Volume 1, The Wizard's World Chapter 18, The Gifted
After getting the murder weapon, they thought they were not 100% sure of dealing with this vicious weapon spirit, so they decisively turned back to the church to seek help from Roger.
It was snowing heavily today, and a circle of shivering believers surrounded the main outer wall of the church with its towering spire. Their clothes were thin, their faces were miserable, and their numb eyes were sunk deep, staring blankly at the space in front of them.
This is a "refugee" group composed of poor people, beggars and homeless people who have lost their land.
Their livelihoods are not secure, their families are broken, and they cannot see the light of hope. In such a difficult winter season, churches are their last refuge. Relying on the charity of major churches, these people can survive this winter.
Hopefully it will be much bigger.
As soon as he approached the square, Ian felt a constant negative energy field, which dispersed the cold wind and heavy snow around the church, causing it to reveal a dark red and black color different from the surrounding snow-white scrolls.
He raised his brows and exclaimed in surprise: "What a powerful anti-cold spell. It is worthy of being a resident wizard assigned abroad. I am afraid Roger is about to reach the threshold of a gifted person. I don't know what kind of talent he has."
After the wizard awakens, he begins to accumulate positive and negative energy - that is the source of the wizard's power.
After the energy in the body is accumulated to its own limit, it will stop growing. At this time, if the wizard wants to continue to become stronger, he must develop the talents hidden in himself and continue to improve in skills.
Wizards at this stage are called gifted ones. As the name suggests, they are wizards who use their talents to develop.
Most of the talents activated by wizards are various abilities, such as freezing, fire, poison, illusion, etc.
These powers may be strong or weak, as strong as poison that kills if stuck, and as weak as flames that cannot ignite firewood. The strength of these abilities is uncertain, but the space for development is unlimited. After all, in the world of spirits, the group of wizards is here to
It exists by breaking the constraints.
Of course, the more powerful the powers, the rarer they are. Most of them are descendants of noble blood, or inheritors of ancient heroes. They are born as the favored sons of heaven and born wizards.
However, no matter how powerful the superpower is, it is not enough to deserve the title of "gifted person".
After all, the word talent is really fascinating.
The reason why wizards can be called geniuses is because of the word "creation". The growth from weak to strong is not amazing, but the creation from scratch is admirable.
In addition to their own bloodline, wizards have learned to "transplant" other talents on their own. Through countless experiments, they have "plundered" those powerful magics as their own talents. Although they cannot be passed down by blood, it also shows the wisdom of the wizards.
Light.
The transplanted talent - both magic and superpowers, and has the same growth potential as the original talent
In this way, these wizards can be called gifted ones.
However, talent is different from ordinary magic spells. It is extremely difficult to activate it. It is so difficult that most wizards on the main plane will not be able to enter this field in their entire lives, and can only let time devour their short lives.
After all, not all bloodlines contain superpowers; and not all wizards have the ability, money, time and opportunity to find magic or superpowers that match them.
As the daughter of a marquis, half of Jasmine's bloodline comes from an ancient and large group of wizards. She has been exposed to this knowledge since she was a child. She said nonchalantly: "Talents are so rare. It all depends on luck. Roger was a monk.
He will be exiled for many years, with little chance of receiving resources from his mentors."
The implication is that if Roger's own bloodline does not contain supernatural powers, she is not optimistic about Roger's promotion.
Ian couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Didn't the mentors ever say anything about banishing Roger? This is called an 'expatriate priest'. Who can say for sure about bloodlines? I think he is quite promising."
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Jasmine shrugged, not wanting to have such a pointless argument: "Whatever you think!"
"You go ask him to get the spirit of the weapon, and I'll write a letter to my family - just go tonight, or something will change later." She thought for a moment, turned her face and said.
"Okay, but how to calculate the reward? This is always our mission. Asking him to take action will definitely require reward. An awakened person with deep strength is not cheap."
Ian thought for a while and said, "...or maybe we try it with the 'Sand of Sorrow' first?"
Jasmine stared at him after hearing this, her eyes fell on the statue, and then she said with a smile: "This murder weapon is a good enchanting material after all. If Roger's collection is rich enough, it can be enough to create a third-level magic item."
It's out, and it's more than enough for us to use it as a reward - you know, Roger needs to upgrade his magic items now."
From her point of view, she couldn't look down on this enchanting material that had been destroyed by others.
"good!"
Although Ian wanted to keep this thing for himself, he knew that he would not be able to get the female ghost if Jasmine refused to take action. Although the wood carving was good, it was not an enchanting material that he must obtain.
Simply nodded and agreed.
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When he opened the door, Roger was still kneeling under the statue of the Scythe Holder. A steady stream of negative energy was escaping from him like ripples. However, Roger himself had already plunged into devout prayer and had no idea about all this.
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This is the way of practice for awakened people.
In Ian's spiritual consciousness, he could feel a powerful power of faith hovering in front of him. This power of faith came from Roger alone, but it was far superior to many senior awakened people in the monastery.
In terms of believers, he is a standard devout believer. It is no wonder that he was secretly exiled here by the monastery - a wizard can never be a messenger of the gods.
At this moment, the hunter's obelisk in Ian's body also exuded a touch of hostility, making him involuntarily dislike Roger.
However, this level of influence could not control Ian's mind. He suppressed the discomfort and sat on the bench under Roger's head to wait quietly, while silently reciting the name of the Bone Burial Saint in his heart.
This is a miraculous thing. Reciting the name of the Bone Burial Saint in the church of the god Hyderian will not be rejected. What does this mean?
This shows that the rank of this dark existence does not seem to be lower than that of the superior god Hyderian. This is an extremely thick thigh. Although as a "system" it appears to be very crude and shoddy, and it lacks the superiority that a "system" should have.
It is reflected, but Ian knows that its upper limit is very high. He firmly believes that as his strength improves, this obelisk will gradually show its true appearance.
Apart from the fact that it was a headache for him to target other spokesmen of gods and devout believers, Ian did not reject this being's approach.
His motto is: "To get benefits, you can work part-time, but there is no need to talk about working hard!"
After an unknown amount of time, Ian, who was immersed in it, was woken up by someone. When he opened his eyes, he saw Roger staring at the wood carving in his hand.
The other party has finished praying, but the effect of the cold-dispelling spell is still there, and I don't know what method he used.
"Is it about Catherine's family?" Roger asked.
"Yes!" Ian nodded, "The reason was found. It was Condra's hand. He used the weapon spirit to enter dreams to bring nightmares to Willy's family. It seems he had an agenda. Now I have found the murder weapon possessed by the weapon spirit.
Already."
He raised the statue in his hand: "But Jasmine and I need your help - go to the Catherine family mausoleum to eliminate the evil ghost."
The weapon spirit is in the cemetery? No wonder the source cannot be found. This was Roger's first reaction.
If he wants me to take action, he subconsciously wants to refuse.
As a pastor, Roger was reluctant to confront Condra. This was a matter of church principle.
Although the weapon spirit is in the Dominican parish, this is a task given to Ian and Jasmine by the Hydrian Monastery, and there is no benefit for him to take action. Therefore, Roger instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he saw Ian, he seemed to have something to say.
, then looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"As a reward, this murder weapon can be at your disposal!"
After saying that, Ian stared at him with a smile, looking very confident.
After Roger finished speaking, his mental power quickly reached out and he felt the rich and majestic Yin Qi inside the statue, which was a good material for making magic items. He had not seen it for five or six years since leaving the monastery.
I've passed this kind of thing.
"You are about to prepare to advance to the level of gifted person. If you have a magic item to exchange for abilities or magic spells, it will definitely add a layer of insurance... This transaction is a sure profit, senior!"
Advancement means progress and the possibility of continuing to explore.
It was impossible for Roger to refuse, so he immediately agreed: "Okay!"
Ian handed the wooden carving over and asked in a flattering manner: "Well, can I come with you?"
Seeing Roger looking over in confusion, he grinned and said, "I just want to see him, nothing else."
Early exposure to real combat is conducive to the growth of wizards.
Roger thought for a moment and smiled gently: "Okay, I'll go get ready and we'll set off together later."
Ian nodded and left the vestibule. Ten minutes later, the two of them left the warm church in the snow and headed for the streets of Gulwich.
Although it was already curfew time, it had no binding effect on the two of them.
Ian and Roger walked quickly in dark blue cloaks, turning a blind eye to the homeless people, gangsters and vigilantes wandering the streets.
The mysterious costumes of the two also showed a certain degree of intimidation. No one with an eye open on the road dared to come forward to provoke them, so Ian and Roger arrived at Catherine's mausoleum calmly.
This time there was no Jasmine, but there was a senior awakened Roger, so the big iron lock at the door still did not cause any trouble to Ian. After entering the mausoleum, Ian took Roger straight to Ocho's grave.
"It's right here, look!" Ian pointed to the crack frozen by the holy water. The dark red light reflected under the crack contained powerful negative energy fluctuations.
"What an insidious guy!" Roger said expressionlessly.
He has already learned from Ian that the weapon spirit only appeared after Donald visited Willy for the first time. And the gang controlled by Donald is actually a minion of the Church of Light. It is not difficult to know that it must be Kant.
What La did.
Besides, Ian and Jasmine heard it clearly.
But if Ian hadn't happened to stumble upon this incident and they hadn't suddenly wanted to ask the detective for help, they probably wouldn't have thought of it at all. At most, they would have just suspected that Condra was an accomplice.
"By the way, do you know Tommy and Tuppence?" Thinking of this, Ian suddenly remembered them. He felt that these two people had some business ability.
"I know, what happened to these two very smart young people?" Roger asked, why did they bring this up for no reason?
"Could it be that they also took credit for this matter?" He suddenly thought, if this is true, how did they come up with the idea of asking a private detective for help?
Ian chuckled: "That's right, thanks to you for reminding me!"