You are all my wings!

Fortunately, both Iris and Britta had steady hearts. After being warned by Leon beforehand, they did not make any unnecessary panicked noises in the face of such an unusual environment and began to cast their spells.

With people holding hands on both sides, Iris gathered her magic power directly to her mouth and activated the Primary Light Cone without chanting, covering the left and right walls.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The remaining tentacles of the cosmic moss on the wall were gradually broken down.

Generally speaking, magic needs to be gathered in a part of the body and resonate with the magical imagery in meditation in order to successfully activate the magic.

Because the hands are the most flexible part of the brain, most intelligent species choose to use the hands as the primary medium for casting magic.

If their hands are restricted, many novice magicians will easily fail when casting spells.

The fact that Iris can successfully cast spells using only her mouth demonstrates that she possesses a remarkably high level of control over magic and magical imagery.

Brettia waited for Iris to make a move, then activated the Basic Holy Arrow Technique, using holy power to create arrows that shot towards various parts of the wall.

Because you can sense your teammates' positions as a reference point, you can still shoot at walls over a wide area, no matter how confused you are about time and distance.

This is the meaning of holding hands.

If someone comes alone, to overcome the chaotic time and distance perception of the Time-Light Moss, they would need to have mastered time-related magic and combat skills.

Or lie on the ground and try your luck to crawl out of all the areas controlled by the tentacles of the cosmos moss.

Otherwise, it would most likely be swallowed up by the cosmic moss.

Lyon also began casting a spell.

He chose the fireball spell, which he was most proficient in.

In terms of area-of-effect attacks, this move is the most effective, and as a plant-type monster, the Lightmoss is obviously most afraid of fire-type or high-temperature magic.

Coincidentally, all three of Lyon's friends were skilled in this kind of thing.

Time passed quietly as everyone continued to clean up the cosmic moss.

The spellcasters were alright, but the four knights were really struggling.

Because they are melee fighters, whenever they swing their swords, the time flow around them will be more severely affected by the tentacles of the Cosmic Light Moss.

After playing for a long time, I gradually felt a sense of loneliness, as if I had been fighting alone here for a long time with no end in sight.

very horrible.

The four of them remembered Leon's warning and firmly held onto their principles without wavering.

As time went on, their knife-wielding and slashing movements became increasingly nimble and skillful without them even realizing it.

Several spellcasters also felt a strange influence.

They spent their time in a cycle of constantly eating the flesh of pig demons to replenish their magic power and then taking turns casting basic spells. Gradually, they felt that their understanding of their basic magic was being tinged with a strange color of time.

Lyon noticed this change, but didn't know its cause.

In his previous life, he happened to not encounter the Cosmic Moss in either the main or side quests, but he had read several strategy posts and knew how to fight it.

However, no other players have mentioned this change.

Is it a difference brought about by the real world?

Or perhaps it was because the two S-rank protagonists entered this place, and their high luck triggered this low-probability event?

Despite his confusion, Lyon continued to enjoy himself.

This strangely flowing area of ​​time not only caused the imagery of fireball magic in his mind to slowly change, but also gave him a completely new understanding of the imagery of ice reduction magic he had learned before.

The phenomenon of magical imagery undergoing wondrous changes due to external influences has been recorded since ancient times.

Many new schools of magic are born from a series of coincidences.

The phenomenon experienced by the seven people will lead to drastically different insights due to differences in their knowledge, learning ability, cognitive ability, magical literacy, and other factors.

Lyon himself gradually sensed the acceleration characteristic hidden within the Fireball spell.

Unlike the slowing effect of ice magic, the source of fire magic is to accelerate the movement of matter, thereby generating high heat and temperature.

Deep within his mind, the magical imagery represented by the Fireball spell began to acquire many subtle details, similar to the particle motion of the Ice Reduction imagery, as time passed.

Chapter Eighty: Another Type of Magical Crown

More than ten hours passed after Lyon and his group entered the 6th branch of the 37th floor, which was controlled by the Radiant Moss.

35 floors.

A 1.9-meter-tall human with mithril skin suddenly appeared from the entrance of the passage, appearing hundreds of meters away in a dozen high-speed flashes.

It was Utaman, one of Andrio's subordinates, who was entirely silver and had no normal facial features.

Dozens of meters behind Utaman, four extraordinary individuals dressed in light gray robes were also rushing towards him at an astonishing speed.

"You're too slow!"

After his four third-tier subordinates caught up, Utaman said coldly.

"Lord Utaman is too fast! We have done our best to keep up with you!"

"Am I fast? Forget it, I'll let you off the hook since you're very self-aware of reality."

Utaman seemed to be the type who couldn't handle praise. Once praised by his subordinates, he would become quite smug, and the coldness in his tone would disappear instantly.

"So, Lord Utaman, have you found any trace of the target?"

Among the four subordinates, a woman with narrow eyes and curly hair pushed up her retro-style glasses and asked calmly.

"Based on my terrifying and unparalleled ability to identify traces, the target must have stayed in this area for some time."

"Around when will it be able to be identified?"

"That's what the woman with glasses asked."

"At least half a day ago."

Utaman answered confidently.

"Then I'll trouble Lord Utaman to speed things up. I'll arrange for the familiar to send a message to the other group right away."

"Kesi, you are not allowed to order me around."

"No, Lord Utaman, I was merely offering a loyal suggestion as a subordinate."

"Humph!"

……

A branch road on the 34th floor.

Pfft!

The fourth-tier goblin king, who was being guarded behind a group of goblins, suddenly convulsed, foamed at the mouth, and fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Upon seeing this, the goblins' bloodlust vanished instantly.

Immediately following, with the twitching and spitting of several third-tier goblins, all the goblins scattered in fright.

"As expected of Lady Magiru, every time I see your evil, bloody, and bizarre spellcasting, it is as if I am seeing the most primitive and purest work of art."

"Ah, Lady Machiru, please trample on me more."

The loli-like girl, Machiru, dressed in a magic robe and with heterochromatic eyes, ignored the flattery from her subordinates and said calmly:

"Enough with the nonsense, hurry up and gather these alchemy materials. It's a rare opportunity to come to the Auradu Dungeon. If you delay my hunting time, I'll turn you all into alchemy cushions."

"Lady Magiro, how could you do this? This is too much! If possible, I wish you would turn me into an alchemical toilet!"

Maggie: "...Get to work!"

"Yes, Lady Machiru!"

After quickly tidying up, a man whose body was wrapped in numerous bandages said:

"Lady Machiru, news has come from Utaman that they seem to have found the target's trail. What should we do? Should we continue hunting, or go to provide support?"

Maggie said slowly:

"Don't rush. The battle won't start so soon anyway. Let's take care of our own business first, and then go help. Killing monsters is more valuable than killing people."

"But isn't the professor pressing me very hard?"

The man with the straps asked.

"Are you going to listen to me or your advisor now?"

"As you wish, Lady Magiro."

"Then don't mention your advisor's name in front of me."

"Ok."

"Don't worry, we'll do what needs to be done. After all, the Papacy is indeed something that needs to be weakened. But in front of me, I hope you won't get the priorities wrong. Which has higher priority: the orders of the school or my orders?"

"I will never make a mistake again, Lady Machiru!"

“Very good. Continue searching for goblins. I’ve recently become quite interested in this race with its exceptionally high fertility.”

……

In the blink of an eye, three hours had passed since Lyon and his group entered the Cosmos region.

Mark and Carl, leading the way, finally cut to the end of the side road.

The two teams that were there to support them and clear out all the remaining tentacles also caught up one after another.

After nearly a day of casting spells and replenishing his magic power by eating monster jerky, the fire acceleration magic that Leon had comprehended under the time distortion gradually began to take shape.

Once this prototype can form a stable magical image, it will allow his fire magic to continue to increase acceleration after it is fired.

As is well known, once a spell is launched, its speed generally decreases over time, except for a very few combination spells.

Magic that can accelerate magic midway through its process is extremely rare.

It is estimated that once he has a deeper understanding of this prototype, he will be able to accelerate magic other than fire magic.

If we then elevate our understanding to a higher level, it's estimated that even things other than magic—matter, motion, and even time—could be accelerated.

But once it reaches the point where even time can be accelerated, it could very well become another type of magical crown.

Of course, Lyon needs a very high level of knowledge to get to this point.

Incidentally, among all elemental magic types, light magic has the fastest casting speed, followed by wind magic, fire magic (the difference between wind and fire magic is not too great), water magic, and earth magic is the slowest.

If a beam of light magic is successfully activated, it can basically cover the target location in the blink of an eye.

However, due to the nature of light, light magic requires an extremely high level of magic to unleash high attack power.

Fire magic, on the other hand, can produce a high level of damage even for the newest and most inexperienced mages with just a little training.

This is the core difference between fire magic and light magic.

Both can produce light.

However, the former emphasizes high temperature and lethality, while the latter emphasizes speed and purification.

For example, Iris, who is currently at the third tier, can damage enemies with high temperatures with her Light of Radiance after it was modified by Leon. Her main offensive magic is basically condensing light into cones, spears, or similar shapes.

Many other basic light magic spells are simply of the type like dazzling light.

Light magic only gradually gains speed and power starting from higher-level spells.

Therefore, the light magic system is also known as a magic system that is ordinary in the early stages but extremely powerful in the later stages.

In addition, besides the nascent form of his fire acceleration magic, Lyon has also made considerable progress in his ice deceleration magic.

The replication progress of the Ice Slowing Surface Magic Image has reached about 55%, which is a pleasant surprise, surpassing the progress of the previous week.

Not only has his replication progress improved, but he has also gained some basic understanding of the deeper principles behind this magical imagery.

Of course, this cannot be immediately converted into magic, but it will allow him to improve at a faster pace once he masters the basics in the future.

As the tentacles of the Cosmic Light Moss were all cleared away, Leon noticed that the distorted scene before him was beginning to return to normal.

He glanced at the six people present and gained a preliminary understanding of their respective states.

"Iris, how was it? You've been affected by time magic all day. Did you gain any insights?"