Sorcerer’s Handbook

Chapter 118: Belly of a goldfish

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"The Magician's Manual: Gourmet Records": "Mastering common recipes."

"The Magician's Manual: Cat Petting Diary": "Cat Petting Master", "Cat Poop Cleaning Master".

"The Magician's Manual: Fishing Secrets": "Mastery in identifying unknown objects."

"Surprisingly, this fishing magician always catches strange things in the river, and even has mastered the skill of identifying unknown objects... But judging from his frequent air force records, he probably doesn't have the skill of fishing proficiency."

"But he is very good at fishing." Sonia sat down on the sand without any manners, her face flushed and she panted in small sips. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and she said with a complaint and excitement: "I was almost killed by him."

The fishing wizard uses a very strange 'fishing rod' weapon, which has the functions of a spear and a casting line. He can fight at long range or close range with ease. He is an extremely rare one-wing wizard who is good at group combat. He can handle both Ash and Sonia without losing.

He even played a trick, using a long-line fishing hook to trick Ash into a defensive move and then immediately turned around and attacked Sonia's back. At that time, Sonia had to deal with his frontal attack with the fishing rod. Although she noticed the assassination from behind, she had no room to avoid it.

If Ash hadn't put the sword barrier on Sonia in time, they would have been forced to leave the virtual world. Even though they avoided this fatal trap, they still spent a lot of effort to kill the fishing magician. Ash suffered numerous minor injuries, and Sonia's hand was pierced. Fortunately, in the virtual world, they can use soul energy to recover quickly. If it were in reality, the fishing magician would have killed them long ago.

Except for not being able to fish, the fishing magician can be said to be a one-wing magician with no shortcomings.

Ash watched as the magician's manual in his hand turned into smoke and disappeared, and the heritage island rumbled and was about to sink. He looked at Sonia who was still sitting on the ground and noticed that her body was almost translucent, indicating that her soul energy was greatly consumed. He stretched out his hand and said, "Let's stop here tonight."

Sonia glanced at him, held his hand and stood up: "I should be able to fight again."

"But I'm tired and don't want to keep fighting."

Ash smiled and shook his head, sitting on the boat and stretching. "There's no need to hold on. If you really die in the virtual world, it will affect tomorrow's prison break. Let's sail for a while longer and then exit the virtual world."

"After all, trying to find the golden fish in one night is a very outrageous wish. It's normal that it didn't come true. If I really did, I would doubt whether the Four Pillars Gods really bless me." Ash pretended to complain: "It's all your fault for mentioning the golden fish. Now the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Sword Princess, you must take full responsibility this time!"

Sonia was not angry at all when she heard the viewer's outrageous blame-shifting.

She sat on the boat with her legs raised, her plump and straight thighs forming a mysterious and charming black line. Her elbows were resting on her knees, her chin was supported by her tender white hands, and she stared at the viewer intently.

Tonight she wore a black vest and a crimson miniskirt, small leather boots with long stockings, and black strap-like decorations on her thighs. She looked fashionable and youthful, adding a touch of gorgeous color to the gray and white world of the sea of knowledge.

Seeing that Sword Lady didn't say a word, Ash was a little scared: "I'm sorry, I was too arrogant. By the way, let me tell you a joke. Once upon a time, there was a little white rabbit who met a bear who was having diarrhea..."

"Don't make any noise, I'm thinking."

"Thinking about what?"

"Think about the information about the golden fish." Sonia said calmly, "Collate the existing information and see if we can find out the truth about the golden fish."

Ash waved his hand and said, "Don't waste your energy. So many magicians have searched for so many years but have found nothing. Are they less talented than us or not as diligent in their training as us? But even they have to follow the rules and improve their faction realm before they can climb to a higher level. It is an unrealistic fantasy for us to expect a miracle like the golden fish..."

"But magicians are born to pursue miracles."

Sonia tilted her head and smiled, "I'm free anyway, so just think of it as keeping me company and figure out how to find the golden fish with me."

Ash pursed his lips, clicked on the "Virtual Realm Map" to let the boat sail to the safe zone, and leaned against the hull with his hands folded, saying, "Since you are dressed so beautifully tonight, I will give you this face."

"Thank you!" Sonia responded crisply: "Let's sort out the new information first."

Ash nodded. "In the projections of the three magicians we defeated just now, two manuals mentioned the golden fish: the gastronomy magician wanted to eat a bite of the golden fish, and the fishing magician believed that the golden fish could be caught."

I really don't know whether to say that the former is so bold that he dares to covet the great existence in the virtual realm, or whether to say that the latter is so crazy that he is still obsessed with fishing even in the virtual realm.

"Although the gastronomist had been searching for the golden fish for many years and had never eaten its feces, he was not without reward. He had once reached the island of destiny."

From this we can see that Ash's ability to 'read the wizard's manual with ease' will become more and more important in the future.

In the early stage, they could only read the manuals of some low-end magicians, and the benefits were naturally better than nothing, because the life of a low-end magician had no value at all.

But when they reach the core area of the Sea of Knowledge and encounter powerful magician projections, the benefits of reading the magician's manual can be said to rise sharply.

Because not only they have adventures in the virtual world, other magicians also have lucky moments of being favored by the virtual world.

What’s even more amazing is that the adventures in the virtual world may not be impossible to replicate.

Reading the Sorcerer's Manual is equivalent to obtaining other Sorcerers' strategies and even intelligence on exploring the virtual realm. The best example is the "Vortex Secret Poison". If Ash hadn't happened to read the Sorcerer's Manual and learned this set of quick upgrade strategies, I'm afraid they would still be Silver Half Wings now.

"Like us, he also asked the Void Realm about the golden fish: 'Can I eat the meat of the golden fish in the Sea of Knowledge?' The Void Realm's answer was 'No.'"

"We can draw a conclusion: the golden fish does not exist in the sea of knowledge in the form of flesh and blood."

"The fishing wizard believed that the golden fish was hidden in the sea, so he persisted in fishing in the virtual world for more than ten years. But apart from occasionally catching knowledge creatures such as mudfish dragons and slashing fish dragons, he did not find any traces of golden fish. He also dived into the Sea of Knowledge, but the sea was pitch black and he died soon after."

“Here we can also draw a conclusion: we cannot dive into the ocean of knowledge to look for golden fish.”

Sonia pondered and said, "And the information we got before is that the golden fish can be seen without triggering any rituals. The golden fish is always floating on the sea."

Ash counted on his fingers: "The golden fish is on the sea surface. The golden fish is not made of flesh and blood. The golden fish can see directly... Ah, I know what the golden fish is!"

"ah?"

"Look, doesn't this white fog meet all the requirements? It's on the sea, it can't be eaten, and it can be seen directly." Ash looked at the thick white fog covering the boat: "The only problem is that it doesn't look like it can support a continent."

"Seriously!"

"I'm serious." Ash lazily leaned against the boat, looked at Sonia and suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, even if I don't have the golden power, I won't die in the middle of escaping the prison... I think."

Sonia's eyes flickered. "Who cares about you? I just want to see the scenery of the Time Continent as soon as possible. If I stay in the Sea of Knowledge all the time, my magic power won't grow at all."

"Okay, okay, I was just being sentimental." Ash was in a good mood. "By the way, didn't you rest for an hour tonight? What did you do with it?"

"I went out for a drink with Leonie-senpai."

"That Leo-senpai who beat you up badly last time?"

"What do you mean by a terrible fight? I obviously won, and it was your fault after all. It was you who forced me to fight with the senior! How dare you say that—"

"Hey, are you old enough to drink?"

"Tsk, you are really... Of course, I'm an adult already. She told me a lot of stories about her adventures in the abyss. It's very interesting."

"tell me the story?"

"For example, there is a very rare 'evil shadow' that has no substance and attacks the soul. It is very difficult to deal with, but its weakness is also obvious. As long as there is a light source that casts its shadow, attacking the shadow will seriously injure its body."

"There is also the very scary 'Eye Hunter'. Its body is extremely strong and it will remain motionless when being observed by someone, but once the gaze is removed, it will quickly approach and pierce the magician's eyeball. The senior sister and the others saw it once, but fortunately they were far away and had time to escape."

"The most dangerous monster in the shallow abyss is the 'Devourer'. It is extremely huge and disguises its stomach as an ordinary cave. Once a magician steps into it, it will seal the stomach cave and release strong stomach acid. It is extremely difficult for ordinary silver magicians to penetrate its stomach, and they can only watch themselves dissolve..."

Sonia seemed very interested and her eyes sparkled when she talked about these scary stories about the abyss. Ash was listening to the little cutie telling her school stories with a kind face, but his expression gradually changed and he even sat up suddenly.

"You just said that there is a monster that disguises its stomach as a cave?"

"Yes, it's called 'Devourer'. How come you have seen it?"

"I think I may have seen something similar."

Sonia blinked. "Similar?"

Ash raised his head and looked at the sky covered by white fog.

"Do you think we are in the belly of a golden fish?"