Chapter 285 Spiritual Resentment and Great Hatred
Chapter 285 Spiritual Resentment and Great Hatred
In Dongren City, the eastern capital, with the end of the Enchanting Guild's appreciation competition, the number of people coming and going in the guild hall has decreased a lot, but it has not affected the prosperity of the eastern capital at all.
"It turns out that the copper is called 'Magic Copper'. It is one of the associated minerals of the Magic Stone Mine. It comes in two colors: gray and red. The gray color is not common. Both can be used to prepare 'Magic Copper Ink'."
After searching the guild library for a few days, Ivan found relevant information about the raw materials for making the Black Magic Wind and Fire Beads.
A long time ago, he bought a broken item called "Gate of Nether Blood" at the Liuyunfang auction house, and the material he took out of it was the gray magic copper.
He used those magic coppers to make nine black magic wind and fire beads.
Right now, the Black Magic Wind and Fire Pearl needs to be refined again, which requires enough magic copper as raw material.
"Magic copper is mostly used to mix enchanted ink. The guild has no shortage of such materials. If we think of a way, we should be able to get some."
"However, the Black Magic Wind and Fire Formation has only been deduced to 16 rune bundles, which is still far from the 24 rune bundles of the intermediate rune wizard formation. Since we need to refine the wind and fire beads again, it is best to do it in one step to avoid having to make major adjustments later."
Ideas are ideas, and specific adjustments need to be made based on actual conditions. Ivan consulted someone and found out that the situation was different from what he expected.
Mendane has been on duty at the guild headquarters recently, so Ivan naturally went to him for advice.
Still in that simple research room, Mendane told him that even the elders could not exchange so much magic copper ink, and then gave a suggestion.
"The method is very simple. You can submit a research topic to the guild and specify that a large amount of magic copper is needed in the topic. If the topic application is approved, you can get a large amount of magic copper."
"Isn't this free?" Ivan was stunned for a moment, and instinctively felt that things were not that simple.
"Of course not. At the end of the project, the guild needs to see the finished product you have researched. It depends on the situation. If the finished product is amazing enough, not only will all the raw materials be free, you will also get rewards from the guild." Mendane explained.
"What's the worst case scenario?" Ivan asked immediately.
"Just pay the price, and you won't lose anything."
Mendane showed a meaningful smile, paused for a few seconds, and then changed the subject: "But doing so will lead to another bad consequence. It will not be so easy to pass your research project in the future.
If this happens multiple times, you may be expelled from the guild, and your reputation will surely spread far and wide."
"That makes sense." Ivan nodded.
After getting to know the Enchanting Guild in depth, you can find that the guild attaches great importance to research and invention, which can be seen from the holding of the Appreciation Conference every ten years.
Also, when I came to report, I showed Mendane the Ant King's Empty Shield that I had developed, which immediately changed his attitude. This must be based on this point.
"As long as you understand."
"Do we need to submit the finished product drawings?" Ivan asked after a moment of hesitation.
"That depends on your own willingness. If you don't hand it in, you have to promise to provide the guild with a certain number of finished products. It also depends on the situation." Mendane didn't think his question was shameless. Some research involves the personal strength of the enchanter, and no one is willing to reveal their own situation.
What if someone finds out your personal weaknesses?
Once the information is leaked and someone targets you, it could be a disaster for that individual, and the guild doesn't want that to happen.
"In fact, the elders of the guild are also divided into different levels. Those who have inventions have higher status. For example, Wizard Barney who took out the 'Flashing Token' this time, his appeal is no less than that of the vice president.
With his status and appeal, no matter what kind of materials he cannot apply for, as long as he is willing to ask, the guild will find a way to satisfy him, and will not care about the failure in the final result. It is just a few magic coppers, which is nothing to him.
Do you understand what I mean?"
Mendane revealed the inner thoughts of the guild in one sentence and looked at him expectantly.
"I understand."
I see. This is essentially no different from the research projects in my previous life. The more results I have, the higher my status will naturally be, and it will become easier to apply for funding.
Ivan thought of the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array. This array actually has a remarkable effect, which is to help apprentices become official wizards.
Although it has its flaws, it can bring in a large number of first-level wizards, enough to shock the entire Dongdu and even the entire wizarding world.
However, the Black Magic Hand, which was closely related to the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array, was a powerful spell that he often used. If it was thoroughly studied by others, it would not be a good thing for him.
"You can look elsewhere to see if you can get magic copper. You don't have to limit your focus to the guild," Mendane added.
"Thank you for your advice." Ivan did not make a decision immediately. There were some issues he needed to consider carefully.
After leaving the Enchanting Guild, he inquired about the situation at the Five-Leaf Spear. Sure enough, there was a similar mechanism inside the Five-Leaf Spear.
You can prepare information and plans and submit project applications to the headquarters. Once the application is approved, Five Leaf Spear will also issue a certain amount of resources.
After the project is completed, you only need to record the entire project process in detail and summarize it into archival information.
"The Enchanting Guild wants finished products, while the Five-Leaf Spear wants information and knowledge. The latter is more lenient and provides greater support than the former."
After a comparison, Ivan could feel that both organizations were wealthy and generous, but their focuses were obviously different.
The Enchanting Guild focuses on innovative inventions.
The Five Leaf Spear focuses on innovation, which in layman's terms means "making trouble", making trouble that is in line with the organization's purpose. Finally, a new file will be added to the Vernon Millennium Archives.
"In short, the more you struggle, the more results you can achieve, and the higher your status will be." "Just like the experience with the castle, if Doug and I are willing, we can treat it as a novel project, but it will expose the existence of the cocoon of life and death."
Before refining the cocoon of life and death into a secret clone, Ivan will not reveal this experience, and Doug certainly won't either. He is here to repay a favor, not to make an enemy.
The Enchanting Guild does not have much records about the Cocoon of Life and Death.
As for spirits, without exception, everyone says that they are very evil and difficult to deal with, and their numbers are slowly increasing, especially in the wizards' territories.
In the days that followed, Ivando hung out in the Vernon Millennium Archives.
Searching for information about the Cocoon of Life and Death in the vast archival materials, he soon confirmed Doug's judgment that what he brought back was indeed the rare Cocoon of Life and Death.
This made Ivan breathe a sigh of relief.
……
While Ivan was busy, what he was worried about still happened.
The spirit of the castle did not choose to keep quiet, but instead quietly sent messages to various spirit gathering places through some kind of connection, informing them of what had happened in the castle.
"This is outrageous. That villain is really too much. Damn wizard."
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"Curse him to death! Killing him won't quell our anger."
As soon as the message came out, it caused an uproar in the various places where spirits gathered. Various curses were heard one after another, and hatred was endless.
What Ivan and Doug didn't know was that the cocoon of life and death was formed by the transformation of a spirit into death. Once it broke out of the cocoon and became a new life form, it would surely be the king that led the rise of the spirit.
If the cocoon fails to break out, other spirits will have the opportunity to occupy the remains and take its place.
No matter which situation it is, it is a great blessing for the spirit.
However, someone took away the things they valued so much. How could the spirits not feel great resentment and hatred for such an evil act, and how could they let it go?
The spirit of the castle knew that it was not strong enough, so it immediately contacted other gathering places and vowed to kill the person who dared to snatch food from its mouth to prevent the treasure from being defiled.
After a few days, after receiving a response, the spirit of the castle began the next step.
Under the moonlight, a piece of open space was cleared out from the ruins of the ancient castle. Slanted and crooked lines were carved on the open space, forming a pattern about three meters long and wide, which looked very strange.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" urged the butler standing next to the pattern.
The other spirits came forward one by one and squeezed out some transparent liquid from their bodies. There were obviously thin black threads in the liquid, just like extremely poisonous nematodes.
The liquid dripped onto the pattern, and after doing this, the spirit's face turned even paler.
Their breath was clearly much weaker.
If an outsider saw this, he would surely be shocked, because it turns out that spirits also have blood, and that blood is filled with ominous cursed power.
"Montedala, Sitedala, Daladana--"
After everyone had donated blood, the butler chanted an ancient spell while activating the special force field that permeated the castle, causing the patterns on the ground to emit a faint black glow, even swallowing up the moonlight.
The surroundings grew darker and darker, but twisted smiles appeared on the faces of the spirits.
At a certain moment, when the light on the ground reached its brightest, a ray of inky black light shot up into the sky from the pattern, sank into the air and disappeared.
"Go ahead and curse him."
At the same time, in secret gathering places in every corner of the China continent, spirits were performing the same ritual, and eventually they all turned into a dark, inky light and disappeared into the air.
Only in a certain mountain where China Continent and Beta Blood Plain meet, there is a larger black cocoon brewing transformation. The numerous spirits around it are crawling on the ground, and have no time to respond to the messages from afar.
If there were wizards who could observe what was happening, they would be surprised to find that the number of spirits was much greater than what was counted.
On the other side, Ivan returned to the Swiftwood Tower from the Vernon Millennium Archives. He felt upset for no reason.
"Is this a curse?"
As the saying goes, long illness makes a good doctor. He was very familiar with the curse power that was suddenly transmitted to him.
There was the breath of a spirit, which made him guess that it was the spirits that knocked on the door in this way, leaving people with no escape.
"It's really weird."
"But it's still far inferior to that man with antlers."
Facing the power of the curse that hit him accurately, Ivan's expression remained unchanged. He understood that he was probably used to it. Compared with the curse of the demon, it was nothing.
Although these spirits are strange, their methods are nothing more than this.
(End of this chapter)