[WP] Chapter 38: Augustus, priest of the Dawn Church

[WP] Chapter 38: Augustus, priest of the Dawn Church

In addition to the research on the core spirit rune, Shade also tried other "simple" attempts mentioned in the doctor's notebook.

Dr. Schneider pointed out that the power of the ring wizard is the power of thought to influence reality, so even if they do not learn any magic or spells, they can use their power, that is, the so-called "mind is better than matter.".

Among them, the power derived from the core spirit rune used spontaneously was uniformly called "magic" after being sorted out in ancient times; the power related to thought that was used spontaneously without learning was called "spell" after being sorted into a system.

Of course, the academy believes that the classification of "spell" also includes "divine arts" related to the righteous gods, which comes from faith and the direct gift of the righteous gods, but Shade and the doctor's study does not involve these. The church believes that the classification of "divine arts" should be separated from spells, and the two are essentially different.

At the beginning of this era, after a series of fierce debates in the academic circles of the ring wizards, the "divine arts" of the five righteous gods and the existing evil gods were officially listed alongside "magic arts" and "spells," which are the most external manifestations of the power system of the ring wizards.

And the divine arts of the extinct old gods still belong to "spells" because their believers have no say.

Therefore, the spell "Blood Echo" that Shade obtained from the old god "Vampire Duke Loel" should be the divine arts of this old god in essence. Without the power of this old god, ordinary methods will never be learned.

Therefore, the core of the ring wizard system is [Spirit Rune]. [Magic arts] that are powerful and effective but must be learned through spirit runes, [spells] that have low priority but can be learned, and [divine arts] related to gods and beliefs are the manifestation of the power of the ring wizard system.

"To upgrade the number of rings, you need one of each of the four spirit runes: Miracle, Blasphemy, Enlightenment, and Whisper. The relationship between spirit runes and spells, divine arts, and magic arts is similar to that between [Tao] and [Spell]. Sure enough, balancing the acquisition of spirit runes and the learning of magic arts is also very important."

This is his understanding of the ring wizard system.

Shade tried to light a piece of paper with the fingers of both hands, which was the prototype of a simple spell. In the experiment of this day, he also successfully achieved the use of the power of thought to move extremely light objects, the so-called "telekinesis.".

He probably has a great talent for using this spirit. In addition to moving a bunch of Mia's hair and a Rhodes card with his eyes almost bleeding, when he focused on the target in front of him and put his fists together to hit the heavily pirated book "Elegy of the Detective" bound volume, even if he did not touch the novel as thick as a dictionary, he could make the book fly a few centimeters instead of being blown down by the wind.

This pirated detective novel was not bought by Shade with a lot of money. It was a relic of the previous detective. It was one of the few novels he had, including "The Queen and Her Lovers," "The Silver Knight," and "The Western Front.".

The first one is a court novel with color, the middle one is a very traditional knight adventure novel, and the last one is a novel that tends to record literature.

Detective Sparrow Hamilton often flips through these books. The inadvertently folded footers and traces of tea dripping all prove that this is his hobby.

As for the only [relic] in his hand, that is, the clerical-level relic [blood-sucking ring], Shade could not find a living person to experiment with, so he could not experience its specific effect. But he had removed the pocket watch chain, made the ring into a pendant, and hung it around his neck. This did not count as wearing it, so as long as it was not worn 24 hours a day, the impact on him was not particularly large.

Shade plans to consult doctors and others tomorrow. The experienced correspondence ring wizards will surely be able to give good suggestions.

Finally, Wednesday came, but Shade did not wake up early because of excitement, but because of a nightmare of a heavy object pressing on his chest.

It was just dawn in the early morning of summer, and the extremely weak light shone into the room through the tightly closed curtains. When Shade woke up, he still felt stuffy in his chest and realized after about 5 seconds that a cat was lying there.

Shade's family only had a foster orange cat for the time being, so it was Mia who woke him up.

It stared at Shade with amber eyes, lying on the quilt on his chest and looking at him. When it found that he woke up, it jumped out of bed immediately. Judging from the sound of stepping, it ran to the door of the house.

"You know it after just one visit yesterday? The milkman won't be here for another half an hour."

Shade shouted to the cat, imagining the 50 pounds worth of books and courses he would get today, and then he left the bed after letting his chest fill with passion.

Room 1 on the second floor of the apartment is quite large, but it only has two bedrooms. Shade lives in the smaller one, which is also the residence of the original owner with a bad brain. The larger one is the room where the former detective died. Shade doesn't feel very scared about it, but he doesn't plan to move there.

After a few days, he will contact the dealer who buys old furniture, transport the bed away, and ask Dr. Schneider about the method of detecting ghosts, and then he will consider living in the big bedroom.

Shade left Mia at home to look after the house and reserved enough cat food in the small bowl prepared for it, and then he went out. The time agreed with the doctor was ten o'clock in the morning, and the clinic was quite far from St. Teresa's Square. Shade thought he could arrive around 9:30, but perhaps because he was too excited, he saw the sign of Schneider's Psychological Clinic one minute before 9.

Shade went in directly without going anywhere else to kill time. The doctor had already told the receptionist of the clinic that Detective Hamilton, who was "depressed because of his uncle's death," would come today, so he directed Shade to the psychological clinic on the second floor.

After knocking on the door, the doctor came to open the door immediately, and there was already another person in the room.

The gray-haired old man in a decent black suit stood up, nodded slightly, and smiled at Shade, and his gentle smile made people feel very good. His eyes were the common gray, with wrinkles piled up, and he was probably over 50 years old, but he looked very energetic.

He was slightly taller than the doctor but shorter than Shade, with a medium and thin build, and he didn't look very rich.

Shade's eyes were attracted by the ornament hanging on the old man's chest. The ornament itself was hung with a silver chain, and the appearance of the ornament was a brass-colored notched ring.

This is the holy emblem of the True God [Mr. Dawn], the God of Light and Shadow, and hanging the holy emblem on the chest is a common practice of church clergy.

"Hmm? Clergy? Although the academy and the True God Church are not hostile, but..."

Shade was puzzled.

"Let me introduce him."

Seeing Shade's confusion, Dr. Schneider said enthusiastically:

"Shade, this is Priest Rat Augustus, the second-ring wizard of our group and a loyal follower of Mr. Dawn. Although he is a priest of the church, he did not become a ring wizard through the church's channels. He is a rare clergyman who awakened his talent at an advanced age and joined the academy by accident.

He has no prejudice against the academy. If we do not harm the Dawn Church, he will not tell the church our identity information. He is trustworthy."

Although the ring wizard talent can theoretically appear in all age groups, it is generally concentrated between 16 and 40 years old. Old Priest Augustus is an extremely rare case.

"Don't worry, I can swear on my reputation as Dr. Bill Schneider that Reverend Augustus is trustworthy. He joined us after three people, including me, reviewed him. With Reverend Augustus here, some of our actions will be very convenient."

The doctor said again, and the gray-haired old priest took the initiative to come over and shake hands with Shade. Shade naturally believed what the doctor said, so he also hurriedly stretched out his hand. The old man's palm was broad and quite powerful.

(End of this chapter)