Magic Arrow X is not the kind of magic that requires spell magic to be constant.

He's more like a mage version of the basic attack.

However, how many times you can attack with a single attack depends on your control and skills.

Under the previous restricted state, Little Swan could probably push it to [Magic Arrow 31] at his peak.

That is to say, 31 magic arrows can be released at a time.

But now, her current limit has been pushed to [Magic Arrow 121].

121 consecutive shots, coupled with her own very good aiming skills when using magic, she was confident that after she distanced herself from Louis, she could suppress him for a while.

But soon, an idea flashed through her mind.

She snapped her fingers, and the light of the magic arrow behind her dissipated and merged.

121 became 80.

80 became 40.

40 became 20.

20 becomes 10.

Those light balls have turned dark purple, emitting a cold smell.

"No way to continue compressing?"

The little swan waved.

The next moment, a huge crack appeared on the ground.

Louis on the side raised his eyebrows:

"This destructive power is not much weaker than 3rd level magic."

Louis was comparing it to the Fireball spell from the classic three-ring magic of the Evocation system.

Of course, not the original.

It is the three-ring fireball spell performed by Little Swan with the bonus of the skill [Lazy Lag].

But the little swan shook his head and said:

“The power has increased, but the meaning has been lost.”

Louis looked at her with inquiring eyes.

Little Swan said:

"What is the purpose of Magic Arrow X? It is a means to share the pressure of combat when the mage is short of spell slots."

"For Magic Arrow X, its greatest value is not its destructive power, but how long it can delay an attack."

"This requires that the release of the magic arrow must be fast and accurate enough."

"It takes too much time to gather 10 magic arrows."

The little swan waved.

There were 20 light balls appearing this time.

She nodded and said with satisfaction:

"In the near future, let's continue to strengthen the magic arrows 20. When you can shoot 20 times in a row, it will be considered a success."

Louis was speechless:

"You are a bit too extreme. If you want to suppress others by numbers, you can suppress them by numbers. If you want to output efficiently, you can output efficiently. You will have no friends."

The little swan put his hands on his hips and said proudly, "You are way too much!"

Louis was silent.

To some extent, he is the real data stacking maniac.

Lumi on the side looked at the two of them quietly, with a subtle smile on her lips.

She said:

"The training you need to undergo next is in two different directions, Your Highness Louis. We can conduct the final training at the academy at any time."

"As for Her Highness Olivia, the royal family will arrange for her to complete the final training."

Louis is curious:

"This time, I let her participate in my training, just to improve her permanent ability?"

Lumi shook her head: "She also needs to improve her ability to deal with danger."

The little swan stopped talking.

She understood what Lumi meant.

But she couldn't change it for the time being.

In her previous life, she spent most of her time living in the palace and sleeping for long periods of time, so it was unlikely that she had time to do such training.

Later, after leaving the palace, because it was far away from the center of chaos, there was not much danger, so the related spells were always deviated in the direction of "just enough is enough".

In this situation, how could she possibly go for such training? Not to mention that without the environment of the imperial palace, many trainings would not have the opportunity to be carried out.

Take this forest area that was specially designated for their training.

There was no royal intervention, and the order for the day was “open the gates, city guards.”

Without the White Tower's help in creating a large-scale sealing array, the Kupari bird would simply fly out of range when it was stressed, so there would be no chance of catching it.

Let’s not talk about anything else. Just the matter of catching the Kupari bird, without someone to back it up, it would be impossible to catch it.

This is also true even if other means are used.

Lumi looked at Louis and said, "Actually there is another reason. She needs to at least learn some survival skills in the wild."

The little swan raised his hand and said, "That's what I asked for, too!"

When she was wandering outside in her previous life, she often went hungry due to her lack of survival ability in the wild.

Although she felt that this life would not lead to such a miserable situation as her previous life, she still had to be prepared.

After all, who can guarantee that they will not fall into a place like the Shadow Underworld?

Last time in the Shadowless Underworld, if the time had not been relatively short, something might have happened.

Lumi gave Louis a few more instructions and then took the little swan back to the city.

On Louis' side, William, who had already received the news, had prepared the carriage and was waiting on the side.

Louis said to him, "Call Alice and Grace, and let's discuss the mission of the street ghost."

This training session exceeded his expectations.

The time was unusually long... Of course, this was only for him.

His greed and thirst for knowledge have greatly enhanced him as a person.

When he had no idea what was going on, he really believed what Kino taught him.

When he had improved to a certain level, Instructor Kino told him that he was going to take him to meet the young men of the Royal Guards.

The main focus is to give the boys intensity.

later……

Later, when Louis was about to show off, Teacher Kino directly refused.

"I asked you to put pressure on them, not to crush them."

Now Mr. Kino refuses to talk about his talent.

Whenever he asked, Teacher Kino would say to him with a stern face, "You're still a long way from it," and then after a while, he heard the sound of teeth grinding.

Hate! I hate it so much!

…

【Location: Prince's Palace】

Louis met Alice here.

Alice smiled harmlessly:

"Hey, busy man, you agreed to investigate with me, but then you disappeared for more than half a month. Do you know that the president came to talk to me?"

Louis coughed and said, "This training session was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect it to take so much time."

He looked at Alice quietly and added, "And didn't I ask someone to send you a message and inform you of the situation?"

Grace on the side glanced at Louis, lowered her head, then reached out and pulled the corner of Alice's clothes.

Alice snorted and stopped talking.

Louis knew that she wasn't actually angry.

Just for show.

Louis said seriously:

"It's not my fault. At first I thought the training would only take a week at most, but I never expected it to be harder than I thought."

Grace whispered, "Sister Alice is also going to special training."

"Oh?" Louis drew out his voice.

Alice's stern face suddenly became tense:

"You are the only one allowed to train, but I am not allowed to train?"

Louis said slowly:

"Based on what I know about you, after you knew I was going to do professional training, I'm afraid you would have already started training privately a long time ago."

"Tell me, when did you finally come out of your training? Don't try to hide it from me. I'm a succubus who's good at reading people's minds."

Louis chuckled.

Alice's face suddenly turned red, she turned her head and raised her index finger.

"Just got out of quarantine a day ago?"

Louis was shocked. How could these geniuses be so arrogant? He couldn't stand it! Alice was silent for a moment before she said:

"An hour ago."

"Didn't you leave the country after receiving my notice?"

"Well, that's not important." Alice pretended to be serious and said, "The point is that we don't have much time left. If we don't complete the task in the next few days, we will really lose points."

Louis nodded:

"Then let's go and have a look together tomorrow?"

Alice said, "Okay, we have an appointment, so please don't stand me up."

"That certainly won't happen."

That's how the matter was settled.

Alice added: "Actually, even if you want to do the mission today, I won't go."

"Why?" Louis asked curiously.

Alice glanced at him and said:

"Have you forgotten that the Sleeping Festival is almost here? I don't want to fight with creatures like the undead without being prepared."

"Hiss! Is it already the day of the Sleeping Festival?"

The Sleeping Festival is a festival held on February 20th every year in the Star Continent.

The organizer is the Church of the God of Death.

It is said that this celebration is a ceremony to celebrate the rebirth of the Lord of Death and Sleep.

If we have to force a similar festival from our previous life, this thing is a bit like the Zhongyuan Festival in Daxia, and a bit like the Yulan Festival in Japan.

To be precise, in Buddhist stories, the time of Ullambana Festival and Zhongyuan Festival is actually the same.

There is a legend that the gates of hell will open wide on this day.

The Sleeping Festival is the Stars version of the Ghost Festival.

The annoying thing is, in the Star Continent, this is a formal Ghost Festival.

After all, God really exists in this land.

On this day, people in the Star Continent also have the habit of staying indoors.

No kidding, starting from February 17th, under the influence of the Lord of Death and Sleep, all undead creatures on the continent will enter an active state.

Not only will their aggressiveness become stronger than before, but their strength will also increase significantly.

In the book Louis had read, a wizard believed this:

"The Lord of Death and Sleep awakens regularly on February 17th every year. The moment he awakens, the energy fluctuations he emits unconsciously will turn into energy tides."

"This tide covers a wide area, and can even penetrate the crystal wall of the Star Continent and affect the undead creatures above."

"Undead creatures that have absorbed a large amount of death energy will become more active than usual and more likely to pose a danger to surrounding cities."

Yes.

For the people of the stars, the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons is real.

In order to avoid being accidentally hurt by possible ghosts and undead spirits, it is generally taboo to go out on this day.

As a church that believes in the God of Death, the Church of Death and Sleep will hold some small-scale festival activities on this day.

The time usually lasts until 20 o'clock.

City dwellers usually attend this event and then go home and hide before 8 p.m.

The energy of the undead that becomes active on the 17th will reach its peak on the 20th.

At this time, the bright silver moon in the sky will turn into a scarlet moon in a short period of time.

Priests of the Church of Death and Sleep hold prayer services across the continent on this day.

As believers of the Lord of Death, they are one of the few churches that can suppress the rioting undead during this period of time.

Louis looked a little embarrassed.

He actually knew why.

Emperor Lao Deng wanted him to deal with the ghosts wandering the central street, but he refused.

The incident with Rogge made him dissatisfied with some of the Emperor's actions.

In other words, Louis respected the emperor's self-sacrifice.

But he refused to be like the Emperor.

If he were the Emperor, he would have immediately organized all of Unser's people after blocking the gate.

Then he announced to the whole world and immediately sent people to help me block the entrance of the cave.

If you don't help, don't blame me for standing up and exchanging tactics with you.

Anyway, you can't beat me! Then we'll see whether Ensel dies faster or you guys who don't care about anything die faster! The one who takes the initiative is willful.

If anyone doesn't let me live a good life, then we can't have fun anymore.

Let's flip the table together! Of course, if someone else does this...

Then he would not scold others behind their backs, because this is indeed an act that requires him to pay a heavy price but does not bring much reward.

He could only shout "hero" to the emperor.

But that's all.

But Louis saw clearly what happened to Master Rogge in the Shadowlands, and knew that they were under the Emperor's control from beginning to end.

Emperor Lao Deng is a bit overbearing.

Louis always had a feeling that Old Deng wanted to train him to be like him.

But Louis couldn't do it.

Just like the case with the Center Street ghost this time.

He could tell at a glance that this was the emperor's script.

But he didn't want to cooperate.

He chose to start training with Lumi first, hoping to hint to the Emperor that he had no intention of becoming a hero.

However, he did not expect that he was too immersed in the training this time. When he came to his senses, the Sleeping Ceremony was already at hand.

Today is February 17th, and the death energy across the continent has begun the first step of increasing.

There are only a few days left until the Sleeping Festival.

That's why Alice said "I don't want to do the mission".

She had not prepared any props against the undead in advance, and she had no intention of carrying out this task during this period of time.

When Alice was about to leave the Prince's Mansion, Grace finally spoke the first words after they met:

"I, I have joined the Church of Glory. The sisters there like me very much. I will ask if there are any items or magic that can restrain the undead."

Everyone nodded and went back to their homes.

Before leaving, Louis glanced at Alice and said with a smile:

"Actually, I already knew you had just finished extra practice."

Alice was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

Louis glanced at her.

"Do you want to hear a lie or the truth?"

"Tell me about both."

You asked this yourself.

An idea flashed through Louis' mind, and then he said, "The lie is that I know every detail about Captain Alice, and I can see that you have just done strenuous exercise."

Alice snorted softly, her eyes wandering around.

"Has Louis awakened his psychic powers? Oh no, I feel like I can't handle his control anymore."

Seeing her like this, Louis added with a malicious tone, "The truth is, succubi are very sensitive to smells. I smell a lot of sweat."

Alice's face darkened visibly: "It's because you're yelling so urgently!"

"So I didn't say anything. I won't dislike you for sweating, Captain."

Alice snorted, "Okay, see you tomorrow."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Grace looked at Alice who was leaving, and then looked at Louis: "Sister Alice is a little angry."

Louis nodded: "It's just a little bit, it's okay, with her personality, she will recover if she kills a few more monsters during the investigation tomorrow."

He paused for a moment and added, "Besides, when our team was working day and night, who hasn't seen how ugly we were?!"

If you expect to be clean and just like a lady from a noble family, then don't become an adventurer.

Grace nodded in understanding.

"Do I smell strange too, Mr. Caesar?"

Louis shook his head: "You are different."

In terms of cleanliness alone, Grace was better than any of them present.

However, it was not because she loved cleanliness, but because of the favor of the God of Glory, it was almost impossible for her to be dirty.

Louis had already discovered this.

Hearing Louis say this, Grace showed a happy smile on her face and left to prepare props and magic.

…

As soon as Louis sent the guests away, the maids came up to inform him that the hot water was ready.

Having waited for a long time, he changed out of his dusty clothes, washed himself first, and then soaked his body in hot water.

Feeling the warmth from all around him rushing towards him, a look of relief appeared on his face.

Taking a nap in the hot tub after training is truly one of the greatest pleasures in life.

The fatigue that had accumulated in the body before seemed to be released at this moment.

His eyes were hazy.

During this time, while training in the forest, he even had difficulty taking a shower.

For a southerner like him, this was simply too torturous.

Plus, I hadn’t been able to get a good night’s sleep before.

If this happened in the previous life, such training day and night would probably cause people to die suddenly.

That is to say, in the Star Continent, where there is extraordinary power to nourish the body and spirit, the side effects of this hellish training can be much less.

Soaking in the hot water, the sense of security finally made him gradually let down his guard.

For a moment, I felt sleepy.

Louis fell into a deep sleep.

He had a strange dream.

In his dream, he seemed to hear a woman whispering a recipe.

The sound sounded quite nice at first.

It was just that in the dream, his body seemed to be controlled and he couldn't move.

His eyes were always focused on the woman's back.

The woman kept blanching the cut yam pieces in boiling water, then quickly took them out and rinsed them with cold water to drain the moisture.

She moved quickly and quickly put the processed yam into the dry starch and mixed it evenly.

Wait until the surface of the yam is evenly covered with a thin layer of starch, then put it back into the oil and heat it again.

Louis, on the other hand, used another pot over low heat to boil sugar and oil together, stirring constantly until the color of the syrup changed from white to golden yellow.

At this time, the surface of the yam has been fried to slightly yellow.

The freshly baked yams are mixed and coated with golden syrup to create a beautiful color.

"Candied yam?"

Failure Diary: 　　The fever has subsided, but I am still very weak. I will try to get 10,000 today.

(End of this chapter)