Chapter 580: Nas Magic Ore, Yamila's Perception Pendant, The Sober Are the Most Painful

As for this next magic tool, rather than calling it a magic tool, isn't it more like a piece of raw, shaped and polished mineral ore?

It was an orange-yellow ore the size of a fist, square and upright, with many mottled, scale-like peculiar patterns on its surface. Jier picked it up; the thing wasn't heavy, even lighter than an ordinary stone.

"I've been wanting to say this for a while, is it really a magic tool?"

Jier fiddled with the object in his hand, but Yamila smiled after seeing it: "Yes, it is indeed a magic tool. And compared to other things, it can be called a natural magic tool. This thing is called Nas Magic Ore; it is occasionally found among mineral clusters when mining, so it isn't very rare. But this one is different."

Jier put the item down and pushed it to Yamila's side, signaling for her to demonstrate.

Yamila picked up the item, which was quite lightweight for its size: "As you can see, I only slightly trimmed this Nas Magic Ore and simply attached some compatible magic to it."

"Then what exactly is its function?"

"Why don't you see for yourself?" Yamila smiled, gently tapping the magic tool in her hand. Without needing any incantations or keys, she directly used her own Magic Power to precisely control the magic tool in her hand.

Following a buzzing sound, this mineral-like magic tool—no, it was itself a processed mineral—actually emitted a sound from its surface: "I've been wanting to say this for a while, is it really a magic tool?"

A young male voice rang out from the surface of the ore.

Jier knew immediately that it was his own voice, but he didn't have much of a reaction; after all, wasn't this just a tape recorder!

But Yamila was unhappy to see Jier didn't have much of a reaction, so she continued: "Besides being able to store sound inside it and release it through control, it has other functions."

"Like this!" Yamila smirked and activated another function on the ore.

Jier opened his mouth to say something, but though his lips moved, there was no sound.

This took him by surprise.

He said another sentence and slightly raised his voice, but not only was his own voice gone, the sounds of his breathing and his fingers tapping on the table were also gone. Furthermore, some of the surrounding sounds had vanished.

Jier looked at the Nas Magic Ore on the table and pointed at the thing while saying something.

Yamila couldn't hear him, but she knew what Jier was saying, so she nodded and smiled triumphantly. Hmph, let's see if you're surprised now? Unexpected, right?

When they, as Magic Apprentices, were learning magic, they loved to use small pieces of Nas Magic Ore to play pranks, leaving the unlucky victims unable to voice their grievances, thereby creating even greater amusement.

Jier waved his hand and said something else.

Seeing this, Yamila roughly understood Jier's meaning, so she lightly tossed the item in her hand into a corner of the hall.

After the Nas Magic Ore rolled over with a rumble, Jier finally heard sound. He clapped his hands together, producing a clear 'pop' sound, and said: "So there's sound now?"

"Of course. Nas Magic Ore naturally possesses the ability to absorb surrounding sounds; it's only after modification that there is a way to toggle this natural ability. I only slightly activated its silence function. If activated at full power, all sound would be inaudible in a large area around it. Those sounds would all be absorbed into this Nas Magic Ore."

"Absorbed into it? You mean to say, it will also release the sounds?" Jier asked.

"Didn't you hear it just now? But that was the result of manipulation. If not controlled, Nas Magic Ore will naturally suck away surrounding sounds. Once it can no longer hold those sounds inside, it will release all the absorbed sounds in one go, causing terrible interference!"

"For example?" Jier asked.

Yamila gave an example: "If you put it in a crowded, bustling market, it would make the entire market silent for a good while. Once it can no longer contain all the various sounds it has sucked in, it will release all the absorbed sounds in an instant, deafening the ears of a large crowd of people!"

Yamila shrugged: "But if someone controls it, releasing the sounds in intermittent segments is also possible. It has many uses, but we Magic Apprentices mostly use it for pranks."

Jier rubbed his chin: "It doesn't necessarily have to be used for pranks; it seems it could also be useful in battle, especially when facing enemies that use sound-based attacks. Perhaps it might have miraculous effects?"

Yamila, however, misunderstood, and she muttered to herself: "But there aren't many people who know sonic magic. In our entire Magic Tower, only the teacher knows some. Most of what everyone knows are just small magic tricks like slightly amplifying one's own volume."

What Jier was thinking of was his encounter with the Harpies flying in the sky when he passed through the Western Province a few days ago. Those Harpies would annoyingly release invisible sonic attacks, which could deafen a large group of soldiers every time, severely affecting the soldiers' combat organization and morale.

It always required the subsequent treatment of the Military Priests to heal the deafened ears so they could hear again.

And with this Nas Magic Ore, one could forcibly absorb the Harpies' screeching sonic attacks into the magic ore during a battle, rendering this method of theirs useless!

Furthermore, Jier wondered, if the Nas Magic Ore recorded an enemy's deafening sonic attack, would it still have the effect of deafening people when the Nas Magic Ore released it later?

Yamila was stumped by Jier's question. She didn't know either, so she could only mutter softly that she would go back and check the relevant books.

If it were possible, then this magic tool would be extremely useful.

In any case, Jier decided to buy this Nas Magic Ore.

Mimi, the Magic House, used its little white hand to pick up the Nas Magic Ore that Yamila had just tossed away and neatly placed the item on the table.

"Then what is its price?"

Yamila waved her hand: "Just give me the price of the raw material! Nas Magic Ore isn't very precious; as long as you dig in the ground, you might find them. It's just that this piece of Nas Magic Ore is quite large, so the price is a bit higher. Plus the magic I added to control it. Oh, right, it doesn't have a Magic Power crystal installed, so only those with Magic Power can control it. Of course, you can use it directly."

Finally, Yamila made a 'twenty' gesture: "Twenty Gold Coins! This is already considered cheap. After all, such a large piece of Nas Magic Ore has value in itself; some wealthy Merchants and Nobles who like strange things enjoy keeping these rare items in their collection rooms."

Jier nodded, acknowledging Yamila's words.

Jier pointed to the last magic tool and looked at Yamila. When Yamila introduced the other magic tools earlier, she was straightforward, but when it came to this magic tool, she was somewhat shy.

"This thing, well, it's a rather peculiar magic tool. It has to do with me..."

Jier raised an eyebrow: "Has to do with you? In what way?"

Yamila explained hesitantly: "I was born with a peculiar perception; I can see things others cannot, and perceive things others cannot perceive. This is also the reason why I became a Magic Apprentice. I find learning magic easier than others because I can more easily and clearly perceive things that are not easily discovered by others."

"When others were still struggling with how to create their first wisp of Magic Power, I could already easily control Magic Power."

"So?" Jier knew this person had a peculiar perception ability and could discover the Spirit Dog, Big Nose, which basically wouldn't be discovered. You know, although Big Nose was composed of the Moon God's Divine Power, it basically only interacted with Jier himself on a physical level; it was very peculiar and very counter-intuitive.

But even so, Yamila could perceive the existence of Big Nose.

"So, I followed the instructions of the senior who taught me magic item crafting and used my own blood, as well as a small piece of my soul, to craft this pendant that looks like an eye."

Yamila held the eyeball-shaped pendant, which looked more like a gem than solidified blood, in her hand.

"Wearing it can slightly enhance one's perception. I've had people try it; after wearing it, one can discover some bad things in a house and roughly perceive things that ordinary people cannot discover. It might even be helpful in battle."

Jier reached out to take the item and played with it in his hand.

Once the item was in his hand, Jier had a peculiar feeling; it seemed as if the things his eyes saw became clearer?

Examining his palm carefully, Jier could even slightly feel that in his seemingly empty palm, there was something under a layer of skin that was sealing and restricting the Magic Power within his body.

And that Magic Power from the Magic Beast within his body was, for the first time, so clearly discovered by Jier.

Jier looked at the sword on his left waist. The Hunting Sword was like a bright ball of light; on the hilt, the Moon God's Divine Power and the Moon God's creation each manifested their own existence, and the blade within the Sword Sheath also contained a strand of the Sun God's Divine Power.

And these various Divine Powers were all controlled by a mysterious force that did not belong to them.

Jier guessed that this invisible mysterious force should be the Spirit of the Hunting Sword.

On the right side of his body, the Heart Fire Gem Dagger was also different at this moment.

This thing looked just like a large pile of firewood containing the power of flames, and at this moment, it was being honestly hung at Jier's waist.

With such a powerful force right at his waist, Jier felt somewhat uncomfortable. He hadn't been able to sense it before and hadn't felt anything, but now that he looked, the energy that this Heartfire Dagger could hold was far stronger than the Magic Tools Yamila made herself.

When Jier looked at Yamila, he was even more astonished.

Because Yamila was practically enveloped in various fluorescent glows of Magic Power; in Jier's perception, Yamila was full of Magic Power from head to toe, and there were powerful Magic Power reactions from her earrings, the pendant on her chest, the emblem on her belt, and her ankles.

Besides that, Yamila had many other Magic Tools on her, though they were far less powerful than the first four.

The Magic Power reactions of those Magic Tools were each about the same as the Heartfire Dagger at Jier's waist. Only the pendant on Yamila's chest, in his Magic Perception, possessed a Magic Power reaction that far exceeded the other Magic Tools.

"Truly amazing!"

It was unclear what Jier was saying, or who he was talking about.

But when Jier looked up and turned to look at the surrounding house, he was even more astonished.

At a rough glance, there was nothing, but as long as Jier paid close attention, he could perceive powerful Magic Power everywhere; the entire Magic Hut was like a dormant, massive volcano, and Jier was sitting inside the crater.

Behind the seemingly ordinary walls were powerful Magic Power reactions, and in terms of scale, they were ten or a hundred times stronger than Jier's Heartfire Dagger.

Surrounded by Magic Power reactions, Jier immediately felt uncomfortable and threw the eye-shaped pendant in his hand onto the table.

"Phew, truly terrifying!" Jier exclaimed.

Yamila laughed: "Your expression is the same as mine when I was little—the look of shock after seeing something one shouldn't see. Haha, were you scared?"

Jier shook his head stubbornly: "How could that be? Although I am young, I am not a child without experience."

Yamila gave a strange smile, seemingly intending to see Jier make a fool of himself, and she goaded him: "Then do you dare to take this pendant of mine and go outside the house to take a look? Take a close look."

Jier saw Yamila's mischievous smile and roughly guessed her intentions.

But even so, Jier wasn't afraid of anything; he picked up the pendant and walked out, and Yamila immediately covered her mouth to stifle a laugh and followed.

She was extremely happy, as if she had already foreseen Jier's upcoming misfortune, so she pushed Jier from behind, urging him to walk faster.

"It's only a few steps, you're urging me so much—it feels suspicious!"

"Hmph, if it's suspicious, then don't go out! And go ahead and crown yourself with the hat of a coward!" Yamila shouted loudly.

Jier had a smile on his face, but his smile stiffened the moment he walked out of the Magic Hut.

Not only did his smile stiffen, but Jier's body also stiffened like an aging machine.

Yamila pushed Jier hard, and only then did she push him to the open space in front of the house.

They had been here several times already, but this time Jier just opened his mouth slightly, stunned in place with a look of astonishment.

Because in the perception expanded by the Magic Tool, the world had changed its appearance.

Hanging in the sky were no longer the gentle, shy, and temperamental Three Goddesses of the Moon, but three massive sources of Magic Power radiation, projecting immense energy onto the entire pitch-black earth in the form of moonlight.

What a vast and terrifying power that was; even a billionth of it could easily destroy Jier.

And in the pitch-black night sky, those twinkling stars of various colors had also changed their appearance.

Each one of them was like a traveler from afar who had journeyed from a distant land, dividing their purest power into many parts and using slender 'threads' to send that power to various corners of the world and the earth.

And the divine emblems of various powerful gods flying in the firmament now appeared even more terrifying in Jier's eyes.

From the distant earth far away, countless slender 'threads' rose from the ground, leading straight to the various divine emblems in the firmament.

And those divine emblems each revealed powerful energy, and from time to time, one wave of power after another was projected downward from them, though it was unknown where exactly it was being sent.

"Before you look down, prepare yourself mentally."

Yamila reminded him with a grin.

But Jier was still shocked after looking down at the ground.

Boundless energy surged across the earth, operating with a sense of slow movement that never ceased.

The moment Jier thought about how his feet were standing on this massive thing, he felt like a tiny flea on a giant—no, a microorganism or bacterium even smaller than a flea.

Jier felt a wave of dizziness; the feeling of being both huge and insignificant filled his perception and mind, leaving him exceptionally confused.

With a thud, Jier collapsed onto the earth.

And like a drowning person, his hands and feet flailed involuntarily, struggling to be saved.

Even though it was he himself who was kicking and waving his arms and twisting his body in a panic, the earth had never moved even a fraction.

No, was there a possibility that when the planet rotates, only the few people who clearly realize the earth is rotating and the planet is rotating would be this miserable? Like a fish out of water.

Those who are awake are miserable.

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