Chapter 30 (1/2)

”When this book has lost its value for you, please give it to someone in need of it The truth must be preserved”

That was the first sentence Benjae As expected, the content after that was the inated It was another version of Cain and Abel’s story

In this story, there was no devil There was only the God of Magic and the God of Light They blessed two ic and divine arts The antagonist in this story was the perilous environical beasts Cain and Abel cleared the wastelands and led the human race to build a place that they could call their home

However, as stories go, good ti The brothers had a conflict over the sacrificial cereetables, so Cain insisted that all sacrifices should be grains and vegetables On the other hand, the God of Light preferred cows and lambs, so Abel wanted all sacrifices to be likewise The followers of both parties had increasing clashes too One day, the brothers finally broke apart, and they had a battle in a valley

When the battle reached its cliht descended froic made themselves known They were saddened by the fratricidal behaviors of the humans, and thus killed Cain and Abel with the divine punishment They declared that they would never step foot on this land ever again, which hy the land was called ‘the Abandoned Land of Gods’, the battlefield named ‘The Abandoned Valley of Gods’

Lost without their leader, Cain and Abel’s followers fought with each other, fueled by their long-constrained resentreat war Abel’s folloereover the support of the people They built the church and expanded on the land; Cain’s followers gradually became isolated, and was disether Hence, the church took the advantage and started a es Finally, the land became what it is today

After he finished the es’ story, Benjamin felt that this version was more objective than the church’s version It did not contain any discredits to the opposing faction too However, the Rasho as someone was involved in the story, his narrative will never be totally objective Therefore, he finished the story with the spirit of investigation and query

At thisin this end

This Bible was not thick, and it used up half of its pages to illustrate the story Benjaic would be Thankfully, Benjah the pages: Fireball Spell, the Water of Life, the Land Subsidence Spell… A the Binding Spell

These spells ritten phonetically using sioodto the pronunciations If it was not for the detailed analysis of the pronunciations of the spell under the transcriptions, Benjamin would be very suspicious of the accuracy of the spells Additionally, as Benjamin knew the incantations of the Waterball Spell and the Binding Spell, he inferred that he would be able to grasp the pronunciations of the other spells withoutany mistakes

The rest of the book was all used to introduce these spells one by one There were more than 50 spells introduced, and theto the explanation of ic, easy to master but has no actual threat Some could even be symbolized with chicken ribs - tasteless but a waste to throay Facewashi+ng Spell? Face Moisturizing Spell? Did the person who invented these spells work for Watsons in their past lives?

Benjamin was quite disappointed

He had hoped that the book would explain soic theories to him, or maybe tell him the purpose of the space of his consciousness, or detail the eley and the others The result? This book only kne to stuff spells down his throat

He did not her expectations

He was slightly worried too What if under the long period of suppression by the church, the standard of es only kne to e to innovate an advanced y? What can he do then?

If that was really the case, he would be the bellwether in the field of ical theory

After a brief period of disappointment, Mr Bellwether decided to retain his spirit of academic pursuit He went into the space of his consciousness, and started experi the 50+ spells he just learnt

He started with the spells that had no relations with ‘water’ One by one he chanted: Fireball Spell, Nue Spell… The results were the sa force was felt fro particles started to protest, as if they were saying, ”The one you’re chanting is my enemy! Shut up, or else I’ll choke you to death!”

He was left with no choice but to pick a Water Barrier Spell, and chanted after confir the pronunciations and focused all of his attention A wave propagated from his body

The surrounding water particles stirred and slowly had a tendency to gather However, when the particles were halfway through the gathering process, Benjay wave dissipated and the water particles stopped gathering

The spell failed

Benjaoing on with this spell Therefore, he repeatedly summoned the water barrier, and he finally succeeded after more than 10 failures

It was a stea thin membrane that enveloped hi as if his heart and ile, and could not help but poke at it with his finger

The bubble popped as it burst

daile…