Chapter 84: Magic Power and Time

The next morning, in the temple dormitory room.

Su Qing sat on the stool, opposite him was Dongxi Ma, no, it should be Gilgamesh of the Eternal Clan.

At this time, Gilgamesh looked grateful and said: "Thank you, if it weren't for you, the village would have suffered."

As the saying goes, don't strike a smiling face, Su Qing felt dissatisfied inside but still forced a smile: "No need to thank me, after all I also live here."

After saying that, he changed the subject and asked: "By the way, when are you leaving?"

Gilgamesh said helplessly: "You…… you're still injured!"

Having suffered this mutant clan attack, Gilgamesh was greatly shocked, because as early as several hundred years ago, through the joint efforts of him and his fellow Eternal Clan members, the mutant clan on this planet had already been wiped out.

Now another one has appeared; could the mutant clan still have survivors?

"Yes, you're injured, but people died in the village." Su Qing's face turned cold, and he said: "The villagers were injured because of you; you must take responsibility."

Gilgamesh lowered his head with a dim look, his face full of desolation: "You're right, everything is my fault. I will leave here tonight."

Seeing the goal achieved, Su Qing nodded and said: "Alright, I won't talk to you anymore."

The Eternal Clan is basically a copy of 'Death God elementary student'; wherever they appear, mutant clans appear and people die.

Although Ma Dongxi is fairly decent and has a celebrity face, Su Qing still doesn't want to be neighbors with such a big trouble.

Because of the mutant clan's rampage, the house was directly turned into ruins, so Su Qing and Yao are currently staying in the temple.

Su Qing came to Yao's room and saw her left arm and right leg wrapped in white cloth, lying quietly on the bed recuperating.

"How are you, does it still hurt?"

"It's fine." Yao's face was somewhat pale, but she had already regained some color.

"You rest a while, I'll go hunting."

Su Qing gave a few reminders, then left the room, walked out of the village and headed deep into the Himalayas.

Yao was whipped by a mutant clan, directly breaking one arm and one leg; she needs to eat nutritious food, preferably meat, to recover better.

Kamar-Taj village is a small village, with little farmland, the villagers' life is not affluent, meat is a very scarce resource.

To eat meat, besides raising livestock at home, the only option is hunting.

Su Qing had never hunted before, but relying on his sense of smell and speed, he quickly found a flock of wild goats on a mountainside.

Wild goats are good at climbing walls, often climbing up cliffs to find grass to eat.

Due to the terrain, it's very hard to catch them, but fortunately Su Qing is not an ordinary person; climbing cliffs is like walking on flat ground for him, and after a few moves he caught a strong goat.

"Hey, it's you!"

He patted the goat's big head, Su Qing shouldered the goat and walked back.

Along the way, he encountered some villagers working outside; they all looked fearful, lowering their heads and not daring to look directly at Su Qing.

Su Qing paid no attention to the villagers' attitude.

He hurried back to the temple and immediately started to prepare a nutritious breakfast for Yao.

"Forget it, I'll feed you myself!" Seeing Yao's difficulty eating, Su Qing took over the spoon.

"No, I can do it myself." Yao's eyes flashed with panic, and she hurriedly said.

"You can't even hold a spoon, how can you eat? Let me feed you!"

"No, I can manage."

"Don't push yourself……"

After Su Qing's words of persuasion, Yao finally gave in.

…………

Time flows like water, gone and never to return.

Yao's injury required a month of rest to get out of bed, and with Su Qing's support and assistance, it took a month before she could finally walk normally.

During her recuperation, Su Qing contributed effort, rebuilt several rooms by hand, moved out of the temple, and restored his previous peaceful life.

………

The spring and autumn cold and heat have passed.

Unbeknownst to them, in the blink of an eye, they have reached the third year in the Marvel universe.

In these three years, under the guidance of the profound and inscrutable Cloud Mist Master, Yao's martial arts skills have become mastered, and her magical attainment has reached a very profound level.

With this academic role model, Su Qing also did not idle; he almost wrote down all the magic spells Yao taught him.

Yes, he wrote them down, but did not learn them.

Speaking of this, Su Qing wants to complain.

In Marvel, the vast majority of magicians cast magic by essentially borrowing from different dimensions or deities.

If there is any difference to speak of? It's just how much they owe and how little.

Because of this, magic has a clear classification: owing little is white magic, owing much is black magic.

Thus, this leads to a result: the vast majority of Marvel magicians do not practice cultivating magic power.

They cultivate knowledge, uh... no, should be acquiring knowledge, understanding knowledge, then releasing magic; they do not cultivate magic power, but directly draw magic power from extra dimensions, the multiverse, and demon gods.

It's really simple and convenient, only the later repayment is comparatively miserable.

Of course, saying this does not mean that in Marvel one cannot painstakingly cultivate magic power oneself.

In Marvel, there are six sources of magic power.

The first is one's own energy; in Marvel, due to bloodline reasons, some people's blood contains a large amount of energy, such as vampires, who can release magic using the energy contained in their blood; this kind of magic is called blood magic; of course, Odin's power of Asgard also falls within this category.

The second is drawing from extra dimensions; the vast majority of Marvel magicians draw energy from extra dimensions to cast their spells; drawing extra dimensional energy imposes a certain burden on the body; in the comics, Doctor Strange recovers by eating some 'strange supplements'; this is the energy source for the vast majority of magicians in the Marvel universe.

The third is demon gods; they are powerful beings in the magic dimension; if one can make a contract and trade with them, one can draw almost infinite energy from them, and their energy possesses various strong properties, making them a very powerful cheat.

The fourth is Earth's ancient gods; they are the oldest beings on Earth; the powerful individuals among them have established their own dimensions, and their energy can also serve as a source of magic power.

The fifth is magic items; the typical example is Thor's hammer; the runes on Thor's hammer contain strong magic power; if you can control it, you can directly draw energy from Thor's hammer.

The sixth type is the planet itself; according to Druid legend and the War of the Seven Realms, when the aforementioned conditions cannot be met, one can draw energy from the planet itself to cast spells, which inflicts great harm on the planet—if too much is drawn, the planet may directly perish.

That is the source of Marvel's magic.

Su Qing knows the drawbacks of borrowing magic, also knows the six major sources of Marvel's magic, and naturally would not be foolish enough to borrow or make contracts.

In his plan, he intends to use the first type as the source of power for casting magic.

And this power source lies in Zeus's bloodline.

Zeus, whether in DC or Marvel, is an extremely powerful deity, and his blood naturally contains great power.

Therefore, upon seeing the werewolf ancestor's source blood completely devoured and fused, Su Qing immediately chose to install Zeus's bloodline.

As king of the gods, Zeus governs the sky; he is the supreme deity in Greek mythology, wields lightning, and is thus also called the god of thunder.

Therefore, his bloodline is naturally extraordinary.

As soon as the installation was confirmed, the originally clear sky was covered by black clouds, and countless bolts of lightning struck down upon Su Qing.

The lightning did not cease until the Yuan bloodline had devoured and fused to 0.1 percent, at which point the lightning barely stopped.

If it weren't for Su Qing's abnormal self-healing ability, he would have long been struck into a cold corpse by the lightning.

Thereafter, the devouring and fusion were not peaceful; whenever thunderstorm weather occurred, Su Qing would definitely be struck by a bolt.

In short, for Zeus's bloodline, Su Qing has been numbed by repeated lightning strikes.

…………

That winter, the days were filled with heavy snowfall.

"Su Qing, it's time to eat."

"Coming, coming, don't rush me."

"Hurry up, you've been getting lazier lately."

…………

Under Yao's urging, Su Qing sat by the campfire.

Watching the flames flicker, he recalled three years ago, also a winter, when Yao had picked him up from the snow.

Seeing him dazed, Yao tapped the table: "Stop staring, hurry up and eat."

Su Qing came to his senses, smiled, looked at the now-mature Yao, and suddenly said: "I'm leaving."

With a plop, the bowl in his hand fell to the ground; Yao's eyes flashed with panic, but she quickly concealed it, lowering her head to pick up the bowl and softly asked: "When?"

"In three days." Su Qing thought and replied.

Just yesterday, Zeus's bloodline finally completed its progress, and the "Transcend Boundary" also reached twenty percent, being reactivated once more, meaning he could cross over again.

Yao felt very anxious.

Over these three years, living together with Su Qing, sharing meals and lodging, studying magic side by side, she has grown accustomed to him.

Su Qing's sudden decision to leave naturally made her reluctant.

But...

Yao's eyes dimmed; she was nobody to Su Qing, with no reason to stop him from leaving.

"Come, eat!"

"Mm!"