Mage Manual
Chapter 692 - 545 Word Suffix

Chapter 692: Chapter 545 Word Suffix

Though it was hard to believe, Diya indeed had the highest demand for strength; her "Aquatic Line" Miracle was an extension of the Fist Claw Faction, fundamentally requiring immense power. This was contrary to Ash and Sonia, whose swordsmanship focused more on skill and speed, so Diya took the "Ogre Gloves."

"Technique Spirit Coffin" could be handled by anyone, but considering Ash had blatantly favored the Sword Maiden under everyone’s watch, he let Weiser take the collection.

Drinking two potions from the Lightless Sanctuary allowed Ash and Weiser to consume Magic Power to congeal the Holy Domain. However, it was different from Technique Spirits and Miracles; the Lightless Sanctuary was like a black box—Ash couldn’t comprehend its functioning principle and only knew that inputting Magic Power could raise the Holy Domain.

Unless they later entered the Space Faction, the Holy Domain could only remain at this preliminary stage.

Now, with everyone ready, they officially began to explore the Void Realm!

"...Although that’s the case," Ash looked around at the surrounding streets, "how do we explore the Distant Realm?"

"Identify the world characteristics, summarize the corresponding word suffixes!"

Sonia, who had researched countless resources, immediately responded, "Each Dream Bubble Shadow has different word suffixes, and Mages looking to acquire knowledge, Technique Spirits, Magic Power, or other resources need to figure out these suffixes!"

Unlike the Sea of Knowledge and the Time Continent that didn’t assess Mages on their ’journeys’, the Distant Realm presented Mages with a new assessment criterion: studying the world.

"Although Dream Bubble Shadows are based on reality, due to different Dream Masters, each Dream Bubble Shadow’s World Law undergoes corresponding distortions, such as water flowing uphill, insects falling from the sky, or people bleeding pink or green..." Sonia explained, "Mages only need to identify these distorted Laws, summarize the corresponding word suffixes, and they can steal the power of the Dream Bubble Shadow."

"If all word suffixes of a Dream Bubble Shadow are summarized, it will completely stagnate, and there’s no need to worry about its sudden collapse until all Mages leave, and then the Dream Bubble Shadow will disappear."

"How do we find these world characteristics?" Ash looked at the surrounding town buildings, "Do we study them slowly?"

"There are generally two methods; the first is to use Reconnaissance Miracles to quickly distinguish the differences between the Dream Bubble Shadow and the real world," Sonia said, "but this method is inefficient because many word suffixes do not affect the external environment but instead affect the Mages or Technique Spirits. The second method is..."

"Creating destruction." Diya pulled out her Aquatic Line: "In the Dream Bubble Shadow, besides these passersby, there are Void Realm creatures and Mage projections; if we cause massive destruction and drive them out and defeat them, we can extract word suffix information."

"Ah?"

Ash paused, looking at a busy baker in a nearby shop, "Is that really okay?"

"What’s wrong with it?"

Weiser suddenly pushed a passing youth, who fell over but didn’t even look at them and immediately got up and continued walking.

"This is just a dream, all people here are meaningless projections, perhaps the next second this dream will shatter, everything will disappear." Weiser explained, "In a dream, Fate is illusory, truth is permissible. The Distant Realm not only requires us to understand the boundlessness of Space but also to penetrate the Dream Bubble Shadows, a Mage that cannot comprehend this cannot advance further."

So everyone here is just an NPC then... Ash exhaled, held his long sword tighter, and said, "I understand, is there anything else to be aware of?"

"Right," Diya suddenly said, "The first Dream Bubble Shadow that we Mages encounter usually depicts a peaceful scene, meaning the surrounding people won’t show malice towards Mages. But in many dangerous scenes, once Mages act out of place, it will wake the Void Realm creatures and incite battle."

"Even in peaceful scenes, if we stay here too long, it may also attract Void Realm creatures to assault—"

Boom!

Behind them, a building’s second floor burst open, releasing a Violent Slash Dragon covered in molten lava scales rushing towards them!

At the same time, a cloaked figure passing by suddenly extended a palm towards them, instantly vacuuming the surrounding air to trap them inside while a transparent barrier rose around the cloaked figure!

Molten Scaled Violent Slash Dragon—a mature mutant of the Fish-Slicing Dragon, each scale capable of causing small-scale explosions, and if its tail strikes, it’s a double critical hit of explosion and slicing!

Wind Skill Holy Domain! Though the vacuum trap created by emptying the air could only restrain them momentarily, given these few breaths, Wind Skill Holy Domain could set up a slicing wind field to carve them thousandfold. No, Ash and the others were amazed to find that the Wind Skill Holy Domain had not only emptied the regional air, but the backflow of air currents actually slashed at their souls like blades!

Had they not been able to activate their Holy Domain, that alone would have killed them instantly!

In an instant, the Mage squad fell into a dire situation!

Even though Ash had anticipated encountering Holy Sanctuary Level enemies in the Distant Realm, he hadn’t expected such fierce momentum!

But this was to be expected, as Two-winged Mages might not excel in combat since in the Time Continent, they could skip classes, absorbing Magic Power without disturbing communal creatures.

However, from the mechanism of the Distant Realm alone, there were no shortcuts for skipping classes. Holy Sanctuary Mages wanting to obtain resources from the Distant Realm must battle through the Dream Bubble Shadows!

After such intense combat, Holy Sanctuary Mages were invariably Tactical Weapons!