Witcher: I Can Extract Everything-Chapter 387 - Magic

“Our tribesmen have never given up on the idea of migrating. From the day we lived here, from the day the Nightmares attacked the tribe.”

“Over the past two hundred years, we have initiated countless migrations, almost every few decades. The most recent migrations happened ten years ago, and many of our tribesmen have experienced it.”

“But no matter where we move, those Nightmares will never let us go. Mountains, lakes, grasslands, they will find us anywhere and attack us. Without the help of the magic arrays, our tribesmen outside have no ability to resist them.”

Heath raised his eyebrows. “They will find you every time? Is it always like this?”

Shaman Kerza nodded. “Yes, every time.”

Hearing Kerza’s description, Heath could not help but be puzzled. From Kerza’s description, it seemed that these Nightmares were specifically aimed at them, the Underground Gnome tribe. Thinking about it carefully… He had never heard of these Nightmares attacking other creatures in the forest?

Heath asked, “Do these Nightmares attack other animals before? Other creatures in the forest?”

Kerza thought for a while and said, “Attack other creatures? This… I’m sorry, Sir Wizard. We don’t know about this. After all, we never go out to look for the Nightmares. But as far as I know, it shouldn’t be. I’ve never heard of other creatures in the forest being attacked by the Nightmares.”

Heath touched his chin. “That’s strange.”

He continued to ask, “Then how often do the Nightmares attack you?”

Kerza replied, “We can’t be sure at this time, Sir Wizard. Sometimes, we’ll be attacked by them in ten days or half a month, but sometimes, it won’t come for months or even

years.”

“I remember the longest time was more than two years ago. At that time, our clansmen all thought that they had disappeared, but then they still appeared, and we suffered heavy losses because we weren’t prepared.” “Is that so…” Heath was puzzled.

He continued to ask, “I’ve heard before that the number of Nightmares that attack you is always uncertain. Sometimes it’s more, sometimes it’s less. Is that true?”

Kerza nodded. “Yes, the number of Nightmares that attack us are not fixed, but usually there are only two or three of them. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to hold on for so many years. For example, this attack of eight Nightmares has never happened before. I don’t know what happened.”

Heath was puzzled. “Never? Then how many Nightmares have attacked you before?”

Kerza thought for a moment and said, “There were six Nightmares before this, but that was fifty years ago. At that time, I was still a child. I still remember that nightmare vividly. Most of our clansmen died, including my father, and I became a Shaman after that.”

Heath asked with a strange expression, “Six Nightmares? How did you manage to block them?”

According to Heath’s observation, these Underground Gnomes were very weak and were not much different from ordinary humans. Although this Shaman Kerza seemed to be able to use some kind of magic that was comparable to the power of a rule-type spell… his energy was too small. Basically, he entered a weakened state after using that spell.

According to Heath, with their strength, they could deal with one or two Nightmares. If they were forced to, they could only deal with three or four at most. Reaching five was already the limit. If there were more than six, it would be impossible to block them. Heath even thought that four or five Nightmares could completely slaughter them.

Shaman Kerza said, “I understand your surprise, Sir Wizard. In fact, I also thought that we were dead. The Nightmares had already broken through the magic array, rushed into our camp, and began to slaughter our tribe.” “But please believe me, our tribe was much stronger than it is now. My father was also a Shaman, but the power he could use was much stronger than mine.”

After a pause, he added, “But we were still defeated at that time. The Nightmares rushed in…”

“But just as I and most of my clansmen thought that we were dead, something strange happened. After the massacre, the Nightmares suddenly fell to the ground one by one. It was very sudden, as if they suddenly died. Their bodies melted and rotted, and we survived because of it.”

Heath was stunned. “They suddenly fell?”

Kerza said with certainty, “Yes. At that time, they had already rushed into our camp and started to slaughter our comrades. I used to have two brothers, but now I’m alone. Those two brothers were sacrificed at that time.”

“At that time, I thought that I, too, would return to the embrace of my ancestors. But at this critical moment, the Nightmares fell. This matter is still fresh in my memory, and I will never forget it for the rest of my life.”

After a pause, Kerza continued, “However, I heard from my elders that this is not the first time such a thing has happened.”

Heath asked in puzzlement, “Not the first time?”

Kerza nodded and said, “Yes, there have been a few times when our tribesmen were unable to resist the Nightmares, and when the Nightmares invaded the tribe, those few times were also when our tribe was on the brink of death.”

Heath was surprised and said, “Could it be that the Nightmares fell at the critical moment every time?”

Kerza nodded and said, “Yes, Sir Wizard. I heard the elders talking about it. The reason why we were able to defeat the Nightmares was because the Nightmares fell by themselves in the end.”

Heath rubbed his chin suspiciously.

Every once in a while, they would launch an attack on the Underground Gnome’s tribe. No matter where the Underground Gnomes escaped to, they would chase them relentlessly until they were destroyed.

However, if they really could not resist and let them attack, would they fall to the ground and die before the Underground Gnomes were annihilated? ‘What kind of logic is this?’ Heath could not figure it out for a while. He had a feeling that this thing was strange.

Seeing that Heath’s expression was a little strange, Kerza could not help but ask, “Is there a problem, Sir Wizard?”

Heath thought for a moment and finally shook his head. “It’s nothing. I’m just curious about these Nightmares.” He still did not understand anything. He would first go back and dissect the Nightmare to see what was going on. Perhaps after an experiment, he would be able to find the answer. Even if it could not be done in one go, at least there would be more clues.

Kerza said, “Okay. If Sir Wizard has anything else you want to know, you can find someone to ask me at any time. As long as I know something, I will tell you.” Heath nodded. “Okay.”

After saying goodbye to Kerza, Heath returned to his cabin. After a busy night, it was indeed time for him to have a good rest.

He first put in a pool of hot water —

The magic cabin looked like an ordinary wooden cabin from the outside, but in fact, the interior was embedded with multiple layers of spatial magic. With the support of multi-circulation spatial magic… the actual use of the internal space was determined by the Wizards’ own financial resources and strength. If the financial resources were enough to bear the materials and their own strength was strong enough, it could even be magnified to an unimaginable degree.

For example, the magic cabin that Heath used was embedded with six spatial magic arrays. In order to create six rooms, they were the bedroom, bathroom, living room, bathroom, laboratory, and meditation room.

The bathroom was built by Heath according to the royal palaces of the secular world and the bathroom in a luxurious manor. The entire bathroom was as wide as a basketball court. Half of the central area was dug into a pool by Heath, which was equivalent to a swimming

pool.

In the pool, Heath had also carefully set up a magic array. Take the water in the pool as an example, the water was created by a complex water magic array. This magic array could create water when Heath needed it. Of course, the Wizard World followed the conservation of energy. Even Wizards could not create water out of thin air. This pool of water cost one Magic Stone.

However, to the current Heath, a Magic Stone was nothing. It was no different from a copper coin in the eyes of a king. Every time he took a bath, he would exchange it for water. Heath felt that it was worth it.

In addition, Heath had set up a fire magic array on the magic array below. The use of this magic array was self-evident. It was used to Heat Heath’s water. Other than that, it could maintain the temperature that Heath wanted at all times. The price was higher than the previous water magic array. It required two Magic Stones to use at one time, but similarly… in front of a king, one copper coin was no different from two copper coins. It was the same for Heath. One Magic Stone and two Magic Stones were just a drop in the bucket.

Splash! The clear sound of flowing water could be heard.

Heath walked into the pool. Then, he clapped his hands lightly, making a clear ‘patter’ sound.

Accompanied by his applause, the pool water in the pool suddenly rolled up one after another water tornadoes. These water tornadoes quickly transformed into graceful girls in the air.

These transparent, light blue girls were very suitable for the sentence that women were all made of water. They were pure water girls.

Splash! The formed maidens did not say a word. They walked towards Heath and surrounded him. Then, they took out a towel or simply stretched out their hands to rub Heath’s back and bathe him.

Yes, these maidens were also from a magic array that Heath had set up in advance. The name of this magic array was called the Water Maidens, and its function was just like this… It could summon a few girls that were completely formed from water elements to assist him. Of course, this spell was modified by Heath. Its original form was actually water element summoning, which was a common battle spell used by water Wizards. It could summon water elements to assist them in battle.

According to the template of this spell, Heath added a part of the model of the activation spell on it. In the end, the water element that could only be used for battle was transformed into a servant that could give him a bath and massage his back. However, using the appearance of the water element as a servant was really too strange, so Heath spent a lot of effort on the appearance of the water element later on, transforming them into the image of a maid. Thus, the current spell was formed.

Lying comfortably by the side of the pool, Heath let the water-shaped girls stretch his muscles and bones for him. Then, he took out some exquisite food from his dimensional pocket. Using magic, he let them float on the surface of the water and surround himself.

While enjoying the bathing of the girls, he ate delicious food and drank fine wine. This feeling was really comfortable. The tiredness from the battle seemed to have been swept away in an instant.

“Ya ya ya! Your life is quite comfortable, isn’t it?” At this moment, a teasing voice sounded. Then, a grayish-brown fog rose from the ring on Heath’s finger. Soon, Nina, who was wearing a red dress, flew out from the fog.

She sat on the surface of the water, swaying her long and fair legs. She picked up a Red Heart Fruit that was floating in front of Heath and began to eat it. While eating, she couldn’t help but tease, “Don’t you only know how to immerse yourself in cultivation? Since when did you know how to enjoy life?”

What Nina said was the truth. In Heath’s daily life, he basically practiced, experimented, read books, practiced swordsmanship, and practiced… The cycle repeated itself, like a circular machine that would not stop. He basically never went out to participate in entertainment or do some things to enjoy life. It was even rarer for him to relax like this.

Heath replied casually, “It’s nothing. I’m just tired and want to rest for a while.”

In fact, Nina was overthinking it. Heath usually portrayed himself as an ascetic, but that did not mean that he had masochism.

Usually, ascetic training was simply because he could find pleasure in ascetic training. Whether it was training, reading, or experimenting, when he was doing these activities and obtaining strength, knowledge, and success from these activities, his heart would become abnormally excited, and the fatigue that was originally caused by boredom would be swept away.

He enjoyed that feeling very much, which was why he constantly indulged in these projects. Over time, to outsiders, Heath was like a magic madman who did not live in the mortal world and only knew magic.

In fact, Heath knew how to enjoy life very well. In the past, when he was on Earth, he would not mistreat himself. Now that he had magic, which was a more convenient item, of course, he knew how to use them rationally to help his life.

Of course, he would not say these words to Nina.

In the face of Nina’s teasing, he did not continue the topic, but asked in return, “What’s wrong? Why are you awake?”