"Pray for a spell?"

Lu Ban has watched quite a few magic-themed movies, but most fantasy movies do not carefully display the details of the magic settings of that world.

Or you can recite a spell and the staff will start to glow, and one hit of the stick can make the bridge collapse.

Or they would shout Avada and eat the big melon, and a green light would come and kill people.

Or you could just wear some pendant and strike some strange poses to reverse time.

As for how magic works and how it is released, it is all very idealistic.

Of course, the believing heart is your magic, and magic is inherently a subjective thing.

He was a little curious.

"Do you need to pray when you use magic?"

"Yes, we need to pray to the gods for spells after midnight every day, and then the gods will give us spells that we can use. These spells can be used unlimitedly within a day."

Xia nodded slightly.

"However, this foreign land is very far away from my world, and the gods are a bit slow to respond. I can only exert about 70% of my strength."

She raised her armored hand and snapped her fingers.

Some kind of ripples that Lu Ban could not see spread out in the space. He only felt a gentle breeze and had no idea what was happening.

"I just used a detection spell that can detect threats within a hundred meters... Well, it seems that something is sleeping under the desert. I hope we won't disturb it."

“Amazing!”

Lu Ban clapped softly, then asked again.

"Can you make bread now?"

"...I, I didn't pray for the food-making technique."

Shia said as if she was very sorry.

"I can't use the corresponding magic without praying? Is magic such an inconvenient thing?"

Lu Ban found it very strange.

"Magic is not something that humans can easily access. Only gods can grant extraordinary powers. Before the establishment of the Grey Tower, we were plagued by the magic tide of the Black Forest. Under the leadership of the founder of the Grey Tower, humans gradually came into contact with miracles, turning magic that was originally only used by a few chosen by gods into a miracle that mortals can touch."

Xia's tone was full of respect when she said this. It seemed that the founder of the Gray Tower and his actions had indeed improved the living environment of the Kingdom of Darkness.

"So what spell did you pray for?"

Lu Ban asked again.

“This is a secret.”

Xia didn't answer.

"In the Kingdom of Night, what spells each wizard can pray for and what spells they pray for every day are all absolute secrets. Because as long as you know what spells a wizard can use today, you can target his weaknesses. So even if he is my teacher, I will not tell him what spells I prayed for today!"

She explained seriously.

"Well, hopefully you have some spells for combat."

Lu Ban did not inquire carefully. The ultimate science is no different from magic, and vice versa. The so-called magic may be that things change in a way beyond common sense. He felt that Xia probably mastered spells such as fireballs and blizzards, which were the same as rocket launchers and mortars. When encountering enemies, they could just grind them to ashes.

"Come to think of it, can someone like me who is not from your world pray to your gods for magic?"

He was eager to try again.

“I haven’t tried this before…”

Xia seemed to be stumped by this question. She pondered for a moment, then flipped through the pages, concentrating on searching for something.

The firelight illuminated her profile, and her emerald green eyes sparkled, a color Lu Ban had never seen before.

He waited for a long time, maybe half an hour, and the girl in armor was still flipping through the book.

Lu Ban felt that he might not be able to wait any longer, so he stood up and looked at the scenery at the edge of the sand dune.

Even though the people around her disappeared, Xia didn't react at all, as if she was immersed in the joy of reading.

Lu Ban pinched a handful of sand. The sand was silver in color and finer than the sand on the beach. It flowed easily through his fingers without getting on his skin.

He pinched some more out of curiosity and tasted it with his tongue.

“It smells like sand.”

Spitting out the sand, Lu Ban looked at the wasteland illuminated by the starry sky.

There was no moon in this world, nor were there any city lights. Therefore, the stars were exceptionally bright. Only then did he realize that there were no clouds in the sky. Gazing far away, the entire night sky was like obsidian, pure and shining.

However, on the other side of the horizon, there is nothing but sand. The endless sand dunes form a monotonous earth, forming a sharp contrast with the colorful starry sky.

"People from this foreign land live in this desert? But how do they get water and food? Do they really all eat insects? I saw water reserves in the camels' luggage. It looks like there should be other terrains besides the desert, maybe oases or something like that."

He thought.

However, these have nothing to do with his mission this time. The nameless city and the ruins full of treasures must be in the desert. Considering the circumstances of the mission, he just needs to avoid encountering other wasteland hunters.

Back to the campfire, Lu Ban saw Xia still flipping through the book.

"...Actually, I'm not that obsessed with using magic, so you don't have to look for it."

He patted Xia's shoulder.

Girl reading.

Nothing happens.

"Uh, Ms. Shia?"

Lu Ban stretched out his hand and waved it between her eyes and the page.

Still no response.

"Asleep?"

He leaned over to take a look. The girl in armor kept her eyes open and was even turning pages to read, but she did not respond to Lu Ban's call.

Like some kind of puppet.

“…Something went wrong?”

Lu Ban wasn't sure if there were any ghosts or monsters in this desert that could turn people into puppets. He hurriedly took out a crowbar and knocked hard on the armor behind Xia's head.

Clang——

The crisp sound echoed in the desert.

Lu Ban saw that Xia stopped turning the pages of the book.

Just like a puppet suddenly turned into a human, Xia raised her head, her eyes filled with lively colors again. She looked at Lu Ban, and then looked at the crowbar in Lu Ban's hand.

"What are you doing?"

Ask this question.

“Just now you…”

Lu Ban hesitated to speak.

"It's a spell."

Shia explained.

"This spell is called reading. After it is cast on a book, it can keep my body in a reading state and allow me to learn knowledge. At the same time, my consciousness can rest and do other things."

"?"

Is this really the textbook having grown up and learned to get into the brain on its own?

Lu Ban didn’t quite understand.

He just knew that this thing would be extremely useful during class.

"Well, I just found a way to learn spells, and now I can give it to you to try."

Xia spoke again, which made Lu Ban excited.