Whispering Verse

In addition to the research on core spiritual runes, Shade also experimented with other "simple" attempts mentioned in the doctor's notebook.

Dr. Schneider pointed out that the power possessed by ring magicians is the power of thoughts to affect reality, so they can use their own power even without learning any thaumaturgy or incantation. This is the so-called "mind is better than matter".

Among them, the power derived from the core spiritual runes that is used spontaneously was unified and called "thaumaturgy" in ancient times; the power that is only related to thoughts and is used spontaneously without learning was organized into a system and called "spells". .

Of course, the academy believes that the classification of "spells" also includes "divine arts" related to the righteous gods, which originate from faith and direct blessings from the righteous gods, but Shade and the doctor's studies do not involve these. The church believes that the classification of "magic" should be separated from that of incantation, as the two are essentially different.

In the early days of this era, after a series of fierce debates among various parties in the ring magician academic circles, the "divine arts" of the five righteous gods and the existing evil gods were officially listed alongside "thaumaturgy" and "spells" as the outermost part of the ring magician's power system. In performance.

The magical arts of the extinct old gods are still "spells" because their believers have no say.

Therefore, the spell "Echo of Blood" that Shade obtained from the old god "Vampire Duke Loair" should essentially be the magic of this old god. Without the power of the old god, ordinary methods Absolutely no way to learn.

Therefore, the core of the Ring Warlock system is [Spirit Rune], [Thumborg] which is powerful and effective but must be learned through the Spirit Rune, [Spell] which has a low priority but can be learned, and [Spell] which is related to gods and beliefs. Divine Magic] is the embodiment of the power of the Ring Warlock system.

"The upgrade of the ring requires one each of the four spiritual runes of Miracle, Blasphemy, Enlightenment, and Whisper. The relationship between spiritual runes and curses, divine arts, and thaumaturgy is similar to [Tao] and [Magic]. Sure enough, the balance of spiritual runes Acquiring the knowledge of thaumaturgy is also very important.”

This is the understanding of foreigners.

Shade tried to light a piece of paper with his fingers, which was the prototype of a simple spell. In this day's experiment, he also successfully realized the movement of extremely light objects with the power of his mind, which is the so-called "moving objects through the air."

He was probably extremely talented at using this spirit. In addition to moving a handful of little Mia's hair and a Rhodes card with his eyes almost bleeding, when he concentrated on looking at the target in front of him, he closed his fists and faced When I typed the bound volume of the thick pirated book "The Detective's Elegy", even if I didn't touch the novel, which was as thick as a dictionary, the book would fly a few centimeters instead of being carried down by the wind.

This pirated detective novel was not bought by Shade with random money. It is a relic of the former detective. It is one of the few books he has including "The Queen and Her Lovers", "The Silver Knight" and "Collections of the Western Front". This novel.

The first one is a colorful palace novel, the middle one is a very traditional knightly adventure novel, and the last one is a novel that prefers documentary literature.

Detective Sparrow Hamilton often looks through these books. The inadvertently folded footers and traces of tea dripping prove that this is his hobby.

As for the only [Relic] in his hand, which is the clerical-level relic [Vampire Ring], Shade couldn't find a living person to experiment with, so he couldn't understand its specific effect. But he had taken off the pocket watch chain and made the ring into a pendant and hung it around his neck. This was not considered wearing it, so as long as he did not wear it 24 hours a day, the impact on him would not be particularly great.

Shade plans to consult doctors and others tomorrow. Correspondence ring magicians with rich experience will definitely be able to give good suggestions on how to use it.

Wednesday finally came, but Shade woke up early not because of excitement, but because of the nightmare of having a heavy object pressed on his chest.

It was only bright in the summer morning, and the extremely weak light shone into the room through the tightly closed curtains. When Shade woke up, he still felt tightness in his chest, and about five seconds later he realized that there was a cat lying there.

There is currently only one foster orange cat in Shade's home, so it was little Mia who woke Shade up.

It stared at amber eyes, lying on the quilt on Shade's chest and looking at him. When it found out that he woke up, it immediately jumped out of bed. Judging from the stomping sound, it ran towards the door of the house.

"You only came here once yesterday and you already know? The milkman won't be here for half an hour."

Shade shouted to the cat, imagining the books and courses worth 50 pounds that he would get today, filling his chest with passion, and then left the bed.

Room 1, located on the second floor of the apartment, is quite large, but has only two bedrooms. Shade lived in the smaller one, which was also the residence of the original owner who had a bad head. The larger room was the room where the previous detective died. Shade was not afraid of it, but he had no plans to move there.

Only after he contacted the businessman who purchased the old furniture in a few days, transported the bed away, and asked Dr. Schneider about the method of detecting ghosts, would he consider moving into a large bedroom.

After leaving little Mia at home to look after the house and setting aside enough cat food in the small bowl prepared for her, Shade went out. The appointment with the doctor was at ten in the morning, and the clinic was quite far from Saint Teresa Square. Shade thought he could arrive around half past nine, but probably because he was too much looking forward to it, he saw the sign of Schneider Psychological Clinic one minute before nine.

Without going anywhere else to kill time, Shade walked in directly. The doctor had already told the clinic's receptionist that Detective Hamilton, who was "suffering from depression because of his uncle's death," would be here today, so he directly directed Shade to the psychological clinic on the second floor.

After knocking on the door, the doctor immediately came to open the door, and by this time there was another person in the room.

The gray-haired old man wearing a decent black formal suit stood up, nodded slightly and smiled at Shade. The gentle smile made people feel good. His eyes were the usual gray color and wrinkled. He was probably over fifty years old, but he looked very energetic.

He is slightly taller than the doctor, but shorter than Shade. He is medium to thin and looks like he does not live a very prosperous life.

Shade's eyes were attracted by the hanging ornament hanging on the old man's chest. The ornament itself was hung on a silver chain, and the appearance of the ornament was a brass-colored notched ring.

This is the Righteous God [Mr. Dawn], the holy emblem of light and shadow, and it is a common practice for church clergy to hang the holy emblem on their chests.

"Huh? Clergy? Although the college is not hostile to the Orthodox Church, but..."

Shade wondered in his heart.

"let me introduce."

Seeing Shade's confusion, Dr. Schneider said enthusiastically:

"Shad, this is Priest Rat Augustus, the second-level sorcerer of this group, a loyal follower of Mr. Dawn. Although he is a priest of the church, he did not become a sorcerer through the church's channels, which is rare in the world. A priest who awakened his talent at an advanced age and joined the academy due to some strange combination of circumstances.

He has no prejudice against the college and will not disclose our identity to the church as long as we do not harm Dawn Church. He deserves to be trusted. "

Although the talent of ring magicians can theoretically appear at all ages, it is generally concentrated between the ages of 16 and 40. The old priest August is an extremely rare case.

"Don't worry, I can swear on the honor of myself, Bill Jane Schneider, that Priest Augustus is absolutely trustworthy. He joined us and was reviewed by three people, including me, and the college at the time. With Augustus With the priest here, some of our actions will be very convenient.”

The doctor said again, and the gray-haired old priest took the initiative to come over and shake hands with Shade. Shade naturally believed what the doctor said, so he hurriedly reached out his hand. The old man's palms are broad and quite strong.