Chapter 34 Mystery

This spell has many auras: the initial spell of the mystic system, the first and final mystic spell, the Thebyros Peak in front of mysticism, etc. ①

Many mystical scholars have different opinions on whether this spell may have a spell model, and even split into two factions for this.

Among them, the Secret Keeper Faction, led by [Secret Keeper] Okar Kungus, claims that not all mystical spells have models. For example, mysticism is just the external manifestation of some mysterious rules.

Unless you can construct the complete rules themselves, there is no such thing as a mystical model!

The Truth Faction, led by [Mystic Master] Anderson Manduson, firmly believed that all mystical spells had their standard models, and mystical magic was no exception! As long as they continued to study, one day, all mysteries would be solved! The two factions had been arguing with each other for hundreds of years. Since neither faction could produce a conclusive proof, and the strongest of both factions were at the ninth level, neither could "convince" the other.

To this day, whether or not there is a model for the occult remains a controversial topic.

However, although the background is very legendary, it cannot cover up the fact that its effect is very useless.

As a mystical spell, the mystic technique has a very obvious advantage: its cost is very low, so low that it can be cast at will even at the first level.

Its effect is also very simple - it randomly grants a certain 'mysterious property' to a dead non-magical object. Depending on the level of the caster, the effect lasts from a quarter of a magic hour to a day.

The larger the object being treated, the greater the consumption. If the object is severely damaged, the effect of the mystical spell will disappear.

The so-called mysterious properties are actually some weird and incomprehensible effects.

For example, the stone in Avis's hand. After a few minutes of research, he completely confirmed the mysterious effect attached to the stone: every half a minute, the stone would make a frog sound.

In other words, now it has changed from a [stone] to a [mysterious stone], right?

Avis thought a little strangely.

Then, he timed it so that when the next cry came from the stone, he tried to release a crack into the stone.

Crack is a first-level earth spell with the same effect as its name: creating a crack in the earth or rock.

The stone immediately split in two down the middle, but there was nothing inside, and the mysterious properties of the stone also disappeared.

At this point, he was certain that this was just an ordinary mystical technique.

"This is the crappy spell that took up one of my initial spell slots??"

This made Avis, who was originally full of expectations, very disappointed, but he then slowly came to his senses and began to think about the problems in this matter.

As a spell that can bear the cost even at the first level, why is its model so complicated? Unless... it is not a spell model at all, but the rule itself!

In other words, the fog was just something like a terminal? The relationship between the fog itself and the endless starry sky deep in the fog was like that between a computer and the Internet?

Unexpectedly, the secret-keeping group who could only play tricks actually guessed the truth!

Muttering to himself, Avis shook his head.

By the way, the former little Anvis was a truth believer.

Very good, from now on, I am also one of the few wise men who know the truth!

Since it has become my initial spell, what is the difference between it and ordinary mystical spells? Thinking about this question, Avis found two pieces of ordinary black iron, two pieces of high-quality magic crystals, two low-level inscribed swords, two dry tree trunks, two growing bellflowers, and two adult leopard beasts from various target objects.

One of them had a white mark on the left side of its back and looked a little listless.

Avis's experimental plan was: one group of targets would serve as a control group, and ordinary mystical magic would be cast on them.

The other group of targets cast the original spell-transformed mystical magic. By comparing the two groups, the difference in the spell effects can be seen intuitively.

Avis cast two mystical spells on these six objects in turn, and the black iron and tree trunks unsurprisingly acquired mysterious properties.

One of the two pieces of black iron changed color back and forth between black and green, while the other piece began to ooze out water droplets.

The tree trunk stood up straight, and even if it was pushed down, it would stand up again. Another tree began to twist itself into a twist, and then twisted back again.

When testing it on bluebells and the Oolong beast, the spell failed as normal.

However, when it comes to the magic crystal and the inscribed sword, the results of casting the initial spell-transformed mystic magic are different from those of ordinary mystic magic.

Success! The high-quality magic crystal was an earth-type magic crystal. The faint yellow light that was originally emitted from its surface had now turned into a breathing light, flickering evenly and regularly.

The density and weight of the inscribed sword did not change, but the originally hard blade became soft. When Anvis picked it up, its blade drooped like a dead snake.

Avis tried to swing it twice, and the blade rotated flexibly in the air as he swung it, exuding a breath of freedom.

Avis tried to pull it towards the black iron again. With a swishing sound, the black iron that was constantly leaking water was instantly split into two halves under the effect of the mysterious magic.

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"The sharpness is the same as before. The mysterious properties are really mysterious."

After briefly testing the properties, Avis put the sword and the magic crystal together, then put the other targets back in place, and the two lucky Oolongs were also thrown back into their original cages.

…………Half a magic hour passed…………

For items that have been cast with ordinary mystical spells, their mysterious properties will disappear after one third of a magic hour has passed, and they will return to their original form.

However, the mysterious properties of the other group of objects still existed. The magic crystal was still flickering slowly, and the inscribed sword was still limp.

…………A magic hour passed…………

Both objects remain exactly as they were one magic hour ago.

…………

After two magic hours, the magic crystal finally stopped flickering, and the inscribed sword became hard and straight again.

"So, there are two relatively obvious changes. One is the extension of the spell's duration, and the other is the expansion of the spell's effective range."

"But due to the mysterious nature of the occult itself, there is no way to know if its effects have also changed."

Avis noted these two points in his mind and manipulated the wizard's hand to return the restored object to its original place.

①: Mount Theberus, located in the northwest of the Gloria Empire, is the main peak of the Manerchenko Mountains and the highest peak in the Yar Continent.

(End of this chapter)