Book 17 Magic
Although Lilia is not a resident of the Defeated City, she has been in the city many times, and she is half of the city's people. Her home country, the Bird Country, also has many people doing some speculative business in this war-torn border city, so although she doesn't know the lingua franca, she can barely communicate with government departments and people with the help of her fellow villagers. It's a bit like Chinatown with Chinese all over the world, and it is precisely because of these overseas Chinese that Chinese life in a foreign country will be relatively simple.
On the night that Lilia was rescued, she took Zhou Shu and his party into the city. She found a young man from the Bird Country who she knew to be a translator, and reported her kidnapping by slave traders to the police.
Zhou Shu and his entourage followed behind this little girl, like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, in a daze at the defeated army in the city. Although it is night, the lights in the city are no less than those of a modern city, perhaps because of the prosperity of the area near the city gate. Zhou Shu even took out his mobile phone that had been turned off to save power, and turned on the flash to take pictures, causing many passers-by to panic and dodge. He loved this medieval-style stone building, which resembled the original world but was ten times more magnificent. Even Ula Myri's temperament has been greatly reduced because of the reason of looking around, and she has directly changed from a beauty in the city to a pretty village girl.
It wasn't until Lilia brought a few people to the garrison to report the case that Zhou Shu calmed down from the excitement and became worried. He said in his heart: Could it be that this little girl deliberately cheated herself? Please, Lao Tzu killed people, don't look for trouble, okay!
He listened to Lilia, his young companion and a fat police officer babble about the case, and he tried to run away. Fortunately, Lilia is not stupid, she only said that the group of slave traders were bitten to death by hungry beasts, and portrayed Zhou Shu and his party as eyewitnesses.
No, she's still stupid! Zhou Shu rolled his eyes and thought to himself: You asked me to testify, I am now pretending to be a foreign friend who does not understand the language, how can I speak? I don't believe that there is a Chinese translator in this world.
The main reason why Lilia came to the police was to reissue her 'Good Citizen Certificate'. As long as the person who passes the non-commissioned officer school exam in the defeated soldier city will be issued this thing together with the admission certificate.
The police in this world seem to be very efficient, and they go to the non-commissioned officer school at night to verify and confirm Lilia's identity. They didn't ask much about the slave traders, and just let a few people go.
Lilia bowed to her companion youth and thanked him for sending him away, then smiled smugly at Zhou Shu.
Are you smug?
Zhou Shu was almost scared to death by her. If it is the case-handling habit of the original world, as long as he is involved in a homicide case, even if he is a passing mouse, he has to find out his eight-generation ancestors, unless the murderer has a related backer. But perhaps because of the war, the world does not attach so much importance to life and human homicides.
The four of them stayed at a small hotel next to the garrison, and paid for the crescent moon coins they had earned from selling their prey. Two pairs of men and women opened two rooms, naturally it could not be one room for men and women, and it could not be one room for Zhou Shu, Ula Mystery and Lilia. So, Mr. Zhou was very unhappy and drew water to wash by the well in the backyard of the hotel, and then went back to sleep with his uncle Smith.
said it was sleeping, but in fact, the four of them got together to discuss something. Lilia has some questions about Zhou Shu's magical abilities that need to be answered, not to mention Zhou Shu, what she wants to ask can be piled up half a meter high in written writing.
At this time, a boy of fifteen years of age or more was standing in front of the door of the room with a horse. He looked at the blood red in the room, flew in front of the burly middle-aged corpse, shook it a few times, and called out to his father a few times.
Naturally, the corpse did not respond to him. Holding back tears, the boy ran out of the door and rode his horse towards the defeated city. After entering the city, he immediately ran to the nearest security office to report the crime. Out of natural vigilance, he did not pretend to be the victim's family, but only said that the owner of the mountain goods he frequented had died.
The police officer next to the garrison gave him an oh and told him what Lilia had just said when she reported the crime. It was said that the slave traders kidnapped the students of the non-commissioned officer school, were punished by the beast god and were bitten to death by the beast, and said that they would go there early tomorrow morning to dispose of the corpses.
With a smile, the boy politely inquired about the informant, and after receiving the answer, rode away. He rode his horse out of the city, returned home, put all his cash in one place, and took as much of the horses and valuables as he could.
He didn't think that his father had died at the wrath of the beast god, the beast god belonged to the earth, how could he care whether the people of the White Moon Kingdom who believed in the sky lived or died? He read Lilia's name in his heart, and decided that the woman who had been kidnapped by his father a few days ago was the murderer. He knew that it was his father who was to blame, and even if he was killed, there was nothing to say. But the father's hatred is the father's hatred after all.
After the boy cleaned up the house, he found a tube of fire oil and sprinkled it on the wooden structures of several houses, such as the wooden cages where slaves were kept.
The slaves realized what the boy was trying to do, and cried and banged on the wooden cage to try to stop him. There was a slightly more attractive female slave who spread her legs and tried to make the boy understand that she was still useful.
The boy had a torch in his hand and looked at the woman coldly.
The female slave thought that her behavior had an effect, and immediately put her hands between her legs and made more explicit teasing.
"Woman!" the boy's eyes lit up, remembering Lilia who had been in a cage before. He imagined the filthy and ugly woman in front of him as Lilia, and drew an arrow from his quiver and stabbed her in the chest. He then set the house on fire with a torch, and rode away in the light of the fire.
The boy wants revenge, but the object of revenge is unfortunately a student at the non-commissioned officer school. After three months, Lilia enrolled, and then she had to practice in a closed academy for two years. The boy didn't think he could sneak into the NC School and kill a student, nor did he think he would be able to kill a full-fledged NCO in two years. Therefore, he decided to apply for the non-commissioned officer school, and when he got there, he would slash the enemy again. He had tested his magical talent a long time ago and knew that he would definitely be accepted.
At the hotel, Zhou Shu and Lilia exchanged a lot of information on both sides. Zhou Shu explained the 'magic' he used to rescue her, and actually showed how many cats were conjured.
Lilia doesn't seem interested in the furry creature, and the cat is taken away by Ulami. The little girl told the three of them that the magic she knew was not like this.
In her knowledge, magic is an energy that originates in the human brain. This energy can activate many devices, but the most important use is to strengthen the human body's own muscles and bones. Zhou Shu said that he didn't understand this, and he bluntly said that he had never seen similar magic.
The magicians in his mind are either 'Avada Suo', 'Calling the Gods', or holding a stick and casting flashes. The shadow magic that the Gray Witch had cast several times had exceeded his expectations for magic.
Seeing that he didn't understand, Lilia rolled up her sleeves and showed the muscles of her arms in an attempt to explain to him. Because the sleeves of the man's clothes were too fat, this one exposed most of her small shoulders and breasts. She had been locked up naked for several days, during which she had done nothing about the normal dormant eating and metabolism of human beings, and she had experienced all kinds of humiliating things. The slave traders did not take their chastity, but they were addicted to it. It's because this girl has exercised enough thick skin in a short period of time and has no shame, and she doesn't care about showing her point in front of people.
The three men in the room will fall on the poor muscles of the girl's little arm. I have to say that although her breasts are very attractive, the thin chopsticks on her arms are a little thicker than Ula Mystery, a modern person who does not produce anything.
Lilia: "Look, I'm going to inject magic into my body." ”
The girl said this, suddenly clenching her fists. At the same time, the little thin arm instantly became a little thicker.
"That's it?" Zhou Shu was shocked. "I've seen that before. ”
When fighting with the Kurogi Army, all six arms were covered in carbon black, and it seemed that the principle was no different from what the little girl showed.
Lilia felt that she was being underestimated, and offered to wrestle with Zhou Shu. Zhou Shujie otaku naturally disdained to lose that face, so he let Smith do it for him.
He felt that Smith's 1,000 summon points would not be able to handle the little girl's 2,500 points.
But once again, he guessed wrong. Smith reluctantly perfected the essence of the word 'abuse', and the little girl couldn't even move a finger in front of him.
Cui Jian! Come out to Lao Tzu!
Zhou Shu once again didn't understand the score system of this Book of Summoning, and wanted to ask clearly.
"Master, that's not scores, it's not combat power, it's summon points. ”
Lao Tzu knows, you have said it many times, but Lao Tzu just can't figure out how to calculate it.
Cui Jian wanted to sigh at this time, but out of the difference between master and servant, he still explained in a passionate and respectful tone: "The summoning points represent the difficulty of summoning such summons. The more powerful the creatures, the harder it is to summon, and the simpler the life structure of the creatures, the easier it is to summon. The girl named Lilia knew magic, but ordinary humans didn't. Therefore, as a life form, she is a little more complex than the average human. ”
Zhou Shu stopped Cui Jian's description. He felt like he understood again. That's it, go and rest, it's okay to peep at me.
Lilia, who lost to ordinary people by breaking her wrists, was mentally hit and staggered back to the house to sleep. Ula Mystery wanted to do something with Zhou Shu, and out of the loyalty of the summon, she always thought about her master. But the current situation doesn't seem to be suitable for doing that kind of lax thing, and I'm a little stinky in the woods these days. So she gave up that idea and went back to the girl's room to sleep and dream.
Early the next morning, the little girl Lilia dragged a few people to apply for the non-commissioned officer examination. In his opinion, even if he can be admitted to school, these gods who saved his life are even more fine, after all, people also understand magic.
"Wait, blame, wait!" Zhou Shu wasn't as excited as she was. Lilia's enthusiasm made him think that this girl had a kickback?" Exams or something, how can you pass!"
Lilia: "There are no written exams or interviews, as long as you have magic powers, you will be admitted." Foreigners like us who don't speak the language are admitted to a language school. If nothing had happened, I should have reported it the day before yesterday. This non-commissioned officer training will start in three months, so we have three months to learn the language of this world. ”
That's it...... Zhou Shu fell into thought. To be honest, he didn't want to let others know that he had a total of 11,000 mana. He remembered that the Grey Witch seemed to have said that the total amount of her magic power was only one percent of his own. is as strong as the Gray Witch, and her magic power is only a fraction of herself. Then in this world that seems to be a bit of a poor demon, suddenly there is such a great god as himself, will people treat themselves as monsters?
Zhou Shu suddenly remembered that when the gray witch saw herself, she inexplicably saw the superiority of her total magic power, and Uncle Wang was the same. But Princess Fuhu and Chief Kuroki had both treated themselves as ordinary passers-by for a while before, otherwise Chief Kuroki might not have forced himself to Princess Fuhu's side so simply.
Maybe the people of this world can't see the total amount of magic in a person.
Seeing Zhou Shu hesitating, Lilia thought that he, a god who could do strange magic, couldn't let go of the two friends around him who didn't seem to know magic.
"Mr. Zhou, you don't have to worry, generally speaking, as long as you are an adult, you are strong-willed, thoughtful, responsible, and faithful, the higher the probability of having magical powers. Because magic comes from the human brain, the more spiritual a human being, the higher the possibility of having magical power. The non-commissioned officer school can unleash magical potential, and Miss Ula and Mr. Smith must be fine. Even if you can't, you may be able to bring them into the NCO School under the guise of an acolyte. There were many children of the nobility who needed to be taken care of, so each student could choose someone to accompany them. I can give you my share. ”
The little girl was wearing a wide robe and big sleeves, and she even said that she hoped that Zhou Shu would go to the non-commissioned officer school. Her main purpose is to let this great god join the White Moon Army, and more or less increase the chances of killing her enemy Forest Country.
Zhou Shu heard that the magic of people can still be developed, and he was very interested in it, and immediately asked Lilia about it.
Lilia portrays it as a simple minor surgery with a single needle behind the ear.
"Sounds terrible...... Zhou Shuxin said: Ula Mystery and Smith are not afraid of death, so it should be no problem for them to try. But if it really hurts to die, I'm sorry for others. He felt that after his two followers followed him, they had no good food and no clothing, and they had suffered a crime. This made him a little uncomfortable.
Under Lilia's dragging attack, Zhou Shu agreed to go over there to have a look. The 'minor surgery' that inspires the magic costs 8 crescents per person, so their only possessions are shrinking again.
The non-commissioned officer school is located in the west of the defeated city, in a large area of mountains and forests surrounded by the city walls. The mountain forest is divided into two halves, half of which is the school, and several famous generals are produced every year. The other half is the hunting grounds of the lords, who catch and hack to death several poachers every year.
The place where that 'minor surgery' was done was on the third floor of a building at the side entrance of the non-commissioned officer school. On the way there, Zhou Shu recalled the scene when his mother with stomach disease took him to the hospital when he was a child, how similar it was to this moment.
It's just that this huge stone house is not very well lit, and many places are dark.
There were very few people who had the operation, so few that apart from Smith and Ullamy, there was only another little boy of about fifteen years old in the room. The boy was one step ahead of them and completed the operation one step ahead of them.
The results of the operation were announced on the spot, and the boy's magic power was successfully drawn, with a magic power level of two and a magic foci level of ordinary.
The magic of this world is divided into ten levels. Lilia pointed to a wooden ATM-like machine in the corner of the wall and said, "Insert your finger into the round hole of that machine, and you will be able to replenish your remaining magic power into the machine." After leaving behind the mana, it will mix it with an aqueous solution to make an invaluable mana potion. There is a small box containing magic in the machine, called the Black Core. A person who can fill one-tenth of the black core at a time can join the non-commissioned officer school. A person who can fill up the black core in one go is a magical genius that is rare to see in a hundred years. ”
Lilia was there talking, and Zhou Shu listened to it with relish. She herself has donated to the Black Core many times, and her mana level is three, which can fill one-third of the Black Core at a time. As revenge for contributing her mana, she can get two crescent moons plus dozens of copper plates. This price is much lower than that of magic potions, but all strategic materials such as magic potions are controlled by the state, so it is expensive to monopolize them.
There are three levels of mana stoves: poor, excellent, and excellent. Excellent is ordinary, almost everyone is like this, which means that you can recover most of your magic power by sleeping casually. Poor naturally means that there is very little magic power replenished by sleeping, and excellent means that you can recover magic power without sleeping. People with the best level of magic stoves only appear in legends, at least that's what Lilia has heard of.
The boy with the second level of magic power was accepted as a student of the non-commissioned officer school on the spot, and he saw that Lilia and Zhou Shu and his party were very polite and very good, and introduced themselves, showing that they wanted to be almost close.
The boy called himself Teemo, but he didn't look like a tanuki or a raccoon, but was very handsome and clean. Zhou Shu and the others only seemed so enthusiastic because they were in a good mood after being admitted, so they didn't think much about it and ignored him. Most of them didn't understand anything but the 'teemo' that the boy pointed to him.
The results of Smith and Ullamy's magical abilities soon came out as well. The minor surgery was really a minor operation, and it was really a prick with something like an acupuncture needle next to the ear.
Smith's magic level is six, which is a relatively high number. Lilia, who was level three, was envious and jealous. Ula Mystery's level is reduced by one, which means that she has mana, but the total amount of mana is very small.
Suddenly, Cui Jian's voice appeared in Zhou Shu's ears.
"Master, Ula and Smith have completed a growth, and summon points have changed. Now they are 7000 and 530 respectively. The Book of Summons can retain this growth after being upgraded, and with the current ability of the Book of Summons, if the summons die, their growth will disappear and the summon points will be restored. ”
Zhou Shu looked at the residual energy on the Book of Summoning. Xindao: Upgrading to level 2 is 100,000 points, and it will be almost the same if you wait for more than a month.
Cui Jian meant that if Smith and Ula were now hanging, the two of them who were summoned would still be in a state of no magical power. If the two of them survive until the Book of Summoning is upgraded before hanging up, the points required to summon again will increase, and they will be able to retain their current power.
Ula Mystery's low magic power prevented him from joining the non-commissioned officer school, and Smith was accepted on the spot as a gifted cadet, and was given a 'Certificate of Good Citizenship' and a certificate to attend a language school for free. Smith's magic level is relatively high in the courtyard, but it is not the top either. Almost every year, there are several true God-blessed sons of the seventh and eighth grades enrolled. Moreover, Smith was too old, and the first training period was two years, and when he came out, he was forty years younger, and he would have to retire after fighting on the battlefield for a few years.
However, the non-commissioned officer school does not care about this, especially at a time when the country is in dire need of junior officers.
Lilia says that with the magic of Ullamy, you can get in with it for a little money. But Zhou Shu didn't have that money, and Ula Mystery didn't have that mind. She is a woman, she can't pick her shoulders or lift her hands, and she doesn't want to be a slapstick female madman at all.
Zhou Shula Lilia came to her side and whispered to her: "Did you say that a student can be accompanied by an attendant? Can you let Sister Wu be your attendant, and I will be Smith's attendant, so that all three of us can enroll." ”
Lilia nodded in agreement, but she was a little disgusted by the title Sister Wu. She didn't feel like she was younger than Ula Mystery. After asking, I found out that she and Ula Ri were both twenty-two years old in the same year, and I didn't know if Ula Ri really remembered her name or made it up. Lilia is naturally petite because of the unique ethnic relationship of the Bird Country. Ula Mystery is also a small baby face, and Easterners look younger than Westerners, so both sides think that the other is younger.
The reason why Zhou Shu didn't sign up was naturally because he didn't want to be found out about his total magic power. It's not a good thing to be eye-catching, especially if you don't know much about the world. As for how much magic Smith and Ula Mystery have, Zhou Shu felt that although Smith was called a genius by the people here, he should not exceed 100 points of the Gray Witch. The Grey Witch was at least a serious witch, and Smith was just a muscular uncle with a nice face.
Just as the group of four was about to go back to the hotel first, the boy named Teemo followed, beaming with joy and gesturing to get to know them. Zhou Shu understood what he said, but the experience of anti-sales and anti-fraud that he had experienced in civilized society told him that this kind of guy who couldn't understand the language was definitely not a good thing.
Zhou Shuxin said: MD, didn't you fall in love with Lao Tzu's daughter-in-law?