Chapter 20: Harvest
Time flies, and a week has passed since Adul returned to the City of the Sun.
It wasn't until today that he was able to complete a thorough run-in with his body.
Of course, this week's etiquette course did not fall, and it can only be said that it is worthy of the glorious Shurima Empire.
The longer the history, the more the etiquette norms.
Sometimes I really don't know what so many etiquettes are trying to restrain myself.
Even lying sick in bed with a lot of strange etiquette requirements for visitors.
But fortunately, Azir's grounding is over today, which can be regarded as a warning to them that they are in distress, and they should always remember this lesson.
Before Adur completed his etiquette lessons, both Adur and Azir were forbidden to leave the city.
However, the two briefly communicated through the week that Zelas had been grounded in Azir, and agreed to meet in the classroom today.
It's not school day, and Baff is still working on the aftermath of the Crystal Trace.
This accident is also a big injury for the college, and the families of these scholars also need to be comforted, which is undoubtedly a huge project.
Walking out of the room briskly, the weather in Shurima today is exceptionally sunny.
Once in the classroom, Adur saw Zelas and Azir who were already waiting.
The three of them exchanged glances with each other, and after making sure that there was nothing else, they began today's important meeting.
"How so? ()”
"How so? (→)”
"How so? ()”
Adur was the first to speak, but Azir and Zelas followed his example and asked rhetorically.
This funny scene made the three of them laugh, and the original serious atmosphere was gone.
But after the fun, we still have to get down to business, Adur continued.
"Then let's talk about the issue that everyone is most concerned about, I don't know how much you have learned in the past few days, let me talk about the clues on my side first.
At the time, Azir you were in a coma due to overload, so only Zelas and I saw the woman.
The woman's name is Maisha, and it is not clear how long she has lived, but she is the current Twilight Star Spirit, from the Giant God Peak.
The power she possessed was said to be star energy, another special energy, or a high-order energy.
As for why I know ......"
As he spoke, Adur took out the bandage, after all, this thing has been exposed, and it shouldn't matter if you let it carry the pot, but it is a little bitter for the unborn spirit.
"I don't know the origin of this bandage, it should be an ancestral thing, anyway, it's always next to me.
There used to be a consciousness in its body, and most of this information came from it, but it has now dissipated.
According to its description, it was one of Maisha's men as one of its victims.
I think the biggest gain from this trip is to learn about the existence of star energy, whether we can master this power is still unknown, but we can expand our knowledge base.
The basic energy system in this world is psionic energy, the opposing system of evil energy.
And above that is the star energy we see, and the corresponding is the void.
We don't know the relationship between Starlight, the Void, and the basic energy system, but I found a few things about the properties and applications of these two energies in the book.
There is a bold speculation about the use of Starlight is that it is used to create Ascendants, and it is likely that the Solar Disk uses Starlight.
However, whether it was the Star Spirit who created the Sun Disk or the ancestors of Shurima discovered this way of controlling star energy, there is no evidence to corroborate it.
But at present, Shurima has not handed down the method of controlling star energy, and I personally prefer the former. ”
With that, Adur cleared his throat and gave the two of them time to think, after all, the news might be a bit too big for them.
This gathering was initiated by Adur on his own initiative, for the simple reason that it was to do ideological work for the two of them and to pull them into the united front.
It's all for Adur's Shurima Salvation Plan!
After this crisis, Adur really entered the small group of the two and established a relatively friendly relationship.
But these are not enough, and these are the prerequisites for the second stage of Shurima's rescue plan.
Zelas and Azir are the biggest rulers of Shurima in the future, and if they want to better implement the plan in Adur's heart, they will naturally tie the two to their side.
There is no better way to build an alliance than to erect a common enemy.
And the appearance of Maisha just met all the conditions for the implementation of the plan.
Adur first further gained the trust of the two through more shocking information, and through this information, he secretly led them to believe that there was such an enemy in the shadows - Twilight Star Spirit Maisha.
Of course, there are some parts of Adur's words that do not stand up to scrutiny, so he also uses an uncertain tone.
However, it is true that Adur's own views have been imperceptibly ingrained in the hearts of Azir and Zelas through these materials.
First impressions are undoubtedly the most important.
Now that Azir and Zelas have digested the news from Adur, the first step has been considered a successful one.
As long as they continue to deepen their bad impression of Maiisa in the future, they naturally don't have to worry about the alliance between everyone and easily shattering.
However, Maisha did not complain, she did do most things and participated in them, and the impression left in Zelas's mind was not good.
If Adur was just the one who said it, then Azir might have doubts about Adur's statement because of the identity of the Maiisa Star Spirit.
But with the corroboration of Azir's best friend Zelas, the image of Maisha stands up anyway.
After Adur finished his explanation, it was Azir's explanation.
Their mission is to investigate Klaus's family and consider what to do about it.
After all, Klaus's family bought them a lot of time and sacrificed a lot of people, which can be regarded as saving the lives of the three of them.
Azir was in a period of recovery and lockdown during this time, so most of the information was given to Zelas, who also explained it here.
"The Crownguard family is considered a first-class family in the Shurima Empire, and they have a lot of earth-walking beasts and long-distance business in their hands, and occasionally provide armed protection for merchants.
However, over the years, their business has been somewhat affected by the shell people, so they responded positively to this call.
But there is a bad rumor that the current Crownguard patriarch is not in good health, and does not seem to be able to have children, and there are even some bad rumors that Klaus is the illegitimate child of his wife's affair with someone else.
That's what you'll find out in a short time, and it's up to the two of you to think about it. ”
Zelas finished the news about the Crownguard family very neatly, which gave Adur a bottom in his heart.
After all, with an empire as large as Shurima, it was not so easy for Azir to succeed in ascending the throne.
If you want to widen the road, the more friends you have, the better, and the fewer enemies you have, the better.
But how to make this friend, whether it's worth it or not is another matter.
As early as in the canyon, after learning about the crown guard family, Adur had the idea of winning over the crown guard family.
It was just that it was not clear at the time whether the size of the family was worth it for Adur to do so.
The information transmitted by Zelas made Adur clear about his next goal, and Zelas probably understood what Adur was going to do, so he did his best in the face of Adur's request to collect information.
"Okay, okay, these things are too serious, I have good news here, what do you think this is?"
Seeing the tacit communication between the two, Azir felt a little surprised for a while, but seeing Zelas be able to talk to others so freely, Azir also felt a sense of relief.
He pulled out the Arcane Application that had been in the storage ring, something everyone had been looking for.
"The Arcane School gave it? Isn't it true that the results of the investigation on the Crystal Trace side haven't come out yet, and we only have one crystal that is completely off target. ”
Adur was indeed a little surprised, originally thought that this book would have to be found later, but he didn't expect that Azir had already got the thing.
"Of course, you don't look at who I am. This time, I am risking my life, even if the mission is not completed, is my life as an imperial prince not worth a book? ”
Sure enough, Azir used his connections to get the book.
But this is what everyone deserves, after all, they ended the mastermind behind this disaster in another sense.
"Well, no matter how it came to be, if we have enough time, wouldn't the crystals collected by those scholars be our trophies? Think of it as compensation for their blackening of our crystals. ”
Adur also played a hellish joke with them, but the matter is over, and the most important thing now is to study the book in front of him.
The three of them were so tightly gathered together, and Azir opened the book with expectant eyes.
"To those who come after me, I have always believed that the elements and runes are a gift from heaven, and that only arcane art is our lifelong pursuit as human beings.
I've gathered the summaries of my life about arcane into this book, the vastness and unknown of arcane make me have to lament the insignificance of life, and I really wish that my body could be transformed into arcane, so that I can have enough time and talent to explore these treasures that I have fought for all my life. ”
The opening message does not leave the author's name, but it can also be used to understand his difficulty and desire for arcane.
With anticipation, Azir turned the next page.
"Scholars, you must remember. These three laws are my life's work, and this book records my path, you can learn it, but you can't learn it all.
On the path of learning arcane, we must always be in awe and reflective, and go out of our own way, and perhaps my views are not all correct.
Law One, Arcane is alive. This is not only a requirement that you learn and apply the Arcane, but that you do not use it as a tool.
A complete arcane spell is made up of magic, trajectories, and arcane words.
The different directions in which the mana flows in the trajectory cause the arcane to have different properties.
For example, a basic arcane spell, Earth Split, is made up of the arcane word 'movement' derived from runes and earth elemental magic, and if you let the mana run in reverse along the trajectory, it is another arcane made of 'movement' - squeezing.
Law 2, Arcane is an organic combination of the whole and the parts. We need to analyze it on a case-by-case basis and choose the arcane we need.
The trajectory of the ground fissure is composed of three parts, the most basic element guidance trajectory, the 'cloud' trajectory, and the 'force' trajectory.
My suspicion is that there may also be arcane characters for 'cloud' and 'force', but I haven't found them yet.
If we take these trajectories apart, we can't make a complete arcane, but it can also have some effect.
If we only build the 'cloud' trajectory, we can use this arcane to manipulate the corresponding elements of the channeling for a short time.
We are not as blessed as the Elemental Mages at this point, but it may be that our methods are incorrect, and as long as you can find the right ones, I believe that one day we Arcanists will be taken seriously by the world.
There's no reason why we arcane scholars can't do what elemental mages can do.
What they can do, we can do one day, and what they can't do, we can still do.
Their ceiling depends on the elements, but our future is full of light, and the arcane scholar's ceiling will always depend on the knowledge he has.
Law 3......"
For a moment, everyone was a little fascinated by the book, and they didn't notice that Buff had come behind them.
"Ahem."
Barf coughed to warn them of their arrival.
Azir's first reaction was to throw the book on the ground, as if the three of them were doing something unseemly.
But after a slight loss of consciousness, Azir still reacted and said.
"Good morning, teacher."
"Pick up the book, it's not a mistake to love knowledge, and it's not something to be unseemly."
Barf said as he walked to his place.
"Teacher, aren't you investigating that incident in the canyon? Could it be that the results of the investigation have already come out? ”
Adur asked.
Barf nodded, gave the three of them an affirmative answer, and said.
"Things in the canyon are not much different from what you reported, and the academy has agreed to borrow books from the Arcane School.
However, several scholars of the Arcane School would like to meet you, so if you want to, take this invitation to the Arcane School, there is no shame in learning Arcane. It's just that what I didn't expect was that all three of you were interested in arcane. ”
Baff gave Zelath a meaningful look, but quickly regained his serious tone.
"I've read this book before, it's a good book, yes, but some of the theories in it are a bit outdated, so if you really want to understand arcane, you might as well check it out.
I see you guys were just looking at the Arcane Text? It was a secret at the time, but now the runic language, or arcane script, has been pretty much dismantled.
It's just that out of respect for this precursor, the Arcane School didn't adapt this book, but they won't use it to teach students, I really don't know where you got it. ”
Bafu shook his head helplessly, and everyone could only laugh bitterly to hide their embarrassment.