Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

Looking at the backs of Faras and Alina hurriedly leaving, Ryan grabbed Reid's hand and said, "Okay, you will be hiding for half a year, right? Let's go, let's drink."

Reid smiled and said, "Don't worry, I may not be as good as you when it comes to fighting, but you are definitely not as good as me when you drink."

"Haha, Reid, are you too humble, right?" Ryan walked with Reid, while deliberately joking with him: "You have been working hard for so long, so it's not for, uh, to lose weight?"

"What!" Reid jumped up and shouted angrily: "Who is it? Who is slandering me behind your back? Damn, it must be Alina! A handsome man like me, no matter in terms of temperament or body. It can be regarded as the standard among men, men among men! Do I need to lose weight? Do I need it? Alina, you little girl, you are jealous, yes, you are jealous of me! I curse you to be breastless and grow up No man can be found afterwards!"

Ryan shrugged his shoulders. Reid naturally understood that he had guessed the answer correctly. He cursed a few more fiercely, and then whispered to Ryan, "Well, I just talked about it casually. Don't tell Alina. Otherwise she will definitely cause more trouble."

On the street, Alina, who was sitting in the carriage with Faras, shuddered suddenly, and whispered: "Damn it, who is talking about me behind your back?"

Ryan and Reid came to Luke's study, and a servant greeted him quickly. Reid was quite familiar with this place. He said with a grin, "Bordeaux, the best kind." The servant certainly recognized Reid, but he still looked at Ryan first, and then retired respectfully after seeing Ryan nodding.Soon, a bottle of Bordeaux wine with a history of more than 170 years was brought up.When Reid saw the bottle of Bordeaux, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if a wind wolf who had been hungry for a few days saw delicious food.

"Not bad!" Reid said admiringly: "I remember this grade of Bordeaux is basically only available in Chad's cellar."

"Yes." Ryan said, "but it belongs to Luke now."

Reid didn't say much, he poured half a glass into the wine glass in front of him, then lifted the crystal wine glass from below with three fingers, shook it gently, and then used his nose to sniff the deposit from it for nearly 200 years. The taste exudes from the liquor.

Ryan pulled over a chair and sat directly on it, just as he watched Reid quietly smelling the scent of Bordeaux with all his face.After a while, Reid raised his neck contentedly and drank the half glass of Bordeaux.

"It's really good." Reid whispered his tongue in his mouth, and said vaguely: "The days of penance are really not people's lives."

Ryan was a little curious, so he asked, "What the hell is this penance?"

Reid said to Ryan with a full face of vicissitudes: "It's very simple, that is, you continue to abuse yourself, and then satisfy the high gods. If you do this, you will be given greater strength."

Ryan saw that Reid was so embarrassed and couldn’t help but feel amused. He could already believe what Reid’s life was like during this period of ascetic practice, otherwise this very pious pastor in his bones would not say so unpleasant. if.

Reid sighed and said to Ryan, "Ryan, on this continent, there are two types of spellcasters, one is a magician, such as you. The magician improves his own power through meditation and other methods, and then releases the spell. But There is another kind of clergy that can cast spells such as priests, holy knights, etc., such as me and Orlando. Our understanding of power is different from yours. In fact, our power is not really our own power, but God For us."

"Simply put, it means that we have enough piety for the god we believe in, so as a gift, our god will temporarily lend us a small part of his power. For example, I release a sacred shield, this magic It can protect me from the enemy. I will praise the main god I believe in in my heart, and then pray for him to give me this kind of power. Therefore, the more devout priest, the faster the spellcasting speed will naturally increase the power."

"Penciful practice is to use the simplest way of life to get rid of the endless desires in the world. In this way, you can reduce the distracting thoughts in your heart, so that you can believe in our Lord God more religiously and gain more powerful power. ."

"God's power? Is there really such a power?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Of course there is. For example, my teacher, Master Ybel, can release the most powerful magic "big prophecy" on this continent! Well, it should be said to be the most powerful in theory. No matter how powerful a mortal is, it is for the gods. They are all incomparably small, and this magic uses the power of God to modify the laws of the world."

"law?"

"Oh, you don't know."

"Hey, Reid, tell me quickly."

"Okay, but it's a long story."

"No problem, we have time now, don't we?" Ryan said as he filled the glass in front of Reid with wine.

Reid picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and slowly said: "Air, flames, running water, and the earth are the power of the elements, and magicians usually use one of these four, such as your fireball technique. ."

Ryan nodded and said nothing.

Reid continued: "But these powers are not the original power. There are also the power of plants we often see, such as entanglement, which uses plants in nature to entangle opponents. There is also fear, which is spiritual. Power...These are not true original powers. They have their own advantages, but they also have fatal weaknesses. For example, life corresponds to death. Fear is derived from spiritual power. It may be effective for living creatures, but for A lifeless undead creature, such as a skeleton warrior, is useless."

"Our pastors use the power of gods, and gods are called gods because they have a source of power, which is'order.' As I mentioned earlier, my teacher’s most powerful magic The'big prophecy' actually uses the power of gods to modify the laws of the world and replace the old order with a new order."

"Order? What is that. Can you tell me more in detail?"

"Of course." Reid continued to explain: "All powers must have two states, orderly or disorderly. For example, the fire element floating around us is actually non-order for magicians who don't cast spells. Yes, and when you use magic spells to bring them together, you are using your power to replace their original order with a new order, so the fireball technique was born."

"Ah! According to what you said, we are all gods."

"Uh, of course not." Reid said hurriedly, "but you must be aware that you don't really have the power of order. For example, in a small town, the daily life of its residents is disorderly as a whole. Yes, some farming, some hunting, some weaving, and some may be idle. But as individuals, they are all observing their own order, for example, they have to use various methods to live. Power is nothing more than the temporary ruler here. You enlist them into the army by casting spells and command them to fight, so that their own order will be changed. But no matter how powerful your power is, it cannot change that we humans must eat, Resting is even the instinct of reproducing children. In fact, this instinct is also an order."

"Then what's the big prophecy?"

"The caster of this magic sets its own rules, such as depriving the subject of the power of the subject, driving out intruders who do not belong to this plane, etc. Put it this way, the power of order is divided into many levels, and the magician may be able to use it. The lowest level is to enlist a group of people into the army, and my teacher can use the intermediate power through the'big prophecy', and only the god can use the highest power."

"It's complicated!" Ryan shook his head and said, "It's okay if you don't say so, how come I feel that my head is almost dizzy. I still don't understand the power of this order."

"Of course!" Reid poured himself another glass of Bordeaux and drank it all in one go.After doing this, Reid said quietly: "Dear Lane, if you fully understand and master this original power, you will be a god."

Ryan shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, the more you talk about it, the more confused I will be. Let's not ask this question again. Let's change the topic. This time we asked the Bright Church for help. How many people have come? I just forgot. I asked, have others arranged a place to live? Are there any special requirements?"

When Ryan mentioned this, Reid's face slowly changed, turning a little red, as if he was drunk.Ryan noticed this change in Reid, and joked: "You have been suffering for more than half a year, and the amount of alcohol will not even decrease, right? I remember that you and Oz were able to drink a few bottles in one breath. of."

"Ryan, I'm sorry." Reid suddenly spoke in a low tone.

Ryan was a little strange, he asked Reid, "What's wrong?"

Reid sorted out his thoughts and explained to Ryan: "Actually, the Church of Illumination didn't send anyone here. I'm here as an individual."

"How could this be?"

"'Great prophecy' is a powerful force, a force beyond this plane. There will be gains and losses. This magic will have some negative effects on the caster."

"But, Reid. This matter and..."

"Please listen to me, Ryan."

"Well, you say."

"My teacher is very old, and his body is naturally not as good as when he was young. He has used this forbidden power more than once in the last few years. In the last coronation ceremony of Fernando XIII, in order to deal with that After the Frost Bone Dragon at the Gate of Time and Space, my teacher reluctantly used this magic again. The consequence was that he could not afford to be ill. Now his body is extremely weak.