Chapter 10: The Witch's First Lesson
The cuckoo's crisp chirping woke Emmiway. She slept peacefully in her mother's room in the castle www.biquge.info outside the city seemed to be some earlier than inside the castle, and Emmivi stood by the window and saw the servants who were starting to get busy in the castle. Outside the castle, you can also see farmers busy in the fields and guards training in formation.
Putting on the dress that was stupid in her eyes, Emmiway remembered Vivia's invitation last night, and planned to take advantage of the time to visit the library first, and there were still more than 2 hours left in the agreed time with Lawrence to inspect the territory.
Walking out of the inner castle, Emmiway looked at the roads and buildings around her, and she really couldn't find the exact location of the stacks.
"I remember she said that if you look like a stone statue at random, show the key and you will be guided. The interior of the statue has also been modified?" "Emmivi found a stone statue of a black-winged three-legged bird nearby, and carefully examined the stone statue. Only then did she discover that the inside of the stone statue was a complete skeleton and wiring, and as long as someone summoned them, they would turn into a mobile defense weapon.
With Emmyway's knowledge, she could only see this scratch of the surface, and it was impossible to activate this kind of puppet weapon, and until she could understand this magic weapon, she couldn't control it at all.
took out the bronze key and shook it in front of the stone statue, and a high-level magic array appeared under Emmyway's feet. In the blink of an eye, she went from the center of the castle to the eastern corner of the castle, surrounded only by a conspicuous tower.
"Cutie~ Wake up early, you don't seem to take your family's library seriously?"
The owner of the voice pushed the door open, still in his pajamas, holding a giant pumpkin puppet in his arms. "Remember, the future visit time is only after the sun sets, not the next one. ”
"Isn't the library a place to store books?"
Emmivi couldn't understand what needed to be paid attention to in the ink-smelling "warehouse", and it had to be built underground. According to Vivia, the tower above ground is just a watchtower, and the underground area of the castle is also very well developed, and the entire library occupies one-third of the underground area.
Follow Vivia to the basement on the second floor, where a stone door with a family crest suddenly appears in front of Emmyway, and she can detect a strange flow of magic through the stone door, as if a river appears at her feet.
"Your intuition is very sensitive, but you have not undergone orthodox learning, and your common sense as a witch is very lacking. It's called 'leylines', and it's just more comfortable for us witches to live on it, but for humans such as alchemists and soothsayers, leylines are very important resources. For example, this is a water-based leyline, which can greatly avoid fires, explosions, high temperatures and other conditions. You Sinecal family are extravagant and never take money seriously. ”
Vivia took out two clay bowls from the cupboard in front of the entrance and shook them in front of Emmyway's eyes. "Feel the usefulness of the leylines firsthand. Look at it. ”
As if by magic, Vivia levitated the two clay bowls into the air, and then used advanced magic unknown to Emmyway. A large amount of water-attribute magic poured out of the ground and slowly gathered in the pottery bowl.
In a few moments, the two clay bowls were filled with blue water.
"It's also possible to use magic across attributes, but only for everyday entertainment. Vivia handed one of the bowls of water to Emmyway, "Taste it, pure water with a high concentration of mana." Drink a little, it's good for the body. ”
After Vivia finished speaking, she drank it all first, "But most humans will become manic when they drink it, and in severe cases, they will die on the spot. ”
Emmivi was curious about the unknown, and she didn't need Vivia to explain what blue water tasted like.
"A bit salty. "It's different from the sweet taste that Emmiwe guessed, it looks like the water of a drink, and it tastes like it's salted.
"Huh? Do you expect something else? It's essentially groundwater, and it's normal to have a little salty taste. Vivia reached out against the stone door and muttered a secret language that Emmyway didn't understand.
The stone door opened, and a musty smell wafted out of it. Magic is only as gorgeous as it looks.
"The library contains a large collection of ancient books from your grandmother, Lord Alice, a great witch of great taste, and you can find some of them from the written records of the Common Britain to the early 13th century. ”
Vivia was proud of the underground stack, and with her gestures, the entire vault brightened. Countless black demonic flame spirits were awakened, and they began to flutter aimlessly, lighting the way for the two of them.
The shelves spread out like dominoes, and the whole stack was a large open space with a hexagonal structure, larger than the sailing ships that came to Rome.
"Is it spectacular? In the world, only the library of the headquarters can surpass it. Vivia drew a round wheel with her fingers, and their bodies became lighter at the same time, floating in mid-air. "There are not only books here, but also some rare items that Lord Alice has been collecting idly. ”
The two of them walked through the dome and came to the top of the stacks, which should have been on the ground. But Emmiwei opened her eyes and found that she was still in the library just now, but the space had become smaller, and the bookshelves in front of her were gone. In place of the bookshelves were all kinds of crafts that Emmivi had never seen before, from specimens of various creatures to paintings of different styles, Emmivi was not interested in art, but at first sight of these things, she also sent out admiration.
"Are there any artifacts like weapons here?" Emmivi was only three minutes hot on tools that couldn't be used to kill, and she spent an hour studying the smoke bombs that Eliza had given her.
"Weapons? How can there be such a thing? You have read too many knight novels? How can there be any legendary treasures such as magic swords and divine swords. With each stage of smelting technology, a new generation of weapons can easily defeat the older generation. Our witch eliminated the use of pure cold weapons as early as BC, and mainly relied on gems that gathered magic power as the core of the weapon. ”
With a wave of her sleeve, Vivia pulled a bright red dagger out of the darkness. "This is my weapon, the blade part is made of silver as the main material, but with my magic power, not to mention the steel sword and steel knife, I can stab even 20 layers of steel plates. ”
Just by giving Emmiway a look, Vivia put away her blood-smacked weapon, and Lawrence, who had Emmivi's murderous problem, told her.
"There's only art to look at?" Emmivi had originally wanted to find a dagger that could withstand magical enhancement as her new weapon, and she had never practiced the katana she had brought with her from Japan. Unlike Elias, who learns everything, Emmiway is only interested in studying her favorite killing art.
Variability and specialization are the only differences between Elias and Emmiway, and they have become the dividing point between the two on the path of the killer. During her trip to Japan, Emmivi saw the horror of a powerful man who could truly destroy an army of a thousand men in the snap of a finger. She is convinced that she will one day be the Great Witch of her mother's level, and at the same time uses magic to strengthen her assassination skills to the point where no one else can match.
"Little cutie~ You're too obsessed with fighting. Every Great Witch has an extremely large reserve of knowledge, just like you don't even know what the magic I use is right now. A magic duel isn't about two sides smashing fireballs, that's something that only a witch of your level can do. Your aunt is good at mind control magic, and if you have learned it once, you will understand that knights with extreme martial arts are also bare-handed children in her eyes. ”
When Emmivi was mentioned like this, she remembered the hypnotism used by her aunt, and even though Emmivi had a variety of defensive spells to deal with drowsiness, she woke up and all of them were disarmed. If she fought against such an enemy, Emmivi really had no chance of winning.
Vivia spun the magic wheel, and the two descended again. "If you're interested, just flip through the library, your knowledge of magic is worse than that of a trainee witch. When I stepped into the art collection room, I was still thinking about the blade. ”
Vivia seemed a little angry, leaving Emmyway alone and blending into the darkness.
All that was left was the aimlessly wandering Flame Elves, who let out a low wail, perhaps desperate to escape the witch's cage. With her skills, Emmiwei jumped on the bookshelf and caught one. The captured Demon Flame Spirit automatically extinguished the dark flames and fluttered in the palm of Emmyway's hand.
Multiple magical spells floated over the tiny bodies of the Flame Elves, stripped of their multiple freedoms, unable to even attack Emmyway. It can only be like a poor reptile begging to capture its witch and let it live.
"That's pathetic, isn't it?"
As far as the eye could see, every Flame Spirit was bound by a magical spell and reduced to a moving light source in the library.
Emmiway let go of her hand, and the flame spirit flew slowly back into the queue, continuing its work. The released birds are just going back to a larger cage......
The burden of revenge on Emmivi does not allow Emmiway to continue to care about whether the Demon Flame Elf is willing to act as a light, and in the remaining hour, she has to learn the common sense of the apprentice witch as soon as possible, and has been ridiculed by others, which makes Emmivi feel very ashamed.
Except for her aunt Wendini, almost all witches mock her for her disconnection from witch society when they meet, and explain it to her with a condescending posture.
Instinctively, Emmivi scurried through the vast stacks, ignoring the rows of rare books that seemed to be historic. In the place where I came in, I found a new book from 30 years old. As Amity expected, many of them were introductory books for apprentice witches.
[It takes 12 minutes to find the approximate area of the target.] Shatila's daughter is quite outstanding. Vivia, the library manager hidden in the dark, has been watching Emmyway's every move. She saw a lot of young witches who claimed to be geniuses, and they were all humiliated, so they clamored for a duel or a big fuss to escape.
Emmyway's obsession is not only her shortcomings, but also her strengths, she only knows how to achieve her goals in the most direct way, and never cares about the opinions of others.
Emmivi scanned the shelves twice before removing a primer on the history of witches. For the first time, she was desperate to gain knowledge she didn't know and use it right away.
[21 seconds to find the best target, 96 minutes.] 】
Vivia's test of Emmyway is over, and she can go back to sleep with peace of mind.