Chapter 137
But let’s not discuss this for now, because this can be attributed to the fact that Etilu’s mental magic is already superb to an extraordinary degree... Although it is absolutely impossible for her age.
But what is even more magical is that Etilu’s mental magic is very strong, but she herself has basically no combat power, and can only use mental magic.
Such a person can escape after being in close contact with Mahat and stealing his memory, which seems very out of touch with reality.
Mahat’s strength as a magician is self-evident. As a warrior, he can kill a first-level magician and four second-level magicians in an instant, and severely injure the last second-level magician, and bury the delayed golden transformation without the opponent knowing anything.
Such an existence should not be underestimated to such an extent.
It turned out that a guy like Etilu, who is powerless, successfully read his memory and escaped unscathed... It is almost as absurd as a passerby A who has no martial arts and magic, walking over and casually killing Celia with a knife.
As listeners, Ash and Flyllian couldn't help but suspect that Duncan was joking with them, or a cold joke without any logic.
And if he said this seriously... he must want to rub their brains on the ground.
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Considering the actual situation, Ash and Flyllian didn't believe Duncan's ridiculous nonsense at all.
Unless the other party can produce evidence, but - Duncan really produced it.
After a brief touch, Ash, who has been studying the magic book given by Etilu recently, has some research on mental magic, and can read memories, and Flyllian, who originally knows some mental magic, copied the memories of the last hundred years that Etilu stole from Mahat from Duncan who took the initiative to open his mind.
This also caused Duncan to slap them hard with facts.
But even if it is copied, it is not so easy to interpret it, after all, the memory of a hundred years is too huge.
In-depth and targeted interpretation, including the part about magic, Fulilian needs about two months, Duncan needs three years, and Ash...
"... a week?" Ash thought about it and gave an unsure answer.
This outrageous statement made Duncan lose his voice:
"--Are you really a human?"
"Well, who knows..." He just smiled and didn't answer.
For humans, the memory of the demons is not easy to interpret, but for him... what is difficult to understand? He himself is a demon.
However, it is very difficult to analyze magic in reverse.
At most, he can only figure out Mahat's action mode and magic effects, as well as some flaws in the process.
If you want to study the cracking formula in reverse, it will take longer.
It is definitely not that simple to learn to turn everything into gold, otherwise it is meaningless to transfer magic, because reading the memory is at most seeing the corresponding magic book.
Transferring magic is the real thing. It cuts and transfers a series of things such as experience and the entire spellcasting ability. After giving it away, the person needs to learn again before using it.
But Fulilian is different... It took a hundred years to remove the golden right hand bit by bit.
And after that, she also conducted a long research. She has hundreds of years of foundation for analyzing everything turning into gold. If she wants to really apply it to other objects thoroughly... it still can't be done.
But after getting the memory from Mahat himself, she can continuously analyze the process, method, and magic composition of his use of magic, and there will be a result in about two months.
".... If it is the original version, it may not be cracked, but fifty years ago, Celia used the spell to bounce back the gold, which made him waver in his own technique, and also caused a loophole in the impeccable everything turning into gold. As long as this loophole can be found, there is hope."
Fulilian, who knows "everything turning into gold" more deeply than anyone else in the world, touched the hair of the half-kneeling woman while roughly flipping through the memory, and unexpectedly grasped the difference between this magic and the past.
If the "everything turns into gold" in the past was 100 points, then now it is 99 points, which is only "one" away from perfection, but it is also a fatal flaw.
Although without memory, it is still impossible to remove this super high-level magic, but now... it is equivalent to an open-book exam.
Told her various principles so that she can find the corresponding solution through these principles.
Although it is impossible for Fulilian to use it due to her race, it is no longer impossible to untie the "rope (curse)" and restore the state.
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After listening to Fulilian's explanation and confirming that she is really sure.
Ash put his hands on her shoulders, signaling her not to speak, and then looked at Duncan intently and asked:
"Although we don't mind helping you, what can you give us in return? After all, I just agreed to go to your hometown with you out of kindness; but we have already been there once. Even if this curse is broken, Mahat himself is still powerful. The risk of fighting him is too high. You can't treat us as free cannon fodder, right?"
"... Of course." Duncan nodded and pondered for a moment before saying, "... How about all of mine?"
"No... What do I need all of yours for? After you joined the Magic Association, your status in the empire has long been not as good as before, right?"
"Then... Curse Reversal Magic." Duncan thought for a moment and took out his most valuable thing.
"....What do you mean?"
"Actually, after I got the spell-returning magic, I asked Celia for help for a while. During this time, I have also been learning the transfer magic. I should be able to learn it before Fulilian finishes the analysis."
Duncan frankly said that he had already calculated the time and bargaining chips, and when Fulilian wanted to say something, he took the initiative to say: "In addition, I heard that Fulilian's private money has been spent, so I can add an additional 20 gold coins and a magic book, which is my personal commission."
"Deal!"
Ash and Fulilian looked at each other, and the two of them reached out their hands almost at the same time, which made Duncan hesitate for a moment, and then shook their hands.
Although it felt a bit strange to shake hands with two people at once, Duncan was relieved...After all, with these two people, things are no longer impossible.
But just as he was relieved, Ash suddenly said:
"By the way, I almost forgot...about Mahat's memory, please allow me to modify a part of it."
"What? Not...why?"
"...Don't mind it, it's just a small matter."
He didn't answer, just smiled vaguely, and after repeatedly promising not to delete it randomly, Duncan nodded hesitantly.
There was no way, he had been here with Aura and others, and the memory that was seen by Mahat must be deleted before Duncan read it.
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It was only after the three reached an agreement, and then...Ferren, who was still tidying up the room and arranging the bedding, learned about their plan.
Although it was a very dangerous act, after listening to Ash's description of Duncan's performance in the Golden Country, and Ash and Flillian's urgent hope, they could free the fortress city of Viize from gold and save the people who had been turned into gold over the years.
All these made it impossible for Philen to say anything to them, but...
"Lady Fulilian has been led astray. It would have been better if she just said she wanted the magic book. Now she has learned to find a plausible excuse like Lord Ash..."
After listening to their reasons, Philen folded the quilt while staring at Ash with a complaint, as if she was about to preach.
But Fulilian, who was completely in the state of analysis, looked drowsy and shaky. She was almost unable to stand and could not take care of herself. She hurried forward to help Fulilian to a quilt that had just been laid.
But... Philen's eyes never strayed from Ash, and even before he found a suitable excuse, he spoke first:
"Master Ash, you should pay more attention to your words and deeds on weekdays."
"What are you talking about... I should have been very careful all the time."
"No, you are always casual. If you are alone, it's fine, but I hope you can realize that this behavior is very detrimental to Lady Fulilian's education. At least be more upright in front of Lady Fulilian."
"...Okay, what you said makes sense, I will reflect on it."
Although he wanted to say that he has always been upright, his reason told him that it was meaningless, so he simply waved his hand like a scumbag, and recognized his mistakes as actively as usual.
When Fulilian heard what the two said, she looked depressed: "Seriously... who do you think I am?"
"Stop talking nonsense, analyze it carefully." Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on her forehead, brushing it from top to bottom, and closed her eyes.
"...I'm sleepy, not dying, why are you closing my eyes...!" Fulilian bit his hand weakly.
Philen, who had already started packing his luggage, heard the conversation between the two and sighed without turning his head:
"Master Ash, please don't take the opportunity to bully Master Fulilian, I will be angry."
"No, she bit my hand? Aren't you going to say something?"
"It was Master Ash's fault for bullying first, and Master Fulilian's fault too... Hurry up and open your mouth! Master Ash always touches everywhere, you know it."
Philen just looked back, like a mother who saw a child eating randomly, hurriedly stepped forward to pinch Fulilian's mouth, pulled out Ash's hand, and also scolded Fulilian by the way.
Unfortunately, Philen's words made Ash really unable to gloat.
He even unconsciously used magic to create water and washed his hands that had touched him all the way in the Golden Country by the window.
Duncan, who had already cooked dinner downstairs, heard their conversation while walking on the stairs, but turned around and left silently.
"You are so young..." With a sigh, he silently studied the transfer magic downstairs, hoping to give Ash the upper hand in the subsequent struggle.
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A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Ya Xiu had already finished analyzing it, but he had begun to study and study - the magic of turning everything into gold.
But during this process, the Royal Army that occupied the city of Kesman on the west side had already sent its vanguard troops and set up camp directly near the fortress city of Viize. It seemed that they had been able to use the human sea tactic to consume Mahat. .
However....that doesn't make sense at all.
Because according to the memories he obtained, Mahat proposed more than fifty years ago to eliminate the strongest force of the magic agent team sent to Veize, and also proposed to directly make the city fortress of Veize independent from the empire. When he came out, he was confident that he could wipe out all the invading enemies of the empire.
And that's not empty talk or exaggeration... As long as you don't analyze the defense barrier while dealing with harassment, use Mahat's combat power to eliminate one of the strongest combat forces of the Magical Agents back then, and then protect those who left the empire independently. In the fortress city, it is not a problem for one person to fight against the entire empire.
Therefore, the human sea tactic would only consume lives for no reason, so it was naturally impossible for Ash to adopt it... and two months had passed in the blink of an eye.
Duncan learned the transfer magic as promised and ceded the curse return magic to him, and Florian...
Fulian, who was being taken care of by Philan as usual, suddenly opened her eyes that had been sleepy this time one night.
And when Ash was outside the wooden house, staring at the Golden Land in the distance in a daze, he suddenly stood behind him and reminded him calmly: "...It's alright."
"Have the analysis and cracking been completed?"
"Yes, when will we act?"
"...I'd better go and talk to Mahat first."
"Even if you have a curse, it's still very dangerous, right?"
"It's okay. I have companions who can excite Mahat and provide enough combat power." He raised his eyes and looked at the girl standing on the side of the road not far away.
Fulian looked at her subconsciously, but her eyes narrowed slightly unconsciously.
That petite figure, slender hair, small horns on the forehead, beautiful appearance, everything... She had never heard of it.
But even with such an existence, she could feel the magic power from him, which was almost the same as her own, which made Fulilian take a deep breath unconsciously:
"How many nameless demons are there in this world? Is this your sister again?"
"Do you want to introduce me?" Ash looked back calmly, and introduced without waiting for an answer: "She is Solitaire, so..."
"——Someone like a fiancée."
Before he could finish speaking, Solitaire took the initiative to step forward and added with a naive smile.
As soon as these words came out, Fulilian blinked blankly. She was silent for a long time before she doubted her ears and unconsciously repeated: "You are talking about... your fiancée?"
"Yes, fiancée."
"No...wait a minute? I have never heard that demons have fiancées? Who is going to get a marriage contract? Demons don't have the concept of parents, right? - Then how can they have a fiancée? ? "
Now Fulian was in a mess. Her eyes were wandering around the two of them, and the expression on her face was extremely exciting. Unexpectedly, she even spoke very fast, and her expression looked quite interesting.
....If she wasn't the person involved, Ya Xiu would definitely not be able to help but want to observe her carefully and take a photo of her or something.
But it's a pity.... He is the person involved.
In this situation, he could only cover his face and sigh, and planned to explain, but...
"Although it is true that there is no concept of parents, demons also need to reproduce. I happen to be about the same age, and Ash is also the perfect lover, because we have the same ideals and common hobbies ~ we just need to deepen it a little more If you understand, you can conceive the crystallization of love together, and then raise children like human beings.”
Solitier, with a smile on her face, nodded without hesitation: "Yes~ raising children together, I believe they will be very good children~"
"Ha-ha?"
Solitaire's strange and long plan, which was not like a demon at all but more like a human being, made Ash confused when he heard it, and Frilian was even more stunned.
However, Solitaire completely ignored the confusion of the two of them and clasped her hands in front of her chest. She shook her head slightly and explained enthusiastically:
"Of course, this may take some time. After all, we are all big demons, and the difficulty should be higher than that of ordinary demons, so we can spend fifty years working hard to create the first..."
"——Very well, you'd better shut up first."
Some plans that were beyond reality made Ash step forward quickly and press Solitaire's head with a sigh to prevent her from saying any more strange and shocking words, which would cause him to encounter strange troubles. .
But Fulilian's expression at this moment was extremely strange, so he had to explain: "Don't get me wrong, that's just her unilateral nonsense, I personally don't have such plans for the time being."
"'For the time being'...? Just need to brew it first? I understand~" Solitiel didn't seem to notice Ash's depression, and couldn't help but tiptoe to touch his head, and smiled very considerately and gently:
"Ah, alas~ I actually understand all this, after all, you are still young, and I don't have that experience, so before this matter, it must be necessary for the two of us to run in first."