Chapter 9: Allen's Visit
Although Raphael was very curious about Alan's ability to perceive the life elements exclusive to elves as a human, he still couldn't wait to say goodbye and leave, aiming at Perfume Street, which he had been thinking about all day.
I really don't know what kind of demon this mage is obsessed with, a good mage should not be in love with the identity of a prostitute.
But...
Thinking of Raphael's earnest admonition before leaving, Alan still couldn't help frowning.
Try to specialize in a series of magic and strictly control the types of particles you absorb?
Specialized in a series of magic? Is that still a magician? An elementalist is pretty much the same.
Alan shook his head, ignoring the admonition.
There must have been some reason for Raphael to say that, but Alan wasn't going to listen to him.
Gift spells are all-encompassing, and it's not up to Alan to have the final say in each draw, so he can't give up most of the spells in favor of something useless for the sake of specialization, right?
And there's nothing wrong with that, although there will be some hidden dangers, but isn't the charm of magic the omnipotent creation?
The so-called water, fire, wind, and even dark systems, he is extremely curious about everything, and he wants to try each one.
As for the possible hidden dangers in the future?
Although he is also a little worried, but when he thinks about the mysterious six-pointed star on his left wrist, he has nothing to worry about; there may be implications in his own cultivation, as long as the six-pointed star is charged, as long as he keeps making a name, there is no bottleneck, which means that Alan can rely on this to "become stronger" all the time.
Speaking of the six-pointed star, Alan couldn't help but raise his hand and look at it, now it is three stars, all of which were contributed by Raphael.
At first, it was cognition, then appreciation, and finally the "shock" that Allen was able to perceive the elements of life.
"Isn't it that I'm very compatible with him?" Alan couldn't help but think of this question. I've only known each other for a long time, and I've contributed three stars to myself, and three more can be used to start the gift!
But now is not the time to collect the energy masses, the most important thing for him now is to use magic!
Yes, using magic, since knowing that there is magic in this world, Eren has developed a keen interest in magic.
However, because it was a knight family, Alan didn't think about giving up the opportunity to study the Knight of the Apocalypse and choose magic, it was too illusory after all, and the six-pointed star was not turned on at that time, and he didn't have the means to find a magician as easily as he is now.
It wasn't until the failure of the awakening, the cutting off of the path of the Apocalypse Knight, and the appearance of the six-pointed star, that he rethought of magic, an ability that was considered mysterious and wonderful no matter what time and space it was.
It's just that in the past, I just thought about it, but now I can use it myself!
Alan was a little excited, and he didn't plan to go anywhere else, so he used one of the skills he had drawn at the beginning in the study - magic tricks
The magic trick is a classic, Alan knew this in his previous life, and traces of it have appeared in many games and novels.
The function of magic tricks is also wonderful, although it is marked as a zero-level trick in the DND game, but the role is varied, creating things out of thin air, cleaning, cooling and heating, etc., and the attraction to Eren is even much greater than some high-level spells. So when he first received the gift, he chose it without hesitation after seeing it.
It's a pity that because of the magic at that time, he couldn't release it after the selection, and he has always regretted it. It was only now that I was finally able to get what I wanted.
Walking to the corner of the study, Alan adjusted his mental state, and then gestured, but nothing happened in front of him!
He frowned, and then remembered Raphael's warning: if you want to cast a spell, you must first absorb elemental particles!
This is also the reason why he cultivated his magic power, but he couldn't release the spell, because if he didn't absorb the magic power before absorbing the elemental particles, it was not really magic power!
The core of the spell in this world is prying, using the mage's own magic to pry the elements contained in the surrounding environment, the higher the magic power, the more elements can be leveraged, but the normal state is unable to pry the elements.
The magical element can only be leveraged when entering that state of magical observation of the world. But it is impossible for a mage to observe the world with magic for a long time, the elemental world is clear in that state, but the real world is very blurry, just like a patient with severe myopia who takes off his glasses and observes the surrounding scenery.
In the state of replacing the eyes with magic for a long time, the mages will live very badly, and the magic power will be consumed when entering that state, although the consumption is very slow, but it will not be able to bear it for a long time.
The time to fully enter that state varies from person to person, but it is not less than a minute, and because of this, mages are called wizards when they first appear, and most of them carefully hide themselves, studying magic in unnoticed places, even in the deep mountains and old forests.
Because they don't have the ability to respond instantaneously, it takes a long time to release spells, and an ordinary person can seize the opportunity to kill them.
It wasn't until a certain mage stumbled upon a way that the mages got out of their previous awkward situation.
That is, with special fluctuations, use magic to absorb elemental particles, use elements to fill up magic in a way of domination, and then you can use the absorbed elements as a medium in a normal state, and then use relatively short-lived spells to release spells.
It is also because of this method that the mages walked out of the deep mountains and forests, gradually got rid of the terrifying and terrifying wizard image, and slowly integrated with the world.
This is all in the past, Raphael mentioned in passing when explaining the special magic fluctuations required to absorb the elemental medium, Alan was not too interested in this, but he finally understood why the mages in this world were so low-key and never exposed to the eyes of ordinary people - the ancestral ones could not be changed for a while.
Raphael knew the basic elements, that is, the absorption methods of the four elements of earth, fire, feng shui, and he didn't know the dark system and life system that Eren could perceive, so Eren had to absorb these four first, and wait for other mages to see if he could get them together.
However, these four are called basic elements, and some mages even say that the world is a combination of the four basic elements of earth, fire, feng shui, and I don't know if it's true or not, but it's more than enough to use it to release magic tricks.
When Eren stained his only wisp of magic from colorless to four colors, all the prerequisites needed to unleash the spell were in place.
Spells and gestures are actually required to release spells, but the skills given to Eren by the gift are amazing, he doesn't need to recite spells at all, just a simple gesture to guide him to release them, he doesn't understand why this is happening, but he is happy to encounter this kind of thing that makes it more convenient for him.
Standing in the open space in the corner of the study, Alan took a deep breath, full of anticipation, raised his hand and snapped his fingers lightly.
In the mysterious brain domain that he couldn't see, the first wisp of magic that had been cultivated with great difficulty changed with his thoughts, and the moment the magic trick and specific content appeared in his mind, about one-third of the magic power was emitted to his right hand with a special frequency, and then—
"Bang!"
A brightly colored rose appeared in Ellen's two fingers!
Eren could vaguely feel the automatic change in his magic power, and he had a vague understanding of why the Gift Skill could be released without a curse, but now, he didn't have time to think about it carefully.
The bright red rose in his right hand had taken over all his sight.
The roses are not realistic except for the general outline, except for the bright appearance that is commendable, the workmanship is even a little rough, and there is not the slightest aroma when it is placed under the nose, just like the kind of fake flowers sold in the previous life, but-
He was conjured up by Alan out of thin air!
Magicians in previous lives could also conjure things out of thin air, but they used props and tricks, and Eren really created things out of thin air!
In his previous life, he was an ordinary person, in this life he was still an ordinary person because of the failure of his bloodline awakening, he had been an ordinary person for two lifetimes, and now he is no longer ordinary, how can he not be excited!
He observed the roses in his hands with joy on his face, and even laughed happily for more than half an hour, until he accidentally broke the roses and turned them into smoke and dissipated, which was barely calmed down.
Eren also wanted to experiment with other functions of the magic trick, but the fact that a third of his mana was depleted in his body forced him to extinguish the idea temporarily.
In Allen's cognition, magic tricks are the lowest level of magic, and naturally the magic power consumed is not much. But even so, Eren unleashed such a spell, consuming one-third of his total mana.
Although he successfully cultivated his magic power, his magic power was still too little.
"What Oliver gave me was only the most rudimentary meditation technique, which was very effective for condensing the first wisp of magic, but the cultivation after condensing it was useless, and I have been meditating hard during this time without much gain. With this in mind, Eren set himself another task with acquiring a new meditation technique.
"Let's start with Raphael, or wait until Oliver comes?" said Allen, thinking over the question.
The contract with Raphael was limited to teaching him magic, but there was no clause to teach him magical skills. It's not that Alan doesn't want to mention it, but if skills are taught, the nature is different.
Only a mentor would teach him the magic skills of an apprentice, and whether Raphael would agree to accept Alan as an apprentice is a matter of whether Alan doesn't want to find a mentor for himself, especially a mentor like him.
Shaking his head, he kept the thought in his heart for the time being. Alan sensed that there was two-thirds of the magic power left, and decided to release the newly extracted arcane sigil to take a look.
Since the six-pointed star appeared, he has received a total of five gifts, and in the five times, because he has no magic power, he only chooses spell skills for the first and last time.
Therefore, apart from the newly extracted arcane sigils, he can only play magic tricks.
"It's all the most basic skills. Alan thought like this, a little regretful, but after thinking about it, his current magic power, a slightly higher skill can't be released at all.
Feeling a long way to go, Alan walked over to the desk, recalled the release points of the arcane sigil, and then flicked his right hand against the shiny black desk top.
A pattern of burning golden flames in the shield of the Chrissy family magically appeared on the desk after his palm swiped across the table.
The pattern, which looked as if it had been carved into the surface of the desk, appeared and flickered for a while, then faded away.
When the pattern fades, the surface of the desk looks smooth and unrecognizable, but as soon as the mage touches the place where the pattern existed before, the pattern will glow again!
From the indoctrinated memories, it is known that this sigil will remain until the medium it bears is destroyed. Does not consume the caster's mana additionally.
Alan looked thoughtfully at the pattern on the tabletop, and suddenly brushed his right hand over another blank space on the table again.
A line of glowing blue stars empire lingua franca was then engraved on the glossy black wooden tabletop:
【Allen's visit here】