A few people who had returned to the rental hut sat around the campfire and rested.

Although there was no battle today, and it didn't cost any mana, it greatly consumed their physical strength.

And it also made their clothes very dirty, and it felt like there was mud everywhere in their shoes.

After all, I did a lot of hard work for more than ten hours.

Lucilia was studying the valuables she had brought back.

Arka looked at the Gathering Stone in his hand, and he didn't rush to activate it with mana.

Instead, just look at it.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly said, "Let's go back to the boat tonight." ”

Hearing Arka's sudden words, the companions sitting around him shifted their attention one after another.

Arka held up the Gathering Stone in his hand and said, "This thing seems to make a lot of noise regardless of its name or effect, and it is too conspicuous to use it in this place." ”

Hearing this, everyone thought for a moment and nodded.

Truly.

After all, this is someone else's territory.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Arka stood up: "Then let's go, let's rest on the boat today, change our clothes by the way, and clean up our bodies." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and shook some of the dirt off him, and he didn't know where it came from. Then he walked out.

All the way down the gravel road, I came to the port.

As soon as I arrived, I saw the huge ship outside the harbor.

"What a big ship!" Matresa said with some surprise.

It was the first time she had seen a ship of this size.

Even though she lived at the gate to the Infinite Sea, she had never seen a ship of this size.

A few people who had not been to the port in the past few days had seen merchant ships were also a little surprised.

Simon looked at the ship with a curious look in his eyes.

Looking at his eyes, Juan Lu next to him hurriedly pulled him: "That's someone else's boat." ”

"I know, I'll take a look."

"You'd better just take a look." Jason glanced at him next to him and said silently.

After all, they've been with Simon for a while.

Normally Simon is polite and honest, but if he encounters something that interests him, and when he comes across something that he has studied to the top, it is different.

At this time, there were also some goods piled up around the port, but I don't know whether they were transported to or from the ship.

Several people looked at it, but did not slow down, and the sound of dawn came after a long absence.

As they boarded the ship, a soft and melodious song rang out.

Arka smiled and patted the mainmast.

"Get the boat out of the island, and we'll come back tomorrow morning."

The merchant ship parked outside, and just saw some people in the harbor.

It's possible to detect movement.

Let a sleeping dog lie.

With Acre's words, the Sound of Dawn slowly left the harbor, and then stopped on the side not far from the harbor.

After looking at the distance about the same.

Arka on the deck lifted the Gathering Stone in his hand.

Today's biggest takeaway.

From ancient times, before the world shattered.

It's a little exciting just thinking about it.

In the curious eyes of everyone, the magic power was entered.

With the input of magic, dense and complex and unconventional patterns emerge on the surface of the stone.

As if sensing something, Arka gently let go of his hand.

In this way, the Gathering Demon Stone floated in front of everyone, standing steadily in the air.

Strange information poured into Alka's brain, and it was the way this thing was used.

Do you put instructions for use like this?

It's really interesting.

The way to use it is very simple, and Arka simply went through it and wrote it down.

Stretched out a finger and pointed at the magic stone, and when the finger left the surface of the magic stone, a blue line of energy was pulled.

Throwing the line out and controlling it, a circle was drawn on the surrounding deck, and the circle enveloped the crowd.

As the lines connect end to end, the magic stone is immediately activated.

An incomprehensible pattern of incantations appeared on the circle on the ground, densely arranged, forming a circular circle.

The surrounding magic began to pour into the circle in large quantities, and the concentration of magic power around everyone increased at an exaggerated speed, even making them feel an inexplicable resistance coming from the air, and it seemed that even the air became viscous.

Breathing became less smooth, and a lot of mana poured in, squeezing the air out.

When everyone felt that the air was scarce and they were already unable to breathe, the magic stone was suspended in the center and began to rotate.

The thick mana began to swirl and gather around the stone.

In this way, in front of everyone, the magic stone rotated, and more and more magic gathered together, and the magic power gathered together was actually thick to the point that it was visible to the naked eye.

It turned into an object like a water ball, and it actually liquefied directly, and then the liquid magic like the water ball began to unleash the magic power.

A strange scene appeared in the space where everyone was.

The mana from above converged into the liquid mana orb, which unleashed his mana and filled it underneath.

Like an hourglass, the place where the liquid mana is located is like a leak, absorbing a large amount of mana from above to change its form, and increasing its concentration to flow below.

That is, the deck where Arka and the others are staying.

"This magic...... It's actually going to be in my body with a breath! Xia Daiti's eyes widened and he said in surprise.

Arka spoke: "Don't talk about this, take this opportunity to meditate." ”

As he spoke, he sat directly by the flowerbed and closed his eyes, and the meditation runes in his body were revealed.

Everyone immediately sat down, and Poloro and Jason sat directly on the deck.

But everyone is in the circle.

As they began to meditate, transparent spirals appeared around each person.

The magic power in the circular array quickly poured into their bodies.

These magic powers were all swayed from the liquid magic formed by the central magic stone, and they entered their bodies very silky, without the slightest resistance.

Except for the three puppet girls who have improved their strength because of the treasures, the rest of them are meditating.

Three puppet girls stood outside the array, guarding everyone.

However, obviously, so many people meditating at the same time, coupled with the obvious speed, it was inexplicably fast, and the amount of magic power entering the body was also exaggerated, resulting in a little insufficient magic power in the entire space.

The speed at which the liquid mana ball swirling in the center could not be compared to the speed at which a few people could absorb it.

But at least it's within a certain balance.

Half an hour had passed, and the Gathering Stone began to shake, and the circular array beneath their feet began to flicker.

It seems that the Gathering Stone has reached its limit.

Suddenly extinguished and disappeared.

Then the liquid mana spiraled out of control, quickly melting into the surrounding air.

A large amount of mana poured in, causing the concentration of mana around to increase in an instant, and the air was squeezed out in an instant.

The sudden influx of impact also made everyone rush to the ground.

Fortunately, it was a simple shock and did not affect them much.

After a while, the concentration of the surrounding mana decreased, and the air began to fill in.

Arka was breathing heavily, his head and body already wet with sweat.

The same is true of the rest of the people, except for him.

The sweat of the crowd formed a water stain on the deck under their feet.

"I'm the first ...... The first time I was meditated, I was so tired......" Simon said as he lay on the deck and gasped.

I never thought about it, I would meditate, and I would meditate to the point of being tired.

It's much more tiring than digging a pit during the day.

As soon as he finished speaking, the magic around him began to turbulent for another moment.

The spirit of the strong fight sat up and looked at the source of the turmoil.

Xia Daiti, Jason, and Lucilia advanced to the second stage at the same time.

Fortunately, the concentration of magic around them was very high, and the three of them advanced to the second stage without any impact.

Looking at the trio's advance, Arka turned his head to look at the panting Juanlu.

In response to Jason's gaze, Juan Lu waved his hand understandingly: "It's almost there, it's still a little bit close." ”

Now he was the only one left on the ship, still stuck in the triple helix.

There was no way, mainly because they had only been in the Infinite Sea for a few days.

After a while, the three of them were promoted.

"At the same time, this meeting is quite spectacular." Julia said with a smile.

He lifted Lucilia, who was tired from the deck, and put it on his shoulder, and then helped Shadetti to sit next to him.

Jason, who was lying on the deck, looked at the few people next to him.

"Pull me up."

Hearing this, Arka glanced at him and said, "What? You think the deck of Dawn is dirty, but someone else is a good girl who loves cleanliness. ”

Hearing this, Jason looked at the rope dangling above his head and silently closed his mouth.

If you don't pull it, you won't pull it, it's so high-sounding.

Then he felt the whole person fly, and Bororo directly lifted him by the collar and lifted him whole.

At this time, Arka had already re-taken the Gathering Stone that had fallen on the floor in his hand, and the Gathering Stone had returned to its dull and abnormal appearance.

It is said to be a spar, but it looks more like a stone.

"This thing can't break, right?" Simon asked from the side.

Arka shook his head: "Don't worry, it's not yet, it's just overloaded." ”

After all, the first time I use it, I have no experience.

"We just meditated together, and the mana consumed was so much that it was a bit overloaded, and the range of my drawing was too large, and a lot of data hadn't had time to debug."

After all, this thing is a finished product that has just been completed, and I don't know if the person who made it has debugged it well.

But after all, it's new, and it's not so easy to break.

Xia Daiti, who had recovered, looked at the magic stone in Alka's hand and asked, "What happened to those magic powers just now?" It felt like my own magic, just a gentle inhale, and it melted straight in. ”

The rest of the people were also very curious, the magic power produced by those magic stones just now was obviously very different from the magic power in the surrounding air.

It's like a magic that is tailor-made for people and is very easy to absorb.

"Well, the Gathering Stone itself is used to create magic that people can easily absorb.

Therefore, in addition to gathering magic power, it also has the function of transforming the magic power of the outside world into magic that can be easily absorbed by life. ”

To put it simply, this is a meditation accelerator, or that kind of all-round meditation acceleration.

The speed at which they meditated just now was basically full power, inhaling frantically, which also caused their bodies to produce a strong load.

caused a lot of physical loss, which is why he was so tired.

Fortunately, there is such a thing as meditation speed, you can only reach the limit, not break through the limit, it is still based on your physical condition.

No matter how you meditate, it is impossible to increase your speed beyond your own physique.

This ensures that you can't hurt your body by meditating.

But maintaining the limit of absorption all the time is still a very physically demanding thing.

But it's also very time-saving and extremely efficient.

Under normal circumstances, how can it be absorbed to the limit, and a large part of the magic power absorbed normally cannot be used by the human body.

And this thing in my hand perfectly solves this problem.

Arka wasn't a brainless absorption just now, and he had checked the magic he had absorbed a little at first.

The efficiency of absorption reaches an astonishing 80% or more, and even around 85% in the intermediate stage.

You must know that if you are in the home sea, the magic absorption efficiency of meditation may only be about 10%, and sometimes it is not enough.

When it comes to the advance channel, the absorption efficiency is increased to about 30%~40%, and the efficiency is getting higher and higher with the advancement.

These are all because the concentration of mana around them becomes higher, so the same absorption will absorb more.

After arriving at the Boundless Sea, the absorption efficiency is basically stable at 50%, and if you go to the island, it will increase a little, but it will not exceed 60%.

This is basically the limit of meditation absorbing magic.

The Gathering Stone almost doubles the meditation efficiency of mana, and this only doubles the absorption efficiency.

The amount absorbed will be more than before, after all, the concentration of this mana is higher, and since the absorption rate is faster, the natural amount will also be more.

Overall, the speed of meditation to improve strength is about 2.5~3 times higher than that without gathering magic stones.

Much more than you think.

This is a relatively accurate value obtained by Arka.

And the time of meditation is also directly halved, as long as it is less than half an hour a day, but this half hour will be very physically demanding.

Thinking of this, Arka jotted down the data.

Then he said to everyone: "I'll debug it tonight, and then I will directly make it a thing for single use, and then we will take turns to use meditation every day, and the efficiency will be greatly accelerated." ”

Everyone nodded at Arka's words.

This is something that can improve the strength of everyone, although it is not obvious at first, but it is a long-term thing.

Over time, their strength will improve much faster than those of their peers.

This will help them gain a foothold in the infinite sea more quickly.

After all, as people from all over the world, compared to people who have always lived in the Boundless Sea, the difference in strength is a bit big.

For example, Shiraishi is only in his 20s, and without the assistance of treasures, his strength is estimated to be at least 7~8 spirals.

Needless to say, Simon and Julia, the strongest members of their team, are much older than Shiraishi.

However, the strength is not on par with him.

"I'm going to cook for you, I haven't been in the ship's kitchen for a few days, so I'm going to cook a big meal tonight!" Juan Lu said after resting.

"Yay!"

"I'm going to eat that roast beef leg from last time."

"Then I want a grilled fish."

Everyone ordered a dish they loved.

Juan Lu smiled and nodded, and wrote it down.

At this time, the warehouse was already full of the prey they had killed on the island, as well as some of the ingredients they had gathered.

There is no need to be afraid that the food will not be enough or not fresh.

"By the way, there's this thing." Lucilia seemed to think of something, and a pamphlet appeared in her arms.

This was the booklet they had obtained in the inner space of the temple, and it was made of some unknown material, and it was not destroyed with the passage of time like the objects around it.

Lucilia flipped through the booklet in her arms.

"Well, what's written on it?" Arka asked curiously.

Hopefully, the information recorded above will reveal more information about the city-state of Vaswa.

"These are the research notes of the man named Vita, which contains some of his research ideas and some jumble notes."

Hearing this, Arka and Simon both stood up at the same time and hurriedly sat down next to Lucilia.

"Tell me what's written on it."

"Did you write how that thing was made?"

The two of you said a word, and I began to ask one by one.

"Don't worry! Hold your horses! Lucilia waved her hand and shouted helplessly.

Then he jumped on Xia Daiti's shoulder and said to the two: "Don't worry, many of the words on it are a bit difficult to translate, I have to take a good look, how to translate them to be able to perfectly express the above meaning, and some I don't seem to remember." ”

Hearing this, the two of them, who were a little anxious, also calmed down, sat on the spot and nodded.

Anyway, the booklet won't run away in their hands.

After looking at it for a while, Lucilia said, "Arka woke me up in a dream tonight, and I need to dig through the knowledge in my memory. ”

"No problem."

After a while, everyone went to the bathhouse and cleaned the dirt from their bodies.

After digging a pit for a day, they had a lot of dirt on them.

After getting it, Arka began to debug the magic stone in his hand, this thing is not complicated, plus there is an instruction manual, it is still within the range of operation.

At least it doesn't make Arka feel like he's messing with it, to the extent that it might break it.

It wasn't until it was about to start dinner that Arka finally finished debugging it.

"This thing has been adjusted by me, it is best to open it every 2~3 hours, each time it will last for half an hour, and then it will automatically gather a circular demon gathering array below, just enough for one person to use."

As he spoke, he added, "Including Pololo." ”

After saying that, a rope flew in, tied up the magic stone, and dragged it out.

"I'll put it in the lookout room, and when the time comes, when each of us is on guard, we can spare half an hour to meditate."

Arka said, and everyone nodded.

It's a good idea.

At normal times, there are people in the lookout room all the time, and everyone's shift time is about three hours, which is just right.

In addition, there is a guard in the observation room, so there is no problem at all to spare half an hour.

After saying this, Arka said, "Tomorrow we will go to another more dangerous ruin." ”

Then everyone began to eat the food on the table to replenish their strength.

Quietly waiting for the day to come.

(End of chapter)