Chapter 192 192. The mission of birth, blue flowers
In Croya’s original imagination, the kingdom of mermaids should be extremely dreamy, full of magnificence and magical scenery that mortals could not imagine.
But what happened was the scene that appeared in front of him.
Not only is it not beautiful, it can even be said to be very dilapidated -
In front of us is a land full of cracked marks, with dark brown spots flashing in those marks, extending into the distance. Indigo sea.
All kinds of ruins are scattered all over this land. The towering stone pillars and dilapidated wall murals all seem to tell that there was once a country here.
A country that once was glorious.
To say that the only complete thing here is the moonlight.
The radiance of the bright moon, which is as real as it is, shines on this land. Their light is not affected in any way, forming a sharp contrast with the dilapidated land.
One is eternal and the other is dilapidated.
The strong contrast made the boundary between reality and fantasy more and more obvious, and it also made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Cloya stood on the ground and frowned slightly.
He felt that the magic power in his body seemed to be trembling, as if it wanted to come out and illuminate this desolate world.
"Desolation..."
"Dead silence..."
"Miracle..."
It seems that some voices can still be heard in the surroundings Echoing, he was sure that the source of these sounds was the entire world.
"Could it be?"
This world seems to be a huge "creature", and the desire coming from the astral body engraving technique is soaring to the sky, as if it is expecting someone to answer the call. .
He squinted his eyes and tried to activate the Astral Spirit Body Engraving Technique, but the Astral Spirit Body Engraving Technique did not work.
This voice was not converted by the astral body engraving technique, but was manifested by his magic power and the art of communicating with all things that he had learned.
"What are you looking at."
A voice came from the side, interrupting Croya's thoughts.
He turned around and saw the mermaid archmage Aria, whom he had not seen for a while, staring at him with curiosity in her eyes.
“Have you also heard the cry of this world?”
Aaliya circled around Croya and said meaningfully: “Kid, your strength is improving very quickly. "
"This is truly unprecedented for a fifth-level mage."
"Even Eurydice did not make such rapid progress as you."
"..."
Level five? I didn’t even know I was at level five.
He blinked, still maintaining respect for his seniors, but did not mention his level:
"It's been a long time, Archmage."
It's been a long time, indeed. When I first met the mermaid archmage, I felt a lot of pressure.
But now... He has so many plug-ins at his disposal. If he is willing to use the symphony, Aaliya is really no match for him.
Alia nodded. She received some advice from King Mihai, and her attitude towards Croya was not as condescending as before.
Now it is more of an equal exchange and communication:
“Since you have heard His lamentation, come on, if you can bring this land and ocean back to life ...You will get the friendship of all mermaids."
As she said that, she led Croya through the desolate land and came to the edge of the dead ocean.
This sea is even deadlier than the earth, with a strange fishy smell. The waves raised by the sea water are filled with filthy white foam, just like a pool of turbid sewage.
This scenery stretches to the end of the field of vision, or... to the entire boundless ocean.
It's all dead silent.
I was used to seeing sea areas full of life, and suddenly seeing this kind of sea area made Croya feel uncomfortable all over.
The dead sea has a much stronger visual and tactile impact than the barren land.
"Wait, that's..."
He suddenly noticed something, blessed the eagle eye technique and looked into the distance——
I saw here In the depths of the ocean, there are actually mermaids swimming in it, and there are also some female mermaids with big bellies who are giving birth.
Their bodies were shrouded in moonlight, and their expressions were painful and weak.
The first batch of five little mermaids were born soon.
When the little mermaid is born, the life of the little mermaid will be injected into the surrounding sea, and the moonlight will spread.
The scales on the tails of those small, palm-sized mermaids are so delicate that they have to swim in the filthy sea water before they even open their eyes.
The light surrounding their bodies was soft, but also had a cold divinity. Even if they felt uncomfortable and their bodies were twitching, they still had to swim in the sea water.
As they swam, the moonlight dispersed.
The turbid seawater gradually became clear under the moonlight, returning to a clear blue color, smudged from a small area and spreading to the surroundings.
Cloya looked at them silently.
To be honest, his previous impression of the mermaid tribe was not very good, especially since they caused a huge wind and snow to cover the entire northern part of the kingdom.
But now that I see this scene, I can’t help but be a little touched.
Obviously this is the newborn little mermaid purifying the ocean, and the source of this purifying power is their lives.
Even without the Celestial Spirit Body Imprinting Technique taking effect, he could feel the life breath of those little mermaids gradually becoming weaker.
Alia said from the side:
“God is just.”
"We have gained the authority of the sea, but we must also purify all the sea areas in this world."
"The new mermaid tribe was born in the ode to the sea, and must also bear responsibilities."
< br>"The little mermaid has the most special magic power, full of life, and can purify the dead sea. This is the baptism that each of us mermaids must go through when they are born."
"Then what if it cannot be completed? "Kloya asked.
“…”
Aliya did not answer this time, and the sea in the distance also gave the answer——
The light around a little mermaid dispersed , she was directly exposed to the dead and filthy sea water, and she could not survive even a minute.
She struggled feebly, her tail gradually lost its vitality, her body was decomposed by the sea water, turned into foam, and finally disappeared into the sea water.
There are no traces left.
Only her mother, the adult fish protected under the moonlight, was covering her mouth and crying, not even daring to make a sound.
Because devoting herself to the ocean is the root of the Creation Consciousness’ creation of the mermaid. She cannot cry, she can only laugh.
To be honest, abandoning the prejudices and barriers between races, this scene alone is really uncomfortable.
It is really sad that the child that I worked so hard to give birth to died directly.
“I don’t know your customs.”
Cloya sighed softly. He really didn’t know much about mermaids, and there was no introduction to mermaid rituals in the classics.
Even the book given by Orpheus Oak did not say that the birth ceremony of the mermaid tribe turned out to be like this.
“No one knows.” Alia’s tone seemed to have a little smile: “Friends who know our customs have already left the sea of stars. You may be the first foreigner to see our birth ceremony in thousands of years. "
"Do you have any ideas?"
"We have invited the great magician and the red-robed bishop to purify the sea water, but to no avail"
said. She had a little expectation when she said this.
Mihai, the King of Mermaids, once told her that this human being contained extraordinary magic power and might be able to help them do something.
Even a little help would be a huge help to today's mermaid tribe - no little mermaids have been born for so long, it is very difficult to purify this sea of fetuses.
According to the predictions of the priests in the clan, if four to five of the forty-six little mermaids survive, it will be considered a blessing from the virtual god.
Her question made Croya confused:
"Me?"
"What can I do, I am a mage, if you can tell me this If you build a magic model to purify sea water, then I might have some ideas."
He spread his hands to express his helplessness.
The Archmage can’t do anything, so what can he do?
The reason why a miracle is a miracle is because it cannot be reproduced. It would be too high of a good thing for a poor mage like him to participate in Xu Shen’s magic.
There is nothing he can do if he is not professionally qualified.
Of course, he would be happy to help if he could. After all, you are making a living in the sea. If you can have a good relationship with the mermaid tribe, at least you don't have to worry about anyone coming to the sea to cause trouble.
But after listening to Croya's answer, Aaliya seemed to have made some determination.
"This is actually an ancient magic."
She stared at Croya with a serious expression: "I will convince the king to get its carrier, but can I learn it? It’s up to you!”
After saying that, she turned and left directly, leaving Croya a little confused.
Huh?
Why do you feel like things are getting more complicated?
......
The mermaid Alia quickly swam across the dead sea and came to the mermaid king in the deepest part of the ocean.
The king of mermaids is staring at the dark and deep abyss below, but his eyes reflect the figure of a female mermaid - her body is surrounded by chains made of moonlight, in the extremely dark depths Sleeping everywhere.
Sensing Aria's coming, the Mermaid King made no move and said in a casual tone:
"The human mage wants it."
He already knew Aria's purpose. , the entire sea area was shrouded by his mental power, and of course the entire conversation was listened to. "Yes, since you said you can trust him..." Aaliya originally wanted to try to persuade him.
As a result, the Mermaid King smiled slightly, turned his palm and took out a delicate round object.
It was like an orb carved from silver brilliance, with countless curved lines like waves intertwining around a box-shaped pattern in the middle.
The mermaid’s eyes suddenly widened.
"You..."
She didn't expect King Mihai to be so decisive.
This is the core of the phantom formed by the power of the virtual god. It is the secret treasure of the mermaid clan, a special magical device called the "Treasure Box".
It is one of the roots of magic.
So many legendary mages and gods have coveted it, but they were all severely beaten by the mermaid tribe. Even the army of the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce was swallowed up by the angry sea.
The Mermaid King suddenly became so decisive, which made Aria feel a little uncomfortable - could this be a lie?
As soon as the rebellious thought arose, she felt her hand sink, and the silver orb had fallen into her hand.
She suddenly panicked and held the orb carefully, more cautiously than protecting her own life.
The King of Mermaids said: "Let him try to learn. With the approval of False God, he can be regarded as a friend of our mermaid clan."
"If it can really help, Even if these little guys survive, it is a price that can be paid."
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand.
“Yes!”
Alia immediately resigned.
Some couldn't wait to take the treasure box to the beach.
Only the Mermaid King was left staring into the deep abyss, his eyes lingering on the belly of his queen for a long, long time.
There is his child there, but even his child would find it difficult to survive in such an environment.
He knew that if he did this, the elders might bang their heads against the pillars of Atlantis again.
But... they have bumped into each other so many times, and this time is no different.
If he killed a few, he might feel a lot more relaxed.
......
Aaliya quickly came to Croya with the precious ancient magic weapon.
She carefully held the orb and introduced: "This is one of the roots of Huanyao magic, the core made of Huanyao crystals, a magic guide called the treasure box.
It contains the magic of restoring the ocean
Wang has unlocked the permission. ”
As she said that, she handed the orb to Croya.
The latter quickly took it and looked at the orb curiously.
This name always makes people laugh. He had a sense of déjà vu—the original suffix of the wise man of Shui Yao Magic and the suffix of the Earth Goddess also had a two-character naming format.
Is this thing the same as them?
But it was obviously impossible for Aria to answer him, so Croya could only use his mental power to cautiously approach the orb.
Then...
He felt the vast sea inside. General spell models, but all of them are dim and cannot be seen clearly. There is only one flashing light inside.
It is a very, very complex spell model, surrounded by matching spell-casting gestures and spells. Text.
It’s not like Croya has never learned complex and powerful magic. Whether it is the Celestial Spirit Body Engraving Technique or the "Poetry of Rainbow Colors", they are both particularly powerful magic.
But the complexity of this magic seems to be a little more exaggerated than the other two.
This is not to say that this kind of magic is definitely more powerful than the Celestial Spirit Body Engraving Technique and the "Poetry of Rainbow Colors", but its characteristics are like this, and it feels like the cumbersome sacrifice. Same as the ceremony.
And there are many spell structures of the Wave Moonlight in it. This kind of structure is something Croya has never seen before. If he can fully control it, it will probably be of great help to him to improve his magic.
The system of magic is originally like this. As long as there is a complete and stable foundation, new magic research can be carried out on the foundation.
Fortunately, he had seen the magic model of Shui Yao Magic and the Goddess of the Earth before, which was somewhat similar to this one.
So research is not slow.
After a brief study, he hesitated and said: "If I'm not mistaken, this magic... is a very strange summoning technique."
"It will Summon the power belonging to some powerful existence, and then purify the sea.”
Hearing this, Aaliya’s eyes lit up.
“As you might think, this kind of magic essentially borrows the power of our supreme virtual god.”
"Can you think of a way to perform it?"
"If we want to perform it, we can only use life as fuel."
Her look was obviously a little anxious.
Due to the characteristics of the mermaid clan, if you want to cast this kind of magic that is almost divine, you can only let the newborn mermaid pay the price with his life.
The sacrifices and magical arts of ancient gods have always been like this, a bit barbaric, because people don’t need anything else, they only want life and soul.
Even their virtual gods are like this.
It’s just that the price of summoning the False God was met in other ways.
“Hmm.”
Cloya didn’t say anything, but just tried to use magic power to recreate the magic he just saw.
According to his guess, this kind of magic should extract something, something that is only found in mermaids.
So there should be no problem for him to cast it.
Crimson light surrounded the edges of his body. They seemed to have a life of their own, intertwined and intertwined, as if they were about to form something.
It is a pity that this magic power was completely dissipated before it could take shape.
But after this attempt, Croya's eyes lit up and he asked Aria:
"I need the Fantasy Crystal."
"... "
Alia had a hesitant expression on her face, but it only took a moment. She nodded heavily and turned around to leave.
She returned about twenty minutes later and handed a prismatic crystal to Croya: "This is the phantom crystal you want."
At this time, she was panting. , sweat was flowing on his body, as if he had gone to a sauna, and his face was extremely pale.
“What’s wrong with you?”
"Nothing."
She obviously didn't want to say it, so Croya didn't continue to ask and looked down at the Huan Yao crystal in her hand.
The silver brilliance in this crystal is almost flowing out. Holding it in your hand is like holding a small moon.
Obviously it is a very high quality Huanyao crystal.
The quality of the crystals obtained by Croya from Silver Moon Elk is much higher.
Should I say that I really deserve to be a mermaid?
After sighing with emotion, he began to absorb the power of the phantom light inside, and then controlled it to slowly draw in front of him - silver light flowed from his fingertips, and he quickly drew a Sleek silver mirror.
Some light spots seemed to emit from the mirror. They flew towards the sea and quickly fell into the sea water.
The originally turbid sea water quickly became clear under the illumination of the light spots.
When the mermaid Aaliya saw this scene, her eyes widened, as if she had seen something unbelievable.
Humans can actually use their magical powers!
But the good times did not last long, and the light spots quickly disappeared.
The mirror and the precious phantom crystal also quickly lost their color. The former collapsed, and the latter lost its color and turned into dust.
In less than thirty seconds, the magic power in this Huan Yao crystal, which was at least a level 4 or 5 magic crystal, was exhausted.
Croya looked at the phantom crystal that had turned into ashes, and the guess in his heart could be confirmed - it needs the power of phantom, which is contained in the mermaid clan.
He said to Aaliya:
“If you want to cast this kind of magic for a long time, you need a carrier with a lot of phantom power.”
"It's best to be a magic plant."
After the latter thought for a moment, a more solemn expression appeared on his face.
“I know there is a magic plant that should meet your requirements.”
"It's coming soon."
Cloya was a little confused, but didn't say anything more. He just continued to practice this magic in his heart while waiting for things to happen.
Time passed minute by minute.
Soon, the moonlight in the sky suddenly became brighter, and there was an obvious distortion in the air. This feeling pervaded every inch of the air.
It seems like a portal to another world is about to open.
When it falls on the earth.
On the originally barren land grew some small clear blue flowers that looked like foxtail grass.
They sway gently.
The barren land is covered with small blue flowers, which appear in the moonlight and expand outward.
Soon, even the sea was covered with these little flowers.
Dead silence and desolation were covered by them, leaving only swaying blue flowers in the whole world, and even the moonlight was completely dimmed.
“…”
Through the astral body engraving technique, Croya has seen their structure and names.
That is... the grass of spiritual wisdom.
(End of this chapter)