Chapter 122: Arcane Trojan Script (First Update)
Herbs? Suddenly, an idea struck Claudia.
Yes, I am also in charge of the family herbal medicine business.
Druids are believers in the gods of nature and are very skilled in potions and promoting the growth of medicinal herbs.
The family businesses that Edward was in charge of during his lifetime were mainly wineries and medicinal materials businesses. The Duchy of Albert is mostly mountainous and has rich medicinal resources.
The Belvitt family's herbal business covers most of the northeastern part of Luwak and the eastern part of the Walden Alliance. Naturally, they have hired many pharmacists and some extraordinary people such as forest goddesses or harvest gods as consultants.
But there really wasn't a single druid among them.
To be precise, Fang Yu was the first druid Claudia had ever seen.
The God of Nature is one of the six main gods in this world. There are many subordinate gods under his pantheon. Only those favored by the God of Nature can be called druids.
Only druids can master all the divine arts of the natural pantheon. In terms of extraordinary status, the only ones who can be compared with druids are those favored by the other five main gods.
God of light, god of life, god of wisdom, god of war, god of death.
As for gods such as the God of Harvest, the Goddess of the Forest, the God of Art, and the God of Law, they are almost all subordinate gods of these six main gods.
The only exception may be the god of wealth, Woking, who is neither the main god nor the subordinate god of any main god, and he never participates in the struggles between various sects. The entire sect is focused on making money and getting rich quietly.
If he could gain the support of a druid, then George...
Under the veil, Claudia looked at Fang Yu with twinkling eyes.
I just don't know how strong such a young druid is.
Moreover, this young druid seemed very different from the followers of the God of Nature as rumored.
According to legend, druids rarely leave their natural environment and live a simple life, usually wearing green, brown, or white linen. Some druids even have runes with natural powers tattooed on their bodies, but generally do not have too many other decorations.
Simplicity, restraint, asceticism, and piety are the common impressions people have of druids.
But the young druid in front of him, although his clothes looked simple, the fabric he was wearing was something he had never seen before. The hand he just extended showed no signs of hard training. Hmm, his fingers were also very beautiful and seemed very flexible...
He's also very strong... um...
"Sir Gisdruid, my late husband did collect quite a few works by pharmacists. The Duchy of Albert is the most famous medicinal herb producer on the continent, and the herbal farm at Belvedere also employs a number of pharmacists. Claudia would be honored if you could spare the time to visit and bestow the glory of the God of Nature."
"Thank you for your kind invitation, ma'am. I will seriously consider it."
Fang Yu nodded slightly and did not respond to Claudia's invitation.
The teenage boy looked Fang Yu up and down, his eyes full of vigilance.
"It's almost Holy Hour, Lady and Lady Claudia, and we need to go to the Room of Mirrors to prepare for baptism," Barry interrupted their pleasantries.
Led by the assistant priest, the group walked for nearly ten minutes, passing through several temple gardens, and arrived at an arched building that was only slightly smaller than the main temple.
There are quite a lot of people here, and it doesn't have the solemnity of a temple at all. On the contrary, it is more like some institutional departments on Blue Star.
The priests, wearing standard white robes, some crossed their legs to drink tea and read books, some gathered together to chat and gossip, and some were so busy that their feet did not even touch the ground, their lips were so dry that they did not even have time to drink water.
Some are busy to death, some are idle to death.
The assistant priest led everyone to the mirror room and handed them over to the ceremonial priest.
The ceremonial priest dressed George in a white robe with the holy emblem of Woking painted on it, and led everyone through a circular gate into a vaulted hall.
The bottom of the hall's vault is hollowed out, allowing sunlight to shine directly into the hall, and there is plenty of sunlight indoors.
There was nothing in the empty hall. The walls were engraved with the holy emblem of Woking, and there was only a sunken pool in the middle of the hall.
The ceremonial priest asked George to stand in front of the pool, and the other eight assistant priests each stood in a circle around the pool holding a small mirror.
"Lady Claudia, I must confirm with you once again that Mr. George Belvedere is under the age of 18 and was baptized as a first-level priest. Mr. Belvedere's current understanding of Woking's teachings is incomplete, which will reduce his chances of acquiring divine powers."
"Even if you don't gain divine magic, the piety you gave to Woking during this ceremony will not be refunded. Are you sure you want Mr. George Belvitt to undergo divine magic baptism now?"
A middle-aged man in a golden priest robe asked, holding a parchment scroll in his hand.
“I’m sure.” Claudia’s veil moved slightly, and after a moment, she spoke.
Obviously, the expense of ten thousand gold dukes was also a heavy burden for this noble widow.
Upon hearing this, the ceremonial priest handed the parchment scroll to Claudia and said, "Then, as the guardian of Mr. George Belvitt, please sign this."
The assistant priest next to her handed over a quill that had been prepared long ago. Claudia took it and signed her name on the parchment scroll.
The moment he signed, Fang Yu felt a trace of magical fluctuation on the parchment scroll.
A magic contract?
"Mr. Belvitt, are you ready? Please recite the Book of Fein 2:1 to 3:22 of the Introduction to the Woking Canon in your heart." The ceremonial priest began to guide George into the ceremonial state with ease.
George, who was in his teens, was breathing rapidly and had a nervous expression on his face. When he heard the priest's words, he first glanced at his mother, then quickly closed his eyes and began to silently recite the Woking scriptures that he had already memorized.
According to the practice of the Church of Woking, the more familiar one is with the Woking Canon, the higher the possibility of obtaining divine spells.
Of course, there is no such requirement for believers of other sects who are already extraordinary people. I don’t know what Woking is thinking.
An assistant priest who does not hold a mirror holds a wooden tray and presents it to the ceremonial priest. There is a double-layered wooden box on the tray.
Open the wooden box, and you will see twenty tiny diamonds quietly arranged inside.
The ceremonial priest threw ten of the diamonds into the pool, waved his hand, and the assistant priest took the remaining diamonds down.
Good guy, let’s split it in half when we meet. It turns out that you are so rich because of the kickbacks from Woking, right?
The moment the diamond fell into the pool, the pool began to shine brightly. Stars gradually appeared in the originally transparent pool, and then the stars became more and more numerous and denser. In just a few seconds, the pool became a faintly glowing mirror!
The ritual priest had a solemn expression on his face, and uttered a series of ancient, profound, and difficult syllables, which should be Woking's prayer, and it sounded extremely sacred.
The people around couldn't help but hold their breath, with expressions of reverence and solemnity on their faces.
"Master, this should be the magic network fluctuation monitoring, but..." Yuzi suddenly communicated with Fang Yu through the Core of Eselon.
Fang Yu's mind moved: "But what?"
Yuzu hesitated for a moment. "But it's different from the magic network wave monitoring during the Great Arcane Era. It seems to have added some things, but also seems to be missing some things. I've seen this monitoring before, and it already had a faint sense of life, but now, it seems to have no self-awareness at all. And..."
"And it seems like I can hack into this thing."
"Invasion?" Fang Yu's eyes lit up. "What do you mean?"
Yuzi seemed to be thinking for two or three seconds before replying, "Great Master, the book you gave me earlier contained a lot of information on network security. I found that this monitored external link seems to be similar to some of the structures I've learned."
"Perhaps, I can use arcane magic to write a Trojan script and implant it into this surveillance system to achieve control over it."
Ouch?
Fang Yu couldn't help but look at Youzi with admiration.
Have you actually learned to apply your abilities creatively?
It's rare, at least it's not completely an artificial idiot.
Before this, if no one asked Youzi questions, Youzi would not think actively, let alone apply her abilities actively.
And now, Yuzu can actually proactively analyze problems and propose corresponding solutions. This kind of evolution is really rare.
"Well, write one now and see if you can implant it." Fang Yu made a quick decision, then frowned. "By the way, since you can use arcane magic to write Trojan scripts, why didn't you use this method to connect to the Internet when you were on Blue Star?"
Yuzu paused for a few seconds as if the computer had frozen, then it suddenly dawned on her: "Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"
Well, it seems that evolution is not enough.
However, this trip was not in vain as I could have achieved this.
Now it depends on whether Yuzu has the ability to invade this magic network wave monitoring system.
As the ritual priest continued to chant, the starlight on the mirror became stronger and stronger. Eight assistant priests holding mirrors carefully adjusted the angle of the mirror to reflect the light towards George Belvitt.
When George was illuminated by the reflection of the mirror, his body shook, and then as if he was possessed by something, his eyes, which were originally closed, opened instantly. His eyes seemed to be completely covered by light gray pupils, which looked extremely weird.
Under the starlight, George's feet slowly left the ground. At this time, Yuzu's script had been completed. His mental power wrapped this ball of arcane script and silently threw it into the pool. The invasion officially began.
The starlight in the pool suddenly began to flicker irregularly.
What's going on?
The face of the ceremonial priest in golden robes changed. It was obvious that the star diamonds that had just been invested were the ones that met Woking's requirements. They were also the high-quality star diamonds that the Belvitt family had purchased from the Karavi Autonomous Territory at a large price. There was no way such a problem would occur.
Seeing that a look of struggle had begun to appear on George's face, the ritual priest's expression kept changing, but he did not stop chanting. He waved his hand, and the small wooden box that had been taken away suddenly flew from the wooden pallet back into the ritual priest's hands.
After opening the wooden box, the ritual priest chanted and dropped a diamond into the pool with great heartache.
The mirror seemed to stabilize, but not long after, it began to flicker again.
The ritual priest had no choice but to continue taking out diamonds from the wooden box and throwing them in.
After throwing eight diamonds in a row, there were only two tiny diamonds left in the wooden box. At this time, the starlight in the mirror began to turn into a vortex. If you look closely, you can see two vortices in George's eyes.
The ceremony priest breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
This time I really lost a lot of money.
How could this happen?
The vortex in the mirror slowly disappeared, and George fell from mid-air. He was caught and helped up by the assistant priest who had been prepared nearby.
"George!" Lady Claudia rushed to her son immediately. "My poor child, how are you now?"
"Madam, Sir George Belvedere has completed the divine baptism and is fine. However, our Woking Church suffered a loss this time. Almost all of the 20 star diamonds you sent have been used up."
"However, since Lord Belvet did not obtain any divine arts this time, and the Belvet family is a loyal customer of the Woking Church, we will not allow you to compensate for your losses this time. It's really unfortunate."
Didn't get any magic?
Claudia suddenly collapsed on the ground, her long black dress showing off her seductive curves.
Recently, some book lovers have reported that these two chapters are not attractive enough.
Indeed, the recent chapters have caused some impact due to the deletion of plot points.
The original setting was that a part of the contents of the Pink Book was obtained from the Tower of Lorin, and then returned to Blue Star to practice. This part of the content happened to be related to Cober in the main plane, so the connection was made.
But this part of the content is a bit too explicit, and I was afraid of something going wrong. Just a few days ago, I wanted to correct a typo, but found that the previous text could not be edited. I thought it would be reviewed again, so I didn't dare to write it, which led to some problems with the rhythm and plot arrangement.
But it's not a big problem, it can be adjusted later. I may revise the recent chapters when I have time in the future to fill in some of the plot.
(End of this chapter)
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