Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 273 Spirit Hair and Doll

Ruger discovered that many spells are like this; weakening them step by step is also a form of modification. Modifying spells is not necessarily for the purpose of making them stronger. Selective weakening is also a common method. For example, a normal Enlightenment spell is unattainable for a wizard apprentice. However, by weakening the Enlightenment effect and limiting its scope to hair, and combining it with some other elements, the Spirit Hair Nourishment spell was born, which apprentices can also use. It should be noted that a true Enlightenment spell does not only work on hair.

Ruger didn't know exactly how much the effect of the Awakening spell was weakened, but he had heard of this spell when he was in the City of Burning Blood. After receiving the Spirit Hair Nourishment spell, he also talked about it with his old dog Uncle Lunser. It was said that the Awakening spell was inherently an uncertain spell, or rather, the Awakening spell itself was unreliable. He once told a story about a sword, a knight's sword, given to him by his father. It had always been with the knight, experiencing bloodshed and glory, as well as darkness and betrayal. Even years later, when the knight became a powerful wizard, it never left his side. The wizard's various spells were also related to swords. One day, the wizard suddenly had a whim to talk to his sword, so he went to learn the Awakening spell. But before he could finish casting the spell, he discovered that his old friend had already completed its own Awakening. It just had been too lazy to talk to him all along, and even thought his hands smelled bad and the lines on his palms were a bit rough.

Ruger looked at the few tufts of hair he was playing with in his hand.

In his judgment, these smooth little things that originated from him should not have this problem. The so-called spiritual awakening can be simply understood as giving them spirituality, or even intelligence, and the more powerful ones may even give birth to an independent self.

Thinking about this, Luger suddenly felt a little insecure again. After all, even if it came from his own body, it might dislike him after it gained its own sense of self.

He had just witnessed something similar in that eerie town, in the stone chamber of the tower.

Fortunately, his fur shouldn't cause such a big mess, nor does it have such great power. A long journey of disdain that lasts for tens of thousands of years, a meticulously prepared, or rather, thrilling, journey that is also a miracle to bring himself back to life, a journey he has to take alone to prevent his original self from being resurrected, to prevent himself from being erased and disappearing from this world silently, and at the same time to truly have life.

This was a magnificent feat of wisdom and courage undertaken while enduring loneliness, something his mediocre self could never accomplish.

The intelligence born under the awakening of spirits seems to be difficult to control in some aspects, such as personality. He only hopes that his furry friends can be well-behaved, but he is not too worried because he believes that his furry friends may not become too smart.

Ruger thought about it and felt like laughing again.

In his wild thoughts, there were indeed some similarities, but also some differences. If one day one of his hairs wanted to come back to life and truly live its own life, it would be another somewhat similar story. However, the difference would be that he would choose to sneeze and let it fly far away. There was no life-or-death choice between him and those hairs.

As Luger pondered this, under Leiden's astonished gaze, he took out a thin bone that could be used to pick his teeth.

He and Leiden had been sitting by the campfire for most of the day.

They chatted occasionally, meditated for a while, and mostly relaxed, as if an invisible, deadly monster had disappeared from their heads. Although it disappeared in an unexpected way, at least it wouldn't bother them again, especially since Raiden, who was on the verge of advancement, had always been the one under the most pressure.

Ruger looked at the thin bone about the length of a finger in his hand, and then at the tufts of hair that had grown several times.

After witnessing that rebellious spirit, he decided to first create a prototype of them before continuing to use the Spirit Hair Nourishment Technique to play with them, so that when the spirit was truly awakened, these guys would become unruly and difficult to turn into dolls.

He imbued the spell model of Lesser Sharpness with a sharp fingernail, lightly pricked his fingertip, and quickly smeared the blood onto a tuft of hair.

Then, using this tuft of hair as the center, they began to continuously add hair, leaving their own secret mark in this blood-stained center, and then covering it up layer by layer.

He soon obtained a small ball of fur, and then began to use the thin bone in his hand to continuously weave it through the fur ball, making them interlock and turn into a cohesive ball of fur that was not so easy to disperse.

Then, following his idea, he began to add arms and two legs to it using the remaining fur, and finally a crooked head. He used thin bones to poke and insert the fur balls back and forth at the joints to ensure they were sturdy. Fortunately, his skin was thick, so he wasn't afraid of getting pricked. As for the facial features, that was a bit difficult for him, since the blood cursed doll would naturally change when it was created.

When he realized he didn't have enough hair, he took some more from his body and distributed the weaker hairs evenly throughout the body.

Finally, he looked at his wrist again.

There was a thin rope coiled there, but it was a large piece of hair compared to the hair.

Perhaps this is an opportunity. He had always felt that this thing might be difficult to control, and he didn't know what it would become if it left the Nightmare World. Now he could make it part of the doll, and become a whole with the doll. When the Blood Curse Doll was successfully born, it would no longer be an isolated existence, and the doll would be under his control as its master. No matter what changes occurred, it would be more secure.

He acted on his idea immediately, picking up the long black rope and weaving it through the doll, adding different colors to it. He then used thin bone spikes to secure it. Finally, when a section of the rope grew out of place, he simply swung it out from the doll's back, giving the doll a small black tail. As for the many forks on the other end of the black rope, they had already been arranged, passing through the furry arm to become its little black fingers.

A crude doll was born.

Ruger took it in his hand and first cast a Spirit Nourishment spell on the doll.

After casting a Spirit Hair Nourishment spell, he raised an eyebrow, suddenly realizing that casting it this way seemed more efficient, as the doll as a whole received the spell's nourishment. Using his own hair to create a Blood Curse Doll was probably beyond the designer's expectations, and as for the Spirit Hair Nourishment spell he possessed, that was something even stranger beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

He lifted the doll by its black tail and began to leave his secret marks on various parts of the doll, as described in the book.

After a busy period, the work that could be done for now has basically come to an end.

He stroked the dog-hair doll in his hand, casting the Spirit Hair Nourishment spell while looking at Leiden.

"What are you thinking about?" Ruger asked.

From the moment he started fiddling with the doll, Leiden was in a deep thought.

“I’m wondering if what we’re doing, and what she’s doing,” Raiden said softly, “will affect the sleeping Nightmare Lord, and whether it will affect what the High Council is doing…”

Ruger, who was playing with the doll, nodded upon hearing this.

In fact, he had also thought about this question. The unknown existence in those mountains must be the Nightmare Lord in its slumber. To be precise, it is not the real Nightmare Lord, but one of the twin Nightmare Lords, a Nightmare Lord in the process of being nurtured and maintaining a strange balance.

(End of this chapter)