Chapter 133 Mystery and Taboos
In the occult, there is a study called "forbidden knowledge".
Along with forbidden knowledge comes another thing: distortion value.
Whenever someone acquires forbidden knowledge, his "distortion value" will increase. The higher the distortion value, the more likely it is that strange phenomena will occur to him.
For milder cases, a sticky stream of dirty water contaminated by spells will suddenly appear under your feet, or your eyes may suddenly become dark and you may not be able to see clearly, or you may become extremely hungry and want to eat everything you see, but never feel full.
In more serious cases, various hallucinations will occur. Sometimes the hallucinations will be densely packed small spiders crawling out of the void, and they will attack the person having the hallucinations.
It should be noted that even if these hallucinations can only be seen by the person concerned, if you allow those "illusion spiders" to bite you, you will really die. So if you see a mysterious messenger fighting with the air, don't be surprised, they are just protecting themselves.
In addition to hallucinations, some people may suddenly feel a burst of heat, then spontaneously combust, or be cursed and lose blood continuously.
In fact, those that only affect oneself are relatively good. Some distortion phenomena will turn the distorted person into a pollution source, and all lives touched will also be polluted...
However, in addition to bad phenomena, some neutral phenomena sometimes occur, such as an impressive distortion: "Death Stare", which usually only appears in people whose distortion values are hopelessly high.
People with the death gaze will have an extremely narrow field of vision, and will not be able to see things that are too far away. However, any living creature seen by a person with the death gaze will gradually wither away until death.
Just as its name suggests, the Death Stare will kill anyone it looks at, but it will not hurt the owner itself and can sometimes be used as a means of attack.
There are so many strange phenomena brought about by taboo knowledge, and it is difficult to guard against their harassment to the mysterious messenger, and they may happen at any time.
Moreover, most of these phenomena cannot be eliminated by milk and can only be resisted.
It is worth mentioning that some of these phenomena are simply caused by the confusion of one's own consciousness and thoughts due to the study of taboo knowledge.
Others, it’s because these studies have touched upon certain beings in the outer realms.
They noticed the forbidden researchers and tried to send their minions over there, or exert influence from the void.
When a researcher of occult studies touches upon taboos, the taboos will find him themselves.
but.
From the time he officially started his research to now, Levi felt that his distortion value had accumulated to a considerable extent, and his vision had become so dim that he could not see clearly several times.
But I have never seen anything more serious happen.
Especially those phenomena that clearly involve direct interference from outside the region.
They seemed to be isolated by something and unable to penetrate their power here.
All influences exerted by extraterrestrial entities have disappeared without a trace, and only those distortions originating from the researchers themselves are still in effect.
They cannot interfere here.
"Doesn't that mean I can study forbidden knowledge at will?"
Thank you, God of Creation.
Although most distortion effects do not pose much of a threat to Levi, it is still annoying to have them harass him from time to time.
Especially the effect that can affect others.
Although something called "evil-removing soap" can remove distortions from the body, it can only remove temporary distortions that are not permanent. It will still be effective on permanent distortions that are truly deep-rooted.
The effects caused by permanent distortion basically have some kind of shadow of existence.
Before this, Levi was still a little worried.
Now, the creator of this world has taken care of everything for him.
Obviously, those things in the outside world are not as high in status as the Creator God of Arda, and they cannot influence here.
Evaluation: Not as good as Sauron.
The sun rises and the moon sets, and several days pass in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Levi walked out of the tower, embracing the warm light of the sun, and felt that the distortion value had been eliminated a lot.
During this time, he unlocked all the chapters of occult studies - except for sorcery, which was the study of the outer void.
To start learning witchcraft, one needs something called "Witchcraft Book", which is usually only carried by cultists.
Apparently, there are no cultists in Middle-earth.
At least not yet.
But it's no big deal, some of the things revealed by sorcery are not necessary, and it's also good to be a serious mystic.
Now, all the research is available.
Then the most important thing is to start the first step of the arrangement, which is also the arrangement that will run through the entire career of occult research - the demon-infused altar.
This device can inject magical elements into ordinary objects, or integrate multiple things containing different elements into one, so that they can be aggregated into some extraordinary items.
This is "refining chemistry".
The Infusion Altar is not like a synthesis table. It is a multi-block structure that requires a certain amount of building area. Since the first floor of the tower has been planned, Levi directly opened up the second floor of the tower, which is dedicated to infusion and various magical crafts.
In this way, the magic elements stored in ordinary wooden staffs were consumed, and the materials needed to build the magic altar were also prepared.
Snap! As the 25 points of various elements stored in the ordinary wooden staff at the end of the golden staff were all consumed, a square rune matrix slowly rose up, and the arcane stones at the four corners incredibly turned into cylinders, guarding the rune matrix.
This is the core of the magic altar. It can perform calculations and executions, and also has a certain element storage capacity. It is equivalent to a simple magic version of a computer.
After the core of the demon-infused altar was completed, Levi placed a pile of pedestals around it.
In this way, the prototype of the altar was completed.
But it's not over yet. The study of magic always comes with risks. When using the magic infusion altar to make some more advanced magic items, it is possible that something might go wrong. The way to reduce the probability of error is to place a large number of magical objects around.
So, the rotten flesh dropped by the Orcs long ago came in handy.
These rotten flesh can be refined into magic oil in a crucible, and the magic oil can be made into oil candles, which are a relatively low-cost and relatively beautiful magical ornaments.
Levi took some time to go back to the roadside fort and took out several sets of rotten meat from a box that had been placed there a long time ago.
Little Pink came over curiously and smelled it.
Xiaofen walked away in disgust.
Although Xiaofen dislikes it, Levi doesn't.
"Let us thank Oak for his indelible contribution to the development of the occult."
A moment later, a total of 169 tallow candles were placed at the base of the infusion altar to provide stability.
After building the fully equipped magic altar, Levi opened the magic manual and built the other necessary facilities one by one and placed them on the second floor of the tower.
Once you've done that, it's time to tackle another piece of the puzzle: Elemental Fragments.
This is something that is indispensable to the development of mysticism. It usually needs to be obtained by mining, but there is no such mine in Middle-earth, and hell does not generate it.
There are no elemental fragments in mysticism, just like there is no wood in my world, there is no way to play.
But fortunately, the magic manual revealed another way to obtain elemental fragments: throw quartz fragments into a crucible with basic elements, and you can refine elemental fragments with corresponding properties.
In this way, the problem of this major basic resource is solved.
With all the conditions in place, Levi couldn't wait to start fiddling with bottles and jars, and used the element distiller to separate the necessary elements from various materials, and made a quartz staff as soon as possible.
The magic element storage capacity of this staff is three times stronger than that of the wooden staff, at 75 points. Changing to this is like changing the weapon from a wooden sword to an iron sword, which is a big upgrade.
75 points is a threshold. A more powerful staff is the Silver Tree Staff, which can store 100 points of magic. A level lower than it is the Grand Wood Staff, which has a storage capacity of 50 points.
But in this world there are neither silver trees nor majestic oaks.
But... there seem to be trees on this continent that contain magical elements like the Silver Tree.
Levi's thoughts drifted from the high tower to the Golden Forest on the east side of the Misty Mountains, the territory where Lady Galadriel lived: Lothlórien.
There, the ground is covered with Maolong trees with silvery white trunks and golden leaves.
The tree was not native to Middle-earth, but originated from the holy land where the powerful people in the West lived.
——Valinor.
(End of this chapter)
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