"How does it feel to be exhausted?"
Miss Sylvia asked with narrowed eyes by the wall, and Shade replied while continuing to cast the spell:
"The consumption is not very high, at least not when we are not attacked."
The "Afterglow of Divinity" state enhances all of Shad's magic and spells. The enhancement of the Sidon Seal does not make the originally immovable magic movable, but allows the shield, which originally had a fixed protective volume, to expand larger.
The Hiton Seal does not limit the number of people the user can protect besides himself, but the size of the shield summoned by the seal itself is fixed, and it is difficult to fully protect two adults hugging each other. But for Shade, he can expand the size of the shield by paying extra spirits. This expansion also has an upper limit, but it is more than enough to protect two Shades standing side by side.
Therefore, the "Divine Afterglow" enhanced the magic of the Sidon Seal, making the magic more valuable. When Shade demonstrated the magic, he had already made the size of the golden shield exceed the scale recorded, but Miss Sylvia seemed not to notice this strange change and continued to say to Shade:
"Next, let's test the strength of our defense. Don't worry, I will control the strength."
She was very enthusiastic about this test.
Next, she used the gently thrown stone, the slowly approaching Xiaomia, Shade's revolver, the stone thrown with all her strength, the fireball summoned by the spell to manipulate the flame, the witch's clerical-level relic anesthetic pocket watch, and the magic of space cutting to test the strength of the seal.
The guns were completely unable to break the golden shield, only causing some ripples on the surface;
The cat slowly walked towards Shade, scratched the shield with its claws a few times, but failed to get through;
A lightly thrown stone is almost the same as hitting a wall, but a stone thrown with full force will break into powder when it hits the shield due to the strength of the stone itself;
The anesthetic needle fired by the relic anesthetic pocket watch destroyed both Shade's shield and the relic itself, but the relic itself was not known for its offensive power;
The fireballs controlled by the witch had the best effect. If Miss Sylvia hadn't stopped in time, not only would Shad have been nearly blown away, but there would have been a deep pit in his basement.
As for space cutting, the Heaton Seal had no protective effect against space power. Miss Sylvia, who was good at space power, had anticipated this, so the power of the thaumaturgy space cutting, under her precise control, only cut through Shade's coat without leaving any mark on his skin.
As for the second effect of the Sidon Sign, that is, the spell is released the moment the attack touches the shield, and the broken shield will cause more powerful burst damage to the enemy. Shade did not try this effect, firstly because the timing is difficult to grasp and he needs a lot of practice, and secondly because he is worried that the so-called "burst damage" will directly blow up his basement.
Although the space was cleared, there were still compartments in the basement for storing potion snow piles, as well as his simple potion alchemy workshop. He did not want to damage his own house in order to practice magic. Miss Carina's manor had plenty of space for him to practice. If all else failed, he could go to Coldwater Harbor to cause trouble for the fish people.
"Overall, except for the fact that you can't move while casting the spell, this is almost a perfect thaumaturgy."
When they came out of the basement, Shade held the cat and praised Miss Sylvia. The young witch chuckled:
"This is the signature magic of the Church of the Sun, and it has been passed down for who knows how many generations. But when you use it, you must not let the church find out. Generally, this magic will not be leaked. After all, the core material for learning it is the parchment you burned at the end of the ceremony. The Church of the Sun has a number for each piece of parchment."
Of course, the witch did not ask Shade where he got the parchment with the ritual information. But Shade always felt that Miss Sylvia had guessed the truth but just didn't say it.
Just like the first visit last week, Miss Sylvia did not leave St. Teresa's Square that night. She discussed the paper that Shade had sent to the Old God with Shade until late at night. Miss Sylvia even planned to publish the paper and let Shade be the first author.
In addition to discussing the thesis, after learning that Shade was preparing for the year-end exam week, she also enthusiastically helped Shade answer some academic questions and helped Shade analyze the ring mage system he was currently building.
Miss Sylvia thought that although Shade's low four-ring structure was not based on a certain spiritual rune, at least his learning of thaumaturgy was comprehensive enough, and he had also found his own way of fighting. She also gave Shade more suggestions on how to use the space stabilization aura and the Lagra jump, and even suggested that Shade try to practice and carry a life form to perform the Lagra jump.
"This magic is not allowed to carry other individuals, but just as you expand the scope of the magic, when you are able to use your own power to change the magic, you will find that some of the defects of the magic can actually be avoided.
The sublimation of the spell Blood Echo you mentioned into the Thaumaturgy Blood Echo is a manifestation of artificially changing the effect of the spell. However, I don't recommend you to try to carry people directly. Maybe you can start with ants. I will give you some suggestions on casting spells and tell you a kind of auxiliary potion. Even if you can't carry life forms when you are in the fourth ring, you should be able to learn this skill when you enter the middle ring. "
Miss Sylvia still seemed to have not given up on training Shad as her apprentice, but she did not take the initiative to mention this, but was eager to give Shad any help he needed.
Shade never accepted favors from others for nothing, but Miss Sylvia just smiled and said that she could accept Shade's breakfast as a thank you tomorrow morning. Shade wanted to let Miss Sylvia pick a piece of jewelry from the jewelry box, but he didn't do it in the end because it would make him look too utilitarian.
So before the night was over, Shade took the initiative to talk to the witch about his adventures in Huntington City. He did not mention the angel, but only said that he had found the "Lady of the Lake", and then talked about Aikenola's Arrow of Knowledge as a second unrelated matter:
"I took it from the Pantanal voodoo coven and tried to shoot it. But the ring wizards were too fast and I just pulled the bow without getting a chance to shoot. It was a terrible feeling, like... a thousand little minnows were crawling on me."
Aren’t there thousands of them
"I understand your feelings. If you accumulate strength and then force it to end, using thaumaturgy instead of relics would probably hurt your body."
The witch on the sofa late at night looked at the young stranger and suddenly grabbed his wrist:
"Well, what's wrong?"
Shade asked, and Miss Sylvia smiled and shook her head:
"Nothing, I was just interested in your story."
In short, the young witch seemed to be completely familiar with Shade's character. When they said goodbye to Miss Sylvia at the door after breakfast on Wednesday morning, the outsiders had to admit that the wisdom and talent of the witches were truly amazing.
Since the thief Jack had not been caught yet, Shad took Xiaomia with him when he went to Midhill Castle that day.
Walking out of the abandoned tower on Mount Xikar, facing the winter wind that was as cold as a knife in the mountains, he was surprised to see the forest covered with snow, and the snowflakes falling from the sky, dyeing the entire mountain white.
"It's snowing in Midhill Castle too! Oh, the snow has covered the entire ground."
Not only was Mount Sikar covered in snow, but after descending the mountain, he discovered that the interior of Midhill Castle had also turned into a blanket of snow. Shade asked a newspaper boy in an old cotton coat and learned that this was not the first snowfall of the week.
The falling snow dressed the city in silver and truly heralded the arrival of winter.
Shad first went to the House for the Blind in Luffy Lane to hand a letter to Sister Defulyn, and then went to Cassandra's Auction House to wait for news from the nun.
Snow did not affect the auction house's business. Santa Carla Avenue in the city center was still crowded with people, and gentlemen were entering and leaving the auction house in an endless stream. When Shade got off the carriage, someone was melting snow at the door. People in this era certainly would not use salt to accelerate the melting of snow, and the auction house did not try to use pure manpower to remove ice and snow.
A sturdy servant was pushing a small-power steam engine to the door. After connecting it to the indoor pipes, he used the hot steam generated by the steam engine to sweep the ground. Before the hot steam mist cooled the liquefied water and froze it at the low temperature, he used tools to quickly clean up the melted snow on the ground.
Perhaps only a rich person like Grandma Cassandra could use such a luxurious method to clear the snow. But the people passing by seemed to be accustomed to this scene. Only a few people looked at it like Shade, watching the black smoke from the steam engine drifting into the sky in the snow.
The hot steam made the temperature at the door of the auction house higher than the surrounding area, but the real warmth was inside the auction house. After Shade, who was wearing a thick coat, walked in, he even felt a little hot. The heating of Cassandra Auction House was definitely not the standard of the city's unified heating.
On this snowy day, the owners of the auction house were all here. Shade first saw the witch apprentice, Miss Rita Swift, who had beautiful flaxen hair, who hurried down from upstairs after hearing that he had arrived, and then saw Helen and Grace who were attending the auction on the second floor.
However, Grandma Cassandra only showed up at lunchtime. It was the end of 1853. Although the old witch did not have to check the accounts herself, she still had to meet with the representatives sent by the auction house's branches across the Old Continent in person. This was one of the most important tasks of the year.
At noon, the blind nun also came in the heavy snow. The six of them had lunch together, and during the meal, Shad heard that Sister Defulin's "Snake Heart Hospital" was being established in a large city around the Pantanal Swamp with the help of Cassandra Auction House.
Relying on the existing Snake Heart Hospital, Sister Develyn intends to expand the influence of the spiritual order to the entire surrounding area of the Great Swamp. Therefore, not only the city of red wine Huntington, but even more cities including the kingdom's capital, Willendel, are the next key development targets of the Snake Heart Hospital.
Since the Battle of Midhill Castle, the Mountain City has returned to its former peace and tranquility. After a dangerous and turbulent autumn, the city has returned to an order dominated by ordinary people in winter.
Snow was falling outside the window, and the atmosphere in the restaurant on the third floor was joyful. Sister Develyn mentioned the strange dark clouds that appeared in Huntington City yesterday, but no one could explain it. The old witch heard about Tobesk's incident, so she also asked Shade about the progress of the search for the fourth chosen one.
Seeing that the first snow of the year had fallen, the twin girls asked Xia De if they could visit No. 6 St. Teresa's Square today.
Both Grace in the white dress and Helen in the black dress, the two fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls were very excited. But Shade told them regretfully:
"I'm sorry, girls. Something is going on in my neighborhood tonight. A humanoid relic has invaded and is trying to steal my property and that of my neighbors. I can't involve you in this. If you want to visit my house, in fact, girls, you can just not visit today."
Helen, who was wearing a black dress, glanced at her sister. The two identical and delicate faces had different expressions. Grace seemed to accept what Shade said, and Helen asked curiously:
"Sir, what level of relic is this?"
"Sage-level relic thief Jack."
"Oh, that's just the Sage level, sir. We can help guard the house."
Grace said while pulling on Shade's sleeve, while Granny Cassandra watched the scene with a smile.
"No, no, girls, your injuries haven't healed yet, and Jack the Thief becomes stronger when he faces a stronger opponent. I know you are stronger than him, but you are not in your prime yet. If I ask you to help me guard the house, it's hard to imagine what will happen then."
Xia De explained patiently. Although Grace pretended not to care, she still sighed softly, and Helen looked unhappy. But there was nothing he could do. Xia De really didn't want the Red Butterfly Twins, who finally gained freedom and a peaceful life, to be involved in disputes again because of him.