infodatos Chapter 47 Magic No Longer Exists
Chapter 47 Magic No Longer Exists
Morris is 140 years old today, and 120 years have passed since he began his apprenticeship as a sorcerer.
Over the past hundred years, he has come into contact with a great deal of magic and has become highly skilled in using spells.
If it weren't for his relatively low elemental affinity, he believed he could have even reached the sixth rank.
Yesterday, Gareth suddenly came over and said that there was a young man with a very strong control over objects, who could wield a sword as easily as his own arm and could easily take someone's head.
Maurice was initially skeptical, thinking that Gareth was trying to fool him, and prepared to drive him away.
He only reluctantly listened when Gareth swore on his own father.
Although Gareth's tone didn't sound like he was lying, Morris still didn't quite believe him, thinking he was probably being fooled by a magic trick.
Maurice wanted to get rid of Gareth, but Gareth got impatient and said his father could vouch for him.
Having gone this far, he reluctantly became a little interested.
When Maurice arrived at Silver Shield Manor, he received a warm welcome. At that time, he was only concerned with whether Gareth's words were true, but Raymond also confirmed it with him.
This made him take the matter seriously, and he later learned that the young man named Lin Er might be related to the Raven family, so he went directly to ask him.
Morris thought that Lin Er's manipulation of objects might be really powerful, but not to an exaggerated degree.
However, if someone can control magic to this extent, it shows that they have exceptional talent. If their elemental affinity is even better, it is not impossible for them to become a great mage in the future.
He actually came with the idea of taking on a disciple, since his eldest disciple went out to travel and he hadn't had anyone suitable by his side.
In Maurice's view, those apprentices and servants were mostly useless, and he had to personally intervene when trouble arose.
He is very old now and needs a strong disciple by his side so that he can enjoy his later years in peace.
However, when Maurice examined Lin's magic, he found something strange.
This young man either has no magic at all, or he has some means to shield himself from being detected.
Everyone has some kind of magic, more or less; it's impossible for anyone to be completely without any magic.
As for his detection being blocked, he felt it shouldn't be like that, as he didn't find anything unusual.
Or perhaps, this young man, Lin Er, has extremely strong control over magic, and not a single bit of magic leaks out.
Morris thought it was even more impossible; even he couldn't do it.
Now Morris watched as Lin Er wielded the Moonblade at will, then precisely sliced off a leaf.
His wrinkled eyes twitched, and he looked completely taken aback.
"That's impossible."
Only those who truly master the art of manipulating objects can understand how difficult it is to control magical power to this extent and make it lethal.
Morris gripped the withered wooden staff tightly, his breathing becoming somewhat rapid.
He pointed to a tree branch not far away.
"Chop off the very top, tender bud."
Upon hearing this, Lin Er looked over, identified the target, pointed, and his flying sword shot towards it.
With a single slash, the tender bud at the tip of the branch was severed cleanly and swiftly, without the slightest hesitation.
He didn't think it was anything special, nothing compared to the old mage's manipulation technique just now, who could control such a huge boulder, something he definitely couldn't do now.
Gareth, standing nearby, also expressed his amazement. Although he had gone on an adventure with Lin Er before, he hadn't witnessed the process because of the attack.
However, Gareth heard about this from his father and assumed that his sister wouldn't dare to lie to him, so he was relatively inclined to believe it.
Even if it's fake, he won't lose out. His father will naturally give his sister a good scolding.
Now that he had witnessed the power of object manipulation with his own eyes, Gareth finally believed it completely. Even though he wasn't a mage, he knew how powerful this level of object manipulation was.
He secretly felt a little sorry; such strong control over magic power, yet so little elemental affinity—his life was ruined.
Gareth felt genuine pity, after all, he still respected geniuses.
However, considering that Lin Er seemed to have an unusual relationship with Miss Ellie, he felt both envious and nervous.
Miss Ellie is a shrew. At the age of twelve, she dared to face robbers alone and even cut off their heads and hung them on her waist. If you fall into her hands, you can only pray for good luck.
Gareth carefully kept his distance from Ellie, and didn't dare get too close to Lin Er, lest she spot him. He took a step back and obediently stayed next to Maurice.
Not only Gareth, but Ellie couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:
"Lord Lin'er, your manipulation skills are amazing. You were just letting me win earlier, weren't you?"
Lin Er: "This manipulation of objects cannot be considered swordsmanship."
He felt that using flying sword techniques to compete with others in swordsmanship was somewhat lacking in martial ethics.
At this point, Lin Er felt that the demonstration was almost over, and then summoned the sword back.
At this moment, Morris suddenly said, "This manipulation technique is still not very good."
Lin Er looked over upon hearing this and saw Maurice shaking his head. He asked, "What do you mean by that, sir?"
Morris didn't answer, but instead had Gareth bring out his steel sword and then pointed his staff.
In an instant, the steel sword was also brought under control and suspended in mid-air.
Then Morris wielded his steel sword and chopped off a leaf. Although not as clean and efficient as Lin Er's, his technique was very skillful.
Morris: "It's not actually that difficult to use object manipulation to control lightweight objects to perform some delicate movements."
Ellie was somewhat unconvinced and said, "Old Mr. Morris, you are a highly respected old mage. Lord Lin'er is so young, there's no comparison at all."
Morris scoffed, "Anyway, I can do this level of object manipulation myself, it's not that impressive."
Lin Er didn't care; it wasn't his art of controlling objects, so there was no need to compare.
All he wants to do now is complete the task and claim the reward.
"The old man is right. I've finished my demonstration. Can we go back now?"
Morris was taken aback by what he heard.
I've deliberately provoked you like this, why don't you react at all? Aren't young people usually very hot-tempered?
Morris quickly corrected himself, saying, "The art of manipulating objects requires not only precision but also strength; cutting off a leaf is nothing."
Lin Er: "Sir, how about I go chop down another log?"
Morris shook his head: "That requires real combat experience."
Real combat?
There are no monsters or wild beasts around here right now.
At that moment, Maurice called Gareth over and returned the steel sword to him.
"Later, you can take your sword and test your object manipulation skills against Lin Er."
Gareth's eyes widened, and he pointed to himself.
"I?"
Gareth knew that Lin Er had previously used his object manipulation technique to kill several bandits, some of whom were even at the peak of the first rank. Now, seeing firsthand how powerful object manipulation was, and considering his own strength was only at the late first rank, wouldn't going there be suicide?
Morris patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I'll save you if necessary."
With this assurance, Gareth reluctantly stepped forward, looking nervously at Lin Er.
"Brother Lin'er, you'd better be careful, don't kill me."
Lin Er: "I understand."
As soon as he finished speaking, with a flick of his finger, the Moonlight Sword flew over at lightning speed, aiming straight for Gareth's head.
Gareth was shocked and quickly raised his sword to block.
With a clang, sparks flew everywhere.
Lin Er pressed his advantage, suddenly maneuvering his flying sword in a whirlwind, drawing a streak of white sword light.
The sword light was so fast and so cunning that Gareth's pupils contracted, and his body had no time to react.
Gareth shouted in a panic:
"Old Mr. Maurice, save me!"
At the crucial moment, he was enveloped by a semi-transparent light shield, which blocked the flying sword with a bang.
Seeing this, Lin Er withdrew his flying sword and looked at Morris, only to find him frozen in place like a withered tree.
……
Morris stared intently at the flying sword and discovered that even when it made precise movements, it still retained its power, as if it were alive.
This is simply incredible; he could never do that.
At the same time, Morris was also observing Lin Er's magical fluctuations, but he did not sense a single leak of magic throughout the entire process.
Without magic, how did this sword fly?
Oh my goodness.
Magic no longer exists.