Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 245 Are potions dangerous things?

"Do you want to learn magic, Linger?"

Saint Charity turned her chair around, facing the young man, leaning forward, staring at him with her clear golden eyes. This shepherdess who had been away from the world for many years didn't seem to understand social distance, so much so that Linger could already feel the warm breath from her nostrils, so he quietly moved his chair back a little, and then nodded slightly.

After getting a clear answer, Saint Xia Liya tilted her head slightly, with some confusion in her eyes: "I thought you were not interested in these things."

This was the conclusion she came to after observation. Both Metien and Alice were very interested in magic, which was also the usual mentality of ordinary people. Just like Mr. Rawls from the Central Theater, didn't he also ask her about magic and mystery?
But Linger never did that. He did take the initiative to learn about another unknown world, but that was limited to understanding. He never had the intention of exploring it in depth or even trying it himself. His rationality and reality were not like that of a normal person.

Young people have their own ideas about this.

“Because it wasn’t necessary before,” he said, “but it is necessary now.”

In the past, he stubbornly believed that as long as he found a way to peel off the golden apple, he could return to his peaceful life and not be involved in any trouble. However, mastering magical power itself represents a kind of trouble, so he would not take the initiative to explore. But when he made up his mind to embark on a journey to find other girl kingships, the situation changed.

"Alice's game console and cartridges are magical and have incredible power, but it's not enough." Ling Ge once heard his maid talk about the functional limitations of the game console and the fatigue mechanism of the cartridge, and knew that their power was not unlimited. Even if they could be used unlimitedly, they would still fail if they encountered an overly powerful enemy. Therefore, "I need to master the power of magic to deal with more complicated situations."

"I understand."

"Of course." The shepherdess stretched out her hand, spread out her slender white palm, showed it to Ling Ge, and then retracted a finger: "As far as I know, there are four systems for the use of magic in the world, namely blood, potion, magic and magic. Do you want to know the difference between them?"

Linger frowned: "Are there many kinds of magic in this world?"

Finally, she reminded him seriously, and Lingge was speechless: "I know, I didn't think so... Forget it, go on to talk about the next few types of magic."

He gave up arguing. Saint Shallia stared at him for a few seconds, and after confirming that he had no such thoughts, she continued, "The next three types of magic are all systems created by humans."

"Then I will explain it to you in chronological order." Saint Shallia said, counting on one finger. "First is bloodline. This is the oldest system for using magic power, which comes from innate inheritance. Remember I told you that the intelligent race that can use magic power is called elves. However, in the past thousand years, due to the gradual expansion of human power, this name has been replaced by aliens. The blood of aliens flows with magic power bestowed by their mothers. As long as they are a little familiar with it, they can use it, and it will be passed down with their bloodline, just like the fairy magic used by Shesta and others, the blood magic used by the blood clan, and the dragon language magic used by the dragon clan."

"Inherited by blood?" Ling Ge was thoughtful and asked a very targeted question: "Can aliens and humans give birth to offspring?"

Saint Xia Liya nodded slightly, and for some reason, her tone was actually a little relieved: "So Lingge, which kind of magic do you want to start learning?"

Humans are born unable to use magic, but if they marry aliens who are born with magic and give birth to offspring, then... Saint Shallia's answer confirmed his guess: "Yes, if the blood concentration of humans and aliens is high enough, the offspring can also use the blood magic of the corresponding race. However, this method is not suitable for you."

"Yeah." This is an answer that requires no thought. If you don't have a deep understanding, how can you say you are learning?

It is understandable that only humans who are born unable to use magic power would rack their brains to find various ways to master this magical power.

"The second type is magic potion. It also has a more comprehensive name, the extraordinary system. People who enter this system and master magic power used to call themselves extraordinary people instead of magicians."

Extraordinary, beyond mortals? What an easy-to-understand yet ambitious title. "Remember the animist we met in front of the Central Theater? I remember his name was... Rochelle?" Saint Shaliya recalled for a moment before remembering the name of the Fertile Soil Sect walker.

Ling Ge would not forget it, after all, he had met her in Sosen Mountain not long ago. Suddenly he thought of something: "Could it be that Rochelle is a transcendent?"

“No.” Saint Shallia slowly shook her head: “He is not a transcendent. What I want to say is that he is the founder of the magic potion system and also the founder of animism. You humans call him: Saint Tumi.”

The first religious prayer meeting in human history, the first systematic belief theory animism, the first systematic language Old Aldese, the source of the spiritual core of modern continental civilization... Saint Tumi, who has so many brilliant achievements, is also the founder of the first magic system of mankind.

When Lingge heard this, he was somewhat surprised, but also felt it was not unexpected. He was surprised because he had never linked these two things together, and it was not unexpected because, considering the great image of Saint Tomi in history and his indelible personal achievements, it seemed natural for him to be able to do such a thing.

"The root of the magic potion system is spirituality. At the same time, it is also the foundation for the establishment of the two subsequent systems." Saint Shallia said softly: "In ancient times, humans were still the weakest intelligent race and were ruled and dominated by elves. Saint Tumi, unwilling to accept this, wanted to make humans stronger, so he persistently searched for a way to enable humans to master magic. In the end, he discovered spirituality. This is a root power buried deep in the soul of life, and it is also the reason why intelligent races can observe and use magic."

"Other intelligent races have active spirituality, so they are born with the ability to use magic. However, humans have a dormant spirituality, so they need external force to stimulate it and make it active. And this external force is magic potion."

She paused for a moment, and waited for Lingge to digest the known information before continuing: "After discovering the existence of spirituality, Saint Tomi and his followers explored for a long time and finally found a suitable path. They used magical herbs, minerals, animal and plant tissues, and even body parts or souls of other intelligent races as materials to refine potions that could stimulate human spiritual awakening. The dosage and formulation of the potion strictly controlled the degree of awakening, so that humans could truly gain controllable power. This was the original magic potion system."

"He divided the potion system into fourteen pathways and nine levels, from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1, corresponding to fourteen laws and nine doses that the human mind and body can withstand. After taking the potion and stimulating spiritual growth, one can gain the power of the corresponding law, from weak to strong, gradually approaching the essence of the law. In this way, humans have gained the right to fight against the elves and compete for living space. Although the proportion of people who can survive the potion trial is not large, it is already a very large number considering the human population base."

"It's really great." Lingge couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

With his own efforts, he shaped the initial prototype of human civilization, from language, belief, organization to the most important power, and profoundly influenced human civilization for tens of millions of generations. Saint Tumi is worthy of the name of a saint.

but.

"Fourteen laws?" This special number made Ling Ge have to connect it with the girl in front of him: "Could it mean?"

"Yes." Saint Shallia said, "The fourteen paths in the potion system correspond to the seven powers of order and chaos: the seven upright paths corresponding to the power of order, and the seven inverted paths corresponding to the power of chaos. I am one of them, and so is Olvera."

Ling Ge subconsciously turned his head and looked at Avra, who was watching the two rabbits fighting with great interest by the window sill. He was a little speechless. After noticing his gaze, the latter raised her head and blinked her eyes in a very cute way, as if asking: What are you looking at me for?
Ok.

Although in terms of appearance and personality, both Saint Shalia and Olvera are far from the "source of magic", they do hold the power of the laws of the world. As the embodiment of the authority after the loss of the royal power, both the [Destiny Beacon] and the [Library of Truth] are incredible. Naturally, they were unimaginably powerful in their heyday.

Lingge put away his complicated feelings and signaled Saint Shallia to continue.

"The emergence of the potion system did bring mankind a long period of glory, which lasted nearly ten thousand years. But it still had many intolerable flaws, so it was replaced by the subsequent magic system. I don't recommend you to choose the potion system, because if you know its flaws, you will definitely find it difficult to accept."

Saint Shalia knew the character of the young man in front of her very well. She said in a serious tone, word by word, "Choosing potions is equivalent to choosing madness and loss of control."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)