had such an idea, there was one more use for Chaos Magic.