my armed maid

Chapter 36 35: Soul Link

At dusk, outside Linfeng City.

Nolen and others stood on the ground, watching Yuna's flight trajectory in the air gradually change from a simple straight line to a complex curve.

There is no doubt that she is familiar with the flight performance of the Valkyrie backpack at a speed visible to the naked eye, and gradually accumulates her own flying experience.

She has a very good compatibility with the Valkyrie backpack and is a really good pilot. Maybe it was fate that I met her in the first place.

Nolen thought silently in his heart, then raised his hand and shouted: "Let's get here first today, we can return!"

Unexpectedly, Yuna was flying in the sky and could not hear the sounds below for a while. Nolen had to blow the spare whistle, and then used the whistle to attract her attention.

Under the guidance of Nolen's wave, Yuna began to slow down and prepare to fall. At this moment, her flight trajectory in the air suddenly changed.

The spell-generating port on the left side of Valkyrie's backpack suddenly opened, and her original slow descent trajectory shifted to the right. The sudden turn caused her to lose her balance in the air, and she was about to fall in an ugly posture like a dog chewing mud.

What happened?Is it a malfunction of the backpack or a control error?
Fortunately, at the last second of falling to the ground, Yuna forcibly turned her body over, landed on her feet and activated the suspension ascent switch, and finally landed successfully without any danger.

"Are you injured?"

"What happened?"

Nolen and others quickly ran over to ask about the situation. The situation just now seemed like a flight accident, and it was obviously not like she did it intentionally.

"I-I'm fine."

Yuna's face was also a little pale, but she seemed to be fine. "I'm sorry, I'm not very skilled in control. I just accidentally pressed the flying button... and I made you worry."

Nolen thoughtfully made a note in his notes, then nodded to Yuna and said:

"Today's performance has been very good. Take off the backpack and we are ready to return to the city."

"Yeah." Yuna nodded.

Ai Xia helped her take off her equipment. Luo Zhen came to Nolen's side and breathed out a sigh of relief: "Let me tell you, the Valkyrie backpack is made by me. It has high quality and will not malfunction easily."

“But this also shows from the side that there is still room for improvement in backpacks.”

Nolen mused, "At least its current control method is not simple and convenient enough. Once the driver accidentally touches the switch, the mistake in battle will be fatal."

Originally, he planned to use both hands to control the backpack, but considering that in future battles, Yuna would have to hold various weapons such as the "Magic Gun" with one hand, he finally chose to integrate the control function into his left hand.

If you think about it carefully, it may be a bit reluctant to control six buttons with one hand. Even if it can be done, the joystick must be optimized into a style that is easier to control in the future.

As an alchemist, he would never give priority to finding the cause on the pilot. He blamed the pilot's lack of proficiency for the flight error.

Confidence does not mean arrogance. He clearly realized that the first version of the Valkyrie backpack must have more or less flaws, and using actual combat data to continuously improve and evolve the backpack is what he will do next.

Truly excellent alchemy equipment should adapt to the needs of the driver, rather than the driver adapting to it - this is his creed in making equipment.

The four of them packed up their equipment, returned to the carriage, and began their return journey.

On the carriage, Nolen looked at his notebook and checked with Luo Zhen the next work of the alchemy team:
"The production of the "Magic Gun" must be accelerated, and the design of a new joystick must also be put on the schedule.

"Also, we need to confirm the remaining magic power in the backpack after this flight, and estimate the actual battery life of the backpack flight..."

Nolen said several points in an orderly manner, which made Luo Zhen sweat a little.

Who knows, family members. After successfully building a new piece of equipment, I thought that my mission was almost completed, but unexpectedly, there were more and more tasks.

Yes, I will be busy again next time.

After giving instructions all the way, Nolen returned to the alchemy workshop, made some casual dinner, and then locked himself in the laboratory.

Designing new joysticks and estimating the actual flight endurance are important, but they are not the most urgent things.

During the test flight just now, he suddenly discovered that there was an issue that he had ignored all this time. It had nothing to do with the flight itself, but it was extremely important -

That's communication.

Equipped with a Valkyrie backpack, Yuna is destined to have a larger range of action, which also means that she will have difficulty receiving commands from the ground while in the air and at a distance.

Of course, whistles and flags can be used, but they also have limitations, and their command methods are too primitive.

It would be nice if there was some spell that could communicate remotely...

Nolen settled down and focused on the book of omniscience in his mind.

After repairing the city defense magic cannon and visiting the Mage Academy last time, his knowledge points increased again, reaching 242 points.

With so many knowledge points, it is enough to exchange them for a slightly more advanced spell.

Thinking in his mind, he began to ask questions about the book of omniscience:

"I need a remote communication spell. Its communication distance should be as far as possible, the magic power consumption during continuous communication should be as low as possible, and the communication quality should be as good as possible... It would be better if I could see the communication screen by the way."

He made as many requests as he could to the Book of All Knowledge and began to wait for a response.

In fact, his requirements are not that high. He is just curious about whether it can meet all his requirements, so he "makes things difficult" by the way.

Anyway, he has enough knowledge points. If such a powerful communication spell really exists, it won't be a loss if he redeems it.

Just when he thought this, the Book of Omniscience actually lit up.

This time it absorbed a full 128 knowledge points, consuming more than half of his reserves. Then the light faded, and a mysterious magic circle appeared in the new page.

Nolen looked at the spell introduction attentively, and then was slightly stunned:
Soul link, sixth level soul spell.

Establish a soul link with another target with a soul mark, consume mental energy to communicate with it, and both parties can share their five senses.

Good guy, it’s actually a soul spell!This is not a common thing.

Human beings' knowledge about spells, combat techniques, and alchemy has been slowly developed from scratch.

At the beginning, the first researchers discovered that there are four elements in the world: earth, water, fire, and wind, and then believed that the heaven and earth are composed of these four basic elements. This is also the theoretical foundation of contemporary alchemy.

Later, a second group of researchers discovered that there are four elements in the world: wood, ice, light, and thunder, which have similar properties to the basic four elements but are different.

So they were called "isomorphic elements", and the boundaries of magic and alchemical theory were thus expanded.

Later, the third group of researchers discovered that these eight elements still had their own limitations, and that the human body had a strange power that could not be explained by the alchemy theory at the time.

So they called the original eight elements "natural elements" and named this strange power "life elements".

Then continue to subdivide the "life elements" into "flesh and blood energy" and "spiritual power".

Among them, flesh and blood energy is combined into the body of a creature, and spiritual power is the external expression of the soul of a creature.

If you continue to push forward from this theory, you can find that the so-called "knight" is actually a special kind of "mage".

Knights are mages who are not adaptable to natural elements, but they can use magic to train their flesh and blood energy and make their bodies stronger.

The so-called knight combat skills are also a branch of flesh and blood magic.

Of course, this is just a theory in today's academic circles. The "Knights Alliance" has publicly opposed this theory, believing that knights are knights, not mages.

This theory is a conspiracy theory spread by the "Mage Tower" who wants to assimilate the knight group.

Whether this is a conspiracy theory or not will not be mentioned for the time being, but compared to the much-researched flesh and blood energy, there is very little research on spiritual power in the world.

Spells related to mental power are called soul spells. Compared with flesh and blood spells that are visible and tangible, soul spells are indescribable, weirder, and elusive.

Due to the nature of these spells, the academic community still has very little understanding of soul spells.

Currently, most of the known soul spells are monopolized by certain families and factions and have not been spread in the world. Just like the Luozhen family's ancestral secret technique "Puppetry", it is extremely mysterious.

But for the Book of Omniscience, no matter how mysterious the soul spell is, it is just an ordinary thing that can be used at will. After hearing Nolen's needs, the relevant spell arrays were directly provided.Nolen thought about it carefully and found that this "Soul Link" spell really perfectly met all his requirements:
1. He needs the communication distance to be far enough.

The communication distance of the soul link depends on the mental strength of the strongest party. As long as the mental strength is strong enough, the communication distance can theoretically be infinite.

2. The magic power consumption of communication should be low.

Soul link does not consume magic power at all, it consumes special spiritual power.

3. The communication quality should be good, and it would be better if it can transmit pictures.

After all, it is soul communication, and the communication quality should be better than simply transmitting sound into the ear, and it can not only transmit pictures, but also share the five senses.

Yes.

Nolen was very satisfied with this "shopping" and immediately prepared to put the soul link into practical use.

To activate the soul link, the only requirement is to communicate the soul marks with spiritual power and trigger the resonance of the soul marks of both parties.

The so-called soul mark is this mysterious magic circle on the page.

So, where should I engrave this magic circle?

Nolen thought for a while, because he is not a transcendent and has not received spiritual power-related training. He is currently unable to extend his mental power outside the body, so it is best for this magic circle to fit his body.

Pendant?too small.

Vest?too big.

Wrist guards?It's not impossible.

Thinking in his mind, Nolen's eyes swept across the room unconsciously, and finally landed on the two masks in the corner.

A black raven mask, a white raven mask.

This was a "toy" I bought casually from a little boy when I went to the doll shop that day. When I got back, he didn't take it seriously and just threw it away.

Now that he found these two masks again, Nolen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Engraving the magic circle on the back of the mask, after wearing the mask, the magic circle can completely fit your face, thus being inspired by your own spiritual power.

The existing academic theory basically clarifies that the human soul is located in the head, so activating soul spells from the face is a better choice for "signaling"!

Nolen thought his idea was genius. He took the mask over, turned it over to the back, and tried to activate his ability:

""projection". "

Unlike ordinary magic circle bases, the back of the mask has uneven arcs, which greatly increases the difficulty of engraving the magic circle.

But the Book of Omniscience was not affected. The next moment the light lit up, and the magic circle of soul link was successfully engraved on the back of the mask.

But it drove me crazy.

He felt slightly excited and followed the same example, engraving the soul mark on another mask.

At this point, another great invention was discovered by chance.

He put on a black raven mask and walked out of the laboratory, pushing open the door of Yuna's bedroom.

It was a little late, and Yuna was meditating and practicing in her room. She was planning to go to bed later when she saw Nolen pushing the door open wearing a strange mask.

"This is……"

Her eyes were confused for a moment, and Nolen handed over a white raven mask and said: "Put on the mask and concentrate your mental power on it to try."

"it is good……"

Yuna took the mask without knowing why. There was actually a mysterious magic circle engraved on the back of the mask, glowing with a faint blue light. It looked both mysterious and handsome...

Also a bit annoying.

Nolen didn't explain much, and she didn't ask any questions. She directly put the white raven mask on her face.

Seeing her put on the mask, Nolen calmed down, communicated with the mask using his own way of communicating with the Book of Omniscience, and immersed his mind in the magic circle on her face.

The next moment, he felt that his consciousness was slightly in a trance, and he sensed the existence of another strange consciousness.

It was like seeing a floating ball of light in a dark space. He controlled his consciousness to get closer to the ball of light and sent a message to it:
"can you hear me?"

On this side, Yuna successfully received the news and subconsciously said: "Yes, I can hear it."

As soon as the words came out, she realized that Nolen had not spoken at all, they were just communicating with each other.

Nolen smiled and put his index finger to his mouth, and continued to communicate with his mind: "It shouldn't be difficult to do it by focusing your mental energy on the mask and talking to me without making a sound."

Yuna fumbled for a while, and soon found a way out, and a message from her mind came in a decent tone: "Can you hear me?"

"Can't hear."

"Eh...what should we do?"

"Hahaha."

Nolen raised the corners of his mouth and immediately merged his consciousness with the ball of light.

Yuna noticed that another force was trying to intervene in her consciousness using the mask as a medium. She understood that this was Noren testing her new invention, so she did not resist and allowed that force to merge with her consciousness.

The next moment, the dim space in Nolen's mind changed, as if he had entered an immersive cinema, with scenes from another perspective playing on the huge screen:

In the familiar room, a man in black robes wearing a black raven mask was standing motionless in front of "himself".

He knew that this was exactly what Yuna saw.

Through the soul link, now he can not only communicate with Yuna's thoughts, but also watch her first-person perspective. This communication spell makes him very satisfied.

When the job was done, Nolen felt playful and said again: "Lower your head and give it a try."

"Is that so?" Yuna looked at her chest blankly.

"Hmm... Although I think the small ones are cute, isn't this an unexpected surprise?"

"...!?"

Only then did she react and hurriedly looked away.

Although she couldn't see her expression clearly through the mask, her ears were already visibly ripe.

Nolen was even more happy. He was about to tease her again, but suddenly he felt a little tired in his head.

Using the soul link will consume mental power, and this mental power consumption is borne by the party with the strongest mental power.

He couldn't help but wonder. As a transcendent, Yuna should be stronger than him in both physical strength and mental strength.

Even if he is an alchemist, he is still an ordinary person and cannot reach the category of extraordinary beings. How can he bear the consumption of mental power by himself?

And just when he was doubting, the book of omniscience in his mind lit up again.

The power of the Book of Omniscient Knowledge intervened in the soul connection. The spiritual power it provided was as vast as the sea and endless. It not only wiped away his slight fatigue, but also established the most stable soul path for the two of them.

The corners of Nolen's mouth couldn't help but rise crazily.

You can always come up with something new for me.

　Thanks to Hanshuang Linyue for the tip

　　
　
(End of this chapter)