Chapter 42: The Apostles (1)
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Orlando stepped forward and helped Finn, who had almost slipped to the ground, back on the bed, "Did you pick the target of the possession or did he decide it himself?"
He, Bray or Finn?
It is not allowed to call the god by name, or can it be replaced by other titles, Link thought for a moment, "The former Great Sage chose it himself, and it has nothing to do with me. ”
Orlando is taking explosives, why do you feel that your attitude has changed a lot?
Realizing that his attitude was inappropriate, Orlando didn't stay silent for long, "Possession will not only consume the divine power of the gods, but also consume the life of the medium, because of one of your negligence, he will lose several years of life for no reason. ”
No wonder Bray hasn't shown up these days, it turns out that possession comes at the cost of losing his life......
Link could only say sorry to Finn in his heart.
"I don't care...... Finn, who should have been weak and sleepy, suddenly grabbed Orlando's arm and forced him to get up, "It doesn't matter if I live a few years less, even if it's only half of my original lifespan, I don't want to be an ordinary person anymore." ”
"What's so bad about growing old in peace, do you know how many people's extravagant hope is this?" Orlando frowned, disagreeing with Finn's opinion.
"In troubled times, there is no pure land. Finn looked around him and at Link resolutely, "He's already sued me and allowed me to learn spells from you. ”
The 'he' here is undoubtedly referring to Bray, but I'm just getting started, okay, Link.
Orlando had obviously expected such an answer, he went downstairs to summon the owner of the house, and when he heard that Link was going to live here, Elsie raised his eyebrows: "You still won't tell me your identity?"
"The time has not come, and it is not good for you and me to say it in advance. Link didn't have too many worries about hiding in the Elsie family, and the talent of the Weaver could put an end to the almost omnipotent prophecy of the needle, and he added before the mercenary leader became unhappy, "You also know that there are some things in this world that you won't reveal if you don't say it." The gods of heaven are omnipresent and omniscient, and how can you be sure that they won't tell the believers what they see?"
This sentence successfully blocked Elsie's continued questioning, "How long are you going to stay?"
"It won't be long. Link estimated that it would only take a few days, but he didn't expect this stay to be a month.
As Bray had promised, the invitation to Hohenheim was accidentally sent to the council and Lorelei's emissary. On the third day of Link's disappearance, the mage and nobles sent people to investigate and secretly investigate, but Link's whereabouts were never found. Just when the two factions were anxious to find someone, Link hid in Elsie's house with peace of mind, and after a month of training, his mental power was several times that when he first learned to meditate, and his perception range had increased to three hundred meters. During this time, Link taught Finn the magic missile, and the reason why he chose to use his own mental power is a pure energy spell. It's because Bray said that the 'elemental low tide' began. Even as a child of nature, he could clearly feel that the activity of the elements had dropped significantly, let alone a mage.
According to Orlando, the elemental low tide is related to the self-enclosing of the columns, and there have been such special periods in history. At the end of the Golden Age, the rebellion of the gods, the elemental ebb for the first time, and a new school of magic also arose in such an environment.
Link secretly rejoiced, fortunately, the self-created spells after the chain lightning were mainly based on spiritual power. The weakening of the elemental has little effect on the spell. Now, what bothers him the most is not that he doesn't have his own way of fighting. It's a lack of mental power. After all, it is not something that can be achieved overnight, and it takes time to build up.
The most surprising thing is Finn, who is mediocre in terms of basic elemental perception, can use meditation to expand his spiritual power but improve his spirit, and in just one month, he can turn the magic missile from a single to a triple. And the power has also increased. In response, Elsie complains that the basement he secretly excavated will soon be scrapped, and was originally intended to be used to house relatives and friends during riots, but now it is used as a temporary training ground by Link and Finn.
From the principle of magic missiles, Finn himself drew inferences. He made some small spells on his own, and he didn't pester Link to learn spells in the last few days, which allowed Link to finally free up time to try his transformation, and he entrusted Orlando to buy domestic pets such as cats, dogs, and birds from the market.
Compared to the elements, the transformation of animals is much more difficult. Link can disguise his breath and make animals accept him as companions, but he can't turn his body into an animal, because living things are much more complex than the elements.
After another failure, Orlando Tiyì Link tried the mage's method, taking a small amount of animal blood that was not lethal enough, and drinking it directly to make the body feel the animal that wanted to change, and the blood would strengthen the bond between the two parties. Of course, he cannot guarantee any side effects or accidents.
Considering the phase, Link chose birds and took a small sip of viscous and fishy blood, which he experienced and perceived in a way that blended in. Under the influence of mysterious psychic powers, he saw how the birds from which these blood sources were caught and sold to the human market. Memories play fast in the mind, human hands, cages, arrows, blue sky...... The sense of immediacy of flying appeared again, and just as Link felt that his body was becoming lighter, he vaguely heard an exclamation, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Finn looking at him with a shocked expression.
"Ahem—" Orlando looked helpless, "I taught you not to interfere while others cast spells. ”
"Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't expect ......" was driven downstairs Finn glanced back again, was seen by his eyes all over the body, Link looked down, hands and feet are still human, is there something wrong with the face?
"He barged in when you transformed, I don't know if he interfered with you, anyway...... You're very ...... now," Orlando couldn't put into words, and he led Link directly to the bronze mirror on the wall.
Link's mood at the moment is like that famous oil painting "The Scream", his whole head has become the shape of a bird, a bird's head and a human body!
I opened my mouth to ask what was going on, but the sound was even more terrifying, and all I said was gurgling bird language.
Link and Orlando stared at each other for a few seconds, and the half-elf suddenly bent down, clutching his stomach and shaking.
"Hahaha......" Orlando just wanted to laugh compared to Finn's shock.
Link, who wanted to undo the change as soon as possible, watched the birdman in the mirror gradually turn into a human, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He slightly adjusted the proportions of his facial features, highlighted his cheekbones, raised the bridge of his nose, widened his forehead, elongated his face, and his whole face immediately became extremely three-dimensional, and he couldn't tell that this was his face at all.
Orlando finally stopped laughing, and when he looked up, he saw Link's transformed face, "Can this be done?"
Reaching out and touching the muscles on his face, Link replied uncertainly: "Since even the body and bones can change, of course it is also possible to change the face." ”
"You want to get out?" Orlando saw the deep meaning behind Link's changing face.
"It's been a month, and it's time to go out and find out what's going on. Lorelei and Hohenheim were slow to move, which made Link feel uneasy.
"You might as well be like Finn, there are very few people who can enter Valolet, and the spies and eyeliners know that there is a scholar here, and it will be even more suspicious if you go out of Elsiga with the appearance of this stranger. ”
In desperation, Link restored his facial features to their original state, ready to try to transform into an animal again. This time he drank the rest of the blood, the thick smell of blood melting in his mouth, and Link forced himself to focus on the information obtained through the blood.
The sky where the birds are flying, and the towers that are lined up above the white clouds...... Tower? Hohenheim!
Link opened his eyes suddenly, but fortunately, his body was suddenly a lot shorter. Orlando looked down at him from the sidelines.
It worked?
Trying to move forward, he staggered forward twice, and then looked at the body, it was indeed a bird, he stirred his wings vigorously, and did not fly to the table immediately as expected, but swirled crookedly in the air.
Link couldn't hide his excitement, although his control over his body still needed to be strengthened, he succeeded!
"This is the first time I've seen a child of nature's transformation...... Orlando also looked curious, "Can you switch between humans and animals freely?"
Link's attempt to change back into human form is much easier than it is to change into an animal, just remembering what a 'human' should be like, and he immediately transforms back into it.
"I'm curious. Finn, who had his first experience, waited until Lin Kehui fù to ask, "I want to know how the clothes were handled when I transformed?
"Good question......" Orlando teasingly looked at Link, who was being asked.
"To get down to business, I'm going to go outside today. "Seeing Hohenheim from the pigeon's memory made Link a little uneasy, it didn't take more than a month to fly from Xindu to Vaolet, what was Hohenheim doing the rest of the time? It was too quiet, it was a precursor to a storm, like the Watchberg, and there was no sign of any crisis like this at that time.
"Do you need me to accompany you?" Orlando thought Link was just walking around the artisan district or something.
"No, it's easier for me to get out of town when I'm alone. Link's answer startled the half-elf, and then, he stopped talking, just nodded.
Following Orlando's side, Finn's biggest takeaway is that he has learned to read and speak, and is no longer as reckless as he used to be. After Link performed his vaporization technique and left, he asked Orlando why he didn't ask Link about the purpose of leaving the city.
"He won't want to go out of the city for no reason, he must be in a bad situation, and you don't have to spend your mental energy practicing spells today. Olophon took out all the weapons on his body and examined them one by one, which he usually did only at night before he went to sleep.
Thinking of Link's outing, Finn was a little drummed in his heart: "You mean Hohenheim finally made a move?"
The half-elf made a silent gesture, "In extraordinary times, there are some things you know, don't say them." (To be continued!)