For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

  Chapter 74 The Magic Network and the Calendar of Disasters

  Although Heishui Province is located in the warm and humid south, the weather in the morning moon still has a hint of winter awe-inspiring, especially for those who go out early in the morning.

A slap-sized girl with dragonfly wings on her back sat on the shoulders of a tall black-clothed man with two swords on her back. She tightly grabbed a cloak behind him and wrapped it around her body, trembling non-stop. He continued to sneeze a few times from time to time.

   "So do witches catch colds too?"

   After the other party sneezed for an unknown number of times, Cass finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

   The other party rolled his eyes at him, then casually pulled up his cloak and wiped his nose, saying:

   "There is only one kind of person in this world who can't catch a cold, guess what?"

"what?"

   Cass asked.

   She had a successful smile on her face just as she was about to answer, but the magic caster with gray-white hair who was wearing a brown torn robe and walked at the front spoke up:

   "I didn't expect to hear this saying in this place, where did you learn it?"

   "Looks like the Ah Qiu I saw in a children's comic book I've read before!"

   she said and sneezed again.

   "Comic? Well, it's reasonable, Cass, you don't have to worry too much. After the witch is born, there will be a period of time when she is easily affected by the external environment. Usually, it will be fine in a few months."

   Saying that, William turned his head to look at Castao, who had a worried look on his face.

   "So I plan to let her rest at Dusk Fortress for a while, but she must come with me..."

   Cass said helplessly.

   "What? You're allowed to run out of the fortress that was torn down and come out to play, and you're not allowed to come out with me?"

   Her wide golden eyes interrupted Cas.

   His eyes and tone were exactly the same.

   Cass replied with some headache:

   "I've said it before, I'm here to carry out the mission with Lord Judge, not to play..."

"Ah, in terms of difficulty, it doesn't really make a difference. But Liz, isn't your description of the Dusk Fortress a bit too much? That is to dismantle the structure of the fortress and lay the basic silver lines, which will be repaired later. OK."

   William, who was walking in front, said helplessly.

This is also the reason why he brought Cass out this time, because the other party's training on mastering the authority of the God King Oka has just begun. Previously, he had always asked the other party to conduct simulation training in the underground meditation room of the Dusk Fortress, in case something happened. The out of control situation can also be suppressed by using the remaining sealing technique inside.

   But now the entire Dusk Fortress is going to be renovated and laid out new lines, and the meditation room is temporarily broken. So William simply brought Cass along with him, intending to teach him how to control his power on the road.

   After all, the effect of learning and training in actual combat is far better than the simulated training created by illusion.

   Surprisingly, the witch who had just received a new life not long ago was clamoring for her to come over, but Cas couldn't beat her, so he asked William's opinion a little uneasily.

   And such little things never mattered to William.

  By the way, Cass originally planned to give the new witch a new name, but she insisted on calling herself Liz.

   I don't know if it was the effect of the golden mist rose that William took out from the Treasure Hall. William remembered that the better the flower medium used by the witches when they were reborn, the more memories of past reincarnations they could retain. So William rummaged through the Treasure Hall and found flowers that were said to be used as a medium by the demigods to hold divine wedding ceremonies during the Silver Age.

   As a result, apart from the fact that her eyes turned pure gold after being reborn, this witch is almost identical to Liz before in terms of character, appearance, and even memory.

   In this case, should the other party be regarded as the same person?

  William felt that when there was a chance in the future, he should discuss the concept of "Ship of Theseus" with Kaskop.

   "So who doesn't catch a cold?"

   "Hey, guess what~"

   The bickering between one person and one witch continues, and William is also interested in not bothering the two of them anymore.

   "Lord Kane."

   At this time, following behind William, Nezemar, who had been silent all the way, suddenly spoke up.

"whats the matter?"

   Breathing in the moist morning air, William asked without looking back.

"There is one thing I don't quite understand, why are you so eager to master the blessing of the icon... eh, what about the craftsmanship? If you go directly to Platinum City or Wanren City, and use the icons there to manifest the saints, wouldn't that be true? Can you announce to the world that you are back sooner?"

   Hearing this question, William sighed and replied:

   "First of all, your idea is still based on the premise that I am the eighth Holy Spirit. But I am not. Believe me, I know what the real Holy Spirit's power is when it is used."

   Speaking, William recalled his memory of using the incarnations of the Seven Holy Spirits to beat up the three Void Kings in the ending of the waning moon.

   Then he continued:

   "Then, and the most important point, if I do this, then the icon will really only be used as an icon in the future, and the equation that I am equal to the eighth Holy Spirit will be fixed in the minds of the people."

   "But icons are not meant to be..."

   "A thing that allows people to monitor the surroundings in real time and can be used as a medium for remote casting, I just use it to preach?"

   Seeing the confused expression on Nezemar's face, William pointed to the rice field by the road and planned to give her an example.

  Because of the year of starvation and rot, the blight spread in the rice fields. More than half of the rice seedlings turned sickly gray, and some of them were directly withered, and they fell to the ground weakly like dried corpses.

   "According to the standards of the law of the stars, you are also a magic caster who has studied life spells to the seventh level. Tell me, if I order you to be responsible for delaying the spread of blight, how much land can you be responsible for?"

  Nezmar looked at the endless rice field, calculated silently in his heart, and then replied:

   "If you are only responsible for purifying the contamination of fusarium wilt, considering the recurrence of the epidemic, it should be about a few hundred acres."

[Dispel Plague] is the most basic life spell. To use this spell at her level, especially for plants, you only need to consider whether your mental power will not be able to hold up. The consumption of magic power is basically negligible. The main limitation for her is the traffic, or space - she can't travel so many places in a day to disperse and purify.

"The annual output of several hundred acres of arable land is only enough to feed a few hundred people at most, and there are hundreds of thousands of residents in the city of thorns alone. Even if all the magic singers who study the life system in Blackwater Province are sent out, The epidemic that spreads across the entire Blackwater Marsh is just a drop in the bucket."

  William said, the magic agent in his hand emitted a circle of green ripples, and the sickly gray glowing on the rice seedlings melted like melting snow after touching the green ripples.

  As the ripples spread, a circle of green seedlings that seemed to drip out of water appeared at the place where William's spell agent was pointing. But compared to the endless gray rice fields around it, it was as small as an emerald dropped on the beach.

  William continued:

"Spells must rely on the perception of the magic caster, and the range of spells has its limits, even I can't cast spells on things I can't perceive. If I want to rely on magic to stop the spread of this plague , I have to go to every acre of land to cast spells like you, at best, it is more efficient than you, but if I can produce those icons, and put one on each field. So now you understand The real use of those icons?"

  After discovering that "icons" could be used as a medium, William never thought of using it as a pre-manifestation or missionary thing. In William's view, those icons are sensors and spellcasting nodes, which can be used to extend their power to the greatest extent.

   And maybe it can do much more than that.

   Seeing Nezemaar's sudden realization, William thought to himself.

  If the essence represented by the Eighth Holy Spirit is really as stated in the manuscript of "The Hidden Holy Spirit", it is the immortal spirituality in the heart of every living being. Since he can obtain part of the eighth Holy Spirit authority because of his hundreds of years of belief, it is enough to prove that this authority can be reshaped by changing beliefs

   The essence of belief is nothing but an idea with common cognition. It does not necessarily have to be presented in the form of religion, and it does not necessarily have to be only a few believers as the core.

   If I can change the belief form of the Eighth Holy Spirit in the future, and make everyone a node of this network, maybe I can bypass the existing astral circuit form and create a magic network protocol that truly exists based on consensus.

   "Lord Kane!"

  Nezmaar's voice suddenly brought William back to reality from his exciting vision.

"What's wrong?"

   Looking at each other's eager eyes, William asked strangely.

   "The problem just now was that I was too superficial. I didn't expect you to be so merciful and willing to use your own icon to relieve the suffering of living beings in this world. You are too..."

  Ahhh…

   William didn't listen carefully to the compliments behind her, he just resisted the urge to cover his face.

   guessed that the number one obstacle in her imagination was how to change the mind of a person like her.

   Of course, it is too early to think about those things. It is estimated that for a long time, the biggest function of this icon is to extend its own power.

   At least use it to get rid of the blight that is currently spreading in Heishui Province.

   "The year of hunger and rot..."

  William gritted his teeth slightly at the thought of this.

   He also learned from Vincent not long ago that there is a so-called disaster calendar.

   Earlier Vincent found William, saying that he had sealed up the secret warehouse that Duke Simon had hidden in the underground palace, and asked what to do with that batch of supplies.

   After all, that batch of materials was huge in quantity. There were more than 50 tons of refined source silver alone, which was a strategic resource reserve that Simon had accumulated over the past 20 years.

   At this time, William, who finally recalled the reason why he came to the City of Thorns, immediately planned to buy 15 tons of Elemental Silver first.

   And Vincent directly allocated twenty tons to William, and said that he would not have to pay a penny.

   "It's still not good..."

   Looking at the Earthling Samurai who was constantly carrying boxes of Elementium Silver Bars through the portal to the Dusk Fortress, William said embarrassedly.

  Vincent shook his head and said:

   "You saved the life of this city and even the entire Blackwater Swamp. For this alone, these Elemental Silvers are far from enough as a reward, besides..."

   Vincent said with a sigh:

"Besides, it doesn't make sense for the Rose Palace to ask for so much money now. At the request of the empire, the surrounding provinces have cut off trade with us, and the Star Council has completely stopped the awakening services for the new mages in the entire Blackwater Province. In this case, these Elemental Silver cannot be exported or digested internally, so they can only be piled up here. If you are in a hurry and need a lot of Elemental Silver, you might as well give it to you first. Some use."

   But in the end, at William's strong request, Vincent accepted a sum of money.

"After all, it is the property of the City of Thorns. You will compensate the miners for some of them. For the rest, please help me hire some trusted enchanters to help me process the source silver into the most basic magic seal runes and magic guides. Line. By the way, is there no other action on the empire side other than cutting off trade and stopping the awakening of mages?"

  William thought that after the previous big move, the Empire would have to give some more rigid pressure.

   "This year is a year of famine and rot. Just banning trade is enough for us to lose a lot here. If we can't trade with Cuiyu Province, our food problem will be very serious this year."

   Vincent said heavily.

   "Wait a minute, what year of hunger and rot?"

   Hearing this word, William had an uneasy conjecture in his heart, and he asked quickly.

And from Vincent's answer later, we learned that this is a periodic law obtained by the imperial astrologer by observing the changes of the stars. There is a reincarnation every thirteen years, and disasters related to it may occur on the mainland every year. Those in power need to make corresponding preparations to reduce the losses caused by disasters.

  The year of dead blood, the year of hunger and rot, the year of madness, the year of madness, the year of conspiracy…

  War, famine, madness, careerists, turmoil…

  In this world, the changes of the stars can affect the fate of people. The numerology constellation is the most typical example. Children born under a certain zodiac sign may have special talents in certain aspects.

   Specifically in the game, players are also required to choose their own constellation when creating a character, and the corresponding constellation will have bonuses for skill upgrades.

   But these years correspond to the realm of the king of nothingness!

   For William's question, Vincent nodded and said:

"That's right, the chronology of disasters caused by the combined influence of the astral and lunar realms on the world appears. It is said that in the past thirteen kings of nothingness will affect the world together, but after the laws of the stars were enacted, every year only There will be a void king on duty."

   So you still think you made money, right?

   Hearing the other party's words, William almost blurted out.

   Back then, that happened because of the Lunar Fissure. After the Lunar Fissure was closed, the Void King could only affect Vic Continent through his summoning day.

   Where is the Lunar Fissure now...

   At this time, William recalled what he saw at the Star Lighthouse in the City of Thorns.

   Not only are there, but there may be twenty-four.

  William finally understood why the lunar rift opened by the star lighthouse was located in the borderless area of ​​the moon.

Because the Void Kings don't need to **** the rift to exert influence on the Vic Continent. The method of directly invading the world is inefficient and wasteful. They only need to wait until the year of their rotation, and they can make waves to grow as they like. power in its own field.

   This is also the reason why when he observed at the commanding heights of the Moon Realm, he found that the thirteen domains have become stronger now than they were a thousand years ago.

   After so many years of disaster rotation, can the nourishment be strong?

   "You said this year is the year of hunger and rot, right?"

   After listening to Vincent's words, William asked slowly.

   The other side nodded.

   "Then I'm going to let the **** who is on duty this year lose everything."

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   (end of this chapter)