Arcane Linguist

Chapter 300
As if her soul had been sucked out of her, Rosa followed Roland step by step to the palace, saying nothing on the way.

This haggard and miserable look made everyone unable to help but sigh.

In just a few months, she lost many close relatives, and in a blink of an eye, she was the only one left.

And the country that relied on maintaining the title of the eldest princess was also in turmoil and was in danger.

It's really miserable!
Roland was full of pity and wanted to comfort her, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.

The moment she saw the body, Rosa's eyes filled with tears.

"Mother...brother!"

She couldn't help crying in Roland's arms.

"How could this happen! Who is so cruel!"

This matter has already involved the struggle between several empires. With Rosa's intelligence, it is impossible to not see clearly.

But there was nothing she could do.

Roland patted her back gently and shook his head secretly.

Not long after, Ringer arrived and whispered: “This is not a murder against a single person in the fifteenth century, but a large-scale poisoning by controlling water sources.

However, "Detect Poison" and other prophecy spells cannot detect any abnormality. Moreover, each person's illness has its own course, but symptoms broke out on the same day. It may be some kind of person who can sense at a distance, or has a group of people. Be aware of the type of bacterial infection. "

This kind of method is already considered clever even in the world of high demons. It is not surprising that people in the world of low demons are defenseless.

Linge added: "It is not difficult to infer that this kind of poisoning has been going on for some time. It is recommended that blood tests be conducted on all those who have been in and out of the palace in the past few months."

Only then did Roland notice that he was followed by Rosa's trusted maid.

Roland nodded, and the maid took out a steel needle from her side and gently pricked Rosa's fingertip to collect blood.

She once traveled to and from the palace and drank the water here.

Roland also needs to be examined and his blood collected in case of any eventuality.

After finally coaxing Rosa, who was exhausted from crying, to sleep, Roland sent Atali who was following him to take care of her personally. Then he went outside to ask Ringer.

At this time, the intense and busy analysis had been carried out for several hours, and a preliminary conclusion was finally reached.

Ringer said to Roland who came over: "Both of you are in good health, especially you, because your body has been soaked in magic and has the characteristics of a magical creature, which is fully capable of digesting foreign matter.

But it seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess may be parasitized, which is a kind of algae eukaryotic organism, known as the 'blood of the ocean'. "

It’s actually a plant parasite!
This is why the leader of a high-level demon civilization must be a high-level leader, or even a mid-level leader.

If one's own perception is slow and the resistance is low, various assassination methods will be difficult to prevent, and it will be difficult for the subordinates to deal with it.

If it were a strong person, he would either completely ignore it, or he would be able to detect that it tastes wrong in one bite.

"What should we do now?" Roland asked.

Linge said: "Don't worry, we can prepare a magic potion to stabilize this parasitic relationship.

After careful maintenance, not only will it not be harmful, but it will also enable her to acquire the acquired talent of 'breathing underwater'. "

"Is there such a thing?" Roland was surprised.

The "Water Breathing" spell, as its name suggests, is a gain effect that allows people to breathe normally in water. It belongs to the transformation system, spell level 3, and lasts 2 hours/caster level.

Acquired talent is also a kind of innate ability, which is equivalent to a sustainable effect with unlimited duration.

"Actually... this kind of thing is originally a useful magic material, but ordinary people can't bear it. This is a unique secret skill only possessed by those sea elves. We, Atrein, have also suffered from it in the past!"

Ringer said to Roland.

Sea elves are the name of the mainstream race in Automedia. They are the branch that separated from the elves and belonged to the sea.

Different from the dark elves who live in dark dungeons, the blood elves affected by demonic pollution and other close relatives, their appearance is closer to the orthodox fair-skinned and beautiful elves, but they are not the slender ones, like Lin The images of fairies in the novel are all plump and enchanting.

Some people say that this is a hybrid species born from the union of elves and sea monsters, and is also somewhat related to Naga.

This statement has not been recognized by scholars, because apart from the fact that they live in similar territories and are both matriarchal societies, they really do not have much in common.

Roland's plane knowledge and biological knowledge cannot be said to be excellent, but after gradually sitting in a high position, his vision has broadened and he has made up for it, so he certainly understands it.

"Damn the Automedian elf!"

He cursed secretly and walked a few steps in the room, his face as cold as frost.

"We have spent a lot of time and energy investigating the truth behind the assassination of Arkham XIV, but we didn't expect that we would dare to jump out!"

"Yeah, this simply doesn't take us seriously."

Ringer was also a little angry.

Roland said: "This is a provocation to Atrein. You collect the 'blood of the ocean' and extract the magic elements from other items that may be related to them.

I will use the "Prayer Technique" again and combine it with the results of previous investigations to locate their whereabouts! "

This assassination incident itself is also an "element".

Somehow, the conditions for tracking using magic may have been met.

That is accumulated by the other party's activities.

Lin Ge heard the words and immediately obeyed.

After some careful preparations, Roland came to the array platform and placed the sacrifices he had prepared on top of the complicated and mysterious magic array patterns.

The dark golden formation is like the void of the vast universe, and the gold and silver jewelry and bright gold coins piled inside exude a charming luster, and look like twinkling stars.

Roland chanted the incantation of the level 9 spell "Prayer" and used the special power granted to him by the Arcane Committee to cast this magic.

"I hope to find out the true identity of the mastermind!"

From a linguistic semantic perspective, this sentence is a vague instruction with ambiguity.

The term "mastermind" is ambiguous because it does not specify what event or situation the "mastermind" refers to.

"True body" is also vague. "True body" is often used to refer to something mystical, religious, or supernatural, but here there is no clear context to determine what it refers to.

The word "location" is also vague and can be understood as "location" or "way of existence", which also adds to the ambiguity.

This is not what is traditionally considered a legitimate desire.

When Lin Ge and Naldo, who came after hearing the news, saw it, they couldn't help but have some doubts in their hearts.

But thinking about Archmage Watson's improvements to this spell and some of the unique ideographic characteristics of the Seris language, they quickly woke up.Mr. Roland has a reason for saying this.

Precision and vagueness are a typical contradiction.

The classical "wishing technique" follows a precise style.

It requires the use of a language with strict grammar, precise vocabulary, and fixed meanings, preferably an ancient language that has stopped developing (such as Latin), suitable for legal documents and professional subjects.

Only then can you maximize the results you are satisfied with.

But in a sense, this precision is actually caused by the lack of monotony of early languages.

There are no specific words to describe many things. They come and go as fixed things. Each word has the same meaning, which is mechanical and dull.

Can that be inaccurate?

When this kind of language is used to apply "wishes", the requirements for elements are too stringent and the coupling is too high. This is why the past "wishes" were difficult to use.

The small meanings and rich meanings of the Seris language are revealed, and it has become an existence that can express rich meanings with the least vocabulary and simple sentences.

Although Diego and Naldo have no experience in processing relevant documents, it is not difficult to guess based on the arcane knowledge learned in the mage tower.

Among a large number of translated copies of the same magic contract or legal document, the copy written in Siris script is definitely among the top ones, not to mention the thinnest.

This is the result of improvements in simplified Chinese characters and vernacular Chinese. If classical Chinese characters were used, they would be fewer and thinner.

Although this has been criticized by others, for example, Okesia criticized that the pronunciation, form, and meaning of Seris are mixed, creating multiple meanings, synonyms, and synonyms, and the meaning is too rich, which can easily cause misunderstandings.

But in fact, in a specific environment with clear context, this feature does not cause too much trouble in understanding. From the perspective of operating efficiency and backward compatibility, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Roland omitted a large number of attributives, adverbials, complements, and unnecessary adjectives, parts of speech, and tenses, focusing on conveying his emotions and thoughts.

A simple mantra applies the rules to the extreme.

"~~~,~~~~~~~~~~~!"

In the closed room, the echo of the deep valley seemed to resound.

His wish triggered the response of the laws in the dark, and the mana resonated with it, turning into magical spiritual feedback.

"..."

It was a very weak and muffled sound.

Roland was not surprised but overjoyed. He threw the sacrificial treasure into the sacrificial treasure again and tried again: "~~~,~~~~~~~~~~~!"

Intermittent narration sounded, as if a god was reciting the text in the novel in the void: "At this time, Artemia and... have brought their trusted subordinates to Connier City, and they are preparing to stay here to avoid the limelight. ...Looking for a new batch of chess pieces...

These female elves know that with the investigation of..., the stronghold of... is no longer safe.

...Tell Artemia that I hope that...the value of the chess piece...misleads the Atrein people..."

There was a vague name from the beginning, but later on, more and more noises interfered, and the narration became indistinguishable.

But Roland had already memorized the two key terms Artemia and Conil City.

He glanced at Linge and Naldo, and the two of them saluted solemnly: "Please give me your orders!"

"Go to Conil City and find Artemia and the elf whose name has not been revealed."

"Yes, Your Excellency!" they both agreed in unison.

"Wait." Roland suddenly stopped when they were about to leave.

He thought for a while and said to the two of them: "Those female elves don't look like they are easy to deal with. Maybe they have some special means.

Even local lords and civil guilds may have been bribed and coerced. "

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, they are in the light now and we are in the dark. We never rely on the local lords in our actions."

"Yes, we usually enter the city in disguise and use our own channels to collect intelligence."

As a high-level mage, it is too easy to do intelligence work.

"Detect thoughts", "Control humans", "Peeping magic eyes", "Psychic connection"...

As long as there are enough spell quotas or magic items available, the mage is almost omnipotent.

But this in turn is enough to show that the other party may have penetrated into Conil City.

It is impossible for the local natives to resist them.

"I'll find a master to help you. How about Green Dragon Trina?" Roland said.

Trina is an adult dragon with good strength. She has been hanging out in the wilderness and has quite a lot of combat experience.

Roland used her as a bodyguard before, which failed somewhat, but that was not Trina's fault, but that she didn't know how to treat people well.

Now, Roland wanted to see if she could carry out such a special front mission.

The two thought that Roland did not trust them and wanted to send someone to monitor the army, but there was no way.

Who told Roland to get the committee's authorization to crush people to death at the highest official level?
Had to agree.

"Hey, you can ask me to take action, but... you have to pay more!" Trina said proudly after learning about this.

"No problem." Roland agreed decisively.

"You know what's going on!" Trina was very satisfied and patted his shoulder, "Little Luo, if you have this kind of thing in the future, you can ask me for help."

Seeing this scene, Linge and Naldo became even more worried.

Can this green dragon, which only knows how to "add money", really do it?

As a result, just a few days later, they rushed to Conil City and saw the green dragon Trina skillfully sneaking into the surrounding mountains and forests. Through some intimidation and bluffing methods, they subdued the monsters and subdued them as their informants. They couldn't help but exclaimed, Sister Qian It's really extraordinary.

What Trina can maintain are those intelligent monsters that are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Through many forest monsters, she monitors adventurers and finds some adventurers with unusual means.

And through the spells and props mastered by these adventurers, it is inferred that some people may have received assistance from external forces.

Coupled with the enemy's whereabouts that Roland had previously used "Prayer Technique" to locate, those mysterious external forces gradually surfaced.

Not to be outdone, they quickly launched a secret investigation in the city and rolled out a dragnet.

After some unremitting efforts, Artemia's whereabouts were finally discovered, and the killing operation against her was quietly launched.

Roland learned that the progress was going well, and secretly used the "Advanced Teleportation Technique" he obtained when he was promoted to alternate committee member to come to Connier City, preparing to concentrate his superior combat power and win it in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)