Benjamin first recited the water balloon spell, but he found that the spell could no longer cause the characters to vibrate. He blurted out the familiar mantra, but nothing happened.
this…
Benjamin was a little dumbfounded.
He immediately tried the Ice Breaking and Steam Pillar spells again, with the same result. Synthetic characters didn't react to them at all, and ice and water vapor didn't appear as usual.
how so
Benjamin really didn’t expect it. The composite character gave him that omnipotent status, but took away his ability to cast ordinary magic. If he still had three spell slots before, now... he has none, only one transformation skill left, and he doesn't know how long the cooldown is.
How could he lead a group of mages like this
"No... it shouldn't be the case." The system also ran over and said curiously, "Although the three characters are combined together, their nature has not changed. Is there something wrong with you?"
“…what could go wrong for me?”
Benjamin held his forehead, looking depressed.
He didn't know what caused all this, but he knew very well that if he couldn't cast spells in normal times, he wouldn't know how he would survive.
Flight, defense, treatment... The real situation was complex and changeable, and it was impossible for him to solve all problems by just transforming in ten minutes. Need I say more? With his luck, all bad things will happen within the cooldown time of his skills, without exception.
Benjamin felt that his head hurt, worse than being eroded by the halo.
He must get his daily magic abilities back.
"There must be something wrong with your spell." The system continued, "Characters only respond to spells. You pronounced the spell wrong."
Benjamin replied impatiently: "I have recited those spells billions of times, how could I recite them wrong?"
"Then maybe... all it needs is a new spell."
"Isn't the syllable I just pronounced a new spell that activates the synthesized characters? The new spell can only allow me to maintain the water element superman for ten minutes, and apart from that, there is nothing else."
The system said: "No, that syllable is a spell that opens the elemental plane, and has nothing to do with magic in the narrow sense. Although the composite character is a key, it is also the product of the fusion of the three magic generators. It It must have retained some of its magic-generating function.”
Benjamin was a little confused: "How do you know this?"
"The intuition contained within this body."
Benjamin looked at the three funny bodies of the system and couldn't help but feel that these words sounded a bit "funny". However, if the system can say it with such certainty, it should... still be a reference, right
He finally began to think seriously about the system's suggestions.
New spell?…
Is it possible that he has to research a spell on his own, and it also needs to be able to suit the appetite of synthesized characters? This is too difficult. He has no research in this area.
After thinking about it, Benjamin simply connected the water polo spell, ice breaking spell, and steam pillar spell together and chanted it quickly. Unexpectedly, the synthetic characters actually responded.
Benjamin could clearly see the characters flashing after he finished reading.
Unfortunately, nothing happened.
"Look, what I said is right! It still retains the ability to generate magic, you just need a new spell." The system also said in a triumphant tone.
"...Then help me come up with a new spell."
"Why should I do it?"
"Research, analysis, digitization... isn't this what a system should do? The new spell must be related to the original three spells. You can start from those three spells. Come on, I believe you!"
“…”
Before the system could come up with a reason for rejection, Benjamin quickly closed his eyes and left the conscious space.
Although the time in the conscious space passed much slower than reality, he stayed here for more than ten minutes. If he had to try the spells one by one, he didn't know how long it would take.
He can only leave things to the system, return to reality, and pay attention to what is going on in the real world.
If the golden halo started to threaten other people in the auditorium again after he was driven away, then fortunately, reality should only have passed for about a minute now, and everyone's brains should not be cooked yet.
Moreover, Benjamin felt that after experiencing the changes in the consciousness space just now, the golden halo should have retreated a lot.
Thinking like this, he finally returned to reality.
Opening his eyes, the priest's empty eyes were shining, still staring at him close at hand. Benjamin's posture remained the same as before - covering his head with one hand and squeezing the other person's neck with the other. Even the expression on his face was still in the same pain as before.
It was as if he had turned into a sculpture. He remained there for who knows how long, and even his facial muscles were a little sore.
Behind him, the mage's panicked voice also came over.
"... No! We must bring him back. He died for us! You... don't stop me, I want to go over..."
"Don't go there, you will die!"
“…”
For a moment, Benjamin was in a mixed mood, feeling like he was lying in a coffin and listening to people weeping in front of his own grave.
He's not dead yet!
With this thought in mind, he moved again, released his grip on the priest, took a few steps back, and backed away from Father Holy Light. The priest's eyes followed him, looking a little penetrating. As for the people behind him... their expressions looked like they had seen a ghost.
"Teacher Benjamin... are you okay?"
When Benjamin heard this, he shrugged and said, "What? Why do you have such strange expressions? How can a mere crazy priest do anything to me?"
"But... you just... we observed that it seems that there is no breath of life anymore."
Benjamin frowned.
real or fake…
He couldn't help but touch his chest. Fortunately, his body was still warm and his heart was still beating. He was indeed alive, not some strange undead creature.
"That was just a temporary state of suspended animation. Look, we are not in good shape now." Therefore, he said to everyone in the auditorium.
At this moment, more than half of the approximately two thousand people have recovered. They crowded at one end of the auditorium, looking at Benjamin, with a glimmer of hope in their hearts.
"Master Benjamin, can you... take us out?" the king asked.
Although the deadly golden halo seemed to be gone, the entire auditorium was still tightly sealed by the power of the holy light. They couldn't get out, even if they blasted a hole in the wall.
When Benjamin heard this, he also turned his head and once again cast his gaze on the priest who was bathed in the holy light.
"Who are you."
The priest's dull voice came over, as if Benjamin had changed now and he suddenly didn't recognize Benjamin.
But... Thinking about it carefully, after experiencing the drastic changes in the consciousness space, from the priest's weird perspective, maybe Benjamin has really become another form of existence.
Therefore, Benjamin suddenly said to the priest: "Leave the priest's body and leave this world. You can't kill anyone anymore."
He didn't know what was controlling the Holy Light now, but he felt... this thing shouldn't belong here.
Since it does not exist in this world, then please leave it. In fact, Benjamin has almost no fighting ability at the moment, and it is probably difficult to deal with this guy.
However, at that moment, the priest's face once again showed some human struggle. From numbness to pain, the light in his eyes never stopped, as if there were two souls fighting for control in his body.
"No... I, I must purify you sinners!" He said with a hint of pain in his tone.
Benjamin was a little stunned.
This priest's original consciousness... has not completely dissipated