Beyond the swamp is a forest, and the terrain at the foot gradually rises all the way up, and up this hillside is the hill where the dragon hides.
Just before walking forward, Ada suddenly stopped, looked left and right, and quickly walked around a big tree, looking up at the ground in a trance.
Xia Ya also walked over, looking in the direction Ada was looking at, only to see a bunch of corpses lying on the ground! !
The appearance of this corpse is 70% or 80% similar to that of Xia Ya at the moment. It was also burnt black, burned beyond recognition, and could not see its original appearance.
Looking at the appearance of this guy, I think he was also burned by the fire when crossing this swamp. After arriving here, he died of serious injuries.
Ada's expression seemed a little weird, and Xiaya asked, "Do you know him?"
"It's one of the magicians I met." Ada actually sighed, with a faint look in his eyes: "It was he who proposed to bury me on the ground."
Xiaya suddenly exclaimed: "You can still recognize it after it's burned like this?!"
Ada snorted, glanced at Xiaya with some disdain, and then pointed to the corpse: "First, although most of the clothes have been burned, the texture can still be barely discernible from the remaining parts. Only magicians can Wear this leather robe. Second, there is a charred wooden staff next to the body, I can tell it is walnut wood, which is something specially used to make magicians' wands. Third, his right hand has only four A finger, this feature is very easy to remember."
After a pause, Ada suddenly smiled. At this moment, his smiling eyes seemed to be somewhat feminine, and he slowly said in an indifferent tone: "Fourth, any guy who treats me badly, I'll recognize it even if it's turned to ashes."
When he said the last sentence, Xia Ya couldn't help but feel a little hairy in his eyes. He shuddered, but he felt that the look in Ada's eyes was a little strange, and he quickly stared back with a feigned expression.
Ada didn't stare at him, just smiled and turned his head to the side, squatted down and put his hand into the corpse and touched it.
Seeing Ada's actions, Xia Ya's eyes suddenly lit up!
Yup! Magicians are all wealthy people, maybe there is something good about this dead ghost. As soon as I thought of this, I saw that Ada took out a sheepskin bag from the arms of the corpse.
This sheepskin bag is placed close to the body, so although this guy was burnt, after all, the clothes on the chest and abdomen were not completely burned, and the outer layer of the sheepskin bag was also burnt in some places, but after the layers were opened, The contents inside were intact.
Ada had only opened two floors, and Xiaya had already snatched it away, glared fiercely at Ada, and shouted, "Hey! Now you are my Soso, and all the discoveries belong to me!"
Ada did not argue with him, smiled slightly, and stood aside with his hands down.
After all the sheepskins were opened, there was a yellowed booklet, about dozens of pages, and the cover was wrapped in leather. In addition, there is a transparent sphere the size of a thumb, and it seems that it is not known whether it is glass or crystal.
Xia Ya opened the booklet first, and saw some fly-sized text densely printed on the yellowed paper, and some texts were marked with pictures and texts - Xia Ya was dumbfounded, because he didn't recognize any of these words.
Ada next to him saw Xi Ya's embarrassed appearance, glanced at the booklet in Xi Ya's hand, and smiled disdainfully: "This is 'Magik', a language exclusively used by magicians of the Byzantine Empire, only in the church This language is known as the language of the gods. Generally speaking, the handwriting of magicians, magic spells, and many precious teachings of the church are recorded in this language. Ordinary people learn There is no such text."
Xia Ya blushed a little, but gave Ada a suspicious look: "Do you recognize it?"
"Hmph." Old God Ada snorted, noncommittal.
Sure enough, this guy recognizes... Xia thought angrily in her heart, but at the moment she couldn't hold her face to ask the other person for advice, so she said bravely: "If you recognize it, recognize it, sir, I just haven't learned it, if I did, I would also You know, what's so strange."
At this moment, the poor fellow beside him finally calmed down from the previous panic, heard the conversation between the two, and interjected timidly: "That... Majik, I can probably read a little bit."
"Oh?" Xia's eyes suddenly lit up, with a smile on his face, and he stepped forward and patted the poor man: "Haha, okay, it's indeed my uncle Xia's first trophy."
The poor bastard hesitated for a moment, and then said a little embarrassedly, "I can only read a little bit. I haven't read any books on magic, I've only read some religious scriptures from the church, and I've only learned a little bit before."
Xia Ya had already directly stuffed the booklet into the poor worm's hand, and said generously, "It's okay, let's see what's written here first."
The poor worm looked down at the font on the title page, and hesitated for a moment: "Well, it seems to be written as a magic material ci... ci..." Having said this, the poor worm's face was a little red, and it was obvious that it was still difficult to read.
"Dictionary of Magic Materials - The Third Volume of Alchemy Special Materials Collection".
"What is alchemy?" Xia Ya's eyes lit up with excitement: "Is it a kind of magic for refining gold?"
Obviously, this turtle's knowledge of magic is too poor...
Before the poor worm could speak, Ada couldn't help laughing next to him and said, "Gold? Haha! If an alchemy magician hears this, he will kill you out of anger."
After a pause, Ada sighed and looked at Xia Ya with a bit of pity: "Alchemy is a kind of magic, and gold here refers to all magical metal materials. Generally speaking, ordinary metals are not effective for magic elements. All are repulsive, so only specially refined metals can add magic to it. And alchemy, in a broad sense, refers to refining all kinds of useful magic props, such as using special means to add magic to metals, That is, weapons or other armors and other equipment with magical blessing effects in the usual sense.
In a broader sense, the concept of alchemy has been expanded. All the methods of making magic props are called alchemy, such as making a magic cloak, a magic blessing ring, and even making magic scrolls. These processes, Both are called 'alchemy'. Two hundred years ago, even 'potions' were included in the category of alchemy. According to legend, if alchemy reaches the top level and becomes a great alchemist, he can even create powerful magical equipment at the divine level. But unfortunately, I heard that there has been no such powerful alchemy magician in the mainland for a long, long time.
Alchemy is the most difficult of all magic systems to learn. To practice alchemy, you must have erudite basic theoretical knowledge of magic, and must be very proficient in all other magics. There are different types of magic materials and props. In general, a qualified alchemy magician must theoretically be an expert who is proficient in several types of magic, and at least must be very proficient in the use and characteristics of magic materials. So this magic is very difficult to learn. Now, I heard that there are fewer and fewer alchemy magicians on the mainland.
The most important thing is that alchemy mages generally spend all their energy on researching the magic materials of various departments, and they do not have powerful combat skills themselves, and if they do not refine them to a high level, they cannot create them. Powerful magic equipment. It takes almost an ordinary magician's whole life to learn the theories of magic of various departments, and it is easier said than done to master it, unless it is an amazing talent. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to cultivate to a high level.
The most important thing is that even if you can endure loneliness and are willing to study alchemy, unless you practice to an advanced level, the value of your alchemy will not be reflected at all - you cannot create alchemy of powerful magic weapons and props. A magician can only be regarded as an erudite magic theorist at best.
Now on the mainland, there are fewer and fewer alchemy masters, because this magic is too impractical, and it takes a lot of time to achieve very little results. I heard that there are only some magic tutors at the church headquarters in Wangcheng, but a few are alchemy mages, but they do not have strong combat power, so they can only stay in the church headquarters to teach and train magic apprentices. .
At present, there are very few alchemy mages on the mainland who can at most add magic to some ordinary weapons, create some low-level magic-attribute weapons or equipment, and create some limited-power scrolls and the like, but these are very useful for For a real magician, the actual use value is not great. And those weapons and equipment that have been blessed with magic are often surprisingly expensive. Unless they are rich, most ordinary warriors can't afford them. "
Xia Ya watched Ada talk eloquently, and couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously asked, "So, alchemy magician, isn't it very hopeless? Is there anyone willing to learn this business?"
Ada glared at Xia Ya with an "idiot" look: "There must be a future, if an alchemist can train to the real master level, he can create a powerful magic weapon with terrifying power. But... this is just It's a mirror, like...
It's like a virgin's breast, everyone knows it exists, but few people actually see it..."
This sentence made the poor man beside him blush.