Miss Sylvia, who squinted her eyes, asked from the wall. Shade, who maintained his spell-casting action, replied:
"The consumption is not very large, at least not when it is not attacked."
The "Divine Afterglow" state enhances all of Shade's thaumaturgy and incantation. The enhancement of [Seaton's Seal] does not allow the originally immovable thaumaturgy to be moved, but allows the shield with a fixed protective volume to be expanded.
Bigger.
[Heton's Seal] does not limit how many people the user can protect other than themselves, but the volume of the shield summoned by the seal itself is a fixed value. Basically, it is difficult to completely protect two adults hugging each other. But for
For Shade, he can expand the shield volume by paying extra spirits. This expansion also has an upper limit, but it is more than enough to protect two Shades standing side by side.
Therefore, the "divine afterglow" enhances the thaumaturgy [Seaton's Seal], making the value of thaumaturgy even greater. When Shade demonstrated the thaumaturgy, the volume of the golden shield exceeded the recorded
scale, but Miss Sylvia didn't seem to notice this strange change, and continued to say to Shade:
"Next, try the defense strength. Don't worry, I will control the strength."
She is very enthusiastic about this kind of testing.
Next, she used the gently thrown stones, the slowly walking little Mia, Shade's revolver, the stones thrown with all her strength, the fireball caused by the spell [Control Flame], and the clerical grade weapon that the witch carried with her.
The relic [Anesthesia Pocket Watch] and the thaumaturgy [Space Cutting] were used to test the strength of the seal.
Firearms are completely unable to defeat the golden shield, but only cause some ripples on the surface;
The cat walked slowly towards Shade and scratched the shield a few times with its claws, but was unable to pass through;
A stone thrown gently is similar to hitting a wall, while a stone thrown with full force will break into powder when it contacts the shield due to the strength of the stone itself;
The anesthetic needle fired by the relic [Anesthesia Pocket Watch] and Shade's shield were destroyed together, but the relic itself is not known for its offensive power;
The fireball controlled by the witch has the best effect. If Miss Sylvia hadn't stopped in time, not only would Shade have been nearly blown away, but there would also have been a deep pit in his basement;
As for [Space Cutting], [Headon's Seal] has no protective effect against space power. Miss Sylvia, who is good at space power, has long expected this, so the power of the thaumaturgy [Space Cutting] is under her precise control.
, it just cut open Shade's coat without leaving any marks on the skin.
As for the second effect of [Heton's Seal], the spell is released the moment the attack touches the shield. The broken shield will cause more powerful burst damage to the enemy. Shade did not try this effect, firstly because
The timing was difficult and he needed a lot of practice, and secondly because he was worried that the so-called "explosion damage" would directly blow up his basement.
Although the space has been cleared, there are still compartments in the basement for storing magic potion snowdrifts, as well as his simple potion alchemy workshop. He does not want to damage his house in order to practice thaumaturgy. Miss Carina's manor has plenty of space.
He practiced, and if it didn't work, he could go to Coldwater Harbor to cause trouble for the fish people.
"In general, except that you can't move when casting the spell, this is almost a perfect thaumaturgy."
When walking out of the basement, Shade held the cat and praised Miss Sylvia. The young witch chuckled:
"This is the signature thaumaturgy of the Church of the Sun, which has been passed down for countless generations. But when you use it, be sure not to be discovered by the church. Under normal circumstances, this thaumaturgy will not leak out. After all, learn its core materials.
It’s the parchment you burned at the end of the ceremony. The Church of the Sun has a number on each piece of parchment.”
Of course, the witch did not ask Shade where he got the parchment describing the ritual information. But Shade always felt that Miss Sylvia had already guessed the truth, but she just didn't tell it.
Just like her first visit last week, Miss Sylvia did not leave St. Teresa's Square that night. She and Shade discussed the paper that Shade had given to the Old God until late at night.
Miss Via even planned to publish the paper and let Shad be the first author.
In addition to discussing papers, she also enthusiastically helped Shade answer some academic questions after learning that Shade was currently preparing for the end-of-year exam week, and helped Shade analyze the ring warlock system he was currently constructing.
Miss Sylvia believes that although Shad's low-four-ring structure is not based on a certain spiritual rune, at least he has learned enough thaumaturgy and found his own way of fighting. For [Space Stability Halo] and [
She also gave Shade more suggestions on how to use it, and even suggested that Shade try to practice and carry a living body to perform [Large Jump].
"This thaumaturgy is not allowed to bring other individuals, but just like you expand the scope of thaumaturgy, when you can use your own power to change thaumaturgy, you will find that some of the flaws of thaumaturgy can actually be avoided.
The spell [Echo of Blood] you mentioned has been sublimated into the thaumaturgy [Echo of Blood], which is a manifestation of artificially changing the effect of spell casting. However, I don't recommend that you directly try to lead people. Maybe you can start with ants. I'll give it to you.
Some suggestions for casting spells, and I will also tell you about an auxiliary magic potion. Even if you are not able to jump with a life form when you are in the fourth level, you should be able to learn this skill when you enter the middle level."
Miss Sylvia still seems to have not given up on training Shade as her apprentice, but she does not take the initiative to mention this, but enthusiastically gives Shade any help he needs.
Shade never accepts favors from others for nothing, but Miss Sylvia just smiled and said that she could accept a breakfast from Shade tomorrow morning as a thank you. Shade actually wanted to let Miss Sylvia take the gift from the jewelry box.
He chose a piece of jewelry, but he ultimately did not do so because it would appear that he was too utilitarian.
So before the night ended, Shade took the initiative to talk to the witch about his adventure in Huntington City. He did not mention the angel, but just said that he had found the "Lady of the Lake", and then put [Aiken'ora's Arrow of Knowledge]
】As a second unrelated matter:
"I grabbed it from the [Pantanar Voodoo Order] and tried to shoot it. But the ring wizards were running too fast. I just drew the bow and didn't get a chance to shoot. It felt really bad.
, it’s like tens of thousands of little miyas are crawling on me.”
[Isn’t there thousands of them? 】
"I can understand this feeling. After accumulating strength and forcibly stopping it, if you use thaumaturgy instead of using relics, I'm afraid it will be very harmful to your body."
The witch on the sofa late at night looked at the young stranger and suddenly grabbed his wrist:
"Well, what's wrong?"
Shade asked, Miss Sylvia smiled and shook her head:
"Nothing, I just got interested in your story."
In short, the young witches seemed to be completely familiar with Shade's character. After breakfast on Wednesday morning and saying goodbye to Miss Sylvia at the door, outsiders had to admit that the wisdom and talent of the witches were really impressive.
People are amazed.
Since [Jack the Thief] was still not caught, when Shade went to Fort Midhill that day, he took little Mia with him.
Walking out of the ruined tower in Sikal Mountain, facing the cold winter wind in the mountain, he was surprised to see the mountain forest covered with white snow, and saw the snowflakes falling from the sky, dyeing the entire mountain white.
"It's snowing at Fort Midhill too! Oh, the snow has actually covered the ground."
Not only was Sikal Mountain covered in heavy snow, but after descending the mountain, we discovered that the inner city of Fort Midhill had also become covered in snow. Shade inquired about it from the newspaper boy wearing an old cotton coat, and then
I know this is not the first snow this week.
The falling snow dresses the city in silver and truly heralds the arrival of winter.
Shade first went to the Home for the Blind in Ruf Lane to deliver a letter to Sister Devlin, and then went to the Cassandra Auction House to wait for news about the nun.
The snow will not affect the auction house's business. People are still coming and going on Santa Carla Avenue in the city center, and there is also an endless stream of gentlemen entering and leaving the auction house. When Shade stepped out of the carriage, someone was melting snow at the door. This
Of course, people of that era would not have the luxury of using salt to speed up the melting of snow, nor would auction houses attempt to use pure manpower to shovel away ice and snow.
The sturdy servant was pushing a small-power steam engine to the door, connected it to the indoor pipes, and used the hot steam generated by the steam engine to sweep to the ground. Before the hot steam mist cooled the liquefied water and was frozen by the low temperature, he used tools to
Quickly clear away melted snow on the ground.
Probably only wealthy people like Granny Cassandra can use such a luxurious way to clear snow. But people passing by seemed to be used to this scene. Only a few of them looked around like Shade, watching the steam engine steaming.
Black smoke drifted into the sky amid the snow.
The spray of hot steam made the temperature at the entrance of the auction house higher than the surroundings, but the real warmth was inside the auction house. After Shade, who was wearing a thick coat, walked in, he even felt a little hot. The heating system of Cassandra Auction House
It is definitely not the standard for unified heating in cities.
On this snowy day, the owners of the auction house were all here. Shade first met the witch apprentice Rita Swift with beautiful flaxen hair who hurriedly came downstairs after hearing about his arrival.
Miss, then I saw Helen and Grace attending the auction on the second floor.
On the other hand, Granny Cassandra did not show up until about lunchtime. It was the end of 1853. Although the old witch did not have to check the accounts in person, she still had to meet in person with the representatives sent by the auction houses from various branches in the Old World. This was a
One of the most important tasks of the year.
At noon, the blind nun also came in despite the heavy snow. The six of them had lunch together. During the meal, Shade heard that Sister Devlin's "Snake Heart Hospital" was being operated with the help of Cassandra Auction House.
, established in an orderly manner in the large cities surrounding the Pantanal.
Relying on the already existing Snake Heart Hospital, Sister Devlin plans to expand the power of the [Spiritual Order] to the entire area around the Everglades. Therefore, not only the city of Huntington, the city of red wine, but also the capital of the kingdom, Willondale, is
More cities within the city are the next key development targets of [Shexin Hospital].
Since the end of the Battle of Fort Midhill, the mountain city has restored its former peace and tranquility. After passing through the dangerous and turbulent autumn, the city in winter has returned to order led by ordinary people.
Snow was falling outside the window, and the atmosphere in the restaurant on the third floor was cheerful. Sister Devlin mentioned the strange dark clouds that appeared in Huntington yesterday, but no one could explain it. The old witch heard about Tobesk, so she also told Xia
De inquires about the progress of the search for the fourth chosen one.
Seeing that the first snowfall of the year had fallen, the twin girls asked Chard together if they could visit No. 6 Saint Teresa Square today.
Whether it was Grace in a white dress or Helen in a black dress, the two fifteen-year-old girls were very excited. But Shade regretfully told them:
"I'm sorry, girls. Something is going on in my neighborhood tonight. A humanoid has invaded and is trying to steal my property and my neighbors' property. I can't involve you in this.
If you want to visit my house, actually, girls, you can as long as it's not today."
Helen, who was wearing a black dress, glanced at her sister. The two identical delicate faces had different expressions. Grace seemed to accept Shade's statement, while Helen asked curiously:
"Sir, what level of relic is it?"
"Sage-level relic [Jack the Thief]."
"Oh, that's just the Sage level, sir. We can help guard the house."
Grace pulled on Shade's sleeve and said, and Granny Cassandra looked at this scene with a smile.
"No, no, girls, your injuries haven't healed yet, and [Jack Thief] becomes stronger when it comes to strength. I know you are stronger than it, but you are not at your peak yet. It would be hard to imagine if I asked you to help me guard my house.
What will happen then.”
Shade explained patiently. Although Grace pretended not to care, she still sighed softly, while Helen looked unhappy. But there was nothing she could do about it. Shade really didn't want to let her finally gain freedom and live in peace.
The Hongdie twins were once again involved in a dispute because of him.