Mercenaries and Adventurers

Master Kony followed his teacher's example and faced the sea.

He straightened his neck, and his eyes shone with magic power. Under his control, those subtle magic powers merged with a little light projected from the surface of the soul in his eyes.

The rapid fusion and expansion turned into a magic circle that was suspended in front of his eyes and could see from afar. The magic circle quickly rotated and activated, magnifying the light from the distance and projecting it onto Master Kony's eyes.

Sitting on a tall observation tower, he can see far away.

Scanning his eyes carefully, he quickly discovered something was wrong.

"Teacher, there is something wrong with the sea in the distance." In his eyes, the water in the far distance was abnormally growing like green grass sprouts, growing and climbing from the sea to the sky against gravity.

The old mage nodded.

"In fact, the sea storm has already started, but it will take a while before it appears before it approaches the coast. As you can see, the water that abnormally flows back from the sea surface into the air is the result of the huge natural magic power under the sea surface. 'Predictive reaction'."

The old mage stroked his beard and explained to his apprentice: "The so-called precognitive reaction does not mean that some phenomena that appeared before the big disaster really predicted anything. It borrowed the concept of astrological prediction magic to mean that it was predicted by the big disaster. Some phenomena affected by disasters in advance.”

He pointed to the observation flag outside the observation tower with its tail pointing toward the sea.

"In areas affected by sea storms, the surface air is flowing in the opposite direction toward the ocean at this moment. This is a kind of predictive reaction. People who have keenly observed this phenomenon, such as the old scholar, can compare each sea outbreak The direction and speed of air flow during life can accurately calculate when a sea storm will occur."

Master Kony opened his mouth and looked at the distant scene in surprise. He took out a pen and paper from his sleeve and wrote down what the teacher just said.

Looking at the apprentice's mark, the old mage patted Kony's head and signaled that the two of them could go out to meet the upcoming sea storm.

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The middle-aged man who was the priest of the Hidden Ring of the Sun waited for the fast-burning deep-sea giant squid ink to dry up before returning to the lighthouse with the box.

Before coming back, he also closed the door to the platform firmly. He did not forget that a sea storm was coming. If the door was not closed, they might not be washed off the top of the tower by the water pouring in from the door.

It is more than fifty meters high here.

Not to mention other things, it would be very bad to say that the teacher's hard work will be soaked.

After entering the room, he saw another senior brother walking around uneasily and felt very bored.

"What are you worried about? It won't be messed up. And even if it is messed up, your church will only waste a little time for the people. There is nothing to worry about."

"You don't understand. Huh." After saying this angrily, the tall middle-aged people remembered the other's identity: "I'm sorry. I have been preparing for this for more than half a year, and I really can't bear the failure."

The short priest agent of the Ring of the Sun no longer paid attention to the other person. He carefully checked the large glass windows around the original house again to make sure that they were all closed and there was no gap.

The old scholar chatted nonchalantly with him while starting to pack up the various papers on the table.

There's a lot of this stuff, and it can't just be piled into a pile and stuffed into a box. Otherwise, it will be more troublesome to classify the various files when he returns to his book tower.

After all, I can still remember what is important and what is not. When I got back, I had forgotten all about it.

The tall middle-aged man who believed in the Lord of the Ocean was really uneasy, so he walked to a glass window facing the sea, found a cotton pad and put it under his knees, and then sat up on his knees.

He then dipped some seawater on his finger from a metal kettle on his waist, and gently touched the seawater to his forehead. No sound came out of his mouth, but his lips touched quickly and repeatedly, silently reciting the church's prayer.

"Asking for your forgiveness, we sail on your body."

"Invoking your mercy, we fish for those whom you feed."

“I beg you to listen carefully as we stride over your majestic body.”

"Not to be complacent, but to seek information from you."

"You are so vast that all people know this without thinking."

"Whenever you stand on the beach, those who have eyes and knowledge will feel happy."

"Only because of your big heart."

"Let me drink the sea water and experience the taste of fate, just like your unpredictable mood."

"Let me face the storm, and feel the awakening of wrath, like the power of your majesty."

"Let me dive into the deep sea and accept my mission in this life, just like your infinite wisdom."

As he meditated silently, the uneasiness finally disappeared.

Sitting on the chair on the outer edge of the platform again, the old mage retracted his raised ears and sneered disdainfully.

"A common question, can the Lord of the Ocean really represent the ocean?"

He shook his head and said to Kony, who was excited about what he saw next to him: "Kony, guess how much of the sea area the Lord of the Ocean that the person behind him believes in can affect? ​​And the Sun God that the other person believes in, He How much sunlight can be collected over an area at one time? And how much of a field can the god of agriculture, who has the most followers, control the growth and prosperity of crops?"

Although Kony kept observing the approaching sea storm with surprise through the magic of distant vision in front of his eyes, in fact, half of his thoughts remained beside him. He naturally heard what the teacher seemed to be asking him, but was actually talking to himself.

He didn't dare to accept those words, and he couldn't accept them.

After all, his strength is limited. If he accepts those words, he will probably have bad consequences, although the teacher will definitely protect him from those consequences. But he still didn't dare. It's not that he has any respect for the gods, it's just that he doesn't have enough strength.

"How many things and how long can the God of Time control? Haha, can the God of War really control a war that is enough to destroy the world? And can Mother Earth slow down the rotation of our planet by even half a minute? Haha. Haha. It’s so ridiculous. Life creates gods, but then it asks these gods to do things they can’t do.”

The old mage shook his head.

"And the most hilarious thing is, how many magics does the Empire's God of Magic know? I get so happy every time I think about this. Is he using magic or divine magic, huh? Haha."

Seeing that the teacher was getting more and more scary as he spoke, Kony had no choice but to push the teacher's arm.

"Oh, oh oh. That's right, regardless of those things that make people laugh, as magicians, we still have to experience this grand scene that can only appear every year due to the rotation of the planet."

The words just fell.

On the distant sea line from left to right, as far as the eye can see, there are white clouds rising that can be distinguished by the naked eye.

The three people in the house now walked to the glass window and took a closer look.

Kony, on the other hand, mentally put down the arrogance the teacher just said and murmured to himself: "It's not clouds, it's water!"

The old mage next to him shook his head. He did not correct his apprentice's description error. What was rising at this moment was not water, or in other words, it was not just water.

Rather, it is a majestic natural magic rising from the deep sea.

It's just that according to the classic concept of traditional magicians, the magic power is the magic power of water.

It's water and it's magic.

It's magic and it's water.

After the majestic disaster-level magic power emerges from the sea, it will change into the form of water, and as the concentration of the original magic power decreases, more and more water will be transformed.

more and more.

more and more.

Until the entire large area of ​​land and desert in the northern and eastern Farah Peninsula is completely 'watered'.

Similar things will probably happen repeatedly in the past few days, but the first time every year is the largest.

As a magician, I have to watch it. After all, this is a gift given by nature.

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The clouds and mist rising on the distant horizon look small and slow, but in fact it is an illusion.

For ordinary people on the Farah Peninsula, they rarely or basically never directly observe the appearance of the sea when it comes from a height. In the days before a sea storm comes, people usually hire people or do it themselves to reinforce and waterproof their houses according to the rules of previous years.

When the month comes and there is a storm on the sea, they will prepare food for at least half a month, gather their pets, livestock and poultry in the house, and the family will not go out anywhere, waiting honestly for the water provided by the ocean for the next year.

Even if you have to go out due to illness or childbirth, you must plan your route in advance and go out as soon as possible.

When there is a storm, they will close their doors and windows tightly and ignore everything happening outside.

Until the biggest bell in the city rang again, announcing the end of this year's sea storm.

Behind the huge glass in the lighthouse room of the observation tower, the three masters and apprentices responsible for predicting the start time of the sea storm were watching from a place with such a good view for the first time. They had experienced dozens of sea storms in their lives.

"By God, this is the greatest miracle of the Lord of the Ocean. Look, it is approaching quickly! And it is getting bigger and bigger!" The tall middle-aged man who believed in the Lord of the Ocean lay down tightly. In front of the glass window, people were shouting excitedly.

The priest spy, who believed in the sun god, froze on the spot, chanting the name of the god he believed in in his heart, nervously holding a corner of his clothes and squeezing it tightly in his hand.

He is not an ordinary priest who has never seen big scenes. As a church spy, he has also traveled far and wide, seen sea monsters like islands, and also seen the most frightening sandstorms in the desert, but those are compared with the sea storm in his hometown at the moment. , it’s really a small thing compared to a big witch.

The rapidly expanding water mist air mass in the distance turned into a huge monster with the most bared teeth and claws in just a breath. Connecting the sky and the earth, extending from the far left of the ground to the far right of the line of sight, the entire world seems to be swallowed up by a sea storm.

That nervous mood actually caused the automatic protection blessing on his body to take effect.

A luminous outline of a humanoid figure close to the body suddenly appeared, which startled the classmates and teachers next to him. But he quickly reacted, and with a thought, the protective humanoid outline disappeared from his body again.

"A little nervous. It's okay." He reluctantly explained.

The other two were a little confused but were soon distracted by the approaching sea storm.

This is the first time for the old scholar to see such a shocking scenery. Even he has secretly opened the window to peek when the sea storm came in the past years, but in this place, at this time, at this height, he can visually contact the sea so intuitively. Violence is still a bit too exciting for him.

Mu.

He raised his tea cup and took a sip of the warm tea to suppress the excitement in his heart.

"How many times have I missed the opportunity to watch the storm in my life." Thinking of this, his mind suddenly turned around and he came up with the idea of ​​inviting some of the city's dignitaries to watch it next year.

If its fees are formalized in the future, will it bring a new source of tax revenue to Tatulons?

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Outside the door next to him, Master Kony could no longer control his young and excited mood. He stood on his chair, excitedly opening his hands and using his chest to welcome the approaching sea storm that was gradually accelerating.

He was not worried about his wild behavior at this time. After all, the teacher was beside him and the teacher would cover his figure and voice.

"Here comes teacher!" he shouted loudly.

They had to shout, because as the sea storm quickly approached, the expanding natural magic turned into a large number of water droplets flying in the air. These countless and unpredictable weights of water pushed the air in front of them, causing the air to be Pushing towards the Farah Peninsula.

The gradually accelerating air turned into wind, and gradually roared and roared.

"Ohhhhhhh!!"

Young Kony excitedly flapped his arms like a bird. The sleeves of his robe caught a lot of wind, and the wind blowing backwards slightly blew him up. This made him excitedly think that he could do it without the help of magic. Just fly up.

In fact, the increasingly strong wind had already blown him away in his robe, but the old mage secretly held Corny in place, which prevented him from being blown away by the strong wind.

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The storm is getting closer.

The outermost edge of the approaching clouds was white, reflecting the sunlight, but the closer you looked inward, the darker it became. That's because the dense water droplets block the sun's rays in the sky. In the depths of the sea storm that sweeps close to the sea surface, it is like a dark night, accompanied by strong winds and showers.

The observation tower they were in was not the northernmost one. The observation tower on a seaside reef that could be seen not far away was directly swallowed up by the sea storm that swept over the sea.

Kony stared there closely, and he felt that before the observation tower was swallowed up, there seemed to be a magician's magic glow flashing away.

"Teacher!" He called the old mage loudly, with a worried look on his face.

But the old mage just patted the armrest of the chair he was sitting on.

And even though the wind is howling, it is still clear, as if speaking in the ear: "Don't be nervous. Think about it calmly. The observation tower under our feet is already old. It can withstand sea storms every year, not to mention our magic." Where is the teacher?"

"They are all official mages, don't worry about them."

After speaking, the old mage pointed in front of him.

"Haha, the sea is coming, feel it!"

Kony turned his head, opened his mouth wide, and gradually raised his head to look at the sea storm that swallowed the sky and the earth.

Really swallowing the sky. The gradually expanding water vapor transformed by natural magic power has expanded to a height that seems to be several kilometers high, which is much higher than a snow-capped mountain.

And the sea storm that clings to the sea surface stretches from left to right to the end of the line of sight, as if the entire world will be swallowed up and destroyed.

At this moment, Master Kony couldn't help but use his left hand to perform space anchoring magic. His right hand urgently used a large amount of magic crystal magic stored in the space bag of his clothes to activate the magic with the special magic circle pre-stored on his forearm, and instantly opened a magic circle that connected him with The old mage also has a magic shield protected by a lighthouse behind him.

This was entirely his instinct, because his intuition was already occupied by the sea storm that was approaching instantly.

His mind was completely unable to think at that moment, and he simply wanted to protect himself and other nearby humans.

The old mage snorted dissatisfiedly, feeling that the apprentice was still too young. Just such a scene suddenly made him lose his mind, and his mind was taken away by the natural landscape in front of him.

But as soon as he felt Kony's protective shield, he smiled slightly.

Although he is still a little immature, he is a good boy.

At this moment, he will also subconsciously protect the 'ordinary people' behind him.

Shaking his head, he waved his hand, directly erasing the two magic spells that Kony released instantly.

After all, they still have to be invisible, and the spherical magic shield cast instantly can withstand the water hitting them.

It makes people feel strange and it will be more troublesome to see through it.

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Kony's mind came back as the protective shield was directly wiped away, and he immediately realized that he had made something redundant. His teacher certainly wouldn't let things get out of hand.

Moreover, even the lighthouse under him can resist the sea storm, so there is no reason why he can't resist it himself.

Although he thought so, Kony thought for a moment before he was swallowed up by the sea that was facing him: 'This is really shocking. ’

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The surroundings instantly darkened, as if entering a dark night where you couldn't see your fingers.

But the difference is that a "heavy rain" comes from the ground, horizontally, and completely ignores the gravity of the planet.

In just an instant, Kony was soaked, and the huge water droplets that had just transformed from natural magic into water hit his face, making him feel painful. But it hurt, but it couldn't hurt him at all.

After all, those delicacies you don’t like every day are not for nothing.

All kinds of weird nourishing foods have been transformed by Master Harao into magical foods that can truly enhance strength.

Kony licked his tongue and suddenly realized that the water droplets blowing in the face of the sea storm turned out to be real pure water.

As if he had discovered what he was about to ask, the old mage's voice rang directly in his ears that were filled with nothing but roaring.

"This is pure water transformed by pure natural magic. It has just been created. It is far from any water we drink or see. Although it looks ordinary, in fact, the water, water vapor, rain, and clouds that everyone sees every day , ice cubes, ice and snow. Ho ho, they are all ancient water that is far older than the earth beneath our feet."

"What!" Kony was shocked.

He never doubted the knowledge the teacher said, but this was too abnormal. Who would have thought that the water he came into contact with every day was actually older than the earth.

That was a long time ago that he could never imagine.

The old mage opened his hand, and some of the water droplets from the sea that passed around them were absorbed into his palm.

Continuously sucking in the surrounding water, Kony could see his teacher again.

Although the surroundings are pitch black, as a magician, you don't necessarily need to use your naked eyes to see things. He looked at the teacher's palm, and before the question was uttered, the old mage guessed it and answered it first.

"You must want to ask me what the purpose of absorbing these water droplets is. In fact, they are just ordinary water. Since they changed from natural magic to rebirth water a moment ago, they are real water."

'but. ’ Kony thought, the teacher always likes to talk like this, and the next sentence must start like this.

"However, they still have some special functions. As I call them: the water of new life. These are the real water children born by nature. Well, in some mysterious places, such as the water in the abyss In the elemental world, these young waters are quite popular with ancient elemental creatures that are often millions of years old."

It dawned on Kony.

He had read the manuscript about the underlying structural world of the universe that the teacher had compiled privately. Those deep worlds that were related but not related to the real world were what the teacher called abyss.

Because the deep world is like a bottomless abyss with no end in sight, just like the universe they live in.

And in those deep abyss worlds, there are elemental realms that support the real universe.

So everything makes sense.

Kony asked loudly: "There is young new water. Is there any particularly old water?"

The old mage smiled in his eyes: "Of course there are. The trailing stars (comets) in the sky, which are often called broom stars by the people, have water ice that is far older than all the water in the world. Those are stars. Water ice that existed before it even formed. I flew across the earth to find them.”

Shaking his head: "Unfortunately, I was still too young at that time, and the speed of magical flight was far less than that of the trailing stars flying in the universe. Not to mention that there were unknown life forms on them that did not like outsiders to contact them, so I was waiting in orbit in advance. The plan also failed."

Even if the surroundings were pitch black, roaring, and flying with countless new water droplets, Master Kony felt that the teacher's previous actions were no different from these.

Just hearing the things that came out of the teacher's mouth made him feel ashamed, because he had never thought about it or done it. He didn't have the ability, but he had never thought about it in the possible future. One day, go out into the world and explore the unknown world with infinite mysteries.

Thinking of this, Kony burst into tears.

"What's wrong? Little Kony, why are you crying?" The old mage felt strange, why did the child cry suddenly?

The tears flowing from his eyes fell, and after falling out of the range where the old mage absorbed the water of rebirth, they immediately mixed with the countless water droplets passing by, and flew towards the landing together without distinguishing each other.

He just felt that he had been bound and restricted by things from his family for countless years before. Everything that sent him to the teacher to study also secretly restricted his thoughts.

Why do you want to learn magic?

At first, maybe it was because his mother asked him to study. A moment of learning magic could make him forget a little about the pain of the black chain passing through his chest.

Then, in order to please his harsh and indifferent father, the man asked him so, and he did everything possible to do what the man asked.

Then, he learned that he could find a way out of pain through magic, but the more he studied, the less he felt that he could reach the level of magic that his father had.

After that, he ran away, learning magic just to be able to stay away from the castle, his family, and everything he had lived in before, looking for a chance to break away from the black chain.

What happens after that?

He studied step by step under the guidance of his teacher. His family connections allowed him to easily become a disciple of the president of the society, and he was promoted from an apprentice to a formal mage of the Northern Magic Society in an extremely fast time.

At this time, why did he learn magic?

Maybe it’s because I’m already used to doing things step by step. After all, the change of living environment completely depends on him learning magic.

Amidst the roar of the sea storm all around, and the rare doubtful look in the teacher's eyes, Kony finally understood.

Magic is about discovering everything in the world, and it is a pair of rescue hands that the incomparably vast world extends to him.

It is his strong arms that climb to the unknown peaks of the world.

It is a remedy for salvation that often appears in various church prayers.

It was the saving hand that he turned towards others.

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In this sea storm like the belly of a world-eating monster.

Kony-Obos stared straight ahead.

Silently declare to the natural world:

He finally found his one.

The road to magic.

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A continuous blue lightning flashed quickly in the roaring sea storm.

I don’t know where the lightning came from and where it went in an instant.

But at that moment, blue light illuminated the dark interior of the sea storm.

The old mage smiled slightly. Although he didn't know what happened specifically, his divine body, which was somewhere far away and extremely far away, sent a faint message to him.

It's a good thing.