incomprehensible.
incredible.
After Salvatore urged Annan to show him the four spells he possessed in turn, he sat in his seat without saying a word, staring at Annan in a daze.
How did he do that
An unadvanced wizard apprentice learned four spells in two days without anyone teaching him.
The teacher said that Don Juan was very talented, but Salvatore didn't believe it at that time...
Now it seems that this is the degree of "very" talent? !
Teacher, what are you doing? Did you not teach him a single spell
Salvatore could tell that the cast marks of these four spells were very faint. This means that after their lords learned these four spells, they almost never used them.
This can only be because Annan really just learned these four spells.
With the repeated release of a spell, the corresponding curse gradually coexists with the body, and the power of the spell will become greater and greater. Until it becomes completely instinctive, it can be used without casting spells or consuming mana.
This is the reason why old wizards are always stronger in most cases.
Although this does not guarantee that the old wizard must be strong—after all, he may not have learned his first spell until he was forty or fifty years old—but the young wizard must not be strong enough.
… damn it.
Don Juan is not the illegitimate child of the mysterious lady, is he
Such a blasphemous thought suddenly appeared in Salvatore's mind.
He almost doubted his previous thirty years of life.
He still remembered that when he learned his first spell and successfully became a wizard apprentice, it took a total of three weeks. When he solidified the flame on the candle into a red spar, his tutor of the transformation school praised his talent and introduced him to Benjamin.
And under Benjamin's teaching, it took him ten days to learn the second spell - to detonate the spar and shatter it into pieces of iron. Afterwards, Benjamin kept watching him, and only allowed him to learn the next spell when he turned the large piece of iron into fine and numerous steel needles.
That is the guiding spell, [Magnetization]. It can control the steel needle to fly in the air.
His next spell is the very difficult [Thunderstorm Field]. It took him two months to finally acquire this spell.
It can use two-by-two groups of magnetized metal products as materials to summon high-voltage lightning that connects two steel needles. Using the spar prepared in advance as a material, he can summon a steel needle, and then summon a large amount of electric current.
Salvatore was only allowed to advance to bronze after holding a full round of instant tactics. Become a wizard of the transmutation school.
Every extraordinary person of the bronze rank must possess a considerable degree of combat power. This is to prevent them from being easily killed by ordinary people.
This is the responsibility for one's own life, but also for others—
Because the body of the transcendent must be dealt with as soon as possible.
The specific way to deal with it is to have another extraordinary person hold a ceremony to absorb the former's curse and inherit the former's curse-this is one of the fastest shortcuts to gain power, and it is usually evidence of killing others.
And if no one absorbs the curse of an extraordinary person for a long time... a nightmare will be born from it.
The nightmare of a Bronze-rank Transcendence alone is enough to easily kill ordinary people—after all, before becoming a Transcendent, human beings cannot maintain a waking self in a dream. If you keep dying in nightmares, you will gradually be infected by the curse and gradually become twisted monsters...or die lucky.
Even if he became a superhuman, he could barely stay awake, knowing that he was only in a dream, and he might not even be able to recall his original identity.
Only those with the talent of divine arts can stay awake in their dreams.
And even for those priests, the malice, despair, pain, and anger held by the nightmare master will infect them all the time, interfere with their decisions, and make them make choices that "cannot be made by themselves".
It's not that if you get extraordinary power, you can far surpass ordinary people... but if you can't defeat ordinary people on your own, no matter how talented you are, you won't be allowed to advance to an extraordinary person.
Every time you advance, you must share your curse with the world under the witness of another extraordinary person. And this person is their own secret keeper, usually their mentor, parent or senior, senior sister.
In other words, without the trust and affirmation of at least one extraordinary person, a mortal will never be able to advance to an extraordinary person.
"Can I advance now?"
Annan asked Salvatore seriously.
"Can… "
Salvatore felt his throat was a little hoarse.
No no no, it must be because it was roasted outside...
He tried to suppress the jealousy and despair in his heart. As an extraordinary person, every negative emotion is a time bomb.
"Since Don Juan is willing to trust me and choose me instead of the teacher as his secret keeper, I can't do immoral things to him."
Salvatore persuaded himself in his heart.
Because every Transcendent needs a trustworthy Keeper of Secrets.
The reason why they are trustworthy is that after the keepers get their curse, they can naturally kill them easily.
If no one knows about the curse, then the curse will not be bound, and every time you use extraordinary power, you will erode yourself. On the other hand, the more secret keepers there are, the stronger the power of this oath.
This curse is not only a rope to restrain the master's behavior, but also an armor to protect the master from being corroded by the curse.
Vows and curses, this is the duality of this world.
"So, when can we hold the ceremony?"
Annan frowned slightly, and asked urgently: "Viscount Roseburg is trying to harm me, I must get enough strength to protect myself as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, since I choose to be your secret keeper, I can be regarded as your half mentor. I will definitely settle all your problems before leaving."
Salvatore promised: "As long as I live, you will not suffer."
As he spoke, he explained to Annan what a keeper is, and the relationship and obligations between a keeper and the bound.
One of the obligations is that the bound person has the obligation to collect the body of the keeper. Of course, there are many people bound under the name of Salvatore, and it may not be Annan's turn. But as an inheritance, he still has to make it clear.
Annan nodded after listening.
"Can."
Annan replied straightforwardly, "I can trust you."
There is no way to believe it.
Annan was also very helpless in his heart. Salvatore must be credible, at least until his identity is revealed.
He has only seen such a Transcendent who is tentatively regarded as a friendly faction... and he must have sufficient strength and compulsion at the beginning of the player's arrival.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to hold them down.
If the identity is exposed, it's a big deal to change to a secret keeper... No, forget it.
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, and rejected the idea.
It's better to be more straightforward and choose a spell that is really hard to break. The most important thing is not to contradict yourself. For example, Benjamin's first curse is actually quite difficult to break.
Of course, the most important thing is to see what kind of curse you will get.
According to Salvatore's previous introduction, the permanent curse received during the advanced stage was not chosen by oneself, but it was not forced by others. Instead, choose one of several targeted spells based on what you've done in the advanced nightmare.
The better the nightmare is done, the more powerful the spell will be, and the wider the spell itself. Conversely, if the Nightmare completion is low, the spell will be very specific and the power it brings will be poor.
"Since you are eager to advance, then I will stay up all night tonight."
Salvatore sighed, barely opened his sleepy eyes, and muttered in a low voice:
"Don Juan, bring me the winter clothes. I'll go to the basement to analyze the black fire samples and find out who sold this thing to Viscount Roseburg. This thing must be soundproofed and cooled, otherwise it may explode sex… "
"How long will it take?"
"It's pretty fast, about seven or eight hours. Anyway, it's not enough time for me to go to bed after processing."
With two dark circles under his eyes, the young mayor who looked like Gaara took the winter clothes, sighed again, and said very irritablely: "Don't bother me! I'm going to work—after that, don't bother me either , let’s talk about it tomorrow morning!”
Soon, Salvatore entered the soundproof and temperature-proof basement.
Annan looked at his watch, it was not yet seven o'clock. So he had dinner first, and then came back to continue reading.
He planned to stay awake today and see what would happen at twelve o'clock in the morning.
Until eleven o'clock in the morning, some reminders suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.
[There is still 00:59:59 before the start of the closed beta]
[Open player forum]
[Open NC template]
[Enable the favorability adjustment function]
[According to the current template "Rare Elite (Gold)", get the corresponding power]
[Enable the release right of side missions]
[Enable the right to publish personal tasks]
[Remnants of Truth Detected - The Book of the Crane]
[Current holders of the Book of Skycart: 1]
[Obtain temporary powers: the right to issue main missions, the identity of the player forum administrator, the perspective of the creator (map function)]
[Please write the initial plot]
[Please confirm the character creation rules]
[Please confirm the player selection rules]
[Please specify the player's arrival location]
[Please confirm the player system permissions]
[Please draw the user interface of the player system]
Seeing such a long list of prompts, Annan was stunned.
... what do you mean
I have time-traveled, do I still want to continue being a game planner
Could it be that I am the planner of destiny
And you have an hour left to start the game... But the copywriting hasn't started yet? Didn't do the UI
Which god made this game
Dare you be a little more professional
I... can I skip a ticket