Volume 3: The Vortex of Strife Chapter 8: The Spiritual Dimension (II)
Avi didn't believe that the other party was a prophet who could predict the future, so what did Ben Nicott mean by the opposite? This question had been bothering Avi for many years, and he didn't understand it until much later.
"Anyway, for a long time after that, you and I lived and died together, and there were only one or two people in this world who could 'extract' me from your spiritual level, but one of them has made it clear that he will not do so. ”
"It's Golia?!" Avi thought only of Gloria, who had been in contact with him.
"That's right, there aren't many people like me and Goliath who have practiced psychic magic, which is why she and I have control over our psychic bodies. Although her attainments in this area are not as good as mine, there are still many ways if she wants my remaining spiritual power to disappear as well. ”
Avi was suspicious, was the other party and himself really living and dying together? Is there no way to take the other party out of his brain? But Avi only had this idea slightly, and immediately used his own mind to control the germination of the idea, so as not to be known by the other party.
Although the other party has saved himself in emergencies, there is a strange thing that always feels very strange in his brain. I don't know if it will one day become the source of my own scourge, the most terrible thing is that the other party can see his thoughts at a glance, this is the most chilling thing for Avi, even if the current feeling of fear is also perceived by the other party clearly, right?
"So what should I do?" asked Avi cautiously.
"Actually, you don't have to do anything, you just need to keep yourself safe, and if you need to, you can ask me questions at any time, if I'm not resting at the time. ”
Avi asked puzzled, "You want to rest too?"
"Yes, my strength is very weak, and it's also because I used too much strength to pass through those hedrons that sealed my body, so I spent most of my time dormant. ”
"Then how can I ask you a question, shouting directly at the sky, or just think about it?"
"I'll teach you a way. ”
Bennicott then told Avi a way to get in touch with his spirit, which only required Avi to fall into a hazy state of falling asleep as much as possible while he was calming down. At that time, the spirit is placed on the level of consciousness, and if Bennicott's spirit body is active, he will answer Avi's question.
"Can you answer my question now? I wonder how you managed to keep that bandit leader under control, and what do you mean by your words about life weapons?"
At this time, Avi's world suddenly became a little light, and a person was slowly walking from a distance with an oil lamp in his hand, and the other party's facial features were like black holes, and there was nothing. And behind him there were hundreds of people with no facial features, some children, some old people.
Although Avi panicked in his heart, he didn't move at all, perhaps because these people gave him a very pitiful feeling.
"These are not anyone's spirits, they are just the deceased I have glimpsed before, they are all human beings who have been eaten by the artificial life weapon under hunger. ”
Artificial life weapons? Humans who have been eaten?
Ben Nicott continued to explain Avi's doubts. It turned out that the black blade was not a real life weapon, although it did have characteristics similar to life weapons, but according to Bennicott's observations, it was at best the highest level form of an enchanted weapon - enchanting with human life.
According to Ben Nicott's explanation, the weapon of life was originally another form of enchantment, but it was the unique craftsmanship of the legendary blacksmith Sivel that made it qualitatively transformed. Let a person who can have a heart-to-heart connection with the user and resonate with the spirit be sacrificed to the life weapon, and the life weapon can exert its potential ability. However, this weapon will also have a lifespan, and like humans, the "resonator" in the weapon of life will also disappear due to the exhaustion of power, which is Ben Nicott's understanding of the weapon of life.
And this black-edged arm knife is a copy. It also needs life, but it doesn't need a "resonator" to exert its inner power. Bennicott said that if he was not mistaken, the power of the black blade was that of a sharpened iron of clay, or even a better grade than the "sharp", and perhaps even a real life weapon would be cut off by it. It's just that in order to maintain its iron-like effect, it must constantly be stained with human blood, and keep killing people as a supplement for energy, like a hungry beast. Moreover, Ben Nicott also found that this weapon could temporarily control the spirits of those who were killed, which is why there was a scene where the bandit cut off his arm with a sword - because those spirits were instantly out of control, and all of them impacted the consciousness of the bandit leader like unjust spirits.
"This man-made life weapon will eat back against the user, and the real life weapon will only protect the user. Bennicott said to Avi.
Avi looked at all the people in front of him who had lost their facial features, and the inability to see each other's expressions made Avi feel relieved, it turned out that these were all souls who died at the hands of the "Bearsparrow". Their lives have become food for the food used by artificial life weapons.
Bennicott also told Avi that even if it is a weapon of life, there is a difference between the "resonators" who are sacrificed to the weapons. Therefore, these people who have been killed by bandits, both young and old, are obviously the result of starvation, and if the artificial life weapon can kill the powerful, then its power will be greatly enhanced. But the final backlash will also be stronger, and if the user loses control of the weapon's power, then he will suffer all the pain from it. Bennicott took the opportunity to release the "hungry" spirits the moment Avi came into contact with the "Bearfinch", so that the bandit leader realized that fear was coming.
"I'll tell you another secret, when you have physical contact with other people, I can rely on my power to transfer my spirit body to the other person's body, and do something or spy on something in a very short period of time..."
Avi blinked in surprise, and he immediately said, "Is this also your spiritual magic?"
"That's right, I wouldn't even need physical contact if it was before," Avi's eyes were gone, "I used this method to get into that corpse in the crystal burial chamber, but unfortunately..."Ben Nicott didn't continue, but Avi remembered the memory he saw. It seems that this act of wandering around other people's heads comes at a cost and risk.
"You've seen that memory from fifteen years ago, right?"
"Yes, I saw it. ”
"If you can get that blue gem, that is, that weapon of life, I'll teach you spiritual magic. "Ben Nicott suddenly offered a deal.
Avi blurted out, "Teach me psychic magic?!"
"Yes, even though I don't exist in the real world, I still don't have any difficulty passing on what I've learned to you. After all, I'm only one of the three mage heirs, and Golia and Cat's Eye will probably have their own apprentices, so it's not impossible to take you as my apprentice..."
Avi didn't know whether to be happy or upset. But in any case, this seems to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a chance to change your fate! If you have magical powers, then your other worries may be solved, and you can return to Miranda and her mother Jonny, and those who framed you will be punished!