Chapter 858 Witchcraft
Because his ontology is a book, power, agility and perception, all three physique have only 1 point. How can he cast spells can only find a way to trigger some kind of boundary and array. It takes time, and with the help of large rune arrays or boundaries, it is almost useless on the fast-changing battlefield.
Now that this guy can learn witchcraft, how can it not be shocking! With the intelligence and understanding cultivated by the book demon's millennium reading, this is naturally a natural thing.
"That's really a... well, a happy event!" Aken staddled a little, and he found that his status as a magician in the team was a little shaken. Since the addition of book demons, the importance of their wise layout has been replaced by book demons. Now book demons can still learn witchcraft to fight, and Aken has a sense of crisis for no reason.
The book demon smiled and looked at Aken, as if he could see this guy's mind. However, he didn't break it. How can a smart person like Aken not know that he is the only candidate to learn 'voodoo' witchcraft? It's just that he is avoiding it, because he seems to threaten Aken's position in the team.
Zhang Fan also took a look at Aken, and then nodded slightly to the book demon. The two of them have been reading together for thousands of years in the text space of the book demon, and they have long been connected. Moreover, Zhang Fan also knows his loyal teammate Aken very well. He knows that what the book demon and Aken want is to encourage the book demon to do what he should do.
The royal sacrifices that have received a lot of benefits are indeed true when taught. What's more, I met such an excellent student as a book demon. However, if you want to use witchcraft and spells, it is not useful to know runes and priestly rituals alone. Many spells and ways of casting require corresponding physique and skills to match.
It's like dragon magic. If you don't have the dragon's vocal organ, how can you cast spells normally? And the ontology of the book demon is a book. Even if it can be transformed into a human, it is just a simulation, not a real human body. Because there is still an essential difference between item monsters and biological monsters. I'm afraid it's much more difficult for a book demon to transform into a human than a tiger.
At least the current book demons can't turn into real human beings. Therefore, the scope of human witchcraft that book demons can learn is actually very narrow. If you need spells that can only be used by human constitution, of course, book demons will pass away. So he, who was good at rune arrays and boundary, learned two powerful witchcraft from the high priest.
Naturally, it is a living dead skill that the book demon has coveted for a long time. When this magic book demon was in Cape Verde, he had already found a clue. The painted patterns on those indigenous bodies are clearly a simple and primitive rune. The reason why the wizards and priests of indigenous tribes can turn them into living dead after the death of those indigenous warriors is that these decorations play a great role. This living dead skill does not need to study the caster's physique, but only needs to draw a rune array at ordinary times.
And the book demon analyzes that those decorations are also useful for the dead, which is somewhat related to the undead magic of European black wizards summoning the dead. Once the operation is successful, you can add your will to the caster. Because the Holy See launched a bloody witch extermination operation in the Middle Ages, the Vatican has a large number of relevant records. Book demons born in the Vatican have long been exposed to this kind of magic in the 'secret archives', so they are not unfamiliar with the witchcraft of 'Volduism'.
The book demon also analyzed that the pigments used to draw these decorations must contain special substances. These substances can be identified by human sense of smell and taste, but the book demon does not have these organs, so naturally there is no way to identify these materials. Therefore, learning from 'Vodoo' wizards is the only way for him to master these skills.
This living dead art is the iconic witchcraft of 'Volduism'! And it is this creepy spell that causes 'Voltduism' to be widely criticized in the real world. Of course, this is due to human fear of death and resurrection. Book demons do not have such feelings about life, and naturally they will not be disturbed by such emotions.
Another spell, which is also related to runes, is also one of the most iconic horror witchcrafts of 'voodoo', that is, the world-famous 'voodoo doll'. This witchcraft only needs to master some of the caster's hair and nails, and even common clothes, to curse them by making 'voodoo dolls'. This is a bit like the spell in Chinese Taoism. If you master the name and birthday of the caster and write it on a small wooden man with cinnabar, you can curse and control this person.
However, the 'voodoo doll' is not always as the public thinks. It must be unfavorable to the caste. Everything always has two sides.' Voodoo dolls can also bless the caster. It is only because of the name of this witchcraft and the negative factors that are too amplified that this witchcraft is frightening and disgusting.
These two distinctive witchcraft have no requirements for the caster's physique. What is needed is the caster's deep understanding of witchcraft and his proficiency in the combination of runes and runes. These two points are naturally easy to do for book demons. With his intelligence and attitude towards knowledge, it is easy to master these two witchcraft and carry them forward.
But Aken still doubts how to help everyone fight after learning these two witchcrafts. Is it possible to find a batch of dead bodies before every war? Or steal the enemy's hair and make a 'voodoo doll'? This is really a little ridiculous. It's like a joke. The rat drug seller said that his medicine works, but it must be applied to the mouse's mouth.
Of course, some auxiliary witchcraft such as 'plague' and 'divination' have also been derived from these two major witchcraft. Plague is an infectious disease used by the strong priest on Hawkins' merchant ship. If the effect of this spell spreads, I'm afraid it will be very terrible over time, even beyond the art of the living dead. Plague creates panic in a certain area, and then cooperates with the living dead, it will have a value-added effect. A large number of dead people attacked local residents and then spread the plague, which was as terrible as zombies in a biochemical crisis.
Divination is the basic technique of a religion, and almost all practitioners can practice one or two. In addition to Buddhism, because Buddhist teachings refer to fortune-telling and divination as evil fate. That is to say, this spell is not allowed for Buddhists to be shown to their followers, and Buddhists are not allowed to participate in the profession of divination.
(PS Buddhism's five evil lives: First, defraud the appearance of different aspects, and deceive the secular people to show strange aspects for profit. II. Talk about your own function, talk about your merits and virtues, and seek benefits. 3. Take advantage of each other's good or bad luck, learn to divination and talk about people's good or bad luck, so as to seek benefits. IV. Show your power in a loud voice, show your power with loud words, and show your power in order to support those who seek profits. V. If you say that you get benefits to move people's hearts, you will say it, and if you get benefits from this, you will say it to others to seek profit.)
Although the learning ability of the book demon is very strong, it is not possible to master the witchcraft of 'Voltdu' overnight. When he was young, when he traveled around Africa, he did hear that at the boundary between the Sanghai Empire and the ancient country of Benin, there was an image of 'Yinglong' similar to the book demon's body illustration, a huge dragon clan. Originally, Aken decided to let the book demon learn witchcraft here, and Zhang Fan and himself led the team to find this ancient dragon.
But the book demon asked everyone to wait for themselves to go together, because even the six-toothed white elephant king was solemnly mentioned, so its ability must be extraordinary. It's better to let yourself go to the Sanghai Empire to collect more information, know yourself and your enemy, and then meet it. Zhang Fan Aken discussed it and felt that the dragon clan had a long life anyway and was not in a hurry to take this month, so he agreed with the demon's opinion. Leaving Xuanyuan Star and Dark Sakura to protect the book demon in the ancient city of Benin, Zhang Fan and Green Wing still traveled around. Aken and Yoda returned to Port Harcote and continued their plan to buy gems, earning at least some of the 50 scenes. It may be useful to see that dragon in the future.
Hawkins came back with a full load here, cheating and abducting 200 black slaves, collecting 500 slaves, and stuffing the cabins of several merchant ships with airtight. Such a living environment can easily cause physical problems for slaves. But Hawkins won't care, as long as he doesn't die and can survive to the Caribbean.
It is for this reason that Zhang Fan is far away from the port. He doesn't want to see such a scene and be indifferent. Aken didn't care, went to the gem mine with Goblin, and then supervised Drake's bill for the purchase of gold. After everything was finished, it has been more than 20 days. The book demon's study in the ancient city of Benin is in a critical period, and Zhang Fan's team naturally can't go to the Caribbean with the Hawkins fleet.
So Drake temporarily resigned as the captain of the Holy Chinese Ark and recruited another experienced navigator and a group of black sailors for Zhang Fan's team at the port. The old navigator used to be an experienced privateer captain, and according to Drake, this guy seems to hate Hawkins very much. This reassured Acon.
After doing this, Drake made an appointment with Aken to leave information when he passed through the ports in the Caribbean, so that Zhang Fan's team would be traced to him. In fact, this is not necessary. With the book demon, it is clear where Hawkins and Drake will go back in the future. As long as you arrive at the corresponding time in history.
Drake originally wanted to leave his trusted mate to navigate Zhang Fan's ship, but Aken resolutely refused. That's because they also have to go to Cape Verde to pick up the merchant ship of the captured Hawkins fleet. If there are people in the Hawkins fleet, it is naturally not easy to do. Aken has planned to take the ship and drive to a port in the Caribbean to refit it, and then he can swagger back to the Hawkins fleet without being found.