Is this the spirit of a magic item? ! Griffith subconsciously wanted to take off the ring and throw it away.
He has come into contact with magical items that possess will and are almost possible, and he has also tried to purchase some privately. However, this was the first time for him to have such a conversation with the weapon spirit.
"Don't be nervous," the shadow said, "Minos is honest and powerful. If you can provide rare and powerful materials, Minos will use the knowledge he possesses and the knowledge in this castle called Homemon Watts to I exchange precious secrets with you. After all, Minos has been here longer than your principal!"
"You were the one who gave Camilla the power of magic and her familiar?"
"That's right," Minos' shadow raised his head proudly, "If you can collect the corresponding supplies, Minos will give you an offer you can't refuse."
"what do you want?"
"Moon spirit essence, fresh pith mushrooms, mandrake juice, these are the first," Minos, the weapon spirit, said quickly, "You can get these things in the alchemy course at Homemon Watts, as long as A little, just soak Minos in it. In exchange, Minos can share with you information about the castle and the forest, secret knowledge, or potion recipes. These are things that cannot be found in textbooks and professors will not reveal easily. Good stuff, wait a minute..."
Minos fell silent. Griffith felt as if there was a gaze looking up and down at him, which was extremely uncomfortable.
"You are carrying, well, what should I tell you~" Minos, the bone ring, seemed to be thinking, "Can the essence, which condenses the essence of life, be provided to Minos?"
Griffith nodded: "Go on."
"In return, Minos will give you some valuable knowledge - how to use the power of this magical ring," Minos said, "making you powerful very quickly."
"Sounds good," Griffith tapped his weapon lightly, "You go ahead."
"Of course, of course, isn't this a deposit!~" Minos' shadow seemed to be rubbing his hands excitedly, "Minos knows that you are a trainee knight. The form of your life energy determines that although you He has mental power, but it is difficult to mobilize the power of magic, so he has to be a 'Muggle'."
Muggle? What is this statement? First time heard. Griffith understood what Minos meant and was curious about the unique term used for it.
"As a spiritual energy node that assists the holder to advance on a more distant journey, Minos can help you condense useless mental power into spiritual runes with different attributes," Minos said seriously, "You can borrow it and use it The corresponding magic spell. For example, the flesh and blood essence you can possess now contains the magic power of frost attribute."
"Sounds good," Griffith nodded with interest, "How can I give you the essence of flesh and blood?"
"Just put it on the ring..." Minos said, "Don't be nervous, Minos can only absorb inanimate objects. As long as you are alive, he cannot absorb life energy from your body. What you provided The greater the cost, the greater the reward I can give.”
Griffith took out the gelatinous piece of flesh remaining from the tentacle from his pocket and carefully pressed it on the ring.
The white bone ring immediately emitted a light blue light and enveloped the two masses of flesh and blood. Griffith didn't even see the digestion process clearly, and the flesh and blood essence disappeared without a trace.
After a moment, a noisy and chaotic murmur suddenly poured into Griffith's brain. In a daze, he gained some knowledge.
"Frost runes. These runes can condense spiritual power and construct the concrete form of frost magic; the user can cast spells by calling the stored runes.
“After constructing a rune each time, the caster needs to rest and recover his mental power before constructing it again.
"The number of psychic runes that can be stored is limited, with a maximum of 9. The holder can condense new runes through mental power to replenish consumption."
"Ice Armor (Level 1). Condensate a layer of ice attached to clothing, armor, and weapons to increase defense and cause freezing damage to enemies attacking you, reducing his movement and attack speed; or enchanting weapons with frozen Special effect. Casting cooldown is 15 seconds."
"Ultra-freezing ice storm/ice structure (first level). Instantly creates ice that sweeps across the earth, creates freezing effects and freezing damage within a five-yard radius, or spends a certain amount of time condensing ice of a specified shape. The casting cooldown is 15 seconds.
"It takes 15 seconds to condense one rune. There is a 15-second public cooling time for spells with the same attributes."
The gibbering disappeared in an instant, and Griffith discovered that as long as he focused his consciousness on the bone ring, he could condense a frost rune. At the same time, he easily mastered two frost spells.
"The remnants of that tentacle do contain good source of essence," Bone Ring Minos seemed to be explaining as he was recalling it. "Minos' current state can only unlock part of its power..."
The overjoyed apprentice knight hardly listened, but excitedly tried it.
A layer of icy blue light immediately appeared on the surface of his clothes and weapons, and could be condensed into ice for defense at will, or wrapped around the blade with extremely cold air.
Griffith was so excited that he couldn't control himself. He flipped his wrist, and a cold and sharp ice spear immediately took shape in his hand. The frozen ice on the rocks under his feet was spreading according to his wish and will.
Frost can be constructed and formed under the power of magic!
What a powerful force!
The two frost runes were exhausted, and Griffith immediately mobilized his usually useless mental power to condense new runes.
Soon, he once again launched the cold spell effect, even faster than the chanting of the experienced mages in the army. Griffith was even pleasantly surprised to find that his concentration talent did affect the cooldown time of skills and the time to generate runes, making them faster and more flexible!
Wouldn’t my talent be useful?
Suddenly, as runes and spells appeared one after another, Griffith felt as if someone had hit his head hard with a wooden stick, and he was almost knocked down by a severe headache.
"Stop it," Minos hurriedly stopped. "With your current mental power, you can only hold 3 runes at most. You need to rest for 6 hours after each condensation to recover your energy. You can improve it through training and taking drugs. Use spiritual potions to enhance your mental power. In addition, if you can find substances containing source of essence, you can increase the type, rank, power and duration of the rune spells."
Griffith immediately stopped trying, and the echoes and dizziness in his brain disappeared, replaced by overjoyed excitement.
Spellbreakers cannot cast spells in the caster's path. In order to cross the gap between extraordinary paths, apart from rare dual-attribute extraordinary people, the only way is to rely on expensive and rare holy artifacts and sealed objects.
Now, as an Extraordinary in the Spell Breaker sequence, Griffith actually has a way to master the power of a spell caster.
Although this power is not perfect yet, and there are still many limitations in its acquisition and use, the door has been opened in a flash.
This is how Camilla became a fallen mage, and it's no wonder she protects this weapon so fervently.
this is mine!
My holy weapon!
my darling!
…
"If you can find such a good thing next time, you must give it to Minos," Bone Ring Minos said. "Minos does not have the power to provide other attributes of runes and knowledge. But... you can Look beneath this black stone wall and you will find a hut, just below the slope. There lives the ranger Krog, a descendant of the giants."
Seeing Griffith's eyes moving to the bottom of the city wall, Qi Ling continued: "He is an official employee of this school, but he is barbaric and rude, and is not welcomed by the noble mages. If you have a good relationship with him, you can You can get many opportunities to enter the Whispering Forest and collect precious materials and valuable knowledge from there. You know, generally speaking, students are prohibited from entering there."
"I will consider it," Griffith pointed to the direction of the magnificent hall in the middle of the castle, "Does anyone know you here?"
"The appearance of this bone ring is unknown, and the aura of Minos cannot be detected. In their eyes, it is just an ornament. Don't you soldiers often use bones, ears, and noses to make jewelry? "Minos denied Griffith's concerns, "Minos doesn't like dealing with those self-righteous mages. Unfortunately, the conversation is about to end, and Minos needs to...sleep."
After Minos said goodbye, its will immediately disappeared without a trace, like a cloud of smoke blown away by a strong wind.
Griffith hesitated and groped toward the bottom of the city wall. This solid black stone city wall has been damaged in several places by the erosion of time. Even if he did not go through the main entrance, Griffith could easily find a gap.
The school only prohibited us from entering the Whispering Forest, but did not say that we were prohibited from coming here. Griffith thought for a while and felt that Kroger, as a school employee, would not be in particular danger, so he started searching down the slope.
Soon, he found a huge hut. The foundation and walls of the hut are made of boulders, and the roof is covered with thick thatch. There is also a large pumpkin patch at the door, covered with pumpkins two or three times larger than Griffith's head.
Outside the pumpkin patch stood a wooden sign with a single line of ugly letters on it - "Kroger's Cabin."
"Who's out there!? Don't come and cause trouble, brat!"
Before Griffith could check the terrain, a thunderous and loud voice had already exploded in the silent darkness.
I didn’t expect Kroger’s perception to be so sharp. I was noticed even twenty steps away from the hut! Griffith was taken aback and said hurriedly:
"I am Griffith Blanton, first-year Shutoral, apprentice knight,
"I've got some rum, and roast venison, Mr. Kroger, if you're interested..."
Before Griffith could finish speaking, the wooden door of the hut was pushed open with a bang, and a figure nearly three meters tall ran over with a rumble: "Rum! Give me some quickly! Oh no , I mean, please come in, first-grade kids!”
Kroger rushed out of the hut, wearing a rough leather coat, with unusually thick limbs, and carrying a bloody ax in his hand. His red eyes and ferocious face were like a mountain bear that chooses people to eat. . Even Griffith was shocked.
The powerful pressure came over with Kroger, and it seemed that he would be crushed by this big man in the next second. Even when faced with the wolf cavalry charge, Griffith had never been so panicked!
"I don't have much, I'm afraid we have to save some drinks," Griffith tried his best to maintain his composure, picked up the wine bag around his waist and shook it towards the giant.
"Of course, rum should be enjoyed slowly in a small glass," Kroger came to Griffith and looked down at the trainee knight, "Please forgive me for being rude. I was preparing dinner, but that devil spider He struggled hard and poked me twice.”
"I completely understand. Not being able to have dinner makes people panic." Griffith respectfully handed the wine bag and barbecue to Kroger like a gift, and walked towards the hut under the guidance of the owner of the hut who was full of joy.
"I'm really sorry, my place is very shabby." Kroger scratched the soles of his shoes on the insole at the door. While apologizing, he walked into the house, quickly took out the wine glasses and knives and forks from the cupboard, and began to pack away the food and wine in his hands. .
This humble hut turned out to be surprisingly neat. There is almost no mud on the flat brown wooden board, and some daily necessities are neatly placed on the simple tables and chairs. There was half a pumpkin on the dining table, and a giant black spider was twitching on the cutting board next to it.
This terrifying creature has eight black tentacles and a pair of giant pincers. It is as big as a puppy, and there is a huge mouthpart on the front of its head that is opening and closing. Two axes were thrust into the demon spider's body, and green blood spattered intermittently from the wounds, smearing all over the chopping board.
It seems that Kroger was not invited to the banquet just now. With this standard of living, I don’t usually have much to drink, so no wonder I had such a big reaction just now.
Griffith pulled out a chair and sat down. He estimated the food that the host might serve, waved his hand and said, "I don't drink. Is there any pumpkin?"
"Yes!" Kroger happily took back the wine glass he had just handed to Griffith, broke off a large piece from the cooked pumpkin on the side and handed it to the trainee knight, then poured himself a full glass of rum. liquor.
"Haha~" The giant took a sip quickly and then sighed. The smell of alcohol and pleasure filled the air together.
"How does it taste?" Griffith asked.
"Taste? Of course there's nothing to say!" Kroger took another cautious sip, "The principal is afraid that I'll get drunk and cause trouble, so I can only drink a little bit every month, less than one cup."
Griffith immediately looked at the giant with vigilance and found that he was not going to go crazy after drinking this amount, so he took a bite of Kroger's ripe pumpkin with confidence.
Ah...no taste at all! The trainee knight chewed the tasteless pumpkin, watched the giant carefully drink the rum, and then pushed the paper bag containing the venison over.
Kroger immediately took out the venison brought by Griffith from the paper bag and stuffed it into his mouth to chew. Seeing Knight Xi's expression become more friendly.
"Mr. Kroger, are you the only ranger under the city wall?"
"Yes, rangers are a very dangerous job!" Kroger replied seriously. "There were other rangers in the past, but they were either scared away or died in the forest. Now only the permanent ones are left. I am alone, and occasionally the principal will hire some laborers to help.”
Based on your perception, physique and strength, ordinary dangers must be beyond your reach. Griffith stood up and walked to the kitchen counter, flipping over the corpse of the giant spider that was completely dead, and using iron tongs to pick up a broken leg: "Is this black spider also a monster from the forest? Can it be eaten?"
Thick dark green meat can be vaguely seen in the gaps between the broken limbs of the demon spider. Regardless of the color, it is still quite plump.
"Yes, God! Be careful my friend, its meat is contaminated by evil magic. Eating it directly is not only harmful to the body, but also makes people crazy. It needs to be cooked carefully to eliminate the poison before it can be eaten," Kroger said , "It takes a lot of time. If you have time next time, I will treat you to taste the magic spider meat."
"I can understand that it's harmful to the body, but what's going on that makes people crazy?"
"The forest... has, um, a very weird power that causes animals to mutate," Kroger, who had only had a few drinks, said with his tongue that was already a little knotted. "The forest is full of crazy and bloodthirsty monsters, and they After being together... for a long time, people will become insane. I don't understand the reason."
It's really an interesting place... Griffith listened to Kroger's introduction while looking out the window at the silent dark forest.
Gusts of dark wind blew through the black treetops, blowing an ominous and strange sound that had never been heard before until Griffith's ears. The trainee knight calmed down and felt it carefully, and felt dizzy. In the vague darkness, something seemed to be watching Homemonworth.
