The closer Evas is to the center of the city-state, he can feel the hysteresis caused by curses in the air.
It's like walking by the sea - even if the waves are calm, waves will wash over every few steps. And the closer you get to the deep sea, the more you will feel the strong sense of weightlessness.
The power of the tide has not been strengthened, mainly because the proportion of itself immersed in water is getting higher and higher, and the buoyancy is also getting greater, so the center of gravity is unbalanced.
——The experience they feel at this moment is exactly the same as this feeling.
It was not that the power of the petrified curse increased... but that resistance began to decay.
Aivas was fine, but the soles of his boots were slight gravel. When he raised his foot, he found that the heel was covered with gray debris. Sherlock's spell was still running normally.
However, Lijiya, who came here purely by relying on the petrified resistance of the Winged Man, began to feel obviously struggling.
There were no obvious petrification marks on her body, but any action became several times more difficult or even dozens of times more laborious.
The pace of walking was obviously a bit difficult, like walking in water, or walking in mud or snow. Each step required a little force, so the movement seemed a little clumsy.
"Getting close to the core area may accelerate petrochemicals."
Sherlock glanced at Lijiya and took the initiative to impose spells to increase resistance.
As a faint green glow flashed across Lijiya, she breathed a little relieved and her spine straightened a little.
"It's still a little bit difficult."
The proud lady now simply admitted: "It reminds me of my feelings when I was suppressed by the law and spells. We may have to fight quickly."
Evas observed her pace and gave an unexpected conclusion: "I think... this petrification may not work for you, Lijiya."
"……Why?"
"Because this is not serious petrochemical technology."
Sherlock replied on the side: "Although the power of the dusk road is basically mixed, there are still differences between home and away games."
As a mage, he recognized the weirdness of this power at the first time.
If the necromancer technique of the Dusk Path - or the Tibetan digging technique comes from Lingpo Tiansi, while the preservation technique comes from Amber. Then the petrification spell is the power of Iwatiansi.
"Petrification is the skill of transforming all things into fragile, powerless, silent stones."
Aivas said slowly: "If all civilizations, all machinery, and all flesh and blood are equally transformed into a meaningless stone on the wasteland, it will be equivalent to eliminating the meaning of their existence."
Whether it is a king, a thief, a great man, or a sinner, he will lose his value and meaning after he becomes the same stone.
Petrochemical erased their ability to distinguish each other, and there was no distinction between high and low in the world, between them and me. Whether it is the extraordinary person at the fifth level or the ordinary person who is not the extraordinary person, there will be no difference; whether it is a giant dragon with almost eternal life or a lizard man with a lifespan of only more than ten years, the stone statues transformed into are also made of the same material.
"After being affected by petrochemical techniques, the body is no different from the stone, and it cannot be restored after being broken."
Sherlock replied from a mage: "In this way, you can defeat all enemies that are particularly high but lack magic resistance - such as the heavy knights. You only need to transform their bodies into fragile stones and you can easily break them."
"——However, the petrification curse here is not like this."
Aivas continued.
It is not like transformation, but like a "no cold freeze". The petrified glow it continues to emit, which is to gradually turn everything radiated into stillness.
Even sounds, flames, and splashing water drops can be frozen together-
In other words, the essence of petrification here is actually a "solidification" after being slowed to the extreme. It is essentially a slowing technique that slows to the extreme, so it is impossible to suspend Lijiya, who has the dual race of dragon and winged people, but it will indeed cause obvious constraints on her.
"So... this is not actually petrochemical technique, but cessation technique?"
Lijiya realized something: "Whose realm is that stillness?"
“It’s amber.”
Avas said seriously: "But Amber has been in a deep sleep and it is impossible to respond to the ceremony."
Hearing this, the angel frowned, and a bit of righteous anger appeared on his delicate and beautiful face: "In other words, is he stealing the power of the Pillar God?"
"I think that's the case."
Avas whispered: "So you must not take it lightly... This is a great ritual involving the power of the Pillar God."
They said, and at this moment they had arrived at the door of the Lord's mansion.
That is the center of the city-state, and it is also the source and center of the continuous radius of petrochemical ripples.
——It is more of a palace than a mansion.
It is a completely different style from the noble manors of Star Antimony and even Iris. Its style is closer to the temple than the "castle" or "manor".
On both sides are curved marble stairs circling upwards, and at the intersection there is a huge fountain - it is not so much a fountain as a lake with a built-in fountain mouth.
There are three layers from the highest level to the lowest level, like a huge cake with great deliciousness.
Originally, this water should have flowed into the ground from this lake and flowed along the groundwater system formed by underground rock slabs to several "wells of prosperity" that can be used by free people at any time.
At this moment, it was also solidified by the petrified force, and the texture of the water could be clearly seen from the petrified fountain.
The huge lake should have flowed into the inner hall along the two sides of the gullies. Following the huge gate that allows a giant to pass through, you can see the water diversion channel made of brass.
The canal drops water like a curtain, and these precious waters that have been completely wasted will form two water curtains that can block heat, noise and sand.
They were also petrified and turned into stone walls at this moment.
And on the floor in the middle of the hall, there are huge stone decorative paintings made of various colors of pebbles.
It was a work of art like a Persian carpet.
The complex geometric patterns composed of blue flowers, brown trunks and green grass leaves are formed on it, forming a beautiful picture that makes people feel refreshed and pleasant.
Even though it is just a pattern, it does not give people the feeling of being copied - every flower and every leaf are subtle differences.
This is indeed the case.
It is indeed impossible for it to be a completely copied painting.
Because this is not made of pebbles—it is a scroll made of molars that have been polished, colored, and oiled.
Human teeth, hawks, trolls' teeth... These molars of varying sizes and shapes are put together in an ingenious craft to form a painting.
——It is a huge ritual painting composed of eight,888 molars.
As a ritualist, Evas quickly recognized its ritual composition—
The water falling under the two water curtains will flow into the hall through the marble gap. The water will originally soak these teeth, making them emit a warm, blue-green glow.
And they will exude natural fragrance like a real tree, converting these scorching water into cold and clear stream water, allowing these ice-blue flowers to exude frost...
You know, a person has only about a dozen molars in total.
The significance of this large-scale ritual painting is probably equivalent to air conditioning and air purifiers. It is similar to the magic painting that Yanis gave to the old queen back then.
——But just to complete the material for this ritual painting, it takes at least seven or eight hundred lives.
Chapter completed!