Chapter 261: The Feeling of Disparity

Chapter 261: The Feeling of Disparity

“Truman’s world? Which world?” Dan Marina asked with interest. Due to the high development of magic, this world was not singular. The existence of other worlds was not a secret. For instance, the Abyss belonged to a ‘new world,’ and the River Styx was similar. Moreover, some scattered Space Fragments, through certain coincidences, did not dissipate but instead embedded themselves into this world, forming Derivative Worlds. The probability was very low, but from ancient times to the present, many such Derivative Worlds had accumulated.

However, the entrances to those worlds were extremely difficult to find. Moreover, after beings like gods completely disappeared, the connections between this world and its neighboring or Derivative Worlds became particularly weakened. From some ancient books, Dan Marina learned that in the past, many outsiders could still be seen in this world, most of whom were from Derivative Worlds.

In fact, most of the Alien Races currently developing on the Continent were descendants of visitors from past Derivative Worlds. That was why when Dan Marina learned about the novel style of the things invented by Zheng Yichen, she only showed curiosity and not much surprise—though not entirely without surprise, as the differences were too significant compared to this world.

As for Derivative Worlds, because they were “attached” to this world, their cultural development and the like were influenced by this world’s information. Their overall style of development would not differ greatly, at most the “people” living there were different. In very old records, this world even had some beautiful long-eared races… but that was from a time when beings like gods were still active, a matter of the distant past.

“Um, it can’t be called a world; it’s a movie I know… uh, a theater story.” Remembering that this world had no movies, Zheng Yichen waved his hand, explaining in a down-to-earth way. Dan Marina listened with considerable interest.

“Huh? There are such things? But thinking about it, it is quite novel.” In the “world” one lived in, everyone around was acting, one’s own life was fake, yet one remained unaware, believing it to be real life. Such an operation—not to mention the thoughts of that “actor”—Dan Marina just wanted to give a thumbs up. This was truly not something ordinary people could think of. When bored in the future, perhaps she could spend a few decades playing around with it.

Seeing Dan Marina’s eager expression, Zheng Yichen could not help but tug at the corner of his mouth, somewhat regretting telling this woman about the movie’s content. Darn, was she really thinking of creating such a theater production when she had nothing better to do?

Spend a few decades? Well, time did not mean much to Witches: “Just don’t get yourself trapped.”

Zheng Yichen shook his head and advised. He already knew the weaknesses of Witches. Though hard to grasp, it was not impossible. If Dan Marina really wanted to try that… Woman, your idea is very dangerous!

Raising a kitten for over ten years could develop deep affection, let alone a person cultivated according to one’s own wishes. Even a stone, looked at for over a decade, would probably seem handsome.

“The problem is, with you stuck here, how could such a situation happen?” Dan Marina chuckled lightly: “It’s too time-wasting. I have no thoughts of doing such a thing in the short term.”

She waved her hand, and the image in the water basin before her gradually faded away. The matters concerning Oss no longer needed attention. The remaining task was to use the Avatar to completely resolve this trouble.

“Is it my illusion? You seem quite concerned about the matter of the Magic Weapon Evil God?” Irene slightly frowned, looking somewhat suspiciously at Dan Marina.

“That’s right, what about it?” Dan Marina’s immediate answer left Irene speechless. With such a reply, should she continue to doubt or give up thinking?

If she continued thinking, she might accidentally fall into a trap left by Dan Marina… Forget it, let’s deal with the main matter first. Zheng Yichen had come this time to make Magic Arms, and she had been waiting for a long time, never having witnessed how Zheng Yichen made Magic Arms.

“Making Magic Arms is very simple. The only time-consuming part is the Magic. Each time I enhance a Magic Arm with Magic, it always takes me a long time.” Zheng Yichen muttered, folding his arms. He waved his hand, utilizing the Magic Rune Array in his Mind Sea, and released a high-level Magic Arms creation spell. A sword with a simple appearance appeared, its blade reddish at the front, gradually turning to reddish-gold near the hilt. “See, just like this.”

“…And then?”

Irene’s voice trembled slightly.

“And then just infuse the Magic into it.”

“It’s that simple?”

“It’s just that simple.” Zheng Yichen shrugged, indicating it was not very difficult. Oh, but it wasn’t without difficulty: “The Magic, the Magic part always gives me a headache.”

“I see.” Irene’s tone revealed a deep sense of disparity. Talent was truly unreasonable. She now finally understood such a saying. For example, her Talent allowed her to easily achieve great success in Magic, while others toiled without reaching even one-tenth of her level. However, that wasn’t her concern; Irene had never cared.

But now she somewhat understood the feelings of those people. Her current feelings towards Zheng Yichen were almost like that. Fusing Magic with Magic Arms, she had really spent a lot of effort researching to achieve sufficient results, while Zheng Yichen needed to do nothing, simply achieving it with one plus one… Comparing it, it was like she programmed a software with computational effects, containing a large amount of code, while Zheng Yichen directly used a finished computer, moving his fingers and pressing a few buttons.

What was even more frustrating was that hers seemed advanced, as if Zheng Yichen was using her results, but in reality, what Zheng Yichen used was the advanced one.

“What new Magic Arms do you want to make?”

“Well, I’m making quite a few this time.” Zheng Yichen nodded. Seeing Irene adjust her mindset so quickly, he immediately shaped several Magic Arms embryos. He had corresponding designs for each Magic Arm, only needing to fuse the Magic Rune Arrays into them.

“You intend to make these two swords as High-Level Magic Soldiers?” Dan Marina looked at the two swords of contrasting colors Zheng Yichen placed beside him. One was a broad, thick sword in a crimson red color, while the other was slender and ice-blue in appearance. The structures of the two swords had similar characteristics; neither had a handguard, giving a red-blue pairing feeling. Their appearances carried some symbolic meaning: the crimson one was broad and solid, the ice-blue one delicate and slender, giving a cold and sharp feeling. “Weird weapons, this style is also novel.”

Whether it was Frostmourne or Azure Wrath, or even later High-Level Magic Soldiers, they all had styles that fit this world’s characteristics. Even if they were novel, they did not seem so abrupt. But these two were somewhat different—not exactly greatswords, not exactly rapiers. If considered intermediate, the solid one differed greatly from greatsword specifications, and the slender one was longer than a rapier, with width and thickness exceeding that of a rapier by much.

“I plan to make a special pair of Magic Arms.”

“They really are a pair.”

Upon hearing this, Irene’s eyes flashed with a glint. Paired Magic Arms? Judging from the colors, the attributes of these two Magic Arms were already clear. Whether ice and fire or water and fire were opposing attributes. If Magic Arms with such mutually opposing attributes could be paired, it would indeed be a good challenge. Although she could also forcibly combine some opposing Magic attributes, those Magic spells were generally not high-tier. Combining them required some skill, but more so relied on powerful force to suppress, forcefully containing the conflict’s eruption…

“What are their names?”

“Wangshu Sword, Xihe Sword.”

“…Impressive but confusing.” Dan Marina blinked. She did not know the specific meanings of such names, but Zheng Yichen definitely would not idly give names like “Li Gou Dan” to his own High-Level Magic Soldiers. She did not know, but they surely had specific meanings—nothing more than names with certain meanings from Zheng Yichen’s place.

“What are the usage conditions?” Irene asked. Since they were paired weapons, the design had to be carefully considered. Otherwise, even if the power was at the High-Level Magic Soldier level after creation, they would still be individual Magic Arms, not possessing any combined power effects, naturally not qualifying as a pair. Then they would just be two independent Magic Arms.

“Well~ Generally speaking, couples would be best; those with good rapport could also work. Uh, though I don’t oppose true love, I don’t want to change the settings…” Zheng Yichen pinched his chin and muttered to himself. Dan Marina lightly rolled her eyes, hooked a finger to the side, and a chair was pulled to her side under an invisible force. Zheng Yichen’s muttering probably wouldn’t stop for several minutes.

Irene listened quite seriously to Zheng Yichen’s muttering. Okay, though it was all meaningless stuff, listening wouldn’t hurt. Zheng Yichen had quite a lot of requirements… He really wanted to create truly paired Magic Arms. Not to mention the requirement for sufficient rapport, even the user’s physical power attributes had certain requirements.

Of course, this requirement was a compromise. Without such power attributes, conventional Mana could also be used, but obviously not as powerful as corresponding attribute powers. The former was 100%, the latter 110% or even higher, varying with the user’s power attribute purity. If one had opposing powers, that was considered forced use, leading to reduced power.

With such requirements added, Irene felt that finding perfect users for these two paired Magic Arms Zheng Yichen was making would truly be somewhat difficult.

People with Fire Attribute Mana and Ice Attribute or Water Attribute Mana, and these two individuals must have a good relationship with sufficient rapport to unleash the true “ultimate move” of the two weapons. Fire and water opposed each other; individuals possessing these two power attributes, though not exploding or turning into steam upon shaking hands… but based on power characteristics, building a good relationship between people with such power types was not too easy, as there was little room for cooperation. One releasing fire and the other seizing the moment to release their own power would undoubtedly affect the other’s attack.

With such mutual interference, how could a good relationship be easily established? Of course, things were not absolute. Though not feasible in combat, good relationships could be established through private interactions. However, such existences clearly could not develop deep combat rapport in battle.

“Can’t find suitable people? What’s there to fear? At worst, this Dragon will use them himself.” Zheng Yichen slightly raised the corner of his mouth, speaking quite boastfully. Magic Arms were made by him. All those conditions were just to increase difficulty for the Magic Weapon Summoners, promoting their motivation. Things obtained too easily were not easily cherished, so difficulty was necessary, conditions must be added!

As for himself? Why would there be so many requirements for himself?

“A good thought, but what about the ultimate move you mentioned?” Dan Marina asked after hearing enough.

“Ultimate move? The ultimate move is this.” Zheng Yichen took out a mixed energy of ice and fire. This energy was the product from the collision and eruption of the ice-fire crystals obtained from the Snow Mountain and Volcano back then. Two conflicting forces were forcefully maintained in this balanced, blended state. Slight stimulation would cause an eruption, and the erupted power was not simply the collision of Ice and Fire Elements, but a more powerful force eruption. The intensity of this force eruption was sufficient, making the Dragon Clan resistance Zheng Yichen’s body proudly possessed not very effective back then.

“Oh? You still have this power?” Seeing this ice-fire blended energy, Dan Marina immediately recalled Zheng Yichen’s injury back then. That injury was troublesome; even Witches could not handle it easily.

If this difficult-to-control power could be turned into a controllable form, using it as the ultimate move for these two paired Magic Arms would be feasible. The power’s potency was unquestionable; even Dan Marina would praise it. After all, the masters of both the Volcano and the Snow Mountain were tough nuts, the kind that, as long as they did not run amok, the Sanctuary Church would not bother meddling in their affairs unnecessarily.

Some Dark Forces had never set their sights there either; those who did had paid the price. Moreover, the environment of such places was also a major factor restricting entry. It seemed somewhat like geographical advantage, but in fact, only a few insiders understood that the environmental factors of those two places were not so-called terrain advantages but purely influenced by the power of the Lord of the Volcano and the master of the Snow Mountain themselves. If they left those places, the Snow Mountain and Volcano would become ordinary mountainous land. However, they were not beings like Witches.

Otherwise, they would not appear so peaceful…