Chapter 77 Mutation, Borrowing Books, Roaring Valley
It seemed like a long time passed, and it seemed like it was just a moment. The crystal book had completely transformed into a huge ball of gorgeous four-color light.
In the four-color radiance that continued to shine, Moriarty actually felt the strong breath of the four magic elements. The red fire element, the blue water element, the yellow-green earth element, the white wind element, and the four-color light ball.
It seems to be a concentrated body of the four elemental planes, and Moriarty's soul has become the perfect container to hold this concentrated body.
Although he was surprised by the strange changes in the crystal book in his soul, Moriarty had no way to intervene or control it.
"Is there something wrong with the 'Hydrotherapy' scroll? No, we have checked it before. This time's 'Hydrotherapy', like the previous 'Muddy Footsteps', is a standard spell learning scroll. But why does the crystal book...
"Looking at the brighter and brighter four-color light ball in his soul, Moriarty thought quickly: "Just adding a water spell scroll...wait...water..."
Suddenly, an incredible idea suddenly burst out in Moriarty's mind.
"The first is the non-attributed 'Magic Arrow'; the second is the wind spell 'Breath of Wind'; then is the fire spell 'Fire Magic Defense'; then is the earth spell 'Muddy Footsteps'; and finally,
It's the water spell 'hydrotherapy'. In this way, the crystal book already has one spell from each of the four series! Could this be the reason why the crystal book changed?"
And just when this bold hypothesis reverberated in Moriarty's heart, the shining ball of light suddenly changed again. The four distinct colors of light that originally came and fell one after another began to mix slowly for some reason, as if they were four pools of light.
Once the dam in the middle was removed, the lake water naturally merged and merged together, and could no longer be separated.
With the continuous integration of the four rays of light, the color of the entire light ball gradually becomes unified, deep, and pure.
Red, blue, yellow-green, and white, the light representing the four magic elements began to envelope the ball one after another, as if turning it into a neon light that kept changing colors. Next, the ball of light flashed
The frequency became faster and faster, and the light became more and more intense, until finally even Moriarty's soul was overwhelmed by this extremely brilliant light. In the dark, Moriarty only felt that he had become a wrestling stage for the four elements.
, and that light ball is the battlefield where various elements compete fiercely and want to dominate it.
"Snapped!"
Finally, with a distant cracking sound that only Moriarty could hear, the huge ball of light that had expanded to the point of almost completely engulfing his soul suddenly burst open.
Darkness replaced the brilliant light in an instant.
And when Moriarty tried his best to steady his mind and looked inside, he only saw a crystal book exuding a rich brilliance of flames floating in the depths of his soul. It kept appearing and disappearing like an epiphyllum.
With the fire aura, Moriarty's soul was also surrounded by a faint red halo.
Then, before Moriarty could react, the crystal book suddenly opened slowly and automatically, and then an extremely dazzling bright red spiritual light shot out from the fiery red pages.
The spiritual light instantly penetrated Moriarty's soul and formed a bright golden slender flame in the void. At this moment, the red halo that originally surrounded his soul shrank rapidly as if it had been summoned.
, gathered together, converged towards the golden flame, and then gathered into a ball of red light like silk cocoon, wrapping the golden flame in the center.
Soon, the new ball of red gold light took shape and stabilized, and floated quietly above Moriarty's soul, slowly casting bits of fiery light to envelope the entire soul.
It was only then that the opened crystal book slowly closed again, and at the same time returned to its original transparent and clear state.
"Is this...could it be..."
Moriarty was astonished as he stared blankly at the series of great changes that took place in his soul. From the expansion and rupture of the four-color light ball, to the unfolding of the flame crystal book, to the aggregation of the red halo, and the birth of the bright golden flame,
Moriarty could only be a helpless bystander, silent and waiting anxiously. It was not until the sudden appearance of the ball of red gold light that Moriarty finally got rid of this chaotic and incredible situation, and vaguely
The true identity of the red gold ball of light was identified, although the possible answer was so magical that even Moriarty himself could not believe it.
Quickly exiting the inner view, Moriarty stood up from his seat, opened the door and walked out.
"Morty, are you going out? Have you finished talking to dad?" Outside the door, Heyna happened to be walking from the other end of the corridor. When she saw Moriarty looking strange, she immediately stepped forward and asked.
"Yes, I'm going to the library." Moriarty tried to calm down.
Fortunately, the changes in his soul did not affect his external condition. Taking a deep breath, Moriarty smiled: "Uncle has given me a good suggestion. Next, I want to find a place to think about it.
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"Well, okay." Looking into Moriarty's eyes, the girl instinctively noticed that the other person's expression and movements were still a bit strange, but she no longer went into too much detail: "Is there anything you need my help with?"
"No, I can just go by myself." Moriarty shook his head: "Besides, I will probably come back in the evening."
"Okay." Haiyanna nodded: "But pay attention to your wound, after all, it has not healed yet."
"Yes, I will." After saying that, Moriarty smiled again and strode towards the direction of the teleportation array.
Haiona, on the other hand, continued to stare at her lover's back until he completely disappeared, then turned around and walked into the workroom.
Leaving the Wizard's Tower, Moriarty walked through the paths and lawns and entered the Hockenheim Library directly.
There were not many people in the library in the morning. Because most mages are famous night owls, or simply "jet lag destroyers" who don't know what day and night are, Moriarty didn't see anyone else along the way.
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The administrator on duty in the library today is still Master Tiger. Moriarty quickly walked up to him and bowed respectfully: "Good morning, Master Tiger."
"Hello, Apprentice Moriarty." Master Tiger glanced at the Chief Apprentice Medal on Moriarty's chest, then nodded his chin and replied, "What can I do for you?"
"Yes, I would like to borrow two books: "The Theory of the Mage Class" and "The Elemental Realm, the Inner World of Magic." Moriarty said.
The names of these two books, Moriarty, were once seen in a mage paper and have always been in my mind.
""The Theory of Mage Classes" and "Elemental Realm, the Inner World of Magic"?" After hearing Moriarty's words, Master Tiger looked at each other in surprise: "Are you sure, apprentice?"
"Yes." Moriarty naturally knew what the other party was wondering, because these two books are thesis-type magic books that are purely conceptual and theoretical. In addition to providing some help in reading such noun explanations, they cannot
Bring any other substantial power or knowledge.
"Okay." Seeing Moriarty's insistence without hesitation, Master Tiger lowered his head and checked the book list, and then said: ""Theory of Mage Class", the borrowing fee is ten gold coins; "Elemental Realm, the Inner World of Magic"
", because it is a book with the authority of a first-level mage, so the borrowing fee is fifty gold coins."
"Excuse me, can I borrow these two books?" At this time, Moriarty asked again.
"Loan?" Tiger instinctively wanted to refuse, but suddenly he remembered the medal on Moriarty's chest. After thinking about it, he nodded: "Chief Apprentice, you have this right. But you need to be reminded.
Yes, the cost of borrowing books will increase by 50% on the basis just now. At the same time, if the books are damaged during the loan process, the borrower needs to pay full compensation for the loss."
"Yes, I know, thank you for the tip."
Then, after paying the loan fee of ninety gold coins and registering, Moriarty loaned out "The Theory of the Mage Class" and "Elemental Realm, the Inner World of Magic".
Putting the two books properly in the sleeve pockets of his robe, Moriarty did not return to the Wizard's Tower, but left Hockenheim directly and came to Fountain Square.
"Carriage!" He stopped a taxi and Moriarty jumped on it: "Go outside the city."
"Yes, Master Mage." The coachman looked at Moriarty's mage apprentice robe in awe, then flicked his whip and drove the carriage towards the outside of Azurite City.
About an hour and a half later, the wheels of the carriage slowly stopped. At this time, Moriarty had arrived at the Roaring Valley in the southwest outside Azurite City.
"You drive the carriage away for a walk and pick me up in five hours." After throwing a gold coin reward to the coachman, Moriarty ordered and walked toward the valley alone.
"Yes, sir." The coachman excitedly accepted the gold coins and agreed with great respect, then drove away.
Roaring Creek Valley was once a very famous magic crystal mining area.
Legend has it that in the tenth year after the establishment of Blue Crystal City, the then city lord "Mrs. Deep Sea" accidentally discovered a hidden magic crystal vein here. After trial excavation, a batch of high-quality magic crystals were quickly mined.
came out, thus confirming that there is a large-scale rich mineral deposit here. Since then, this magic crystal vein has become the most important economic lifeline of Azurite City and the nearby vast area. Even, in order to compete for this mineral vein, Azurite City and other
The armed forces of the country have broken out three large-scale bloody wars. However, the final winner is always the side of Azurite City.
In the following hundreds of years, under the firm control of Azurite City, this mine produced a steady stream of high-quality magic crystals, and became the greatest support for the continuous expansion and development of Azurite City.
But just like many other famous mineral deposits in history, the magic crystal vein finally ushered in the day when its resources were exhausted after a long period of digging. About eighty years ago, the magic crystal was finally mined out.
After confirming that there were no more valuable minerals left, the official forces of Azurite City withdrew from here, leaving only a huge artificial valley full of rugged caves. And every winter, when the minerals from the southern ice sheet
When the extremely cold wind blows here, it will wander back and forth between the valley and countless caves, making a sound like the roar of a giant beast. This is how the Roaring Valley got its name.
