John's 'lair' is a long-abandoned sewer.

There are many such sewers in the Eagle Country, and some of them are so large that they resemble a huge labyrinth immersed deep beneath the city, and it just so happens that John's lair is located in a hidden sewer in Hell's Kitchen.

It's a corner of a massive sewer that connects to a World War II-era bomb shelter, and a short distance away even a subway passage that has long since been in ruins.

And John's lair is this bomb shelter, and the original owner and builder here is none other than John himself, who did a lot of evil things in his early years and provoked a large number of enemies, so at that time, he spent a lot of money and secretly built safe houses in many places.

This bomb shelter is one of his safe houses, and it is also a place where he secretly practices magic, learning knowledge from different dimensions without anyone disturbing him.

Walking into the air-raid shelter, Zhang Yu instantly saw all kinds of strange symbols written in blood on the walls, those symbols were strange and irregular, and some even looked like patterns that someone had scribbled on.

As if sensing Zhang's curiosity, John opened his mouth to explain like an old servant. "These symbols have the power to hold up an enchantment to prevent other wizards from snooping on here, and you know, I've been incognito for years and don't want to be disturbed by others."

As everyone entered, the lamps on the wall lit up one by one, as if they were infrared lights, but when Zhang Wei's eyes swept over, he found that the wall was actually an ordinary candle lampstand.

The flames on those candles were suddenly ignited, and no one touched them, and Zhang Yu didn't see any shadow of technology on the candlesticks at all, so it can be seen that this should be the magic of legend.

"These flames are energies from other dimensions, and the candle is just a medium, and after I return here, the magic channel here will be connected, so it will be ignited spontaneously." John just feels like a tour guide who is taking tourists with him now.

Looking in the direction illuminated by candles, a building similar to an altar appeared in front of Zhang Yu and the others, and on the ground, there was even a huge magic array depicted by blood, and on the ground, some books that looked extremely old were scattered all over the ground, extending to the bookcase in the corner.

Looking at this dark place hidden under the city, the expression on Zhang Yu's face was a little happy, look at this bloody and terrifying environment, as well as those disgusting smells in the air, this is a bit of forbidden magic!

"How do we get started?" Zhang Yu asked casually.

"Uh." John was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he didn't expect the other party to be in such a hurry, and then he pondered for a moment and asked tentatively. "You, what do you want to learn?"

"Anything, I don't know anything about magic, but I have a great yearning for the wizarding world, so it's up to you to teach me how to use it." Zhang Yu said lightly.

"Okay, I'll do my best." John smiled obediently on the surface, but in his heart he scolded Zhang Yu countless times.

John quickly thought about his knowledge of magic and said quickly. "Since you're new to magic, I think we can start with the basics, don't you think?"

"Hmm." Zhang Yu found a place to sit down and nodded in response.

Seeing this, the old vampire hurriedly took a few deep breaths and began to look for the state of being a teacher, and after a while, after sorting out his words, John began to speak.

"Magic, in its simplest terms, is actually a way of converting energy, just as science has all kinds of laws and rules, magic also has its own set of rules.

Wizards like us who use magic actually use special methods to extract energy from other things, and then convert it into other energy to release the corresponding magic, and this is the underlying rule of magic, and it is also the most basic rule. ”

Listening to John's narration, Zhang Yu's heart suddenly moved, if he can use magic to convert energy, then can he use his own power to charge the time controller?

Unaware of Zhang's wandering, John continued. "The origin of magic comes from the ancient gods of the earth, but in other corners of the universe, there are also magical abilities handed down by other ancient gods, but most of those have been lost and incomprehensible, and we still focus on earth magic."

"The white magic on Earth originated from Emperor Vishan, the first life on Earth and the three ancient gods, namely Oshit, Hoggs, and Agamotto, while the black magic came from another ancient god, Thorn, who is said to be the creator of all dark creatures, but there are many people within the Bloodline who do not recognize this."

"There is not much difference between white magic and black magic, they are all different from each other in the conversion of energy, but the magic they release is very different, they are good at defense and attack, and the vast majority of wizards today are mainly studying black magic."

"There are many ways to cast magic, but the most basic is the problem of energy conversion, if there is no strong energy as a supply, then the corresponding result after releasing the magic will befall the caster, in this state, it is the norm to break hands and feet, and some will even die."

Zhang Yu listened calmly, for him, this knowledge was not accessible to him under normal circumstances, and Pietro and Kara were also standing quietly aside, the two of them were also curious about these magical magics.

John was the only one in the lair, constantly telling some common sense about magic.

"And if you want to cast magic without harming yourself, then the wizard must master the ability to transfer this damage to other things, or directly extract other powerful energy to cast magic, so that the damage and energy consumption are proportional to each other, canceling each other."

Hearing this, Zhang Yu said thoughtfully. "So if I'm going to learn magic, then I first have to be able to transfer the damage from the magic, or use some other powerful energy to offset the damage from releasing the magic, right?"

"Yes." John nodded and said slowly.

"Some wizards will make contracts with lords in other dimensions to unleash powerful magic, but they will eventually become lackeys of those powerful beings, but blood wizards like me generally cast spells in the form of sacrifices, and sometimes steal energy from other dimensions."

Zhang Yu thought for a moment, then stood up instead.

"In that case, show it to me."

(End of chapter)