Knight and Wand

Chapter 87 Lola
Leon put down the tools in his hands and looked at the huge magic pattern formation that was solidified like wax on the smooth floor, and a sense of accomplishment surged in his heart.

With special materials and tools, the magic circle drawn on the ground is really beautiful.

"Don't you need to teach me the spell this time?"

"No need. You just need to be the base of the Neti card summoning ritual, so that the spirit can be anchored in reality and escape the law of falling into the Dead Sea. If you use spells, it is mainly to summon the object to be summoned and sign a contract to drive the other party."

Laura smiled and said, "Of course, if you really want to summon me as your servant, you might as well try it, but I can't guarantee what the consequences will be~"

"Since you said that, how can I dare to try?" Leon stood up.

He raised his hands, holding the golden Neti card between his palms, and following the other party's instructions, he made a gesture that looked like a variation of the "Tiger Seal" in his previous life and raised it in front of him.

He looked at the magic circle in front of him.

Why does it feel like I’m summoning a heroic spirit?

If it's Miss Laura, it must be Caster.

It’s a pity that I don’t have the ability to be the other party’s Master.

Leon threw away the random thoughts from his previous life, closed his eyes, and silently concentrated: "I'm ready."

Laura: ".Yeah."

Leon doesn't have to do anything. The real leader of this magic ritual is the wizard lady in his body. His actual role is just a symbolic "ornament" in the casting process.

Essentially what follows is Miss Lola summoning herself.

Streams of light suddenly emerged from the interlocking magic circles, and the magic power in the surrounding environment was quickly gathered by the ritual and rushed to the core of the summoning ritual.

The ground trembled slightly.

Brilliant spots of light bloom from the towering tower windows.

In the translucent crystal surface of the Neti card in Leon's hand, white light flashed with dazzling brilliance and condensed patterns to outline.
Although his tightly closed eyes blocked his vision, the astonishing brightness outside still allowed Leon to see a bright red light under his eyelids.

The condensed magic power not only stirred the surrounding air, but also allowed Leon to hear the surging sound like burning rising from the magic circle in front of him.

The magic element in his body made Leon's mind gradually blurred.

There were faint sounds in my ears.
It seemed as if thousands of prayers transcended the barriers of time and space.

Countless men and women.

The countless voices of the old and the young chanting are like an endless ensemble.
He just felt that there was a halo in his mind that was getting more and more dazzling.
The perception of time is stretched to an incomparable length.

No idea how much time has passed.

Was it a moment?

——Or one year?
The hot cyclone spread.

The touch of the crystal card in my hand had long since disappeared.

The sudden dissipation of pressure made Leon feel lighter, and his dazed consciousness was suddenly awakened.

He instinctively opened his eyes and saw everything in front of him again.

A golden magical halo diffused in the air.

Her snow-white hair slowly fell in the wind of disappearing magic.

The golden eyes shine like the sun, holy and noble.

The white and gold shawl dress looks like a gorgeous dress, with azure crystal gems embellishing the chest of the dress.

The exquisite long-handled gold-decorated scepter leaned against the girl's arm, and Laura gently stroked the familiar object in her hand.

(Lorelite) "I didn't expect that even this could be projected."

She admired the exquisite spell designed by Aphrodite. Now it seemed that this card was strong enough to accommodate her soul.

Leon stared at the girl standing in the center of the magic circle in a daze, and asked tentatively: "Are you Miss Laura?"

Laura raised her eyes and smiled faintly: "It's me." (Feru language)
While being amazed at her beauty, Leon couldn't hide his curiosity as he looked at the girl in white robe with silver hair in front of him.

Although the two of them had actually spent quite a bit of time together since they woke up, it was basically a one-sided peeping from the wizard lady.

But this was the first time he met the other person face to face in the true sense.

However, although Leon knew that appearance might not represent the other person's age, she did look much younger than the lady in purple.

I really don't know which of the two is older.

Resisting the urge to ask the other person's real age, Leon asked, "Does this count as resurrection?"

Laura blinked and said noncommittally: "It depends on how you define being alive. My feelings are no different from those of the living, but in essence, this body is still constructed by the magic of the Neti card ritual, not a real body."

After saying this, the wizard lady raised her hand and turned the magic wand into dissipating light particles, then stepped out of the ritual circle and walked towards the lower level.

Leon hurried to catch up with her.

"I need the earth veins connected to this tower to provide me with power all the time. In order not to cause irreversible damage to this earth vein, I cannot use the Neti card to appear for too long."

"What will your state be like when you finish appearing? Will your soul be trapped in that card?" Leon asked.

“Although the Neti card can anchor my soul, it does not have a strong binding force on me. End the activation of this card and I can still return to your body.

The same is true in reverse. If I activate that card from the leyline again, I can continue to respond to the call and appear through the leyline."

Laura pushed open the door of the wizard's workshop and walked in.

"Got it. You can now travel between my body and the cards."

Leon followed Laura and suddenly his mind wandered. He expressed the confusion that had been in his mind for a long time: "So, why did you appear in the body of this young hunter? You are so powerful, why don't you possess someone more powerful?"

"Do you think this is my own choice?" Laura stopped and looked back helplessly with her golden eyes.

"When I woke up more than two months ago, I was already trapped in this body with you. I was almost dragged into the Dead Sea. Instead of asking me why I am here, why not tell me how you got into this body?"

"This, I really don't know. It seems like I woke up and entered the body of this boy." Leon told the truth that his time travel was like a dream. Not long ago, he was a social animal on Earth, but in the blink of an eye, he became a distressed slave.

"I believe you really don't know, so I want to return to Rolandal as soon as possible, just to figure everything out." Laura said, her eyes sweeping across the display cabinets in the workshop, and when she saw a small puppet statue in it, her eyes flickered inexplicably.

She raised her hand, and the thing floated from the shelf into the girl's palm.

".It seems that you have tried more than one method besides the Neti card. Aphrodite." Laura sighed.

Leon glanced sideways.

In the other person's hand was a perfectly crafted, full-color doll of a dignified black-haired woman, and the image was portrayed vividly. The level of detail of this work of art was even more exquisite than the expensive figures Leon had seen in his previous life.

"Leon? Are you in there?" Corvis' voice suddenly came.

Leon looked back and saw the blond boy cautiously poking his head out from behind the door.

After searching all the way from the bottom of the tower, Corvis finally saw his companion and felt relieved.

"I'm glad you're okay. I just saw a lot of noise on the top of the tower. I'm a little worried. Also, the sky outside is..."

Halfway through the conversation, Corvis saw the girl in white robe beside Leon and couldn't help wondering, "Who is this?"

"This is Miss Lola. She is my friend and a very powerful wizard." Leon briefly introduced her to Corvis.

Corvis was stunned. He had never thought that there were other people in the tower. However, when the young man saw the familiar supreme decoration on the girl's white and gold robe,
"She is your friend?" The blond boy widened his eyes in shock.

Looking carefully at the robes on the girl, he swallowed and asked tentatively: "Why is your friend wearing the emblem of Emperor Atias?"

Laura frowned when she heard this, put the statue in her hand on the table, and turned to look at the boy outside the door.

"I see they are still using the third-level titles, and the robes are clearly divided. I thought they had copied everything."

Laura's voice seemed a little unhappy: "So those Rhodok people had to add some of their new creations?"

Listening to this inexplicable conversation, Leon was confused.

Corvis instinctively took a few steps back, his eyes filled with doubt.

The boy knew that the Magic Emperor of Atias was undoubtedly a man, and there was no way he would suddenly appear in front of him.

But the girl in the platinum robe next to his companion, with the pattern representing the most honorable rank of Master Atias on her body, still made Corvis feel extremely uneasy.

"Don't put the cart before the horse." Laura explained patiently: "When I put on this robe, the so-called Atias Empire that the Rhodok people are now tossing around didn't even exist."

"Is your outfit particular?" Leon then vaguely understood what Corvis had misunderstood.

Laura nodded: "According to the ancient tradition of Lorelit, the official position is awarded a black robe; the deputy position is awarded a black robe with gold ornaments; the magician is awarded a purple robe. As for the white robe with such patterns."

The girl opened her arms with emotion, turned her waist slightly, and said with a nostalgic look: "Only the King of France can wear it."

It seems that Miss Lola had a very high status in the past, Leon sighed in his heart
He recalled the afterimage of Lady Aphrodite that had been left behind.

One is wearing a purple robe, the other is wearing a white robe, which can indeed distinguish the ranks of the two people very intuitively.

“Although it doesn’t matter if I continue to tell you about the past, but are you still not going to leave?” After Laura finished explaining, she sat down on the chair in front of the table and asked.

"You mean, we can leave the cursed land now?" Leon asked in surprise.

"The Neti card has been taken away, and my current consumption of this leyline is accelerating the dissipation of this area." Laura looked out the window.

She had found it strange at first, why was such a large-scale spiritual site so quiet inside, with no trace of any evil creatures from the spiritual world.

It turns out that Aphrodite had already offered her soul to the Dead Sea Dragon before she was swallowed by the spirit world.

After that, the only thing that maintained the spiritual field was the unique magic in the tower that gave birth to the Neti card.

Leon walked forward, opened the window, and looked up at the sky.

The dark sky, which was originally like colorful ink, now looks like a burnt canvas with gaps everywhere.

The bright sky in reality is revealed in the gaps that seem to be melted by some force.

But before Leon could feel happy, he heard Laura behind him say: "Just a reminder, Leon, although the spirit-like land is about to disappear, the zombies wandering in this area will not disappear together. If you still care about your small territory, you'd better go back as soon as possible to prepare early."

Leon turned around in surprise when he heard this: "After those undead souls return to reality, won't they be dragged into the Dead Sea by the law of life and death you mentioned?"

"No, because they died in the spirit-like field, not in reality, so the only way to defeat the undead is the same as normal. Either destroy the body to expose the soul, or wait for their corpses to undergo a long decay process in reality and become unable to accommodate the soul." Miss Lola spread her hands.

Leon was suddenly horrified.

In such a huge nightmare forest, who knows how many dead bodies of humans and beasts have accumulated there over such a long period of time?

Selva is right next to this forest. Not only Selva, but also Lonka. As well as the counties of "Kosos" and "Blink", all human settlements located on the edge of the Nightmare Forest may be invaded by the undead.

"Isn't this a big deal?"

Leon turned around and walked quickly towards the gate. He didn't want his small territory to be destroyed again by the undead zombies before he could even warm up to it and recover from the brutal destruction caused by the Kantadars.

Laura saw the anxious look on Leon's face and comforted him, "Don't worry, those zombies are not a big threat. The Yanyang Guards are just exceptions. Zombies have basically no intelligence and can only wander around randomly.

As long as you bring the news to the lords of that kingdom as soon as possible, the army organized by ordinary people will be enough to suppress the sporadic undead wandering out of the forest."

Leon walked a few steps, turned his head and saw Miss Laura still sitting quietly at the table, and couldn’t help asking: “Laura, won’t you come with me?”

The wizard shook her head and picked up the scattered defective crystal cards on the table: "I will stay here for a while to see Aphrodite's research, maybe I can find some other gains."

Leon thought about it and didn't force it. Although he was a little uncomfortable without the Arrow of Isa, he was not so fragile that he could not survive without her.

Now that I have lost a killer move, I have to be more careful in the future.

But, to be honest, without the day and night watch of Miss Lola's soul, Leon felt that he might have more privacy in his daily life.

".After I have dealt with the affairs in the territory, I will come back to learn magic from you."

As he spoke, Leon walked to the door, and suddenly turned back with some worry and asked: "Ms. Laura, when you end this spirit state, will you turn into that Neti card again?"

"Why? Are you afraid that someone will pick me up when I turn into a card?"

Laura looked over with a smile: "Don't worry, I will restart the defense magic here and hide the tower. Besides, even if someone takes it away, I can return to you through the card. Now, apart from this card, my only anchor point in the world is with you."

(End of this chapter)