Mages, Adventurers, and Women

"The mud pit is three or four meters deep. You don't even need the mud monster to do anything; the mud pit alone can drown you!"

The bone retorted indignantly, "Then what should we do?"

Li Wei nudged Yulia's chin.

Yulia pulled a thumb-sized glass bottle from the lining of her leather armor, which contained a black potion.

She explained:

"This is a hardening potion that I bought from an alchemist at a high price. As long as it is sprinkled in the mud, the mud will become harder than diamonds, and it will also imprison the mud monsters hiding in the mud. Then we can step on the mud to break the magic stone tablet."

"However, the curing agent only lasts for five minutes."

"Li Wei, is that enough?"

Li Wei's eyes lit up.

Yulia is still a wealthy woman.

A thumb-sized bottle of solidification potion costs the same as the Fireball Technique Knowledge Book.

Alchemical products are not something that ordinary living beings can enjoy.

He removed the monk's hand, put the book away, and threw it to the bone.

He casually tossed the bone into the bag he was carrying, which contained dozens of Li Wei's books.

Li Wei said confidently, "Five minutes is enough."

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Chapter 3: Deconstructing the Magic Stone Tablet

After spending money.

Everything went exceptionally smoothly.

Li Wei manipulated the mage's hand to pour the solidifying potion into the mud pit.

The murky mud, which was visible to the naked eye, turned into a hard, pitch-black substance.

A mud monster darted out halfway, but it couldn't escape being solidified.

Its brown body turned black from the solidifying potion.

Dulong, refusing to believe it, swung his sword at the mud monster that had half its body popped out.

when--

The mud monster was completely unharmed.

The machete flew off, leaving several nicks and nicks, and was clearly unusable.

Duron winced in distress, repeatedly gesturing with his eyes for Yulia to reimburse him.

Standing in front of the magic stone tablet.

Li Wei felt a powerful magical force cleansing his body.

He was carrying two clumps of weeds, sweeping away the moss on the surface of the stone tablet.

"Li Wei," Bone said urgently, "just five minutes! Forget about that damn moss!"

Yulia glanced at the mini hourglass in her palm and said expressionlessly, "Four minutes and twenty-one seconds left."

After sweeping away the moss.

Li Wei calmly asked, "Do you know why only a select few learned mages can decipher the magic stone tablet?"

"Shut up! I don't want to know! Li Wei, your mission is to decipher the stone tablet!"

The bone said, its temper flaring.

Julia stared at the hourglass, showing no interest in replying.

Dulong struggled to pull the stone tablet out, but after several unsuccessful attempts, he squatted down beside it and urged:

"I'm only interested in the treasures inside the magic stone tablet."

Li Wei stroked the stone tablet and forced an explanation:

"Everything has a true name. The first step in deciphering the magic stone tablet is to find its true name."

"Real name?"

Julia, her attention fixed on the hourglass, frowned as she looked at Levi, wondering what he was up to.

"For example, the grass on my left is called 'Sarvastivada spp.' It's just a common weed in the Navia Mountains, with no other special features except for its very hard roots."

"But its real name is 'Victoria,' a niche language unique to the vicinity of the Navia Mountains. When translated into the common language of the continent, it means 'cowardice.'"

“The grass on my right is called ‘Vidor,’ which is also a unique language near the Navia Mountains and means ‘betrayal.’”

Yulia's interest was piqued by Levi; it was the first time she had ever seen someone name a roadside weed.

Curious, he asked, "So what if I know your real name? Does it show off your erudition?"

Li Wei smiled mysteriously and displayed: "Victoria, withered!"

A miraculous scene unfolded.

As soon as Li Wei finished speaking, the weeds on his left hand instantly turned into withered, yellowish-brown grass, and became utterly desolate!

From beginning to end, there was not a trace of magical energy emanating from Li Wei!

"what!"

The bone stared wide-eyed.

Dulong was so frightened that he stood up.

For the first time, he felt a sense of awe towards the profession of "mage".

Julia forgot about the hourglass and broke out in a cold sweat.

"The true name is the greatest secret of every living being. Once it is obtained by someone else, it means that life and death are out of control. The first step is to find the true name of the stone tablet, so that I can completely control the magic stone tablet."

Li Wei then handed "Victor" to the bone, saying, "Don't doubt it, it's just ordinary weeds, I didn't tamper with it."

The bone took the bone and examined it carefully, then whispered, "Victor, wither!"

Strangely, the Vidor weeds remained unmoved.

Undeterred, he tried again, but Duron jumped up and snatched it away, shouting, "Vidor, wither!"

Like bones, Vidor weeds remain unchanged.

Finally, it was handed to Julia. She didn't try it, but instead took the "Victoria" weed and whispered, "Victoria, revive!"

The withered grass remained unchanged.

Li Wei glanced at her and laughed, "You are indeed smarter than the two of them."

Retrieving the withered "Victoria" weed, Li Wei whispered, "Victoria, revive."

The same words can produce different effects.

The withered weeds came back to life.

Lifelike and vibrant green.

"Why?" Julia asked.

Li Wei discarded two weeds, and under his gentle touch, the magic stone tablet shone even brighter.

"The true names of all things are imprinted in the Dark Space. You can think of the Dark Space as the opposite of the Grand Continent."

"Time stands still there, and no living thing can survive. The prerequisite for controlling life and death through the true name is to first find the true name in the dark space."

"Dark space?"

Yulia felt that the word was familiar.

I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before.

Li Wei thoughtfully said:

"The basic principle of storage rings is to communicate with the dark space. The storage ring serves as the anchor point for communicating with the Grand Continent from the dark space, creating a small, usable space within the dark space."

"Holy crap! A storage ring?! No wonder even the worst storage ring with only 1 cubic meter of space sells for hundreds of gold coins, it turns out it's this complicated!"

"Bone is surprised," Bone said.

Li Wei then looked at the magic stone tablet and offered a viewpoint that Yulia and the other two had never heard before:

"The Magic Stone Tablet is a large storage ring. It is the anchor point for communication between the Dark Space and the Grand Continent. However, the Magic Stone Tablet is different from the storage ring. It can travel around in the Dark Space."

“The space created by each storage ring is undefended to it. What we obtain from the magic stone tablet is very likely something that someone else has stored in a storage ring.”

So...we're actually thieves?

"Duron the dwarf exclaimed excitedly."

Li Wei shook his head again:

"Not necessarily, because no one knows how long the dark space has existed, and no one knows how the Grand Continent evolved."

"The magic stone tablet is like an anchor point that the dark space actively throws onto the Grand Continent. In my opinion, it's more like the dark space finding itself with too much accumulated garbage, so it uses the magic stone tablet to throw that garbage out..."

"Trash?" Bones scoffed. "We go through all this trouble just for someone else's trash?!"

Li Wei glanced at him and said, "Even the most ordinary trash can give you a month of fun with the dancers in Rolling Stone."

"What rubbish!" Bones exclaimed sincerely.

Julia caught the implication in Levi's words and asked:

"Li Wei, can you decide what we can get from the magic stone tablet?"

"Correct."

Yulia's breath hitched, and she asked with concern, "How can you be so sure that what we got is the best?"

"Grab the largest one in front of you, close your eyes and wait for the magic stone tablet to crumble."

Li Wei said calmly.

Yulia wanted to say something more, but after thinking it over carefully.

This seems to be the best decision.

She glanced at the hourglass and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh no, there are only thirty-one seconds left!"

Bones and Duron immediately tensed up.

They all looked at Li Wei, silently exerting pressure with their eyes.

Li Wei remained calm and composed, and gave the order:

"Retreat to the outside of the mud pit."

Yulia and the other two were unwilling to retreat, fearing that Levi would keep all the contents of the magic stone tablet for himself.

"This is the last reminder. The deconstruction process will unleash a magical tide. If you, as non-magical professionals, are ground to dust by the magical tide, it's none of my business."

Yulia and the other two quickly retreated to the edge of the mud pit.

The cowardly Duron even retreated to a distant spruce tree.

While explaining to Yulia and the other two, Levi had already deconstructed the magic stone tablet.

This was his first time deconstructing the magic stone tablet.

It's much simpler than I imagined.

The correct answer is right there; you just need to copy it down.

The magic emanating from the magic stone tablet gathered into a giant six-pointed star beneath his feet.

Pointing his finger at the magic stone tablet, the six-pointed star beneath his feet gathered at his fingertip, transforming into a gentle beam of light that shot into the magic stone tablet.

He whispered, "Deconstruct the magic stone tablet!"

A vast amount of magic wove together a dreamlike, dazzling space that enveloped Li Wei's senses.