The Cornflower Witch Chapter 188

In 輝金平原, 白石城塞.

As 希露媞雅 lived and studied here for a long time, she gradually became familiar with her peers of the same age.

“Senior 媞雅~”

On the road, two students in dark brown uniforms greeted 希露媞雅.

“Hello.”

The young girl nodded. Seeing that the edges of their clothes were still stained with grass seeds and dirt, she guessed that they had just returned from the fields outside the city.

“How are things recently? Has the 黑蚁病 recurred?”

Some time ago, the fields they were responsible for experienced widespread disease. Many crops had small black spots on their leaves, then withered and died. It was 希露媞雅 who helped them solve the problem.

“The situation is normal now, no recurrence, thank you, Senior 媞雅.” The two nodded gratefully.

In fact, they looked older than 希露媞雅, probably in their twenties, but 媞雅 was indeed stronger in her Gardener and Transcendent ranks.

Afterward, the two said goodbye, and 希露媞雅 continued back to her residence.

At night, 希露媞雅 and 索菲蒂娜 sat at the dining table eating dinner. Today, 媞雅 made chestnut chicken soup.

“Recently, 媞雅 has been mentioned more often among the students.” 索菲蒂娜 lightly bit her fork and chatted about the recent situation.

“Is that so?” The silver-haired girl next to her continued to drink the slightly sweet chicken soup, eating small bites of chicken.

“Yes, several people specifically asked me about your situation. They came from other outposts.”

“Occasionally, students come to the 聖白騎士堂 to take advanced courses and practice horsemanship. I’ve seen several groups recently, almost all of them children of nobles.”

“Is something going to happen?” 希露媞雅 asked.

“媞雅 is so smart.” 索菲蒂娜 lightly raised her fork.

“It’s probably because the 地表世界 is going to go to 打仗. Learning horsemanship, whether it’s to kill enemies on the battlefield or to escape, is very useful.” 索菲蒂娜 began to eat the chicken in her bowl and drink some soup.

“媞雅, which country are you from?”

“Me? I awoke in the south of the 雷加斯公國, and later took the 考覈 in 焦石城.”

“雷加斯公國, huh…” 索菲蒂娜 recalled.

“That country is relatively small and more to the south, so it shouldn’t be involved in the main battlefield, but small-scale battles are probably unavoidable.”

“You can remind familiar people to be as careful as possible in the next few years, but in this period, it’s not safe anywhere.”

After discussing their daily lives, the two moved on to academics.

“媞雅, how far along are you in basic runology?”

“I’m almost done with basic runes, it should be finished next week.”

“Hmm, I guess Dad will give us problems next week.” 索菲蒂娜 was familiar with her father’s style.

“I need to review again.”

…

Five days later, Seraphie called the two girls to her.

“媞雅 has finished basic runology, and Tina, I taught you before, so let’s complete the testing trial together this time.” The scholar pushed up her glasses and handed a paper with a long string of runic formulas to the two.

“I’ll give you five basic formulas, and then you’ll use the runic arrangements you’ve learned, combined with the formulas, to construct a spell model with an attack effect.”

“The power requirement is 0.3, which is 30% of a normal first-tier ability.”

‘Understood.’ The two nodded, then left with the paper containing the five formulas.

For the next two days, the two stayed at the 訓練場, constantly debugging basic spell models, using formula combinations of runes to achieve various effects such as absorbing magic power, circulating magic power, gathering magic power, transforming power, and shaping attacks.

Inside the firing range, 索菲蒂娜 stood, raising her right hand. Two faint purple rings emerged from her wrist, then the rings expanded and grew larger, and the runic imprints arranged on them also appeared.

‘Green Twig Flower Imprint’ ‘Tinder Imprint’ ‘Rotation Imprint’…

Multiple rune imprints appeared, overlapping and combining with each other, then a faint purple glow flowed within them.

Finally, a small, faint purple prism appeared in 索菲蒂娜‘s palm, still looking somewhat illusory and unstable.

“Experiment Type One, fire!”

索菲蒂娜 used an 咒言 to suggest to herself, strengthening her spiritual power. Then, this faint purple prism shot out, but unfortunately, its trajectory drifted, and it did not hit the target 50 meters away, instead hitting the wall and leaving a gray mark.

After seeing the result, 索菲蒂娜 couldn’t help but cover her face, such a result was truly embarrassing.

The spell attack, which took so much effort to condense, was not as good as a randomly thrown pebble. No wonder everyone chose mature spell models instead of creating their own. However, this process of exploration was very helpful, allowing her to understand the composition of spells much more deeply.

“媞雅, you try it.” 索菲蒂娜 walked off the field, and the silver-haired girl next to her stepped forward.

“Okay.” 希露媞雅 finished her long contemplation and walked to the firing position, also raising her hand.

‘Green Twig Flower Imprint’

She silently recited in her mind, then a pale green ring appeared on her wrist, expanding outwards. On the ring, green branches, leaves, and vines emerged, echoing her inner ‘Emerald Honey’ Aspect, like breathing. As she activated the ‘Emerald Honey’ Aspect within her, the flower vine imprint on the outer ring of her wrist also became brighter.

‘Tinder Imprint’

She focused again to construct it. The green branches, leaves, and vines on the ring unfurled, blooming into orange-red petals. These petals gradually became clearer, transforming into the imprint of a flame, while the original green twig flower imprint faded quickly.

‘Rotation Imprint’

The flame pattern on the orange-red ring rotated again, presenting small whirlpools.

An invisible heat gathered within the girl, gradually condensing into a small orange-red fireball, only the size of her thumb.

‘Wind Vortex Imprint’

The ring spread out, and the flame whirlpools on it gradually dissipated, turning into faint green-white imprints, after which this small fireball also rotated rapidly.

‘Meteor Imprint’

希露媞雅 silently recited in her heart, then raised her eyes, and two cross-meteor symbols appeared in her pupils. Then, the images of the two distant targets in her field of vision overlapped, becoming one and perfectly clear.

“Fire.”

The fireball shot out rapidly. Although it wobbled and drifted slightly during its high-speed movement in the air, it maintained stability overall and finally crashed into the target, exploding into tiny sparks.

‘Power 0.273, Evaluation: Tier 1 Experimental Spell.’

An experimental type, so called because it does not possess actual widespread application capabilities. Normal spells or abilities generally have a power rating of 1 or more.

“Amazing, 媞雅.” 索菲蒂娜 couldn’t help but applaud.

Although it took three transformations with ‘Emerald Honey’ to achieve an effect similar to the ‘Blazing Sun’ Aspect, resulting in a 70% loss of power, it was ultimately successful, which was quite good.

After this experiment, the two gained many new insights and began the next improvement process.

For the next three days, they tried several combinations and casting methods, but unfortunately, they still encountered difficulties. The power increase only reached 0.29 at most, falling just short.

“I finally understand why transcendents with the ‘Emerald Honey’ and ‘Mystic Words’ Aspects don’t learn fire-related spells.” 索菲蒂娜 suddenly realized.

“Not only does conversion consume more energy and waste the structure of the spell model, even if it is cast, its power is far inferior to the ‘Blazing Sun’ Aspect, and there is also a soft cap. That is, once the input and output are increased, the entire model’s structure will collapse under pressure and need to be rebuilt.”

“We need to change our approach, 媞雅.”

“Yes.” 希露媞雅 also nodded. In fact, she already had some ideas, but hadn’t tested them yet.

A week later, the two returned to the firing range to test their spells.

‘Road Imprint’ ‘Cornerstone Imprint’ ‘Lighthouse Imprint’ ‘Beacon Imprint’…

‘Experiment Type Six, manifest.’

Three points of light appeared around her wrist, then rotated, finally condensing into a luminous point of light that shot straight out and entered the target.

‘Power 0.376, evaluation: Tier 1 experimental spell.’

‘It’s barely usable.’ 索菲蒂娜 walked off the stage cheerfully.

Soon, 希露媞雅 also came to the firing position and began to cast.

The model she was constructing now was completely different from 索菲蒂娜‘s, and the formulas used were also different.

‘Cornerstone Imprint’ ‘Green Twig Flower Imprint’ ‘Rotation Imprint’ ‘Blade Imprint’…

Sixteen cyan points of light appeared outside her wrist, then continuously expanded and contracted, forming rough lines. After that, these sixteen points of light danced crisscrossing like woven bracelets, leaving behind the complex imprint of the ‘Green Twig Flower Imprint’…

Finally, this cyan ‘bracelet’ gradually detached from 希露媞雅’s wrist, rotating continuously in front of her palm, and the emerald green serrations on its edge became sharper and sharper.

‘Thorny Ring, fire.’

The ring shot out with an elegant trajectory. Although it curved in a long arc in the air, it accurately hit the target, tearing apart the bound straw on the target and stirring up a large amount of debris.

“Power 0.723, evaluation: a prototype of a Tier 1 spell with potential.”

“This should meet Scholar Seraphie’s assessment requirements,” 希露媞雅 thought with satisfaction.