Chapter 13: The Dark Pattern
ICP record number: Xiang B2-20100081-3 Internet Publishing Qualification Certificate: Xinchu Network License (Xiang) Zi No. 11 Network Culture Business License: Wen Wangwen [2010] No. 128
Everything was as Huey had expected, and he managed to show his strength.
The Kamel family was shocked by Huey's strength in alchemy, and they even threw an olive branch to Huey, hoping that the young alchemist would stay and serve the family.
However, Xiu Yi politely refused.
He offered a simple offer that he would be willing to sell the family an improved recipe of three potions, reducing the cost of each potion by an average of two Jinvit, and offering a completely new recipe for a fine potion, each bottle of which would bring them at least ten or more Jinvit.
On the condition, of course, they would have to provide him with a batch of expensive and hard-to-find materials and a sum of cash according to the list that Huey had prescribed.
Huey needed a small amount of cash, but the materials were worth nearly 7,000 gold vetts, and the Kamel family finally agreed to this condition after weighing the pros and cons. In order to ensure that the Kamel family had all the power over the new recipe, Huey made a blood oath on the magic scroll: the transaction would be kept strictly secret, he would not confide in anyone or any family, he would not sell the formulas of these four types of potions in any form, and he himself would not trade in such potions for the rest of his life, and could only make them for his own use.
Although the God of Oaths spends most of the time in a state of lazy sleep, such an oath is reassuring to the Kamel family - if this news leaks, or if Huey breaks his oath to sell the potion recipe to other families, then the Kamel family will have the right to hunt him down regardless of his mage status, and the Reims Empire will not pursue responsibility and guarantee its legal ownership of the potion formula.
This can be a copyright agreement similar to that of modern society, and to the satisfaction of the Kamel family, Huey even took the initiative to improve all aspects of the agreement in order to avoid the possibility of exploiting the loopholes of the agreement, which shows his sincerity.
After all, for the Kamel family, these contents are all bought by them with great effort, and once stolen, the loss can be described as heavy.
After the oath was fulfilled, Xiu Yi happily handed over the formulas of the four potions and tried to make them on the spot for everyone to see. Mr. Dayman, who was originally extremely arrogant, was completely convinced by Xiuyi's exquisite techniques and the miraculous formula. If it weren't for the fact that he also had a contract with the Kamel family, perhaps he would have left everything behind and immediately devoted himself to being a student under Xiui.
The Kamel family delivered all the materials needed for Huey to the hotel where he was staying, and the deal was completed.
It didn't take long for the Kamel family to get back to the inn, and when he did, he was now waiting for the entire cabaret company.
Including Clarice.
Everyone heard that Huey had been picked up by the Kamel family, and despite their stubbornness, it still made everyone's hearts skip a beat.
However, when Hue was seen returning in the luxurious carriage of the Camer family, Gary was called a master by the butler, and everyone was dumbfounded.
If the people in the song and dance troupe didn't realize that this little boy who suddenly appeared in the troupe was worth paying attention to, now people don't think that way anymore.
They looked at the boy in front of them with awe.
There are not many people who can get a big family to send a luxury carriage back and make the butler respectful and courteous.
Back in his room, Huey began to pack his things.
He has to hurry up and do what he has to do.
No one knew when someone from the Legal Affairs Department would find him, and it was better to plan ahead than to cling to him.
"Fink. The sweet voices of Daisy and Randy rang out outside.
"Daisy, Lanti, I can't answer any of your questions right now. I'm going out for a few days and I'm coming back in a few days. Huey replied from inside the house.
"You're leaving?" the voices of the two girls outside were panicked, they didn't expect Xiu Yi to leave just after he returned.
“...... It's only temporary, don't worry, I'll be back soon. ”
"But aren't you going to say anything to us? ”
"Not now, wait until I get back. "Huey's attitude is very resolute.
"Okay Fink, we'll wait for you. The two girls left the room softly, and they could tell that they were disappointed.
Without the girls to disturb him, Xiu Yi hurried out of the inn.
Came to a wilderness outside Xiangye City, observed the surroundings carefully, and after confirming that no one was there, Xiu Yi released red and green to guard the surroundings.
The next moment, he took out all the materials he had gathered.
In front of him was the book of all of Hines's test logs, which had been obtained from Pierre's room.
This time he was going to do an experiment that he had never done before—magic pattern engraving.
The Electramine's magic pattern engraving is essentially a human circle.
Circles are an essential aid for people to perform large-scale magic. The lowest level of magic, which can be done with only spells. Intermediate and advanced magic requires the combination of spells and gestures to complete. That's why Xiu Yi needs to use the Hexagram when he casts the Void Slash. And some of the spells of the level or even the forbidden spell level need the support of a large magic circle to complete.
Generally speaking, seventh-level spells require a certain degree of circle cooperation.
There is no level forbidden spell that can be used at will, otherwise this world would have been destroyed.
The circle can be said to be a necessary support for human mages when using spells. Ordinary magicians can use the power of the circle to use more powerful magic, and even those who don't know magic can use the elemental resonance circle to temporarily use magic as long as they know how to recite spells.
It's just that the arrangement of the magic circle requires a lot of materials, and each use consumes a lot of energy, even including some rare materials, so people don't use it easily.
Electra's magic pattern engraving is actually based on the magic circle - he hopes to be able to complete the use of magic by carving the magic circle into the human body, and as for the supply of energy, it depends on the person's own magic or life force.
This is undoubtedly a great change, and to burn a circle on human skin means that many materials will not be usable. You can't carve energy hedron into your body, you can't carve a lot of materials into your body as well, you can only do it all by making special potions.
In addition, the magic pattern is smaller and more detailed than the traditional magic circle, so the requirements are higher.
Therefore, the formula of the magic pattern that Hines repeatedly tested with the servants was actually looking for what kind of material to use to make the right potion to engrave the magic pattern.
There are two steps to completion. One is to find the right material to compose a recipe that can be engraved into the human body to resonate with the elements of the outside world, which is why the magic pattern engraving allows people who do not know magic to release magic. The other is the burning of the array diagram. The potion is tattooed into the body through a pre-burned array diagram to form a miniature circle and achieve the specified magic effect.
Therefore, the person engraved with the magic pattern has the advantage of not using gestures, and can use magic by simply reciting a spell. This may not be much for a mage, but for a warrior to have some kind of magic that can be used by simply reciting a spell, then his advantages are obvious. His free hands will continue to wield the power of his samurai, inflicting terrible blows on his enemies.
For twenty-three years, Hines has been trying to recreate the Ming of Electra. He tried to completely replace the elemental resonance with a magic pattern, but always failed. Every time he thought he was going to break through, he finally found that he couldn't break through.
Until the advent of Huey.
From the magic dragon Rita, Xiu Yi learned that even if the spells of the same system are different due to different magic, the requirements for elemental resonance sensing are not the same, so the magic pattern should not be a separate existence, but each magic pattern represents a certain degree of elemental resonance, and each formation represents the corresponding spell effect.
Therefore, everyone misunderstood Illektra's Ming, thinking that he only understood a few magic patterns and replaced all the magic elements, but this was not the case.
This approach may not be able to make humans have the ability to have that elemental talent with a certain magic pattern, but it can make the opponent have at least a single spell.
And Hines has always taken the wrong path.
Shortly thereafter, Huey tactfully reminded Hines of the problem, pointing him out the problem, causing Hines to wake up.
Since then, the progress of his demonic research has significantly accelerated.
After nearly two years of unremitting research, Hines found fourteen formulas that could produce different degrees of elemental resonance, and at the same time researched more than twenty kinds of magic pattern arrays based on this, which means that he had not achieved any results for more than twenty years, but because of a reminder from Xiuyi, he had more than twenty kinds of magic that he could not learn but could use at will after two years.
I have to say that Hines is still very capable in this regard, but unfortunately he does not have the talent of a magician, so many times, he can't see what the magical world is like. It's like no matter how smart an ant is, he can't understand the human world.
Of course, it cannot be said that his early efforts were all in vain, and the records left by those who spent countless lives and materials are also the basis of Hines Nengxun's success.
And now, all Xiu had to do was to engrave himself a spell array according to the recipe recorded by Hines.
He had never done it before that.
"Hmm!" the pain was so intense that Huey let out an unbearable low growl.
The moment the concocted potion entered the skin of his body, the medicinal properties of the powder brought Xiu Yi intense pain. He finally understood why the teenagers in the valley had howled so horribly, the pain was like a devouring insect ant, frantically gnawing at his painful nerves, even an iron man could not withstand this torment.
At that moment he was on the verge of breaking down, and he quickly put a cloth in his mouth to avoid the loud yelling that he could not bear to alarm the passers-by who might pass by.
Hold on!
Huey's eyes widened, and tiny needles kept bouncing around his body, as if an invisible hand was manipulating, drawing strange lines of gray-black potions on his chest.
The needles cut through the skin, but strangely did not shed a trace of blood, and the gray-black potion stayed there after seeping into the skin, emitting a deep glow.
In this way, a small circle gradually took shape under the beating of the carving needle, and the originally isolated and messy lines gradually formed a strange miniature magic circle, which was firmly fixed in front of Xiuyi's chest.
When the needle had finished its last trajectory and magically left his body and returned to the ground, Xiu Yi lay on the cold ground, gasping for breath, barely having the strength to sit up. Huey's face was distorted, and he was sweating profusely as if he were cramping.
He finally understood why neither Hines nor Andrew had engraved the magic pattern on his body, because the pain was so intense that you wanted to kill yourself.
After lying on the ground and resting for a long time, Xiu Yi barely sat up.
He looked down at his chest.
On his chest, there was a three-six-pointed star circle composed of eighteen normals, and the three circles combined to form a whole unit, emitting a strange and dark light.
Those who don't know may think that this is just an ordinary geometric pattern, and even alchemists and magicians who are well versed in the principles of magic circles will not understand what other patterns can do.
But Xiu Yi knew that this magic circle was the most valuable of the dozens of magic patterns that Hines knew - the dark magic pattern.
The Dark Pattern is a very peculiar pattern that only works on soul power.
In other words, this magic pattern is only suitable for soul mages.
A mage with the Dark Pattern can generate the ability of Soul Concussion, which is the same as Xiu Yi's Wind Elemental Shock in the Wind Elemental Sensing talent, which can greatly increase the power of Soul Spells.
In the process of Hines's research on the magic pattern, because the variety of the magic pattern is too large, complex, and cumbersome, Hines cannot choose what formula he can research, or what formula he can't research. He can only adjust his research direction and strategy according to his own reality.
This led to Hines finally reluctantly realizing that most of the more than ten magic pattern formulas he had researched were actually not suitable for ordinary people. On the contrary, they are perfect for mages to further enhance their magical powers.
The price of making these potions was so expensive, and it was not cost-effective to use so many materials just to allow a mage to reach the next level, at least in Hines's opinion.
He studied the magic pattern in order to make himself a real magician, not to serve the magician upgrade.
This can be said to be a helplessness faced by Hines, and it is also another reason why the research results of the magic pattern have never been handed over to the empire.
But for Huey, it's good news.
As early as when he was on Purgatory Island, Xiu Yi realized that there was always a limit to what he could achieve by relying solely on alchemy to improve his soul spell ability, but with the Dark Demon Pattern, everything would be different.
This means that from now on, his talent in soul spells is truly exactly the same as his own wind elemental talent.
And the ease of use of soul spells is actually far better than that of wind spells. This is not to say that wind spells are inferior to soul spells, but mainly due to the fact that soul spells ignore the level gap.
If the two spells are practiced together to the top, their power is quite powerful, but in terms of primary effects, soul spells have more power to turn things around than wind spells. What Xiu Yi is about to face is the terrifying sixth-level space master Abritet, such an opponent is much stronger than Hines. In the face of such a strong person, soul spells are obviously much better than wind magic.
At this moment, after the dark demon pattern was completed, Xiu Yi could clearly feel the fluctuation of the slightest soul energy coming from his chest.
He closed his eyes, and all he felt was clear in his mind, surrounded by countless stars, like flames shining with white light.
These white light clusters continue to extend outwards silk threads, intertwined with each other, connected to each other, and at the same time connected to themselves......
"Huo!" Xiu Yi opened his eyes suddenly.
He immediately realized that those clusters of light were in fact the soul energy emitted by all the beings in the vicinity. Among them, the most powerful soul energy is unintentionally the Blazing Bird and Xu. The soul energy of the blazing bird is like a blazing flame, while the soul energy of Asahi is like a black hole that can devour light......
As for the soul energy of those ordinary birds, ants, and beasts, it was much darker, and some of them were almost imperceptible. I didn't expect that after engraved the dark magic pattern, I could clearly observe the soul fluctuations of other beings, and the feeling at this moment was really novel and wonderful.
That's what soul spells are all about.
Soul spells specifically target people's souls, so mages who practice soul spells are also the most sensitive to the soul energy of the surrounding life. When the soul spell is cultivated to an advanced level, they can release the Psychic Storm, that is, in the form of energy**, they attack these already observable soul energies, or directly control the souls of others, making them their permanent slaves.
The latter is especially terrifying, which is an important reason why soul spells are listed as forbidden spells.
The reason why Xiu Yi was able to see the soul energy of the surrounding life at this moment was actually from the primary spell spirit exploration.
The four basic abilities of primary soul spells, weakened will, firm will, spirit exploration, and spiritual condensation, are all studies of human will and spirit, but some spells are not talented enough to be used at all.
Therefore, it was not until this moment that Xiu Yi mastered this spell.
The next moment, he faintly felt that the magic power in his body began to increase, and thanks to the blessing of the dark demon pattern, he finally upgraded.
Thinking that his first spell system to break through to the second level was still a soul spell, Xiu Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seemed that he was a life that was hunted down by someone.
The fugitive servants of Purgatory Island, the soul mages who practice forbidden arts, hmm, I wonder if there will be more crimes worthy of being hunted down in the future?
However, the completion of the engraving of the Dark Pattern is not over.
For Xiuy, he had an even more important magic pattern to engrave.
Energy Transfer Pattern.
This magic pattern was a recipe that Hines inadvertently appeared back then, and it was also the most useless formula that Hines thought was the most useless. Because its only benefit is that it can absorb the enemy's attacks and convert them into autologous abilities.
However, this magic pattern cannot weaken the damage, and the second cannot be used frequently. After using it once, the magic pattern will disappear automatically. In addition, even if the same type of attack is engraved again, it will not be able to absorb it again.
For an attack that is too weak, the power that the Pattern can absorb is too limited, and it is not worth the cost of so many materials to craft, let alone the great pain that the engraver endures. If you want to absorb the powerful attack energy, you must risk being killed by the opponent's single blow.
Looking at the bottle of potion that had been prepared earlier, Xiu Yi smiled bitterly and said to himself, "Anyone who dares to use this thing can usually only be described in one word. That's ...... Look for death. ”
As he spoke, he stabbed the needle into his right arm.
Rumble!
The great pain swept over him again, completely drowning him in darkness.