Three hours after the encounter in which she was absent, the Luoan girl woke up in a daze after a full sleep.
She had no particularly clear memory of what she had said before and what she had seen and heard when she was affected. Like a dream, the details become increasingly blurry upon awakening. I only vaguely remember experiencing some very special things, but I don’t remember the details.
According to the sage's explanation, this was the influence of the piece of amber she was holding tightly, and forgetting might not be a bad thing.
"A large part of shaping a person's personality comes from memories and experiences. Why do you know who you are? It's because you have these memories." He said, his tone still calm: "But memories are not necessarily reliable, because of trauma. It has never been uncommon for a madman to misinterpret the experiences of others in a story as his or her own. Even normal people with no problems tend to add color to the memories of horrific events and embellish the good ones."
"Being able to quickly forget irrelevant things is your strength." Henry said while stroking her hair, and the Luoan girl rolled her eyes dissatisfied: "Are you beating around the bush and calling me stupid?"
The sage turned his head and shrugged.
The blood moon hung high in the sky. Galeva and Joshua, who left the amber light range to patrol, both felt their knees weak and gasped for air after returning.
"There isn't much water left, and we basically don't have any dry food." Lulu, who was counting supplies with Ling next to her, said. Due to attacks by minotaurs and ghouls and Mira's coma, they had been trapped here for more than half a day.
They entered the outside world by mistake at dusk.
When you encounter the devil.
The moment he dismounted and planned to walk away and set up camp, he realized something was wrong, but Henry hurriedly grabbed supplies and reminded others to move closer to him to avoid everyone getting separated. But even then, most of their rations and supplies remained on the horses.
Only the equipment he carried and the weapons he grabbed in a hurry were still in his hands.
Even if there was no threat from monsters, they had already encountered such a strange incident when they were setting up camp for a meal and rest after traveling all day. The physical exertion alone was enough for them to drink a pot.
Judging from the time, it should be almost early in the morning, but the scenery here remains unchanged, and the oppressive air makes people feel strangely excited, making it difficult to rest and recuperate.
Looking back, ever since arriving in Crescent Continent, this kind of bizarre experience of wandering between reality and reality has happened frequently. Although there was indeed a human factor involved, the Luoan girl still vaguely felt that her party was a bit unlucky.
Fortunately, as experienced adventurers, they know well that eggs cannot be put in one basket. Even when traveling in the Crescent Continent, where most areas are peaceful, weapons, armors and various supplies needed with them are still not easily accessible. They were all stuffed into the horse's luggage.
This makes people feel relaxed, but once they are separated from the horses like now, they will be completely destitute.
Important items such as various small tools such as fire sharpening stones and mending kits, multi-purpose knives, etc. must be kept in the leather bag that you carry with you at all times. Adventurers need a lot of things, but the weight and space are limited, so the choice is very important.
Choosing not to bring certain items can certainly reduce your burden, but you will lose the ability to meet specific needs.
There is a saying among adventurers in Rigar: "You are not a skilled adventurer unless you have experienced the pain of wood thorns and debris digging into your skin and not being able to find a needle to pick them out."
The adventurers are fighting more than just living and moving opponents. People who underestimate the subtle troubles caused by lack of experience and lack of supplies will often be exhausted by the stack of small troubles and problems before facing the real threat.
A good swordsman will always keep his sword sharp and neat, and a person's own physical and mental state cannot be ignored.
– But let’s get back to where we started.
The spatial distance in the inner world is disrupted, which means that they were originally on the hillside about two days away from the small village, but the moment they entered the inner world, they may have gone to the Crescent Continent thousands of miles away. Another area outside.
In the past, the ghouls used this characteristic to pursue them closely, but mortals had no ability to navigate. Not only that, it was difficult for them to survive.
The blood moon hanging high in the sky looks like a moon, but it has not moved at all since they came in. It seems that there is always this bright red light shining here. There is no difference between day and night, just looking at this weird color. It already makes people feel like they are going crazy.
Beyond the range of light emitted by the amber held in Mira's hand, there was something floating in the air, so much so that Joshua and Galeva felt it was difficult to breathe and their limbs were weak just after patrolling a circle.
The soft orange light was like a warm current, circulating along Mira's blood vessels, emitting a heart-warming radiance.
"What on earth is going on?" the Luoan girl asked her teacher. At the moment, they had nowhere to go. His character has always been revealed at critical moments, and this is clearly the moment.
Henry took out a small oilcloth package from his pocket and unfolded it on the ground in the cave.
It was something cut into small pieces that looked like bones or stones - Mira thought about it, it was a fossil that she bought at the medicine shop before.
"I have given you a general explanation in the past. The memories of past creatures are integrated into it. Although I have not explained the details of this before." The sage picked out two or three fossils of suitable weight and put them back into his leather bag, and then put the oilcloth on them. Roll it up again, pinch the opening and pull tight.
Then he pressed it against the ground and took out the dagger from his waist.
"Even the air is poisonous. You can imagine this place." He used the metal handle at the end of the dagger to smash the fossil wrapped in cloth, turning it while smashing: "Every breath, every walk, those billions of The remnants of the memories and emotions of past creatures will be integrated into your body, eroding bit by bit to replace your original memories."
"This is a subtle process, and it will be difficult for you to notice it." He said, but the Luoan girl frowned: "But I saw it directly, and I fainted."
"That's because the wavelengths match - it's not easy to understand if you put it that way."
"Look up." Henry suddenly said this in Avenela language. Mira immediately raised her head. There was nothing on the top of the cave. She looked away in confusion, and then saw the confused expressions of others. I felt like I understood something.
"It's a situation like this." The sage shrugged: "Only you understand the language, only you can hear the voice, so only you can react."
"People with higher adaptability to magic are usually more sensitive, so sometimes they can directly feel specific echoes. At this time, if you accidentally immerse yourself in it and get swallowed, you will never be able to come back."
"But even if you can't exactly feel the content, if you just stay here and passively absorb these things without protection, you will eventually lose yourself and become a wanderer." He tapped carefully. The doctor lady on the side swallowed her saliva: "As long as you come in and just exist, will you be swallowed up?"
"Yeah. So there must be some form of protective measures. The rune stone I brought before is one of them, and this is another one." Henry didn't refer to anything specifically when he said "this", but everyone turned their heads. He looked at Mira next to him - or rather the amber she held in her hand.
The moment the Luoan girl got the piece of amber while half asleep, the group of people who had been feeling short of breath and dizzy all felt much better.
"The two have similar effects but different principles. For example, the rune stone is more like building a building, just like this cave." The sage stopped what he was doing and unfolded the oilcloth. The expensive fossil fragments had already been He broke it into many pieces.
"It will form a tight security zone against the outside world, like a shelter from the wind and rain."
"And amber." He then used the handle of the knife to crush the pieces into powder: "It's like a torch or a bonfire."
"It requires a magician to ignite a fire in a special way, and then burn himself to provide us with light in an area and to resist the cold temperature." Henry paused: "Druids call them 'sacrificial media', because this The medium protects the user by consuming itself.”
"Is there a time limit?" Mira felt a little uneasy and looked at the amber in her hand, but after looking at it for a long time, she couldn't see any clues.
"They are the crystallization of millions of years of biological memory, the memories of the stars themselves, so they can survive in this environment longer than the mortal body - of course, there is still a time limit, and a huge amount of magic power is required as a trigger, or Talk about fire." After crushing the fossil powder, Henry took out the kettle and poured them all in, shaking them back and forth.
"So fortunately you are self-taught, and then you have to rely on you to get out." He said this, and when everyone turned their heads, the Luoan girl pointed at herself: "Huh? " He made a sound similar to that of Galeva.
"Although the inner world is chaotic, it still follows certain rules, so as long as you know what you are looking for, you can still find relevant traces."
"But you, teacher?" she said, and the sage shook his head.
"I can only use existing spells. Unfortunately, there are no more rune stones that can handle it." He raised his hand, and complex runes suddenly lit up on his skin: "Just like you know how to use a The sword is like a patient knowing what medicine he should take.”
"But you can't make a sword, and you don't know how to mix the medicine you take."
"There are pools of magic power in all living creatures, but they are not ignited. The magic power can still operate in an unignited state, and as long as these magic powers are provided to activate the drawn spell medium, specific magic can be triggered and released. Magic." He asked everyone else to take out their own water bottles, then put the bottle mouth to the bottle mouth, and exchanged liquid with the bottle mixed with fossil powder by shaking it up and down.
"This is the so-called magic weapon, enchanted weapon, one-time magic scroll and the like. It is even the working principle of strengthening runes." The evenly mixed water was mixed with fossil powder, and the curious Lulu took a sip first. Then he immediately frowned.
"As long as you know how to use magic to activate them, they can play their prescribed roles." Henry waved his hand to Lulu, asking the latter to drink less, and then continued.
"But magicians are different. The serious magicians who have ignited the magic pool are craftsmen and pharmacists themselves."
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
"Plan, make, use." The sage raised a finger after a long absence.
"In other words, you will not be limited to 'existing things', but can create the required spells according to your own needs."
“That’s what we rely on to get out of this area.”
He said it word for word.
