Chapter 17 The Naturalist and a Message

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 "...We hiked through the water-bearing forest south of Egon."

"...there are towering ancient trees growing in the forest there, with huge root systems taking root directly in the shallow wetlands, and the aerial roots are so dense that they never see the light of day..."

"...Dwarf Horuk saw a thick patch of reeds and said there were some highlands there, and there might be a place to camp on them."

Jita held the book in her hand. The book was suspended an inch or two away from the palm of her left hand. It was spread out. It was very big. It might take Miss Naturalist's hands to hold it together. But at this moment, she could easily hold it.

Lift it up.

The book has a brass title page, with a keyhole in the center, and five leaf-shaped gemstones inlaid around it, including blue lapis lazuli, blood-red agate, emerald peridot, and colorless lachrymalite.

Golden opal crystal above the center of the keyhole.

The branches of the plant grow along the gems on the title page, covering the title page of the book, and grow copper flowers and leaves. Under the flowers and leaves are hidden the gear set, ether pipes and other mechanical components used to open the book.

A line of text was written with strange runes on the golden opal crystal, but to this day, no one can recognize the meaning of these words except the owner of the book.

She described softly.

The ground in front of me was bulging upwards, and the cracked stone slabs exposed the underlying soil, and thin green buds grew out. The buds sprouted branches and leaves in an instant, and grew taller quickly.

In just a few seconds, he surpassed the height of Miss Naturalist.

It then grows larger and thicker, its skin becomes lignified, and it grows into a towering ancient tree. Leaves grow on the horizontal branches, shining green, and then hang down dense aerial roots. Artemisia grows from the soil below, forming an invisible tree.

There were thick clouds on the roof of the workshop, and there was a heavy rain in an instant.

However, the rainwater is always concentrated within an area of ​​about ten by ten meters, forming a pool without overflowing, which is like a spectacle.

Within a matter of ten breaths, a dense aquatic jungle grew within this small workshop.

On the side, Mr. Gray Rock shook his huge body and slowly chewed the crystal fragments in his mouth. Like the Rock Shark, the Gray Ridge Negative Hill Beast can also feed on crystals that are rare and rich in etheric magic. Only food containing such energy is enough.

Support their huge size and look curiously at the sudden appearance of this dense forest.

It didn't like water, and this forest reminded it of the adventurous time in Traveler's Swamp, so it subconsciously took two steps to the side.

The owner of the workshop, Mr. Luos, was dancing towards them in the aisle: "Be careful, you don't damage my workshop!"

Tianlan waved to the other party: "Don't worry, Mr. Luos, these are just illusions."

Luos naturally understood this, otherwise he would not have allowed these customers to mess around in his workshop. Of course, this was also because Fang Pulong, Luo Yu and others had been very disciplined in the past and paid the rent readily.

Such high-quality customers are hard to find nowadays.

However, he was still uneasy about the aquatic jungle. He mumbled a few words and shook his head. The chosen ones brought prosperity to the business, but on the one hand, these people were too different from them, and they were always indifferent.

rest assured.

Only then did Luo Yu look away from that direction. He held the magic wand in his hand and felt the breath of the surrounding rainforest before speaking to the others: "The water elements around are enriching and the concentration is increasing."

At the side, Aitila stroked the trunks of those towering ancient trees with her hands, and her palms seemed to respond to a rough touch, making everything feel like they were not imaginary.

Tianlan, Ms. Papamo and the trio of boxes came to the aquatic jungle. Tianlan quietly pushed behind Papamo, and Ms. Papamo plunged into the water pool in front with an "ouch" and her head went "bang"

There was a loud bang against a tree root.

'She' climbed up from the grass like a drowned rat, turned around with eyes wide open to find who was plotting to harm her. But Tian Lan had already stood behind the box, pretending to be concentrating on examining a tree root.

So the Papal people's eyes first turned to the latter.

"what are you doing!?"

"Not me." The box replied.

"I know, you must have taken the opportunity to take revenge after losing last time."

"I won last time."

The two of them were noisy and chattering.

But the strange thing is that the moment Ms. Papamo walked out of the illusion, the clothes on her body became dry again. If it weren't for the bruise on her forehead, it would seem that nothing happened before.

The Papalar stopped and looked curiously at his body and his left and right hands.

Etila also spoke: "I also feel the strong vitality emanating from these plants, which is almost the same as what we felt when we were in Traveler's Swamp."

Although they had known that the naturalist's projection ability was not an illusion in the general sense, they still couldn't help but marvel that this was one of the most magical alchemical products from the previous era.

Real grimoires are so rare today that many people have only heard of its name in their lives, but have never seen what it really looks like, let alone how the naturalist's spells work.

"It's so amazing." The little girl who assassinated the Papalar people still has no consciousness. She just clapped her hands and walked out, curiously asking: "Jita, how long can you keep it up?"

"About ten minutes." Jita replied seriously.

Her forehead was shiny, with some beads of sweat, and she clenched her teeth, making her look even more fragile.

At the same time, she also introduced to everyone: "This is the most common 'reappearance' ability of the 'Magic Book'. My level is too low and I have only mastered this skill. And there are not many things that can 'reproduce', let alone

Make any changes.”

"That's very powerful, Miss Kitta," Baggins was sharing the cut tobacco with the big cat man and putting it into his pipe. At the same time, he analyzed this ability from the perspective of a warrior: "Can you

If this ability is used on the battlefield, at least several enemies can be enveloped in a range of ten by ten meters. This kind of terrain can well restrict their ability to move."

"It's indeed good," Rhett agreed with Baggins' words: "It can also be used to protect one's own people at critical moments, and in such an environment, Aitila may not even be my opponent."

Jita couldn't help but look at the elf lady aside. Apparently it was for this reason that she was the first to master these key words. The key ability of the naturalist comes from the richness of the vocabulary.

To use their magic books, they need special vocabulary. Only words rich in magic can mobilize the magical ability of the magic book itself.

"Thank you, Jita." Aitila nodded to the little girl.

Ji Ta held the magic book in her hand and blushed slightly.

In fact, she has been holding back a passion in her heart, wanting to help others instead of just being a useless trainee in the team. But it is not enough now. After she masters the ability to change, she

It can also make this rainforest unilaterally transparent to our own people.

She can even make the rainforest come alive to attack their enemies, and this is only the most basic ability of a naturalist. When her level is higher, she can also display more terrains, and even recreate scenes from the past, summoning ancient monsters and monsters.

Legends exist among myths.

She looked at the pages of the book spread out in her hands. On one side was a crystal cover. Inside was a miniature version of the current aquatic jungle, reappearing inside the crystal cover like a mirage.

In other words, the jungle at the moment is the projection of this illusion, and on the other side of the page is a corresponding groove, in which the complex and repeated energy conduits and magic guides form a magic circle that is far more complex than the wizard's guidance array.

.

To this day, craftsmen still cannot figure out how it works.

This is also the core of the grimoire.

It cannot be damaged, and even if lost, it will reappear in the hands of its contractor one day later.

People once speculated that the magic book was a creation of the gods, but its history was much later than that of the Sun Gods, and the Ori gods had never created any magic book.

Tian Lan added at this time: "And the environment rich in water-based magic power is also very suitable for Luo Yu to use, right? Isn't this someone a rain summoner?"

Raincaller is a branch of the elementalist. It refers to the elementalist of the main water system and the secondary air system. It may not sound lethal, but it is actually the most advanced level among the elementalists that requires calculation and analysis.

The direction of water vapor was exactly the direction that Fang Lu recommended Luo Yu to advance in, because the latter's excellent calculation and analysis skills allowed him to maximize his potential in this profession.

Luo Yu also nodded after listening to Tianlan's words.

He raised his head and looked at the rainforest. Although it was just an illusion, he could clearly feel that water elements were gathering from all directions, and the concentration far exceeded that of a real aquatic jungle.

The naturalist's environmental creation seems to be able to enrich the elemental magic power corresponding to the environmental attributes.

He raised the magic wand in his right hand, and a golden light track flashed above the silver tube on the head of the wand. At the same time, in the palm of his open left hand, the same light was weaving through the inner crystals of a crystal.

structure.

This is elemental crystal, an artificial crystal that has an attribute structure but does not carry any etheric magic.

The biggest difference between the elementalist's magic wand and the magician's magic wand is that the latter uses light tracks to generate a magic guidance array, and then uses magic gloves to write different runes to stimulate different spells in the guidance array.

Effect.

The number of spells a magician masters depends on how many magic guidance arrays can be engraved in advance in his magic wand, and how many activation methods each guidance array can have.

The elementalist's magic wand is used to create elemental crystals. The elemental crystal is actually a simple guidance array, and it often has only one way to activate it. But the elementalist's strength is that it can be used on the battlefield according to its own

It is necessary to create elemental crystals, and the magician needs the help of an alchemist to replace the guidance array installed in the magic wand.

And it usually takes half a day.

However, the problem with elementalists is that making attribute crystals must correspond to their attribute suitability, so generally elementalists will only focus on one series of elements and then assist another series of elements.

And because of the existence of the guidance array, the magician's casting speed is much faster than that of the elementalist, and the speed at which the elementalist generates crystals depends on his cognition and calculation ability of different elements.

At the same time, injecting the surrounding elemental magic into the empty crystal also requires him to have strong elemental analysis capabilities, especially for the two elements of water and air that show an uncertain magic state.

However, it only took Luo Yu a second or two to generate a first-level crystal, which made everyone's eyes light up. "It's so fast!" Tianlan was a little surprised. She had seen some elements cultivated by the guild in Twelve Color Iris.

Yes, but far from Luo Yu's level.

And you must know that the former has only been an elementalist for more than a month.

The taciturn young man spent almost the same amount of time filling the crystal with the magic power of the surrounding water element, turning it from colorless to a sapphire that exuded azure light.

Then he threw it forward, and the crystal exploded not far away, forming a thick fog of ice dust that obscured everyone's sight.

"Water Mist Technique."

"The range is at least 30% larger than usual." Baggins has experienced many battles and is naturally well-informed: "This is the increase brought about by the enrichment of water elemental magic power. We once fought with an elementalist in a storm

Fighting in the middle, casting this spell in such an environment, that's what it's like."

"The casting time has also been reduced by 20%," Luo Yu calculated and looked at Jita: "In this environment, my combat effectiveness can be increased by at least half."

"No wonder Tapolis wants you and Jita to participate in the trainee trial together," Tian Lan suddenly said: "They have already planned to have you two team up. However, if the naturalist cooperates with the magician,

It’s really awesome.”

Everyone couldn't help but nodded and agreed with this statement.

Jita finally breathed a sigh of relief, gently wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, and was about to put away the spell.

Naturally, she had a lot of worries in her heart, because she did not have the bargaining power of Tian Lan to help Miss Aitila organize the team's logistical affairs; nor was she like Luo Yu, who could play a role in transforming Mr. Huiyan's platform.

Although she likes to read books and has some side knowledge, it seems that this knowledge does not help everyone in her adventures. This makes her anxious and increasingly doubts that her ability is not enough to become a chosen one.

or even stay within the team.

In the past, her understanding of magic books and naturalists had always come from paper or in the community. People had different opinions, which made her even more worried about this.

But it wasn't until this moment that she felt some confidence in her little heart, and she lightly clenched her fist. In any case, she was finally no longer the drag in the team.

After the spell dissipated, the aquatic jungle that seemed to be real a moment ago also disappeared, and the floor of the workshop returned to its original state, with the stone floor remaining flat and smooth as before.

It was as if nothing had happened a moment ago.

Only a faint icy mist is still settling and dispersing in the air.

When Luos saw this scene, he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his sweat with his hand. However, he also felt the magic of the previous scene and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Jita and others not far away.

Then he turned back and walked back to his office.

And it was at this time that Alyssa and the quiet elf lady on her shoulder turned around at the same time and looked in one direction. There, Fang Plover and Sylvide were pushing the door in. The two were talking and laughing, and seemed to be in the process of entering.

What to discuss.

Of course Alyssa knew what Fang Pliong and his ship officer were doing when they went out. Looking at their expressions, she couldn't help but feel moved in her heart.

But before she could speak, Tian Lan had already asked: "Captain, Sister Sylvide, is there any news?"

Her question attracted everyone's attention. Only then did the others see Fang Plover and Sylvide. They naturally knew that these two people had gone out to verify a piece of news they had received before.

That news was accidentally obtained by others when they were searching for the whereabouts of the recipient in Binnuo District not long ago. Someone told them that in a bar called "Sea Blue" in Binnuo District, there was a person they were looking for.

The old man has a similar goal. He takes his dog there and sits there for two or three hours every Wednesday afternoon.

Since today happened to be Wednesday, Fang Yucai and Sylvide went to check whether the news was true.

Under Tianlan's extremely envious eyes, the Fairy Lady flew up from Alyssa's shoulders, flew towards Fang Plover, and landed lightly on his palm. Fang Plover then lowered his head and said hello to Tata, and the former

He just nodded calmly.

Although Miss Goblin usually stayed by his side, due to Ji Ta's change of profession as a naturalist recently, Fang Yu specifically asked Miss Goblin to stay and assist Ji Ta.

After all, no one in the team knows more about ancient knowledge than this fairy lady.

However, Jita's temperament was too weak, and Fang Yu was not confident that she could protect Miss Tata under the watchful eyes of Tianlan, so he entrusted it to Alisa to prevent Miss Goblin from falling into the latter's clutches.

Tianlan is obviously very upset about this decision, so she doesn't care about calling him Brother Ed these days.

However, after spending a long time with Miss Tata, Ji Ta had great respect for this 'teacher', and Fang Yu could see that his Fairy Miss also liked this little girl who was studious and inquisitive.

After all, their attitudes toward knowledge are almost identical.

Raising his head and facing everyone's gaze, Fang Plover nodded: "The news is true, but we didn't meet each other today."

Sylvide added for her captain on the side: "However, we have investigated the other party's address. It is at No. 374 in Binno District. We have hired someone to deliver the letter and have made an appointment for a visit in three days.

"

"Really?" Tian Lan reluctantly looked away from Miss Tata, "That means we can leave Grande in three days? That's great, stay here for this month, Bones

It’s almost rusty!”

she said excitedly.

People smiled. After all, when they were on the Berio, they hurriedly said that they wanted to arrive in Grande immediately, and then have a good sleep on the big bed in the hotel, and it was also Tianlan who had a big meal.

And now it is this little girl who can't wait to leave and completely forgets what she said before.

However, everyone has long been accustomed to having such a lively and active little girl in the team, so it's no surprise.




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