Chapter 3: The Witch Contract and the Three Laws of Magic
Perhaps because of the loss of the head, many memories of the original host were lost, such as what kind of work they did before they died, what they did, and who they met...... It's all a blank slate.
However, the basic knowledge about witches has been preserved very completely.
First of all, for witches, all supernatural powers are built on the "witch contract".
The witch contract can be signed with other people, or she can sign it with herself. If you sign a contract with yourself, you can use the corresponding magic granted by the contract under the conditions agreed in the contract.
For example, there is a contract called "Flame", which allows the witch to release flames, but the number and power of the release are clearly limited in the contract, for example, a Tier 1 "Flame" contract can only release flames a total of three times, and the power - Summer Night, roughly evaluated, is probably slightly stronger than a Molotov cocktail.
In order to increase the number and power of magic, it is necessary to increase the rank of the contract. For example, the rank of the "Flame" contract can be up to the 7th level, and the reason why it is 7, not 6 or 8, is because the column name of the "Flame" contract is "Aini", and the rank corresponding to "Aini" is 7.
In other words, the maximum rank of a contract depends on the rank of the column it corresponds to.
"The so-called pillar name, how does it sound like the demon god in the original world?" Summer Night whispered to herself.
From the first time she saw the name "Samikina", it seemed familiar to her, and when she read the other column names from the memory of the original host, she immediately reacted.
In the world before the crossing, there was the legend of the so-called "Solomon 72 Pillar Demon Gods", and the names of those demon gods happened to be exactly the same as the names of the pillars of the witch contract.
Not only that, but the rank corresponding to the name of the pillar also happens to be the same as the rank of the demon god. For example, in legend, Aini's rank is Earl, and among the 12 ranks of demons, he is ranked 7th from bottom to top, and the column name "Aini" corresponds to exactly 7.
In addition, the legendary demon god Aini holds a fire jade in his right hand, which he can use to burn everything he sees. And one of the witch contracts under the pillar name "Aini" happens to be "Flame".
There is no gratuitous coincidence in this world, after discovering this series of correspondence, Xia Ye's first reaction was: There really are 72 pillars of demon gods in this world, and the so-called witch contract is that the witch signed a contract with the demon god, so as to obtain supernatural power from the demon god.
But once again searching the memories of the original host, she didn't find any information about the demon god, not only did there be no demon god, but this world didn't seem to have any gods at all.
A world of witches, magic, and spiritualistic powers, but without gods, is not very occult.
Of course, there is another explanation: there are demon gods in this world, but all the information about the demon gods is lost with the original host's head.
But Xia Ye thought that this was unlikely, and by reading her memories, she already knew that the knowledge about the witch was stored in her body, not her brain, which is why she lost other memories, but she did not lose her knowledge about the witch.
If there really are demon gods, then of course their information is also related to witches, so they should also be stored in the body and not lost due to the loss of their heads.
Therefore, either there is no demon god in this world at all; Either there are demon gods, but the witches don't know they exist.
However, with or without it, it is not so important for today's summer nights.
She stopped thinking about these inconclusive questions and turned her attention to another piece of information that she had searched for from memory.
This piece of information is common knowledge that every witch knows, called "The Three Laws of Magic":
The first rule: Mana can be replenished from the outside, or it can be transferred from one witch to another without loss.
The second rule: the witch can use the corresponding magic by signing the witch contract; But even if you don't sign a witch contract, the magic power in the witch's body will continue to dissipate over time; If you sign a witch contract, each one consumes a certain amount of mana in your body.
The third law: When the witch exhausts the magic in her body, she will die.
At a glance, it can be seen that these three laws are all about the connection between magic and witches. The reason why witches are witches, in addition to the fact that they can sign a witch contract, another key point is that they can store magic power in their bodies, and they must also store magic power in their bodies.
Otherwise you will die.
And the place where the magic is stored in the body is called a "cup" by the witches. The cup is located below the chest and above the abdomen, and it is easy for the witch to perceive its presence as long as she concentrates her attention on her body, and if she observes it with her mind, she can also see what it looks like.
By the way, many witches have speculated that the cup not only stores magic power, but also stores part of the witch's memory, but no one has verified this guess in the past, after all, you can't cut off a person's head, and then ask her what she remembers.
And now, this guess has been confirmed by Summer Night, and not only that, but she also knows that what is stored in the cup is the memory of the witch's knowledge. I don't know if I can use it as an academic achievement and write a paper for publication in the future......
However, for now, it's important to make sure how much mana you have left.
To do this is very simple, according to memory, almost every witch will sign a contract for herself called "scale", this contract has only one function, that is, at any time to convert the remaining mana into a value, which is displayed on their wrist.
Summer Night raised her right hand, her wrist facing her, she tried to focus on her wrist, and sure enough, two black characters slowly appeared on her fair skin:
-1
Yes, it's the Arabic numeral "-1". Although it was a beautiful font she had never seen before, there was no doubt that the number "-1" was written on the wrist.
Summer Night was taken aback.
First of all, the symbols that represent numbers in this world are exactly the same as those in the world before the time crossing.
Secondly, she never thought that the magic in her body would be negative.
If a positive number indicates that there is magic in the body, and 0 indicates that the magic is exhausted, then what does a negative number mean?
The absence of relevant information in memory indicates that this is definitely not a common state.
But whatever -1 represents, at least one thing is certain: there is no magic in him now. According to the third law, a witch dies when she exhausts the magic power in her body.
But he didn't die......
Wrong.
He is indeed dead, but because of the "soul return" contract, he is alive again.
Not entirely true.
Strictly speaking, it is in a state of "as long as you think you can live, you can live".
So......
Summer Night suddenly thought of a word that could describe her current situation:
Is this a card bug?