CIATB Chapter 877 The Origin of Magic
Chapter 877 The Origin of Magic
Chapter 877 The Origin of Magic
Catalina rarely felt the combination of nervousness, anticipation and anxiety, or rather, this feeling had only occurred once before.
That was her first time to carry out an assassination mission. She wanted to show her father the results of her more than ten years of training, but the result was not good. She messed up everything and made her father give up on her and even sent assassins to clean up his shameful work.
After that, she truly possessed the cold heart of a top assassin, but now, after half a month, she came to the Noxus Academy of Magic again, and her mood was quite up and down.
How is the magic dagger being made?
She didn't think that Seville would tease her, nor did she think that the chief craftsman of the dignified Philos family would fail in making several magic daggers. She was even full of expectations for the magical effects of the daggers.
When Swain asked her what she thought of Ji Xing, in addition to the comment of "terrible", she actually had another sentence hidden in her throat.
'It's very similar to how you feel.'
He is the kind of guy who is omnipotent, as deep as the sea, and whose depth cannot be seen at all!
She always trusted her instincts.
Adjusting her mood, she walked into the academy's magic equipment building with a decisive expression and went up to the third floor. She didn't know where to find Ji Xing, so she could only look for Eugenie, the third-level wizard who was originally responsible for making the magic dagger for her.
"Hmm, you're coming?"
Eugenie didn't have a good impression of her, Catalina knew it, but she didn't care. At the same time, she keenly noticed that there was an indescribable "envy and resentment" on Eugenie's face today.
Her gaze moved downward to Eugenie's messy wizard desk. The previously tidy surface was now covered with dozens or even hundreds of equipment drawings, as well as a thick stack of material books. The first few drawings she saw had dagger patterns drawn on them.
This is for me? So much?
"Don't look at it. This is my research. Your dagger was made by Master Seville two days ago. Come with me." Eugenie stood up and walked towards the corridor. When she passed by Katarina, she couldn't help but add: "You are a lucky guy. Yes, me too."
Katerina's crimson eyes wavered slightly as she asked, "Is the dagger very sharp?"
Eugenie glanced at her and said, "I thought you didn't have normal human emotions. But... sharp? This description is really unfair to the six daggers, and also to the drawings I drew during these two sleepless nights."
Katarina looked at her, and Eugenie shrugged and said, "I think it is a divine weapon. Perhaps due to the limitation of materials and size, it is not as strong as those legendary holy objects, but for a magic equipment master, it is an absolute divine weapon. Each dagger has been added with seven kinds of magic by Master Seville. I witnessed it all with my own eyes, but until now I still don't know how Master Seville did it.
Well, this is also the homework that Master Seville left for me. If I can infer the blueprint, Master Seville will teach me more. I haven't attended the magic classes regularly taught by the old wizards in the academy for five or six years. Alas, it's really hard to pick up the mentality of an apprentice again. "
Although she said so, Catalina could clearly see the expectation and motivation on Eugenie's face, and whispered: "Seven kinds of magic..."
"You don't understand what this means. Even General Darius's Black Cleaver is only enchanted with the third level. Although magic is different from magic... Anyway, just treat them as heirlooms. Maybe a hundred years from now, people will have forgotten you, but they will remember them."
Catalina clenched her fingertips and said, No, I will become a great assassin that the world will never forget.
But she had to admit that at this moment her anticipation for the dagger reached its peak.
Arriving at the door of the workshop deepest in the magic equipment department, a pair of magic apprentices were standing guard at the door. Eugenie looked at the tightly closed door and asked in surprise and expectation: "Master Seville has started to forge new magic weapons again? What are they?"
"Uh, Master Eugenie..."
Just as Bethes was hesitating about how to explain, the door of the workshop creaked open and a fiery breath shot out from the inner hole. Ji Xing appeared in Eugenie Caterina's sight with a refreshed look on his face.
Their attention was not here, they were more attracted by the staff in Ji Xing's hand.
It was a silver staff, like a mysterious tribute of moonlight showered upon the world, emitting a cold and noble luster, just like the Milky Way pouring down from the night sky, flowing with a faint silver glow.
The staff is slender and elegant, with an exquisite pure white hextech gem inlaid in the middle of the staff. The handle of the staff is wrapped with exquisite silver vines, and the vines are also inlaid with some smaller hextech gems.
As one of the rulers of the Philos family, Ji Xing’s inventory is full of this kind of things.
The head of the staff is carved with a silver phoenix with its wings spread. Its feathers are slender, gorgeous and lifelike. When held by Ji Xing, it feels as if the phoenix is about to flap its wings in Ji Xing's palm and soar into the sky.
"So beautiful..." Eugenie couldn't help but let out an unprofessional exclamation, but it was the best expression of her mood at the moment.
Even Catalina secretly admired it. Even if this kind of thing was held by a second-rate wizard, people would probably mistake him for a remarkable guy. But when it was held by Seville, it seemed like a natural match!
"Is this the staff you made for yourself?" Soon, Eugenie came back to her senses and asked expectantly, "I can sense the breath of true ice and the heart of the frost troll. How many layers of magic did you add? This must be the best staff I have ever seen!"
"It's just a simple way to increase spell efficiency and levitation." Ji Xing tapped his staff, and Eugenie's figure floated up as if lifted by the breeze: "Oh, and these hex gems can increase some explosive power."
It sounds simple, but Yugeni, who saw Ji Xing forging the dagger with her own eyes, didn't dare to take it as a simple statement. What happened two days ago is not so easy to forget.
When Ji Xing was enchanting, she kept shouting, "It's no good, Master Seville," "Too much, it's going to break," "Stop it now!"
What was the result? Ji Xing was now the "God of Magic Craftsmen" in her heart, on the same level as the legendary demigod Ornn, the Hidden Flame of the Mountain in Freljord!
After falling back to the ground, she glanced at the outsider Katarina and didn't ask any more questions.
Ji Xing turned around and walked back to the workshop. He soon came back with a tray of daggers in one hand and said to Katarina, "Let's go to the equipment testing area and tell you the features of the new dagger."
Katerina looked down.
Compared to the extremely gorgeous staff in Ji Xing's hand, the six daggers in the tray were ordinary, even dull and ugly.
This strong sense of gap made her subconsciously disappointed, then she remembered that this was what an assassin's weapon should look like. She took the tray, picked up a dagger, and her movements paused slightly.
So comfortable.
No, it's very easy.
It felt like a person with missing limbs had found her arm again. The size and shape of the dagger seemed to fit her palm prints, as if it had grown out of her hand!
She thought of Ji Xing's measurement of the length of her arms and palms half a month ago, and realized that this was probably not a magical effect, but just the skill of a craftsman!
The road to the equipment testing area became a bit long. Finally, when they arrived, Ji Xing said, "Mage Eugenie told you that I added seven levels of magic to these daggers. Let's take them one by one. First, the most basic one - the blood contract."
Catalina was startled and asked in surprise, "You even know about the blood magic of the Scarlet Secret Society?"
The Scarlet Order is an ancient magic society in Noxus. Because it is easy to get started, even ordinary people without talent can master one or two blood magic. It is very influential among high-ranking officials and nobles, but in Katarina's memory, her father seemed to be somewhat repulsive and wary of this.
"I have read a little bit." Ji Xing smiled and said, "I read some materials in the library."
Catalina nodded, and without hesitation she cut her arm, letting the blood seep onto the six daggers - well, the so-called blood contract magic is also known as 'blood recognition'.
After completing this operation, Catalina felt that her coordination with the daggers in her hands had been strengthened. Even with her eyes closed, she could clearly grasp where they were!
"The second type is swift lightning."
Katharina knew how to use it naturally without Ji Xing's detailed explanation. She looked at the target in the distance, activated this basic elemental magic with the blood bond without hesitation, and threw the dagger out.
The dagger disappeared in an instant, leaving only a trace of electric arc jumping in the air, and the next moment, it pierced through the steel target!
"The third type, the breath of demon destruction."
Catalina recognized it and threw the dagger again as she did before, at another target.
The flying speed of the dagger was not as fast as before, but the moment it touched the target, a flame of destruction gushed out from the front end. The steel instantly burned and a few drops of molten iron dripped out, making a sizzling sound, and the dagger also pierced into the target!
If I had this when fighting Camille, I could easily burn through her... Katarina, who was in an agitated mood, couldn't help but think about it, and then she remembered who made the dagger for her and shook off this rude mood.
"The fourth is the wind of freedom."
After one blood magic, three elemental magics followed. It seems that Master Seville is very good at elemental magic? Catalina thought, and threw the third dagger more and more familiarly.
The dagger's flying speed was slower, but Catalina felt that she could control it through the air to speed it up, slow it down, and even turn!
Not very skillfully, she made the dagger spin in the air and hit the target from behind. It did not penetrate the target and fell to the ground with a clang, but the effect was already surprisingly good!
"The fifth type, Shadow Blade."
This time, Catalina finally froze for a moment. Under Ji Xing's guidance, she felt the magic, but she didn't know how to use it for a moment. Ji Xing said, "Put a dagger in a place where you usually put it, and then activate this magic."
Katerina did as she was told. She usually kept her weapons at her waist.
After she put the dagger away, the color of the dagger began to change visibly, gradually becoming the same color as her healthy skin, and even faintly transparent.
Even if Yugeni, who was standing next to her, looked carefully, she couldn't be sure whether there was anything there!
"Color-changing magic that adapts to the environment?"
“You can understand it that way.” Ji Xing said, “It’s similar to the chameleon. Since it’s an assassin’s equipment, maybe it can be used.”
That's great. Katarina thought to herself and took a deep breath. Is this a special type of magic? And it's not a basic magic like the blood contract! I don't think I've ever heard of this kind of magic. Isn't Sewell a natural magic awakener? How much magic does he master?
"The sixth one is the summoning blade." Ji Xing continued: "Pick up a dagger, sense the three daggers you threw out, and try to activate it."
...Summon? Could it be?!
Catalina's heart was beating fast. She picked up a dagger and sensed it, activating the magic.
The next moment, the three daggers thrown out when testing elemental magic appeared in front of her in an instant. She was quick-eyed and quick-handed and caught them with her other hand. She could not help but stare at the three daggers and fell silent.
It really is summoning magic. The existence of this magic means that I can use these six daggers in a battle!
At this moment, Catalina felt that she could simply throw away her two main weapons. With these six daggers, her combat capability had increased tenfold!
Oh, and there’s even…
"The seventh type, the brain-controlling blade."
Ji Xing said, "There is no way to test this magic now, so let me tell you the effect. Stab the dagger into the target's body and use this magic, and the target will listen to your commands for a short period of time. As for the specific length of time, it depends on the target's willpower and mental state."
Catalina felt a little panic.
This... can be called an assassin's magical skill.
Sometimes assassins have to carry out not only assassination missions, but also steal certain secrets. If they can get the target to cooperate, it will save a lot of effort!
One kind of blood magic, three kinds of elemental magic, one kind of special magic, one kind of summoning magic, and one kind of... spiritual magic?
The six daggers were so powerful that they seemed unreal to her. No wonder Eugenie called them artifacts! Even though their maximum effects were not as good as those legendary weapons, such as Randuin's Omen and Triforce, they were artifacts in the hands of an assassin!
Flawless, absolutely beautiful!
Eugenie was very satisfied as she watched this cold-blooded woman who had been making things difficult for her like a cold-blooded animal fall into a trance. That's right, huh, I was like this two days ago!
Damn, you got it so cheap!
She looked at Ji Xing and asked hesitantly, "Master Seville, I have been drawing the blueprint of this dagger over and over again these past two days, but there are two things I can't figure out. Does the summoning blade magic overlap with the blood contract magic? Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense to produce the effect of space movement. And the mental magic of the brain blade, maybe because I've never come into contact with it, I feel that the circuit is very strange..."
"That's not spiritual magic, it's necromancy. The direction is wrong." Ji Xing laughed.
"...Ah?" Eugenie stared in shock.
"As for the former, the judgment is correct, but not completely correct. There are overlapping parts between the seven kinds of magic, just like tightly linked circles. Each one passes through the others. If any one is missing, it will be incomplete."
As the changes in the magic power in his body gradually stabilized in the past two days, Ji Xing already knew what he was about to or was touching.
The origin of magic.
Something called 'World Rune'!
There was no life or magic in the Rune Continent. It was the emergence of runes in each world that gave rise to countless lives and numerous magics!
All kinds of magic have the same origin.
Catalina's six daggers were a confirmation test of his initial exposure to the origin, and the staff in his hand was an extension of his 'minor success in the origin'!
There are indeed only levitation and spell amplification magic on it, but each of them has been added 32 layers by Ji Xing. The flying speed will break the speed of sound, and the degree of spell amplification... exceeds 400%!
This is the real artifact!
(End of this chapter)