Chapter 23 The Eve
Chapter 23 Eve
After figuring out everything, Ictor let little Sasha have a good rest on the bed, but he couldn't sleep, so he went outside to investigate the situation of the vigil.
However, Ictor couldn't hide his inner irritation after all. The Rats were ordered to be more vigilant, but they didn't know anything about it and thought they were guarding against the Jackals!
Only Aris seemed to realize something, and the two reached a tacit understanding during the rest of the trip, not to speak unless necessary.
The lord's silence also affected the atmosphere of the entire convoy. In the end, even the most heartless ratman felt that something was wrong. Genil was so depressed that he couldn't even eat goblin jerky.
The silent march did not stop until it approached Windsor. At this time, Ictor suddenly ordered a day of repairs and specially found an easy-to-defend position to camp.
With the previous warning of the atmosphere, everyone did not raise any doubts. The experience along the way was enough for them to trust Ictor without reservation.
Under his arrangement, all the vehicles were brought to the outskirts, and the camp was soon turned into a fortress. Each vehicle was tied with ropes, and there were ratmen outside to monitor the situation at all times.
Not only the guards, but also the cooks unconsciously took the time to look outside. The wooden box containing the crossbows had been pried open early. The villagers had to sit next to the ammunition even to rest. It seemed that in the next second, countless terrifying things would pop out of the forest.
enemy!
When Ictor saw this, he did not deliberately let the people relax, because he could not tell when the danger would come.
At this time, he was setting up the magic circle with the help of little Sasha. He gently cracked the gems and arranged a circle around the car formation. Then he used the "formation sand table" to draw the "updraft" magic circle in the center of the car formation.
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"The formation sand table is made of magic-conducting material with extremely high magic shaping ability. After the formation is engraved once, it can be restored with magic power to achieve the effect of repeated use."
Little Sasha: "Abba, Abba, Abba."
Iket: "."
"Ahem, the last link of the array, the core, is the array sandbox. This core array represents the function of the array. If you want the array to be effective, you must ensure the energy supply of the functional array."
Ickert didn't show off and started analyzing it directly.
Therefore, there is only one answer left. In the magical world, the only thing the undead can perceive is "magic".
Iket inserted it in the center of the formation sand table, and the faint blue light was transmitted to all directions along with the gem powder, and a formation surrounding the motorcade was formed.
"Perception? Hmm. I don't know clearly. I can't imagine it."
Little Sasha tilted her head in confusion.
Ictor didn't blame him when he saw little Sasha starting to mess up. After all, he was also a graduate of the imperial capital, and he was half-stepped into the middle-level third-level mage!
If the undead can act autonomously, then he must 'see' something."
Little Sasha, who was not even a mage apprentice, didn't understand anything, so she simply asked directly about the specific effects of the Ict magic circle.
After the gems are ground into powder, they become a good magic-guiding material. Using this characteristic, you can easily connect a large-scale magic circle in the wild."
Anyway, whatever the teacher says is whatever it is.
"Then, we need to use gemstone powder to connect the outer and inner rings."
Just like now, this feeling of answering other people's questions makes him so comfortable that he almost forgets about the possible crisis.
Sasha closed her eyes and thought, her brain working rapidly, but she couldn't come up with an answer even after popping her pimples.
"Updraft?"
Little Sasha encountered this scene for the first time in class and could only nod her head.
"Teacher, after being busy for so long, what is the function of this formation?"
If the disciple understands it simply, do you still need face?
"The gem will be in an excited state after being broken. At this time, the magic pressure inside the gem will unconsciously begin to escape until it maintains a balance with the environmental magic pressure.
This unstable state can maintain the activation of the magic circle. Each gem is called a node. The area covered by the node is the boundary. The boundary determines the effective range of the magic circle's function.
"Sasha, what do you think the perception of the undead is like?"
When Ictor heard his apprentice finally ask the question, he couldn't describe the smile on his face. To be honest, having an apprentice can really bring a lot of fun to the mage's journey.
Little Sasha came back to her senses when she heard this. Since the dead are resurrected, their actions must rely on existing things.
Ickert felt very relieved to see little Sasha enter a state of thinking, but the subsequent analysis was difficult to understand based on little Sasha's knowledge that she had not received compulsory education.
The reason for this analysis is the mage's "ringtone". If Ictor guessed correctly, it should be a special magic vibration that drives the undead through changes in the frequency of magic ripples.
After Ictor finished speaking, he took out a crystal from his backpack. This was different from the crystal that Sasha used to restore her magic power. This was a crystal full of magic power, exuding a faint blue fluorescence.
Among them, what is most likely to become the perception of the undead is the different properties displayed during the spread of magic power.
Since the opportunity was rare, Ictor planned to take this opportunity to explain to little Sasha whether he understood it or not. What was important was to give his apprentice some knowledge.
Who doesn’t like to appear holy in front of others?
"I'll shock you when I tell you this formation. It's called 'Updraft'!"
"Actually, it's very simple. Everything must receive information from the outside world, and then respond after processing it, just like you want to eat an apple when you see it.
"The flesh and blood of the dead have long since rotted, which means they can no longer use their noses, eyes, and skin like humans. However, the dead cannot be possessed by ghosts and have no magic all over their bodies."
She thought the magic itself was baffling enough, but she didn't expect the teacher's name to be even more baffling.
Seeing little Sasha's reaction, Ictor also realized that he couldn't explain clearly.
Just like the air is not empty, Ictor can understand that the means of receiving information are nothing more than physical stimulation, chemical stimulation and light stimulation. However, the undead whose flesh and blood have lost their activity cannot theoretically receive most stimulation, or cannot process it if they receive it.
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"Ahem, the name is not important, the important thing is the function. In fact, the function of this magic circle is easy to understand, but before I explain the principle of the magic circle, I want to ask you a question first."
In addition, Ictor could also deduce from little Sasha's story that the undead themselves have certain attack directions, such as actively chewing flesh and blood, showing aggression towards living humans, etc.
As far as Iket sees it, what guides the undead to attack the target should not be flesh and blood, but the special magical properties in human flesh and blood!
What do you mean by a person who cannot use magic? If the magic pressure in the body is consistent with the outside world, and cannot condense the magic power to form a high magic pressure, then he is a loser who cannot release magic!
Magic exists in everyone's body, and magicians are just individuals who can condense, compress, and continuously absorb external magic.
Therefore, everyone has his or her own magic power characteristics, and the magic power in human body will also have some racial characteristics. This kind of magic power with fixed characteristics is what the undead perceives!
Chapter completed!