What does it take to become a sorcerer's assistant?

I chose to sum it up in one sentence, which is to stay in the laboratory and listen to the wizard's guidance to do what the other party needs, and don't do anything else that is not said. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, this is for the sake of the lives of all those involved in the experiment, after all, it is full of all kinds of dangerous alchemy materials and spell equipment. If you touch even one of them, the best result is probably to create some "harmful" vapors like before.

At least Frick wouldn't be asking for trouble, he just sat down in a comfortable armchair at William Coulter's instructions, and watched the magician tinker around the corner of the laboratory with all sorts of materials—flowers and extracts that smelled wonderfully worth a lot of money on their behalf.

He chopped up some of the dried flowers and plants, and then cut in something that I didn't know if it was resin or ointment, and poured them into the strange incense burner after careful marriage. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, he took a book from the shelf and placed it in the groove on the incense burner.

"I'm sorry that the 'book' that was made in advance was broken in the chaos just now, and now we can only experiment with this relatively primitive method. Perhaps sensing Flick's gaze, Kurt looked back and smiled a little awkwardly, "Although the preparation work in advance will be more troublesome, but this also has the advantage, that is, the effect will be easier to control, and it is unlikely to be as troublesome as just now." ”

Frick took the opportunity to look at the book he was holding, the "Mountaineering Notes" written by Charles Loveheim, a well-known traveler from the Union of Independent Cities, describing what he saw and felt during his travels in the mountains of the continent, and it was a popular travelogue.

It might be a good fit for a book for "experiencing the effects of spells", especially if the effects are really as strong as the sorcerer said. The description of natural scenery is always easier to associate with than historical records or monotonous documents, and it should also be able to show a more complete scene.

Gradually, under Kurt's constant actions, the smell of the incense burner gradually wafted throughout the laboratory. And just as Flick was full of anticipation of what effect he would see next, he felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and even his consciousness was about to be assimilated by the smell of those incense.

When he came to his senses, he was in a vast white mist, with a hard cliff on his left and nothing on his right. He immediately reacted that this was the part of the book describing the ascent of the Kalir Mountains on the north side of the West Coast, and the author was approaching the summit of the mountain into the clouds.

There was no doubt that he didn't know if his dream-prone physique had some kind of reaction to the incense mixed with the spells, and he had obviously entered the dream again. If this is also the effect that the wizard is looking for, then this experience may be chosen by many people to pay a lot of money to experience it.

Frick held on to the rocks on the cliff to steady himself, and reached out to touch the ethereal clouds on his right. Although he knew that it was a dream, this feeling of being too real still made him afraid of the "high cliffs" described in the book.

The moisture in the clouds condensed into fine particles of half-fog and half-rain and hit his face, bringing a cool and comfortable touch, and even the corners of Flick's clothes were wet. He couldn't help but want to touch the rising particles, but the tiny droplets dissipated the moment he stretched out his hand.

Suddenly, a fierce mountain wind blew, and the white clouds around him were blown away by the strong wind, and the true face of the mountain appeared in front of him. It is a vast mountain range as far as the eye can see, and the snow-covered peaks stretch all the way north to the distance.

He was now on a high ridge in the middle of a huge mountain range, and the high rocks gave him a view of the mountains in the distance and the sea of trees covered in dense vegetation. Reach out and touch the clouds, some of which are low-hanging and even live in the lower mountains.

Frick thought back to the Mountaineering Notes, confirming what he would see next—if there was nothing wrong with his memory, then not far from the direction he was going, there was a secret valley overgrown with safflower sword grass in the rocks that drove the snowline and the dense coniferous forest beneath it. From time to time, a strong cold wind blows, and the branches of the trees that collide with each other echo like the sound of the waves.

Birds and small lizard-like monsters fly among the tall pine forests, and the moist air fills the vibrant sounds of these creatures. The singing of unknown birds, the whispers of insects, and the roar of monsters in the distance make the scene seem real.

It's a sunny place, albeit in a "dream", where dappled light casts through the shade of the dark green trees into the forest, leaving dazzling golden pillars of light. The gentle glow has a real texture, and you can even feel their heat.

The previous thick white fog had not completely dissipated, and the floating white mist floated between the treetops, giving the light through the shade of the trees a soft color. Every leaf was moistened by the moisture of the fog and sparkled in the sunlight like some precious jewel.

The sprawling mountains are inaccessible and inaccessible, and this is in your own dreams, so it makes sense that something wonderful will appear here. Perhaps it can be thought that the scene I see now is actually processed through the original content of the book and my own cognition of the book.

He continued to walk forward, and sure enough, as written in the book, a small stream appeared, and the water of the stream was cold and clear from the melting of milky white snow and ice. Pick up some water by the stream and put it in your mouth, revealing a little sweetness in the coldness - the feeling in the dream is actually directly reflected in the taste!

If everything he sees and hears now is a dream, then Frick can only marvel at William Coulter's sorcery skills, which he is true, it is a transcendent invention. Being able to experience in a dream is almost a real feeling, and it is possible for many things that originally existed only in fantasy to come true.

According to the Mountaineering Notes, the stream leads to a trail through the mountains, which leads from a few herdsmen's huts at the foot of the mountain to the glacier at the top of the valley. There is a temple built by the ancients, and although it is now in a half-ruined state, there are still shepherds who have come up to the temple and give something to the ancient gods whose names are no longer known, as if they want to make an offering and beg for their protection.

However, it is probably because the "plot" has not advanced to that part, and Frick is now in a position where he can't see the temple, only the view of the mountains. The warm sunlight shone directly on the ice edges between the valleys, and the rising vapor shrouded the valley in an iridescent glow.

"Inhale-exhale-"

Seeing this scenery that seemed to exist only in Chinese characters, Frick couldn't help but take a deep breath, and the cool air in the mountains filled the chest and lungs, even dispelling the chill in reality. Perhaps he should apologize to the sorcerer, for his research was extraordinary.

Was there a former ascetic who lived in seclusion in this valley, silently meditating, fasting, and praying? His vision caught a shrine built on the edge of a stream, long since it had collapsed, and only a few remnants of ornaments were left to illustrate its former glory.

If such a real "dream" was caused by the incense developed by William Coulter, then Frick really had to admire the sorcerer's talent. If these incense incense can be widely spread, it will undoubtedly bring great reform to the act of "reading".

The question is...... While it is true that this wonderful experience will bring about a huge change in the way of reading in the future, as the wizard advertised, it seems to be a completely different experience from "reading" in nature, and it is a new experience.

And this technique is not affordable for ordinary people from any point of view, and in order to maintain the long-term effect of falling asleep, a large amount of spices is necessary. Even wealthy mages can't afford to use spices to explore the dream world every day, and it's still too difficult to popularize this technique.

In the Middle Ages, reading was a leisure that only the wealthy could enjoy, and it was not until the popularization of papermaking and printing technology that the cost was greatly reduced. This period lasted for nearly a thousand years, and it is conceivable that even if Coulter's experiment succeeded, it would be difficult to popularize it on a large scale.

On second thought, it might be a good thing to be able to get early access to this technology when it was still in its infancy, and Frick usually enjoys reading this kind of travelogue that describes beautiful landscapes, after all, this kind of first-hand experience of the content of the book will probably not be available again.

When Dr. Coulter's research came to fruition, it should have sparked a wave among the upper classes for a while, just as the nobility of the empire indulged in the pleasure of incense after the introduction of "special spices" from the Eastern Isles for a while.

Perhaps William Coulter's development of this new variety of "book" was not to give the old aristocracy something to show their identity, but unfortunately, the only people who can consume large quantities of spices now are the capitalists who exploit the blood and sweat of the workers.

Suddenly, as Frick made his way down the path towards the crumbling temple at the top of the valley, he noticed that the sky was getting darker when he wasn't looking. It was as if time had accelerated, the sun had sunk the horizon and the forest was shrouded in shadow.

He didn't remember that similar scenes were written in the Mountaineering Notes, and they were most likely due to the influence of some "unstable" element of the spell - in any case, the research was not mature, and even in a dream, it would not hurt to be vigilant.