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"Do you also want to participate in this Dragon Disaster?" As he said this, Blake looked Jiang Kehan up and down, and he had a pretty good idea of why Jiang Kehan asked this question.
In her eyes, Jiang Kehan might want to invite her to team up to avoid danger during the Dragon Disaster.
It wasn't that Blake was arrogant; as a veteran in the pursuit of dragon calamities, she had far more ways to deal with this situation than the visibly inexperienced witch before her.
Jiang Kehan nodded, revealing an embarrassed smile: "I've essentially consumed ahead of time and owe Dear Mary a large sum of money. I'm afraid I can only pay it off by participating in the Dragon Disaster."
She did some mental calculations and figured that, including Miss Dana's forging and material costs, she would probably need to hunt two or three level 6 dragons on her own to completely resolve this debt.
If she didn't rely on the Dragon Calamity, just finding two level 6 dragons would take her one or two months, which would be a huge loss.
Hearing Jiang Kehan's words, Blake couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Haha, I didn't expect you to be so similar to my temperament. I just wonder how strong you are?"
"The scale of this dragon calamity is probably moderate. I've scouted it out beforehand, and there are probably seven level 6 dragons alone."
Blake winked at Jiang Kehan, clearly saying: There are enough prey, but Miss, are you really strong enough?
“However, if Theresa participates in this dragon calamity, both Del Marie and I will likely join her in hunting down the level 7 dragon, so there won’t be a chance to fight alongside you.”
Blake fiddled with the silver coin in her hand. Sunlight streamed through the window and shone on her left side, making her look somewhat travel-worn, like a gold prospector wandering the West.
“But as I said, if you need my help, I’d be happy to.” She smiled, tossed the silver coin into the air, and looked earnestly at Jiang Kehan.
"Even if it means declining Theresa's invitation, after all, we don't get along very well."
Looking at Blake's unrestrained expression, Jiang Kehan finally felt that she had gained some initial understanding of him.
Indeed, with Blake's help, she should be able to easily pay off the debt for forging the staff, and it would be a minor matter for Blake.
However, Jiang Kehan inexplicably thought of her magical properties and the reason she came here.
Isn't she here precisely to enhance her own strength? If she hides behind others, how can she ignite the fire within her and make it burn brightly?
So after a brief hesitation, Jiang Kehan shook her head slightly and refused Blake.
"I should be able to handle it, but I'm not really sure about the situation with the level 6 dragons that appear during the Dragon Plague."
Jiang Kehan raised her glass, smiled, and drank it all in one gulp, as if to echo the other person's gesture, freely spilling the crystal-clear liquid.
"So I still need your help, but in the form of intelligence." She looked at Blake's somewhat surprised expression and puffed out her chest triumphantly.
"As for the compensation, I will try my best to satisfy Blake."
Blake looked at the completely unexpected answer and suddenly felt a smile.
This was the first time she had ever seen such a "cute" witch; perhaps it was a unique feature of Dahua Kongdu?
However, Jiang Kehan's attitude did make Blake feel quite good, which made her even more curious about why the other party could bring her bad luck.
Suddenly, she wanted to get to know this rather unusual witch better, so after pretending to be troubled in thought, she revealed a malicious smile.
"Just talking isn't enough for you to choose the right prey from these seven level 6 dragons. Why don't I take you to see them for myself?"
"Huh?" Jiang Kehan was speechless; she really hadn't expected such a good thing to happen.
But looking at the other person's smile, she shivered slightly, clearly somewhat suspicious.
"Why do I always feel like Blake is secretly plotting something not so good?"
Blake laughed heartily, slapping his leg without any attempt to hide his laughter, and said with a somewhat comical expression, "Because chasing a level 6 dragon is no picnic, Miss. We are hunters wandering through the mud. Before we kill it, there will only be more and more embarrassing situations."
"Only in this way can you lock onto your target, know the habits of the dragon you want to hunt, and thus kill it more effectively and quickly."
"These are the things hunters must learn. Are you ready?"
As Blake spoke, she revealed her tiny fangs, which made her appear somewhat cruel and cold.
Hearing the other party's explanation, Jiang Kehan felt much relieved and nodded, "Of course."
But soon after, Jiang Kehan wanted to punch herself for it, because only by following Blake, this jerk, could she know just how unreliable and inhuman she really was.
A pure and innocent birth!
However, at this moment, Jiang Kehan looked at Blake with great admiration. She estimated that with her current strength and the staff, dealing with a level 6 dragon would be extremely difficult, even with the help of the village barrier.
However, if you have information about the opponent and choose a dragon species that suits you to fight, your chances of winning will be much greater.
Of course, her courage to refuse Blake's help wasn't mindless; rather, it was because Ye Yu told her that the cat balls might give her unexpected assistance.
Chapter 313 Eliminated Disciplines
After agreeing with Blake to leave the next day, Jiang Kehan booked a room at the bar, preparing to contact the little kittens she hadn't seen for a few days.
After paying a small deposit, the manager handed Jiang Kehan a wooden token, telling her that all the rooms in the tavern were on the second floor.
However, the shopkeeper didn't mention what the token was for, which was obviously common knowledge in this era.
When Jiang Kehan asked Ye Yu, he just smiled and didn't say anything, which made Jiang Kehan a little troubled.
As she pondered the spell on the token, she found her room on the second floor and pushed open the door to go inside.
When Jiang Kehan entered the room, she was not greeted by the country-style decor she had imagined. She rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things.
There's absolutely nothing in there!
"Did I go to the wrong room?" Jiang Kehan asked hesitantly after a brief silence.
This remark drew laughter from Ye Yu, who clutched her stomach and laughed until tears streamed down her face before slowly speaking.
"Although I don't know which teacher taught you formations, to be honest, did you really not fail any courses?"
After laughing enough, Ye Yu spread out her paws, gesturing for Jiang Kehan to give her the token.
"Formation studies?" Jiang Kehan was taken aback for a moment, then said to Ye Yu in surprise, "The academy doesn't have this subject."
Ok?
The man and the cat stared at each other, both clearly puzzled.
Ye Yu frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something, and tentatively asked, "Do you still remember the rune literature course? Tell me about it."
Jiang Kehan knew this. Although her main focus was on alchemy, the Witch Academy would introduce several major disciplines to give the little witch a basic understanding.
"Rune literature is about using existing objects or rules in the world to combine and piece together concepts, thereby achieving an effect where one plus one is greater than two, or even infinite."
Jiang Kehan recalled and told Ye Yu everything she knew.
"However, I have never learned about array formations at the academy, nor have I heard of them on the terminal."
As Ye Yu listened to Jiang Kehan's description, he suddenly looked up at the window. Her tail was drooping, looking somewhat weak.
She couldn't help but wonder how long it had been since she had left the portal.
A hundred years? Or longer?
Anyway, it's long enough for the formation studies of the era of societies to be completely replaced, or even eliminated, by rune studies.
"So the study of formations has been completely phased out... I was wrong to laugh at that."
The white clouds outside the window remained unchanged, drifting leisurely past Ye Yu's eyes. She said softly, "Array formation is a discipline that the witch developed to solve the problem of not being able to protect other places after she left."
"Its purpose is to use other materials to bind the magic, making it difficult to dissipate, thereby achieving a witch-like spellcasting effect."
"Look, isn't this token constantly emitting magical energy, but very slightly? That's a characteristic of an array."
Jiang Kehan suddenly realized why she could sense the magic but couldn't see the spells on it. The casting logic of array formations was completely different from normal spell casting.
However, she hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Ye Yu and said...
"But future runic writing will be able to achieve this effect more easily, without the need for regular magical repairs."
Because runic writing unifies different items or rules conceptually, the finished products are all "complete" and can be maintained in a self-sustaining manner, making them very easy to use.
Most importantly, the materials in the array can only restrain a very limited amount of magic power, which means its maximum effect is much lower than that of runes. It also makes less use of materials, so it was directly eliminated.
Jiang Kehan looked at Ye Yu and suddenly realized the key point. She asked, "Is it because of the continuous discovery of truth that the study of runes has made such rapid progress?"
Ye Yu didn't know why she was lost in thought; she just suddenly felt that she was getting old.
After hearing Jiang Kehan's words, she came back to her senses and tilted her head uncertainly, saying, "Maybe. Before I was in charge of guarding the Gate of Time and Space, array formations were quite common, although runic literature was already trending towards replacing them at that time."
"But I didn't expect that what awaited me was not replacement of the study of formations, but complete elimination."
Ye Yu took the token from Jiang Kehan, then walked to the center of the room with the token in his mouth. Immediately, as if in response to the array on the token, a faint light began to appear in the room.
"In this era, the study of formations is something that cannot be overcome; you can see its presence in every unexpected corner."
"It's like witnessing a witch constantly climbing to a higher position."
"It is a stubborn disease unique to this era, a fossil that I cannot forget."
Ye Yu spoke in a low voice, releasing the token and letting it float in mid-air. Then she jumped back onto Jiang Kehan's shoulder, staring at the scene in a daze.
Before the token, a simple magical light screen appeared as the array was activated. It had many different decorative styles and could be pieced together.
Jiang Kehan took a few steps forward, picked out some furniture she liked, and then talked to Ye Yu.
"Could you teach me that night, Sister Yu?"
"You want to study this completely obsolete subject?" Ye Yu was slightly taken aback and looked at Jiang Kehan's delicate profile. The other party didn't show any particular emotion, as if she were talking about something very trivial.
"Of course, although we may not need it, it is something that this era cannot surpass."
"I actually want to understand this world more deeply. If I learn the art of formations, I'm sure I'll have many unique experiences."
After Jiang Kehan returned, she smiled at Ye Yu and said, "Moreover, since we are about to face war, we will have to deal with formations sooner or later, since they are ubiquitous in war."
Ye Yu looked at her, then suddenly chuckled and squinted at her: "You've managed to win my favor by doing this? Although array formations sound impressive, they're actually just imitations of spells, so they won't do you any good at all."
"But you're right. Sometimes you can only understand the unique significance of this era by understanding it. So I'll teach you, don't mind."
For example, getting to know a somewhat lonely black cat.
Ye Yu's gaze was deep and unfathomable, yet he couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth, which was followed by a kind of deep-sea-like stare.
In a sense, she is also a prisoner of this era, bound by the portal of time and space.
However, the evidence against her is probably only known to herself.
After selecting the furniture, Jiang Kehan cheered and cautiously cast several special spells to block detection before taking out her contract with the cats with an expectant look on her face.
She couldn't wait to contact her little kittens, not because she missed the cheat!
Well, maybe a little.
Cheating is fun for a while, and cheating all the time is even more fun. Deep Blue, add some points!
Chapter 314 Reliable and Unreliable