The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

(Recommended background music for this chapter: "The Big Four" Source: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Soundtrack.)

In January 1172, eight months after Amavet entered school, he completed the enchantment of the sword, for which he paid 80 orens to Hatori Okan, the money-grubbing dwarf blacksmith master.

This sword has 12 runes, 6 on each side of the blade, without destroying the overall strength.

After the runes are filled and solidified with alchemical materials, the finished magic runes appear ice blue, and will light up ice blue when Amavet continuously inputs a small amount of magic power.

These magic runes have two functions: First, attach ice elements when attacking, provide freezing damage and magic damage, solve the problem of insufficient damage to monsters, and provide additional damage to humans. Second, provide a certain magic reinforcement effect to make the blade stronger.

After using it for a few days, with Amavet's current combat habits, swinging the sword + releasing magic + continuously and stably inputting magic power to the sword, there is no problem in fighting, but it will affect the combat efficiency.

So he etched 4 grooves on the counterweight ball and inlaid 4 broken crystals, and etched magic channels on the handle and the throat to provide magic energy.

The broken crystals can be charged by Amavit himself, and one charge can keep fighting for 1 hour, no problem at all.

The runes are lit when the battle starts and turned off when the battle ends. There is no need to worry about the rune function in the middle, perfect.

This knife may accompany him in battle for a long time. Amavit named it Gus Pattern, which means the feathers on the wings of wild geese. Note ①

The Imperial Guards Saber (Miao Dao) and the Qi Family Saber were temporarily abandoned because the blade was too narrow. The metallurgical level and materials here are not up to standard, so the enchantment level cannot be passed, and the two-handed sword is really not in line with his current combat habits.

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After the Gus Pattern was completed, one morning, the winter sea breeze raged on the dark blue sea, and the surging waves hit the black reefs of the island of Thanedd, breaking into a piece of white foam.

In the small courtyard at the edge of the Losha Palace of Aretusa College, the black horse shook its head and sprayed a cloud of mist.

The dormitory of Amavit was arranged by the dean himself. It is located on the south side of the island of Thannid near the dock, on the first floor of the Losha Palace. There is a small living room, bedroom, and bathroom. It is definitely not as good as the palace, but the conditions are not bad.

From the main door of the living room, through a long corridor is the big square. Outside the back door of the bedroom is a small courtyard, which can be used for sword practice and horse breeding. The dock area outside the small courtyard can barely allow the black horse to run.

Amavit closed the door of the dormitory and prepared to go to class.

Cecilia, one of Dean Tissaia's assistants, came from the corridor and shouted to the prince, "Amavit, wait a minute. A male mage who claims to be a member of the Mage Union is here to visit you. He is now in the lobby of the Losha Palace. The dean asked me to inform you."

"Okay, I'll go right over. Thank you, Cecilia."

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The visiting male mage is named Osiris, one of the founders of the Mage Union and vice president.

After receiving an invitation from Tissaia de Vries, a famous high-level mage, one of the senior members of the Warlock Brotherhood, a member of the Art and Craft Association, and the dean of Aretuza College, the Mage Union quickly sent the first vice president to visit Aretuza College without even asking about specific matters.

After a communication between the two sides, Osiris realized that it was this Mage Amavit who wanted to communicate with the Union, and was a little disappointed.

But after clarifying his identity as the Prince of Temeria and that both sides were equally interested in the Griffin Faction Demon Hunters, he suppressed his unhappiness and continued the conversation.

The subsequent conversation was not suitable for such an open environment as the Loshar Palace.

The two moved to Amavet's small dormitory. After the host and the guest sat down, Amavet got straight to the point: "Osiris, how to obtain the collection of books of the Griffin School? Do you have a specific plan?"

"Of course, we have already sent a formal invitation to the Grand Master of Kell Siren, Elan of Larvik. I believe that our strength and collection will definitely convince this Grand Master of Demon Hunters. For magical knowledge, full communication can make continuous progress." Vice President Osiris raised his mustache and looked quite confident.

Amavet didn't expect that this person was also an academic exchange school. This idea is very advanced, but this set of ideas will not work in the current social environment.

"I personally admire your ideas very much. Mages are all immersed in research in their respective laboratories, but they don't know whether they are in the right direction or the wrong direction. For hundreds of years, our progress has been pitifully small. Is this the consensus of the Mages Union?"

"Very good. I didn't expect that a new mage like you could have such insight. This is our consensus. The original intention of establishing the Union was to promote knowledge exchange among mages. The Warlock Brotherhood is too conservative."

Well, it seems that this is a group of academic radicals who are trying to overthrow the conservatives. They dared to say this in the home of the Brotherhood like Aretuza. It seems that they are not very sophisticated. Did they do experiments and become stupid?

"Very great, Osiris, your ideas are very great, and I hope to join you. But, you know my teacher is Tissaia, and I respect her very much. So..." His Royal Highness showed a hesitant expression.

"It's okay, Amavit, it's okay. As long as we have the same ideas, we will always go in the same direction."

"Thank you for your understanding. Well, this time I hope to participate in the analysis of the witcher's magic knowledge, and of course I will share some of my experience. Although it won't be much, after all, I am still young."

"No problem, we welcome all mages who are willing to communicate."

"So, when will there be news?"

"Well, I guess there will be good news in March. I will let you know then."

"No problem, thank you, Encilis. Gos Velen has a restaurant that makes very good grilled fish. We can try it at noon."

"Oh, no. I haven't finished my basilisk saliva analysis experiment yet. I have to rush back."

"That's a shame. Are you leaving now?"

"That's for sure. It's hard to store experimental samples. Goodbye, Amavit. Nice to meet you."

"Me too, Osiris. Goodbye."

After seeing off the lab geek, Amavit sat at the window looking at the dock and thinking.

Don’t the Brotherhood of Warlocks, especially the mages of its leadership, the Guild of Arts and Crafts, understand the importance of academic exchange? Of course I know, they are all human beings who have lived for hundreds of years, how could they not know. However, they know a lot of secrets and know that some knowledge is not suitable for communication.

These days, mages have a weak sense of confidentiality and extensive academic research. If you really let go, you might find some monsters and ghosts.

For example, Arzu's Double Cross Summoning Technique, it seems that no one has mastered this technique since Arzu's death. Therefore, these leading mages are working hard to limit the scope of academic exchanges and avoid irreversible disasters.

This is the conclusion reached by Amavit from the analysis of social forms, academic status and other aspects. Although it may not be true, it should be close to the truth.

Amavit kept a respectful distance from the real high-level sorcerers. He would not think that the ancients were all hampi just because he had cross-era insights. Otherwise, you will definitely die miserably.

After some random thoughts, Amavit decided to chat with Dean Tissaya to gain extra points from the teacher, and by the way, he asked the teacher to evaluate the Gus pattern.

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In the dean's office, everything is in order, including the messy files, arranged horizontally and vertically. The prince complained more than once about his teacher’s advanced stage of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Dean Tisaya held the Gus pattern and looked at it, and said, "Why add an energy supply circuit? With your magic energy reserves and control capabilities, it should be easy to supply energy to the runes."

"Under normal circumstances, of course, it's easy, and even in some less dangerous battles, I can handle it completely. But as the intensity of the battle increases, such as when I am besieged, it is difficult for me to handle swinging a sword and releasing magic at the same time. Ensure stable energy supply. A slight mistake will lead to the failure of the battle, and the result of the battle failure is usually not so good.”

"Well, you may be right. I really don't understand the battle you are facing. The combat experience of mages is indeed very poor."

"Not bad, I'll give your couscous pattern 80 points."

"Another thing, teacher."

"Well, about the Mages Union?"

"Yes." Amavit elaborated on the content of the morning's chat and his views on so-called academic exchanges.

"I guess there are always some radical-thinking mages who challenge existing rules because they want to break through knowledge barriers, or there are occasionally successful ones who cause big troubles. Right?"

"Indeed, you see that the problem is as profound as ever. Arzu is the successful one, and he indeed caused big troubles."

"So, teacher, I suggest that you formulate two clear rules. One is the confidentiality rules, which are classified into hierarchical secrecy to ensure that some necessary secrets are not excessively spread; the second is the forbidden arts rules, which knowledge is absolutely not allowed to be researched. What techniques are not allowed to be learned? Don't do the "everyone knows it, so you don't need to say it clearly" thing. Make it clear whoever breaks the rules will be punished, or even put to death. "Amavit hung the Gus tattoo on his waist and said. : "The above are my suggestions."

Dean Disaya paced in the office for a long time: "Then this is a big matter, I will convene people to discuss it. What about the Mage Union? What suggestions do you have?"

"Ignore it, they're just a bunch of nerds who went crazy doing experiments. They are useful to me at the moment." Amavit adheres to his consistent principle and does not lie when necessary.

"Gryphon Faction?"

"certainly."

"I really don't understand why you are so interested in the witcher?"

"Teacher, do you know that Elan of the Griffin sect can use the Igni sigil to burn stones into lava? Vesemir of the Wolf sect can freeze half of Lake Vizima. Well, I can do this too. But as a witcher, it’s amazing.”

"Are you serious?"

"uh-huh."

"That seal does have something."

"I learned one thing from the story of Blood Queen Falga: Don't underestimate any opponent. Why did Falga make such a big splash in the first place? It was because the whole of Temeria didn't take her seriously. ?”

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February 1172, nine months after Amavit's admission.

The learning progress of "Kernandos Magic Manual" in the learning machine has reached 100%. Amavit learned a total of 9 techniques from it.

Prophecy

Blood test: This item has been mentioned in the previous article. It can determine how long the blood has been exposed based on a small amount of blood, and whether it is human blood. There are 7 blood types.

Footprint recognition: Identify a footprint and record all the details of the footprint in a short time. It can quickly match other surrounding footprints of the same foot, even if the second footprint is very incomplete.

Handprint recognition: similar to fingerprint recognition. Of course, the principles are different. Mr. Kornandos uses odor recognition, and everyone's sweat smells different. The magical detective uses scent to distinguish the differences between each handprint.

Bone detection: Mr. Kernandos detects the gender and age of human skeletons before death based on the principle that the content of components in human bones of different ages is different.

Psychic system

Lie detection: Magic detectives use the principle of psychic magic to detect whether the respondent is lying, which is more accurate than traditional polygraphs. Because physiological reactions can be solved through training, but mental reactions are difficult to train.

Mind bewitching (modified): When encountering some criminals who are physically strong but have erratic thoughts, this can make them faint, making it easier for Mr. Kernandos to escape, but he can only escape because he will only faint for a short time. Only a second-year magic apprentice can use this spell to knock down a strong porter instantly.

Transfiguration system

Fluorescence: It is best to cast this spell indoors, and then let the cast purple light ball exist steadily for 10 seconds, then the bloodstains in this room will emit blue light. No matter how clean the floor and walls are.

Burning Eyes: Due to the extremely poor low-magic environment and extremely low elemental activity, as well as Mr. Cornandos's relatively ordinary spellcasting talent, he can only gain time to escape by attacking the enemy's fragile eyeballs. The recipient's eyeballs will feel a burning pain, but there will be no actual damage.

Ears: Same as above, but the sound of scraping glass with iron is too harsh, not to mention that it is so close to the eardrum.

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His Royal Highness found several volunteers among his classmates to conduct practical experiments on these spells, which brought about a wave of instant magic in the academy.

In response, Amavit submitted another paper "On the Important Position of Low-Energy and Instant Magic in Actual Combat", and selected some suitable spells to submit to the academy.

This paper was highly praised by combat mages, and even a professor from Ban Ade College invited Amavit to exchange experiences, but was ruthlessly rejected by Dean Tissaya.

At the same time, the ingenious ideas of several spells submitted also amazed the professors of Aretuza College.

Whenever asked about the source, His Royal Highness answered "Everyone has his own secrets."

Anyway, his father is the King of Temeria, and Aretuza is in the territory of Temeria, and no one can force him.

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In March 1172, 10 months after Amavite entered school.

Osiris of the Mage Union finally sent a message that the Griffin faction demon hunters refused to share their magic knowledge and expressed no interest in the collection of the Union.

In the letter, Osiris's words were fierce. He didn't understand why anyone would refuse such a win-win situation as the exchange of magic knowledge?

He also didn't understand why the demon hunters dared to refuse the olive branch extended by the Mage Union. Demon hunter Elan even refused him and the president to enter the Kael Siren for an interview.

The stubbornness of the Griffin faction demon hunters made all members of the Mage Union (a total of 12 people) collectively break the defense.

Amavit estimated that if nothing unexpected happens, the plan for a big avalanche will be out soon, and it will be implemented this winter or next winter. These lab geeks can't come up with anything for months and months.

We need to communicate again to grasp the specific progress of the situation and guide the direction of the incident. In addition, we need to get in touch with the Griffin faction witcher as soon as possible.

Through the Kingdom News Network, Amavit learned that the Griffin witcher George has been in Temeria, so he asked George to meet in Vizima before May Day through the release of the commission and official channels. Note ②

Amavit wrote back to Osiris, inviting him to meet in Vizima after May Day, and he would provide substantial support for the follow-up plan of the Mages' Union.

His Highness's plan can be implemented.

Amavit asked himself that he was not an old silver coin like Vigfortz, who had been plotting for decades and had hundreds of layers of firewalls. He could only do something simple. But fortunately, this matter was not complicated.

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