I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

In the distant Age of Gods, magicians did not value magic circuits because the "Great Source" was very active at that time. Magicians could directly extract magic power from the "Great Source" without going through magic circuits.

The famous witch Medea said - Magic is everywhere, but ordinary people can't see it. Shinji also heard similar words from Scathach, and received further explanations.

"Dayuan" is like a huge reservoir, and the magic circuit is like a water pump. The lower the water level, the more difficult it is to pump water, and the higher the water level, the easier it is to pump water. If the water level is too high, the pump cannot be used because the entire machine is flooded.

Maybe some people will say that this is not a good thing? You need a water pump only when you can't get water. If the water pump is flooded, you can just get water directly. Isn't it more convenient?

The problem lies precisely here. The foundation of modern magic is the magic circuit. After thousands of years of development, magicians have long given up on drawing water directly and focused all their attention on the "water pump" system. Except for some ancient books, only the old monsters who experienced the heyday of that mysterious era still remember how to get water directly.

Once the "pumping machine" system fails, everything built on it will also fail. The more powerful modern magicians are, the greater the impact will be, because it has become their instinct to use magic circuits to connect to the great source. On the contrary, the apprentices who have not yet started will not be affected. They mainly rely on the magic power naturally generated by the body and have nothing to do with the "Great Source".

Shenji can be considered a second-rate magician now, and he was still greatly affected. However, his situation is quite special. His enlightenment mentor, Scathach, came from the age of the gods and knew how to extract magic power from the "Great Source", and imprinted it on the "Inheritance Crystal" given to his disciples.

"Ah, I found it. I have indeed seen it before, the meditation method of the Gods - could it be that the master has foreseen that I will need this?"

Meditation is a required introductory course for magicians from the Age of Gods. It is naturally not very difficult. After studying it several times, Shenji quickly mastered the trick. Although there is still a long way to go before it can be combined with modern magic, it is enough to drive magic.

It didn't take long for Shinji to complete the repair work of all the Noble Phantasms.

Yes, all of them.

The biggest advantage of the magicians of the Age of Gods is that magic power does not need to be accumulated, and can be used whenever needed. As long as the mental strength is sufficient, the magic power will never run out. And mental power happens to be Shenji's absolute strength. If he can do it in one go, he can also brush up on his proficiency in the meditation method.

Half an hour had passed since he woke up, and Shenji was finally ready and took the first step of exploration.

Contrary to his previous judgment, this place is indeed a castle. Although he has not seen the appearance, its internal structure has many similarities with the Clone Brigade's base camp.

The place where you wake up is the hall of the castle. There are corridors on the left and right, connecting rooms with different functions. The room is not locked and can be entered at will. Like the hall, the decorative furniture is all in European classical style and is also very well preserved, with no trace of human life visible.

The left and right corridors meet at the stairs. Going down is the dungeon and storage room, and going up is the living area. Judging from experience, it is not known whether there are people living there.

Passing through a main corridor on the third floor, you can reach the observation deck, which is one of Shinji's goals. There are no clues inside the castle to determine the location, so we can only hope from the outside.

The time seemed to be midnight, and the full moon hung high overhead, coating the entire viewing platform with a hazy silver glow and providing good conditions for determining the location.

Looking around, Shen Er's heart felt cold. The castle is surrounded by a vast plain. Even if the vision is enhanced to the limit, the clues obtained are very limited. I can only roughly judge that I should be somewhere in the southern hemisphere.

The two world lines are synchronized in time. It was late autumn when we left Romania, but the grass on the plains was green. It was late at night but it didn't feel cold. This can only be explained by the reversal of seasons.

In order to verify his guess, Shenji looked up to observe the stars - although his astronomy knowledge was very limited, he at least knew that there were differences in the stars in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. If the North Star could not be seen, then this guess was probably correct.

However, the results of the observation surprised him.

No stars!

Yes, no!

In the clear and cloudless night sky, there was only a bright moon and no stars, not a single one.

"What's going on? I can't be dazzled."

I rubbed my eyes hard and looked again, but still nothing.

Okay, this is a lot of information.

In this world, it is impossible not to see the stars on such a good night. Combined with the extremely active "Great Source" around him, it is very likely that he is not in the present world, but has fallen into a secret realm - here, anything that goes against common sense is likely to happen.

After confirming this, Shen Er felt mixed feelings.

Fortunately, positioning is easy this way. The state of the secret realm is related to the real-life environment during the period when the secret realm was generated. An environment comparable to the age of the gods shows that the secret realm is very old. The older the secret realm, the fewer the remaining ones, and the easier it is to investigate.

What's worrying is that ancient secret realms often mean that there are equally ancient beings living there. If someone invades your own territory, it's hard to say what kind of treatment Joan of Arc will receive.

Of course, whether he is happy or sad, it will not affect what Shenji will do next.

Send the message out, and then find a way to protect yourself and wait for the arrival of the "Gem Man".

After cutting off his conversation with Justeza, Shinji returned to the castle and continued exploring.

He didn't know how long it would take "Jewel Man", so he had to secure a place to stay, and this castle without any trace of life was a very good choice.

Since you want to live here, it is your top priority to be familiar with the terrain, so that you can deal with any unexpected situations.

Returning along the original path, walking through corridors one after another, checking room after room, we still found nothing, and it was also the best discovery.

After exploring the third floor, Shen Er came to the fourth floor.

This is the highest floor of the castle and is generally used as the living room of the castle owner, because this height can isolate the noise and smell from other parts of the castle to the greatest extent. If nothing is discovered here, this castle will be completely safe.

To be cautious, Shenji did not explore in the natural order as before, but deliberately went from side to side. After checking all the other rooms, he finally stood in front of the center and largest room.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Er adjusted himself to the best condition and reached out to knock on the closed door three times.

Waiting as usual, no response as usual, pushing the door open as usual.

The moment he opened the door, he froze.