Luo Binhan raised his head and looked at Yaleriga seriously.
"Can I see the reference answer first?" he asked.
Yaleriga's answer was to wave the tyrant's iron whip and mercilessly slap Luo Binhan on the buttocks. The uprising could not last even three minutes, and Luo Binhan was forced to flee towards the fields.
This was the price paid for improper crusade, but the savages nearby were laughing. This made Luo Binhan very angry, and he vowed that sooner or later, they would not be able to drink a mouthful of broth.
He ran to the end of the field and found that it had become completely different. There are more than a dozen small hill-like firewood piles scattered around, as well as gorgeous dummies made of flowers, hay, mud leaves and wooden sticks. They were surrounded by various fires, covered with colorful linen covers, and crowns of thorns on their heads. The crowns were decorated with six kinds of plants that Luo Binhan was not familiar with, as if they were following some ancient witchcraft system.
Luo Binhan was studying these taciturn wooden friends when one of them suddenly floated closer. Luo Binhan was really frightened, and soon found out that it was actually a blue magpie.
But it was no longer the blue magpie that Luo Binhan was familiar with. At this time, the skeleton was dressed up in an extremely gorgeous way. The robe and cloak were dyed with colors. There was a hay apron around the waist. Strings of pheasant feathers strung on hay stems were hung on the hands and feet. The thorn crown on the head was the same as the dummy. Additional decorations include a few fresh berry branches and shiny glass shards.
Luo Binhan looked at it and murmured to himself: "The Indian Lich King on vacation in Hawaii..."
"What?" Lan Que asked.
"It's nothing," Luo Binhan said immediately, "You look pretty good."
"Oh, you mean it's on me? Their women did it for me. What do you think?"
The blue magpie spread its arms and floated in place for several times. The scene was like a magnificent revolving lantern of primitive cultural symbols starting in front of Luo Binhan's eyes.
He suddenly remembered the article about the color of the mage's robe, which seemed to be discussing some political stance. Luo Binhan didn't know what Lan Que's attitude was towards this, but he had to admit that it was the coolest skeleton he had ever seen in his life. Then he thought of another girl with dyed hair, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"What's wrong with you?" Lan Que asked.
"Nothing." Luo Binhan said, "I have a problem. How to save a person who is cursed by a witch?"
He didn't really expect to get the answer, but Lan Que reacted immediately.
"Oh! You mean the second chapter and the third question in the book "Essence of Ancient Unconventional System Spell Cracking"?" it said excitedly, "Have you also read this book? This is the basics of the mage examination. One of the outlines, of course I can recite the answer: the first step is to make the curse happen; the second step is to modify its substantive connotation, control the harm and amplify the beneficial terms; the third step is to make up for the losses."
"Oh." Luo Binhan said.
"Have you understood?" Lan Que asked expectantly.
"I'm lying down." Luo Binhan said, "Goodbye."
He turned around and was about to leave, but Lan Que grabbed his arm: "Wait! Okay, okay... we can explain it with examples. Here is a classic case that is often used: Once upon a time there was a king He held a banquet for the newborn princess, and he invited all the powerful people in the kingdom, but he forgot about a witch with a weird temper. As a result, the angry witch cursed his daughter, making her a peerless beauty, but she had to wait until ten When he was eight years old, he was stabbed by a spinning wheel needle and died..."
"Wait a minute. Is this even real?"
"Ah? Oh, probably, I don't know the origin of this case. Anyway! At this time, a linguistic mage stood up. She knew that the ancient law curse that did not follow the White Tower spell system could not be directly broken, so she She adopted an avoidance strategy: in the first step, she admitted that the witch's curse would actually happen; in the second step, she interpreted death as a manifestation rather than an essence, allowing the princess to just fall into suspended animation and retain the gifts she gained from the curse. Advantage; in the third step, she added a blessing of her own on this basis - the princess who faked her death will be awakened by the kiss of true love sooner or later, and everyone in the castle will be rescued by then. Facts have proved that her strategy was successful, It has even become a textbook classic case!”
Lan Que also grabbed Luo Binhan's arm and floated upwards excitedly. Luo Binhan pulled it back to its original position and asked, "Does it have to be so complicated?"
"Complicated!" Lan Que shouted, "This is the most perfect strategy!"
"Can't you just resurrect people after a second of suspended animation? Do you have to let the gangsters from outside take a bite?"
"Of course not! This does not comply with the rules of language spells! The more complex the conditions and the more ambiguous the process, the easier it is to succeed. And you must pay a sufficient price to derive the result, which is why people who have been cursed are more susceptible The blessing spell affects. The same goes for curses, otherwise the witch can kill the princess on the day of the banquet. She must give or give first, otherwise it cannot be taken away. This is called the 'but principle' in spell linguistics - if you can Add a 'but' to your curse or blessing to complicate the entire system, and the spell is more than half the battle. As long as it is used properly, it may even allow you to exceed your spell level in certain situations."
"Okay." Luo Binhan said, "What about the prophecy? Can this thing be changed?"
"Prophecy? Prophecy is different... Some people believe that all language-based spells have the same essence. They call it the 'limited wish machine theory'. However, in the White Tower's view, prophecy is a completely independent system, especially determinism. Prophecy. Its existence will not be affected by the prophet. Even if no one predicts it, the events it describes are destined to happen - at least this is what the current definition of the Mage Theory Examination syllabus claims."
"Does that mean the prophet is absolutely infallible?"
"Of course not. When a prophecy spell is cast, usually what you can see is not a clear result, but some kind of symbolic performance. Such as sounds, pictures, and words, these undoubtedly point to a certain fact that will happen. , there’s no guarantee you’ll interpret it correctly.”
Lan Que's words gradually organized some fragments in Luo Binhan's mind. The mystery surrounding him became clearer, but there was still a thread missing to unravel it.
He was still thinking about the direction of the whole thing, and Lan Que continued without noticing: "The residents here obviously have a serious misunderstanding of the Eternal Light Prophecy. This is because they lack knowledge of further areas. . They understand the 'abyss' as 'darkness' and associate it with a group of insect-like swarm-mind creatures on the neighboring star plane. That is obviously exaggerating the threat of a new swarm-mind species - "
"Well," Luo Binhan said, "About this, actually..."
He spoke very hesitantly, but Lan Que was in the middle of talking and didn't notice his weak reminder at all.
"They have now included us in the prophecy!" The White Tower apprentice opened his feathered arms and said half sighing and half happily, "I have studied their prophecy records. It seems that they will take everything from the outside world. Creatures are incorporated into their own mythological systems. The earliest ones were the God of Night and the God of Ashes who came three thousand years ago - they are too old and I can't recognize their species from the murals. The ones closest to us are what you are looking for. Wanbozi, she seems to be regarded as some kind of cave goddess. Hmm, I guess it's from the metal minerals she brought? And now Frosttail is their forest god, and Mr. Momolo is the god of wisdom. Oh. , and of course finally there is me! Guess what kind of god I am?”
"……grim Reaper?"
"Of course not! I am the god of medicine and farming. At least that's what it seems like on the murals. They also specially made me this summer god dress! These residents are really cute, if they can change The habit of eating bugs is even better. Alas, it's a pity that I can't get along with them for too long, otherwise I can think about how to improve their agricultural structure..."
The White Tower apprentice was so excited that Luo Binhan couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He coughed a few times and said, "Blue magpie."
"What?" Lan Que said kindly and surprised, "Hey, is this the first time you've called my name?"
"We have known each other for a while." Luo Binhan said slowly.
"Yes. This is incredible." Lan Que replied cheerfully, "I still remember the first time we met, and in the blink of an eye we have run so far together! I never thought that I would be with someone other than the White Tower Master. People chatting for so long. It does delay my studies a bit, but it’s not bad once in a while, right?”
"I always seem to bring you bad news." Luo Binhan said with a grudge.
Lan Que burst out laughing in his mind: "Oh, yes, I have been yelling a lot lately, more than I have in the past. But that can't be your fault! I like planning, but I still have to Learn to adapt to unexpected situations, after all, a White Tower mage should be able to deal with anything, right?"
"Yes." Luo Binhan said, "So if I tell you something again, will you try to stay calm and never scream?"
Lan Que was quiet for a few seconds, as if he was a little doubtful. Luo Binhan said desperately: "We found Wan Bozi and brought her back from the other side."
Blue Magpie was about to float again, but managed to endure it. It stood silently in the air, proudly raising its two rows of ribs toward Luo Binhan.
"Well, then." Luo Binhan said, "We also accidentally awakened a thing hidden underground. That thing has eaten up the center of mass of the planet and will soon tear through the crust and crawl out." Wan Bozi said It’s called the Worm of All Worms.”
He watched helplessly as the blue magpie soared into the sky, dancing wildly in the air like a punctured balloon.
"The Insect of All Insects? You said the person opposite is the Insect of All Insects?!"
It held its Tianling Cap with its palms and howled like a resentful ghost returning from hell.
"We must inform the Alliance!" it screamed. "A hatchling is about to hatch! It will cover the entire star plane! And the next one! The next one! And another one!"
Luo Binhan jumped up calmly, grabbed its leg bones, dragged it back to the ground and held it down.
"Actually, there is one more thing." He said, "It was woken up by my boss on purpose. She said that darkness would come to this world - I told you this mainly because I think you have a good mind and can help me think about it. Her motives.”
The blue magpie's shouts had already stopped abruptly. It looks like it will remain silent forever.
