Mythical Card Master: Start with the Knight

"Let's see if we can wake up Maddie first, otherwise we have to go back and ask Trina."

Chu Ming's mind surged with mental power, and green wood elemental magic energy gathered from his hands, like fireflies fluttering.

He took off Mattie's arm armor and held her soft palm. Green magic flowed into the girl's body along his palm. The dim magic lines on her arm lit up with green light, and gradually flowed down the white lotus arm to the whole body. go.

Magic power roamed on the magic patterns all over Mattie's body. The girl suddenly snorted, and a touch of purple gradually appeared in the magic patterns. The magic self-sustaining device on her body was triggered, and began to continuously absorb external magic power to restore her body.

Under the influence of magic, the abrasions or small wounds on Mattie's skin gradually healed, leaving no scars on the skin.

Seeing this, Chu Ming gradually increased the input of magic power, and the green light on the magic pattern suddenly became brighter. Mattie coughed a few times and gradually woke up from the coma.

She opened her hazy eyes, her vision gradually changed from blurry to clear, and she could see Chu Ming's face clearly.

"Mr. Lane..."

Mattie smiled reassuringly.

"As long as you're okay."

Chu Ming shook his head helplessly and said, "You should trust me once in a while. I can't defeat this monster but it can still run away, but it's you who has lost your arms."

Mattie was stunned for a moment and looked at her empty right arm. The girl said in a relaxed tone: "Mr. Renne may not know that a demon doll like me that was born from memory has its power also comes from memory, and even the body can Being swayed by memories.”

As she spoke, she stared at her right arm.

I saw the phantom light on it, and a complete arm was gradually transformed, and then became solid.

Chu Ming looked at this scene in amazement and asked curiously: "What is the so-called power of memory?"

After Maddie gathered her entire arm, she breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

The girl opened her palms, revealing the crystal beads of sweat on her palms, "Mr. Lane, please see, normal dolls cannot have human physiological reactions, but memory dolls will act according to their memories and behave in line with their memories. Perceptions such as fatigue and pain are all possessed by humans, and all memory dolls will have them.”

Chu Ming stroked Maddie's wet palm, and he could feel that the sweat on it was not fake.

"Is this sweat also condensed from memory?"

Mattie nodded and said: "You can think of memory as something between dreams and life. It is illusory, but very real."

"Real memory dolls do not have any sanity. Although they look like humans and behave the same as usual, they will freeze when asked about things outside of their memories."

"It's like..." Mattie thought seriously, "Memory is the rule. When things go beyond the rules, they won't react."

Although he knew that his question might be rude, Chu Ming still asked: "What about you?"

The girl showed a rare playful smile, "If Maddie had acted according to her memory, she would not have known Mr. Chu Ming."

"The name of the owner of my memory is Nana Govia. She was the little maid who followed Miss Trina during her lifetime. After the girl died, Trina made Nana's doll in order to save this lovely little girl. Come out."

"Later, after I was born, the lady gave me a new name - Mattie."

"Senior sister can also make magic dolls?"

Chu Ming was stunned for a moment. This was something he had not expected. After all, Trina had not revealed what happened before she entered the Violet Principality.

Mattie lifted her hair and nodded: "The young lady is amazing. She is the most powerful puppet master genius in Migliorini's country for three hundred years. She is also quite good at alchemy, but she is usually more accustomed to using money. Buying everything off, too lazy to do anything.”

When Chu Ming heard this, his expression became strange, "Is this really appropriate?"

Mattie smiled and said, "Miss, you won't care about this. Don't worry, Mr. Lane."

Chu Ming nodded and became a little absent-minded.

Judging from the chat with Mattie, it seems that memory making is also a relatively popular method of making golems in the country of Migliorini. It is interesting to borrow the power of memory.

What makes Chu Ming even more interested is that the country of Migliorini seems to have mastered the forbidden alchemy of human life, which can give memories new life and wisdom.

As he thought, Chu Ming's thoughts gradually flew into the distance.

He thought, if he could divide his own memory into Andrew, the ancestor of the blood race, and Narender... and make them in the form of memory puppets, supplemented by the alchemy of puppet life, would this be able to make them in history? Achieve the resurrection of existence and continue the history created by Chu Ming in these capacities.

If this alternative kind of filthy reincarnation can be successful, and he can exchange his memory for the prince and create a real puppet clone, then when the puppet clone is improved, his real cards can also change accordingly.

"I am who I am, so if my memory gives birth to life, can it still be considered me?"

"If the Ancient Tree of Time treats the puppet clones I created as the continuation of the lives of Andrew and others, even if the writing is over, I can still leave the clones in the other world, and as time changes, Andrew, the ancestor of the blood race , Narender’s cards will change as the clone’s experience and strength change.”

"But if the Ancient Tree of Time doesn't admit it, my idea may fail."

Thinking of this, Chu Ming couldn't help but shook his head, "So what if I fail? At most, Gu Shu doesn't admit that the puppet clone is a part of me. I can also keep the clone to replace me in the other world to monitor the dark trends, etc. The next time I write, I’ll have new information quickly available.”

"Huh... It seems I have to find an opportunity to ask Senior Sister Trina."

Chu Ming gradually came back from his meditation. Opposite him, Mattie sat cross-legged, staring at him calmly, as if waiting for him to think.

Chu Ming apologized: "I accidentally got distracted."

Mattie shook her head slightly, "It's good that Mr. Lane has gained something. Mattie doesn't know how to make golems or alchemy. This is the only thing that can help you."

Chu Ming stood up, stretched, and said with a smile: "That's enough, thank you Mattie."

"You have a good rest here, I'll go out for a walk."

"Well, Mr. Renne will come back soon."

Chu Ming waved his hand, walked out of the wooden house, and closed the wooden door.

Outside the wooden house, dozens more wooden houses were erected, and the mages had already made plans to spend the night in the legion's stronghold.

It has been half a day since George and a dozen epic mages went to Corpse Mountain to investigate the situation. Night has arrived, and there is still no trace of their return, which makes the mages worried.

The wait is always long, and tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people, so many mages walked out of the wooden house and chatted about what they had encountered in the past few days by the campfire.

Chu Ming walked into the lively campfire camp and found Crono reading a book by the campfire.

"Ren?"

Crono noticed someone approaching and raised his head. When he saw that the person was Chu Ming, he smiled.

Chu Ming sat next to him and asked, "Where are Aiqi and Pierre?"

Crono spread his hands and said: "Aiqi said that he wanted to teach Pierre some knight knowledge, so the two of them found an open space to train their muscles."

"What about you, do you have any news about the Legion Mage?"

Crono said helplessly: "Don't look at me calm now. In fact, I'm very panicked inside. I can't even enter the meditative state. It's too boring to meditate. I can only read books to pass the time."

"As for the news about the legion mage..."

Crono glanced around and said quietly to Chu Ming: "I heard a mage who just returned said that the dark night in the forest was dyed into day by the light of magic, and the movement was so loud that every other It can be sensed from dozens of kilometers away.”

As he spoke, his face became worried, "It's been so long, I'm afraid the creature born in the mountain of corpses will be difficult to deal with."

Chu Ming's heart sank and he continued to ask: "Has the legion announced the specific evacuation time?"

Crono smiled bitterly and said: "I heard that not only the strange monsters appeared on our side, but also the mages in the stronghold deep in the Thorn Flower Fall encountered these monsters."

"Our side has only been around for a long time. Epic-level mutated monsters have just appeared today. It is impossible to cross such a long distance to reach the deep stronghold."

Chu Ming's mind suddenly moved, "In other words, it's not just our place that has the source of pollution."

Crono nodded cautiously, "And this may not be all. Maybe there are pollution sources hidden in other parts of Thorn Flower County that we don't know about."

"The original plan of the legion was to wait for the student mages from the deep stronghold to arrive, and then ride the cloud ray here to take us back."

"Why do I feel now that we can't wait for Cloud Ray to come, so we have to run away."

"Oh, this unfortunate thing happened one after another."

Chu Ming thought about it and asked about what happened a year ago, "Do you know the inside story of how the dark beasts invaded Thorn Flower County last year?"

Crono was stunned, "Do you suspect that the dark beast tide and the current mutated creatures are all done by the same group of people?"

Chu Ming nodded and said: "Is it possible that the dark beast tide is also caused by the followers of the evil god or the followers of the evil god?"

"Hiss...it seems really possible."

The man hesitated and whispered: "Although Thorn Flower County is in the north of the Violet Principality, it does not border the Dark Land."

"To the north of Thorn Flower County is the Principality of Reed. It is the kingdom that truly borders the Dark Land."

"Although the Reed Principality is considered a country, it is actually controlled by the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium in the name of defending against the tide of dark beasts. This time the dark beast tide came so quietly that even the many parties in the Reed Principality were I didn’t find any, I suspect there are followers of the evil god who have infiltrated the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium.”

After listening to Cronuo's words, Chu Ming's mind flipped with memories.

The so-called Thirteen Kingdoms of Zhongting actually refer to the thirteen powerful kingdoms that occupy most of the central area of ​​southern Xinjiang.

Renn's family, Brick, is a powerful knight family in the Clinton Kingdom, one of the Thirteen Kingdoms in the Atrium. Even more powerful is the royal family of the Clinton Kingdom. The Clinton royal family has the absolute strength to suppress all family forces in the country. Among the royal family There are also a terrifying number of legendary figures. There are thirteen legends who appear on the political stage, and there are countless more who hide behind them.

The Violet Principality is located in the north of southern Xinjiang and has a detached status. It does not communicate with other kingdoms and does not bother to compete for the title of the so-called Middle Court.

Although there are only ten seats in the Mage Council, this does not mean that there are only ten legendary mages in the Violet Principality. The ten seats represent the ten strongest among the many legendary mages, and each of them is far more powerful. Far beyond the legendary one star, it has reached an unfathomable level.

It is worth mentioning that the country of Migliorini, where Trina and Mattie were born, is also one of the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium. Although the country of Migliorini is not rich in various magic resources, the domestic alchemist inheritance He and the Puppet Master inheritance are hundreds of years ahead of other countries.

There are a large number of alchemy workshops and puppet workshops in the country of Migliorini, and there are also countless alchemists and puppet masters. Therefore, it is also called the country of craftsmen, the kingdom of magic puppets, and the Holy Land of Alchemy...

However, the Kingdom of Clinton and the Kingdom of Migliorini are not the most powerful among the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium.

If it is really what Crono said - the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium have been infiltrated by followers of the evil god, it is scary to think about it.

If you want to influence the behavior of the Thirteen Kingdoms in the Reed Principality, you must at least be a person with real power. Even these people participated in the dark beast tide incident in the Violet Principality. The infiltration of the evil god believers is not unserious.

Crono glanced at Chu Ming's face and continued: "This is all just my own speculation. I don't know if it is true. Of course, it is also possible that the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium did this because they disliked the Violet Principality. , and then put the blame on the followers of the evil god."

Chu Ming looked stunned, "Do they dare to break the sacred covenant witnessed by the gods?"

Chu Ming knows that the Violet Principality is not pleasing to the eyes of other countries. As long as the countries surrounding the Violet Principality have almost all had their territories invaded by the Principality, the relationship between the Principality and the surrounding countries is not good. However, under the suppression of the Principality's absolute strength, the countries dare not be angry. Dare to say, even among the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium, there are many who hate the existence of the Violet Principality.

The Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium took the opportunity to retaliate against the Violet Principality, and it seemed reasonable to blame the followers of the evil god.

But the premise is that there must be no Holy Covenant. As long as it is not a just war, the Holy Alliance will not support it. To violate the covenant is to become an enemy of the gods and the Fengyang Empire. Even if they give the Thirteen Kingdoms of Midgard a hundred courages, they will not dare to do so. ah.

As for how to define a just war, it all depends on the two great empires of mankind.

Originally, the Holy Alliance was controlled by the Northern Empire, the Fengyang Empire, the Orc Empire and the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Middle Court. In the past, the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Middle Court had always followed the pace of the Orc Empire due to geographical relations.

But after the Orc Empire tore up the alliance, the power was imbalanced, and the Thirteen Kingdoms of Atrium lost power.

"In the final analysis, the Holy Covenant was made together by all major races."

Crono spread his hands.

"Humanity itself has done many things that broke contracts. What's more, now that the Fengyang Empire is involved in the Orc Empire, there may be people who want to take risks and challenge the bottom line of the major empires."

Chu Ming shook his head and said: "Whether it is the followers of the evil god who have infiltrated the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Atrium, or the thirteen kingdoms of the Atrium want to take revenge on the Violet Principality and put the blame on the followers of the evil god, neither of these can be considered a good thing."

"Especially after the traces of the evil god appeared in Thorn Flower County, there is no point in worrying about these things. Anyway, the followers of the evil god are involved."

Crono said dejectedly: "Well, I just want to read a book quietly, break through to the epic quietly, be lucky enough to experience it as a tower master, and then retire to travel around the world. Why do you have so many things to do? It's really not fun to live. It's easy."

Chu Ming glanced at him and said, "Why don't you just skip the previous steps and lie down quietly on the coffin board."

Crono choked, "People... still have to dream a little bit."

Chu Ming patted the knight uniform and said, "Thank you anyway."

"Crono, your fighting ability is a bit weak, but you are surprisingly suitable for becoming a scholar."

"But you still have to practice. You must have some ability to protect yourself."

Crono chuckled, scratched his head and said, "Forget it, just think you are complimenting me."

Chu Ming chuckled and left the bonfire camp.

He looked towards the direction of the forest. There was a gentle breeze, and there was silence in the dark forest. The legion mages still had not returned.

Throwing the troublesome thoughts out of his mind, he breathed in the fresh outdoor air and returned to the wooden house.

As soon as he entered the house, he found that the magic crystal lamp was still on, and Mattie was lying on the bed with her crystal white feet raised, writing a letter.

Hearing the movement from the wooden door, the girl quickly stopped her movements and said, "Mr. Renn, welcome back."

Chu Ming suddenly remembered something, and he asked: "Matty, didn't you say that memory dolls need sleep like normal people, but I didn't seem to see you sleeping when I was in the Mage Tower."

"Is this it?" The girl slapped her smooth chin with her fingers. "The memory dolls need sleep because they imitate memories. They don't know why they need to sleep."

"Mattie is different from them. Although Nana likes to sleep in, Mattie doesn't want to waste time sleeping."

"The doll's body actually doesn't need to sleep. Mattie just doesn't want to obey the memory."

Chu Ming had a look of sudden realization on his face, just like mages and wizards who were so energetic that they might not even sleep once a year when they were busy, and spent most of their time in meditation.

Mattie stared at Chu Ming and asked, "Mr. Lane, do you need to sleep? I will help turn off the magic spar lamp. I can see clearly without the light."

"Thanks, but I'm not going to sleep tonight."

Chu Ming sat cross-legged on the ground and looked at the girl, "I'm about to enter a meditative state. If the legion mage returns to the stronghold, please wake me up."

"Well, don't worry, Mr. Lane."

Chu Ming and Mattie looked at each other, and slowly entered a meditative state under her gaze.

His breath became calmer, and a faint light blue light escaped from his body.

Maddie stared at Chu Ming for a while, then she took out pen and paper again, lay on the wooden bed and started writing a letter to Trina.

In the quiet atmosphere, the time gradually came into the night.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside. It seemed that many people were making noise outside. Mattie, who was waiting beside Chu Ming, was stunned. She came to Chu Ming and gently pushed him awake.