The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 652 - 0649: Touching the Magic Web (First Update)

Chapter 652: Chapter 0649: Touching the Magic Web (First Update)

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“Magic Web?”

Clutching Ach, Liszt’s eyes lit up, his prior worries instantly dissipated, leaving only surprise, “Touching the Magic Web, has Ach reached the Magic Web under the stimulation of the Mermaid’s Tear? Previously, Jonas Glaux mentioned that for a Grand Magician to advance to an Archmage, one must touch the Magic Web!”

It turned out that there was no hidden hand behind the Smoke Mission, just his own will projection.

Perhaps it was his subconscious hope that Ach could advance to an Archmage that led to the task of the Ruins Map and then obtaining the Mermaid’s Tear.

Thinking of this.

He couldn’t help but reflect with emotion, “I never expected Ach to advance to an Archmage before I succeeded in dragon riding. Strictly speaking, she is just an underage girl… It must be said, Ach’s talent is truly powerful. Iris is a Sea Serpent who has also learned magic, but she only knows a few common spells.”

Brushing the scattered azure blue hair from Ach’s face behind her ear, Liszt continued to deploy the Eye of Magic to observe the magic power within Ach’s body.

The phenomenon of exchanging magic power invisibly seemed as if a cloud had been lifted to reveal clarity—not exchanging with free-floating magic power, but connecting with that unknown Magic Web, continuously engaging in the exchange of magic power within it.

“Looking at it this way, the source of an Archmage’s magic power is no longer derived from absorbing free-floating magic in the environment, but directly from the Magic Web. Does this mean that even on the battlefield, an Archmage can still rely on the Magic Web’s power to unleash powerful spells?”

If this is truly the case, the status of magicians would instantly elevate to a terrifying extent.

And it is very likely true, as Archmages are reputed to be strong enough to duel dragons, a strength only second to that of Dragon Knights.

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Any warrior profession without a dragon would probably be no match for an Archmage.

According to the cultivation system currently seen in the world by Liszt, knights have dominated everything, with the legacy of ancient warriors and ancient magicians in decline. Only magicians, though slightly weakened, have not declined too much and still form a mainstream cultivation system that is indispensable.

Knights have Dragon Knights, magicians have Archmages, both are peak professions that suppress the era.

“Ach is already stepping toward Archmage, touching the Magic Web just once almost means she has connected with it, and I am also about to succeed in dragon riding… I hope the Bewildering Dragon Mind Fruit will be effective, and manage to bewilder Little Fire Dragon Leo in one go!”

“Chirp.”

The Rainbow Whale Rose was swimming around, providing Liszt with a spell—the Rainbow Breathing Membrane. Ach did not need this magical aid; even unconscious, she could naturally breathe underwater, a kind of instinct. Seeing that she had not awakened for a long time, Liszt first placed her in a shell.

While waiting for her to wake up, he proceeded to continue the work he had not finished before.

The Bone Spade easily dug through the soil.

The mermaid statue nearest to the main seat, the six-armed woman statue, finally revealed its lower body within Liszt’s view—not a human body, but a large, twisted form, somewhat similar to the mermaid’s tail and yet also reminiscent of a giant serpent’s body.

He continued to excavate the next statue, that of a four-armed woman, and after uncovering its lower body, it was a similar combination of serpent and fishtail. The statues of two-armed women were the same.

Next, he moved on to a six-armed monster statue, whose lower body was also the same but featured fierce fish fins. There was no need to dig out the remaining statues; they all shared the same form. He went straight to excavate a statue of Yu Chou, whose lower body resembled a frog’s upright posture.

Looking over these statues, Liszt contemplated for a moment.

Muttering to himself, “These statues somewhat resemble the Naga from games. Might as well call them Naga… Female upper body Nagas will be called Upper Naga, including two-armed, four-armed, six-armed ranks; monster upper body Nagas will be called Lower Naga, also classified as two-armed, four-armed, six-armed ranks.”

Thus.

The race represented behind this Fish Ugly Temple became clear.

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The rulers were Mermaids, the middle power consisted of the Upper Naga and the Lower Naga, and the lowest power was that of the Fish Ugly.

“It’s just unclear whether Mermaids, Naga, and Fish Ugly should be considered the same species. Judging from their biological forms, they should have reproductive isolation. Perhaps this is a multi-racial mixed ocean civilization; the Mermaid race are the rulers, the Upper Naga race are the Nobles, the Lower Naga race are the civilians, and the Fish Ugly race are slaves?”

Unfortunately, besides these statues and that shattered Mermaid’s Tear, there was nothing else in this Fish Ugly Temple, making it impossible to restore its history and the era in which it was built.

“This civilization will still have to rely on me to complete its entry in ‘Dragons Fight in the Wild,'” Liszt shook his head.

The list of works he planned to write was already too long. ‘Dragons Fight in the Wild’ had been put on hold indefinitely. Perhaps when he became the Dragon Domain Landlord one day and his lifespan substantially increased, he might finish this historical epic in his boredom.

Time flowed by, second by second.

Liszt ate some dry food underwater.

When it had become dark outside the Fish Ugly Temple, indicating the arrival of night, he was about to lose his patience. He was ready to take Ach and the shell with him and leave the place. It was at this moment that Ach, who had been sound asleep, suddenly had her Magic Power calm down, and she herself slowly woke up.

“Brother.”

“You’re awake. How do you feel, is there anywhere that’s uncomfortable?”

Ach’s bleary expression quickly returned to normal, her blue eyes becoming even brighter and clearer: “Ach feels very good, brother, I couldn’t feel better right now. Was I asleep all this while? It felt like I had a very long dream, where my thoughts became a beam of Light, frolicking in the sea of Magic Power.”

Liszt asked anxiously, “Was that when you touched the Magic Web?”

Ach reflected carefully and nodded firmly: “Yes, it was the sensation of touching the Magic Web. Brother, Ach now understands why the Magicians of the Moon Empire era declined… With the help of the Magic Array from the Mermaid’s Tear, Ach briefly touched the Magic Web and felt its vastness, but it’s contracting, and only Archmages can reach it.”

“Tell me more about it!”

“Mhm.” Ach began to describe earnestly her experience with the Magic Web.

According to her feelings, the Magic Web was not just a net, indeed it was somewhat like the ‘field’ Liszt had described before, but it still possessed some of the properties of a ‘net’.

This net or field enshrouded the whole world—at least the parts that Ach could sense—it covered every aspect and corner of the world.

“If the Magic Web hadn’t contracted, then every Magician would be a node, able to cast Magic freely with the help of the Magic Web. But because of the contraction, ordinary Magicians have lost the ability of the nodes and can only draw on stray Magic Power; whereas Archmages can still cast Magic with the help of the Magic Web.

“No wonder!” Liszt realized.

A Magician aided by the Magic Web obviously wouldn’t fear a Knight’s charge, but with the Magic Web contracting, ordinary Magicians immediately became useless, and a Knight’s charge would create what is called a Magic-free zone.”

Ach continued: “In Ach’s feelings just now, brother, you were like a mini Magic Web, possessing your own field and net, which is why Knights’ cultivation and combat are not bound by the Magic Web. On the contrary, when a large number of Knights gather, their own Magic Webs resonate with each other, thereby expanding the influence of the Magic Web.”

“So, is the Magic Web still contracting?”

“Yes.”

“Does that mean that Archmages will eventually lose the assistance of the Magic Web?”

“Ach doesn’t know, but given the current rate of contraction of the Magic Web, it will probably abandon the Archmages after several thousand or tens of thousands of years.”

As Ach kept explaining, Liszt gradually developed an intuitive understanding—perhaps the contraction of the Magic Web was like the arrival of an era of declining Magic.