Chapter 493 Pioneer (First Shift Asking for a Monthly Pass)
After several frequent out-of-control episodes, Etna seemed to have temporarily controlled the situation, and for nearly half a day she didn't let the eerie black, white and gray spread, while Lucian and Natasha were able to get through a fairly relaxed half of the day, which was a rare good thing for them with their own injuries.
In the gloomy and dark black forest around the hills, rays of light passed through the gaps in the branches and leaves, casting dazzling spots on the ground.
Natasha looked left and right and laughed: "I thought that our injured appearance would attract the covetousness of the villains and robbers, especially since you still showed off your money in the town, but it was so calm along the way, and it was a lot less fun."
"Have you forgotten that this is a world without knights and magicians? Although you are injured, the violet guardian armor on your body is only possessed by big people like the Divine Blood Heroes and Divine Favorites in the eyes of the townspeople and bandits. Moreover, beauty seems to be more attractive than the temptation of money and wealth, and there are several men quietly following you in the town." Lucian laughed casually.
Natasha glanced at him: "How can you be sure that their target is me? Huh, you actually built a pretty good castle in the Black Forest? Could it be that Nika has truly entered the path of an ancient magician?"
In the center surrounded by "Plan Black Willows" ahead, a castle resembling a fortress stands, covered with green vines and dead leaves, completely covering up the original color, and the highest spire already has the initial outline of the magician's style - in the minds of the original magicians, the construction of the tall and pointed magic tower was an attempt to get closer to the sky and the reality of the world.
When they heard Nika study the mysteries of the gods from the patterns on the monsters, Lucian and Natasha were directly associated with the origin of magicians.
Perhaps in the era of mythology, the era of steam civilization, when dragons, elves, werewolves and other alien races ruled, it was with "madmen" like Nika that humans were able to slowly rise, but then they went further and further on that crazy and bloody wrong path, and finally tasted the bitter fruit.
And in this world, under the oppression of theocracy, the germination of magic still inevitably occurs, perhaps not only Nika, but also in other places, there are also similar "madmen".
"Nika has never learned meditation and does not know any spells, but he can move items and create misfires simply by relying solely on the accidental fluctuations and changes of his spiritual power, which shows that his spiritual power is already at the level of a magician with three or four rings, and his magical talent far exceeds mine. It is normal for such a genius to have studied for so many years and gain something." Lucian objectively evaluated Nika's condition.
However, having magical talent is one thing, and one's own efforts and education are another, and only Brook has been promoted to legend among the few magicians in Lucian's mouth who can match Nika's talent, and in the history of magic, the pioneers in the embryonic period may have higher talents than Nika, but none of them can be promoted to a high level. However, relying on their previous efforts and exploring and summarizing the knowledge, after more than ten generations of inheritance, some people have become high-level magicians one after another.
As they spoke, the two approached the desolate and dilapidated castle.
With a croak, a strange bird with white feathers fell on the stone pillar in front of the castle.
"This is the castle of Nika the Wise, and visitors from the outside are not welcome." The bird walked around on the stone pillar with its head held high, looking proud.
Lucian smiled and said, "We are here to visit Mr. Nika the Wise. I heard that he has a very in-depth study of the patterns on monsters and the types of plants, and I happen to be good at this as well, so I want to communicate with him."
"Guh? Aren't you here to laugh at 'madman' Nika?" The bird was surprised and said in a crisp voice, "There are still people studying the mysteries of the gods, how can there be two madmen, are you lying? Well, I have to test you, can you recognize what kind of bird I am?"
"Of course, the unique white crow, Mr. Nika's pet, a bird with intelligence." Lucian said with a smile.
The bird spread its wings with satisfaction: "The answer is very good, I have to ask Nika to see if he is willing to see you, a 'madman'."
Seeing the bird fluttering towards the window above the castle, Natasha said strangely: "The white feathers on its body should be dyed, right? And there are no white crows in "Biology"?"
"So it's a unique white crow, have you ever seen other crows dye their own feathers?" Lucian laughed.
Natasha came to her senses and shook her head with a smile: "No."
After waiting for a few minutes, the castle gate creaked and slowly opened, and a blonde boy in a white robe said respectfully: "Teacher, please go to the research room to talk."
"Teacher? Are you Mr. Nika's student?" Lucian looked at this little boy who was only eight or nine years old and said, it's hard to believe that a guy with the nickname "Madman" who is everywhere in the neighborhood will have students, could it be the human experiment material he abducted?
The little boy seemed to have seen too many such eyes, and said with some grievances and indignation: "Of course I am the teacher's student, and the teacher is not the madman they say! He is a true wise man, who has insight into the mysteries of the gods and has mastered extraordinary powers, and they fear and fear him, so they slander him."
After saying that, without waiting for Lucian and Natasha to answer, he turned around indignantly and led the two of them into the castle.
Habitually checking the layout of the castle, he didn't find any magic circle defense, so Lucian helped Natasha, who was unable to move in his left hand, into the castle.
Just after walking a few steps, the sulking little boy in front of him suddenly spoke: "The teacher is really not a madman, he is just studying the strange patterns on those monsters and plants, so he dismemberes them. There are many animals that hunters kill and eat by themselves, and they are used to seeing blood, but they hypocritically hate the scene caused by the teacher."
He struggled to defend the "madman" Nika, trying to gain the recognition of the teacher from the two strange visitors.
"Well, I understand." Lucian had done an autopsy himself, so he nodded without grudge. At the same time, I admire this little boy in my heart, he is really a good student.
Hearing the word understanding, the little boy's spirit seemed slightly uplifted, and he babbled: "Those strange patterns really contain the mystery of the gods, really! The teacher has mastered this power, able to manipulate flames and ice and snow, make people sleep, and fall from high altitudes, more powerful than those priests and blood heroes!"
"Really?" Natasha cooperated.
After asking and answering, the little boy became more and more interested: "Really! I will do a little too, you see."
He simulated the strange sound made by the monster in his mouth, his face became extremely solemn, and a little magic fluctuation appeared in front of him, condensed into an invisible hand, and grabbed a candlestick on the left side of the corridor.
"The original version of the mage's hand." Lucian smiled and said to Natasha in the psychic connection, the spells have not been simplified, and they are still simulating the primitive level of monster language.
"Isn't it, I'm amazing, right?" The little boy proudly raised the candlestick, and when he saw Lucian and Natasha nodding with a smile, he was even happier: "The teacher is more powerful than me, and none of us have the blood of God, nor do we have the power of gods, it all depends on our own efforts!"
"The teacher said that this is the right way for us humans to become truly strong and get rid of the control of those false gods. Well, although others don't understand him, I always think he is the greatest wise man, smarter than the gods!"
"Well, great pioneer." Lucian's expression was solemn.
The little boy who is trying to correct the guests' impression of the teacher is innocent and cute, and after being affirmed by Lucian, he kept talking along the way, leaking many secrets without knowing it. Soon, the three of them walked to a door covered with animal skins, which were gray and had intricate magic patterns on them.
"Petrified beast?" Lucian frowned slightly, Nika's strength was stronger than he imagined? Although this monster is not as good as the petrified lizard, it may be considered a high-end monster with the six-ring "petrification technique".
The little boy knocked on the specific position on the door, and said with a smile: "This was picked up by the teacher in a valley, but the pattern on it is too complicated to figure out its mystery, so it is used to guard the door."
With a squeak, the door opened, and a strong smell of blood hit the face, and the whole room was like an organ showroom.
Since there is no glassware in this world yet, the bizarre hearts, eyeballs, intestines, and pieces of meat are wrapped in magic and placed at will, coupled with the narrow windows and weak light, it is difficult not to feel scared here.
A middle-aged man in a black robe with messy hair was concentrating on depicting something, and a very terrifying monster lay on the table in front of him.
The monster's upper body is a naked woman, with intertwined patterns and a protruding mouth, and the lower body is made up of eight huge black spider feet.
"Spider man......" Lucian nodded slightly.
The little boy had a good impression of the two guests, and when he saw that the teacher was completely ignoring people, he said apologetically: "The teacher will forget other things when he starts studying the pattern, whether it is eating, sleeping, or teaching me, but it should be over after a while."
Time was running out, and after Lucian and Natasha looked at each other, they set their eyes on the parchment in front of Nika.
The parchment painted an intricate pattern that roughly established a system of rectangular coordinates, and Nika frowned, as if he had encountered a great problem.
「（25，78，39）。」 Lucian suddenly spoke.
Nika subconsciously moved the quill to that position, drew it, and then his eyes suddenly widened and he stared back at Lucian: "Do you understand?"
The little boy also looked at Lucian with a blank face, he was instructing the teacher?
"The analysis of this pattern must be divided, and a coordinate point is ......" Lucian reported a coordinate point again.
According to Lucian's guidance, Nika completed the analysis of that part of the pattern. After staring at the result in front of him in a daze for a few seconds, his expression suddenly became distorted and excited, with a crazy taste, and rushed to Lucian's front at once, and said in a hoarse voice:
"How did you do it?"
Lucian coughed lightly and did not answer directly: "While studying the pattern, you have to look up at the outside, the pattern hides the mystery of the gods, what about the whole world? The sun and moon rise and set in the west, and the water flows from high to low, isn't there a mystery of the gods in it?"
"Think about why we jumped up and fell to the ground instead of floating into the sky."
"Isn't this normal? We're going down, this is below." The little boy interjected.
Nick, on the other hand, was stunned.
It has been changed.
(End of this chapter)