Mage's Secret

Due to Murphy's warning the day before, there was no danger on the way to the valley.But I don't know if it's because of the unique atmosphere here, the closer to the center of the valley, the more and stronger monsters they encountered.

Fortunately, there are amulets on the carriage that can deter beasts, and those monsters have not gone mad at this time, so they just looked at the carriage from a distance and left.

This made Traphael secretly startled. He promised Murphy yesterday that he would protect his safety, but after seeing the scale of these monsters, he couldn't help but feel a little uncertain.He sneaked a glance at Murphy, and the demon was also looking out of the window with a serious face at this time. He didn't know whether he was worried about the possible dangers he might encounter during the night's healing or that the healing effect of the flower was not as good as he expected.

The sky gradually became dark, the carriage moved forward along the path in the forest, and the surrounding trees gradually became thinner.After walking a little further, they came to the end of the forest.The trees that had been blocking the view from a distance disappeared, and there was an open space in front of him.The area of ​​the open space is not very large, and on the other three sides of the flat land, vertical cliffs suddenly rise up like those cut by knives and axes.

The carriage stopped, and as soon as the apprentices got out of the carriage, they were stunned by the scene in front of them and couldn't speak for a moment.The scenery in front of me is not what it should be in winter at all, the ground is covered with green grass, and there are clusters of unknown flowers blooming in clusters.If the trees on the road can be explained by evergreen broad leaves, the scenery in front of me is nothing but magical products, which is totally against the laws of nature.

At this time, the sky was not yet completely dark, the sun had just sunk into the mountains in the west, the residual heat and light still covered the entire sky, and the outline of the moon was looming in the darkening sky.

Traphael led the apprentices to the open space, and lowered their heads to check the flowers and plants that grew out of season.

These are very common plants that bloom almost all over the Ozevina continent in summer.However, after Traphael carefully inspected them, he found that their nature had not changed, and there was nothing special about them except for the abnormal opening time.

The light in the sky dimmed little by little while he was looking at the plants, and finally darkness enveloped the entire valley, and the special atmosphere of the demon world became stronger.

Murphy stood beside Traphael with the others, noticed something, and looked up.Sensing his movement, Traphael followed his gaze.

Above the dark sky, a huge bright moon glowed unusually. This was almost the brightest moonlight that Traphael had seen in 33 years.Under the strong moonlight reflection, those dim starlight cannot be seen at all.And that unusual evil aura emanates from the moonlight.

Under the bright moonlight, colorful flowers began to appear on the bare cliffs.Small colorful petals, pitifully clumps, only appear under the magical light.

This is the phalanx they were looking for.At this time, Traphael finally understood why it was said that it would only open on "a moonless night without stars" and would not appear until it was illuminated by "magic light".The two are not contradictory, or they are the same thing at all.The space barrier here is abnormally weak for some reason, and the breath of the demon world spreads to the mainland through the moon. This moonlight is originally a magical light.

Murphy looked at Traphael, and the latter gave him a calm look.

The mage cleared his throat and focused the attention of all the apprentices on himself, then pointed at the little flower growing on the cliff with his staff, and said, "As you can see, those flowers that only appear in the moonlight are Faradays." He introduced the characteristics of Faradays in detail to others, but he didn't mention the abnormal moonlight and the strong atmosphere of the demon world.Fortunately, with the current abilities of the apprentices, they don't have a strong sense of this breath, so they don't doubt Traphael's words.

"According to records, this kind of words needs to be picked with 'pure magic power wrapped hands', but obviously, given the generally relatively weak physical condition of the spellcaster, this is the most difficult point. After all, I want to be so smooth. And no spellcaster can climb the steep cliff. However, as I have told you more than once, all the records—especially the records from other mages’ notes, often have exaggerated moisture in them, which means It is not difficult to understand, because this can show that the spellcaster is highly capable. As far as I am concerned, if there are not too many students, I am worried that you will not be able to understand, I will definitely write all the notes in a confusing manner, so that when future generations see me When I read my research notes, I would sigh, 'What a great mage this is, I don't understand a single word of all his research.'" Traphael joked lightly, causing the other apprentices to make small noises. laughter.

After everyone quieted down, the mage continued: "So I have always had a guess, if all the methods related to mana to collect some unique magic materials, if they are not matched with special media, then whether these methods still need to be strictly in accordance with the records method to proceed?"

When Traphael finished speaking, he raised his staff and recited a spell.This is a very basic space spell. The effect is to put items into a different dimension. Almost everyone present will cast this spell.However, with their abilities, it is impossible to collect flowers that are so far away from where they are in the space.

After Traphael finished using the spell of collecting objects, he chanted and cast a spell to take the objects out of the space.After the short incantation was finished, a cute colored flower appeared in his open palm.

"You see, my conjecture has been verified." Traphael said, "Of course, even if those methods are paired with a special medium, we must treat them with suspicion. Records do not mean truth. This is very important. , which is one of the reasons why I brought you here."

He handed the flowers to Elvis who was standing beside him, and motioned for the apprentices to come and observe this kind of plant with special picking conditions.When everyone else was looking at Farrah, Murphy quietly walked around Traphael and touched his arm lightly.

Traphael didn't look at Murphy, but also patted him on the back lightly, and then said to the others: "Okay, there is nothing special to pay attention to here except this unique little flower We have come to the end of this trip. I hope that what we have learned along the way will be helpful to your future research. You can take this flower back to the car and take a look at it slowly, but it will wither soon. Take a rest tonight and we will start tomorrow. Believe me, the return journey will be much faster than when we came."

"Okay, teacher." Elvis said and walked towards the carriage with the other apprentices.But before he took two steps, he was keenly aware that Traphael and Murphy were still standing still.So he also stopped, turned around and asked, "Teacher, aren't you with us?"

"You guys go to rest first. When I came here, I saw a very interesting monster. I plan to go and see it now." Traphael said, he didn't mention anything about going to work with Murphy, because in this way It is likely that Elvis will be ignited quickly.And Murphy also understood this, so instead of standing still and waiting for the mage, he turned around and walked towards the woods.

But Elvis still asked: "Then teacher, I will go with you."

"No, it's very dangerous. There are a lot of monsters and beasts here, and it's safer to stay by the carriage." Traphael refused gently, and he didn't want to see his most beloved student look disappointed, but the situation was not Allowed, he could only cruelly refuse.

Even though he knew that Trafael had made a decision and would not change it, Elvis still tried hard to argue: "Then why can Murphy go hunting alone?"

"Because he has better skills, well, he used to be a mercenary." Traphael lied without changing his face.

"But he's your apprentice now! And he's so young."

"That's right, when he found out that he had the talent to cast spells, he came to be an apprentice. And there is no age limit for mercenaries, is there?"

Little Elvis, who had always believed in Traphael's words, just opened his mouth in disappointment in front of the mage's lie with many loopholes, and returned to the carriage with his head downcast.

As soon as Elvis left, Traphael quickly walked in the direction Murphy left.Following Murphy's marks all the way, the mage soon spotted him beside a stream.

Murphy had already taken off his cloak and robe and put them aside. The mage walked to his side and took out the flowers and handed them to him.

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere became very dignified for a while.

Murphy first took out a stone like amber from his bosom, crushed it with his hands and sprinkled it on the ground beside the two, then took the handful of flowers, sat cross-legged on the ground, unbuttoned his shirt, and tied the The messy bandages were taken off one by one, revealing the wound that never grew well. Traphael stood beside him, watching his movements.He guessed that the role of the stone powder was to attract all the beasts who were about to go crazy, as Murphy himself said.

Murphy tore off all the flower paths, leaving only the petals and stamens to hold them with both hands.Just when he was about to take the next step, he raised his head and glanced at Traphael, and said, "I will be there soon."

The mage didn't answer him, but just clenched his staff tightly.