"Uh... These words are really giving me a headache, even after translation,"
Charles frowned and threw the document in his hand onto the table.
It records the magic of the Western Sea. What they call spells are something completely different.
This kind of text that resembles a ball of earthworms has also appeared in previous magic circles.
Putting aside the so-called magical talent, if you want to learn their power, you must fully understand this strange text.
To put it simply, by guiding and storing the so-called magic power that permeates the air into one's own body, and then stimulating it through this kind of text, this is what they call magic in the West Sea.
It is said that in the ancient past, there was a wizard who was more powerful than Julio.
However, Charles expressed great doubt about this, thinking that this might just be their self-boasting.
Because in recent decades, facing the expansion of other sea areas, the Western Sea has been very sluggish.
Everything is true under guns and cannons, and they are obviously unable to cope with the power of gunpowder.
Their only use is that this extraordinary power can be passed on, but the power of technology can also be passed on, and it is much more powerful than theirs.
When Charles now judges whether something is valuable, he first considers whether it is helpful for exploration. He clearly feels that these magical inheritances are useless to him.
"Charles, don't think so. Their magic is still very useful. Look, they even have alchemy, and it is real alchemy that can make real gold."
Anna looked at them with shining eyes, and she seemed very interested in these things.
"The question is, what do we need the gold for now? Should we use it to ask the gods and creatures of Earthsea to sell darkness to us?" Charles said with a hint of sarcasm.
"It may not be useful for exploring the surface, but this kind of conversion material will definitely play a very important role in the industry we are developing. Don't forget that gold is not only used as currency, it is also an industrial material. Gold can be used in your mobile phone chip. There are no gold mines in Earthsea."
"Time... No time..." Charles muttered to himself as he looked at the table full of documents.
Of course, he knew how brilliant sparks would be produced when a magic system collided with an industrial system. Perhaps in the future, the so-called magic technology civilization could be born.
In fact, there were already clues before that his prosthetic limbs were the product of a combination of gears and magic.
But that is all in the future. If the darkness is not found, there will be no such thing as a future.
Charles stood up and reached for the coat beside him. "Julio's stuff is useless, and the magic in the West Sea is also useless. Now we can only see what the false god in the Sea of Mist has."
"Where are you going?" Anna asked.
"Of course we'll go find the Haik tribe and ask them to contact their gods. We've already demonstrated our technology unconditionally, and now it's his turn."
Anna's tentacles reached out and wrapped around Charles' waist. "No need to look for them. I have a way to contact them."
"You have? By the way, you did a deal with them before." Charles put his coat back with a look of understanding on his face.
Anna knelt on the table and picked out the various materials sent from the Western Sea. She completely left Charles in the cold. She seemed to really care about the things sent by the mages from the Western Sea.
"Do I need to do this kind of thing? Once I think about it, there will be people outside to help me. Just wait patiently."
Just as Anna said, after a while, several tall members of the Haik tribe walked in from outside, followed by several gods' messengers that looked like strange lizards.
The gods gathered together to form a long strip. The next second, their bodies began to fade away and gradually turned into the half-transparent and half-black worm body of Paibo.
"He seems to have some ability to replace each other's matter. Is this Piper's ability?" Charles thought to himself.
Piper twisted and floated in the air. Charles' room could not accommodate his nearly ten-meter-long body, but his tail could easily pass through the wall and stay outside the room.
The tall Haik people placed their hands on their chests, bowed to their gods, then turned around and left silently.
"Is there anything wrong? Charles." The voice similar to that of a middle-aged man sounded again in Charles' mind.
"We need to organize everything we have and combine it to increase the power of the Explorers. Everyone else has given it, and now all we need is yours."
Piper twisted his mouthparts slightly, and a mass of red meat wrapped in transparent mucus was spit out to the ground. This piece of meat was not dead, it could still move.
"This is a blessing from the gods, but this blessing is very unstable and needs to be infused by us personally."
Before Charles could speak, Anna next to him spoke first. "You have obtained the body of a god, and you only give us this little thing to get rid of?"
Piper twisted his mouthparts and turned to Anna, who looked dissatisfied. "How much do you think ordinary humans can absorb? This kind of power is very special. If the power injected is stronger than their body, they will become the master."
Charles looked at the piece of meat twisting on the ground. "So, what you call the blessing of God is the meat of the God's corpse? For us to eat it?"
"No, this is a medium specially cultivated by us under the aura of God. Through it, you can utilize the sporadic power of God. If an ordinary human consumes the corpse of a God, then there is only one outcome in the end, death."
Charles carefully looked at the piece of meat in front of him, watching it wriggle on the ground like a maggot. "What would happen if humans absorbed this?"
"First of all you'll never die again."
"What!?" Charles looked at Piper in shock.
"Don't get me wrong. I'm only saying that your body will never die, not your consciousness. When you accept this power, your body will remain alive forever."
“Disease, hunger, and pain can also hurt you, but they cannot hurt your body. When you die, it will become an independent existence outside of you.”
"So, if I eat this, my body will come back to life? This is not a good thing. Since we are talking about the disadvantages, let's talk about the advantages. What can I get by paying such a high price?"
"You will be able to better activate the power of the gods. For example, your relics and the things you have integrated into your body will no longer be something outside of your body. They will completely become you."
Happy New Year everyone!! ()
(End of this chapter)