blueteamnovel Chapter 86 Arcane Thoughts
Chapter 86 Arcane Thoughts
The little girl's flying kick rapidly approached the halfling's lower body. Gebu's buttocks tightened, and the horrific scene of the dog-headed man Tutu flashed before his eyes in the slideshow...
"Scutum!"
A blue shield instantly formed around Geb's groin. The little girl kicked the arcane steel plate, bounced back, and burst into tears of pain.
"Ouch!" The little girl lost her footing and was about to fall.
"Watch out!" Gebu quickly reached out to steady her—
He held up that plate of food.
He grabbed the sides of the large plate with both hands, almost tipping it over—Gebu balanced himself twice in mid-air to ensure that not a single drop of milk spilled from the container.
The little girl next to her wasn't so lucky; she fell backward and landed on her bottom. Clutching her swollen toes, tears of grievance streamed down her face, which turned bright red.
"Young lady...you can't always kick people in their vital areas. That's a bad habit."
As Gebu spoke, he picked up a grape from the plate, popped it into his mouth, and chewed as he spoke.
"You're working at a hotel? Not bad, not bad, you're supporting yourself... But you have to be careful, if you spill this plate of food, two days' wages won't be enough to cover the cost."
"You...you..."
The hostage couldn't even speak; after muttering for a long time, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence:
"You stinking goblin! You can fool others, but you can't fool me. Just you wait!"
"Hey, how can you talk like that, kid? This child has such a temper, he's even hallucinating."
The little girl was about to retort when Gebu waved his hand, slamming the door shut in front of her and sending her hair flying.
She pouted, unable to vent her anger, and pounded on the door of her room a few times—the sound of cursing came from downstairs, and the little girl slunk down the stairs.
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After sending the little girl away, Gebu placed two days' worth of dinner on the ground and sat cross-legged.
The food at this hotel is really good.
Braised beef brisket in red wine, onion soup, wheat porridge, sourdough bread, shepherd's meat pie (not human flesh!), fresh grapes, a large pitcher of warm milk...
So fragrant! ...
Gebu rubbed his hands together and licked his lips, then took off his mask to eat more heartily.
Should I thank Magnubier or O'Bak?
After thinking for two seconds, Gebu decided to thank himself. Thanking those two old men was pointless.
Awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo.
a mess.
After eating and drinking his fill, Gebu's belly swelled up, and his body swelled up like a balloon, making it impossible for him to get up.
Two days' worth of meals is no joke, burp.
But the medicine hasn't been made yet... I still got greedy. What a miscalculation.
Goblin sit-ups!
Gebu sat up halfway, but couldn't get up, so he lay back down.
I'll get up!
I get up...
I……
I'm leaving.
Gebu kicked off the wall with both feet, rolling from one side of the room to the other like a water balloon. He then used the momentum to get up, grabbed the alchemy table, and sat up.
The goblin pried the sapphire off the ring in a few minutes, then put the ring away—it was worth some money, and he could use it to make a fake one as a favor later.
He clamped the sapphire in metal pliers and used a magnifying lens to locate the gem's natural ridges—a novice gem cutter often makes a mistake, cutting the stone into the wrong shape, violating its natural growth pattern. Such a gem is prone to shattering into irregular fragments during striking, and that would be the end of it.
This was learned from Dulin—the dwarf said that the craftsman who worked on this gem was highly skilled and avoided the aforementioned problems, which increased the gem's value.
For Geb, a proper gemstone cut increased the success rate of converting primary alchemical stones.
The goblin looked left and right to make sure the sapphire was in the correct position. After checking it several times, he finally picked up the small hammer.
The gemstone has high hardness but moderate brittleness—it is easily broken when struck.
First, the original structure needs to be destroyed, and then alchemical seeds are injected to promote its transformation. This time, the alchemical seeds are chrysocolla powder, making the blue even bluer.
One of the materials I took from the peacock's basement last time was a small quantity, and we used it all up this time.
It's time to smash it... Whether it succeeds or fails, we'll see with one blow.
Take a deep breath...
The goblin's amber eyes stared at the blue crystal.
Take me to the next level, take me flying... Here I come, Sapphire!
Snapped!
A flash of light escaped through a crack in the hotel's rooftop window!
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As midnight approached, Gebu, who smelled strongly of herbs, finally opened the window to let the aroma out of the house—it was late at night, there were no lights on, and no one would be out on the street, so he wasn't worried about being seen.
The goblin took a deep breath; after being exposed to the potion for several hours, the outdoor air tasted especially sweet.
The moonlight shone on the red rooftops of Chifang Town, but the night took away the color of the roof tiles, leaving only a purple expanse as far as the eye could see.
Gebu closed his eyes, letting his body relax from the busy work. After a moment, he held the bright orange potion up to his eyes.
Success, anchor point potion.
It's finally done. Geb hasn't learned a new spell in a long time... He's a little nervous and excited.
Come on, don't wait any longer.
After taking care of his basic needs, including eating, drinking, and relieving himself, Gebu sealed the room shut and left a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside the door. He then sat cross-legged on the bed and took a deep breath.
Boil it all in one gulp!
Unlike the sleeping potion, the alchemical ingredient altered its taste; it was no longer bitter, but cloyingly sweet! Gebu felt like his teeth were about to rot; the sweetness was burning his throat, unbearably cloying, and extremely uncomfortable…
Just as he was about to lick his tongue, his head suddenly felt heavy, and his body immediately became immobile, as if he had been tied up and thrown into an abyss.
The outside air felt incredibly heavy, pressing down on the goblin's body—he felt like he couldn't breathe...
I……
This anchoring potion is really powerful...
This was Gebu's last thought before he fell into a coma.
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This meditation world is different from any other.
Gebu awoke amidst raging waves!
"Goodness!"
The goblin, who had just awakened, was almost swept away by the surging aether—the whole world was an endless ocean, where magical energy collided and flowed erratically, slamming into Gob's face and making it impossible for him to open his eyes.
Geb grabbed at things haphazardly—and suddenly bumped into a warm cylinder. Without thinking, he quickly hugged the cylinder like a sloth and pressed his face against it.
I was terrified...
The goblin finally breathed a sigh of relief, opened its eyes with difficulty, and looked at the thing it was holding: its width was just the right length to its arm, and its surface was a bright orange, just like the color of the potion.
It's warm and soft, with a flowing energy pulse inside, just like...
Geb suddenly felt nauseous and his hand instinctively loosened its grip—and then his body was about to fly out!
Hey! The goblin quickly grabbed the suspicious orange object again—disgusting as it may be, his life was at stake.
Just then, the Book of Sand appeared out of thin air in front of Gebu.
The flowing text displayed:
"Wizard Level 1, Nodes 4/6"
"Find the one and only 'key' in the surging ethereal waves, and you can unlock the ability of 'Arcane Recollection'."
"Every moment in the real world, ten thousand signals bombard your senses."
"They are constantly consuming your attention and interfering with your connection to the ether—only in meditation, by severing your perception of the outside world, can the spellcaster re-establish awareness of the ether. This is the fundamental principle behind meditation's ability to restore the circumpolar state."
"However, if the caster has sufficient mental resilience, he can also use his mental power to forcibly eliminate external interference in a non-meditative state, and regain the aether in a relatively short time to restore the spell ring—this is 'Arcane Recollection.' The higher the level of the wizard, the more times he can use this ability between two meditations, and the higher the spell ring he can restore."
"This is the only way on the path of wisdom to break through the limit on the number of times a spell slot can be used!"