Surviving The Fourth Calamity

Chapter 653: Chapter 451: The First Step of Hill’s Magic Book

Lynn didn’t actually need Hill’s comfort; he was already considering how much money to spend on those weapons specially designed to deal with dragons. Hill could hear him mumbling that the goods from Silvermoon City were good but expensive.

It never occurred to him to ask Hill if he had any solutions.

Even though Hill’s mage level was very high, Lynn seemed to treat him as a minor.

He never took the initiative to ask Hill if he had anything, not counting the elf wine, which was something Hill had offered first anyway.

This behavior was commonplace among adult elves, as it was unlikely for elves or half-elves who had just left the Forest of the Elves to venture out could exceed 300 years of age, and thus were not considered mature.

Even with great power, it only demonstrated good talents or a wealthy family background, which was even more reason not to casually ask kids what they had—what if it was something they really wanted but couldn’t afford?

The elves themselves couldn’t guarantee they wouldn’t covet, so they simply chose not to ask at all.

Hill thought about the strict rules in his inherited memory and couldn’t help but smile.

He had always thought these memories could only be tossed into the trash. Some of the things he inherited from the Moon Elves made Hill utterly distrust the integrity of elves.

However, the first half-elf he encountered in the world of Ferun indeed acted this way.

Is this truly the gap in leadership?

That’s not right, Hill suddenly recalled something. The first queen of the Forest of the Elves in Teraxil was actually Rose’s maid, so it was normal for the elves she nurtured to develop such bizarre behaviors.

After all, the Elven God King, that fool, wouldn’t notice anything; he might even think it was fine not to suffer loss.

”By the way, Hill,” Lynn said with a smile, ”when winter passes, I’ll go to Silvermoon City to buy equipment that can protect against the attack of a giant dragon. You should come with me! It’s not much fun going to Silvermoon City during winter.

There will be many merchants in the spring, and the university will be open then. I’ll find someone to write you a letter of introduction, so you can audit some human general knowledge classes.

The content at the university is more up-to-date. Much of what’s in the forest is useless!

When I can go back and visit, I’ll definitely buy several sets of general knowledge books for them.”

Hill glanced at Lynn, who clearly no longer planned to settle back in the forest, but considered Quelva his future.

Hill agreed readily, ”I’ll start by copying all the books in this library first, some I have heard a little about, but...”

”Haha~” Lynn didn’t wait for Hill to finish and understood him immediately, ”Boring human history lessons, no elf can bear it! Thousands of years up and down, the ways of dying are all the same, no one can tell which is which.”

Hill smiled as he looked at Lynn; after all, he wasn’t lying.

However, Lynn seemed already aware of the battle between the blue dragons and the monastery. The blue dragons had the upper hand, and the goblins who had joined them suffered heavy losses.

At least, the good stuff from the monastery was taken back by the blue dragons.

So this winter, there was no need to worry about those few dragons heading south to rob; even the blue dragons didn’t want to venture out in winter, only planning to hibernate.

When spring arrives, these blue dragons will choose places to loot; they need to refill their bellies starved from hibernation.

Lynn left soon after as he still had some aftermath matters to deal with, chatting with Hill for a bit was already a rare rest for him.

Agleya floated out of the room quickly: ”He does indeed resemble Adrian a bit, but seems a little kinder than Adrian.”

”He is of the kind alignment,” Hill laughed, ”but he’s a devotee to the deities. Even if not that devout, Agleya, you still can’t appear in front of him.”

”Of course,” Agleya said with a giggly laugh, ”The kind alignment doesn’t mean they won’t kill for their benefit, as long as they can dress up this killing as so-called grand justice, I knew that long ago.

A deity from another world, before they establish their footing, is just like walking bait, bound to be bitten eventually.”

Hill nodded in satisfaction, ”Go have fun! But remember to prepare for the spread of the future Name of God.”

Agleya agreed with a laugh, ”Got it, Dad Hill, I’m not just playing around at the seaside.”

Hill watched Agleya fly towards the sea; her play mostly consisted of stirring up the wind and waves and then calming them again, practicing her abilities.

Marsha threw things into the sea with her puppet, ranging from large to small, from heavy to light, and Agleya had to find each item as quickly as possible, directly moving the water, to bring them ashore before they sank.

This was training in fine control, practically like ’spiritual power splitting into a thousand threads,’ aiming to perfect every thread of spiritual power.

Hill smiled faintly; such an Agleya, unlike the useless Goddess of the Near Seas Anbor, who had to personally intervene even to seize a ship, stood no chance of winning against her.

Hill pulled out a magic book, which was still blank, but from its pages to its cover, it was all crafted by Hill.

The cover, Hill used all types of Crystal Stones he had, compressing them into soft films piece by piece, then fusing them together, and finally, wrapping this colorful transparent paper with Mithril Threads blended with a bit of mithril to weave a seal.

The pages, with threads of Crystal Flower as the warp and threads pulled from Attributeless Crystal as the weft, then using his own willpower as a loom, he wove several large pieces of silk.

Then, using the array for creating magic books, Hill fused the cover and pages thoroughly. After exerting considerable effort, Hill completed only this one book.

He still couldn’t achieve limitless pages, but he came up with a powerful magic book that could have up to 999 pages.

Although when opened, one could only see 9 pages, this was still a book that hadn’t been written on at all.

Once the first 9 pages were filled, new blank pages would appear, also in sets of 9.

Hill touched the cover, feeling a concealed power within.

When Hill had completed the first nine pages, the magic book’s first ability would likely emerge.

Hill, who rarely hesitated, knew that the foundation of the entire magic book was laid in these first nine pages. He should, by all reason, inscribe Earth System spells, more precisely, Earth Magic spells.

But he was somewhat tempted by the Summoning System instead.

The Elemental Spirits outside in Ferun were no pushovers; none of them was as naive as those in Teraxil.

Hill was somewhat concerned about his ability to control them.

Glancing outside at Agleya, Hill finally made up his mind.

He needed power to counter the deities, so it had to be spells from the Summoning System.

If he could summon the Water Elemental Goddess, there would be no need to worry about Anbor.

This was just a tool, after all. If necessary, he could always create another one.

Although the flower branch of the Crystal Flower had depleted much of his resources, creating another book was still feasible.

Hill revisited the various summoning spells in his memory, comparing them with the Law Magic Spells etched into his Mental Sea.

In the end, he chose the spells from his Mental Sea.

Even the other summoning spells would need to be modified according to those.

The Summoning Spells in Hill’s Mental Sea tended to resonate more with Elemental Spirits and the Summoner, ensuring that the summoned spirits would rarely cause any trouble in the Main World.

On the other hand, the common spells in Ferun required the summoner to suppress the summoned with their own strength. If the summoner couldn’t suppress them, it would be a matter of luck.

Hill began to write the first spell, and a light drizzle began to fall within the Dimensional Space.

Agleya suddenly turned her head towards the villa, suddenly dropping dozens of items Marsha had left behind.

”Miss Agleya?”

”Hill’s Dad is working on something very interesting.” Agleya narrowed her eyes into a happy smile, ”What strong moisture there is!”

Hill was unaware of Agleya’s sensations. Although he too felt that the Element’s response was overly intense, he didn’t have a deep understanding of things in Ferun and simply continued to write.

For Earth Elements, Hill wrote out four spells. The first could be used with any Earth Element.

The subsequent three each focused on stone, wood, and metal, taking into account current needs. Others might not distinguish how to summon these three types, having only the random option.

But Hill, after years of mastering the separation of the three systems, could skillfully handle this summoning technique.

Writing spells for wind and thunder came easily to Hill as well.

Then, Hill hesitated. Was he actually going to write a spell on this magic book that he’d hardly ever use?

A summoning spell for Fire Element Spirits... Even if he wrote it, he probably wouldn’t be able to use it, right?

Unless he was idly curious, a spell that required four times the Mana was one Hill found little use for!

But the pain of incompleteness was truly agonizing.

Grinding his teeth, Hill exerted his willpower and wrote down the summoning spell for the Fire Element Spirit.

It truly took more spiritual power than all the previous ones combined.

Hill quietly rotated his wrist and looked at the small flame dancing in his study. Could it be because Ferun World was under close scrutiny by the Elemental Realm?

This was the first time he received such an enthusiastic response from the Fire Element!

The last spell was one Hill had prepared in advance, meant to enhance the abilities of the summoned Elemental Spirits.

Although not a summoning spell, it would be more meaningful if it could be one with the previous eight spells.

But writing this spell took a considerable toll on Hill, with almost every stroke testing the limits of his spiritual power.

Hill completed this final step while on an Alchemy Potion, and even with the aid of the Water of Tranquility.

He had realized something was off, but by then, it was impossible to give up.

The magic book hovered quietly in midair, the lights of earth, water, fire, and wind flashing ceaselessly, with flashes of lightning and roars of thunder in between.

Although it seemed extraordinary, Hill’s only thought was relief that it was happening in the Dimensional Space, undetectable from the outside.

Otherwise, Hill genuinely wondered if upon opening his door, he would be met by Elaströ.

Finally, after enough flashing, the magic book settled into Hill’s raised hands.

Hill couldn’t help feeling fortunate. Perhaps because it was wholly inscribed using his spiritual power, the magic book that appeared was uniquely his.

Aside from Hill, no one else could see its true contents and traits.