Chapter 40 Four Elements Affinity
The potion is obviously a liquid, but it tastes like jelly, cold and smooth, without any taste.
Just as I was about to chew it, it flowed quietly into my throat.
A few seconds passed before Raven got a taste of it.
A hint of sourness, accompanied by a burning pain, spread from the tip of the tongue to the entire mouth, and then to the esophagus. The heat penetrated through the esophagus and into the lungs.
"Hiss——"
With a low cry of pain, the muscles on Raven's shoulders began to twitch, as if he had eaten something he shouldn't have eaten, and even his internal organs felt a churning pain, which made him feel uncomfortable. His face turned pale and he was sweating profusely.
In this pain, a coolness suddenly spread from the lower abdomen and spread to the whole body. Everywhere it went, the pain was relieved, and the cool feeling penetrated into the internal organs, soothing the pain. Invisible pain.
It was as if Raven was slowly being soaked in ice water. The chill spread all the way up to his chest, throat, and then his lips and teeth. The nervous feeling made his breathing speed up and get heavier unconsciously.
“Huh…huh…huh…”
Buzz.
At the moment when the coolness passed between his eyebrows, the Eyes of Truth were quietly activated, and then, the cold feeling infiltrated into Raven's brain.
Lowering his head, through the Eyes of Truth, he could clearly see that between his chest and abdomen, the same dots of silver stardust as the second-order potion were lingering and exploding.
Every time a star fragment explodes, an invisible energy sweeps away with chill, and the cold feeling becomes stronger.
Raven felt as if he had eaten a big bucket of ice cream. The blood vessels on his forehead were beating loudly, but he couldn't feel any heat, only cold pains coming one after another.
And...a feeling of fullness!
This has reached the limit of what his body can bear.
Two lines of tears quietly left, and a hint of blood filled Raven's nose.
He stretched out his hand and saw a touch of blood in his palm.
In an instant, Raven had already made a judgment - this awakening failed!
Without any hesitation, Raven opened his mouth and let out a long breath.
If you fail to awaken, you can wait until next time, but you only have one life.
The cold feeling seems to have found a way out, flowing up the esophagus and spurting out from the mouth. An invisible energy fills the air. Every time the stardust in the abdomen explodes, more energy can be released. Squeeze it out.
The pressure on the body is quietly relieved.
“Phew!” Raven breathed a sigh of relief.
At least it's not life-threatening now.
But as soon as the thought came to his mind, his eyes suddenly tightened, and the Eyes of Truth quietly began to operate. The energy that originally filled the air was attracted by invisible forces, and suddenly poured into his eyebrows.
"What is going on!?" Raven was shocked and was about to close the Eyes of Truth.
But the expected pain did not come. Instead, his eyes felt a refreshing feeling, just like when he opened the Eyes of Truth for the first time.
So in this secret room, Raven spent time in a strange cycle. He seemed to have turned into a humidifier, constantly exhaling energy from his mouth and absorbing it between his eyebrows.
I don't know how much time passed, but when the last bit of stardust exploded, the energy in the room was also absorbed.
"Is this... considered a success or a failure?" Raven scratched his head. He didn't feel any change in himself.
After all, there was no magician or teacher around him. No one told him what it would be like to be a mage after he has successfully awakened.
If you don’t know, then you can only give it a try.
Lei Wen picked up a scroll he brought in and opened it. It recorded the wind magic [Wind Wall Technique]. In addition, it was a short spell used to test the mage's elemental affinity.
"The omnipresent wind element, obey my command and condense in my palm."
Singing the incantation, according to the above record, Raven used his consciousness to mobilize the power that he did not know existed. Gather into the palm of your hand to "attract" the wind element.
After a brief silence, Raven suddenly felt a coldness in his palms. Then, the corner of his clothes lifted up for no reason, and a little wind echoed in the secret room before disappearing without a trace.
"S-succeeded!?" Raven was still in disbelief. He stretched out his hand to hold it, and felt a stream of air flowing between his fingers, as if he had stretched out his hand into the spring wind. Just as comfortable.
As soon as the mind wanders, the airflow on the hand disappears.
After all, the wind was a bit ethereal. To make sure it was not an illusion, Raven picked up the scroll recording the fire spell [Fireball].
The method of testing the affinity of elements is also recorded on the top of the volume.
After chanting the incantation, Raven used his mind to guide some kind of power to his fingertips.
According to Lux, there is usually only one element that a mage is compatible with. It is not that spells from other factions cannot be used, but their efficiency and power will be greatly reduced.
According to Raven's understanding, this is like a diesel car burning gasoline. Although it can barely run, it is a kind of damage and waste to the car and the oil.
The wind element affinity test went so smoothly before, and Raven had no expectation of success in the fire element test, but as soon as he focused on his fingertips, a little flame started burning from above!
"Eh?" Raven's eyes widened, he slowly raised his palm to his face, and blew lightly.
The flames went out with a pop.
Chanting again, concentrating his thoughts again, the flames at his fingertips suddenly burned, almost setting Raven's hair on fire.
“It worked again. Is my fire affinity better than the wind affinity?”
That is indeed very good. After all, the destructive power of fire magic is well-known, and it is much more powerful than the wind mage.
Two types have been tested, and there are two left, and Raven is not shy about giving them a try.
A few minutes later, Raven stared blankly at the cloud of dust under his feet and the water rippling in his hand.
Leaven swallowed, slightly surprised: "It turned out to be earth, water, fire and wind, the four elements are in harmony."
Earth, water, fire and wind, plus holy light and darkness, are what make up the world The six major elements, all other elements are extended on this basis.
The affinity of the four attributes of earth, water, fire and wind means that Raven can cast spells of any faction with almost no additional losses.
Leaven calmed down and said to himself with a smile: "So, I have indeed become a mage."
But a doubt came to mind again.
Where is my magic power? Where is my magic and why can't I feel it?
He blinked and suddenly saw something flashing away.
"Eh?"
After being slightly stunned, Raven closed his eyes again. At this moment, the Eyes of Truth no longer looked outward, but began to observe himself from a condescending angle, as if his soul had left his body.
At this moment, he could clearly see that there was a thin silver screen of light rippling in his mind, which represented his spiritual power, the most important energy of a mage besides magic power.
What's more, between his eyes and between his eyebrows, there is a mass of invisible energy condensed - it seems that this is his magic power.
“So it’s like this.” Raven opened his eyes, with a smile on his lips, and sighed: “Now, I am finally a veritable baron!”
Why did neither Old Gordon nor Denise object even though Raven spent a large sum of gold coins to help him awaken?
Because there are many extraordinary nobles in the world who are not nobles, but there are very few nobles who are not extraordinary.
Raven becoming extraordinary is a good thing for the entire Griffith family.
When the empire was first founded, there was a rule that non-extraordinary people could not be knighted. Now, with the extravagance and decadence of the empire, many of the rules have been abolished or exist in name only, but this one remains unchanged.
Of course, it was not for the strength of the empire, but because of the exclusive arrogance of the aristocratic class.
You are not even extraordinary, how can you distinguish yourself from those mud-legged pariahs?
Furthermore, the promotion of titles is closely linked to one's own rank and strength. In the empire, no viscount is lower than the third rank.
Becoming a mage means that Raven is one step closer to the Viscount, although only a little.
But aren’t the roads in the world made step by step?
"Besides, we have a little clue about solving the secret of the family curse." Raven closed his eyes and stroked his eyebrows with his fingers.
At this moment, he could clearly see a scarlet, dark energy entangled around him like a spider web. It was not dense at the moment, but it gave him a premonition of fatal danger, like a noose that could be tightened at any time. generally.
His intuition told him that this was the shackles of the Griffith family bloodline.
Although Raven had heard before that no one in his family would live past the age of forty, he had never seen it with his own eyes and was doubtful about such an elusive thing.
Now that he can see this clearly, it is already an improvement, and at least it gives him a clear reminder.
Inexplicably, Raven thought of Donald. His cheap uncle was already a second-level bloody knight when he died.
"Could it be that you also saw this, so you were forced to do such crazy and cruel actions?"
He suddenly understood Donald a little bit. No one can watch death approaching step by step and still be able to do it. Stay sane.
Shaking his head slightly to collect his scattered thoughts, Raven opened a box next to him.
Since this period of time, Fili has sent several magic cores every now and then. Raven also often gets some semi-warcraft-like domestic pigs to make leather. Now, they have been saved in the warehouse. 63 pieces of complete Warcraft leather.
And Raven didn't use all the magic cores for leathermaking. He kept 5 of them, with earth, water, fire, wind and holy light attributes.
It was just to test whether he could absorb more energy from the magic core once he became a mage. Choosing a magic core containing the power of the storm and holding it in his hand, Raven exerted slight force with his fingers, and a crack grew from the surface of the magic core. The magic core quietly collapsed, and the energy contained in it came out in a dense stream.
"Is this...?" Raven's brows furrowed.
This time is different from before. In the past, the energy in the magic core was pure and pure, but today it is mixed with twisted purple-black aura, like strips of rotten rotten meat. It makes people feel disgusted.
“Could it be said that the magic core will also deteriorate?”
Raven laughed at her own thoughts.
For insurance reasons, he still did not absorb the energy until the energy dissipated completely, and he chose another magic core with the power of fire.
This time, there is still something disgusting like purple-black and corruption in it.
"Strange thing, this was just delivered a few days ago."
Ten minutes later, he smashed open another earth-attribute magic core, and there was still that kind of magic core inside. thing.
At this time, even if Raven's reaction was slow, he knew that it was not the problem with the magic core itself.
"The Eye of Truth evolved after I became a first-order mage, allowing me to see things that I couldn't see before?" Raven rubbed his stubbled chin: "Very It's possible, after all, when I closed my eyes before, I didn't have that kind of 'inward vision' state."
Since this is the case, there is no reason why the magic core energy that could be absorbed before can't be absorbed.
He mobilized the power of the Eye of Truth: "Come."
The fog-like khaki energy in the air surged towards the center of his eyebrows, and Raven could feel that he had already consumed a little The magic is replenished.
The purple-black aura also penetrated into the center of the eyebrows.
The moment it touched his skin, Raven felt the familiar stinging and itching.
"I understand, it turns out that this is the thing that makes me suffer so much when absorbing the energy of the magic core." A glimmer of light flashed in Raven's eyes, while absorbing the energy in the magic core, he tried to The purple-black smell of corruption was rejected.
Thinking together, an invisible barrier, or rather a screen, was supported in front of Raven. The energy of the magic core was unimpeded, but the purple-black aura could not rush in no matter what.
Every now and then Raven's eyes would close for a short while.
He could clearly see that as the power of the magic core poured into the body, the strength of the physical body did not increase too much, but the magic power expanded little by little after it was replenished to perfection.
Although the amplitude is not high, the total amount is actually increasing.
“It seems that the magic core can replace meditation and increase my magic power, but I don’t know how efficient it is compared with meditation.”
As he said that, he opened his eyes and focused on on the scroll next to it.
These four scrolls, in addition to recording spells and ways to test elemental affinities, also record a universal meditation method.
"Hey...!"
Suddenly, Raven felt tired, as if he hadn't slept for two days in a row. He closed his eyes slightly and saw the mental power in his mind. The silver color has become extremely thin.
He quickly gave up absorbing energy, and finally his mental power was no longer consumed. The purple-black aura that was about to rush to the center of his eyebrows also stopped, hovering helplessly.
Absorbing the energy of the magic core itself consumes almost no mental power, but blocking the weird corrupt aura consumes a lot of mental power.
"Hmm... this smell is so weird, does it mean that it is also the culprit that caused the domestic pigs to go crazy?"
While talking to himself, Raven added another goal on his agenda: to verify the feasibility of this plan on domestic pigs.
Picking up the scroll, Raven had a smile on his face, thinking of Lux.
These scrolls are written in both Imperial and Elvish languages. Although the meanings are similar, the syllables used in Elvish language are shorter.
This also means that anyone who is also a first-level mage and is proficient in Elvish can cast spells at a faster speed, and his combat ability and self-protection ability can be greatly enhanced.
"It seems that she has thought of this day for a long time, and the conditions she proposed are not just to embarrass me." Raven sighed: "Did I bully her too much?"
"It must be boring to live in a church alone, otherwise I wouldn't have read so many books."
He made up his mind that even if he didn't pay off the debt for the sake of payment, he would step up his study of Elvish. Learned.
On the one hand, it is good for my own magic ability, and on the other hand, I can take this opportunity to spend more time with Lux.
This innocent and kind-hearted priest has paid a lot for him and deserves his protection.
Holding the scrolls in his hand, Raven touched the belt and the scrolls immediately disappeared. He said easily: "Hey, I can finally use the space belt without the magic core."
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Pushing open the door to the secret room, Raven walked towards his bedroom with light steps. Through the corridor window, he could clearly see the rising sun.
In the bedroom, Petty was cleaning the carpet. When he saw Raven coming back, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Lord Baron, you have finally finished your training. I have been worried to death for the past two days! "
"Two days?" Lei Wen was stunned for a moment and chuckled: "Then I am in retreat."
The second half of Lei Wen's sentence was in Chinese. , of course Patty didn't understand, and she couldn't, let alone didn't want to ask.
There will be no shortage of beautiful women around you. Although she is somewhat pretty, if you want to serve the Baron for a long time without being disliked, you should always remember your duty.
"My lord, breakfast is about to start. Will you eat it in the room, or...?"
I didn't feel anything at first, but now when I heard this question, Raven's stomach started to growl: "Instruct Poirot Prepare something rich and go to the restaurant to eat together. I will also get to know the situation in the territory in the past two days."
"Understood, sir!" Petty bowed and left.
Half an hour later, Raven sat at the dining table, and the maids served the breakfast that had been prepared.
The toasted croissants are cut in half, with beautiful and fine air holes on the cross-section; the smoked pork is fried until the surface is slightly burnt, and the fat becomes transparent; the poached eggs are fried on one side with the fat from the pork. , semi-fluid state, quite tempting; coupled with a bowl of potato sausage soup that is full of color, flavor and flavor.
This meal was by no means lacking in richness. Carbohydrates, protein, and fat were perfectly matched, making Raven feel full, but he still felt that he was still unsatisfied.
Western food is good, but it always falls short of satisfaction, which makes Raven feel like he is full but not full yet.
After all, bread, no matter how well made, is not considered a staple food from an Eastern perspective.
This made him miss Chinese food a little bit.
Rice is hard to find, but you can still try steamed buns, steamed buns, and noodles.
There must be an opportunity to teach Poirot a lesson.
"Lord Raven...?" Old Gordon called Raven's name.
"Oh, I was a little distracted just now." Raven swallowed the saliva that he had just secreted and raised his head: "What's the matter?"
"I'm calling you." Even if After breakfast, Denise's face was still beautifully made up. She asked bluntly: "Raven, have you succeeded?"
After saying this, everyone looked at Raven.
The latter leaned on the chair, smiled and uttered a few syllables. With a sudden sound, a cluster of flames burned on his fingertips.
"God bless the Griffith family..." Old Gordon was stunned, with tears shining in his slightly cloudy eyes: "Sir, you succeeded!"
"God bless the good." Eric complimented and said, "I knew that with your nobility, sincerity, kindness and bravery, you would definitely become a magician!"
Denise looked at Eric His eyes suddenly felt strange.
Why hadn’t she noticed before that this rough-looking guy could flatter him so naturally?
Noble, sincere, and kind. How could you say such words?
Although she thought so, Denise did not underestimate Raven's achievements in the slightest.
Magician, synonymous with mystery and power.
Every mage is a precious asset of the empire, and its status far exceeds that of knights of the same level, especially fire mage. Its lethality and destructive power on the battlefield are very important. A high-level mage It is even possible to turn the tide of the battle with a high-level magic.
If taking back Goldshire is just a starting point, then Raven becoming a mage is the first step after the re-emergence of the Griffith family.
"It seems that my investment was not in vain." A smile appeared on Denise's face: "This money was not in vain."
"Oh?" Raven raised an eyebrow: "Could it be... The sample I mentioned last time has arrived?”
“Hmm,” Denise nodded. : "They are stored in the warehouse of the workshop."
"Let's go then." Raven slapped the table and stood up: "I hope they are of good quality.
Can we really put them into the warehouse? This is the only way to make Angel’s Tears a luxury product.”
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(End of this chapter)