Verse 49: High fever

Regardless of the continent of Rigal and the Crescent, in the entire world, there is no creature that does not have magic in the body.

This ability, which is still difficult to parse, manifests itself in the form of magic in some gifted individuals, who are able to induce a phenomenon in a way that even they can't explain in order to achieve their own ends.

The misconception of magicians is that spells are the root of their ability to cast spells. Throughout the ages, there have been many unscrupulous people who have gone to great lengths to steal the mage's manuscripts, believing that if they understand them, they will also have the ability to call the wind and rain.

Even if people use the same language, there are still many things that are difficult to understand each other. This must be a deep experience for a character like a magician, who is always shrouded in fog.

"Spells are not directly related to casting magic, and even if ordinary people learn spells, it doesn't make any sense!"

But the people didn't buy it at all.

"If that's the case, then why do magicians keep their knowledge closed?" They didn't care about the other person's intentions at all, based on their so-called "common sense", and never thought about understanding the deeper meaning. Just grasping this point, wave after wave of folk speculation has repeatedly strengthened the people's perception that the power of magicians comes from spells.

The culmination of all this was the formation of the Rigal Magicians Guild and the creation of the myth that "magicians hid in ivory towers doing research".

Selfish, selfish, unwilling to hand over their knowledge. This notion has been firmly entrenched in the body of today's magicians, and has become a top hat that they cannot take off themselves. But our Sage Master knows that whether it is a rune or a pronunciation spell, in fact, what you have to say is more like a kind of traction.

It is true that the few ancient texts that are scarce and difficult to grasp contain some kind of inexplicable power in themselves, but the reason why magicians often arrange spells in the form of songs-like chanting is actually to correctly channel the magic to achieve their desired effect.

The sudden birth of demonic beasts in nature due to certain circumstances lacks this kind of powerful guidance, and the total amount of magical power contained in their bodies often far exceeds that of civilized races, so the birth of demonic beasts throughout the ages has always been accompanied by records of celestial anomalies, and this is exactly the case.

Ignorance of moderation and natural divergence, so that the turbulence of magic will not only cause many phenomena that are not under the control of the owner and may hurt others, but also cause a great physical burden to the owner himself because of the long-term spell casting state.

"Ahem....... Sakura sat down with her knees together, and the girl Roan lay on her knees, coughing softly.

Her whole face was flushed, and she had a clear feeling against the backdrop of the firelight and white hair.

"It's burning, so there's nothing you can do. It had only been two or three days since they had been together, but the former Oiran of the swamp village, who had already taken a liking to this outsider girl, looked up at the sage with a little concern, and said this.

But this time even Henry couldn't do much.

The runes on his body were no longer lit up.

Mira is not an ordinary illness and fever, her physical condition is related to the surrounding environment.

Realizing that the situation had changed, the sage immediately asked the two to stay in the hut, and pulled out the rune stone and built it with Kramer, forged from dragon bones and core iron, which was a defensive technique for the druids.

His reaction was not unpleasant, the two poor horses that were not protected could not bear to fall to the ground in an instant, and if the sage was half a beat slower, it would also be the end of Sakura and Mira.

The defensible enchantment is enough to allow Sakura to move freely as an ordinary person, but our Roan Maiden became a magician by igniting the mana pool during a trip to the East Coast in the past.

Even if she hadn't progressed since then, due to her preference for sword combat and lack of the right opportunities, the pool of mana pulsating near her heart still made her far more sensitive to magic than the others.

The barrier can only be weakened, but it cannot completely dissipate the harmful energy that permeates this strange land.

The sound of wings flapping in the distance and the sound of some kind of large creature activity were recognizable threats, but even the land was fiercely resistant to human presence.

This was not their world, and the glow of the red moon in the sky gave the whole land a mysterious color. The trees were still the same trees, but apart from the small grass hut protected by magic, the awake Sakura was shocked to see that they seemed to be dancing their teeth and claws when she looked at the trees on the red earth outside.

"It's just not an illusion. She said this to comfort herself, but she still couldn't calm the anxiety in her heart.

"It can't go on like this. The sage spoke, not pity the runes used outside, even if they did burn money. Together with the monsters consumed before, these treasures from his old friend Bai Xue are only the size of a fingernail, and if you find the Wizards Association, one can already be sold for a high price of 300 imperial gold coins.

Integrated Technique, Portable Circle. That's what the elves call this gadget.

In mage's terminology, a basic circle is divided into two components: "lines" or "channels", and "points" or "nodes".

The so-called "thread" is the material with magical guiding properties required to depict the magic circle, which is usually a metal such as copper. After that, the gems containing the magic must be used as a source of energy - that is, "points" - so that as long as the circle itself is not damaged and the magic in the gems is still there, the circle can function on its own without the caster. And if the ingredients are right, the effect will be stronger than that of individual spells.

But it all takes a long time. Chanting spells is naturally faster than others, but when someone draws a sword and stabs at you, you can't always call them to pause and give you 10 seconds to breathe in and get ready to make a sound, right?

Human mages often have a group of melee minions with their families, and this is the reason why the Druid Order, which is the elite of other races, even the individual mages in it are very superior in melee combat.

But it's one thing to fight with a sword all the time, and it's one thing to be a tyrannical thing if you don't use your own magical knowledge well. Therefore, based on this concept, they also developed this kind of portable emergency magic circle that directly inlays the Mithril text as a rune directly on the gem containing magic power, and uses extremely precise means to achieve the "line" of magic guidance and the "point" of the material that provides magic power itself.

Because of the limited weight, Henry only brought part of it for the trip to the Moon Country.

He is a sage, a man who has the knowledge to make a city and a country prosperous, even if he is a king. But even he doesn't have the ability to predict the future.

Henry was prepared with what he knew and what he had experienced. This preparation will help them not to be overwhelmed by something happening in many cases, but it does not mean that they can cope with all situations perfectly.

The hastily activated miniature circle was one meter and five long, and Kramer, made of magic materials that were more advanced than even Mithril, as an amplifier, forming a small grass hut and forming a buffer space.

The world itself does not welcome outsiders like humans who break into the rift, and its poisonous aura is shielded by the sage's alert reaction. But the druid's defensive circle is passive magic that works against hostile things, protecting against harmful toxins and evil that people can't notice, but not against theoretically harmless things.

The magic itself.

What caused the white-haired Luoan girl to have a high fever was the magic itself.

All this happened a few hours ago, seeing that the bonfire had become smaller, the Luo'an girl, who had habitually picked up the firewood placed next to her and wanted to add it, just because of the idea of "let the fire get bigger, don't extinguish it" that came to her mind at this moment, the moment she stretched out her hand to add firewood, she threw out a huge fireball, which made the originally burned bonfire jump into the sky with a "!β€”β€”bang" in an instant.

Although they would not lose their only shelter under Henry's emergency rescue, the Sage used the remaining portable magic circle to suppress the Roan Maiden's spell casting ability, preventing her from hurting herself or Sakura next to her. However, after this accidental fireball, Mira collapsed and began to develop a high fever.

"What the hell is going on. Sakura said to Henry, even if she couldn't help, she hated being ignorant of everything. And the man in front of him obviously knew something.

The unknown was terrifying, and hearing him say a bunch of inexplicable things in such an inexplicable place, she now felt like a mess in her mind.

But this girl was at least ten years younger than her, and the girl she liked very much now had a high fever. As a mature adult, no matter how uneasy you are, you can't reveal it.

The unique reserve of the Tsuki Country makes Sakura look as calm as a sage, and although this is not due to her abundant knowledge and grasp of the environment, but rather due to her personality and upbringing, it is still more comfortable than having a frizzy stunned green like Aji or Kaleva around.

"Magician, should you be called Onmyoji here?" the sage glanced at her, and then began to explain: "The process of casting spells is to make oneself temporarily become the center of the power of heaven and earth in some special way. ”

"Generally speaking, their own spiritual power is important, but in fact, many times they are borrowing the power of heaven and earth. ”

"So the legends about these people are often true to those who 'harness a big river' rather than 'make a big river out of thin air'. ”

"Do you understand what I'm saying?" he tried to explain in plain language, but still had some doubts due to the obscurity of his knowledge. Sakura pondered for a moment, then replied, "Does it mean that Onmyoji is not the restaurant itself, but a middleman, transporting goods from the restaurant to sell to others?"

"Yes. Her comprehension was extraordinary, and Henry nodded and added, "And their own so-called spiritual power is like this car carrying wine, or a backpack. ”

"The bigger the cart, the more wine it can carry. Butβ€”" said the sage with a finger, "what if the carrying capacity is insufficient, but out of self-greed, or forced to carry too many heavy loads?"

β€œ....... Yes. Sakura showed a look of sudden realization: "So she." ”

"Yes, the spiritual power content here is more than ten times that of the original world. And because of the unconsciously cast spell just now, the magic power in her body is now constantly acting as this 'transport truck', mobilizing the spiritual power around her that is too large for her. ”

"The best I can do is suppress, and if I want to stop, I have to rely on her. ”

"But it's just too hard for newbies. The sage slapped his forehead with his hand rarely, looking a little distressed. This is extremely rare for him, who does not often show such emotions.

"It's like a novice who pulls a car full of goods downhill, can't stop on his own, can only desperately run forward, or be run over by his own car......" Sakura reached out and touched the red and hot face of the Luoan girl lying on her lap, and her expression was very complicated under the swaying firelight.

"Leaving here and cutting off the source of the burden will solve this problem. Sakura said. She is worthy of being a person in a high position, even if she becomes nothing because of overconfidence, being able to climb to the second place in Swamp Village is inseparable from this acumen.

"Well, but that's a bigger problem. After leaving this hut, we won't have to go far before we become like the two horses. ”

"Is it difficult to retreat? Sakura chuckled and shook her head.

She looked down at Mira, then looked up at the sage again. The stranger clearly knew something about the situation, she could see it. Although at first he spoke in a language she didn't understand, Sakura could deduce from his eyes that the tall man didn't look like a human was suspicious of the human factor in their situation.

Something did by some people to get them here.

He knew something he didn't know, and although he was interrupted by an unexpected situation, Sakura keenly noticed the value of this knowledge.

"You said beforeβ€”"

"Roarβ€”" A loud roar interrupted her questioning, and Sakura shrank back quietly as if frightened, but the loud roar, which was no different from the previous one, had a different meaning to Henry's ears.

"It's a wail. ”

"Something else came in with us. The sage turned back and said in the language of the Moon Country.

"Shhh

"Kill, kill!!"

And outside, in the unusually bright red wilderness, more than a thousand bloodshot eyes and crazy samurai were slashing around several baby mermaid-like monsters.