Chapter 78 Magic
John's 'den' is a sewer that has been abandoned for a long time.
In the Eagle Country, there are many such sewers, and the sewers in some cities are extremely large, like a huge maze immersed deep underground in the city. As it happens, John's lair is located in a hidden sewer in Hell's Kitchen. middle.
It was a corner of a huge sewer, connected to a private air-raid shelter built during World War II. Not far away, it was even connected to a subway passage that had long since become ruins.
And John's lair was this air raid shelter. The original owner and builder here was none other than John himself. He had done a lot of evil things in his early years and provoked a lot of enemies. So at that time, He spent a lot of money and connections to secretly build safe houses in many places.
This air-raid shelter is one of his safe houses. At the same time, it is also a place where he secretly practices magic. He can learn knowledge from different dimensions in this place without anyone disturbing him.
Walking into the air-raid shelter, Zhang Yi instantly saw all kinds of strange symbols written in blood on the walls. The symbols were all kinds of strange and irregular, and some even looked like patterns scrawled by someone.
Seemingly sensing Zhang Yi's curiosity, John explained like an old servant. "These symbols have powerful power and can support a barrier to prevent other wizards from spying on the existence here. As you know, I have been anonymous for many years and don't want to be disturbed by others."
As everyone entered, the lamps on the wall lit up one by one, as if they were infrared lights. But when Zhang Yi glanced over, he found that there were ordinary candle lampstands on the wall.
The flames on those candles were suddenly lit without anyone touching them, and Zhang Yi didn't see any shadow of technology on the candle lampstand at all. It can be seen that this must be the legendary magic.
"These flames are energy from other dimensions. The candle is just a medium. After I return here, the magic channel here will be connected, so it will be ignited spontaneously." John only feels like a Tour guide with tourists.
Looking along the direction illuminated by candles, a building similar to an altar appeared in front of Zhang Yi and others. On the ground, there were even huge magic circles drawn with blood. On the ground, some looked old. Incomparable books are scattered all over the floor, extending to the bookcase in the corner.
Looking at the darkness hidden under the city, Zhang Yi's expression was a bit joyful. Look at this bloody and scary environment, as well as the disgusting smell in the air, this looks a bit like forbidden magic!
"How should we start?" Zhang Yi asked casually.
"Uh." John was stunned for a moment after hearing this, as if he didn't expect the other party to be so anxious. Then he pondered for a moment and asked tentatively. "You, what do you want to learn?"
"Anything is fine. I actually know nothing about magic, but I am very yearning for the magical world, so you have to be responsible for teaching me how to use magic." Zhang Yi said lightly.
"Okay, I'll try my best." John smiled submissively on the surface, but in his heart he scolded Zhang Yi countless times.
John quickly thought about his knowledge about magic and said quickly. "Since this is your first time coming into contact with magic, I think we can start with the basics of magic, what do you think?"
"Yeah." Zhang Yi found a place to sit down and nodded in response.
Seeing this, the old vampire quickly took a few deep breaths and began to look for a teacher. After a while, after sorting out his words, John began to tell.
"Magic, explained in the simplest language, is actually a way of converting energy. Just like science has various laws and rules, magic also has its own set of rules.
Wizards like us who use magic actually use special methods to extract energy from other things, and then convert it into other energy to release the corresponding magic. This is the underlying rule of magic and the most basic one. Basic rules. "
Listening to John's story, Zhang Yi suddenly had a thought in his mind. If he could use magic to convert energy, could he use his own power to charge the time controller?
Not noticing Zhang Yi's distraction, John continued to talk. "The original source of magic comes from the ancient gods of the earth. However, in other corners of the universe, there are also magical abilities passed down by other ancient gods, but most of them have been lost and impenetrable. At present, we still focus on earth magic. "
"The white magic on earth originated from Emperor Weishan, who was the legendary first life on earth and the three ancient gods, namely Ohit, Hogos and Agamotto, while the black magic came from Regarding another ancient god, Sonn, it is said that he is the creator of all dark creatures, but many people within the Vampire clan do not admit this."
"There is actually not much difference between white magic and black magic. They both convert energy by different means, but the magic they release is completely different. One of them is good at defense and the other is good at offense. However, most wizards today are It’s mainly about studying black magic.”
"There are many ways to cast magic, but the most basic one is the conversion of energy. If there is no strong energy as a supply, then the corresponding consequences after releasing the magic will befall the caster. In this case In this state, it is common to lose arms and legs, and some may even lose their lives.”
Zhang Yi listened calmly. For him, this knowledge was beyond his reach under normal circumstances. Pietro and Carla also stood quietly aside. They were also quite curious about these magical magics.
John's voice was the only voice in the entire lair, constantly telling some common sense about magic.
"If you want to cast magic without hurting yourself, then the wizard must master the ability to transfer the damage to other things, or directly extract other powerful energy to cast magic, and transfer the damage to other things. They are directly proportional to energy consumption and cancel each other out.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yi spoke thoughtfully. "So if I want to learn magic, then I first have to deflect the damage caused by magic, or use other powerful energy to offset the damage caused by releasing magic, right?"
"Yes." John nodded and said slowly.
"Some wizards will sign contracts with lords from other dimensions to release extremely powerful magic, but they will eventually become the lackeys of those powerful beings. However, vampire wizards like me usually use sacrifices. Casting spells, and sometimes stealing energy from other dimensions.”
Zhang Ye thought for a moment and then stood up.
"In that case, show it to me."