Chapter 34 Mystery

This spell has many halos: the initial spell of the mystical system, the first and final mystical spell, the Thebyros Peak in front of mysticism, etc. ①

Many mystical scholars have different opinions on whether this spell may have a spell model, and even divided into two factions for this.

Among them, the Secret Keeper, headed by [Secret Keeper] Okar Kungus, claims that not all mystical spells have models, such as mysticism, which is just the external manifestation of some mysterious rules.

Unless you can construct the complete rules themselves, there is no mystical model at all!

The Truth Faction, headed by [Mystical Control] Anderson Manduson, firmly believes that all mystical spells have their standard models, and mysticism is no exception!

As long as the research continues, one day, all mysteries will be resolved!

The two factions have been arguing with each other for hundreds of years. Since neither side can provide a decisive proof, and the strongest people of both factions are both ninth-level, neither can "convince" the other.

To this day, whether there is a model for the mystic arts is still a controversial topic.

However, although the background is very legendary, it cannot cover up the fact that its effect is very useless.

As a mystical spell, the mystic arts has a very obvious advantage: the consumption is very low, so low that even the first level can be cast at will.

Its effect is also very simple - it randomly gives a certain "mystical property" to a dead object that is not a magic item. Depending on the level of the caster, the effect lasts from a quarter of a magic hour to a day.

The larger the volume of the object being treated, the greater the consumption. If the object is severely damaged, the effect of the mystic arts will disappear.

The so-called mysterious properties are actually some weird effects that are incomprehensible.

For example, the stone in Avis's hand, through the next few minutes of research, he completely confirmed the mystic effect attached to the stone:

Every half a minute, the stone will make a frog call.

In other words, now it has changed from a [stone] to a [mysterious stone], right?

Avis thought a little strangely.

Then, he timed it and tried to release a crack on the stone when the next call came from the stone.

Crack is a first-level earth spell, and its effect is the same as the spell name: create a crack on the soil or rock.

The stone immediately split in half from the center, but there was nothing inside, and the mysterious characteristics of the stone disappeared.

At this point, he was sure that this was an ordinary mystical spell.

"It's this kind of crappy spell that took up one of my initial spell slots?"

This disappointed Avis, who was originally full of expectations, but he slowly came to his senses and began to think about the problem in this matter.

As a spell that can bear the consumption of even the first level, why is its model so complicated?

Unless... it is not a spell model at all, but the rule itself!

In other words, the fog is just something like a terminal? The relationship between the fog itself and the endless starry sky deep in the fog is equivalent to that between a computer and the Internet?

Unexpectedly, the group of secret keepers who can only play tricks actually got the truth!

Muttering in his heart, Avis shook his head.

By the way, the former little Avis was a truth sect.

Very good, from now on, I am also one of the few wise men who know the truth!

Since it has become my initial spell, what is the difference between it and ordinary mystic spells?

Thinking about this question, Avis found two ordinary black irons, two high-quality magic crystals, two low-level inscribed swords, two dry tree trunks, two growing bellflowers, and two adult leopards from various target objects.

One of them had a white mark on its left back and looked a little depressed.

Avis's experimental plan was: one group of targets served as the control group and ordinary mystic spells were cast on them.

The other group of targets cast the initial spell-like mystic spell, so that the difference in the spell effects could be seen intuitively by comparing the two groups.

Avis cast two mystic spells on these six things in turn, and the black iron and the tree trunks acquired mysterious properties without any surprise.

One of the two black irons changed color between black and green, and the other began to ooze water droplets.

The tree trunk stood up directly, and even if it was pushed down, it would stand up again. Another one began to twist itself into a twist, and then twisted back again.

When tested on the bellflower and the quoll, the spell failed normally.

However, when it came to the magic crystal and the inscribed sword, the result of the initial spell-transforming mysticism was different from the general mysticism.

Success!

The high-quality magic crystal was an earth magic crystal. The faint yellow light that was originally emitted from the surface had now become like a breathing light, flickering evenly and regularly.

The density and weight of the inscribed sword did not change at all, but the originally hard sword body became soft. When Avis picked it up, its blade drooped like a dead snake.

Avis tried to swing it twice, and the blade flexibly rotated in the air as he swung it, exuding a breath of freedom.

Avis tried to "pull" it towards the black iron again. With a swishing sound, under the effect of the mysterious technique, the black iron that was constantly leaking water was instantly split into two halves.

"The sharpness is the same as before. The mysterious properties are really mysterious."

After a simple property test, Avis put the sword and the magic crystal together, and then put the other targets back in place, and the two lucky beasts were thrown back into the original cage.

………… Half a magic hour passed…………

The mysterious properties of the objects cast with ordinary mysticism disappeared after a third of a magic hour, and they returned to their original form.

However, the mysterious properties of the other group of objects still existed, the magic crystal still flickered slowly, and the inscribed sword was still limp.

………… One magic hour passed…………

The two objects were in the same state as one magic hour ago.

…………

Until two magic hours later, the magic crystal finally stopped flickering, and the inscribed sword became hard and straight again.

"So, there are two obvious changes. One is the extension of the duration of the spell, and the other is the expansion of the effective range of the spell."

"But due to the mysterious nature of the mysticism itself, it is impossible to know whether its effect has also changed."

Anweisi remembered these two points in his mind and manipulated the magician's hand to send the restored object back to its original place.

①: Thebelos Peak, located in the northwest of the Gloria Empire, the main peak of the Manchenko Mountains, and the highest peak of the current Yar Continent.