Chapter 085 Dark Magic
"...Not all dark magic is considered black magic."
A mellow voice echoed in the huge library, and the golden-haired Elf King explained to his young disciple clearly and methodically what dark magic was.
"Dark elements, like other elements, are natural elements, but we can't be so extreme as to think that all magic related to dark elements is black magic."
"For example, the elementary dark magic - invisibility." The Elf King demonstrated it to his young disciple on the spot. After a simple spell, he disappeared.
"Ah!" Shu Li widened his eyes and looked around, searching for the Elf King.
It’s really gone!
When he turned around, he was surprised to find that the Elf King was still sitting in his original position, looking at him with a smile, as if he had not disappeared just now.
Is this the art of invisibility?
Awesome! So cool!
Shu Li looked at the Elf King with admiration. "King, I want to learn the art of invisibility!"
"I'll teach you later." The Elf King looked into the young disciple's bright eyes and asked, "Do you think invisibility is black magic?"
"Uh..." Shu Li thought for a moment and replied, "Not really."
Invisibility is just the use of dark elements to make oneself disappear, and it doesn't harm anyone, so how can it be considered black magic?
The Elf King said, "Invisibility is a supplementary magic, and it has no inherent good or bad qualities. However, those with ulterior motives often use it to commit shady and sneaky acts, forcing it to be classified as black magic."
Shu Li was taking notes while feeling indignant: "It's obvious that bad people used it to do bad things, but they put the blame on it. How unfair."
The Elf King nodded, and then listed some magics such as tracking, immobilization, deceleration, stun, defense breaking, entanglement, and weakness, analyzing them one by one, so that Shu Li could have a more thorough understanding of what dark auxiliary magic was.
Shu Li took notes with full concentration, and a concept gradually formed in his mind.
In short, most dark auxiliary magic is like debuff (reduction magic) in the game, which reduces the enemy's status.
Of course, there are also buffs (enhancement magic) like teleport, dark shield, and dark healing to help improve abilities.
White magicians can also use these auxiliary magics.
Because not everyone who awakens dark magic is a bad person.
And what are the typical black magic?
Curses, intimidation, devouring, poisonous fog, soul-stealing, puppets, undead, manipulation, imprisonment, etc., which are intended to harm the lives of others and satisfy one's own interests and desires, are all classified as black magic.
An upright white magician would never bother to use such evil magic.
Even a powerful Elf King would stay away from this kind of black magic.
It should be understood that black magic such as puppetry, necromancy, and manipulation requires the taking of human lives, digging up human graves, and obtaining corpses and skeletons in order to be effective.
Shu Li spent the entire morning studying. He was so absorbed in his studies that he didn't even realize it was already noon.
The Elf King closed the book on black magic and looked at the little goblin who was trying hard to take notes with gentle eyes.
"Are you hungry?"
Shu Li finished writing the last word, raised his head, and answered subconsciously: "I'm not hungry!"
“Gurgle—”
His stomach hit him in the face.
So embarrassing.
The Elf King gently touched his little head with his finger. "Let's go, let's eat."
"Oh~" Shu Li blushed slightly, put away her school supplies, and was about to spread her wings to fly, but the Elf King grabbed her by the hand and moved her from the table to his shoulder.
Shu Li habitually hugged a strand of hair and sat obediently.
The Elf King stood up and took him out of the library and to the restaurant.
All the elves he met on the way bowed respectfully to him, and they were used to seeing the little goblin sitting on his shoulders.
The lunch was very rich and Shu Li's belly was full.
After dinner, he went back to his room to rest.
He usually takes time for a nap, but today he decided to read a book, the stack of books the Elf King gave him.
He took them out from the storage ring, spread them out on the bed one by one, picked and chose, and finally selected a relatively thin book.
He used wind magic to open the hardcover, crossed his legs and hovered above the book, lowering his head to read.
This was a book introducing the essence of elements, which was exactly what Shu Li wanted, so he read it with great interest.
Elemental essence is elemental spirit.
They existed when the Mother Goddess Isif created the world, even earlier than the birth of the gods.
No wonder the first line of the song "Song of Creation" is "the spirit of water, the spirit of fire, the spirit of wood, the spirit of wind, the spirit of earth."
Water is the source of life, fire is the light of civilization, wood is the symbol of reincarnation, wind is the benefit of transformation, and earth is the mother of all things.
Only with these elements can a new world be formed.
Elemental elves have specific forms and self-awareness, and prefer places where the elements are most abundant. For example, wood elves prefer forests and were once frequent visitors to the Fairy Forest and the Elf Kingdom.
Other elemental elves have their own "permanent residences" and need to be carefully searched based on the map of the Austin continent.
Shu Li didn't have a map of the mainland, so he would have to go to the library to look for one next time.
He took out a pen and paper and began to copy down the relevant content about the wood spirit.
Come one by one, don't panic.
After reading dozens of pages, Shu Li felt a little sleepy. He rubbed his eyes, put a bookmark, and closed the book.
After stretching, he put the books on the bed back into the storage ring one by one.
When he put the last book in his pocket, he caught a glimpse of "War of the Titans" written on the cover. He paused and curiously opened it with wind magic.
Because the wind was a little strong, it flipped directly to the middle.
Shu Li scratched his head and wanted to go back to the first page, but was attracted by the pictures in the book.
This is a book with both pictures and text.
The picture shows a pointy-eared elf riding a unicorn and holding a scepter. Judging from his clothes and crown, he is the Elf King.
Although his facial features are not as handsome as the Elf King's, they are still somewhat similar.
A strange-looking woman was floating beside the Elf King.
Her hair was made of countless long willow branches, her clothes were large leaves, there was a cloud of mist below her calves, three leaves were painted on her forehead, and she held a thorny vine in her hand, waving it vigorously, full of attacking power.
She is...the spirit of wood!
Shu Li quickly glanced at the text below the illustration and confirmed his judgment.
During the War of the Gods, the Elf King fought a great battle with the God of Death, a subordinate of the God of Darkness, in order to protect the Elf Kingdom and the Fairy Forest.
The Wood Spirit participated in this battle and joined forces with the Elf King to defeat the God of Death.
After reading this page, Shu Li touched his smooth little chin.
The place where they fought was in the north of the Elven Kingdom, near the Danaga Sea.
If possible, he would like to go there and take a look.
Shu Li copied down the spell used by the Elf King to summon the Wood Spirit.
After taking a half-hour nap, he went to do farm work in high spirits.
I picked fruits yesterday and went to weed the wheat field today. I used wood magic combined with earth magic to pull up all the weeds by the roots and piled them on the edge of the field. Then I twisted the grass into a hemp rope, tied the grass together, and sent it to the nearby fertilizer field.
Everything is micro-manipulated by magic, which consumes a lot of physical strength and energy.
In order to reach the northern part of the Elf Kingdom, Shu Li sped up and traveled half an hour faster than usual.
Seeing this, the other elves smiled and praised: "Little Sperian worked very hard today!"
"Thank you." Shu Li responded generously. With his small body, he dragged a pile of grass that was more than ten times bigger than himself and staggered towards the fertilizer field.
After handing over the haystack, he washed his face and hands by the nearby river, blew a whistle, and called Dore.
After Dore sent him to the Elf Kingdom, he lived here. As long as they heard his whistle, they would fly over no matter how far away they were.
Sure enough, five minutes later, Dore appeared above the river.
"Dore..." Shu Li waved to it happily.
Dorei dived down, and his huge wings created a strong airflow, causing waves on the calm river surface.
"Chirp~"
It stretched out its strong claws and stood firmly on the huge rock by the river.
Shu Li flapped her gauze-like wings, flew onto its back, and hid in its thick feathers.
"Dore, let's go to the north of the Elf Country."
"Chiu——"
Duo Lei responded, flapped his wings, and instantly took off into the air. Without Shu Li's command, he flew accurately towards the north.
The elves working in the fertilizer field saw the familiar Sek'en bird and asked in confusion, "Where is Sperion riding it?"
Another elf said, "Back to the Fairy Forest?"
"He just arrived yesterday and hasn't been here for half a month yet."
"Hmm... the direction the Sekon bird flies is... north?"
"North? What is Sperian doing in the North?"
"I'm not sure. Do I need to tell the king?"
"perhaps."
Although the Elf Kingdom is very safe, there are many ancient high-level magical beasts living there with cunning and strange tempers. The goblins are too low in level and they are likely to suffer losses if they encounter them.
Shu Li was completely unaware of the elves' worries. He was concentrating on finding the wood spirit and was in a state of excitement.
Especially the summoning spell that I copied, I really want to try it out.
After more than twenty minutes, Dore took him to the north of the Elf Kingdom, lowered the altitude, and circled in the air.
Shu Li crawled to its neck, looked down at the scene below, and showed a surprised expression.
What a vast wasteland!
While other parts of the Elf Kingdom are picturesque, there is a patch of barren land in the north.
How strange!
Could it be that when the Elf King fought the God of Death, the powerful magic destroyed the ecology of this land?
"Duo Lei, go down." Shu Li ordered.
“Chirp!”
Duo Lei flew down and landed on a mound. The force from the flapping of his wings blew up a gust of yellow sand.
“Cough cough cough——”
Shu Li quickly covered his mouth and nose and hid in Duo Lei's feathers to avoid the wind and sand.
Dore folded his wings and shook the dust off his feathers.
After a while, the wind and sand stopped.
Shu Li came out from its feathers, put down his hands, and took a deep breath.
Flying into the air, he looked at the barren land, hesitant. Should he really chant the spell to summon the wood spirit here?
There is no grass, no trees, no water source, only yellow sand and loess. The wood spirit must have a problem with its brain to make this its home.
Shu Li scratched the back of his head.
I was so anxious that I rushed over here without even understanding the situation clearly.
What now?
Going back?
But... since we're here, we can't return empty-handed, right?
"Tsk!"
Suddenly, Dore made a warning sound.
Shu Li frowned and took out his magic wand. He was now an intermediate magician with self-protection ability, and could handle most situations.
"Bang, bang, bang—"
It was the sound of a giant monster walking heavily.
All the feathers on Dore's body stood up, and he was ready for battle.
Seeing this, Shu Li comforted it. "Don't worry, Duo Lei. I'm here. The monster won't do anything to you."
Although high-level magical beasts will hunt low-level magical beasts, they dare not touch elves and goblins.
Under his comfort, Dorei calmed down.
"Bang, bang, bang—"
As the footsteps approached, Shu Li could see the appearance of the monster clearly.
It was a giant lizard with bumps all over its back, thick legs, an ugly head with red letters spitting out, and fierce eyes. It looked like it was not someone to be trifled with.
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