Arcane Linguist

Chapter 388 Witchcraft, Words and Power

Elemental Qi is a high-end technology in Seris style martial arts, but if it is just an introductory method, it can only be practiced to the first or second level at most, and it belongs to the category of trial products.

The next way to advance is to pay for VIP content.

It seems that the Sladelta people have no experience in keeping technology secret. It is also possible that these barbarian methods are too primitive and crude, far inferior to the advanced arcane achievements, and no one has studied them in depth.

but……

just in case……

Are there any secret recipes for aphrodisiacs, or some expensive items that are comparable to ginseng and gemstones?

Even if not, some of these skills are worth learning from.

It's like in the jungle, some primitive tribes have a secret poison that seals the throat upon seeing blood, which is extremely magical.

There are also dexterous methods for weaving baskets and polishing stone tools, which are of great manual value.

"Let me see what these tattoos you won are like."

Roland asked those who had returned to stand in front of him and show off the war marks they had won from the competition.

"Your Excellency, those Sladelta people are really stubborn guys. I offered to exchange gold coins and gems for them, but they refused to agree and had to beat up their warriors.

They said that these battle patterns have levels, and those who do not have corresponding records are not worthy at all! "

"Yes, it's really a lot of trouble to participate in their bonfire party where they drink and eat meat. They originally invited their wizards, but only a few things have to be so troublesome."

Everyone complained.

"Okay, I know you have worked hard and bring back war patterns. Each person will be rewarded with 100 gold coins. If it is a high-level war pattern, it will be extra."

Roland said with a smile, and immediately turned his attention to those things.

The first thing he did was to rub them according to the pattern, and then carefully scrape off some skin tissue.

This is an attempt at deconstruction from a different dimension.

Graphics, meaning the roots of hieroglyphs, are in line with the principles of runic magic.

The dandruff tissue represents the secret medicine used by wizards for tattoos.

The tattoo ink used by the Sladeltan people may contain some ingredients with special effects.

After analyzing these two possibilities, he started to try it.

First, I used ordinary ink to make a rubbing of a cat or a tiger, and then I found someone to test it.

Unsurprisingly it has no effect.

Then there is the composition of the ink.

The scientific research on Blue Star in previous lives also used similar methods, which may involve many chemical reagents or gas chromatography analysis.

But Roland just cast a magic and solved it.

"I wish I knew the ingredients of this ink!"

After a limited wish spell, the rough ingredients are analyzed and then quickly copied.

As a result, it still didn't work.

“In this case, the problem should be with those wizards.

The techniques they use contain certain elements of ritual magic, and this kind of witchcraft or ritual magic must be completed. "

Roland called the adventurers he sent out and asked them one by one.

Sure enough, I learned many more details.

"The tattoos of the Sladeltan people are carved by the wizards of the tribe.

They would hold a bonfire party, and after singing and dancing, they would throw wine, meat and bones into the fire. It was said to be to pay tribute to the heroes who died in the war and gain shelter.

Then, the wizard takes some ashes from them, mixes them with secret medicine, and makes special ink.

The engraving tools used are also bone needles ground from certain animal bones or teeth.

But this doesn't seem to be the key. I have also seen polished with stones and thorns from plants.

There are even some powerful people who directly ask the wizard to scratch their bodies with knives...

While they were carving, they were also chanting incantations of unknown origin, which made me sleepy..."

"Haha, it is indeed a kind of witchcraft."

Roland smiled.

"It seems to be a mixture of induction law and symbolic law."

"Sir, what are the laws of induction and the laws of symbolism?"

Among the envoys, a mage who acted as a temporary assistant asked.

His name is Beloda, and he is a young man from the school. Because he once worked in the Development Department, he was promoted by Roland to gain experience.

Speaking of which, this person can be regarded as Roland's tower mate, because he also came from the Orvisto Mage Tower and is an elite talent of the new generation.

The other party has grown up listening to Roland's legend since entering the tower, and admires Roland very much.

Roland also intended to train him, so he explained: "The law of induction is the two major branches of sympathetic witchcraft, the fundamental principles of contact witchcraft and homeopathic witchcraft.

The Law of Symbols is the fundamental principle of mimetic witchcraft. "

Witchcraft is also a type of magic, and can even be said to be the core part of ancient magic.

Not to mention this magical world, there are many examples in Blue Star in previous lives.

By obtaining the other party's personal clothes, hair, blood and other objects, you can cast spells to harm or find people, and change your mind. This is a kind of long-distance sensing like quantum entanglement.

Another example is the witchcraft of pricking puppets to harm people, the dietary supplement therapy of supplementing shapes with shapes, fortune-telling, and fortune-telling (which also integrates the principles of big data and probability statistics, but part of it is indeed pictographic and subjective in understanding). judge).

As for the resistance to witchcraft corresponding to the law of anti-matter, and the witchcraft of raising bugs, they are other branches. Roland did not mention it, but focused on the principles of symbolism and induction, and explained it to Belloda a little bit. one time.

Ancient people did not understand the scientific principles involved, and tried to find the laws based on objective practice and subjective judgment. The more primitive part of it was the source of witchcraft.

In this magical world, witchcraft is the original form of magic and the ancestor of magic and arcana, so the research results are also very rich.

"Judging from the information currently available, what the Sladelta people use should be a combination of various laws, which can be regarded as advanced witchcraft."

After Beloda learned about it, he immediately made a judgment.

“The text and patterns are meant to simulate those beasts or famous heroes, using their souls to gain wisdom and strength.

According to the legends of some primitive tribes, eating the organs of wild beasts and even humans can also make up for the body's shape.

Then there are the ashes and possibly blood components from their ancient ancestors... Of course, they may also be hunted prey or defeated enemies.

It should not only be as simple as witchcraft, but may also be integrated with divine magic, containing some of the power of primitive faith.

In other words, these totems can be regarded as a kind of 'ancestral spirits', but what is different from those formed ancestral spirits is that they only borrow the power itself and do not pay attention to the name and image of the ancestral spirits. .

This is very close to the essence of magic. "

"Actually, it is quite different from magic. To be precise, it should be close to shamanic witchcraft.

In this way, some of the rules and taboos fall into place.

For example, the blood must be obtained after defeating the enemy or hunting prey, so that the blood will not be harmed by the power in it.

The ashes of ancestors or comrades-in-arms should be able to transcend the rules of challenge and can be regarded as some kind of shelter. "

Roland smiled and shook his head.

"It's a pity that it's useless to analyze these. I don't know witchcraft."

"Otherwise, how about finding some people from the witchcraft school to analyze and study it?" Beloda suggested.

"No, it's not necessary, and it's not necessarily more efficient than taking another route."

Roland refused.

"What way?" Belloda was slightly startled.

"The route of the divine and arcane systems!"

Roland suddenly had an idea and said with a smile.

……

"Sir Roland, why did you summon me?"

Not long after, Beloda went down to do some business, and Tatari walked in, bowing and saluting.

"How about passing on the Xingtian fighting spirit I taught you, as well as the improved Xingtian Totem, to the people of Sladelta?"

Tata Li still needed to be used in this matter, so he decided to respect the other party's opinion.

Tatari was indeed a little nervous: "This... is not good."

Roland said: "What is your impression of these Sladeltar people?"

Tata Li said: "The impression is pretty good. They are all good guys who are capable of fighting and have heroic temperaments."

"In this case, why not let them also obtain the Dharma and bathe in the grace of the Great God Xingtian?

Tata Li, I'm not telling you, my self-preserving thoughts are really outrageous!

This is a great opportunity to spread the glory of the Great God Xingtian. If these Sladelta people can believe in Xingtian like you do, wouldn't it mean that the power of faith has been greatly strengthened?

From now on, your family will also have brothers and loyal comrades outside the country.

Regardless of their origins, as long as they both believe in the Great God Xingtian, they can be regarded as members of the same clan.

In your clan, aren’t there people with the same like-mindedness who have made blood alliances, become brothers of different surnames, and live and die together? "

"Ok?"

Tatari seemed convinced, but still muttered.

"I just had a fight with Balluff, so we're not that familiar with him."

Although he is a good man with a bold temperament, the kind of people who immediately see each other and become sworn friends in Taoyuan have always been in legends.

Of course Roland also understood, and said, "Isn't it okay if you are not familiar with it?"

In the political game, how many true feelings are there among those sworn brothers, adopted sons, in-laws, etc.?

Isn’t it all for profit?

There are very few people like Liu Bei who lost their country for their brothers.

Tata Li touched his head, feeling somewhat enlightened but also somewhat resistant.

Really unfamiliar!

Fortunately, Roland didn't have to force him to become sworn friends with Baluf. He just asked him to convey Xingtian's fighting spirit to him, and then share legends from the Seris School with him from time to time.

There is no need to mention the benefits of extracting heroic spirits and using the art of conferring gods to create magic cards.

The other party may not necessarily approve of this method, and may even think it is some kind of witchcraft that tortures the soul.

But Xingtian Zhanzhi, they are really interested.

According to Tatali's report, when Baluf learned that he had the Xingtian Totem and Xingtian War Will in his hands, he was not interested in the former at all.

Because they do not have that kind of belief, they cannot worship totems casually.

But the latter is something that can actually increase strength.

It can also be used to condense the power of magical weapons.

Over the years, the Siris School has already developed two magic weapons in the form of Xingtian Battle Ax and Xingtian Shield. This is magic between divine magic and arcane magic, and is completed by relying on the power of faith.

After Balluff learned about them, he was very interested in them.

After all, that was the method that defeated him.

Their culmination is the three divine cards.

……

After arranging tasks for Tata Li, Roland didn't care about them anymore.

He put more attention on his research on transforming war patterns.

He said to his temporary assistant Beloda: "There is no need to follow their routine completely, because this kind of thing that uses wizard witchcraft combined with ancestral beliefs can be regarded as a fusion of witchcraft and divine magic.

We just need to find the corresponding substitution components.

Maybe the effect will be better. "

"Then... Mr. Roland, what replacement ingredients do you plan to use?" Beloda asked curiously.

"Of course ritual magic and totemism!"

"Huh?" Belloda suddenly realized, "These are indeed things that emerged during the development of witchcraft into magic, and are also the basis of modern witchcraft.

Even better, a large portion of it intersects with rune spells.

I understand, you are planning to use the pictographic principle in the Seris language text, combined with the induction law of Mana resonance, to completely turn that primitive witchcraft into an arcane one! "

Symbols and inductions...

The rune school also has similarities!

This is true, it means that the road leads to the same destination through different paths.

It was only at this time that Beloda suddenly understood why Roland was interested in this kind of thing.

Because it really touches the source of the development of writing!

What Beloda didn't know was that there was another factor unknown to outsiders.

That is, Roland's extraordinary qualities...

"Written carries the Tao"!

Roland suddenly discovered that this kind of text that contained the true meaning of the law could completely replace the wizard's spell casting.

It can use words as a carrier to imprint certain magical powers on things.

The "power of words" can be truly demonstrated through this method!

The difference is that the Great Dao is invisible, ethereal and moving, and is a metaphysical thing.

But power is real, a physical thing.

How to use words to carry power is a very valuable subject, and it is also a subject of great significance to Roland.

His extraordinary qualities were born to be the pinnacle of this route.

If this path were taken, his talisman would be engraved on the human body as a tattoo, engraved on the props would be a ban, and engraved on the earth would be a magic circle. You could do whatever you want.

The Siris School will also immediately open up routes for at least these three paths, with the wealth of tattoo masters/war patterns, restraint masters/magic weapons/Taoist weapons, and array masters/magic circles.

The next best thing is that the extraordinary qualities of Wen Yi Zai Dao are really rare and cannot be analyzed, popularized, and developed downwards. Roland himself will also master the power of these three routes.

The potential income here is simply too considerable.

　In order to supplement some information in this chapter, it turned out to be too late, so I will update it now.

　　Writing itself is also a kind of witchcraft, and it was originally in the hands of the wizards in the tribe.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)