Mage Manual

Chapter 133: Chapter 121 Silver Blessing

“Hmm?”

Reonie turned around, looking back at the world that was gradually turning black and white.

“Did something fall down… or is this a special phenomenon of the Void Realm?”

On her first day in the Time Continent, the orange dancer was still in the exploratory phase of unfamiliarity, where everything felt both strange and special to her. Even so, she knew she had to start running soon.

Otherwise, ‘time’ would catch up to her.

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“I can’t believe I didn’t fall to my death…”

Lying on the grass, Ash sat up and shook his head, feeling like he hadn’t yet adjusted his sense of balance.

After they had charged into the Golden Sea, the two had lost their sense of direction, and the whole world seemed to tumble like a dice cup, making it impossible to maintain flight. They could only follow the gravitational pull of the Void Realm and let themselves plummet downward.

Ash thought he was going to lose his life this time, having boasted so much only to fall back into the Sea of Knowledge. But, feeling the grass under his buttocks, he knew at least his face was saved.

“Observer, look.”

Ash lifted his head at the comment and saw a scene that could rival the splendor of golden fish scales.

Golden rain was falling towards the sky.

They were in a dense forest, surrounded by ancient towering trees possibly centuries old, with lush branches and leaves that blocked out the sun. Yet, despite this, Ash could still see a white column piercing the sky from afar, with countless drops of golden rain emerging from around it, falling upwards towards the sky.

He couldn’t help muttering to himself, “Is this the world of the strong?”

“That is Time Gold Rain, similar to the Knowledge White Mist of the Sea of Knowledge,” Sonia explained. “If we want to absorb the Golden Technique Power to coalesce the second Void Wings, we must follow the steps of the Heavenly Carriage Bull and receive the baptism of the golden rain.”

“Heavenly Carriage Bull?”

“That white column is the Heavenly Carriage Bull. Look closely, isn’t it moving?”

Ash focused and noticed the white column indeed moving, albeit in very small movements. However, this ‘very small’ might have been an illusion, as he was observing it from several kilometers away and could still see it moving; the real speed of the column was probably tens of meters per second.

“Why is it called the Heavenly Carriage Bull?”

“Because it is the Heavenly Carriage Bull. Beyond where you can see, there are three more legs. These four legs belong to the Void Realm giant beast ‘Bull’ that walks across the Time Continent.”

Sonia continued, “The ‘Bull’ has many titles, Fate Weaver, Heavenly Carriage Bull, Time Walker… but generally, it’s called the ‘White Bull.'”

“The tracks plowed by the White Bull on the ground turn into the Flowing Gold River. The waters of the Flowing Gold River have the power to influence time, and the flora and fauna nourished by its waters grow at unimaginably rapid rates, producing the Time Gold Rain that falls towards the sky.”

She touched the foxtail grass beside her, “If we had arrived a bit earlier, we would be basking in the gold rain right now.”

“Flowing Gold River, upward-falling gold rain, White Bull…” Ash watched the sky covered by the gold rain: “Is this the Time Continent?”

Drip.

Suddenly, they both heard a crisp sound of a water droplet. Immediately, Silver Wings emerged uncontrollably on their own, sparkling with a dazzling silver brilliance!

“Silver Blessing!” Sonia exclaimed in delight as she calmed down to feel the newly acquired power while Ash chose to open the operators management.

‘Death Mad Sword Maiden’

‘Human Race · Female · 18 years old’

‘Bonds Level: 3 (50% experience sharing)’

‘Bond Resonance: Insatiable Greed: When acting simultaneously, there is a chance to obtain better spoils.’

‘Profession: Silver Mage of Soul Breaking’

‘Professional characteristics: Each effective attack restores 0.5% of the maximum Magic Power’

‘Silver Blessing: Festivity/Brutality: Each time an enemy is defeated (including but not limited to Mage projections, knowledge creatures, monsters, Mages, constructed creatures, etc.), the critical rate and critical damage increases. Depending on the operator’s training route, different attributes can be triggered.’

‘Extra Blessing Attribute: Festivity: The Sword Maiden needs only victory to derive enough pleasure; she maintains respect and mercy towards her enemies. This route triggers the ‘Festivity’ effect, gaining a critical damage bonus. The better the mood, the higher the increase, up to a maximum of 250% critical damage.’

‘Extra Curse Feature: Brutality: The Sword Maiden can only alleviate her inner thirst through death and wailing; she will spare no effort to bestow despair upon the irreverent. This route triggers the ‘Brutality’ effect, gaining a critical rate bonus. The worse the mood, the higher the increase, up to a maximum of 100% critical rate.’

‘Knowledge Curse: Vortex Secret Poison, Expulsion Secret Poison, Golden Fish Poison’

“It feels like a growth-type blessing…”

After reflecting for a moment, Sonia pondered, “Since blessings are the most private secrets of a Mage, schools don’t have detailed information about them. Developing a blessing must be explored by Mages alone… Do you know what exactly my blessing is?”

Ash glanced at her, “Your blessing is called ‘Festivity’, the more enemies you defeat, the higher your critical rate and critical damage.”

Though it sounded peculiar, ‘critical rate’ and ‘critical damage’ were not uncommon for Mages. In simple terms, it was as if, while invoking the Technique Spirit, it suddenly realized it needed to work overtime, and that’s what is called a ‘critical hit’.

The critical rate represented the frequency of the Technique Spirit’s overtime, and the critical damage represented the work efficiency of the Technique Spirit during overtime. Putting it this way, this blessing could be briefly described as ‘the more enemy enterprises the Sword Maiden company acquires, the more significant is the exploitation efficiency of the internal Technique Spirit staff.’

Sonia was slightly dissatisfied, “Festivity, such a strange name; I am clearly a genteel Sword Master, why would it be related to the word ‘wild’?”

“Perhaps the Void Realm has a slight discrepancy in your positioning,” Ash said with a guilty conscience, “You are so gentle, cute, kind, and approachable; even I think the Void Realm’s Silver Blessing really isn’t fitting for your persona.”

Sonia blushed with his words, “It’s not that great… But this growth-type blessing is quite good; if developed properly, it should be very helpful in exploring the Void Realm.”

Ash secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Sword Maiden’s Silver Blessing had two training routes, ‘Festivity’ and ‘Brutality,’ and Ash undoubtedly hoped that the Sword Maiden would follow the ‘Festivity’ route since the ‘Brutality’ route was clearly full of negative energy.

This isn’t really playing a mobile game where you can set it to automatically manage and fight; Ash will definitely need to accompany the Sword Maiden through the night songs of the Void Realm (Void Realm Exploration). If the Sword Maiden is always full of negative energy and battles turn bloody, Ash could hardly expect to be in a good mood.

However, this training route was obviously not something you could just click on in a game to decide; it had to be guided through consistent daily interactions, much like raising a daughter. It was Ash’s first time playing the role of a dad, inexperienced as he was, he decided to first instill truth, goodness, and beauty in the Sword Maiden, letting her believe she herself was a lovely fairy, to prevent any dark turns.

Besides, the Sword Maiden’s Bonds Level also rose to Level 3, elevating the experience sharing ratio to 50%.

Seeing this, Ash suddenly had a question: Bonds Level, does it refer to the Sword Maiden’s affinity towards him, or his own affinity towards the Sword Maiden, or is it the mutual affinity between them?

Moreover, why did he almost without any hesitation, instinctively decide to let the Sword Maiden follow the ‘Festivity’ route?

The ‘Brutality’ route actually wasn’t bad in terms of benefits, and maintaining a bad mood is much easier than maintaining a good one, but he hadn’t considered this option for even a second…