Chapter 173: "The Magic Crucible"

There were only a few sporadic magic lamps in the empty playground at night, which were not very bright, and the light brought by these products from the Van Jia Kingdom was still a little stronger than the starlight in the sky, but it only played a role in guiding the way in the dark playground. But if it were compared to the largest "temporary light source" under the ancient tree, it would not be much different from the twinkling stars in the dark night sky.

During the day, when the light was abundant, it was not noticeable, but at night, the turquoise light on Kasena's body rose and fell visibly with the rhythm of her breathing, far more striking than the neon sign of Andrari's Tavern!

It's a behemoth nearly 20 meters long, and even if you lie on your stomach, it's taller than the dwarves' stone houses!

Andre's eyes were so tightly fixed on the sleeping Star Feather Dragon, as if he was afraid of missing every fluctuation of the magic aura, his eyes were not focused, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Isn't it a little inappropriate for Your Highness to stare at the graceful sleeping posture of a beautiful lady so directly?" the elven princess teased the child of the abyss, who could barely take his eyes off it.

There aren't many people in the playground at night who have nothing to do, but it's always a novel experience to be lucky enough to see the dragon in its true form, and Andre is not the only one who is curious.

"I've been here for a long time. The Son of the Abyss turned his head and glanced at Illion, this beautiful highness had beautiful eyes with a faint light like dragon scales, and Andre, who had never seen her in the dark, had noticed for the first time that her eyes also had a magic light.

"I don't know if it's my delusion...... I always felt that the magic in Ms. Kasena was accumulating and increasing at a very slow rate, and this change may not be obvious to her herself, but I always felt that with every breath she took and every light and dark change in the life aura, the magic continued to accumulate at the speed of about double digit Mana. Compared to the moment when she first fell asleep, this magic seemed to be more dense at this time, although calm!"

Andre turned around again, he looked at the elf princess very solemnly and asked, "As the son of a goddess who is more sensitive to the magic of life, have you felt the same change, Your Highness?"

"This is not your delusion, Your Highness...... Although the process of 'growth' of this magic is not obvious, it is a real fact. ”

"The Dragons are not described in detail in Garanord's Royal Library, except that they were the world's first carriers of wisdom, possessed the most powerful physique, and were on a mission to protect the order of the entire world...... Drowsiness also seems to be one of the characteristics that is often mentioned, is she using her sleep time to accumulate magic energy to return to Dragon Island in the stormy sea?"

Illion put away the faint smile on his pretty face, and his eyes became more serious than ever, but the atmosphere reminded André of the first time they met, and the princess had the same expression at that time.

"Your Highness, you are indeed keen. As one of Valhalla's students, the elven princess, who had learned a lot of new knowledge from the children of the abyss, like most of her classmates, maintained her respect for her teacher at all times.

"Although most mortal races are able to regain their magic through cultivation, their efficiency is naturally incomparable to that of the 'sleepy' dragons!

Carefully staring at the magic that "flowed" above Kasena's dragon body, the Children of the Abyss once again put forward their own conjectures: "But I don't think this wonderful phenomenon is simply caused by the difference in bloodline, and has nothing to do with talent, this should be an acquired 'sleep habit' intentionally cultivated, right?"

"Your Highness, why do you say that?" the elven princess was surprised when she heard the conclusion of the children of the abyss, as a student of Valhalla, she knew very well that André did not like to say things that he was not sure of. He will carefully emphasize the unverifiable conjectures taught in class, and he will explain them to the students one by one what has been proven and which ones are inferences or conjectures.

"Although the magic fluctuations in her body were even stronger when she showed her true strength yesterday, the flow of magic in her body was not as regular as it is now...... It's as if magic is circulating in a unique 'magic circularity' with every heartbeat and breath. This is very different from the process of mortals recovering their physical strength by resting and thus recovering their life force, if these 'out of thin air' magic power comes from her own physical strength, then she should have returned to her peak state after sleeping for a day and a night, but until now the magic power is still accumulating at the same rate...... If she just flies, she will have to sleep for a day and a night, and I don't think she can fly here alone from the stormy sea thousands of miles away!"

"The reason why she slept so soundly must have been in preparation for the accumulation of more powerful magic. Maybe it's to reduce the rest time during the trip, and plan to fly back to the stormy sea in one go!"

"I'm sure Your Highness also knows that yesterday Kasena spent a lot of magic to show you her flying posture. Your Highness, why do you think that she is enough to fly to Dragon Island in one breath with the magic power in her body!?" In fact, Illion knew very well that Kasena could fly to Dragon Island in one go, but that was also because she, as a princess of a country and the younger generation of His Royal Highness Luoshan, knew more about Kasanna's secrets than mortals. However, among the dragon clan, only the Star Feather Dragon, who has the most outstanding physical strength, can only do this with pure life magic as its own origin.

"As long as you have the experience of riding a horned eagle beast in the sky, it is not difficult to find that the physical strength consumed by taking off and maintaining a gliding state at high altitude is completely different, not to mention that the wind in the sky may be difficult for the horned eagle beast to control, and it can only be a help for the dragon, right?"

However, Andrey's remarks are just a deduction from the results, whether it is for airplanes or migratory birds, high-altitude flights are always more fuel-efficient or physically energy-efficient than low-altitude flights. The specific reasons for this may be the reduced flight resistance due to the thin air, the strong winds at high altitudes that can help birds glide, etc., or it may not be a simple problem that can be fully explained in a sentence or two.

But what does it matter? Anyway, the elf princess can't verify these opinions, as long as the conclusion is correct. Birds of prey like vultures and goshawks are the best at flying with the help of high-altitude currents, and if dragons of incredible size and tonnage can't do this, flying with the power of their wings would make people think they are not good at flying, right?

"Maybe Your Highness, you still don't know, when the magic power is highly condensed and active, the substance that is the source of the magic power will lose some of its normal properties, just like this......" With the dazzling green light, the leaf-like bracelet carved from the emerald magic jade on the wrist of the elf princess floated out of thin air.

However, in terms of Andre's magic control, he couldn't do this at all, not to mention that he didn't have such a light high-magic item to drive, and the heavy magic contained in the Garlanord seed was not something he could easily control.

The Children of the Abyss, however, did not think that now was a good time to discuss the principles of dragon flight, after all, even if the principles were thoroughly studied, they did not have the wide and flexible wings of the Winged Demons, and the desire for mortals to soar into the sky was still a luxury in any case. It is imperative to understand the specific reason why the dragon retains that "inhuman" power while maintaining its human form, and the current wonderful state of mana that continues to grow in cycles even in sleep may be the indispensable basis for this!

You must know that Andre has never heard of other races being able to recover their magic power so quickly in a sweet dream, and this may be the reason why the dragon's own magic power is too strong, but as long as he sleeps for a day and a night, he can increase such a huge amount of magic by a few percent, which is enough to be called an extremely rare spectacle!

"It's completely different from the process by which the druids and the earth sacrifices obtained their magic from the forests and the goddesses, as if they were created entirely out of thin air within her......!

But the Children of the Abyss don't believe that there really is any source of power, even if he only knows a little about it! The laws that magic follows may be completely different from those of solar and wind power, but for the time being, it is also impossible to escape the influence of certain established laws.

The magic in the Demon Realm and Galandia either originates directly from the spirit realm, or is brewed in some special extreme environment—such as the fire element in lava and fire, the water element in the sea and rivers, and the wind element in the sky and on the mountaintops...... In terms of life force, the biggest source is the forest where the elves live!

Obviously, Kasena also uses some healing spells, but why does she not use the Whispering Forest, an inexhaustible source of magic, and instead generate her own magic by sleeping!?

The Children of the Abyss suddenly thought of a possibility - the Ranger naturally had no advantage in casting spells compared to the druids and the Earth Sacrifice. For example, those healing spells that require a lot of life mana, even the rangers who are particularly good at them can only heal some minor injuries, which is equivalent to the level of a trainee druid. But when it comes to casting buff-type spells on themselves, there are many rangers who are not inferior to those goddess believers who are good at manipulating magical power.

If there is any specific difference between the rangers and the priests...... That is, the magic they use to cast their spells comes from themselves.

In contrast, the priests, who are accustomed to invoking the power of life from the goddess, and the druids, who are adept at "collecting" magic from natural beings, are not much different in nature, since the goddess herself represents all the "ecology" that belongs to the earth.

Andre felt that he might have grasped some of the key points - most spellcasters were accustomed to using a source of magic outside of themselves, which had the advantage of saving their own precious mana, but the disadvantage was that borrowing magic from outside their body usually required far more than ordinary people's magic control ability, that is, a strong soul and talent, that is, a spiritual power and magic affinity. This is also the reason why casters are always so scarce.

And when it is too late to invoke external magic to form spells in an emergency, one's own magic power becomes the best substitute - these original magic powers that are easy for the caster to activate are only in a single thought, and their flexibility is much higher than borrowing external powers, which is also the source of these super-magical skills such as instant spells and extreme effect spells. While most casters actually have a casting habit that falls somewhere in between, channeling some of their free mana through their own mana.

This is also the reason why rangers are able to cast buff spells on themselves with relatively low mental attributes, and all the magic power they usually use comes from the purest power in their own bodies.

It is an indisputable fact that Kasena can manifest extraordinary strength in a mortal physique through the magic of life. She'd rather sleep to regain her magic than borrow the power of nature like the druids did, which may mean that even if she is as strong as a dragon, she can't form absolute control over magic outside of herself!?

That's right, but where does the magic come from?

When the dwarves not far away walked towards the dragon under the ancient tree with the fragrant whole wild boar, Andrei realized that this did not seem to be the usual spontaneous tooth sacrifice picnic organized by the students.

"This is the menu that Ms. Kasena ordered herself in a short time of soberness yesterday, when she had only woken up for ten minutes and ate a dozen gold leaf worth of food, and she still disliked that our dishes were too small to eat! But how could our cafeteria have utensils and cooking utensils suitable for dragons?...... This time it's all baked, but she hasn't woken up for a while and has to reheat it again, and even the flavor and texture are going to drop a level......" The hobbit student and chef in charge of mixing spices complained bitterly.

...... I see!

In the end, Andre suddenly discovered that the principle of the generation of magic power on the Star Feather Dragon may be so simple.