Chapter 246 (1/2)
Chapter 246: Spatial Magicians Are All Monsters
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After the conference, Link politely rejected Anthony’s invitation. He prepared to return directly to his territory and find Vance. He needed Vance’s help if he wanted to repair Nana.
Coming out of the Heaven’s Thorn, Link began thinking of how to repair Nana.
He had dealt with Nana before and was certain about this magic puppet’s strength. She was extremely fast and had almost 700 years of battle experience. She reacted quickly and was exceedingly sensitive to enemies’ weaknesses. Her body was strong; basic elemental magic was mostly ineffective on her. Bottom line, she was practically a perfect soldier.
Link thought for the entire way but could not think of any areas to fix. Vance had spent twenty years creating this magic puppet, and it definitely couldn’t be underestimated.
That simplified things. Since he couldn’t fix it, he would just strengthen it, pushing Nana’s limits as far as he could.
She was fast, wasn’t she? Then he’d make her even faster!
She couldn’t turn at her max speed, right? Then he’d think of a way to make her turn!
She wasn’t sturdy enough and was destroyed by the Divine Gear, right? Then he’d make her even stronger!
Following this train of thought, countless ideas immediately appeared in Link’s mind. The magic knowledge he had learned recently popped up like bubbles. They combined, burst, and combined again, creating various crazy and unique ideas.
“Yes, I’ll hurry back and recreate Nana!” Link was excited now. He sped up and went towards the stable of the East Cove Magic Academy.
Halfway there, a voice suddenly sounded behind him, “Mr. Link, wait for me.”
The voice was crisp like marbles rolling on a plate. This unique and beautiful voice belonged to the Elf Princess Milda.
Link slowed down. He turned to see Milda jog over alone. Probably due to the running, her translucent cheeks were now pinkish. She was as beautiful as a painting.
“How may I help you?” Link was confused. He hadn’t really interacted with the princess yet.
Milda reached Link’s side. She exhaled deeply and adjusted her breathing. She quickly recovered her ladylike composure and smiled, saying, “I’m here because of the spatial magic spell you just used. The spell is very unique. From what I know, there are no books about spatial magic in the East Cove Magic Academy. Where did you get the knowledge?”
Link continued walking towards the horse stable. Rather than keeping it a secret, he admitted, “The academy doesn’t have any, but I’ve been deducing a spatial thesis for a year. I’ve had some results recently. The spatial magic spell is one of them.”
Milda followed Link. Hearing this, she was shocked. “So you created the spell yourself?”
In the field of magic, improving spells and acquiring super spell techniques was already very difficult. Creating spells was even harder. If he was able to create an obscure spatial magic spell, it was a bit frightening.
This meant he had a shocking amount of magical insight. This man had surpassed countless Magicians!
Milda was forced to admit that this young man truly had a special characteristic. “Can I see your thesis?” She was curious about the thesis Link was deducing.
“Now?” Link glanced at the stable in the near distance. “I’m preparing to return to my territory. Now might not be the time.”
“Oh…” Milda glanced at the stable as well. She wanted to use her status as a princess to make Link stay here longer. However, she remembered that this wasn’t the Isle of Dawn and Link wasn’t her citizen. If she used her status but Link ignored her, she would be embarrassed.
Thinking more, Milda said, “Wait for half an hour, alright?”
“Fine.” Link nodded. Half an hour was not long.
Milda lifted her skirt and jogged back. After around twenty minutes, she returned. There were two High Elf Magicians; one of them was Morrowson.
Running back and forth, Milda’s face was even redder now and sweat beaded on her forehead. Panting, she said, “Let’s go. I’m returning to the Isle of Dawn. I heard that there’s a port on your territory, so I’ll just go from there.”
At the moment, she was so beautiful that Link had to lower his eyes. He nodded. “I’m honored.”
The two High Elf Magicians, Milda, and Link arrived at the stable where Link found a large carriage. There was a small table inside. It was usually up against the wall and could be flipped down when needed.
After the four settled in, Milda flipped the table down and reached out her slender hands at Link. “Where’s your thesis? Show me.” Worried that Link would be unwilling, she added, “I won’t read it for free. I heard from your dean that you want to repair your magic puppet. I have The Heart of a Puppet written by a Level-9 Master Magician. How about we trade?”
As she spoke, she pulled the book out. Link flipped through it and was captivated.
Earlier, he had read the magic puppet material Vance gave him when he had time and was mostly done with it all. There were only some details he needed to purify. This book before him explored an entirely different train of thought. He only looked at a few pages, but Link could already sense the author’s unique intelligence.
“This is a very good book,” Link praised. He took out the spatial thesis from his dimensional storage gear.
The thesis was no longer the few pages it once was. Now, it was at least one hundred sheets of intuitive breakthroughs, most of it containing Link’s own symbols, markings, and various changes. It was extremely complicated, but it was Link’s simplified version. If he wanted to write each deduction step in detail, it would probably be 300 pages.
Of course, Link would never do that. He had already written the critical steps. Those who could understand would naturally understand. Those who couldn’t…probably had no talent for spatial magic to begin with.
After handing over the thesis, Link started focusing on The Heart of the Puppet. Milda opened the thesis and started reading with her two Magicians.
The carriage fell silent. The only sounds were the clacking of hooves and wheels.
After around half an hour, Link had completely immersed himself in the wisdom of The Heart of the Puppet. The three High Elves, however, had knitted brows and painful expressions. They seemed to be enduring the world’s cruelest torture.
The Magician whose name Link didn’t know had already given up. He started looking at the scenery outside the window. Compared to the obscure and incomprehensible thesis, the scenery was much more enjoyable. At least his head wouldn’t burst.
Milda and Morrowson were still at it. Using the symbol index Link had made, they studied the thesis bit by bit.
It was pretty simple in the beginning. They felt comfortable, but this easiness only lasted around ten minutes. Ten minutes later, the content had entered a purely rational territory. What did that mean? It meant that it was logical, but many conclusions were completely opposite of the common knowledge that one received by perceiving the world. (See the Theory of Relativity.)
As Level-7 Magicians, Milda and Morrowson could understand purely rational theories. But there were so many changes and Mana equations—how could someone deduce this?
The logic in this was incomprehensible!
After struggling for half an hour, Milda gave up. As a Level-7 Magician, she could sense the deep wisdom in this thesis, but it made her head hurt. She felt like she would die if she kept reading.
She checked her progress; she’d only read a portion, around twenty pages. There was still a lot more left, but Milda did not have the courage to look.
Only Morrowson was still persevering. He had been humiliated by Link once and was still upset over it.
He thought, It’s just spatial magic, isn’t it? The thesis is right here, and we’re all Magicians. You can write a thesis; you’re skilled. I can’t but does that mean I can’t read it?