Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 343 The second temptation in the middle of the night (Part )
  Star Barrier, let's call it that until we figure out the nature of this power.

After calming down her nervousness, Alina immediately held up the 'Star Lighthouse' with one hand and repeated the steps from last night. Through the stars in the sky, she communicated with the corresponding star at this moment - the Jupiter of Life, and borrowed the new power of the stars to apply to her whole body. Covered with a slightly invisible emerald green barrier.

After doing all this, she covered the hazy halo emanating from the 'Star Lighthouse' with her hands, jumped off the cold lake, and began tonight's exploration work.

With yesterday's experience, this time she did not approach the strange seaweeds that were scattered rashly. Instead, she stopped after diving to a certain distance, and used the weakened [Wind Breath] to carefully stand several meters away and try to Push aside the seaweed and find the impressive and historic steps from last night.

She operated this process very carefully. Even after a spell failed to shake the seaweed, she did not strengthen the magic or rush to add new magic. Instead, she counted 5 times silently before finally Chi released the second [breath of wind] magic, trying to disguise his use of magic to shake the seaweed as some movement caused by other creatures accidentally passing by.

In the meantime, she kept changing the rules, sometimes letting go of the magic intensity limit a little, sometimes silently counting for more time, just to create an illusion that was not easy to detect.

Of course, she knew very well that it was impossible to completely dispel the doubts of the seaweed guards by creating so much noise in a short period of time. So after achieving certain results, she immediately took out a delicate and compact bottle from her coat pocket and unscrewed the cork. , poured out some powder, and with the help of the wind, spread them towards the seaweed jungle where she had cleared some gaps.

Call ~
  Along with a faint sound of wind, the powder with some silvery white light suddenly blended into the seaweed. The next moment, the seaweeds that were firmly guarding something all lowered their heads and fell one after another in an exaggerated manner, instantly revealing the thing they were guarding - a dilapidated place that resembled a large-scale sacrificial site. of altar.

"This is…"

The moment she saw the altar, the thoughts in Alina's mind suddenly boiled, because she clearly remembered that in the legend of the 'Redemption Sacrifice' in the small town of Celia, there happened to be such a long-standing altar. And the altar was eventually buried at the bottom of the lake!
  Until this moment, she was unwilling to officially confirm that the legend about the redemption ceremony in Celia Town was true. Although the altar was not as bloody as described in the story, the style of the entire altar, as well as the magic runes carved on it, All can prove its antiquity and longevity.

So, could the anomalies in the small town of Selia be caused by this ancient altar?
  In fact, she already had some guesses about this issue, but she was not sure because she could not find common ground between the anomalies in the seaweed jungle and the scenes shown in the fog.

Of course, it is not necessary to have something in common. After all, there are compound magics in this world. As long as the magic circle builder is strong enough, no matter what type or scale of magic they are, magicians with outstanding abilities can convert them. Bundled together, the result is a brand new magic. In the distant second era, it was not uncommon for compound magic to envelope an entire town, so she had to take this possibility into consideration.

Thinking this way, Alina, who was still a little relieved, suddenly became vigilant again and checked the layout near the altar with increasing vigilance. Of course, out of the most basic vigilance, she still did not try to get close to the altar, and still started a new round of testing from a safe distance.

It's a pity that no matter how she used the [Breath of Wind] magic to find anomalies on the altar, she couldn't get any substantial feedback. All the magic released was like water droplets sucked into a sponge, and no trace could be seen anymore. .

Should we increase the intensity of testing?

Watching the [Breath of Wind] disappear without a trace several times in a row, Alina felt disappointed and could not help but have new thoughts, but such thoughts only stayed in her heart for a short moment, and soon she was extinguish. After all, without knowing whether the altar is still secretly functioning, it is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing to rashly increase the temptation. Whether it is for the residents of the town or for her own safety, she will not Should take risks.

"Then it seems that only analytical magic is left..."

With a helpless smile, Alina immediately pulled out another card from the space storage bracelet with a complex magic rune on the surface, injecting magic elements into it, stimulating a wide range of analytical magic.

As the wind element at hand swallowed up the magic symbols on the surface of the card, a magic circle engraved with complex symbols suddenly appeared in front of Alina, almost as high as her body.

Instead of marveling at the abnormal increase in the analytical magic circle, Alina immediately restrained her astonishment and raised her right hand to direct the rotation of the entire magic circle, and began to analyze and copy all directions around the direction of the altar in front.

She was very careful during this process, neither letting the entire analysis magic circle get close to the surface of the altar, causing unnecessary abnormalities, nor letting the movement of the magic circle affect herself and surrounding creatures.

Therefore, until the moment she actually finished recording the information, there were no abnormalities in the surrounding creatures, or even the altar itself. As for the analyzed knowledge data, as well as the entire scene around the altar, Alina used the blank cards prepared in advance to record them.

As a magician whose mental strength can only be regarded as outstanding, Alina knows that she does not have the ability to solve the burden that the huge knowledge brings to the brain. She also knows that before passing the divination screening, she should not risk being The risk of impact is to pry this knowledge ahead of time.

"If Sky Scholars have the energy to analyze the above data, then leave it to them. Of course, while leaving it to them, we must not relax, so it is worth pondering who to find to analyze this knowledge. .”

Ives?
  No, it can be seen from yesterday's unusually foggy events that he is not suitable to intervene in this matter, especially in such a state that has not been confirmed by divination, allowing a person with a once-in-a-hundred-year mental talent like him to take risks. As a senior like her, she thought she couldn't do such a thing.

So, without a trace of hesitation, after feeling the end of the analysis magic, Alina immediately reached out and tapped the magic circle, packed up the magic circle and cards, and began to change direction. At the same time, she used [Underwater Stealth] to start back the way she came. At the same time, he used the [Breath of Wind] magic in a small area to increase the power of the [Underwater Stealth] magic to move upstream.

In the middle, Alina was afraid that her investigation would cause any accidents, but everything went smoothly. Whether it was the altar itself or the seaweed jungle, they seemed not to notice her movements, as if they were asleep, until she sneaked in. The altar didn't try to stop her until she couldn't see the specific outline below. This couldn't help but make her feel a little relieved despite her fear...

(End of this chapter)