Chapter 23 Magical Zombies
Why would Christina have such a big reaction to the existence of "legal zombies"? To sum up, there is only one reason. Because the so-called legal zombies are actually a paradox-like existence.
On the surface, zombies that appear to be capable of magic are a very normal existence. Zombies are legendary creatures that rely on some kind of supernatural power for their activities, so it seems normal that they can use magic. However, legends are legends, and "Zero" only draws on the legend, rather than copying it completely. She has her own set of theories.
In "Zero", all supernatural forces around the world can be summarized under one pattern, and that pattern is mana. Regardless of whether you use Western magic, Eastern magic, the power of faith, Buddhism, or witchcraft, as long as it is supernatural power, it can be classified as mana in the end. What kind of world is this? Different legal professions in various places can use the same magic bottle to replenish their magic power. If the power consumed by various mages when using spell-like abilities is understood as a kind of "fuel", then magic potions can be regarded as the material form of this "fuel". Mages use magic potions to replenish their mana, which is actually similar to refueling a car. So since legal professions everywhere can use the same "fuel" to supplement their own mana consumption, then in turn it can be recognized that everyone's "engines" actually operate based on the same theoretical system.
Based on the above inference, it can be determined that the abilities used by the mage profession are all common, and after confirming this theory. We can further discover that the ability of legal professions actually has little to do with the body, but depends on the soul.
We have confirmed this theory many times, and the most important verification occurred during the manufacturing process of the Mobile Angel. At that time, researchers in our guild had discovered many times that mobile angels without advanced artificial souls could only rely on magic circle circuits to release magic, while mobile angels with advanced artificial souls could learn spells independently. At the same time, when observing the attributes corresponding to the magic attack ability of the legal profession itself, we can find that all attributes related to the legal profession are actually soul attributes, such as mental power, willpower and the like. These are not **Attributes. But the attributes of the soul. If more precise proof is needed. Then I think the best proof is the lich.
Some of the lichs still retain their dried bodies for their own use, but in fact nearly half of the lichs are in the form of pure energy bodies similar to ghosts. They have completely given up their bodies and instead He transformed himself into a pure energy form. After these powerful lichs gave up their desire. You can still maintain your spellcasting ability. And compared with before transforming into a lich. Their control over spells and the power of spells have significantly improved. In other words, the Lich who lost his body not only did not lose his spellcasting ability, but also got a certain degree of enhancement. This completely proved that his spellcasting ability was mainly related to the soul. The body actually has no effect on spells.
Regarding the theory that the body cannot cast spells, there is another counter-proof, that is, all types of puppets are incapable of magic. These puppets are combat creatures assembled by magic. They have no souls and only rely on magical energy to produce simple thinking abilities. Therefore, the puppets do not know magic. This is exactly the two extremes of the lich who has no body but can cast spells. Compared.
Because of the above proofs, we can basically confirm that pure body will not produce magic ability, and there must be a soul before being able to cast spells. And it is because such a theory exists and is already recognized by everyone that Christina reacted so strongly. Because zombies are soulless existences.
In the undead system, zombies are a more advanced race than skeletons, but you have heard of skeleton mages. When did you hear of zombie mages? Of course, Eastern zombies have certain spell-like abilities, but that ability doesn't feel like a spell, but more like an attribute. The so-called spell casting means that you can use spells purposefully and achieve a certain degree of control. However, zombies in our country actually have no control over their own spell-like abilities. If they have some kind of spell ability, this ability It will always be on and there will be no way to use it. The more famous one is Hanba. It is said that wherever this kind of zombie goes, it will be covered with red ground for thousands of miles, and this situation is completely uncontrollable. Anyway, as long as the drought demon goes, this kind of catastrophic effect will be there, and there is no way to control it freely. Therefore, this ability is not so much casting a spell as it is an attribute of its own, just like carving a water-condensing array with its own energy-gathering array on a stone. This kind of thing will continuously gather water elements to produce water droplets. , the root cannot switch on and off independently, so this cannot be called spellcasting, it can only be said to be an inherent attribute.
Zombies are such existences without the ability to cast spells, and whether they are Eastern zombies or Western zombies, they have all been proven to be a group of soulless existences. This is also consistent with the theory mentioned before that the ability to cast spells comes from the soul.
However, the female zombies that appeared in front of us completely destroyed our so-called theories, because these things that were obviously zombies all held magic staffs, and they should obviously be legal professions. However, the legal system and zombies are two completely unrelated things, but now they are brought together into a whole. This strange sense of dissonance really makes us very awkward.
"Isn't that staff just for show?" Gold Coin obviously realized that zombies can't use magic, so if the staffs held by the zombies in front of them were just fake, it would be much more reliable. At least we can explain it with the strange hobbies of the tomb owner, but if these are really a group of magical zombies, then we really don’t know how to understand it!
"Really, I just want to know if I can go up and test it out." As expected, Zhenhong is still an action person, so she went up to verify it as she said it.
In fact, it is very simple to prove, because the zombies lifted out of the coffins in front of us look like the same prizes as the zombies we controlled before. In addition to being both female and beautiful, these zombies all wear uniform mage robes and hold a giant war staff that is longer than they are tall. This kind of super large staff is an extreme type of staff. Generally among mages, only the strongest and weakest mages will use these oversized staffs. On the one hand, it is because the surface area of the giant battle staff is large, so more auxiliary magic patterns can be carved. On the other hand, it is also because a larger staff means a larger volume, and a larger volume means more Magic materials, the increase in the quantity of these materials can increase the upper limit of the magic power reserve of the magic staff, and the strength of natural mages will be strengthened when using such magic staffs.
However, the giant battle staff mentioned above is actually a regular high-level giant battle staff. There is also a kind of knock-off product that looks very similar to the giant battle staff, but they are actually made by some magic weapon carver apprentices. of inferior quality. The large size is due to the apprentice's poor skills and the inability to carve those dense runes, so in the end the staff can only be made larger, and then the texture can be made larger, which will reduce the difficulty of production. Therefore, although there are many mages with giant battle staffs, in fact, only some of them are real masters, holding super powerful giant battle staffs, while the other part just use giant versions of ordinary staffs. But for some reason, the system actually recognizes this kind of counterfeit giant battle staff, but only marks it as low-level or inferior in grade. Anyway, it will remind you that this is not a regular giant battle staff.
The giant battle staffs used by the zombies in front of me are obviously not knock-offs. I can tell this at a glance, because the magic patterns on them will automatically resonate with them if they are slightly sensed. Such an impressive magic pattern is definitely a symbol of high-end products, at least none of the knockoffs I've seen are so sensitive.
Since these zombie girls all use giant battle staffs, the possibility that their masters equip them with such high-end goods just for their own evil taste becomes very low. Then, there is a high possibility that these zombie girls He is a true mage.
Since you are not sure, then verify it, and the verification method of True Red is also very simple.
These zombies in the form of mages all have a curtain in front of them like the zombies we saw before, and the way to activate them is exactly the same. Just open the curtain and discharge the white mist, and then wait for the zombies to open their eyes. Whoever you see first after that can shoot these zombies directly.
It only took more than ten seconds for Zhenhong to kill a zombie girl. Then after the zombie girl opened her eyes and confirmed the owner of Zhenhong, Zhenhong immediately commanded impatiently: "Come here. Face over there, follow the magic power Release all the magic you know in order from lowest consumption to highest consumption, let's see the power."
Zombie mm, like the previous zombies, doesn’t know what bargaining is. She does whatever we say here. After Zhenhong finished speaking, the zombie mm immediately stood at the position designated by Zhenhong, then slowly raised his right arm, slightly tilting the giant battle staff in his hand, and the magic gem on the top of the staff pointed in the target direction.
When the zombie girl did all this, Christina's heart almost jumped out of her chest. In fact, we were also very nervous, because if the zombie girl really released magic, that means our previous theory had problem, and if there is no problem with our theory, it can only mean that the makers of these zombie mm have found a way to let soulless creatures directly release magic. Of course, I am talking about casting spells, not producing magical effects. The former requires the guidance of the soul, while the latter can be achieved by using a magic circle.
Finally, during our intense annotations, the magic reaction finally appeared on the zombie mm's staff. Although nothing has been released yet, we already know the result. This zombie girl really knows magic! (To be continued...)