The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 58 Dark Magic
You have food in your hands, don't panic.

The basis for the smooth operation of all IKT systems is the stable supply of food.

Due to the lack of sufficient measuring tools, when reclaiming the field, Ickert could only stipulate that a rectangular field of 8 spears x 8 spears should be cultivated based on the length of 8 spears.

This is roughly one acre of the Cycarion Empire.

At present, Eckert only asks to solve the problem of the field ridge as soon as possible, so the work of the slave rats is very fast, and nearly 400 mu of fields have been built before midnight.

Including the original 800 mu of land in the village, Ickert estimates that he will be able to complete the initial task of cultivating the land soon.

But there is no time to deal with the weeds in these fields.

For these things, Ikert has two options.

One is to burn it directly with flames, which can effectively burn the parasitic pests and diseases on the weeds, and can also destroy plants that reproduce by tubers.

It can also make the soil expand when heated, loosen the soil, and kill the surface grass seeds by the way.

After the plant itself is burned, the remaining inorganic salts that cannot be burned will remain in the field as fertilizer.

It can be said that there are many benefits.

Moreover, this is the driest season in Windsor, and even a drizzle has never fallen, so mass burning at this time will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

However, the dryness also brought some disadvantages. If Ickert really planned to set fire around the territory, it might cause a forest fire.

There are too many weeds, and when the strategic deception has not yet been fully formed, he can't allocate enough labor to clean out the firebreak.

Moreover, the smoke produced by the flames was terrifying. If it burned too early, it would obscure the field of vision on this side of the territory, so that he would not be able to let the gnolls see what he wanted them to see.

If these reckless people really think that the territory is on fire and plan to take advantage of the fire and rush over, it will be very hurt.

So the only way before Ickert is to weed and fertilize.

However, manual weeding is too slow, and the root system of weeds is too deep to deal with quickly.

How much Ickert wishes he could have a weeding machine to help him cultivate a qualified field like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

But the reality is that he can't even take out his mobile phone.

So Eckert still wants to use magic to solve the problem.

As the saying goes, if you don’t have a weeder, use a weeder.

In this crisis, the only natural mage in the territory, his good apprentice, Comrade Sasha had no choice but to step forward.

"Sasha, I want to play a big one."

Facing the funny Ickert, Sasha could only tilt her head in doubt.

"???"

"Don't be full of question marks. I called you out today because I have important magic knowledge to teach."

"Okay teacher, no problem teacher."

Sasha turned around in an instant. Since she learned basic spellcasting, she has been sent to use the mage's hand to maintain the protection of the dimension stone.

Although the work was boring, it also made Sasha's spellcasting skills more proficient.

Eckert believes that she will be qualified for the next job.

"Listen well, what we are going to arrange today is a super-large magic circle, and it will involve dark magic."

Ickert said, and when the word dark magic came out of his mouth, little Sasha's eyes lit up, no, she was really taken aback.

"Black! Dark magic!"

Sasha swallowed her saliva, feeling unclear, but she had some small expectations.

"That's right, it's dark magic. In the Royal Summoner Academy, these magics are classified as extremely dangerous."

"Here, teacher, we won't be decapitated if we use dark magic without authorization!"

"What are you thinking about?"

Ickert knocked on the little girl's head speechlessly.

"It's been a war, whether it's dark or not, it has been unblocked a long time ago, but you need to pay attention to it when you use it."

"Oh oh oh, that's right."

Sasha nodded, then excitedly said:

"Then teacher, let's cast dark magic!"

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It can only be said that he really deserves to be a magic apprentice who has just come into contact with magic. He has an incomparably tolerant heart for any kind of magic, as long as it is magic, he is willing to learn it.

In this regard, Ickert just sighed, and began to explain the knowledge of dark magic to Sasha.

"First of all, you need to know that magicians are divided into four schools of element, force, nature, and holy light according to the affinity of their magic power.
Of course, those believers did not admit this, but the sages still insisted on assigning them a Holy Light category,
There are a few other subcategories, but overall, there is no category for dark mages. "

"No one can explain the reason clearly. You just need to know that dark magic is like the shadow of all spells, and all magic can at least correspond to one dark magic."

"And after the research of the sages, the operating mechanism of dark magic has gradually become clear. Now you carve a life-inspired magic circle on the ground."

"Good teacher."

Sasha squatted down after speaking, picked up a wooden stick and started drawing on the ground.

After these days of learning and progress, it is no longer a problem for her to describe this simple magic circle.

But as far as the simplest magic circle is concerned, Sasha may be able to understand how it is drawn, but he cannot understand why this magic circle works.

In fact, the core function of the magic circle needs to be studied systematically before it can be comprehended, but once learned, it is equivalent to having the ability to create magic, and can also cast dark magic.

"The expression of the core function of the magic circle is nothing more than these strange Gaia runes and special symbols for operating magic power."

Ickert explained, while Sasha listened intently, for fear of missing a word.

"The usual mobilization of magic power is to use the Gaia runes to mobilize the corresponding magic power. This is the friendly side of magic power."

Ickert said that if mental power is a whip, runes are like a language to communicate with magic power.

Ordinary magic is like saying good things to the magic power, the happier the magic power is, the more it will cooperate with your spellcasting.

And dark magic, to put it bluntly, is swearing.

When the magic power shows anger or murderous desire, it is when the dark magic takes shape.

Because of this, powerful dark magic usually does not distinguish between friend and foe, it just wants to kill you and the enemy together.

Therefore, magicians generally try to guide the magic power in the direction of anger as much as possible, and then prepare some "good words" in advance to reduce the magic power backlash.

Generally speaking, the more unfriendly the magic power, the better the effect of swearing, and the faster the effect, but if there is no affinity at all, casting dark magic is purely courting death.

Therefore, Ikert itself has full potential to cast dark magic.

However, his magical affinity is mainly in the elements, especially wind and fire. If he swears, it will make the elements excited just right.

But the spells he needs to release now require natural magic power.

Ickert looked at Sasha and stared at her.

"Let us teach you how to say dirty. Oh no, let me teach you the dark rune!"

(End of this chapter)