Chapter 108 Chapter 108 Dual cultivation of magic and martial arts is the future of the times...
Luck is a really strange thing sometimes.
It's like Li Hua has never thought about poaching people, but he always poaches people from all walks of life with an astonishing delivery rate and speed; although the Wayne family are all pure physical and technological close combat warriors, the magic content of the cards they draw is higher than that of Li Hua, a mage.
There were four elemental magic cards in total. Jason and Bruce drew the cards three times in total and directly drew [Earth] and [Wind]. This luck was a bit too good to be true.
Like countless others drawing cards, Li Hua tried to find a metaphysical explanation: "Could this be the power accumulated from years of being a superhero?"
Benjamin had been eager to try drawing cards. "Who knows? Why not let me try next time? I'm really lucky with Berserk Sumo game cards!"
Li Hua: "Sure, I'll give you the next one."
If luck is proportional to experience as a superhero, then he will let Benjamin draw next time... and so on.
Li Hua suddenly remembered that Benjamin's luck didn't seem to be very good either.
After all, he could randomly transform on dry land and pull out the big steel teeth, which almost made him dried up; and during the water battle, he could randomly transform and accurately pull out the weak water gliding King Kong, which almost drowned.
...But my luck isn't much better either. If Benjamin wants to draw a card, then let him.
Jason: "I don't think it's a question of merit. You're still too young to know that everything life gives you comes at a price. Everything fate gives you comes with a hidden price tag. I'm afraid you can't replicate the rules here."
Li Hua asked slowly, "What are you talking about?"
Benjamin: "Wow, such plastic English. Jason, you've left Li Hua speechless, so much so that he's abandoned the translation function and expressed his confusion in plastic English."
Jason: "I just slightly modified a famous line from the book 'Marie Antoinette'. You two don't pay attention to literature at all?"
Benjamin: "If you mean Marie Antoinette, the Queen of the Guillotines, I know. If you mean just that, I know. But if you say it now, I don't know what you mean."
Li Hua was more direct: "Please speak in low-EQ terms that we can understand, thank you."
"To put it simply, I think it's probably because of the law of conservation of luck. Bruce and I were just so unlucky that our luck was reflected in our luck in drawing cards."
Jason laid out his own nonsense argument.
"Look, I died once, and the first card I drew was a Wind card. Li Hua also died once, and his first card draw was a Fighting card... I think that's pretty telling."
Li Hua retorted: "Will I be lucky then?"
He was poisoned with fear toxin three times by two scarecrows, kidnapped twice (although strictly speaking it was AK Batman who was kidnapped once), and shot once... If Jason's theory of conservation of luck is valid, why is his luck still so bad?
Jason pondered for a moment and replied, "Why not? Look, you always come back alive and well, don't you? Your second season shows no signs of ending."
He even assisted AK Batman, sending the two Scarecrows back to the Arkham Resurrection Fountain, completely taking the head of a giant.
Li Hua was speechless.
But it doesn’t matter. Just as people won’t hang themselves on a tree, if this topic is dead, you can just change to another one.
So Li Hua said, "Jason, do you want to learn magic from Ben?"
Before Jason could say anything, Benjamin was stunned: "With whom? With me?"
Li Hua: "Yes, don't your two universes have many similarities? They both belong to the same origin called 'Warner'. Theoretically, Jason can also perform magic that he can perform instinctively."
Benjamin: "But the problem is I don't know magic?"
Li Hua: "So what did you rub out of your hands when you went to the Court of Owls yesterday? A flashbang?"
He was referring to the blue mist that appeared on Benjamin's palm when he tried to cast a Tracing Charm on the Court of Owls coin in the Batcave.
Although they are faint and intermittent, they are there.
"Did I... figure it out?" Benjamin was still confused. "I didn't feel anything at all, and the magic didn't even work in the end."
He actually couldn't think of any spell at that time. He just wanted to try to meditate like Gwen did, just to see if he could feel something and mobilize it.
Even so, Benjamin didn't have much hope for himself at the time. He had witnessed Gwen's diligent study of magic step by step to where she was today. How could he possibly learn such technical and academic skills at the last minute?
As a result, Li Hua told him that he actually created some magic at that time?
Looking back now, Benjamin seemed to have grasped a little bit of ethereal feeling at that time, just like trying to sense his limbs after waking up from a sleep.
But before Benjamin could fully grasp that feeling, Li Hua called him up and used the Ice Ghost to look for Amber Gold.
Li Hua: "It wasn't a bright magic ball like your sister's. At that time, there was just a mist-like blue light mist floating out of your hand from time to time."
Benjamin put his hands on his hips proudly. "Ha, it seems I'm quite talented in magic too. As expected!"
Number 666: "Benjamin, after all, is one-quarter Anno. While you inherited the talent for magic, you've also seen others use magic in front of you. You even experienced your own magical power a while ago, so it's not surprising that you can sense it. It's surprising that you've only just begun to touch the threshold."
Jason's assessment was pertinent: "Ben Tennyson, a fool."
"You can't blame me, man. I have the Omnitrix after all." Benjamin showed off his left wrist, where the watch was. "I've never considered using magic in combat, and I certainly haven't considered discovering powers within myself that I didn't even know existed."
Five-star reviewer Jason Todd rigorously commented: "Benjamin Kirby Tennyson is a truly idiotic and reckless man."
The reason why Benjamin couldn't use magic for all these years was not because he didn't learn it and thought he had no talent for magic, but because he didn't try to learn it at all!
For five whole years, he had no intention of trying at all. If Benjamin had not come to this universe this time, and if this team had not happened to have an astonishing number of magic boys, and if he had not happened to be transformed by a magic boy and realized the existence of his own magic power, Benjamin might not have remembered to open his magic skill tree for another 15 years.
Fortunately, everyone present now has the talent of a magic boy, otherwise Benjamin's words would really attract hatred, especially from those who want the talent of magic but have never been able to get it.
Li Hua: "Anyway, Ben can use his own practiced methods to touch the edge of magic and cast spells. Jason has transformed into the Magic Boy more times than Ben, so Jason should be able to do it too. Didn't Jason say he would go to the BEN universe with us? As long as the two of you get the hang of it first, wouldn't it be much easier to learn spells from Gwen later?"
Benjamin realized, "Yeah! And the magic we use doesn't require a wand. Once you master certain spells, you can even cast them instantly without chanting, just like Gwen."
This is perfect for Jason who likes to fight with dual guns and props.
Not needing a wand means Jason doesn't have to worry about someone getting close to him and taking his wand away like Li Hua did, and he also saves himself the trouble of having to order a custom wand.
Since Jason was wearing a fully enclosed red hood when he went out, no one knew when his mouth would open, nor could they predict whether he would chant a spell. No one knew whether the next thing that would be fired from the red hood's hand would be a bullet or magic.
From now on, Jason will embark on the path of practicing both magic and martial arts.
Another point is that the introduction to the Benjamin Universe school of magic seems safer and simpler.
Bruce had previously asked Jason if he wanted to learn magic, and a big part of the reason Jason refused was that the risks and difficulty were too high. The safest way would be to have a veteran by his side to guide him, but that would definitely take a lot of time, and Jason couldn't spare the time for the time being.
If Jason waits until Benjamin's issues are resolved, he might go to Zatanna to learn a few small spells during his free time from school and night patrols, and won't continue to delve deeper into the field of magic.
No. 666 gave Li Hua magic cards in order to save him the trouble of getting started with magic and learning complex spells. It was like Li Hua directly used the shortcut keys with adjusted data.
But the spells in Benjamin's world are a little different.
Think about it, a ten-year-old child can learn the basics by himself with a magic book, without having to worry about backlash, curses, or mental pollution due to mispronouncing spells... This is perfect for Jason, who has fragmented leisure time and does not intend to delve deeper into the field of magic.
"Didn't Deathstroke teach you gun fighting before? A close-range gun can deliver unpredictable and deadly attacks. Combined with magic, you can even alternate between magic and bullets while fighting your opponent."
Li Hua guided Jason to imagine a better future.
"Other mages build melee combat skills on top of magic, but you're different. You build melee combat skills on top of magic. Those who can beat you in melee don't have magic, and those who can beat you in magic don't have melee combat. So, aren't you invincible?"
Benjamin: "You and Gwen can also teach each other. She will teach you magic and you will teach her combat. Both of you have a bright future as close combat magicians with no blind spots!"
Gwen Tennyson, whose full name is Gwendolyn Tennyson, is proficient in judo, karate and taekwondo. In order to increase the combat effectiveness of his human body, Benjamin has learned combat techniques from her many times for self-defense.
Even so, Gwen rarely used her superb fighting skills in actual frontline combat. Even though she loved using spells to inflict physical damage, her battlefield role was still that of a mage. Therefore, Gwen's actual combat skills were definitely not as good as Jason's, who was a warrior.
After coming here, Benjamin was taught physical skills by Jason. Based on his understanding of Jason and Gwen, he couldn't imagine how happy and capable a little girl Gwen would be after learning the fighting skills produced by the Bat Family.
Li Hua commented: "It's awesome that superhero families across the universe are exchanging knowledge and skills, providing each other with talents who can practice both magic and martial arts!"
Number 666 watched silently as the three boys cheered for the upcoming melee mage and sighed inwardly.
Why didn't they think about it before making the plan? The prerequisite for Jason to learn the basics of celestial magic is that Benjamin must also learn it. And considering that it took Benjamin five years to think of "I also want to try to cast magic", and Li Hua, the shortcut key apprentice wizard standing next to him... If you want to convert it, it's probably equivalent to two rookies who have never taken a driving test, never attended a driving school, are just figuring out the difference between the accelerator and the brake, and haven't even finished reading the test points of the first subject, trying to teach another complete novice who has no basic knowledge and has never seen a car a few times.
Although Benjamin and Li Hua were not in any danger because they did not know magic, it was very likely that when Jason walked out of this room to seek out a magician of any school, he would be surprised to find that it was not raining outside.
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The author has something to say: I was originally wondering why I had rarely seen Gwen use melee combat against skeletons and cursed witches (magic enemies) since her physical skills were so high. Then I realized that the opponents never fought her in melee combat, but always used ranged combat... No wonder.
We still don't know what kind of fierce blow the enemies on both sides will suffer after this learning exchange when Gwen takes out the technology/fighting skills produced by the Bat family and Jason takes out the close combat magic.
【Catch a bug once】
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