18. The power of arc magic
The alley is quiet and deserted, except for the tall buildings in the distance, which still cast misty neon lights on this side.
Under the bright street lamps, Jiangqiao and Cheng Ruoxi walked side by side.
When they reached the door of Jiangqiao's house, they stopped.
"Sister Xi, I'll send you, it's too late and it's not safe." Jiang Qiao said.
"Don't, Jiang Daxia's affairs are heavy, the little woman should retire on her own......" Cheng Ruoxi pinched the tone of the weak woman and said, and then smiled: "Okay, it's so late, you go back and rest, haven't I been alone for so many days?" ”
"Now it's a society governed by the rule of law, where is there so much danger, besides, if you really encounter danger, surrounded by neighbors, I will yell to see who will come to hurt me."
As soon as she said this, Jiang Qiao put a little snack: "That...... Cheng Nuxia should take care of her along the way. ”
Jiang Qiao opened the door and walked into the courtyard, and suddenly heard Cheng Ruoxi calling him.
"Jiangqiao ......" Cheng Ruoxi stood under the street lamp not far away, the light blurred her face, and she stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Qiao asked.
"Nothing, goodbye." She shook her head, then turned and stepped into the shadows.
......
On Sunday, Jiang Qiao slept until 8 a.m., then spent two hours on his phone in bed, not getting out of bed until 10 a.m.
After washing up, I hastily ate the bag of instant noodles, and it was almost eleven o'clock.
Come on, the lunch is also solved in one piece. If Cheng Ruoxi knew, he would have to be nagged.
In a sense, she is indeed better than her own sister.
He deliberately looked at the weather for a while.
Today is a sunny day, and the moon is unexpectedly round tonight.
Then, the door of time and space can be opened again at night, I don't know, how Sylvie is doing without contact for a week.
There was a faint expectation in Ebashi's heart, as if he was looking forward to the release of a new game.
……
After finishing my homework, reviewing the knowledge points for a while, and reading the idle books twice, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
He looked intently at the glass bottle that he had placed on the cabinet, and the powder inside had bottomed out.
Jiang Qiao estimated that that the powder could be used three or four times at most.
Why don't you just run out of it today?
But...... Jiang Qiao was afraid that the same situation would happen that night again, and he would not be able to suppress the evil thoughts in his heart.
After some melancholy, Jiang Qiao decided to give it another try.
What are you afraid of, it's a big deal to forcibly cancel the spell.
Jiang Qiao no longer hesitated, picked up the medicine bottle and brush and walked to the backyard.
The strong sunlight shines through the windows, and the concrete floor is still a little hot, and on the trees outside, the cicadas chirp wave after wave.
It's October!
It stands to reason that after the beginning of autumn, the sound of knowing will gradually decrease to the point of disappearing.
This year has been marked by more and more strange events, extreme heat, viruses and wildfires...... Jiang Qiao muttered to himself.
Then, he put these worries to the back of his mind and focused his attention on the magic array diagram that he was going to draw next.
The first thing he wanted to try today was still the fireball technique.
……
The blazing sunlight shone on the drawn magic array, diffracting bursts of dazzling brilliance.
Ehashi began to communicate with the elves.
I don't know if it's because the weather is too good, or if Jiang Qiao's elven language skills are improving rapidly.
Say the whole sentence, and there was a response in just a few seconds.
The wind was blowing, the magic array was shining, and a flame quickly rose from his palm instead of a spark.
The strange wind stirred in his hands, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the flames grew bigger and bigger, surpassing the basketball.
In the end, it was the size of the granite stone ball that Jiang Qiao saw in the leisure square.
Could it be that this change is due to weather reasons?
Jiang Qiao didn't have time to think about it, because that frenzied aura once again surfaced in his heart.
The thrill of mastering power, the desire to destroy everything, all kinds of dark thoughts mixed his mind.
He couldn't use his mind to control his body anymore.
He tried to control the fireball with his mind, but the fireball was too stubborn and his desire was too strong for his weak mind to resist.
Forcibly suppressing the swelling desire in his body, he recited another ancient elf language.
This is a spell that cancels the cast.
Then, the wind stopped stirring, and the fireball in his hand quickly dissipated into invisibility as if it had been deflated.
Not even the last bit of spark is gone.
Jiang Qiao sat on the ground, gasping for breath, and his clothes were soaked.
This spell consumed too much of his energy, estimated to be twice as much as the previous one.
Fortunately, the situation was slightly better than before, and this time he felt that he could control the evil thoughts in his heart a little.
It's not like last time, I almost didn't throw the fireball.
As for why the same magic can produce two different effects, Jiang Qiao has a faint guess in his heart.
Perhaps, the natural environment is one of the important conditions that affect the effect of magic casting.
His previous experiments had been at night, and perhaps the power wasn't so obvious. This time, during the day, and in the scorching sun and clear sky, the power of the fireball technique suddenly increased a lot.
Ehashi looked at the pattern of arc magic on the parchment.
So, will the effect of the arc be different in different situations?
As soon as the idea came to him, he took action.
About twenty minutes later, the sunset rose, and the time had come to five o'clock.
Ehashi repeated the previous operation, and the wind of nature was once again agitated in his hands, which was the prelude to the successful casting of the magic. This was the first time he had successfully performed arc magic.
Thin silver arcs appeared above his palm.
The arc gradually grew larger, wound into small balls, lying on the palm of his hand, making a "zizi" sound from time to time.
Jiang Qiao suddenly felt that inflated irritability and evil thoughts again, but it was much smaller than the fireball technique.
At least he could control it more easily.
The palm of the hand is separated from the electric ball by a layer of air, and there is a fixed flow of air passing through the electric ball, perhaps because of this, the caster is not affected by his own magic.
Jiang Qiao looked at the electric ball in his hand, its brilliance was moving.
Why don't you find something to test its power?
Jiang Qiao was a little moved, and came to the front yard with an electric ball in one hand, looked for it, and finally chose a small grass in the yard.
It's stuck right at the edge of the magic circle.
After getting ready, adjusting his breathing, and making sure that there was no one around, Jiang Qiao aimed at the grass and threw the electric ball on his right hand straight over.
The electric ball unfolded into countless fine arcs, and the speed was extremely fast, so fast that it was impossible to see it at the river bridge.
The low-frequency explosions produced by the arc breaking through the air converged, and there was a bit of "thunder" feeling.
In the next second, Jiang Qiao saw that a large piece of coke in the center of the grass had become coke, probably a circle with a diameter of more than one meter.
There was no sustained blow, and it was too late to generate an open flame.
The power is far beyond Jiangqiao's imagination.
Hit people on the body...... There may be a more noticeable effect.
At this time, an aunt passed by with a few bags of vegetables, glanced inside, and said with a smile:
"Yo, Xiaoqiao, what about weeding at home?"
Jiang Qiao was stunned for a moment: "Yes, yes...... Aunt Wang. ”
"But remember not to set it on fire next time, how dangerous it is."
Jiang Qiao had no choice but to laugh dryly: "Ahahaha......"
After some greetings, the neighbor Aunt Wang left with the dishes.
Jiang Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that next time he still couldn't do experiments in the courtyard.
If this is seen, it will either be sent to a psychiatric hospital or go to the research institute to slice it.