"Wait, wait, let's put it out of our sight. We'll have to take a few with us when we go out. Hearing Lin Yiyan's immature words, the sage shook his head slightly. With a wave of her cane with her right hand, she knocked on the edge of the table, and the plate and the buns inside sank under the table.

At the same time, a three-legged chair with a backrest appeared on the ground, and Cardinal waved his hand to instruct Lin Yiyan and Yugeo to sit down. As she had said, she sat down and began to stare at the ornate and empty tabletop. It's not about resummoning buns, but about drawing in your mind the sword of love that is no longer at hand - the sword that is now called 'black guy' for the time being. However, since Lin Yiyan didn't have much opportunity to hold it in his hands, he couldn't reproduce all the details of the sword completely.

After trying the same method as Lin Yiyan, and also feeling that it was quite difficult, Yugeo asked with a confused expression, "...... Ms. Cardinal, can you really do it? A sword that does not exist physically, but imagines what it will look like after liberation......"

However, Cardinal, who was sitting opposite, surprised Lin Yiyan, "It's better because there isn't." If the real thing is in front of you, the imagination can only stay in the real thing. To touch the memory of the sword, to merge with it, and to liberate it, you don't need your hands or eyes. It is enough to have a heart and an eye. ”

"Heart's Eye...... ......" Lin Yiyan muttered to himself as he recalled the fragment of the resurrection of Zephria's seedlings. Indeed, at that time, I neither touched nor looked at the Four Sacred Flowers that distributed the vitality to the seedlings or the dying Zephria seedlings, but only believed and imagined the overflow, aggregation and flow of vitality into the seedlings.

Yugeo next to him nodded as if he understood. The sage in the black robe looked at the two of them, showed a faint smile, and then said solemnly, "Very well. First of all, imagine as strongly as possible what your sword of love will look like on the table. Don't stop until the old body says, 'It's okay.'" ”

“…… I see. ”

"Give it a try."

Lin Yiyan and Ugeo replied in a whisper, then straightened their postures in their chairs and landed their eyes on the table. It was only five seconds before I raised my hand and gave up, but this time I just kept staring at the table. There is no need to be impatient, first of all, let the heart be empty.

Black guy. Come to think of it, it's so pitiful to call it by this temporary name until now.

The material taken from the topmost branch of the Kigassida tree was sharpened into a sword by the hands of Sadre, a craftsman in the central capital, for a year – on March 7. Today is May 24th, so we haven't been with him for more than three months. If you don't count the start and practice, the experience of pulling out the sword is only the same as last year's chief superior sword cultivator Volo? A match for Libantin, as well as a match with this year's chief Leos? Antinous's—just a real battle.

However, in these two experiences, the black sword exerted that Lin Yiyan could only think that it was its own strength that helped him. Even if the people of Kigascida who cut down their prototype - themselves did not change. Although they haven't been together for a long time, the sense of unity and exaltation when holding the hilt of the sword and using the sword skills is not inferior to any of Lin Yiyan's previous love swords.

Despite this, Lin Yiyan still struggled with the reason for the name of the black sword—probably because the contrast between the two was too stark when placed with Yugeo's artifact, the Sword of the Green Rose. White and black, flowers and trees. Two swords that are both similar and opposite.

Although it is groundless, Lin Yiyan has been haunted by a premonition since the day he left Lulide Village two years ago. Will the Sword of the Green Rose and the Black Sword one day face the fate of slashing each other?

Reason told Lin Yiyan that this was impossible. As the owner of the two swords, Yugeo and himself did not have any reason to fight each other. However, on the other hand, sensibility told Lin Yiyan that these two swords may not be so. Because, it was this sword of the green rose that cut Kigascida directly to the ground......

His mind was filled with subconscious memories, and Lin Yiyan continued to imagine the appearance of the black sword on the table. Simple, conical table top [Pomel]. Grip of the sword with a black leather belt. A sword that depicts powerful curves [Grip]. The blade is a slightly thicker blade, with a sense of transparency like black crystal, which is unimaginable that it was originally a branch. Light flows inside, and the razor-sharp edge and point of the sword shine beautifully......

Although Lin Yiyan's consciousness was a little thin, the shape of the imaginary sword that was still shaking vaguely at the beginning settled down a little. Then, the sword took on its hardness, weight, and temperature, and began to release a dense presence on the table.

Just as Lin Yiyan was looking at the flowing sword body, a voice came from around.

"Deeper, deeper. Until you touch the memory hidden on the sword, the essence of its existence. ”

The black on the sword stretched silently, covering the table, the floor, the surrounding bookshelves, and the lights, and the world was plunged into darkness. I don't know when, in the dark space, there are only Lin Yiyan and the sword. The black sword floated silently, the handle down, the tip of the sword pointing upwards and standing still in the air. Lin Yiyan's body also shook and disintegrated, and his consciousness was sucked into the sword.

When he noticed it, Lin Yiyan had turned into a cedar tree rooted in the icy earth. It is surrounded by deep forests. However, for some reason, there was not a single tree around Lin Yiyan. Only Lin Yiyan stood lonely in the center of the vast circular space. Lin Yiyan called out to the mosses and tiny ferns that covered the ground at his feet, but received no answer.

…… Lonely. Desolation and loneliness filled Lin Yiyan's whole body. Lin Yiyan wanted to touch the treetops of other trees, and whenever the wind blew, he desperately moved the branches, but he couldn't touch them every time.

If you stretch the branches outward, you may be able to touch them. Lin Yiyan thought like this while trying his best to suck the earth power into the root system and the yang force into the leaves. The trunk is getting thicker and the branches are getting longer. Lin Yiyan's sharp steel needle-like leaves are getting closer and closer to the bright green leaves of the oak tree that grows in the nearest place.

And yet - ah, what's going on?

Before they could touch it, the leaves of the oak tree turned a withered brown color and fell downward. The branches also lost their moisture and gradually decayed, and eventually the whole tree fell. Not only the oak trees, but also the other trees around the clearing, one by one, also died and eventually disappeared. Their remains, gradually covered with moss.

In the middle of the enlarged open space, Lin Yiyan sighed and drew strength from the ground and the sun again. The trunk of the tree trembled and swelled a little, and the branches also stretched out in all directions, and Lin Yiyan desperately stretched out the leaves towards the treetops of the big leaf nan next to him.

This time, too, the leaves of the tree withered, and the lifeless trunk rotted and fell. The same goes for the tree next to it. The same goes for the tree next to it. The trees died one by one, and the clearing enlarged again.

Because he wanted to stretch the branches and absorb the yang and earth forces, the trees next to him withered. Even though he knew this fact, Lin Yiyan still didn't want to give up contact with other trees. After repeating it countless times, at some point, Lin Yiyan was already dozens of times thicker than the trees in the forest, and the clearing area had expanded to dozens of times the original area, but the deep loneliness was as good as ever.

No matter how you stretch the branches, the sharp leaves will never touch the leaves of other trees. When Lin Yiyan understood this, there was no turning back. The branches and leaves rising from the forest ignored Lin Yiyan's will and monopolized a large amount of sunlight, while the roots that ran rampant on the ground constantly sucked away a large amount of earthly power. The icy clearing grew larger and larger, and trees fell one by one......

"Alright, that's it." Suddenly hearing a voice, Lin Yiyan was freed from the cedar tree.

In the blink of an eye, the surrounding scene had changed back to the appearance of the large library. Countless bookshelves illuminated by orange lights. Polished stone floors. The round table - and the two swords on it. It's Lin Yiyan's Black Guy and Yugeo's Green Rose Sword. While both appear to be real swords, they are not. Two love swords, confiscated when they were taken to the cathedral.

Just as the two of them looked at the black and white swords, the small hand that reached out from the other side of the table first grasped the hilt of the black sword. Then, the sword shook and disappeared silently. The other hand grasped the sword of the green rose next to him. The sword disappeared as if it had been sucked into the palm of its hand.

“…… Well. I did receive the memory of the sword that you were channeled to. Cardinal, the black-robed girl sitting across from her, looked up and closed her eyes in a satisfied voice. At this time, Lin Yiyan realized that he had fallen into some kind of confused state. Looking to the side, there seemed to be a hint of hesitation in the green eyes of the Giugo, but soon his body trembled and he blinked several times.

“…… Eh...... I, at the top of the end mountain range, the highest peak......" Hearing his partner's vague words, Lin Yiyan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Have you been to that kind of place?" ”

"Hmm. It was very cold and very lonely......"

"Hey, you can't relax yet." Lin Yiyan was about to nag, but there was a scolding, and he hurriedly straightened his posture. Looking lightly across the table, the young sage's eyes were still closed behind his lenses. She frowned, as if thinking about something, but then nodded lightly and said, "Hmm...... It's better to prioritize the simplicity of the technique than to work on the skill. Then, Yi Yan, start with your sword first. ”

Cardinal tapped the tip of his left finger on the table, and a piece of parchment appeared on the table in silence. Then, she stroked the entire piece of paper from top to bottom with the palm of her right hand. As her palm swiped, Dinal rolled up the parchment and pushed it in front of Lin Yiyan. Then she repeated it, moving the second piece of parchment to Eugeo.

Lin Yiyan exchanged glances with his partner and began to read the parchment in front of him at the same time. The texts, written in blue-black ink, are all sacred words—that is, letters, and none of them are lingua franca—that is, Japanese. According to the standard format of the Divine Arts, the left side is the line number, and the right side is the body text. If you look at the text, there are 25 words in total, from "System Call" in the first line to "Enhance Armament" in the tenth line.

Although the length is not as long as the total domination technique used by the Frost Scale Whip used by the Knight Elderier, it is still somewhat tricky to memorize it in its entirety.

"That...... Can you give us this piece of paper......"

"Absolutely not. Even the young practitioners in the academy can't read the textbooks in the actual exercises. Cardinal rejected Lin Yiyan's request with a dumbfounded expression, and then continued, "Moreover, once the items generated in this library are taken out and fall into the hands of the enemy, there may be a flaw in the spatial isolation. ”

"Then, then, the short sword that was given to us just now......"

"It's just connected to the old body himself, so there's no problem. Okay, don't cry, don't hurry up and memorize. The Ugeo has begun. ”

Lin Yiyan thought at the same time, "What!? As he looked to the side, his partner was reading the text as if he was about to eat the parchment in his usual honors, his lips moving slightly. Seeing Lin Yiyan looking at his text again, Cardinal added instructions mercilessly, "The time limit is thirty minutes, and you must write it down before that." ”

"How, how could it be! Even the exams in school are not so short...... At least give a little more time......" What Lin Yiyan's words begging for mercy were thunder that sounded for the first time.

"Stupid! Listen, you guys were beaten into the dungeon and your sword confiscated around 11 a.m. yesterday. After 24 hours from then on, ownership will be reset, and the total domination technique that has been so hard to remember will no longer be used. ”

"Ah...... This, that's it. By the way, what time is it ......? ”

"It's past 7 a.m. It would take another two hours for the sword to be recovered, and there was no time to grind. ”

“…… Got it, got it. After making up his mind, Lin Yiyan began to read the order carefully. Fortunately, the divine magic of Under orld is not like magic, but is recorded in the English language that you are accustomed to. The syntax is similar to that of a programming language, and you can remember it as long as you understand the meaning.

Cardinal's technique consists of three processes: referring to the in-depth data of the item stored in the main unit (i.e., the "Memory of the Sword"), selecting the necessary part to shape it, and expanding the attack power applicable to the existing sword. In terms of technique, it is similar to the "Experiment of Rewriting Things Like Caches" that I did with Zephriahua when I was a junior trainer, but the words used in the technique are not recorded in the academy's textbooks, so it is impossible for Cardinal, who is not proficient in all commands, to write it.

While Lin Yiyan engraved the Ten Elements Technique in his mind, a part of his brain was carrying out a series of thoughts.

The Russ researchers, who created Under orld, refer to the form of data that describes all the objects in the world as "mnemonic images". Everything in Under orld does not appear as a polygon in the existing VRMMO, but reads the memories of stones, trees, dogs, cats, tools, and buildings according to the consciousness of the people who live in this world, and averages them into the Main Visualizer, the main memory device. Then, if necessary, extract this part of the memory and give it to the Stalker. I made Zephria, which could not bloom in the Northern Empire, bloom because I temporarily rewrote the idea of being able to bloom on the average buffer data that could not bloom.

All the objects in this world are preserved through memory. Conversely, is there also the possibility of objectifying memories? In the past, I have seen scenes that cannot be explained without this theory.

Two years and two months ago, I woke up in the forest south of the village of Loulid and took a walk through the forested Ruhr River. It was a stroll in the sunset, the backs of a young man with flaxen hair, a girl with long blond hair, and a boy with short black hair.

The picture was fleeting, but it was not my illusion. Even if I close my eyes now, the sky at dusk is dyed red, the shine reflected when the girl's hair shakes, and the footsteps when I step on the lawn will all come back to my mind. At that time, I must have called out three children in my memory. The flaxen-haired boy is Yugeo, and the blonde girl is Alice. And the dark-haired boy is——......

"Thirty minutes have come. How? Hearing Cardinal's voice, Lin Yiyan interrupted the ongoing thinking in the corner of his consciousness. Buckle the parchment paper on the table and recall the procedure from the first line. Although I didn't concentrate on my consciousness, the technique still came to my mind smoothly. So Lin Yiyan replied cautiously, "It's probably perfect." ”

What a contradictory answer. How about Giorgo? ”

"Hmm...... That's probably the end of it...... No problem. ”

"Not bad." Cardinal nodded with a wry smile and continued, "Let's talk about it first, no matter how powerful the Total Domination Technique is, you can't use it casually, as long as you use it once, it will violently consume the sword's Destiny. Of course, this is especially true if you fail to use it. Therefore thou shalt act as opportunistic. After use, be sure to put the sword back into its sheath to restore the Mandate of Heaven. ”

"Really...... It's really a bit difficult......" With a hint of sighing, Lin Yiyan turned the parchment back to the front, and when he went through the technique again to make sure that he was not mistaken, he noticed something.

“…… Huh? Is the last sentence of this procedure "Enhance Armament"? ”

"What's wrong, aren't you satisfied?"

"Ah, no, that's not the case. When I fought with the Integration Knight Elderliye before, there seemed to be a ...... left after the total domination that guy used It's R, Relea......"

At this time, Ugeo helped Lin Yiyan, whose words became intermittent, to relieve the siege, "Release Recollection...... I guess that's it. As soon as he uttered this phrase, the whip turned into a real snake. It really scared the hell out of me. ”