Chapter 9: All Things Are One

The Magic Society's meetings are held every ten days at the home of Hill, the organizer and president of the Magic Society. A dilapidated mansion full of history. A special waiter greeted him at the door, and in addition to the rustic code with the slogan "Magic Light Starry Sky Shining", he also had to pay a gold coin for the party.

Although the mansion here looks dilapidated, the decoration inside does match such a large house. The vast living room is divided into three layers of Arr, and it can be regarded as a garden and a pond. Because it was too big, the two dozen or so people seemed sparse and sparse.

As soon as Al entered, the tall and lanky Ciel greeted him. "Your Excellency, welcome to your first meeting of the Magic Society. "Thank you very much for hosting a gathering that will light the way forward for us" "It's nothing compared to our difficulties, please taste this year's fresh black tea first, and maybe you will gain something early by communicating with our fellow travelers, and the party will start later" "Okay, Your Excellency Hill" They saluted each other gracefully and gracefully, maintaining the demeanor of future mages.

Standing here are people who are connected to the mysterious world, and they are honored as Your Excellency. Maybe it's self-encouragement, maybe it's satisfying the vanity of the loser.

The people here are all young, and Aldo is not the youngest. Everyone is a teenager who has just stepped into this mysterious world, pursued his dreams, and achieved a little success. Al sat for a while, and the youngest who seemed to be the youngest took the initiative to come over and communicate with Al.

"Hello Your Excellency, I'm Sotur. "Hello Lord Sotour, I'm Al" The two little beans looked quite funny.

The reason why Sotur looked the youngest was because he was a head shorter than Al, dressed in a modest suit, and had the standard smile of an aristocratic man. But the material of the clothes is very inferior, and even the smile is very stiff, as if it is deliberately posed.

"You look like a freshman, are you attending a party for the first time?" said Sotour, who attended three times, enthusiastically introducing Al to him. He knows what the people who come here are most interested in, and he always has a grasp of the topic.

"Let me introduce you to that. First of all, the leader of our Magic Society, President Hill, Lord Hill, was a profound mage, and his rich collection is something we all covet, and every time we gather there is a satisfactory result. ”

"The Thun who enjoyed the food there has a photocopy of the famous Five Fireballs, yes, the Five Fireballs of the Bard Muklin's Five Fireballs of the Cult of the Fireball God to kill everything."

Brilliant battles and whimsical spells are always talked about by listeners, and the bard Muklin has been famous in the imperial capital for a long time because of this story. The appearance of legendary things in front of reality is exciting, and the following introductions are not as exciting as this. Before the official start of the meeting, there was a special time for private communication. Al first made an exchange with Sotur, "Treatise on the Energy Channel", the theory of the standard spell system. This is a reading that the apprentice has mastered after becoming a mage. Al's Might and Magic: A Beginner's Theory details the key points and perplexities encountered during the apprenticeship. In terms of value, the "Discourse on the Energy Path" is naturally more valuable, but the demand for "Might and Magic: A Beginner's Theory" is more targeted at them, because without a teacher, they desperately want such a detailed and focused book like a teacher.

Al read the book quickly, and after reading it, Sotur only read a few pages, and Sotour, who fell into the book, obviously knew the preciousness of the book, so he cherished the time and opportunity even more, and showed anxiety and fanaticism. Al didn't rush him, and while drinking tea, he thought back to every record and explanation just now, and looked at the expressions of the people who were also exchanging. This moment seems to be back to studying in the library in college.

After waiting for a long time, Hill stood in the center of the hall and clapped his hands gently, obviously not forcefully, but his voice was crisp and loud. The whispered conversation of the entire hall fell silent. Sotur regretfully returned the book to Al, and whispered quickly in Al's ear

"At the end of the meeting, I hope to invite you to my house. "It's a pleasure"

"Ladies and gentlemen," Hille paused, "Please sing our faith with me"

Everyone lowered their heads and clasped their hands in a fist, singing in a green and high-pitched voice

"I have pursued mysteries, walked on roads, tread thorns, crossed mountains. ”

"I am the explorer of the stars and the guardian of knowledge"

"Those who travel together are brothers, and those who backslard are sisters"

"Truth is eternal because of the decay of all things"

All things will be one!

Al, who had been attending the meeting for the first time and had prayed earnestly, heard the last sentence and his hair stood on end.

I've been living in a peaceful society and being reborn and I've always been under the wings of my family.,I've never been exposed to any danger.,I've always learned about the world like listening to stories in books.。 At this time, a line suddenly appeared that the real cult of all things will be one, and the soul will be scared out. The cults of this world do not cheat money and sex, people want your life.

The Unification of All Things will never appear in the public eye, will not proselytize, will not attack terrorists, but all wars and disasters have their shadows, and their pursuit is the same as the name of their organization, believing that all things will eventually decay and return to the world, and they are the agents of the will of this world, accelerating the process of the world, cleansing the world, destroying everything, and all things are one. Among them, the gods steal the authority of the world and interfere with the course of the world. They don't know how many strong people they have hindered their promotion, and how many fallen gods they have buried.

Mr. Zefnaia's collection records only a few sentences, but it tells the shadow of the destruction of several nations and the wars of races in history, the unexpected fall of the strong man who sealed the gods, and the inexplicable silence of the active gods. But it's all speculation, and there's no evidence. Even this organization is like a conspiracy theory concocted to save face for the losers or injustice in the face of war, disaster. But in all of these things, there are people chanting the last similar line.

"All things perish forever and return to the truth"

I don't know where Hill got this line from, but the magic trick seems to be mysterious.

"First of all, welcome to our new companions this time, Al" Hill stretched out his hand full of aura to introduce Al. Everyone chanted and saluted in unison.

"Companions are brothers"

Al didn't know what line to use in response, so he also clenched his right hand into a fist on his chest and saluted back.

"After that our real gathering, whoever comes first" Hill walked out of the center and sat down in his seat.

"I'll do it first. The tall and burly Thun spoke with a hoarse voice change. "Sibeins, I'll exchange the Five Fireballs for your Archmage Gemer's Elementary Fire Spell Explanation, and you can just make up the difference. ”

"Sorry, I might not be a good fit for Shaping spells, and I'm working on spells right now. ”

Hearing this, Sotur hurriedly spoke. "I have a copy of Mr. Inmel's "Treatise on the Energy Channel", but I can't afford to make up the difference."

Five Fireballs are famous after all, and Thun doesn't know how much of an exchange at the party takes advantage of this book. Sotur still knows the value and declares it in advance.

Thun looked over and saw Sibeins nodding and saying, "You're cheap, Sotour."

Al did the same, and exchanged Mr. Tygrin's collection for a good price.

Some people here have already begun to learn second-level spells, but the detailed elementary theory is still in demand, including Thun and Sibeins, who have invited him to be a guest. Because no one here has a teacher, they all explore on their own. Although magic can be used when you have enough magic, you can only go further and stronger if you understand it thoroughly and study it more deeply. For example, the standard first-level spell magic missile needs to consume ten magic power units, and some people can release it with eight magic power, but some people can't control the need to replenish more magic power, all because of the difference in cognition and mastery.

After the exchange, there is discussion and questioning, and some questions that you don't understand can be asked and asked for help here, but you need to pay a certain amount of money, and everyone must always understand the preciousness of knowledge and the hardships of pursuit.

Al took the opportunity to ask his own questions.

"Does magic have weight?" everyone was stunned for a while. Al bared his teeth and changed the question, "Magic directs supernatural phenomena, such as the burning of flames, the appearance of water balls, and then the spell is based on that substance to sustain its existence"

"Ten gold coins, I have a lot of experience with the phenomenon of flames, and the other phenomena are just guesses of the same analogy. Thun spoke. Al hurriedly handed over a money bag. Thun tore out a page from a random blank notebook and handed it to Al. It reads

"Mana is the universal cornerstone and fuel, which keeps all spells continuous, and when the mana is exhausted, the spell ends. When the spell exists, it will attract a part of the surrounding mana to replenish its own maintenance, and the standard cost of the magic power of the Flame Hand is twelve, and it is replenished as one unit. ”

As with his own conjectures, Al thanked Thun. Confirm his ideas, Al can supplement this part of the spell from the self-supplement of the bold conjecture experiment, then he can reduce the consumption of mana, and even increase the power of the spell.

After someone asks a question that interests you, you can share the answer at a fraction of the cost. But most of the problems are spells that can't cast a spell and what kind of problem it needs to solve. There are very few people like Al and Thun who study rules, phenomena, and theories. Most people have the attitude that they can use spells.

"Al, I hope to invite you to my house tomorrow, I don't know if you like Moslian roasted whole sheep that grew up drinking only snow water in the high mountains of the Northland, or golden trout fish soup made with fresh milk. "The rally ended when it was getting late and the security forces were going out on patrol. Thun sent an invitation like Al, perhaps because of their similar body shape and the same interests, and the two of them had a crush on each other. Sotur looked nervously at Al from behind.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Thun, I have already agreed to the invitation of others, and I hope that the day after tomorrow I will have the privilege of tasting this rare delicacy"

Thun gave Sotour a grim look and nodded. "I prefer Moslian roasted whole lamb, one for each person, and I hope you will like it too. He left his name and turned away.

"Al... Thank you for coming to my house," the skinny Soturne stammered in thanks, as Al had rejected the strong Thun for him, which seemed to be a very dignified thing in the eyes of the boy.

"Then you'll have to treat me well tomorrow," Al joked with a smile.