Chapter Forty-Eight: Illusion
Kenneth is a mid-rank spellcaster who specializes in illusion-based spells.
Illusion spells tend to be unpopular in all spell systems, one is basically no place that can come in handy, and the other is that the combat effectiveness is really weak and pitiful, and it is okay to bully some ordinary people who are not strong-willed, and only one [True Knowledge] can crack most of the illusions in the face of spellcasters of the same class, so the illusion department has developed so far and has been jokingly called the performance system by many spellcasters, and it is equal to the zero-level spells such as [Magic Tricks].
These jokes can't even be refuted by Kenneth, who is good at illusion, he has been studying illusion for at least half a century, illusion is not like spiritual spells that can directly affect the spirit of others, it can only create external illusions, even if you make a dragon that is no different from the real one, there is still no way to face a strong-willed person.
The world is full of spectators who want to see magic shows and those creatures that exist in myths and legends, and some spellcasters who are proficient in illusion often hold "magic shows" all over the world, and the money earned from a performance is coveted even by big businessmen.
Kenneth was a little embarrassed when he talked about his experience of choosing to learn illusion spells, because he was obsessed with magic because he watched a wonderful magic show when he was an hour, and further learned that it was the effect of illusion, so he fell into the big pit of the illusion department out of control.
In addition to the basic illusion effect, most illusions need to be developed by the caster himself.
For example, the first-order illusion [Phonological Illusion] - the effect is to create a volume of up to 100 kos (decibels), and this sound is the roar of a beast, the roar of a monster, or the angry curse of a human voice depends entirely on the caster himself, and a slight adjustment based on the spell model of [Illusion] can create a completely different sound effect.
To put it simply, [Phantom Technique] is equivalent to a player on the computer, and what song you want to play depends on whether the computer has the data of this song.
The same is true for second-order [illusions].
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Kenneth took out the illusion crystal to show off his proud [unicorn] illusion, and after turning off the lights, he picked up his wand and chanted the spell, and soon a snow-white unicorn less than the size of his thumb popped out of the illusion crystal and ran freely around the room. Even though it is small, the unicorn runs vividly, leaving light marks in mid-air and the glimmer of light on its body that looks dreamlike.
"It's beautiful." Harvey couldn't help but compliment.
Kenneth looked at the snow-white unicorn with a look of hope: "In the past five years, I have collected a lot of legends about the unicorn, tried to simulate its sound, made its illusions, I spent more than half a month at Bennett's largest horse farm to observe the different horses running, and chose the one with the most graceful posture and charm, and the result of all my hard work is it." ”
After a pause, Kenneth shook his head with a wry smile, and his rickety body seemed to lose support all of a sudden, sitting on the chair and muttering: "But I overestimated my own spell casting level, and I was too demanding on the unicorn illusion to be able to display it with [illusion] at all, and borrowing the illusion crystal to cast it can only achieve the current effect at most, once this unicorn illusion is expanded, the [illusion] will collapse on its own, which makes no sense." ”
After listening to Kenneth's own statement, a strange thought popped up in Harvey's heart: "Isn't this just a problem of poor "optimization"? ”
Harvey himself is only at the beginner level, and he knows very little about illusions, so he can't give Kenneth any advice, looking at the illusion unicorn jumping happily in midair, he comforted lightly: "Mr. Kenneth, it is not easy for [Illusion] to make such an effect, and when you complete this illusion, you will definitely shock all the audience." ”
Harvey looked at the dazzling array of illusion crystals on the table not far away, and asked thoughtfully, "Mr. Kenneth, if I don't mind, can I buy some magic items or related book knowledge from you?" You know that the city of Elroy is only a thriving city in the eastern part of the kingdom, and I can't find more information about magic here. ”
Kenneth raised his cloudy eyes to look at Harvey, thought for a moment and replied, "I happen to have some spare illusion crystals and a record [illusion] spell book here, although they are common circulation items in the caster world, and the price here is not low. ”
Because of the failure of the previous experiment, the problem of experimental funding became his urgent need, and Harvey made this request, and Kenneth was happy.
"Of course, Mr. Randolph can state the price, and I will buy it as long as it is within my personal financial means."
Kenneth turned around and walked to a wooden box, rummaged through a few crystals and a spell book, and his attitude was still a little hesitant: "Mr. Adrian, this [Illusion] is written in astral script, I'm not sure if you can read it, and then these illusion crystals have a certain amplification effect on [Illusion], and they can also be used to store image information." ”
These are all things at the bottom of the box, not that they are good things, but they belong to the chicken ribs that are tasteless and discarded, and they are estimated to be disliked if they are given to ordinary spellcasters.
[Illusion] is priced at five hundred balun pounds, and the illusion crystal is one hundred baleon pounds a gift for an additional instruction manual, Harvey is very generous to buy them all, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is in a profitable period, and the follow-up income is enough for him to squander for a while.
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Harvey and Kenneth had a long conversation for an afternoon, and as soon as they got out of the corridor, they heard a noise, and followed the prestige to see Christy Isaia, the girl who had played Eva in "Eva's Secret", with pale blonde thick hair, like a waterfall draped around her waist, and the ends of her hair were wavy like Diana, she was wearing an elegant and luxurious light green dress, her shoulders were half exposed, Christie's facial features were three-dimensional and heroic, although she talked and laughed with the people around her, she couldn't hide an indescribable arrogance between her eyebrows. This arrogance is not as frank and straightforward as Diana, it is confidence in her own ability, but a contempt for believing that she is better than others.
She was talking in the hallway with some well-dressed young nobles, and a lace folding fan opened from time to time to cover her chin, and only the eyes that were exposed were fluttering, revealing a youthful charm.
Harvey has seen her play Eva, her acting skills are really good, in addition to being a little sluggish when she swings the sword when she starred in "Eva's Secret", her temperament, attitude and personality are very well performed. After looking at Christie, Harvey's eyes were attracted to the young man next to her, the young man led by him had broken hair, a handsome appearance, and his every move was free and polite, and the smile made Harvey feel a little dazzling, and the word Prince Charming seemed to be tailor-made for him.
Harvey recognized the handsome young man as Kathy Elroy, the second son of the Elroy family, a well-known young talent in the social world and the author of "Wild Rose".
It just so happened that Cathy had just turned his head, and the two nodded to each other after making eye contact, Cathy's eyes paused for a moment, stepped over to meet Harvey, showed a bright smile, and introduced himself in a calm and polite tone: "You are Mr. Harvey Adrian?" My name is Cathy, and I'm a little surprised but excited to see you here. ”