This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Skill consumption: 301TLbxh

Attribute correction: Intelligence B, Mystery C1TLbxh

Proficiency: (0/20) 1TLbxh

Item Description: A magic ring carefully crafted by a solitary magician.

You can consume concentration points to release green mist and condense poisonous stings.

As the stinger penetrates the enemy, the poison gauge slowly accumulates.

In order to study insect magic, the magician went to the poisonous basin far away from the human world and built the magician's tower.

This is proof of his life-long research.

“This…”

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi was speechless.

Green smoke, sting, highly toxic. 1TLbxh

Isn't this the same move the giant millipede used just now?

No wonder other giant millipedes can't do this, it turns out they rely on this magic ring.

But this also indirectly proves that the magician who made this magic ring was indeed eaten by the millipede in front of him.

After all, no magician would devote his entire life to feeding a millipede.

The so-called magic ring is a magic prop made by a magician.

Its purpose is to release magic, and its advantages and disadvantages are very obvious.

The advantage is that anyone can use it, even a weak and mentally retarded warrior with insufficient intelligence can release powerful magic.

The disadvantage is that the magic released by the magic ring consumes a lot of mana. Ordinary people can't use it more than a few times before their concentration value is completely consumed.

But the magic ring has a proficiency bar just like weapons. For Ye Yiyi, as long as he uses the magic ring 20 times, he can "learn" the magic contained in the magic ring.

However, Ye Yiyi had never seen this poisonous stinger ring in the game.

If you think about it carefully, either this is DLC content that has not yet been released, or the game has become a reality and enriched the world view.

The latter is very likely, because this "poisonous insect basin" under his feet is also the first time he knows about it.

Glancing at the blue bar that was gradually returning to 20 points, Ye Yiyi curled his lips and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​using a magic whip to kill the millipede.

Wearing the magic ring on the middle finger of his left hand, Ye Yiyi looked up at the Magician Tower.

Next, it’s time to explore!

I struggled to climb the bricks in front of the gate of the Magician's Tower and crawled through the door.

The bottom floor of the magician's tower was filled with rubble. Ye Yiyi landed with difficulty and took a quick look around. He found that the place was exceptionally clean, without a single insect.

"As expected of a magician's tower that studies insect magic, the anti-insect measures are perfect." 1TLbxh

Then climb the spiral staircase that has not collapsed yet and go up.

Not long after, they arrived in front of a closed mahogany door.

I pushed the door, but it didn't budge.

"It seems to be locked."

Ye Yiyi took out the [Laurel Crown Ring] and put it on her hand.

"Bang!" 1TLbxh

The redwood door that had been sealed for a long time finally opened.

"Is this also powered by magic?"

Ye Yiyi glanced at the golden olive laurel ring on her hand, and then curiously looked around the gate carefully, and finally found the same golden olive laurel relief at the back of the gate.

Ye Yiyi remembered that the golden olive laurel wreath was the symbol of the Magic Hall's "Zhi Ge".

However, "Zhi Ge" is not a local force in the [bordering] area, but an alien descendant abandoned by the ancient kings.

They once developed a brilliant civilization, but later, to escape a natural disaster called the [Stagnation Prophecy], they returned from the alien world to the borderland through the [Teleportation Array]. While bringing [magic] power with them, they also attracted the [Stagnation Prophecy], a variant of the Stagnation Curse.

"It's pretty good-looking."

After admiring it for a moment, Ye Yiyi stepped into the room.

This place is located at the top of the magician's tower. Looking up, you can see the gloomy sky full of dark clouds through the damaged dome.

"According to the time, it's almost evening... and it's going to rain soon." 1TLbxh1

Retract your gaze and then look around.

A thin cloth was spread on the dusty floor, with towels and some dusty clothes beside it.

If Ye Yiyi guessed correctly, that piece of thin cloth should be the bed where the magician rested.

Owning such a magician's tower, but only using a thin piece of cloth as a bed. 1TLbxh

"What a long and lonely road... Brother Magic, I've avenged you and recovered the magic ring you've dedicated your life to. It shouldn't be too much to ask for a set of clothes now." 1TLbxh

No one answered, that's the default.

Ye Yiyi sighed, then walked to the thin cloth and picked up a towel that had been dried by the wind to wipe the fishy yellow liquid off his body.

The conditions are simple, so I can only make do with it.

After being barely clean, he changed into new, relatively dry underwear and put on a set of rough linen clothes. Ye Yiyi's mood finally became cheerful.

After running half naked for a day and a half, I finally have clothes to wear! 1TLbxh

Then I came to the table piled with heavy books and continued to look for traces of magic.

There are many books here. Ye Yiyi flipped through several of them, but he couldn't understand a single word.

The light curtain did not give any clues. It was obvious that these books did not belong to the category of props, and were far from the "concentration practice method" he wanted.

But soon, Ye Yiyi found a book with a pop-up light screen next to the bottles and jars under the window.

After watching the light screen, Ye Yiyi couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"This is actually..."

Chapter 11 [Hymn of the Flying Insect]

"This is actually a hymn catalyst?"

Looking at the book in his hand with a black seal and characters as obscure and twisted as a centipede, Ye Yiyi was extremely surprised.

Why is there a Hymn Catalyst found in a magician's tower?

[Hymn of the Flying Insect]

Requirements: Faith 24

Attribute correction: Faith B

Durability: 91/100

Skill cost: 25

Item Description: A hymn praising flying insects.

A hymn that strengthens the faith of the Flying Insect.

The tiny insect crawls, looks for food, spins a cocoon, and then dies.

Then it was born.

Combat Skill: Praise the Flying Insect

Chanting a hymn praising flying insects will call upon them to possess you, temporarily increasing your physical resistance and enhancing the power of the hymn.

"Another hymn catalyst I haven't seen before, uh..."

Scanning the item descriptions on the light screen back and forth, Ye Yiyi pondered deeply with a strange expression.

He knew that hymns were a kind of extraordinary power that was similar to magic, but different from magic.

The most fundamental difference between the two is that the power of magic comes from intelligence, while the power of hymns comes from praising the object of faith.

The Psalm Book is the catalyst for releasing the hymns.

The so-called catalyst is a catalyst that transfers and releases power.

Humans cannot cast magic and hymns out of thin air. To use magic, they must be equipped with a staff, and to use hymns, they need to use the hymn book.

The power of hymns comes from the celebration of faith in something, most often God.

Belief in God gave birth to believers, who gathered together to write hymns praising God's power, and then gained strength from the hymns.

Therefore, most of the hymn users on [Border] are clergymen.

But gods are not the only ones worthy of belief. As far as Ye Yiyi knows, there are many types of beliefs in the game, such as belief in ancient dragons, belief in nature, belief in stars, and so on.

The hymn in Ye Yiyi's hand praises flying insects.

What does flying insect refer to?

Flying bugs?

But why believe in flying insects?

Who on earth would believe in mosquitoes and flies, and even write hymns praising them, and for what reason?

Ye Yiyi didn't understand, but was greatly shocked.

And the most important point is that this hymn praising flying insects was found in the residence of a magician.

However, considering the magician who studies insect magic and the hymn about flying insects in his hand, it is not that difficult to understand.

Magicians and believers are the two things that have nothing in common.

Although the relationship between the two in the game is not to the point of drawing swords as soon as they meet, they have never had any contact with each other and regard each other as the ignorant one.

If Ye Yiyi were asked to evaluate it, he would probably say it was about right.

Don’t talk about the second brother, you two brothers are refugees who escaped from an alien planet. Who is looking down on whom here?

You stinky alien, you're coming to our border to beg for food!

That's right, the hymn is also the power brought by the descendants of the alien kings when they fled. At the same time, they also brought a variant of the stagnation curse called [Stagnation Relief].

Ye Yiyi sighed and casually flipped through the hymn book in his hand.

The requirement for using this hymn book is that one's faith reaches 24. He can't use it. Besides, there is no matching hymn book. It is useless except for hitting people with it.

As he was flipping through the pages of the hymn book, a yellowed piece of white paper suddenly fell from the pages of the hymn book in his hand.

Ye Yiyi lowered her head to take a look, then bent down to pick it up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the fingers touched the white paper, a familiar light curtain popped out from it.

"And there are props? Are they tucked inside the hymn book?"

Ye Yiyi was a little surprised and looked up at the light curtain.

【Simple map】

Item Description: A crude map drawn in haste, an item that has been left unused for a long time.

The relative positions of the magician's tower, deep pit cave, and ancient ruins gate are painted on it.

"The location of the ancient ruins!"

Ye Yiyi finally showed a look of joy.

The reason he went deep into the Fairy Mountains was to search for ancient ruins and get useful pioneering weapons and fragments of the universal cauldron in advance.

Hard work pays off, and now we finally have a clue.

Ye Yiyi looked at the map carefully.

There is a circle in the center of the map, with trees inside and continuous mountains outside.

This circle should refer to the Poison Basin.

And in the very center of the circle, there is a tower.