Menethil's Power

Chapter 241 The Daughter of the Sea

"Listen, listen, the sound of the sea..."

The melodious singing echoed in the hut. This was supposed to be a Kul Tiras boat song sung by the sailors, but it was sung by a clear and agile female voice, which unexpectedly had a surprising effect.

The 16-year-old Gianna hummed the songs of her hometown, walked through the hut with the lightness of a girl's unique steps, opened the curtain, and the warm sunshine instantly filled the whole space.The girl took a deep breath of the air that seemed to be filled with the blazing fragrance of the sun, raised her slender arms high and stretched her waist. In this posture, the moving curves full of youthful juice were naturally revealed. There is only one person who appreciates this beauty, and "he" doesn't seem to have any special interest in the girl's beautiful body.

"It's another beautiful day!" the girl said energetically.

It has been five years since she became a magic apprentice in Dalaran. The first four years of her five-year apprenticeship were busy and fulfilling study life, but this year was spent in this extreme north. Through the window, you can see the obvious rainforest climate outside, but this place is indeed located in Northrend, the North Pole of Azeroth. Instructor Kel'Thuzad said that some facilities left by an ancient race caused the abnormal climate here. This really surprised Jaina. What kind of powerful race can have the power to create such a miracle?

However, Kel'Thuzad did not answer her doubts. The archmage seemed to have something important to do. He left in a hurry after sending Jaina to this place called Sholazar Basin, leaving only his lovely apprentice One task: to take care of the experimental plants of that batch of Eastern Kingdom's main crops.

"The essence of magic is to apply it to practice. What we have studied has never been purely combat technology." Kel'Thuzad said to Jaina, "The output of food determines the growth of the population, although the transformation of arcane energy Because food is already a mature spell, but the number of mages in Dalaran is still too rare compared to this human race, so I set the research goal of cultivating high-yield enchanted plants. This batch of plants already has a very good tolerance The characteristics of heterogeneous energy, and what you have to do is to continue to cultivate it to a certain scale so that it can be spread and planted in the future."

This is undoubtedly an experiment that will benefit the entire human race once it succeeds. Jaina never thought that her mentor would be such a noble person. Of course, she would not suspect that the mentor would have other purposes, so her respect for him rose It has reached an extremely high level.

This is a very boring task, but driven by a lofty sense of honor, Jaina completed it well. The only problem is that the desolation of being alone in this strange continent is a bit unbearable.After all, when she was in Dalaran, she would have at least one month of vacation every year. She could go back to Kul Tiras to reunite with her family. However, Kel'Thuzad did not set up any teleportation spells in this isolated hut in Sholazar. He asked Jaina stayed here until his return.Then, as if he had forgotten that there was such an apprentice, he never appeared again.

What is it about this extreme northern land that attracts the mentor?Jaina couldn't help thinking curiously in her spare time.

As an island country quite far from the tropics, Kul Tiras' climate is mostly cloudy and rainy throughout the year. Sunshine is a luxury for the people there, and can only be enjoyed during the best time of the year.Therefore, Jaina has always liked the warm climate of Sholazar Basin, but now she misses the humid air and refreshing sea breeze of her hometown.

Jaina's distraction aroused the displeasure of another creature in the room, which was clearly displeased at being ignored, and protested angrily:
"Meow!"

The faint nostalgia suddenly disappeared without a trace, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Bigworth!" Jaina said, and hurried to the kitchen.

Perhaps Kel'Thuzad, as a mentor, was too indifferent to Jaina as a student, but Jaina never complained about him, and even respected him.Kel'Thuzad is hardly a responsible mentor, but he is undoubtedly the most generous. His education method for Jaina is to open up all resources and let her learn everything she wants to learn independently. For an hour, I will give advice to the girl who is confused by the huge knowledge of magic.

This kind of free-range teaching is only suitable for gifted students, and there is no doubt that Jaina is worthy of the title of "genius".Regardless of frost, fire or arcane, she has shown excellent talent.In just a few years of practice, she has the mana power comparable to those mages who are several times her age.You must know that even Archmage Antonidas was promoted to a high-level mage at the age of 24, and Jaina is expected to advance this record by eight years.

Even in Northrend, this kind of free-range teaching continues. The facilities in this seemingly simple hut are even more complete than some Kirin Tor strongholds: a large number of magic material reserves, a wide variety of magic scrolls and books, a A powerful magic defense matrix and an alchemy laboratory with sufficient equipment.These resources are undoubtedly very luxurious for Jaina to enjoy alone. Therefore, in addition to cultivating those magical crops, she also has a relatively more important task-responsible for the diet and daily life of the mentor's "soul mate".

Mr. Bigworth, the beloved cat of Archmage Kel'Thuzad, lay on his side in his den, lazily looking at Jaina's back. It is a light chocolate color and looks very beautiful, which is obviously the characteristic of some kind of expensive cat.This shrewd animal obviously has a full awareness of its master status. As for the girl Jaina, she is just a little maid assigned to it by Kel'Thuzad.

"Maid" Gianna's service is very considerate. After a year of getting along, she has almost completely figured out the personality and hobbies of this mentor "soul mate".As the most distinguished cat in Dalaran, Mr. Bigworth enjoys one and three quarters of blue fish and a bowl of iced alpine goat milk every morning. Golden on both sides, goat milk must be the freshest.The former is a local specialty, while the latter is a special offering in Dalaran—yes, Kel'Thuzad specially built a small permanent one-way item portal just so cats can drink fresh goat milk.

This simple yet extravagant "big meal" didn't take too much time for Jaina. When she brought the plate and milk glass to Mr. Bigworth, the cat stood up with its elegant attitude and slowly Walking over slowly, it didn't start eating immediately, but first gave Jaina a soft "sight", as if expressing its approval.

Although she had known for a long time that her mentor's beloved cat was extraordinary, Jaina still felt that its anthropomorphic expression was very magical, and she seemed to be brought into the role for a while, "Have a good meal, sir." She said sweetly, as if I am really just a little cook.

Bigglesworth bowed his head and began to enjoy the goat's milk, while Jaina carefully reached out her small hand and stroked the down around its neck, one of the few moments Mr. Bigglesworth allowed her to touch himself.After a year of getting along, Jaina has been very skilled in her technique, enjoying the slight purr in the throat of the stroking Mr. Bigworth, which means that it feels very comfortable.

While serving this little fur ball, Jaina was thinking about today's affairs. The population of magic crops has already exceeded the instructor's requirements, and the existing experimental site does not allow further expansion of planting, so she can do some For my own research, after all, even if I am a disciple of the Archmage and the princess of Kul Tiras, it is a rare opportunity to monopolize a well-equipped alchemy laboratory, so I have to do something.

His mind turned elsewhere, and the movements of his hands naturally gradually stopped. Mr. Bigworth, who could not enjoy the touch, stopped eating, sat up and looked at the girl very sternly. Snow-white cat paws slapped Jaina's palm.

hateful!How can you be distracted while serving Lord Bigworth!
The pads on the cat's paws touched Jaina three times before the girl reacted. She immediately took remedial measures. The white and slender palms seemed to have magical powers, and instantly melted all the dissatisfaction of Mr. Bigworth. It continued to bury its head Enjoy your meal while continuing to purr.

Only Mr. Bigworth, who is always aloof when eating, can do this. It seems that he likes health care activities such as massage while eating, which are beneficial to physical and mental health.

After finally satisfying Mr. Bigworth's lovely trouble for the time being, Jaina can finally start her own experiments. The alchemy laboratory is in the basement of the cabin. Jaina entered with ease and took three pieces of palm from the item shelf. Large and small metal pieces, these four metal pieces are slightly recessed into triangles, with mysterious light golden patterns engraved on the edges.There are some slight differences between each other, but there is no doubt that they should belong to a whole.

These three pieces of metal were obtained through the native wolverines of Sholazar. These short and cute-looking humanoid creatures have lived here for generations, so they collected a lot of ancient items. Maybe after that, Jaina exchanged some items she thought were valuable from these natives, and the price for these three pieces of metal was a bag of magic bread.

That's right, the magic bread, the kind of magic bread made purely using the meal making technique, is just Jaina's special version.

The principle of meal making is to convert free arcane energy into substances that can be absorbed by the human digestive system. The standard magic bread should be pure starchy food. The meal technique has been modified to a certain extent, and a new taste of magic bread has been successfully created-sweet.All the mages and magic apprentices who tasted Jaina's special magic bread said they would never want to try it again, because it was "almost like stuffing your mouth with sugar cubes."

The principle behind Jaina's improved meal making technique is very simple, that is to convert most of the starch in the magic bread into intuitive sugars, but this improvement is really tasteless in the eyes of Dalaran mages, because pure sugar is really scary Compared with food, the tasteless magic bread is easier to swallow.But in this tropical rainforest in the heart of Northrend, the situation is completely reversed.

There are mainly two intelligent races in the Sholazar Basin: the murlocs and the wolverines. The wind and snow outside the basin is an excellent barrier, making it almost impossible for them to communicate with the outside world. Therefore, the only way to obtain sweetness in this rainforest Just honey.In a situation where sweetness is scarce, Jaina's magic bread, which is almost equal to pure sugar, is very popular and has almost become a hard currency in the Sholazar Basin. Of course, the murlocs and wolverines will not directly eat this sweet dead person magic bread, but just a few slices of bread and a pot of hot water are enough to bring joy to a whole Clan.

The murlocs exchange various aquatic products for magic bread, including some special magic materials, and Mr. Bigworth's favorite blue fish.The Wolverines exchanged all kinds of ancient fragments. Most of these fragments are useless garbage, but there are always some special existences.

These three metal pieces are the most complete items that the wolverines use for exchange. Jaina has studied them for a long time, and has now drawn two main conclusions. It is related to the great race of the basin climate, they have magical effects, they can build a stable force field to store arcane energy.

This is truly an astonishing discovery!There is no such technology in Dalaran or Quel'Thalas. Mages have always used mana crystals and rune stones to store arcane energy!This force field device is bound to cause a huge sensation!

Sure enough, as the teacher said, exploring new knowledge is the most exciting moment, Jaina thought to herself, trying to calm her beating heart.After all, it is still too early to draw conclusions, not to mention when she will return to Dalaran is still unknown, at least she should get the specific performance of this force field device now.

The young mage taught that she tried to inject energy into these metal pieces, and the metal pieces were suspended. Although there was a certain space distance from each other, they were like a whole, as if they were connected by invisible ropes.

A bit of blue-purple light emerged in the middle of the three metal pieces, and the dissipated and disordered arcane energy was compressed into a stable energy sphere, and it continued to grow. Jaina, whose strength was very close to that of a high-level mage, even if she consumed Exhausting the mana reserves only made this small ball of arcane energy a little bigger, but this is not a problem. The mana crystals stored in the laboratory are enough to last for 20 years. After all, as the archmage of the Kirin Tor, Kel'Thuzad's financial resources are still very impressive.

The mana crystals that were beaten one after another were exhausted and turned into pure and transparent decorations. Soon the size of the arcane sphere in the force field reached a critical value, but it still seemed to be willing to reject the incoming arcane energy. , Jaina was trying to infuse the arcane energy of a few crystals, and the arcane sphere in the force field only increased a little.

This is very interesting. Jaina was suddenly curious about the limits of this device. The fledgling young mage didn't know how dangerous his idea was, but put his behavior into action straightforwardly.With the infusion of a large amount of arcane energy, the color of the arcane sphere became deeper and deeper, and finally, there was a little strange energy fluctuation in this force field device.

Jaina's reaction was extremely fast, almost instantly forming the protective magic circle in the laboratory. The strength of the defensive magic circle built by a mage in his laboratory depends on the degree of danger of the spell he studies, and Kel'Thuzad obviously does not Belongs to conservatives who are cautious about the unknown.Therefore, even if the arcane sphere in the force field device suddenly poured out, forming a terrifying shock wave, Jaina did not receive the slightest damage.

However, unfortunately, the laboratory's breeding circle will protect the laboratory itself, and the impact of this energy burst has not been weakened in the slightest. Even in the ground, Jaina can still feel the entire hut, the underground building. They were shaking violently, and an angry cat could be heard vaguely.

The girl couldn't help sticking out her tongue. She seemed to have gotten into trouble. Although the hut was strong enough to not be damaged by this level of vibration, she could fully imagine the chaotic scene inside the hut. There was no doubt that she would spend A lot of time to put everything back in order and try to appease Mr. Bigworth.

After the dust cleared, the force field device was still on the test bench, and it was miraculously undamaged, but the arcane sphere in the center became the size of a mung bean again.

It's still acceptable, at least this experiment has discovered a new function of this strange device, isn't it?Jaina comforted herself.The only thing the young mage hopes for now is that her mentor will not come back at this time. If Kel'Thuzad sees Mr. Bigworth living in a hut that has just experienced a moderate earthquake, then he will definitely give his apprentice a The lesson of a lifetime.

(End of this chapter)