Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 176 The Miracle of Magic

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Two wooden swords collided in the air, and two people holding swords were having a competition on the lawn. One of them was a boy with black hair and brown eyes, about ten years old, and the other had dazzling blond hair, about sixteen years old.

This battle was not intense. It was more of a coaching than a fight. The black-haired boy always managed to avoid the opponent's attacks and hit the opponent's weak points with ease.

"Damn it, it's always just a little bit off. Why is it always just a little bit off?"

The blond boy, who had his attack dodged again, waved his wooden sword angrily, shifted his center of gravity forward, and completely gave up defense in exchange for absolute offense.

"It's always almost right during practice, but always a little off when it comes to the crucial moment."

The black-haired boy dodged the brute force chop by leaning sideways, cut into the gap between the powerful moves, and clenched the wooden sword in his hand and thrust it upwards.

Ding--

As the sword light appeared faintly, the blond boy felt a numbness in the palm of his hand where he was holding the sword. The wooden sword in his hand was knocked away cleanly, and then he was knocked down by a sweeping kick. When he was about to get up, a wooden sword was already against his heart.

"It's 0-7, Amir, do you want to continue?"

Luke retracted the wooden sword and extended his other hand to Amir to help him up.

Amir got up, brushed off the grass debris on his body, pouted, and made excuses for himself as usual, "Today's weather is not suitable for competition, and the grass is too slippery. I'm not in good shape recently..."

"You can fool others, but don't fool yourself."

Amir's face turned pale and blue when he heard this. He felt ashamed and embarrassed. After a fierce ideological struggle, he lowered his head and said, "Okay, I lose."

According to the rules of Amir's family, if a knight loses a duel as a knight, he must unconditionally agree to one condition of the winner, provided that it does not violate the law and morality.

Amir is not yet an adult and has not completed the knighthood ceremony, so he cannot be considered a true knight. However, due to his family's strict family traditions, he has to agree to Luke's request even if it is an informal duel.

"I want your pocket money, 90%."

"It's too dark!"

Amir's face suddenly changed, "Last time you only wanted 70%!"

"That's because I didn't notice that you were actually saving money to buy a gift for Mi Wei." Lu Ke tapped Amir on the head and gave him earnest advice like an elder brother who is like a father.

"Although it's not nice to talk about others behind their backs, Miss Mi Wei is not a good partner. There are at least three people who are hanging around like you, and she has no interest in you at all."

"Nonsense, Miss Mi Wei is not that kind of person, she just didn't talk to me because she was shy and reserved!"

Lu Ke could only sigh helplessly at this.

There are two kinds of people in the world who are not suitable for love. One is timid, and the other is blindly confident. Amir obviously belongs to the latter.

Ten years have passed since the two men came to Ms. Luo Yin's home.

For elves, this amount of time was just a blink of an eye. Lanis might have felt like she just took a nap, but Luke, who was still in his normal development period, could still feel the passage of time.

He has shown extraordinary maturity since he was young and has a strong ability to take care of himself. It’s not that he has the self-esteem of an adult in his previous life, but it’s simply because Lanis is too unreliable and he can only take care of himself.

Therefore, from the housekeeper and servants to Amir and Ms. Royin, everyone liked this smart, sensible and beautiful child, especially Amir, who was a very clingy playmate who would listen to his complaints.

Although Amir is ahead in age and height, the relationship between the two can be said to have been completely reversed.

Lu Ke treats Amir, who confides everything to him, as his son. Amir also treats Lu Ke as his brother because he is reliable and mature. He always emphasizes that he is the older brother. When encountering any problem, the first thing he looks for is Lu Ke. It can only be said that the seniority between boys should not be too fussy, and everyone should have their own opinions.

After entering puberty, the kid's mind started to become active. His big head was controlled by his small head. He could not forget Miss Mi Wei from the neighbor's house and always fantasized about having a romantic love with her that only happened in dramas. However, the other party ignored him at all and did not want anything except gifts.

Lu Ke could only save money for this rebellious son through competitions, and then secretly add it to Amir's daily expenses. In the process, he would also deduct a little to buy magic books for himself.

"Luke, you can't talk nonsense just because you are jealous of the relationship between Mi Wei and me." Amir retorted very seriously.

"When I go to the Land of Swords, pull out the Sword of the Brave, and destroy the Demon King, and return home in glory, Mi Wei will definitely accept my feelings."

Luke: "Are you so confident that you can pull out the sword of the brave?"

Amir: "Of course, I have felt the sword of the brave calling me since I was a child!"

Luke: "Why don't you go find a kid playing with a stick on the street and see if there's anyone among them who doesn't feel that the sword of the brave is calling him?"

Amir: “I’m different!”

Lu Ke was too lazy to persuade them anymore. He probably understood that young people were always full of expectations. Before they were knocked down by the heavy reality, they only fantasized about two things in their minds.

My future self, and my future.

Even the brave warrior Sinmer who would defeat the devil in the future could not pull out the broken sword, so Amir's dream was doomed to fail.

After lunch break, as usual, there was Lanis's magic instruction class. Although it was a bit unreliable, the elves had a rich knowledge base and Lanis knew countless magic spells.

"Today we are learning the magic of 'turning mud into brown sugar'. It is a somewhat complicated but very practical magic." Amir was still dozing off to pass the time, while Luke began to listen to the class seriously.

This magic is a strategic-level magic that is rarely seen even in the courses of elf wizards like Lanis.

He always felt that the magic in "The Burial of Frillian" was very powerful. In many worldviews, the transformation of matter was the pinnacle of alchemy and could be described as a miraculous skill. But in this world, not much magic power was needed to accomplish such a great feat.

"Lenice, you have taught the magic of turning water into wine before. Since this magic can turn mud into sugar, can we turn water into sugar, or mud into wine through conversion?"

"It's not impossible in theory, but the programming of magic is too complicated. To be able to create magic requires a deep understanding of the things being changed."

When it comes to the topic of magic, Lanis gave a relatively reliable explanation, "Only by knowing the structural principles of things can we make changes, but magic needs to be anchored in cognition, and it can only be performed after it is confirmed that it is achievable."

"For example, the magic of turning water into wine. Water and wine are both liquids, and they don't look that different, so it's possible to subconsciously imagine water as wine. Soil and brown sugar are both solids, and their colors are similar, so it's also possible."

"It sounds like magic is turning imagination into reality. If you have a firm enough understanding, you can achieve miracles."

"There are a lot of details in the middle, but the summary is barely correct." Lanis gave an affirmative answer, and then praised, "You have a talent for magic."

"It seems that my magic power accumulation speed is just normal."

"The normal level of elves is the same as the geniuses among humans, but there are so many humans that there will always be geniuses with much higher talents than the elves."

After finishing the class, Lanis stretched and went to sleep. Amir, who had just become energetic after class, had no time to be happy before he was taken by the butler to learn aristocratic etiquette.

After returning to the room to complete his magic practice, seeing that he still had some time, Luke knocked on Ms. Luo Yin's door as usual.

"It's Luke, right? Just come in."

"Good afternoon, Ms. Luo Yin."

Lu Ke walked into the room and bowed politely to Ms. Luo Yin who was sitting on the chair.

This amiable lady has had a cough this year and is allergic to dust and cannot tolerate cold air, so Lu Ke comes every day to perform dust-proof and ventilation magic for her.

Lanis's magic can last longer, but on the one hand, she always forgets easily, and on the other hand, Luke can use it to practice magic, so she leaves it to him.

After finishing today's magic, Luke was about to leave but was stopped by Ms. Luo Yin.

"Good boy, come here, let me see you."

Lu Ke went over as he was told. Ms. Luo Yin looked at the pretty face of the elf child and couldn't help but praise him a few words. Then she confided her concerns to him.

"Amir told me a few days ago that he wanted to join the army and join the team fighting against the demon king's army. I know it is an honorable thing to do, but I still begged him not to go."

Ms. Luo Yin's eyes revealed sadness. Her husband died in the fight against the Demon King's army, and now she was extremely afraid that her son would suffer the same fate.

The Demon King's army is very powerful. Every year, a large number of brave teams will come from the central countries. After meeting the king and getting the initial funds, they set out with full confidence, and then die halfway.

The demons are an emotionless race, pure killing machines. When fighting the Demon King's army, there will be no negotiation, no retreat, and they cannot even surrender after being defeated. They will only destroy all useless life forms along the way.

"Luke, Amir listens to you in everything. Can you persuade him? He has not experienced a wonderful life yet, has not met a lover he loves, and has no heirs to inherit. I really don't want him to do such a dangerous thing."

"I understand. I will persuade him."

Luke thought for a moment and nodded, then shook his head.

"But I only advised him because he was not strong enough to go to the battlefield. If one day in the future he still insists on joining the army, it is his own idea, and I'm sorry I can't stop him."

Ms. Luo Yin was silent for a moment, then spoke with some sadness, "You are right, Lu Ke, we cannot control the child's path, we can only give advice and persuasion."

Luke bowed slightly to the grieving lady, then turned and left the room.

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The next morning, Amir and Luke started their match on the lawn as usual.

Both of them lowered their center of gravity at the same time and got into the starting position.

Ding Dong!

There was no procrastination as in the past, and the outcome was decided in an instant.

Amir looked at the wooden sword around his neck in a daze, and looked at Lu Ke with a bit of grievance.

What’s going on? Are you not going to pretend today?

"Amir, the conditions this time..."

Luke retracted the wooden sword, expressionless, "Before you defeat me, you are not allowed to join the team against the Demon King's army in any form."

He started to fight Erlang Shen, and almost couldn't hold back when he heard the Happy Monkey.

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(End of this chapter)