Chapter 290 - Problem in the Dragon Valley Too (2/2)

“Understood.” Nana immediately started looking left and right vigilantly.

Link found a comfortable position and closed his eyes. He summoned the flame spell books in his vision and began reading. After studying them for five or six days, he had a general understanding of the three books.

The first one, Essence of the Flame, was purely theoretical. The second, Flame and Purification, was about specific application techniques. The third, Slayer of Demons, introduced an abnormally advanced flame spell.

The spell was a bit odd. From the surface, it was a Level-8 spell, but it involved some power of the flame laws. In reality, it was a semi-Legendary spell!

Another name for a Legendary spell was a law spell.

The more advanced a Legendary spell was, the deeper the understanding and grasp of the world’s laws were. The Legendary Pinnacle represented that a Magician’s understanding of a type of law had reached the Heavenly Realm.

At this time, titles such as dominator or lord would be added. For example, the Storm Lord from the prehistoric times had an unbelievable understanding of the wind laws.

Of these three flame spell books, Link thought, the third is a spell, the second is supreme magic skills, and the first is a theory outline…The theory is too long, and the skills require a specific spell to bear it. I’ll start with the Slayer of Demons then!

Link changed the order of his research and started scanning the Slayer of Demons first. The first page had a specific introduction to the spell.

Demon Slayer

Level-8 Flame Law Spell

Basic cost: 50 Mana Points per second

Battle cost: Number of attack points* 400

Effect: Summons a 300-foot-long flame whip with both fire and solid characteristics. Within 300 feet, this flame whip can change shape at the thought of the summoner. When it shakes, each wave is a point of attack. The stronger the user is, the more attack points there are.

(Note: this spell can be so powerful it makes the enemy fall into despair, but it can also turn into a joke.)

The spell’s description was complicated. Link thought for a while, and the specific appearance of the Demon Slayer spell appeared in his mind.

It was a long whip made of fire. Strength spread through the whip, and it was shaken into an S-shape. The peaks and troughs of the waves were the strongest points. It had the attack power of a Level-8 spell.

Theoretically, a long whip could have countless attack points from a shake. Of course, this was impossible because then the Mana cost would be terrifying. Link’s Mana had increased to 8500 points, but if each attack point was 400 Mana points, he only had enough for 20 attacks.

However, 20 Level-8 attacks was already very imposing. If he added various supreme magic skills, this spell could become undefeatable by spells of the same level!

Even more tempting was that this spell didn’t require summoning flame elements. Its power came from a certain flame law. This bypassed the restrictions of Elemental Rejection.

Then let’s start learning. Link focused and began reading seriously.

A Level-8 spell was very advanced, but it wasn’t hard to understand with Link’s current attainment in magic. When he ran into something he truly didn’t understand, he would look for the answer in the Essence of the Flame. He used each as reference and confirmation for the other.

Time flew by as he was deeply focused.

After a while, Link suddenly realized that Felina was descending and he snapped back into reality. “What, we’re here…Oh, you’re resting?”

“We aren’t even one-third the way there. You’ve rested, but I’m exhausted.” There was some resentment in Felina’s voice. She had just recovered from a serious injury. Now, someone’s sleeping on her back while she had to cross the entire mainland. The difference in treatment was too big.

There was a boundless grassland below them. It was the Golden Plains in the western part of the mainland. There were apparently many Beastmen here, but Link hadn’t seen any sign of them nearby.

From the distance, the grassland had a clear view and was very safe. After landing, Felina rested for half a day before setting off again.

During that time, Link took out his book to read. When he returned to Felina’s back, he continued resting with his eyes closed but was actually studying the book in his vision.

They flew and stopped. By the time of the third rest, it was the evening of the second day. “We’re already at the Colorado Mountain Range,” Felina said. “The Red Dragon Valley is in these mountains, and we have around 300 miles left. This time, I must rest longer because there might be dangers during the rest of the journey.”

“Alright.” Link nodded and took out a book again. He was halfway done with it. Though there was still a long way to go to grasp the Demon Slayer spell, he had learned much and found it interesting to read.

The two rested in a low cave away from the wind. Link took out the travel blankets that Celine had prepared for him. He gave one to Felina and used one himself.

Felina was clearly exhausted. She wrapped the blanket around herself and fell asleep quickly. Link continued reading while Nana knelt at the entrance. She grasped her short sword and maintained alert.

At midnight, Link was tired too. He ate some dry food and prepared to rest. Just then, Nana moved and whispered, “Master, there are footsteps.”

Link heard them too. The footsteps were light and steady. The person was probably a passerby who hadn’t noticed them. “We’ll see,” he whispered.

This was the barren Colorado Mountain Range at midnight. Appearing here at this time was most likely for a reason. They must be cautious.