It was already eight o'clock when we returned to Saint Teresa Square with the cat. Mia was walking around happily because she was back home. She liked this place as much as Shad.
Shade didn't rest either. Instead, he took out the learning materials for the thaumaturgy [Ragrai's Jump] that he had obtained last week, and put them on the study table together with the bundle of weathervane bluegrass he got from Coldwater Port City.
There are twelve sticks in a bundle.
Although weathervane bluegrass is also a herbaceous plant, it looks more like a fern. Only about one-fifth of the plant can be used for Shade's thaumaturgy.
Use scissors to simply handle two of the roots, cut off the useful parts, and carve a long list of ancient mantras meaning guidance on the surface of the plant with a fine needle.
This process is very hard on the eyes, and the light quality of gas lamps is far inferior to the lights in my hometown.
After finally finishing the plant itself like embroidery, I walked out the window and looked at the rainy night sky. After making sure there were no special stars tonight, I closed the curtains, shut the cat out, and turned on the gas lamp on the side wall of the study.
Turn it off and only turn on the gas lamp on the table.
According to the thaumaturgy learning method given by Professor Garcia, first grind the obsidian into stone chips and mix them with the bone powder of the leg bone of the Haas Hound. After grinding it carefully, soak the powder with a mixture of your own blood and water.
Wait for the color of the powder to change from black to white, place the powder in a metal vessel and heat it with a match from below until the water evaporates completely.
After completing these troublesome steps, grind the warm powder mixture again, and after it cools to room temperature, carefully cover it on the blue surface of the treated weather vane.
The key point is to cover the letters punched out by the needle.
Shade took a deep breath, closed his eyes and stabilized his mind. He placed the tray with these things on the corner of the table, first softly recited the incantation he had just stabbed, and then blew it hard, and as the powder dispersed in the closed study,
The eroded remains of bluegrass are revealed.
He bit the bullet and ate the powdery grass. Before the dust in the air had completely settled, Shade took out another piece of bluegrass. To cast a thaumaturgy, you need casting materials, which is the diluent of the weathervane bluegrass extract.
He didn't have the tools at hand to make the extract, so he could only squeeze out some juice by pinching it, and then put it on the tip of his tongue.
To be honest, it was difficult for Shade to compare which one had a weirder taste, the powder just now or the plant juice now, but it was definitely better than the frog material.
Looking at the slightly empty study room, he took a step forward with excitement, then disappeared beside the desk, and then appeared in front of the closed door.
The distance of the thaumaturgy is 10 feet (about 3.14 meters), but Shade can feel that his limit is definitely more than that. The impact of the "divine afterglow" state on this thaumaturgy is to increase the limit distance of space movement. Increased
The multiple is about twice, which means that Shade's ultimate movement range should be about 10 meters.
But for a more accurate experiment, you need to wait for an hour. Professor Garcia warned that this thaumaturgy can only be used once an hour at most, otherwise it will easily attract strange things.
Of course, this is just the professor's warning. If Shade doesn't care about safety issues and has enough energy, he can use [Raglai's Jump] as walking. But the interval of one hour is indeed too long. If he can find a way to ensure the safety of space movement,
There is no need to worry, but if that kind of thing really existed, Shade would never be able to afford it.
"But this thaumaturgy is simpler than I thought."
Turning around and looking behind him, the whole process just now was no different from ordinary steps.
Just for a moment when the body suddenly appears, there is a strange feeling of imbalance. However, this feeling will not affect the battle. Once you get used to it a few times, it will be fine.
【What difficulties do you think you will encounter?】
she asked softly in her ear.
"For example... because I was not skilled, only part of my body jumped through space, thus causing the separation of the body?"
Shade guessed jokingly.
[If this thaumaturgy was so dangerous, the professor at St. Byrons would not recommend you to choose it.]
The casting material of the thaumaturgy [Raglai's Leap] is a diluent of the extract of weathervane bluegrass, but it does not require materials when using it. Instead, you can put some diluent of standard concentration on the tip of your tongue and you can use it at any time within twenty minutes.
Use thaumaturgy.
This kind of diluent cannot be made by just mixing water. It requires a magician who specializes in preparing potions, otherwise a lot of materials will be wasted.
So Shade just tried a few times tonight and planned to ask Priest Augustus to help deal with the grass tomorrow.
By the way, you can also ask the priest to help identify the other messy things you brought back from Coldwater Port. As for the origin of these things, it is directly presumed that they met a ring warlock on the black market who wants to leave Tobesk in the near future, so they are priced at a low price.
I just bought a bunch of stuff that I don’t know what it is.
"Lengshui Port City is indeed the most important trade transfer station between the New World and the Old World. Even this precious material can be found."
When he opened the door and calmed down the cat that kept picking at the door, Shade still sighed sincerely in his heart. However, he will not go to Coldwater Port again in the near future, although he did not leave much at the death scene of Jason Dral.
There are traces, but it is always necessary to avoid the limelight.
"The most important thing is to break into the ruins in three days."
He looked out the window at the night scene:
"In order to prevent the worst case scenario from happening, we must make multiple preparations. God can save money, and I can probably buy some good things with the gold pounds in my hand."
Time is very tight, so after waking up on Tuesday morning, the first thing I do is eat, and the second thing I do is wash yesterday's clothes to ensure that I have clean clothes to wear when I go out.
Then he went out and took a carriage to the Tobesk post office. He sent an urgent letter to Miss Carina and asked if he could visit in the afternoon. Then he went to visit Priest August and handed him the weather vane bluegrass.
deal with.
"Where did you get these plants? The price of weather vane bluegrass on the local black market is that one plant is worth 10 pounds, at least 10 pounds. And after the shipment order is placed, it is normal for there to be no news for several months."
Because it is not troublesome to make plant extracts, the priest took Shade directly to the underground studio he rented. The plants themselves are expensive, but after the extract is diluted, each plant can obtain at least 100 drops of liquid.
These liquids are enough to support Shade's consumption for a whole year. This is not because Shade is expected to use thaumaturgy frequently, but because the diluent and the plant itself will slowly deteriorate, which is helpless.