my armed maid

Chapter 106 Chapter 103: What is on-site card printing?

"Fourth level soul spell "Tracking Brand":

"Leaves a mental mark on the target. The caster can sense the direction of the mark at any time. The sensing distance is related to the caster's mental strength."

The reminder of the Book of Omniscience suddenly came to his mind, and Nolen's footsteps stopped.

He suddenly turned his head, and the figure of the middle-aged man in green robe had disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"Nolen?" Yuna noticed something strange about him and asked suspiciously.

"Who was that person just now?" Nolen's face looked a little ugly.

He was marked while walking on the road. Needless to say, the middle-aged man in green robes definitely approached him deliberately with malicious intent.

This reminded him of bad past events. In his memory, this was the second time that the Book of Omniscient Knowledge reminded him of other people's plots.

The last time, when Rusty tried to poison his own soup, he analyzed the poison formula from the soup.

And what was analyzed this time... was it a soul spell?

Soul spells are different from traditional elemental spells in that they do not produce elemental fluctuations during the casting process, so they are more concealed.

If ordinary extraordinary people have never been exposed to soul spells, it will be difficult to detect the movement of their spells.

Just like just now, even though there were two seventh-level knights, a sixth-level knight and a mage guarding them, they didn't realize that they were being traced by the middle-aged man in green robes.

"I don't know." Julius shook his head, "The people who can come in and out here must be people with status. If you care, you can ask Mr. Bach or Mr. Arland tomorrow...

"What's wrong? You don't look good?"

Nolen stood there without moving, various countermeasures quickly flashing through his mind.

His first choice was to immediately catch up with the middle-aged man in green robe, and then arrest him to confront Bach.

Someone put a mark on Flamel's residence. As the owner, don't you give me an explanation? How can I trust you to cooperate with you?

But this approach is too aggressive, and it is not yet clear which force sent this middle-aged man in green robe.

Linfeng City was just an inconspicuous border city in the Roland Empire. He didn't remember any enemies in Linfeng City.

So, think about it from another angle... Is it possible that Flamel committed theft?

Even though Bach expressed a certain degree of sincerity to himself at the dinner just now, it is too normal for people in power to do one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes.

Don't look at what he said, look at what he did.

Even if Yaland and Hero really want to cooperate with him, the final decision-maker is Bach, and he still doesn't know Bach's true attitude towards him.

If the middle-aged man in green robe is the assassin sent by Bach to test him, what should he do?

If you capture the middle-aged man in green robe and confront him yourself, wouldn't you be throwing yourself into a trap and arousing the enemy?

What's more, if we chase him out now, it's still unclear whether we can catch the middle-aged man in green robe.

Soul Mage... This was the first time he had encountered this type of opponent. Judging from the fact that everyone present was unaware, they probably had no experience in dealing with him.

If you act rashly, you may not get much benefit.

"Be careful and stay alert." Nolen said solemnly, "I'm afraid this journey won't be so smooth."

He couldn't explain to everyone how he discovered something was wrong, so he could only give this vague reminder temporarily.

Although Julius and others didn't understand what happened just now, they saw his serious look and nodded in agreement.

After returning to his room, Nolen immediately checked every corner again.

Fortunately, the Book of Omniscience did not scan out any unusual supernatural power, proving that the middle-aged man in green robes at least had not tampered with him in his room.

"So, what should we do with this tracking mark?"

He walked into the bathroom and closed the door, looking at himself in the mirror, frowning and thinking.

Tracking Brand is a soul spell. It has no shape and is invisible to the naked eye. It can penetrate the clothes and hit the target's body, which is equivalent to directly locking the body.

Unless the brand's mental power is exhausted or it is too far away from the caster, the caster can always obtain the target's specific location.

However, soul spells are better at concealment, and the target often falls into the trap of the caster without even realizing it.

And as long as you know that you have been hit by a spell, it is just a fourth-level spell, and it is actually not that difficult to solve.

Some purification spells and special alchemy potions can clear the tracking brand, so Nolen is not worried about this.

What he was thinking was, did he need to remove the tracking imprint immediately?

The middle-aged man in green robes swaggered in front of him because he was a rare soul mage, which showed that he had full confidence in his own strength.

If your opponent is careless, this is actually a good thing for you.

Once the mark is removed, the middle-aged man in green robe will definitely notice it and be vigilant. The next time he attacks, it will be even more difficult.

Since there will be a battle sooner or later, it is better to use the trick and deliberately give him a flaw, and in turn let him fall into his trap...

In this trap, he is the bait that lures the enemy to reveal himself.

Of course, there is also a problem, that is, whether you can withstand the opponent's first round of attacks.

If you are instantly killed by your opponent from the beginning, any countermeasures will be meaningless.

This is the tragedy of the alchemist. No matter how talented he is, as long as he has no power, he will still be bullied by extraordinary beings.

However, he is not an ordinary alchemist. Even if he is not extraordinary, he still has a trump card.

"Soul spell..."

Nolen murmured and rolled up his robe, revealing the black arm guard worn on his left arm.

"Duelist's Armguard", this is the first magic weapon he built, and it is also the self-defense weapon he carries with him to this day.

After becoming the General Staff Officer, he also remade the duelists.

The "Duelist Armguard Kai" in his hand now is made of the same ceramic material as Valkyrie's equipment, and is also equipped with vermilion-level magic crystals.

However, the duelist's armguard emphasizes portability and lightweight. It can be hidden in the robe without being noticed by others. It has two different design ideas from the Valkyrie, a pure combat weapon.

Due to size restrictions, the formation structure compartment of the duelist's armguard can only install a maximum level three formation.

Third-level spells are okay for solving the troubles in daily life, but if they are against high-level extraordinary beings, they are not enough.

However, this time he revealed the duelist's armguard not to fight against the middle-aged man in blue robe, but to use it as an experiment——

He pulled out a blank magic card from the card slot of the Duelist's Armguard and said silently:

"The Book of Omniscient Knowledge, give me a second-level attack soul spell."

In his mind, the pages of the book of omniscience began to turn. The second-level soul spell "Shock" has been obtained:

Causes mental damage to the target with a mental body, and also causes confusion and even dizziness.

"Very good." Nolen's fingers touched the card surface, and the depths of his eyes lit up slightly.

"...Next, "Shock Technique", projection. "

The next moment, a mysterious power flowed out from its fingers, quickly forming an exquisite magic circle on the blank magic card.

The magic card "Shock" is completed.

What is on-site card printing?

Then he followed the same pattern and obtained a third-level soul spell "Psychic Shock" and projected it onto another blank magic card.

After getting ready, he walked out of the bathroom and said to Yuna: "Do me a favor."

"Yeah." Yuna nodded, "What do you need me to do?"

Nolen handed the magic card with the second-level spell "Shock" printed on it to Yuna and said slowly: "Use the spell on me."

Yuna: "...?"

Seeing her stunned for a moment, Nolen explained: "I want to confirm whether I am resistant to soul spells, so I need you to do an experiment for me.

"Don't worry, this is just a second-level soul spell. Even if I don't have resistance, it won't cause any side effects on me.

"As for the activation method of the soul magic circle, it is just like putting on the raven mask to activate the soul link before. You should know how to do it."

As early as the first time he had a soul link with Yuna, he discovered that the Book of Omniscient Knowledge could replace the mental energy consumption of the soul link for him.

In other words, the Book of Omniscient Knowledge is part of his soul, and it is natural to use its power.

The spiritual power that the Book of Omniscience can provide is as vast as the ocean. During the war, he had a long-term connection with Yuna for several hours, but his spiritual power never showed signs of exhaustion.

With such huge mental power, does this mean that the Book of Omniscience can also resist mental attacks for itself?

The difference between soul mages and elemental mages is that elemental mages have no resistance to the elements of this system.

For example, if a fire mage is accidentally hit by a fireball fired by an enemy, he will still be burned to death. After all, elemental mage is also made of flesh.

But the soul mage is different. Because the soul mage has to cast soul spells, his mental power will be stronger than that of ordinary extraordinary people.

People with strong spiritual power are naturally resistant to soul spells. Using soul spells to attack soul mages with strong mental power is not very effective.

Therefore, the soul mage's mortal enemy is actually another soul mage.

Although he is not a soul mage, due to the existence of the Book of Omniscience, his mental power may be stronger than most soul mage.

This means that one's resistance to soul spells should be very strong - in theory, this is the case.

Now, it's time to prove whether your theory is correct.

Since Nolen said this, Yuna could only do it. She unbuttoned the two buttons of her collar and put the "Shock Technique" magic card into her collar, completely fitting it against the large expanse of snow-white skin on her chest.

"I'm going to... cast a spell?"

Seeing Nolen nodding, she concentrated her mental power on the magic card on her chest, and activated the soul magic circle on the card in the same way as before activating the soul link.

The second-level soul spell "Shock" is activated!

It was quieter than activating the ordinary magic device, and the surface of the magic card lit up with a faint blue light.

The soul magic circle extracted part of Yuna's mental power, condensed it immediately, and struck Nolen like an invisible spike.

Nolen stood there, and he felt a heavy invisible pressure coming from the direction of Yuna.

Different from the coercion of the eighth-level knight, coercion is the prototype of the "domain" and the initial control over the surrounding things. It affects both the soul and the body at the same time.

The pressure displayed by the soul spell did not cause damage to the body. The invisible spikes sank into his body and went straight towards his soul.

"Om-"

And at the same time that he was directly hit by the invisible spiritual spike, the book of omniscience also moved.

Its vast ocean of spiritual power surrounded its soul body like the safest fortress in the world. The spiritual spikes of the shock technique were unable to break through the defense of the Book of Omniscience, and the offensive was easily disintegrated like a mud cow entering the sea.

In fact, because the lethality of the second-level soul spell was not enough at all, he would not have known that he was being mentally attacked if the Book of Omniscience had not shone slightly.

Is this the "shock technique"? It's really shocking.

"Come on, increase the intensity." Nolen handed Yuna the magic card of the third-level spell "Psychic Shock".

Seeing that he seemed fine, Yuna was relieved and immediately activated the "Psychic Shock" circle.

A mental shock hit Nolen, and the pressure he felt this time seemed to be a little greater than the shock technique.

But that was all. He was still conscious and did not feel any obvious discomfort.

"How could..." Seeing that his expression was still as normal, Yuna looked surprised.

If she hadn't cast the soul spell herself, she would have thought nothing happened just now.

"I had a vague hunch before. It seems that people's physiques are really different." Nolen raised the corner of his mouth.

If you have enough resistance to soul spells, it's not that you can't be qualified for the position of bait.

But now he still has to figure out one thing - is the middle-aged man in blue robe who tried to murder him a member of Bach?

If so, even if he killed the middle-aged man in blue robe, he would still be in danger. After all, Bach was the lord of Flamel.

But if Bach wants to harm himself, he can control his own schedule even if he doesn't need to track the brand.

Flamel is his base. He can get any information he wants at any time, so why bother?

In addition, Karl was in Linfeng City, and the news that he had created a new magic circle had spread through the Alchemy Society branch in Linfeng City.

Even if Bach intended to "exchange extremes for one," he could not hide the matter of "killing people, stealing goods, and seizing research results." Once exposed, Flamel's reputation would be ruined.

Seeing that the atmosphere of today's dinner was just right, as long as he was not crazy, he would definitely not leave aside good cooperation and do something that would harm both sides.

Therefore, if you think about it carefully, the possibility that Bach is the mastermind behind this is very low.

"It seems that someone is causing trouble..." After figuring out the key to the matter, Nolen narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughtfully.

Who is the person who doesn’t want Flamel to cooperate with Linfeng City?

(End of this chapter)