Bernadette, with her chestnut hair, gave Odis a cold look after hearing his question, said nothing, and the two of them were once again covered by illusory feathers.
When they reappeared, they were on the rooftop of the building opposite Garrison Herbalist on Henry Street.
Odis sat on the ground for another ten minutes or so before the motion sickness finally disappeared.
Bernadette, who had been standing to the side, suddenly said, "Get up and see for yourself."
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Odis then noticed that the area around him and Bernadette had become illusory again, as if they were about to disappear from the world.
He got up and saw two masked men dressed in black quickly approaching the herbal shop, where some light was shining through the window.
They made sure no one was around before suddenly pushing the door open and going in. After seeing that no one was in the herbal medicine shop, they paused for a second or two before turning around and leaving.
Just then, Bernadette appeared with two pea seeds in her hand. She casually tossed them aside, and the two peas immediately sprouted and grew vines on the street, entangled the two men in black who were clearly not thieves.
Bernadette did not kill them, but pointed her index finger at the ground, and a pair of red high heels immediately appeared on their feet.
The two people, entangled in vines, danced with expressions of terror on their faces.
But they seemed to have forgotten how to scream; all they could do was make terrified expressions.
This reminded Odis of the fairy tale "The Red Shoes." Although he had only read it once, he vividly remembered the red dancing shoes that made him dance involuntarily once he put them on.
After the two danced for about half a minute, the fear on their faces and their red dancing shoes disappeared. Then the vines loosened, they took off their hats, bowed in Bernadette's direction, and quickly left, disappearing into the night.
Odis was stunned. It was clear that what had left were two pairs of red dancing shoes and their accomplices: two men in black.
Bernadette knew exactly where the two people went and who they met afterward.
Then he remembered what the two men in black had done: "I don't remember making enemies with anyone recently."
After arriving in this world, Odis kept a low profile. While developing his gray industry, he even used his abilities and connections to recruit a small gang, using that gang as a shield whenever something happened.
"You haven't made any enemies," Bernadette said, taking out the small wooden box containing the extraordinary weapon again. "But you have something that makes their hearts flutter."
Only one of those weapons was ever made. Anyone who had seen it had been burned to ashes. Odis remained silent for a moment before saying, "Pete is dead."
"Yes, that's right," Bernadette said. "He died at the hands of an extraordinary being who had gone mad, and even the weapon you invented couldn't save him."
"A member of a mysterious organization happened to be passing by, witnessed the weapon in Pete's hand, and took the weapon away after Pete's death."
"After learning that the weapon came from you, several local members of this organization are preparing to send someone to take you away and further question you about the origin of the weapon."
The so-called "mysterious organization" is actually a member of the "Morse Penitentiary" in Backlund. Bernadette had long been eyeing the member who picked up the weapon. Just as she was about to close the net, she encountered the weapon that Pete was holding, so she came first, intending to take Odis away and find out the truth.
As for witnessing Klein stealing the bookmark, that was an emergency and unexpected situation, purely coincidental.
Odis said with a sincere expression, "I did indeed obtain that weapon from the Steam Church..."
Odis suddenly felt an increase in weight in the center of her face and saw her nose grow longer at a visible rate.
Bernadette, standing to the side, flashed a beautiful smile: "Is deception how you treat your savior?"
Remembering how the "mysterious queen" had manipulated him like a puppet, Odiston suddenly realized: "My nose grows longer whenever I lie?"
Bernadette did not answer directly, but said, "I'd like to see if you can stick your nose across the Tasok River."
Odis said with a hint of helplessness, "Let's go to the shop and I'll tell you the origin of this weapon."
After he finished speaking, his nose returned to its normal length.
Odis knew that in this mysterious world, encountering such a powerful figure would only make things worse by concealing the truth, so he prepared to explain the origin of the weapon.
The "mysterious queen" nodded in satisfaction: "Good."
The two returned to the Gard Herbalist's Shop, and Odis closed the door again: "Would you like something to drink?"
"Need not."
So Odis poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and then went behind the counter.
They were just like before, one inside the counter and the other outside.
"I think you should be very clear about the function of the magic circle." As he explained, Odis took out a piece of paper, drew a large circle on it with a compass, then drew two isosceles triangles, one upright and one inverted, with the center of the large circle as the center, and finally drew a small circle with the triangles as the center.
This is a classic "six-pointed star" formation. By filling the gaps in the formation with different symbols, different formations with different effects can be created.
For example, increasing the success rate of some low-level witchcraft, enhancing or stabilizing spirituality to a limited extent in a short period of time, or aesthetic decoration are all common auxiliary methods in the extraordinary world, and even some occult enthusiasts use them.
However, due to its limited effectiveness, it is mostly used by low-sequence extraordinary individuals, and even more so by those low-sequence extraordinary individuals who are not good at direct combat.
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High-level magic arrays can have sealing and defensive functions, but they require high-sequence beings to provide power support, or extraordinary characteristics to provide power support.
For most extraordinary individuals, magic arrays are rather useless.
As Odis skillfully filled in the mystical symbols on the array diagram, he continued, "In my research over the past few years, I have discovered that the greatest use of a magic array is not how many extraordinary functions it has, but rather that it can provide a channel for spirituality to extend outward within a certain range."
"For example, if I infuse spirituality into this position, the spirituality output will enter the center of the 'six-pointed star' array without any loss."
"If one of the extraordinary materials needed to advance to the 'Pyromaniac' level, the 'Glander of the Fire Salamander', is placed in the center of the magic circle, a great fire will definitely ignite in the center of the magic circle, and there is a certain probability that a fireball will also appear."
"But if we use the blood of a fire salamander..."
Odis took out a small glass bottle from the cupboard. It was half-filled with bright red blood, the blood of a fire salamander, a spiritual material of Sequence 7, and quite valuable.
He dripped a few drops of blood into the center of the magic circle and continued to infuse it with spiritual energy.
Whew~
A small, stable flame ignited in the center of the magic circle.
Odis further explained, "This is a high-grade fire-attribute spiritual material, so it can ignite flames under the influence of spirituality."
Bernadette realized what was happening and pointed to the wooden box: "This weapon actually has an exquisite magic circle inside?"
"Yes."
Bernadette then asked, "Do you know what that weapon means?"
Odis paused slightly, then asked, "What does that mean?"
Bernadette said seriously, "All Sequence 9 spells can now use 'Fireball'."
Although it was a low-powered version of "Fireball," she had already seen the groundbreaking research results behind it.