Mages, Adventurers, and Women

"Sylvie, do you know what 'spirit' means?"

Li Wei was asking a question he already knew the answer to. Sylvie was a princess of the Golden Kingdom, wearing mental equipment; she certainly knew what "mental" meant.

He did indeed intend to get information out of Sylvie.

Sylvie, with her simple mind, said:

"Spirit? You mean the spirit that's listed as one of the 'Three Wonders'?"

“Yes.” Li Wei cooperated, revealing his thirst for knowledge.

Seeing this, Sylvie raised her head slightly, recalling how Li Wei had angrily criticized her for not understanding the language of esoteric arts when she was deconstructing the stone statue. Now, feeling a surge of triumph, she said:

"As the continent of Grande has developed to this point, there are three 'elements'—or rather, they shouldn't be called elements. Some scholars believe that calling them 'rules' would be more appropriate. They are still not clearly understood and are known as the 'Three Great Wonders': time, space, and spirit."

Julia, lost in thought, was startled, recalling the fantastical scene described by the bard, and pressed for an answer:

"Space? Is it something that, once mastered, allows you to 'whoosh' travel from the Northern Continent to the Eastern Continent?"

Sylvie denied it, saying, "That won't do. It seems that there are no magic-based professionals with such strength in the history of the Grand Continent."

Yulia's eyes darkened, and she felt a pang of disappointment.

Sylvie continued:

"To understand the spirit, we must start with the internal divisions of the 'elements' system."

"Besides the three unique elements, there are also three constant elements, five evolutionary elements, and three legendary elements within the elemental system."

"The three constants are: lightning, wind, and ice. Their elemental characteristics are fixed from the beginning, and even if you master them to a very high degree, there will be no essential evolution of the elements."

"The five major evolutionary systems are: Earth, Water, Fire, Nature, and Alchemy. The first three are very common, and Nature is called 'Wood' in some regions."

"The Alchemy system is quite peculiar. It was created after the airship era to highlight the alchemy skills alchemists possessed. It was specially constructed as an Alchemy system, or the Alchemist system for short, and incorporated into the five major evolutions. It is mainly related to alchemists and is rarely mastered by common magic-based professions."

"As your mastery of an element increases, it will eventually evolve into a 'constant element' state, which is the most common magic element in the Grand Continent."

"The three legends are: Necromancer, Light, and Spirit."

Sylvie paused, then boasted, "Isn't it surprising? There's spirit here too?"

Li Wei nodded in agreement.

"Actually, this is a debate in the legal academic community. Most scholars believe that the three unique 'spirits' should correspond to 'true names'. Everything has a true name, and the true name is the manifestation of the 'spirit' of all things imprinted in the dark space. Only in this way can it conform to the special nature of being 'rules'. Therefore, the 'spirit' that legal professionals can relatively easily grasp is adjusted into the 'three legends'."

"Just as they are called 'legends,' necromancy, light, and spirit all have the foundation to become legends and possess similar 'spiritual' means. Whether it is the necromancy creatures that have become homogenized, the sects left by priests, or the world-weariness spread by the stone statues in the Navia Mountains, they are all unique spiritual characteristics of the three elements."

Sylvie continued explaining the real name and the dark space, but she used a lot of technical terms, which was far less easy to understand than when Levi explained it to Julia and the other two.

Yulia glanced at the smug Sylvie, then at Levi, who was pretending not to understand.

She thought to herself, "Sylvie, you're too naive. Levi knows more about the Dark Space and True Names than you do. He's trying to trick you into revealing information."

Sylvie's explanation was still helpful.

Livy figured out the difference between "spirit" and the search for "true name".

When Li Wei first encountered the spirit, he felt something was very strange.

He seemed to be able to detach himself from his body and look down at the "five people" sitting around the campfire.

So-called psychological attacks seem to involve running up to the enemy and punching them?

Is this correct?

……

The next day, before dawn.

Li Wei and his group of five returned to Rolling Stone Town.

He told Sylvie that, to thank her for helping him, he decided to take her to a nice place.

The four members of the team tricked Sylvie all the way to the Mage Guild.

Li Wei inquired with the "senior maid" and learned that Lady Frey worked on the rooftop.

He immediately gave Bone a look.

Bone understood immediately and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Lady Frey! Levi has brought the person you were looking for!"

The sound echoed through the Mage Association, attracting a large number of "magic masters" to push open the door and investigate.

Sylvie was startled, but immediately realized what was happening.

Frey is a good friend of her teacher, Fiena.

Li Wei discovered her true identity!

She was scammed!

Just as she was about to run away, she found that Li Wei had her wrists firmly clamped.

Li Wei grinned mischievously:

"If you run away, how am I supposed to claim credit with Lady Frey?"

……

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Chapter 50: A Tribute to the Legendary Scapegoat

The third floor of the Dharma Masters Association.

The room, which is over 200 square meters, is only covered with spruce wood flooring that has been treated with high temperature.

The walls were bare and uneven, revealing their original color.

Li Wei couldn't help but be curious.

What are Frey's habits?

You don't furnish your home, and you don't furnish the association's office either?

The association was even more rudimentary than the home; at least the home had wainscoting.

Frey floated by the window, her hands behind her back, watching Rolling Stone Town as dawn broke.

Behind her, to the left, against the wall, stood Sylvie, all alone. She glared at Levi, gritting her teeth, expressing her resentment.

Levi and the other three leaned against the wall to Frey's right. Bones and Duron looked around the empty room with boredom. The two rude guys tried to pick their noses, but Levi glared at them and stopped them.

Yulia hid half her body behind Li Wei, her small hands tugging at Li Wei's tattered robes from behind.

This is the 3rd-level Archmage President of the Mage Association!

She had never seen such an important person before, and she was extremely nervous.

“Some terrible things happened in Rolling Stone yesterday.”

Frey said quietly, her back to Li Wei and the other four.

"Lady Frey, what's wrong?"

Li Wei wondered if it was related to the immortal statues in the Navia Mountains.

When he saw that all six of Klek's clients were believers, he guessed that among the wealthy people from the three kingdoms who came to Rolling Stone this time, there must be a large number of hidden immortal believers.

Frey rubbed her tense temples, turned around, glanced at Sylvie, and said, "It's good that you're back. Your teachers can rest assured."

Then he floated in front of Li Wei and looked him in the eye, saying:

"Including distinguished guests from the three countries, 627 people in Rolling Stone chose to commit suicide."

"Some of them were shopping, some were in bed with dancers, some were drinking... They all died with their arms crossed over their shoulders and smiles on their faces."

Before Li Wei could reply, Sylvia exclaimed:

Embrace death!

"That's how the Cult of the Immortals dies!"

"Levi, die the same way as the monsters and adventurers in the Navia Mountains!"

Frey's heart skipped a beat.

When the mass suicide broke out in Rolling Stone yesterday, she subconsciously wondered if it was related to the task she had assigned to Li Wei.

Listening to Sylvie's words and seeing Levi's hesitant expression, I realized that...

Frey sighed inwardly, "Oh no!"

Knock knock—

A sudden knock sounded at the door. Frey seemed to know who it was and said:

"Come in."

The door opened, and the "old woman and short man" filed in.

Langsis, the 68-year-old vice president of the Adventurers' Guild, is a level 3 warrior.

Melanie, 39, vice president of the pastors' association, is a Level 3 Grand Priest.

Logan, a shrewd 52-year-old businessman, is in charge of the Eternal Heart Airship Guild's visit to Rolling Stone Town.

Langsis was a burly human with a striking white beard. Upon entering, he greeted Bones and Duron with a hearty laugh:

"Green-skinned mouse, little earthen jar, what are you going to learn from me this time?"

He was the tutor that Bones and Duron paid for private lessons with last time.

Bones and Duron listened to the racist remarks and chuckled dryly without saying a word.

Melanie was a woman with large breasts who had mastered the art of preserving her youth, maintaining her plumpness and having flawless skin.

Li Wei noticed that her natural talent was off the charts; the two places that should have been prominent stretched the loose white priest's robe into scattered folds like shattered glass.

—Small branches bear large fruits, comparable to Samantha's terrifying innate talent!

Logan, dressed in a tuxedo and sporting a mustache, wore a cold expression. The mass deaths of his clients had left him in a terrible mood.

Logan has dwarf blood, is the same height as Duron, but his presence is no less imposing than that of Rancis and Melanie.

Frey floated beside Levi, her words carrying a hidden meaning:

"Tell me the truth, and I'll stand up for you."

Frey's words told the other three that she would protect Levi at all costs.

The underlying meaning is that she wants Li Wei to find a reason to distance herself from her so that she can blindly protect him.

Li Wei discerned two meanings of "froe".

They truthfully attributed everything that happened in the Scandinavian Mountains to Klecker.

During this time, the skeleton inappropriately asked the Cult of the Immortals why they had placed so many statues in the remote Navia Mountains.

Of course, he used even more vulgar language.

Francis hummed:

"The seemingly vast Monster Hills are the center of Golden Island, but if you look closely, the Navia Mountains are the true center of Golden Island."

His subtext was that the Cult of the Immortals was very likely trying to occupy the Navia Mountains and influence the three kingdoms of the Golden Island.

This is an absurd and terrifying conjecture; the specifics will have to wait for these level 3 professionals to investigate and confirm.

"..."

High Priestess Melanie, her face cold, said:

"So, it was Clayk, a level 1 priest apprentice, who coveted the Immortal Statue and triggered the eruption of the Immortal Statue hidden in the Navia Mountains?"

Sylvie added:

“Yes, from the very beginning, Klek wanted to use the bloodlust ritual to devour the immortal statue.”

"His reckless actions caused the immortal statues in the Navia Mountains to erupt, trapping me and the other three of us in the center circle."

"If Li Wei hadn't destroyed the statue, giving us an hour to escape, we would have been dead long ago!"

Sylvie was describing a scene she had witnessed firsthand.