"I'll just go die and give you back your life!"
Go find Ice lotus? Just kidding! It's hard to find a phantom dragon that can fly freely in the sky, let alone oneself. Can one fly on their own? Can I climb up the snow mountain and run around to find something before climbing down from it? Can't I die from exhaustion? Can't you freeze yourself to death?
The old man smiled nonchalantly as he saw Roy's impossible expression on his face. "Don't worry, if I ask you to help me, I won't let you do anything that's impossible."
After speaking, the old man turned around and ran to his own pile of withered grass leaves to rummage through. Roy couldn't help but feel hopeful as he saw the old man groping and searching in the withered grass.
Now Roy has determined that this sleazy old man must not be an ordinary person. There is no ordinary bad old man who can live in a place like this where there is no land, no food or drink. Even if there are strange flowers that can be eaten or drunk, there is a high-level monster that can be accompanied by a dragon, which is very unusual! Advanced monster are powerful and towering beings, and in their eyes, humans, not just the best, are equated with ants.
This must be an extraordinary expert, possibly some great mage who is not walking on the mainland but has super strength! You can tell some clues from the moment he tied himself up. Maybe this old man is still a swordsman, ah! Perhaps this rock was inserted by him himself! Roy instantly overturned his thoughts when he was outside the house.
"Found it!" The old man cheered, "Fortunately, I didn't throw it away at the time. Finally, it came in handy, haha!"
Roy saw the old man holding a magic scroll in his hand, and the material seemed a bit special.
The old man approached Roy and said, "With this scroll, you can go to the Snow Mountain to find the Ice Lotus!"
Roy felt strange in his heart. This was clearly a scroll that had already been used. Once a magic scroll was sealed with magic, it immediately took effect upon opening, and a scroll that had been etched by magic could no longer be sealed with magic. Even the same magician could not seal the same scroll twice under the same circumstances.
Now, the old man is holding one side of the scroll with both hands, and the magic circles on the scroll are faintly visible, which are traces of sealed magic.
Roy shrugged and helplessly spread out his hand. "Are you trying to tell me to throw this scroll out and turn it into a flying carpet, and then fly up to the snowy mountain!?" What Roy didn't say was: Did your brain break?
The old man was taken aback and said, "What is a flying carpet? Is it new magic or fighting spirit?"
Looking at the old man's serious and curious expression, Roy rolled his eyes and said, "How are you going to let me use this scrapped scroll to find the Ice Lotus, or are you taking it wrong?" Roy looked at the old man's puzzled expression and felt powerless. "Is it possible that experts in the world have some slight brain problems like this?"?
"Hehe! Young man, you still have a lot to learn. Don't let some secular concepts hinder you. There are many buried truths in this world."
Roy frowned as he seemed to understand the old man's words, but he understood the way he looked at him.
Naked greedy eyes!
Every time the big bad wolf looked at the little sheep, Roy was horrified: what secret this old man had to keep from me about himself!
After the old man finished speaking, he slowly lifted one hand and then extended a finger.
Roy sweated coldly, and the old man extended his middle finger.
"Wind!" The old man slowly uttered a word.
Roy's eyes lit up, and the old man's fingertips slowly lit up, as if countless dots of light were converging towards his fingertips. In a few breaths, a bluish white halo slowly flowed around the old man's fingers.
Magic! Roy was the first to witness a wizard casting magic up close with his own eyes.
"Fire!" The old man extended his index finger again. Similarly, after a while, the old man's index finger was also surrounded by a halo, but the color was different from the previous fire red.
"Take it!" The old man shook his hand and threw one end of the scroll into Roy's hand. Roy quickly grabbed it.
The old man's hand gestured on the unfolded scroll like mercury with two colors of green and red. As the old man's fingers moved on the scroll, the light of the two colors shone.
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Roy was extremely shocked in his heart: this old man is sealing magic!
The old man's fingers flew like flying, and in less than half a minute, a scroll had already reached the end. When the light on his fingers was about to disappear, he suddenly pulled his hand, and a dazzling blue and red light burst out on the scroll.
Roy covered his eyes and felt a light touch on his hand. When he put down his hand that was blocking his eyes, he saw the old man proudly rewinding the scroll.
"Just now... was it sealing magic?"
"Mmm," the old man rolled up the scroll without even lifting his eyes, and then tied it up with a piece of rattan.
"There are two magic spells in this scroll, one that can keep you warm and not freeze to death; the other that can allow you to fly freely in the wind and snow, without being blown to any strange places by the wind on the snow capped mountains."
"What!? Two spells!"
Roy heard for the first time that two types of magic can be sealed in a scroll! And it was the old man who sealed it together in a short amount of time.
The legendary super mage! Roy looked at the old man, his eyes filled with twinkling little stars. As for why he must be the Great Mage, it didn't matter, as it was a very, very impressive existence.
The old man spoke and took out a strange flower from behind. The whole flower was carved out of crystal, shining brilliantly in the sunlight that penetrated the room.
"This is the ice lotus, which looks very recognizable and usually only grows at the top of some snow peaks. You just need to climb up the snow peaks all the way. If you're lucky, you can find it halfway up the mountain. You need to retrieve at least one flower every day. If two young dragons don't have this kind of flower, they will die quickly. I only have one flower here now. If there's no problem, you can set off now."
"Uh! Ah? Let's go!?" Roy just regained his senses now.
"How long can this scroll last, won't it fail halfway?" Roy remembers that the effect of the Wind Spirit Scroll was only a few short minutes.
"I don't know exactly how long it will take, but it will be a long time. However, when you feel cold or have difficulty flying, you can open the scroll and apply magic again. This scroll should be effective for three days."
Roy opened his mouth wide, he can wield magic multiple times! It will be effective within three days! Isn't a magic scroll a consumable item that becomes invalid after use?
Have you been an idiot all year? (Although basically an idiot) The scroll can be repeatedly sealed, and can also seal two types of magic at once. It can be opened when you want to use it, rolled up when you don't use it, and can be opened and used again if you want to use it! Roy never knew how the magic scroll he had never been away from for a year was used.
The old man seemed to have anticipated Roy's expression for a long time, "Young man, as I said, there are many things you still need to learn."
Under Roy's unwilling gaze, the old man took out a necklace from his dirty robe and put it around Roy's neck. "Just in case, this necklace has a calming effect on your mind, which can keep you alert in some unexpected situations. With this necklace, as long as you don't attack other monster actively, they usually won't attack you."
"Hurry up and set off. Today, you need to adapt first. Fortunately, I still have an ice lotus that can last for a day, but tomorrow, you must find one, otherwise..." The old man looked back at the two little dragons, and the two young dragons were already curled up and asleep.
"I have my own way to deal with food, old man. A while ago, I went to find Ice Lotus, which caused me too much delay. Green Spirit's condition has worsened. If Green Spirit dies now, the two young dragons will have no way to survive. Now, the matter of Ice Lotus can only be entrusted to you."
Roy suppressed his excitement and said, "Although I don't know if I can find it, I will do my best."
"Hmm." The old man nodded slightly, "Go ahead. On the first day, be sure to come back before dark, if you don't want to miss the way back."
Roy nodded, took the scroll, glanced at the two little dragons, and walked out of the room.
On the edge of a boulder.
Roy looked at the vast abyss one step ahead and took a deep breath.
Hey! I'm going to jump again!
Picking up the scroll given to him by the old man, he untied the vines on it. Roy pulled the scroll open and a green red light floated on it, instantly covering Roy's entire body.
Rebinding the scroll with rattan, Roy felt very comfortable with the warm feeling around him. He could still hear the howling of a stroke in the air, but Roy couldn't feel the wind blowing on him at all, and even his clothes didn't move.
"It seems to be very effective." Roy mustered up courage for himself. Although he had been a member of the airship crew for a year and was accustomed to the feeling of being in the air, he had never flown alone in the air except for the last time when he had to jump out of the airship.
"Okay! Let's go!" Roy roared and stomped hard on the ground with both feet.
"Ah~~~~!" Roy's voice echoing between the mountain walls quickly disappeared.
Roy finally understood why the old man said he had to adapt on the first day. Roy felt like he was shooting like a shell. If it weren't for the magic protecting him, Roy believed that his eyes would have been blown into football by the wind. At this speed, I am really like a reconnaissance plane in an airplane now!
"It's really good!" the old man said thoughtfully as he listened to Roy's rapidly departing voice inside the room.
"What's good!? Have you humans always been so cunning?" The Green Spirit, who had been lying on the dry grass, actually spoke up. "It's interesting to lie to him like this?"
"Hehe hehe, this little guy is not a simple character. Hey! Are you also the will of the gods to catch him back?"
The old man looked up at the sky, his slightly hunched back now standing straight. "Perhaps this little guy can solve many problems for me," he said
"Whatever you want." The Green Spirit spread out its beautiful wings, "I'm going to find food for the children." After speaking, the figure of the Green Spirit disappeared into the room, and a slightly angry voice came from afar. "When I'm not here, if you dare to feed my children those dirty ice cubes again, I'll go to the imperial capital and tell you, this old thing, to hide here. You can remember it for me."
"Ah, no, no!" The old man chuckled and awkwardly withdrew the 'Ice Lotus' from his hand.
And our Roy is now struggling to trek on a snowy mountain with his head covered in stars.