Bloodline Wizard's Dragon Transformation Diary

Chapter 149 Inspiration for Spells

In this world, there are two kinds of harm: one is physical, or material harm—this kind of harm follows the laws of physics.

Another type of harm is to the soul, spirit, or spirituality.

This kind of damage does not so readily follow the laws of physics.

The slashing technique is a spell that can damage both the physical and spiritual aspects of an enemy simultaneously.

But overall, this kind of harm is 'tangible'; it is visible and tangible.

The spiritual harm does not exist in isolation, but rather relies on and is primarily based on the material harm.

At the very beginning, when he was still pondering the slashing technique with the Crimson Wizard in the Stormy Sea, Loon had an idea.

Could a knight learn this slashing technique, which touches upon the physical body and exists as a separate physical node?

Although Loen and the Crimson Wizard never used the knights to confirm this idea, the changes in Andy proved that Loen's idea was not wrong.

Even beasts without intelligence can manipulate their life force and unleash slashing techniques through those eight nodes, so intelligent knights are no exception.

That raises another question.

How did those knights unleash this slashing technique?

Is it possible to unleash an "invisible sword aura" with just a wave of the hand, without needing any weapons?

Or is it necessary to use a weapon as a medium to unleash an "invisible sword aura"?

What role do the knight's weapons play in this process?

Is it useless, or simply a medium?

Or perhaps the slashing technique could be amplified differently depending on the material of the knight's weapon?

Or, could the slashing technique be "reined in" and "hidden" within the knight's weapon, becoming one with it, thus turning this "ranged" attack spell into a means of face-to-face combat?

Although the "Introduction to Wizardry" states that all extraordinary powers are wizards, and all extraordinary professions are wizards—knights are also knight-wizards.

In reality, almost all wizards in this plane despise the existence of knights and look down on them in the slightest.

Even Loen himself held knights in contempt—he could let a knight get close to him without much suspicion.

However, he would be extremely wary when a wizard approached him.

But if Loon's inspiration could be transformed into a real idea... then when he travels through the central kingdoms as a knight, the wizards will naturally be less wary of him.

Even when he raised his longsword to attack the wizard, the wizards might ignore him and let the sword fall on them...

But what if, when that longsword lands on those wizards, it's accompanied not just by the brute force of a knight, but by a slashing technique fused with the longsword itself?

It's easy to imagine how this battle will end.

This idea actually had a prototype when we were at Chashanling.

However, while at Chashan Ridge, Luo Ang's mind was focused on other spells, and it was also inappropriate for him to "cut" the rocks with his longsword in front of everyone... So, although the inspiration came, Luo Ang never paid any attention to it.

After leaving Forked Ridge, bringing the Crimson Wizard back, and learning the details of her battle with the Silver Grey School wizards from her, this spell, which hadn't originally been of much concern to Luo Ang, suddenly came to his attention.

Although they are both wizards, there is a difference between self-taught wizards like Loon and those wizards who have received systematic training from established schools.

—Leaving aside everything else, just considering the description given by the Crimson Wizard, the Silver-Gray School wizards were able to interfere with the Crimson Wizard's spellcasting with their mental power while casting spell-like spells. Such methods are something that Loon cannot currently do.

At the same time, Loon believed that if he were to fight the wizard from the Silver Gray School, and the wizard were to use his mental power to interfere, he might not be able to avoid being affected by his mental power.

After all, the Silver-Gray School has specialized methods for cultivating mental strength.

—The rhomboid octahedron and the silver metal sphere were the tools that Ralph and his companions obtained from the Silver Grey School to hone their mental strength.

After learning from the Crimson Wizard that the Silver Ash School wizards could use their mental power to interfere with others' spellcasting, Loon pondered how he should deal with a conflict between himself and a Silver Ash School wizard, or between himself and wizards with more refined mental power.

Ultimately, the problem boils down to: how to gain the upper hand in a battle against another wizard.

With this thought in mind, the inspiration for the slashing technique, which Luo Ang had previously disregarded, resurfaced in his mind and was gradually filled in.

Ultimately, this led to Luo Ang's current idea.

"Use living people to test the effects of spells." Loen's gaze fell on the 'knights' on the battlefield.

On the third day after he entered Giant Shield City, the scope of the "game" that night had already spread from the civilian district to the slums.

During the battle, regardless of which side they were on, whether they were knights, ordinary soldiers, or gang thugs, they all unhesitatingly used the 'environment'—the houses, shacks, and people in the civilian and slum areas—as their weapons and cover.

It was clearly a game between wizards, a battle between nobles.

But those who suffer the most are the ordinary people, the poor.

Countless civilians lost all their savings in the chaos of the war, and countless poor people lost their lives in the ensuing chaos.

—Only three days after the Lake Mountain family entered Giant Shield City, before being affected by the chaos of battle, hundreds or even thousands of penniless people had already gathered outside the Lake Mountain family mansion.

During the day, these people went to the "peaceful" capital to exchange their labor for food, clothing, and other necessities.

At night, they would huddle in the shadows outside the Lake Mountain family mansion, trembling with fear.

As time went by and the chaos of the battlefield drew ever closer to the Lake Mountain family's mansion, those who came to "take refuge" also drew ever closer to the outer walls of the Lake Mountain family's mansion.

"Sir Losanda, the number of refugees outside is increasing, and they are getting closer and closer to the manor."

Footsteps sounded, and the knight Daryl, who was patrolling the outer wall of the mansion, climbed up to the attic where Loon was sitting.