Jita carefully raised her hands, and the magic book wrapped with a layer of metal decorations on the front corner was slowly floating along with it.
The sleeves of her velvet robe were like a hanging purple curtain, wrapped around her slender arms. Compared with the little hands that were trying to stand straight, they were ridiculously wide.
However, Miss Bachelor's expression was serious, her movements were meticulous, and her forehead was shiny with a layer of fine beads of sweat.
One side of the magic book is inlaid with jade, agate, sapphire and citrine, symbolizing the four elements of wind, fire, water and earth respectively. There is a small copper picture frame in the center of the four gems. The petals are decorated with a side profile of a girl, and the girl wears a fluorite - a symbol of light ether - on her slender neck.
If you look carefully, the image of this relief is very similar to the owner of the Book of Elements, Jita; the previous owner of this book was a great bachelor from the Tower of Silver, and the image of the previous relief was also He is also a middle-aged nobleman wearing a monocle.
Jita curled her tongue and uttered a small syllable, "Róz——", with a soft click, the platinum lock on the magic book popped open, and the pages opened automatically, revealing blank pages.
She muttered a short spell: "Fmień al meiowi. (Fire and Sword)"
A long sword burning with blazing flames appeared on top of the magic book.
Jita drew her right hand forward, and the flaming sword immediately slashed towards the wooden stake not far away with the sound of whistling wind.
Karatu, who was standing not far from the stake, held his great magician's staff, stretched out his hand, and held the long sword firmly. The flames on the long sword immediately spread out, and the next moment, even the long sword itself disappeared, leaving only burnt golden sparks flying in the air.
Jita turned around, bit her lower lip and looked at the other person.
Karatu shook his head slightly: "I have mastered the dragon language very skillfully, but the power of the magic book is not used in this way, Jita."
"Mr. Karatu," Kitta asked softly, "Where did I go wrong?"
Karatu put away his magic wand and walked over, looking at her and Luo Yu and Tian Lan: "Let me tell you about the profession of naturalist first."
Tianlan yawned as she heard this, Jita raised her head and looked at the latter, and nodded lightly together with Luo Yu.
"The history of this ancient profession, like alchemy, can be traced back to the Numelin era. There are many outstanding bachelors among the gray elves (Numelin). However, the magic books have also been passed down from generation to generation from that era. They are increasing but not decreasing. Some people even think that they are as old as the Abyssal Scrolls and equally mysterious.”
"But we won't mention it much. Gray elves have studied magic books a lot. Most of the knowledge we know about the naturalist profession today comes from the legacy of that era. Unlike alchemy, it has almost no development. , the previous perceptions are still true now.”
"It has nothing to do with level. Naturalists have four levels: narrator, reader, recorder and creator. You should have heard of it, right? Jita?"
Karatu's light gray eyes looked over.
Jita nodded again.
Karatu replied: "Describe the magical things recorded in the magic books by the predecessors, and use ether and elements to display them in front of people. The grand concrete representation will show a miraculous effect, although it is only for a short moment—— But it’s as if there is a real existence.”
"This is the most basic ability of a naturalist. If you cannot reach this level, you cannot be called a naturalist."
"And it's not difficult to reach this level -" Karatu said, glanced at the sleepy Tianlan, and changed his words: "...it's relatively not difficult. As long as you master the dragon language, you can get started. Generally For example, people who have the potential to become magicians and elementalists can also become naturalists. However, naturalists, elementalists, and magicians have different talent requirements for people. Being able to become a naturalist does not mean that you can become a naturalist. A good naturalist.”
Tianlan felt three eyes falling on her, and said in confusion: "What do you think you want to see me do?"
Karatu replied: "Because among ordinary people, there are those who can become magicians and elementalists, but there are only a few among a hundred people."
The little French girl's face darkened, feeling that there was something in the great magician's words.
"Then what?" Jita asked again.
"Telling is just the simplest first step. 'Reading' requires a deeper understanding of the meaning behind the text. Telling can show those specific 'magic things', such as a sword, a long bow, a spell, flames, Ice or wind, even a monster, a hero, a scene.”
"But these are real things. How can we further sublimate these things to show the metaphor behind the words and the deeper intention of the recorder."
"Only when you reach this point can you be considered a 'reader'."
"As for the recorder, you have mastered the method of freely recording 'magic things' in the magic book. At this point, you are not only a user, but also its true owner. Generally speaking, I The most talented person I have ever seen will reach this level before breaking through the barrier of saints.”
"'Saint Barrier'?"
Tianlan muttered and asked again.
But this time there was no need for Karatu to answer him. Luo Yu explained to her directly that in Aitaria, level fifty was already the upper limit for a character. After that, it was destined to be impossible to continue to level up in the first world.
You need to go to the second world to break through the saint barrier, and enter the saint realm by becoming a dragon knight, aerial knight, or the third method.
As for the levels after the Saint Realm, it is another matter.
Karatu continued to describe: "After reaching the 'recorder' step, we are actually one step away from the last step of 'creator', because recording things imagined out of thin air is also a kind of 'record'. But in fact, the real There are very few people who can pierce this layer of window paper, and there are only a few people in history."
Karatu lowered his head again and looked at his well-behaved 'student':
"As for the realm after the creator, I don't know much about it. After all, I am not a naturalist, and this profession is too mysterious. Maybe one day, if you can get to that point, you can get the answer."
Jita was fascinated by this, and there seemed to be a bright light in her eyes: "Mr. Karatu, can I get to that step?"
"Maybe not," Karatu replied bluntly: "Those who can reach this point need not only talent, but also a certain amount of luck. But if you don't give it a try, there are a few people who know what they can do. level? So you don’t need to think about where your upper limit is, just follow this path to the end.”
These words sounded quite philosophical, and both Jita and Luo Yu nodded.
Only Tianlan was dismissive of this, always feeling that the great magician was talking too much.
Karatu paused, and then continued: "After listening to this, you should now have a certain understanding of naturalists, and roughly understand where the power of this profession comes from. So Jita, now you understand the problem. Where is it?"
Jita thought for a moment, nodded in understanding and said, "I have some ideas, teacher." She used this honorific for the first time.
Karatu asked noncommittally: "Then tell me."
"I should still be in the 'narrator' stage now, right, teacher?" Jita replied in a low voice: "At this stage of my life, to show the power of the magic book is to use as short a spell as possible to describe what you want. Show the characteristics of things.”
Karatu nodded slightly and said with some approval: "But the magical things you show are not created out of thin air. The etheric magic is always constant. What kind of power you show depends on how much magic and material you have to pay. However, the biggest difference between a magic book and a summoning spell is that what you display does not have to exist physically. The summoner cannot summon half a lion, a half horse or a half-headed dragon, but the power displayed by the magic book is Can."
"This gives the naturalist unparalleled power——"
"Another point is," Karatu continued to answer: "In the 'narrator' stage - in fact, before becoming a 'creator', the 'things' displayed by the naturalist must follow general rules, for example - —
If you summon a dragon, then for the duration of this 'thing', it is a real dragon. It not only has all the powers and characteristics of the dragon, but also has the weaknesses of the dragon. You can't just choose one aspect and ignore the other. "
"So," he paused and said emphatically: "Your 'Fmień al meiowi.' (Fire and Sword) incantation—dragon flames can certainly burn everything, but I only need to use a simple gold-melting stone spell. The spell, after destroying the carrier of the sword, the flame spell attached to it will naturally dissipate."
Jita suddenly realized: "Then what should I do, teacher?"
"like this."
Karatu stretched out his hand, and a long sword with flames also appeared in his hand.
He looked up at Luo Yu and said, "Luo Yu, use the Financing Technique on it."
Luo Yu nodded, picked up his elementalist staff from the side, and cast the spell as instructed. But for a moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Wait a minute, the system prompted that no metal material was detected."
Karatu raised his hand, and the long sword suddenly turned into a flaming whip in his hand, rolled towards the wooden stake over there, and whipped it away with a 'snap'. A fire ignited on the surface of the wooden pile and rolled out for more than ten meters before the flames gradually extinguished.
Except for Tianlan who was confused.
Jita and Luo Yu both looked at this scene in surprise.
"Is that... the carrier of the wind element?"
Karatu nodded.
"Use a spell to add a description and make the sword body with elements," Karatu replied: "This is the simplest way - mortal swords are usually made of metal, or at most stone, all made of gold. It is on the attack list of the stone-killing spell. Bone and wood materials cannot be attached to dragon flames, but elemental swords are not included in this list."
"Elemental spells are best cast silently," he continued to teach: "There are five types of elements. It is impossible for the other party to have the opportunity to test them one by one. Of course, in the end, you have to judge the needs of the three spells and silent spells. How much etheric magic power is consumed."
"This is also another misunderstanding - as we said before, the magical things you display are not created out of thin air. What kind of power you display depends on how much magic and material you have to pay. So measure your own needs and compare them with yourself The ability to achieve balance is the key.”
Karatu concluded with one sentence: "Whether it is magic, elemental magic or the power of magic books, there is no perfect spell, only the most suitable spell."
Kitta was thoughtful.
At this time, the great magician raised his head, glanced outside the shipyard, and said: "Okay, that's it for today, but dragon language is still the basis of everything. You two can still work in this direction. further consolidate.”
The three of them turned back in that direction and saw a group of people walking over there.
Jita's eyes lit up slightly: "It's the group leader and the others!"
Fang Yu, with his suitcase, Parker and Tang De, were rushing in that direction excitedly and waved vigorously: "Jita, Tianlan, Luo Yu, Mr. Karatu, we are back!"
…
In fact, Fang Yu and his party did not stay at the eldest princess's place for too long. After getting the notebook, they set out to leave the place the next day.
But they returned to Bargo in the middle, because there was the largest alchemy market in Istania, and they purchased some necessary alchemy materials there. After Si's two battles, as the level further improved, Fang Plover originally used a magic furnace in the form of a crystal beta. In recent days, Fang Plover felt that it was not enough to use.
Especially when using the Siren Construct to experiment with the 'structural alchemy' he invented, the high magic output would drain his current magic furnace dry in almost no time.
Whenever he encountered this situation, he felt more and more urgently: the replacement of the magic furnace was once again imminent.
But unfortunately, it is not as easy for him to replace the magic furnace as it is for others. At most, he can only find someone to customize one - or even cheaper, buy a standard magic furnace, or find someone to buy a used second-hand magic furnace.
And because of his need for non-attribute crystals, every time he changes the magic furnace, he needs to prepare the next level of one-type crystals first. So the alchemy materials he purchased were actually just to prepare for the third form of the Yiyi crystal - the gamma form.
The most important magic solvent is already available in Vanric, and miscellaneous materials can also be purchased in Bargo's alchemy market.
He recently got the remaining part through hard work with Ms. Erna.
What is lacking right now are a few of the most important main materials.
The most important of these is the material of the main crystal.
Fang Yu first told everyone about his itinerary for the past few days. As for the incident that Miss Scarpe reminded him of before, he had already informed Sylvide and Attila during the journey, and had not told anyone else yet. In fact, the elf lady just wanted to inform him just in case. , even the shipyards have deployed additional manpower these days.
But when he said this, he couldn't help but look back and saw that nothing unusual seemed to have happened at the shipyard these days. He asked other people privately, including Jita, Tianlan, and Miss Elf, and everyone said everything was business as usual.
As for Miss Scarpet, as the other party said, he has been completely unable to contact her in the past few days, which makes him a little worried.
After listening to his description of making the magic furnace, Karatu was slightly surprised:
"High quality gray crystal?"
He asked, "What do you want that thing for?"
"Make some things," Fang Plover didn't hide anything: "I purchased some alchemy materials in Balgo before, but there are still a few main materials missing, and gray crystal is one of them."
He paused and asked: "I heard that some elemental creatures have gray crystals on their bodies, but there are very few such creatures in Istania. Does Mr. Karatu know anything about other sources of gray crystals? ?”
In Aitaria, gray crystal is a very common material used to prepare non-attributed crystals.
Gray crystal is not uncommon in Kaolin-Ithurian, or in several major air continents, but high-quality gray crystal is another concept. This thing is not to say that it is priceless. Occasionally, it is actually sold on the market, and the price is quite acceptable.
But it’s just that few people would go out to get this thing specifically, and the chance of it appearing in the alchemy market everywhere is not very high.
Anyway, Fang Plover walked around and didn't see anything.
He could only hope that this well-informed great wizard could help him find a solution.
Unexpectedly, after thinking for a while, Karatu replied: "I really know where such a thing exists. In fact, that place is in Istania."
"Really?" Fang Yu said in surprise.
But the other party paused for a moment, suddenly looked at him and said, "Ed, I heard from 'Old Drunkard' that you have learned a lot from Ms. Erna these days, and you haven't had time to sort it out, right?"
Fang Yu was slightly startled, not quite understanding why the other party would talk about this. The great mage has been following them as a bystander these days. Apart from teaching Jita and Luo Yu, he rarely interferes in the affairs of the Seven Seas Brigade.
At least this is the first time such an uncharacteristic question has been asked.
'Old Drunkard' is the nickname of the dwarf craftsman whom Karatu hired to help build the 'Seven Sea Traveler'. When the three of them discussed shipbuilding together, he actually discussed a lot more than just Ms. Erna.
I also learned a lot of experience from this old dwarf craftsman.
But these things are actually not all learned, but more about some thoughts about his own idea - ever since he got the Kraken construct and 'copied' the alchemy of the Numerin elves, he felt a sudden change in his mind. Lots more ideas.
It's just that the output of the level 15 magic furnace is too low, so he can't realize many of his ideas for the time being.
Thinking of this, Fang Plover nodded.
Karatu also nodded lightly and said: "Ed, Aitalia is indeed not very stable recently, and some changes may happen soon. In addition to shipbuilding, you also really need to improve your own strength. So, you Let’s stay here at the shipyard first, and the princess’s mission can also be stopped for a while.”
"As for the gray crystal," the other party thought for a while and then said: "That requires hunting a big guy in the desert. Tang De and I will find a way to bring it back to you. And during this period, each of you will use what you have learned these days. , summarize it well.”
Fang Yu couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.
Why does the other party's statement sound familiar to me? Isn't this exactly what Miss Scarpet said?
In fact, he did not tell Tang De and Karatu about this matter - in fact, except for the ship officer, Attila, and the big cat man, no one else should know about it yet.
"Mr. Karatu?" But a thought suddenly flashed through Fang Yu's mind.
The other party told Tang De that he would not interfere in the affairs of the Seven Seas Brigade and would only protect them temporarily. Before that, the two of them had obviously kept their word, but now that they suddenly made this decision, he couldn't help but realize something.
After a moment of silence, he asked: "Are you... leaving?"
Karatu looked at him and nodded slightly: "After calculating the time, this clone should only be able to last for so long. Then I will ask Tang De to bring the things back to you."
After saying that, he stopped, and a serious light flashed in his light gray eyes: "Ed, I can only accompany you for this long journey. I leave the matter here to you, remember, You must be careful to protect yourself, I will wait for you in the second world."
Fang Plover opened his mouth.
Jita looked a little flustered and couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, are you really leaving?"
Karatu reached out and patted Miss Naturalist on the shoulder.
When he looked at Fang Plover again, the latter nodded equally seriously and replied:
"I understand, Mr. Karatu."
Karatu gave a rare smile: "That's good."
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