(It should be January 1st when you read this chapter, hahaha, happy 2023!)
"Strong!" After shooting out all the six bullets in the revolver, Ciel turned the Furnace's Wrath in a coquettish way and put the large revolver back into the holster that matched the alchemical firearm. As expected, one can learn things without any knowledge of the world.
The five or six dummies at the Alchemy Workshop's shooting range have been beaten into a pile of metal fragments by the bullets fired by Furnace Fury. The partially molten metal flowed everywhere and solidified on the ground paved with stone slabs. These stone slabs are all removable. When the time comes, put it into the furnace together with the metal above and burn it, and it will be perfectly separated.
"This thing is very useful. It shouldn't be difficult to seriously injure any regular knight in a sneak attack. Although if you pull it out and shoot it directly, the trajectory of this kind of projectile will be easily avoided by the knight."
Ciel looked with satisfaction at the damage caused to these unlucky metal dummies after firing six shots in a row. While proud, he carefully analyzed the advantages and limitations of Furnace Fury.
This one completed by Aviya may be the peak of the power of her work at present. It is only stronger than the exaggerated power after completing the energy storage in the "furnace". There are few such small magic tools. can achieve the same power.
The problem is that it takes about three seconds to charge the furnace. During this period, there will be obvious magic fluctuations. Once detected, the knight's physical fitness can completely avoid this straight line during the pause triggered by the trigger. trajectory.
"It can also be loaded with ordinary ammunition and used like the alchemy firearms in the container above."
Wang Yu said, quickly pulled out his Furnace's Wrath, and pulled the hammer at high speed. "Boom, boom, boom, boom," six sparks bloomed at the muzzle of the gun at almost the same time, and bullets propelled by alchemical fuel flew out. came out and hit the broken body of the fallen dummy.
The knight's physical fitness allows him to be a sharpshooter with a gun, and his dynamic vision and other abilities can crush too many existences on the earth...
The bullets were embedded in the metal dummy's body, but they did not achieve the same exaggerated destructive effect as Furnace's Fury after being charged. It can only be said to be pretty good.
"This kind of power should be able to pose a threat to us. The Steel Sun Shield should be able to absorb five or six rounds. Then, as for the barrier, it can hold on until it is hit at the same point continuously."
Walking to the metal dummy with the projectile embedded in its body, Edward took a projectile from the dummy's body, looked at the gap made by the metal dummy, and made this judgment.
The barrier is Edward's inner potential that he awakened during the formal knight stage. Compared with Wang Yu's difficulty in awakening his inner potential, he naturally possesses this ability that marks the unique power of a formal knight.
At the moment, Wang Yu doesn't know the specific ability of Edward's inner potential. He only knows that it is a specialized defensive ability. However, Edward has no intention of hiding it. He calmly told Wang Yu and Charles that this ability will be used in battle. It shows up naturally.
"Haha, you have to be careful in the future. It will be easy for me to deal with you with this alchemical firearm." Charles pointed the unloaded Furnace Fury at Edward with an inexplicable excitement.
"Don't forget that I can also buy ordinary alchemical firearms from the containers above. Although they don't have the explosive power of yours, what would happen if a knight used this against you?"
Edward shrugged his shoulders and didn't even refute Ciel. He just asked him to think about what would happen if a knight used this against him, a mage.
"Hiss!" Charles took a breath, and immediately realized how miserable he, a mage, would be if these big guys looked like monsters when they got up close.
"No, I'm going to learn the quagmire spell that invalidates all kinds of blows and slashes, otherwise I'm going to be beaten to death someday." Charles immediately thought of a solution. There are quite a lot of physically invalidating spells in third-level magic and witchcraft...
"Kong Kong Kong..." The movement of the elevator behind them attracted the attention of Edward and Charles. Wang Yu and Aviya knew who would come at this time.
"Good afternoon, everyone." Sieg came down from the elevator with a smile and greeted the four of them.
"Uh, Professor, why are you here?" After seeing Sieg, Charles naturally ran up to Edward and shrank up. Although the disrespect was true, he still had to be afraid of these two superiors.
"Keep it secret." Sieg kept smiling, made a shushing gesture to Edward and Charles, and nodded to Wang Yu and Aviya.
"Understood, let's go first." Charles and Edward immediately realized what Sieg meant. It seemed that there was a need for confidentiality, so there was no need to stay here, and they left quickly without hesitation.
"Remember to use less special bullets. The cost of those things is still very high. Ordinary alchemy ammunition is available for sale, and you will get a 25% discount on the cost price, which is valid forever."
Before Edward and Ciel left, Wang Yu reminded Ciel and added some benefits to the two of them.
"Thank you." Both of them thanked Wang Yu seriously. These items in the alchemy shop were of practical help to them.
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"The alchemy shop is good." Sieg followed Aviya and Wang Yu toward the large venue deeper in the alchemy workshop, and sincerely praised the alchemy grocery store above.
These things are not of great use to a strong person at his level, but members of the Night Blade should be able to use them.
"I hope more people will be willing to put things for sale here, and I can also buy some useful things."
Wang Yu's selfishness is very simple. If more and more members of the Church of the Night are willing to sell things here, Aviya, as the store manager, can have first-hand information, and then the remaining gold coins can be converted into For effective strength.
After walking a short distance quickly, the three of them arrived at an underground space specially dug to prepare for their needs, an empty rectangular cavity carved out of the mountain.
"This place should have been protected by the power of the Lady of the Night, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to show my complete body." Sieg looked at the huge dark space and asked. In the Church of the Night, there is the power of the Lady of the Night. Darkness doesn't actually affect vision, etc.
"Ms. Night has surrounded the entire Night Church station with power. Mr. Sieg, you can use it with confidence. But if you don't mind, I would like to ask Mr. Sieg how he completed the transformation between the dragon body and the human body. If If Mr. Sieg can’t use magic, is it witchcraft?”
Aviya confirmed that Lady Night's power had obscured Sieg's existence, and there was no need to worry that the display of dragon blood would attract the attention of that terrifying being. At the same time, the girl also asked Sieg a question that she had always been curious about.
Sieg cannot use magic due to his birth defect, but he can transform between human form and dragon form. What kind of power does this use? Could it be the power of the void.
"No, I don't know what kind of power this is, but it is definitely not the power of the void. I am born with this ability. When the dragon body is not manifested, it will be in a space that only I can feel. When I When I want to show this dragon body, it will overlap with me until... it is fully revealed."
Sieg said, denying the connection between this ability and the void, and at the same time rolled up his sleeves. The hard scales of the dragon family were spreading from the back of Sieg's palm to the surroundings, and the nails were bit by bit by the tough and sharp claws. Instead, the dragon body he mentioned overlapped with the human body in space, and the characteristics of the dragon were displayed on Sieg's body.
"Noelle's characteristics that are somewhat similar to those of a half-dragon are actually partly due to her lack of proficiency in mastering this innate ability. She lives happily here in the Church of the Night, without discrimination. Mr. Holo carried out the The school also has a lot of knowledge that cannot be learned outside, which I really appreciate.”
When Sieg was talking about this, he mentioned that his sister could make Noelle happy, and the guilt in his incompetent brother's heart felt a little lighter.
"I have speculated and studied the source of this ability to transform human bodies and dragon bodies before in the academy. However, because I dare not show the body of the dragon to the outside world, the attention of the Dragon Worship Cult and "him" is very troublesome. The thing is, I haven’t been able to study and understand this power that is similar to the innate spell-like ability.”
Sieg looked at his right hand with dragon-like characteristics. As a scholar, how could he give up on exploring this innate power?
"Inner potential, I think the closest thing to this power now is the power awakened by the knight in the formal knight stage. It is also not magic and does not come from the void, but my power definitely does not come from fighting spirit."
After thinking about it, Sieg named another power that he felt was closest to this power, and that was inner diving.
"Inner potential, that's right. The essence of internal potential is the matrix of fighting energy. The existence of the knight's secret method has proven this. However, the power of internal potential itself is also very unreasonable. The power that is obviously born from the body can It’s amazing how the void distorts reality and affects others.”
Wang Yu very much agreed with Sieg's guess. The "fatal rhythm" of Oka's internal potential that he had directly faced once was already outrageous, and it seemed that there were many more powerful internal potentials.
"I see, then Mr. Sieg, you can show your dragon body, and I am fully prepared." Although Aviya did not get an accurate answer, she also satisfied a wave of expectations for the dragon's natural ability. With a strong thirst for knowledge, I began to prepare to complete the next most important attempt.
"No problem." Sieg nodded. The dragon body in the space that only he could sense suddenly overlapped with the human body in space. A huge red dragon body appeared in the underground space, but its broken wings It is also difficult to conceal the power that belongs exclusively to the Dragon Clan.
"Well..." Feeling the pressure of the dragon at close range, Aviya's body still felt instinctive fear, which made the girl have to rub her temples vigorously. Fortunately, she quickly adjusted successfully.
As for Wang Yu, he was still unaffected as before, but he did not hide the shock and excitement in his eyes when he felt the power of the body belonging to the Dragon Clan, the top race in the different world, at close range.
The huge body of the red dragon occupies a large part of the space even in this huge underground cavity. Observe those incomplete skeleton-like wings at close range, paired with the extremely intimidating wings. The body of the red dragon has a dilapidated but still shocking beauty.
"Miss Aviya, please feel free to try. There should be no problem with the recovery ability of this dragon body." The professor's gentle voice was conveyed to the two people present in a spiritual way.
"Okay." Aviya, who had already taken the tools used to carve magic circuits in her hands, walked to the side of the red dragon's huge body. What she was going to try now was to pass the method she and Wang Yu mentioned. Magic circuits are carved on Sieg's dragon scales to "complete" the imperfections that Sieg was born with.
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The metal magic pattern carving knife scratched the hard dragon scale. The magic pattern carving knife, which can easily leave marks on the surface of ordinary metal, moved extremely hard on the surface of the dragon scale. Sparks flew and could only leave traces. Not deep marks.
"As expected of dragon scales, it's really an exaggeration." Wang Yu sighed. Aviya directed him to complete the work of carving the magic circuit on the dragon scales. The knight's physical fitness made Wang Yu like a human machine tool. Accurate and powerful, as long as Aviya gives the diagram of the magic circle, he can complete the depiction with high accuracy.
The hardness of the dragon scales is really terrifying. Wang Yu had to turn on the blood-burning drive to complete the carving more easily, otherwise he would have to use a lot of force to scratch.
"It is indeed difficult to engrave, but the dragon's scales are really good at compatibility with magic power. Ordinary magic power affinity metals are completely inferior to the magic power transmission performance of dragon scales." Wang Yu was guided to complete the magic circuit. The depicted Aviya was amazed after using instruments to test the properties of dragon scales.
Dragons are indeed a powerful race that is naturally dependent on magic. Any part of the body has excellent magic affinity. Sieg's natural magic circuit is incomplete, but it does not mean that there is any change in the material on the dragon's body. Magic affinity Still extremely good.
"Haha, I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I rarely have the opportunity to show the complete body of this dragon. The feeling now is really quite good." There was an inexplicable feeling in Sieg's slightly apologetic words. Relax
"Ka..." The magic pattern carving knife completed the carving of the last groove with difficulty amidst sparks flying. This experimental magic circle was completely carved on one of Sieg's dragon scales.
"Num." Wang Yu looked at the magic pattern carving knife in his hand, which was already full of pits and gaps, and handed it to Aviya helplessly for her to take a look at.
"Throw it away, it can't be used anymore." Aviya took one look and knew that this thing was scrapped, so she asked Wang Yu to throw it away. Next time, Siege would have to use a special carving knife to carve more magic circuits. .
"Well...test the effect of the magic circle." Aviya injected a little magic power into the magic circle formed by the overlapping of two layers of magic circuits. Thanks to Wang Yu's high precision, the girl wanted to complete this alone. A complex three-dimensional array will be much more difficult.
Driven by this trace of magic power, the first layer of magic circuit was activated and began to operate. The purpose of this magic circle is to enrich the magic power in the environment and then hand it over to the next layer of magic circuit, so that the second layer can The magic circuit can operate normally without the need for Sieg's magic power supply.
The second layer of magic circuit began to emit a faint purple shimmer after the first layer of magic circuit injected magic power, and brought up tiny and real arcs on the surface of Sieglong scales. This was caused by Aviya The gravity magic carved on Sieg's body.
"How are you? Do you feel it?" After confirming that the magic circle was operating normally, Aviya asked Sieg how he felt.
"It's a wonderful feeling. I can feel the magic flowing in my body, but I can't control them. Although the power is not strong, I can still feel that this magic is providing the power to lift me up. If If about a third of my body is engraved with the same formation, I should be able to fly."
Sieg felt his body. The actual flow of magic power was a very novel feeling. Although he couldn't control it, the flow of magic power did appear for the first time in his dragon body.
The gravity circle also provided a somewhat insignificant lift compared to the entire body, but as long as there was enough, it could really bring him up.
"Nice, after that, I will engrave a part of the magic pattern to connect Mr. Sieg's mental power and the magic circles on your body. You should be able to control the magic circles on your entire body. This way, you will be very similar to ordinary magicians." It’s similar, both can control magic, but they can only use fixed and prescribed magic.”
Saying a word that Wang Yu had learned to express her happiness, the girl clenched her fist. The dragon race was indeed different from other races. It was simply not possible for humans to gain the ability to cast spells by carving magic circles on their bodies. Maybe.
"It should, it's really possible..." Sieg's knowledge as a professor is absolutely profound. After the first magic circle was carved and successfully operated, he had already judged based on his own knowledge that Aviya's idea was completely acceptable. of.
Some of his previous doubts about this method were mainly because he had never been able to display the dragon body and conduct research at will.
After being able to show his dragon body under the protection of the Lady of the Night, he confirmed that he, whose whole body was made of magic-friendly material, could really regain his incomplete spell-casting ability in this way. This "broken wing" "Dragon", you can become a "magic" dragon in this way.
"That's amazing." Red Dragon's eyes glanced at Aviya, who was conceiving the next formation. He once again saw the amazing talent of this girl he met through Wang Yu.
The dragon's body gradually shrank, and the dragon's body once again sank into the space that only Qiege could observe. In the process of gradually separating from the dragon's body, Qiege discovered that on his human right hand, a piece of the dragon's body was slowly growing. On the shrunken dragon scales, which correspond to the dragon scales carved with formations on the dragon body, there is a slight purple arc beating...
His eyes opened slightly. It turns out that his body and the dragon body are the same in a sense...
