Chapter 85: A Legend in History—Bone Shielding

Encyclopedia of Necromantic Magic: Level 1 Necromantic Magic

[Bravery Aura]: Level 1 magic, aura type. It increases the attack power of the caster and their summons within the aura’s range to a certain extent. Upgrading the spell increases the aura’s range.

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Without a doubt, when the enthusiasm of the masses was sparked, their ability to take action was terrifying…

Luo Yan had actually only mentioned the beginning, but the villagers of Talim Village immediately erupted with amazing passion. Soon, they had a general plan and began to act step by step.

It must be mentioned here that because Desai’s previous words about “digging fish ditches and fish slips in the rice fields for fish farming” had worked, the villagers did not understand what “fish ditches” or “fish slips” were, but they had an intuitive understanding based on the names. As a result, they avoided many detours during the actual farming process.

This was truly just Luo Yan’s luck, or perhaps Luo Pei’s luck. “Rice-fish farming” sounded simple, but in reality, there were many technical details involved. Luo Yan was, after all, a Wizard and an Alchemist, not a gardener. Before his rebirth, he had at most heard the name of this agricultural technique, and there was no way he would have studied the detailed data. Therefore, if he had proceeded in the way he imagined, the final result could be expected. It was absolutely impossible to have a harvest of both rice and fish; in fact, the chance of both failing was over one hundred percent!

Of course, the current Luo Yan did not know this, and Luo Pei did not know it either. In a blur, the villagers began to work with great enthusiasm. Specifically, it was very simple; digging holes and channels in the fields was their basic job, which was necessary and stress-free.

Obtaining fish fry was also not troublesome. Although Talim Village did not have specialized fish farming, there were several large fish farming households in the neighboring villages. This year, everyone’s pockets were full. Spending one or two Gold Plangs was enough to meet the needs of the entire village, so the price was also not a burden.

Luo Yan naturally did not need to worry about the subsequent matters. There were plenty of experienced old farmers in the village. In terms of practical experience, Luo Yan was basically not even a “verbal revolutionary.” Moreover, to be safe, Luo Pei spent money to hire an experienced fish-farming expert from the neighboring village to explore the process together. In this way, there was naturally no room for Luo Yan to point fingers and give orders. Luo Yan himself had no interest in getting close. Now that Carven had finally been sent to school by his impatient father, the peaceful Luo Yan had time to seriously think about his own problems.

Naturally, it was the question of the next choice for his magic cultivation…

After repeated consideration among the three basic spells, Luo Yan temporarily gave up on upgrading “Shadow Mist.” For the next spell to learn, Luo Yan set his goal on “Bone Shielding.” These two choices actually had an inevitable connection.

[In the system of Necromancy Magic, the appearance of the spell “Bone Shielding” was, to some extent, epoch-making!]

Before “Bone Shielding” appeared, the Level 1 defense spell in Necromancy Magic, “Shadow Mist,” relied on mist for cover, while the Level 2 defense spell, “Dark Moon Phantom,” used light and shadow effects to make the user ethereal and confuse the enemy. Its effect was closer to “stealth” than “defense.”

In other words, before this, no true “defense magic” existed among the Level 1 and Level 2 general spells of the Necromancy System. This resulted in low-level Necromancers lacking effective protection methods. They could only rely on smoke and light-shadow effects for self-preservation, or use summons as meat shields. They had to wait until they became Level 3 Magicists and mastered “Bone Shield” before they had a truly simple and effective means of defense.

Other Magic Professionals—whether from the elemental system or the holy light system—did not have such troubles. They could master skills like “Elemental Shield” or “Magic Shield” at Level 1. Among them, the “Holy Light Shield” of the holy light system even had the amazing effect of combining attack and defense. This created difficulties in the early growth of Necromancers because they were too fragile at this stage and were at a significant disadvantage in actual combat. Many talented Necromancers unfortunately fell during this stage and failed to grow successfully!

Therefore, “the self-defense of low-level Necromancers” had always been listed as an important research topic of the Mages Guild. Many high-level and even transcendent masters invested considerable effort, but for various reasons, this problem was never substantially solved until the spell “Bone Shielding” was unearthed!

Yes, unearthed…

What made the masters, who had researched painstakingly for years without result, break into a sweat was that after they had spent countless resources, it was actually an adventurer—and a Martial Artist adventurer at that—who announced he had solved the problem. The solution was that he discovered the spell “Bone Shielding” in a ruin!

By using bones carried on the person, one could instantly create a magic shield to block small amounts of damage… this was the official explanation of “Bone Shielding.” It seemed simple and clear, but in reality, “Bone Shielding” was far more complex than this explanation.

The key was the “bone” carried on the person—the bone required to cast “Bone Shielding” had to be “refined” in advance, otherwise, the effect would be greatly weakened. Additionally, the magic shield formed by “Bone Shielding” was not a defensive magic shield in the general sense, but a ghostly product that existed between “physical and ethereal.” It had a very obvious defensive effect against physical, elemental, and even mental attacks. The so-called “small amount” was basically just a way of being modest.

Otherwise, the person in charge of the Necromancy branch of the Mages Guild could not proudly announce, “Damn, our Level 1 spell has the effect of your Level 4 magic defense shield!”

[It is okay to get a bargain, but if you act smug after getting a bargain, you must be careful not to be struck by lightning. Even if you aren’t struck by lightning, someone might hit you with a brick on the back of your head!]