The desert temperature dropped to nearly freezing after midnight, but even so, the young man kept sweating. He wiped the sweat on his cheek with his hand and answered Fang in a low voice: "Those are ancient texts taught by the Numerin elves to the Oath Keepers. During the Giant War era, they used such texts to control powerful objects. A spell to seal those enemies that are difficult for them to defeat."
"But later, the goblins used their extraordinary casting skills to carve the dragon ritual inscriptions on the dragon-slaying swords, and used them to forge five legendary holy swords. Since then, people can more easily use the holy swords to defeat the dark dragon , over time, people gradually forgot the usage of the Dragon Sacrifice."
"Later, the elves of Numelin retreated from the world, and the dark dragon became increasingly difficult to find. The Oath Keepers gradually sealed their swords, and the opportunities to use the Dragon Sacrifice became even less. More than three hundred years ago, the last one When the Dragon Sacrifice Master passed away, this skill completely disappeared and was declared lost."
"But a hundred years ago, after Yoshod defeated Nicol Bolas, he and the great wizard Karatu recovered the inheritance of the Dragon Sacrifice from nowhere, and put the Leviathan in Nicol Bolas's body. The power of virtue is sealed in this place." The young man's words were full of regret: "Originally, this was the safest way."
"Originally?" Fang caught the twist in the other party's words.
The young man nodded: "It is said that the Dragon Sacrifice was born out of the dragon language magic of the dragons. It imitated the basic pattern of dragon language and has more than 13,000 basic bytes, of which no two bytes are The same or similar. And the caster reads different incantations in different word orders, and the corresponding effects are also unique."
When Fang heard this, he already understood.
If you ask about his understanding of history, he may not be as good as this young man who was a professional scholar, but when it comes to his understanding of magic, he is far inferior to him. After all, the contemporary mortal magic system is also derived from the contemporary basic system of alchemy.
The magic furnace of the magician is also designed and manufactured by the alchemist. The core theory of the magic furnace is basic ether knowledge.
The people who know the most about ether magic in this era are almost certainly not magicians and other magicians, but the top alchemists of the contemporary era.
The basic pattern of the Dragon Sacrifice determines which spells the caster uses in a long spell, and the order in which they are chanted, which will determine the specific differences in their spells.
For those who cast spells, this is a fatal thing. It is like the loss of wild words in mortal language. Different sentences and different meanings must be combined with different words. . Even referring nouns have different styles in different sentence patterns.
Just like the word 'I' in 'I am performing a spell', if it is replaced by 'I am eating' or a similar sentence structure, the word 'I' will no longer exist, but will be replaced by a completely unfamiliar spell. word substitution. In this way, an almost endless number of sentence patterns and mantras will be derived.
This knowledge is engraved in the blood of a giant dragon. After reaching a certain age, the inheritance will naturally awaken. This knowledge appears in its memory as if it was born, so there is no problem. They even talk to each other using such a primitive and complex language, but for mortals, it is simply a fantasy to remember so many incantations and so many grammatical sequences.
It is a matter of course that this ancient and primitive way of casting spells was later modified by the Sinthas snakemen and the Numerin elves, and formed the prototype of the contemporary magic system.
But while this method of casting a spell has many troubles, it also has an unexpected benefit.
Because unraveling a curse, as the name suggests, means removing wrinkles. Undoing a spell is a core subject for any kind of spellcaster, when in fact it is simply a process of reverse casting. This is not difficult for modern magic and alchemy, which have traces to follow.
Because dismantling the mantra is nothing more than seeking the inherent solution in one or several fixed forms.
But for the dragon spell, the person who can solve the curse is like facing a flexible combination lock with hundreds of passwords. These hundreds of passwords are not only selected from more than 13,000 basic bytes, but also have a fixed sequence. If any step is wrong, it will be a disaster for solving the curse.
Therefore, unless the dragons who have mastered the dragon language magic personally, it is almost impossible to break such a spell by just cracking it.
But the dark dragon was cursed by Bahamut and did not have the ability to cast dragon language magic. And how could other giant dragons come to break the seal for them if they deeply hate the traitors of their own clan? Therefore, the Dragon Sacrifice seems to be one of the best means to seal the dark dragon.
Fang couldn't help but look at the 'code lock' set by Karatu more than a hundred years ago by the young scholar on the side. Could it be unlocked by this person? When he asked this question, the young man shook his head: "Of course not. I am not as talented as Lord Karatu. It's just that Lord Karatu left a research manuscript for future generations to maintain this seal. The manuscript is stored in the Silver Palace." The tower’s great library has not been understood by anyone for more than a hundred years.”
"...Actually, I became interested in the Dragon Sacrifice Text accidentally. This research is an open topic in the Silver Tower. I use it as a means to promote myself to a full scholar. But my research is the same as everyone else's. , ran into trouble from the beginning.”
From what Fang heard, the trouble the young scholar encountered was actually very simple. The Dragon Sacrifice was lost nearly three centuries ago, and Karatu only left one instance of the spell, and this instance was the profound dark dragon sealing technique. In the absence of basic incantation interpretation, it is completely normal for the other party not to be able to understand this spell.
But when he said this, the young man looked at the 'wanderer' in the center of the square at the bottom of the pit fearfully, and said, "It wasn't until three years ago that I met that person."
"I was wandering in a desperate situation of financial difficulties and no progress in research. If I couldn't find a solution in a short time, I would have to leave my dream place of study and return to the wasted and ordinary life before. go."
"It was at this time that he found me. Of course, there were other people who met me at that time, perhaps his subordinates. In short, the other person told me that he could provide some information and documents that were helpful to my research. But The price is that one day I have to do something for them."
"I didn't think much about it at the time. Scholars exchanging labor for knowledge as a reward is very common and widely advocated in the Silver Tower. And the documents that the other party brought after that were very rare, about dragons. Interpretation of the sacrificial text.”
"I was very surprised at the time, because outside of the Silver Tower, I rarely heard of any large-scale and complete research on the Dragon Sacrifice. But the manuscript that the other party gave me was obviously accumulated by many generations. There are various insights and notes on understanding the Dragon Sacrifice."
At this point, he paused.
"But later, I gradually discovered that these notes and information had a very special thing in common. That is, the people who recorded them seemed to be doing research on how to unlock the seal of the Dragon Sacrifice. They seemed to be interested in dismantling the dragon. He has an unusual interest in the ritual text."
Although Fang couldn't move, after hearing this, he roughly understood where the manuscripts in the other person's hand came from. Compared to the Silver Tower, the private power of the Dragon Worshipers is equally large and deeply accumulated. Since the era of the dark dragon, the other party must have done a lot of research on the Dragon Sacrifice Manuscript, so it is only natural that so many manuscripts can be produced.
Most of the research conducted by Dragon Worshipers will not be conducted openly, so it is not surprising that the other party has not heard of these documents.
It is conceivable that he was not the only one that the 'Wanderer' found at the beginning, but the other party obviously still had some genius. He is probably the only one among these researchers who has made some progress and figured out the order of the Karatu Dragon Sacrifice.
It is precisely for this reason that the 'Rangers' finally selected him.
And no one knows what the research they are doing is better than the researchers themselves. This young man was obviously aware of the trouble he had gotten into. When, a few years later, he was contacted by the other party again and taken away by the Blood Shark Air Pirates, the other party already realized what situation he was in.
Because of this, after coming to Idos, he has been looking for ways to convey information to the outside world. And the fake ring was obviously an important evidence of the Dragon Witch incident. He probably tried every means before passing it over to Daubunigu.
But this was of no use. If Bunigu hadn't happened to save him and his group, at most he would have just come to this place to accompany the other party as hard labor.
But fortunately, the God of Luck seems to be real.
Fang lowered his voice and asked: "In other words, you have found out the correct order of chanting Karatu's Dragon Sacrifice Seal?"
The young man drooped his head and nodded weakly.
Fang didn't care, and asked again: "It should be quite complicated to cast the dragon spell, right?"
"That's natural."
"What happens if I read it wrong in the middle?"
"How could I read it wrong?" The young man looked at him in confusion, probably thinking that the other party asked a rather naive question. If he had read the spell wrong at such an important moment, would he have read it wrong? Even a sorcerer's apprentice wouldn't make such a stupid mistake as mispronounce the incantation according to the incantation.
"What if?"
"This..." The young man was also a little confused, but after taking a step back, it seemed that they could only expect the other party to make such a low-level mistake. He thought for a moment and answered uncertainly: "Probably... it will fail, right?"
"What happens if you fail?"
"The spell will be locked and then automatically evolve into a new sequence. This is the characteristic of the Dragon Sacrifice."
"Okay," Fang replied, "I understand."
The young man looked at him somewhat puzzled. In his eyes, Fang Zheng was firmly fixed on the ground by a dark light cord, and he couldn't even move his little finger. He really didn't understand what the other party understood.
Could it be that you rely on the curse in your heart to make the other party make low-level mistakes? But this is too ridiculous.
But Fang said nothing and only glanced at Miss Etila from the corner of his eye. In fact, he had been planning all this since just now. The only thing he was worried about at this moment was this elf lady.
He looked at the wanderer in the distance again, and then moved his eyes to the bone dragon lying on the ground pretending to be dead. He looked at it silently for a moment, and finally looked at the young man beside him: "Can I ask you to help me?" Do one thing?"
"how?"
"If anything happens later, can you take the lady over there and escape in the direction of the skull dragon?"
"That Skull Dragon!?" The young man was startled. He even forgot to ask 'what will happen later', and only looked at the huge undead creature not far away in shock. There's nothing the Bone Dragon can do against the Wanderer, but it can't eat him one bite at a time.
"Don't worry, I guarantee you won't have any problems," Fang replied: "And if something happens later, you won't have any other better way to escape, right?"
The young man looked at the 'wanderer' with a pale face and nodded involuntarily.
"So listen to me. I promise you won't die. I promised Mr. Bunigou to take you out intact."
"Okay," the young man nodded: "I'll try my best."
But he changed his mind and asked again: "What will happen later?"
"Don't ask, just look."
Fang replied.
He looked quietly at the 'Wanderer', who seemed not to take the three of them seriously at all, and was only focused on Eve. He asked his daughter to kneel in the center of the magic circle, then went back and brought Delis over.
After the two of them were ready, he silently looked at the words floating on the ground, word by word, and began to silently recite the incantation above.
At first, the other party just sang silently. But later, as the magic power gathered from all directions, the other party's chanting voice involuntarily became louder and louder, almost echoing in the square at the bottom of the pit.
He concentrated on it, and as he chanted more and more incantations, traces of purple flames appeared faintly among the glowing words on the ground.
When the 'Wanderer' saw this scene, he finally couldn't help showing a hint of surprise.
This was the first time outside the illusion that Fang saw the other party showing a different expression.
But he knew in his heart that now
Although he was completely unable to move his whole body, he did not need to move at all to seal the closed loop command for the efreet. With just a flash of thought, magic power surged out from the core crystal of the magic furnace master behind him and penetrated the resonance crystal.
Into the Clockwork Fairy.
The next moment, a golden flame burst out from the clockwork fairy that was 'anchored' to him. The main core crystal of the Clockwork Fairy exploded with a bang, and the huge impact instantly tore its shell apart. At the same moment, the dark light cord tied between the 'Clockwork Fairy' and Fang naturally lost its target.
Fang instantly felt that he had regained his ability to move.
The second command he gave was to go all out, raise his shield to the maximum state, and at the same time put the magic furnace directly into overload operation mode. And summon a sword-wielding man directly from the information space.
Then enclose the closed loop instruction.
These two instructions were completed almost the moment he untied himself, and the next moment, a huge force swept from behind him. The golden flames seemed to engulf him, instantly wiping out his meager shield value.
Then the impact force acted on him, and he was thrown away and hit the ground. He rolled around for more than ten times before he got up. However, the dark ritual that had not taken effect before finally took effect here.
Let him avoid the most fatal blow at the moment he accepted the impact.
Fang got up from the ground, with almost only a layer of blood left in his health. But he had no intention of recovering, because in front of such an opponent, there was actually no difference between his full state and his empty state. He didn't even look back to see the young man's condition.
If nothing goes wrong, the opponent should be knocked away by the sword-wielding man who encapsulated the closed-loop command and escape.
But now his primary goal is no longer these trivial things.
The moment the explosion occurred.
The 'Wanderer' had already noticed the movement in this direction. He turned back to look at Fang who had broken free from the restraints, and was slightly stunned. But this little surprise didn't stop him from completing the spell. He just recited the spell calmly and pointed in the direction.
A dark ball of light flew towards Fang again.
But Fang already knows how to crack this trick.
He directly threw two clockwork fairies and flew forward. After the dark light ball hit the first clockwork fairy, it hit the second clockwork fairy, then pulled them, spun and flew out, landing on the ground. , fell to pieces.
Fang saw this scene and took the opportunity to step aside.
The 'Wanderer' probably didn't expect that his spell would be evaded by such a stupid method, so he glanced at Fang in surprise. But he was still calm, and once again stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction.
But before he could cast the spell, he heard Fang roar:
"Taste my magic first!"
'The Wanderer' was slightly startled. What kind of magic does the alchemist know? But when he looked over, he saw the young man waving his hand, and a patch of golden stars was rising from behind him.
That area of twinkling stars was arranged equidistantly from each other. There were as many as twenty or thirty, just like the stars in the sky, shining brightly. Fang pointed his hand towards him, and a flash of starlight suddenly rose following his gesture.
Then he pressed down, and like a gust of wind and rain, golden arcs of light flew towards the 'Wanderer'.
And far away.
The young man who was knocked away by the sword-wielding man happened to see this spectacular scene when he got up from the ground in disgrace. He couldn't help but open his mouth wide, finally understanding what Fang said, something would happen later.
What kind of situation does it refer to.
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