Mage Manual

Chapter 77: Chapter 71 Technique Spirit Relationship · Battle of Pure Love

In Jiale City, in the basement of a luxurious villa.

As the five overlapping contracts turned to light smoke and dissipated, all five people felt as if their souls had gained a bit of weight.

“The contract has been signed, but where’s the treasure?” Adelle looked curiously around. “I get it, is it hidden inside these tables and chairs, and we need to carve away the outer wood?”

It was no wonder Adelle had this thought; after all, the basement was essentially full of tables and chairs, with everything in plain sight and no apparent place to hide anything.

“The treasure isn’t here,” Felix said.

“If it’s not here, then what are we doing here?”

Adelle was baffled, but the others looked as if they had expected this. Lois, frustrated with Adelle’s slow uptake, pinched her cheek: “Would you please pay a bit more attention in class! We are Mages, not ordinary people. When we hide something, how could we possibly do it like normal people and hide things in the real world?”

“If not in the real world then where… oh, the Void Realm!” Adelle had an epiphany. “No wonder a Technique Spirit is needed to access the treasure!”

Compared to the real world filled with surprises, vicissitudes, natural disasters, and human calamities, the Void Realm was the ideal storage space: eternal and unchanging, devoid of disasters, desolate and uninhabited.

The Void Realm had never just been a place of cultivation for Mages; it was the cornerstone of the Mage system. To this day, no one could claim to have completely researched the Void Realm. Almost every year, every month, Mages were using the Void Realm to invent new technologies.

Mages were like children picking up seashells by the sea, with the vast unknown ocean still stretching out before them.

The technique of storing items in the Void Realm was not new; it still hadn’t been commercialized to this day and remained a miracle exclusive to high-ranking Mages.

The principle couldn’t be simpler: find a way to fix the spatial coordinates of the Gate of Truth’s Void Realm, ensuring you could reach the same Void Realm coordinates every time, making that coordinate naturally become the Mage’s personal warehouse.

Simple to say, but the Gate of Truth would randomly appear within the Technique Spirit’s body, so how could its coordinates be fixed?

This involved another little-known discipline: Relationship of Soul Spirits.

Since Technique Spirits possessed wisdom, they also had emotions, but Mages couldn’t observe them—at least Mages below the Holy Domain couldn’t discern the joys and sorrows of Technique Spirits.

However, when multiple Technique Spirits were brought close to each other, their moods were bound to change. If one could discern the pattern of these changes and stabilize the mood of one Technique Spirit in a particular state, then the Gate of Truth within it too would remain motionless, becoming an eternal Void Realm coordinate!

Felix summoned his own Wave Sword Technique Spirit and said, “The moment the Wave Motion Sword shows any change in expression, you must immediately bring the Slaughter Sword close to it. Are you ready?”

Sonia nodded and summoned her ‘Slaughter Sword’ Technique Spirit.

Felix exhaled and then summoned his ‘Emotionally Invested’ Technique Spirit, a pure and lovely One-winged girl Technique Spirit.

Externally, the Wave Sword Technique Spirit resembled a cold Swordsman. When the Emotionally Invested Spirit danced around it, its expression remained unchanged; when the Emotionally Invested Spirit grabbed its hand and shook it, there was still no change; but suddenly, when the Emotionally Invested Spirit leaned in and gave the Wave Sword Technique Spirit a peck, the eternally icy face of the Wave Sword Technique Spirit finally melted, showing a blush almost too faint to see.

Now was the moment!

Sonia immediately let the Slaughter Sword approach. The Slaughter Sword bore the appearance of a Swordsman in red with dual swords, wrapped in a red halo. As it neared, the Emotionally Invested Spirit hid behind the Wave Sword Technique Spirit, which fearlessly faced the Slaughter Sword, radiating black waves from its entire body!

Relationship of Technique Spirits: Battle of Pure Love, accomplished!

Felix’s gaze sharpened, his consciousness delving into the body of the Wave Sword Technique Spirit, capturing the Gate of Truth!

Expand!

A grey dot flew out from the body of the Technique Spirit, then swiftly expanded and ballooned, quickly becoming a grey, translucent bubble.

The grey bubble slowly grew larger in the air, even containing illusions of thunderstorms. Everyone kept their distance, daring not to approach.

The Gate of Truth could expand, but this was almost meaningless to Mages in reality—because only souls could enter the Void Realm.

No matter how large the Gate of Truth expanded, it couldn’t allow Mages to bring anything with them.

Materials could not enter the Void Realm.

But the reverse was different.

Objects from the Void Realm could come through the Gate of Truth into reality. Some knowledge-based beings would even seize the opportunity to rush into reality to obtain physical bodies and wreak havoc.

This was also the foundation upon which Technique Spirits were born. Mages evoke resonance in the Void Realm through knowledge, allowing the truths of the Void Realm to flow into the Mage’s knowledge. When knowledge blended with truth, a Technique Spirit was born.

So, Sonia and the others were so afraid they retreated to the stairwell, ready to make a run for it at the first sign of trouble.

Because the coordinates of a Void Realm that Mages use as a storeroom are generally not very friendly places. If a Mage were to store something on a tranquil little island, not to mention the possibility of it being found by other Mages, more importantly, knowledge-seeking beings also need to feed.

Felix had chosen to expand the Gate of Truth instead of entering it himself, which also meant he was aware that the corresponding location in the Void Realm was extremely dangerous and that anything could happen. There was a widely spread joke in the school that said a Mage had just opened the Gate of Truth when a shock wave knocked him out cold, likely because the corresponding location was in the midst of battle.

Being killed by one’s own Gate of Truth was considered one of the most foolish ways for a Mage to die.

The grey foam grew larger and larger, and the thunderous visions inside it became more intense, scaring everyone so much they wanted to flee the basement. Felix, whose magic power was being consumed vigorously, turned pale and let out a grunt, displaying the not yet fully formed Silver Wings on his back!

Sonia fixed her eyes on the nearly half-congealed Silver Wings, narrowing her eyes slightly.

The grey foam continued to expand, and suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck a nearby chair, instantly turning it into charcoal!

“Wow!”

“What do we do?”

“Maybe we should wait for better weather to come back?”

The crowd exchanged knowing glances at Adelle—there’s no such thing as weather in the Void Realm…

Just when Felix was about to reach his limit, a box suddenly fell out of the foam. He instantly cut off his magic power, and the grey foam disappeared with a pop, scattering a breeze that brushed past everyone.

“Is this the treasure?”

Adelle ran up to the box that had fallen from the Void Realm, her face full of curiosity as she examined it, “It looks like… hey, why did it disappear… hey, it’s back again? Am I seeing things?”

The box appeared to be made of obsidian and didn’t seem special, but the moment Adelle blinked, it vanished, then reappeared when she focused again.

“Unrememberable Wood.” Lois’s voice was soft, as if she was afraid that speaking any louder would scare the treasure chest away: “If you don’t pay attention for a moment, you won’t see it, you’ll even ignore it, and eventually you’ll forget it… This is a precious material that can only be obtained in the Void Realm.”

“Its most important use is that it can be hidden within the soul, carried out of the Void Realm by a Mage, and of course, also brought into the Void Realm by a Mage.”

“If the Unrememberable Wood is made into a sealed container, then nothing inside it would give off any scent, and you can even put real items inside, to be brought into the Void Realm…”

Everyone exclaimed in surprise at the marvel of the Unrememberable Wood without much thought. @@novelbin@@

Only Lois took a furtive glance at Felix, feeling a mix of shock and doubt.

Because of her family background, she knew about such extremely rare and expensive goods.

She distinctly remembered that the Unrememberable Wood was a rare material from the third layer of the Void Realm, the ‘Distant Realm,’ unattainable unless one was of the Three-winged Holy Realm.

Frankly, this chest was probably worth much more than whatever was hidden inside it—such rare items that could travel between reality and the Void Realm weren’t just priceless, they were a source of chaos that could lead to murderous battles among Mages!

Initially, Lois didn’t hold high expectations for Felix’s ‘maternal inheritance’; she thought it was just some items that could help a Silver Mage.

But the moment the Unrememberable Wood box appeared, Lois couldn’t help but reconsider—for his son’s sake, to use a box belonging to a Three-winged Mage for the artifacts of a One-winged Mage, Felix’s mother was much more extravagant than he was.

Or perhaps, in his mother’s perspective, the Unrememberable Wood box was no different from silver-level artifacts.

Just as Lois wouldn’t buy cheaper clothes because of the price difference, not because of extravagance, but because such a price gap was barely felt by her, why should she compromise?

Felix’s mother surely had other ways to preserve items, but she chose to use the Unrememberable Wood box—this only shows that a mere Unrememberable Wood box would not stir any emotions in her heart at all.

So, what level of Mage was Felix’s mother?

Three-winged Holy Realm, Four-winged Legendary, or could it be…?

Lois swallowed hard, feeling as if Sonia had led her into a trap; this was a conflict within the Vosloda Family! This was not something a mere merchant’s daughter should get involved in!

But it was too late for regrets; she had already signed a confidentiality agreement!

“Let’s open it.”

Felix opened the Unrememberable Wood box, and a stream of golden light surged out.