Wizard, I Have Another World – Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Treating the Water Plague

The matter of Karl’s theft caused a small ripple in the Dragon King Trading Company, after all, his position was there.

Trading Company Elder.

His strength surpasses that of the Trading Company’s leader, Lula.

There are even rumors that he is the number one expert in Rapid Flow City!

If it happened to anyone else, a theft might be a trivial matter, but because it happened to Karl, the supervisor in charge of patrols had to come forward to review it.

“Elder, please rest assured, I will arrange for people to strengthen the patrols in your area, and will absolutely not allow anyone to sneak in again.”

The Trading Company supervisor said with a serious face:

“If anyone steals anything again, they will be caught and killed on the spot!”

“Mm.”

Karl nodded, expressionless:

“Be more careful in the future, this time I’ll let it go.”

“You may leave!”

He waved his hand.

“Yes!”

The Trading Company supervisor lowered his head in agreement, and backed out of the room step by step.

The theft,

Was naturally something Karl intentionally allowed.

‘I wonder if Quincy can hold back, as a Grand Knight, he shouldn’t have no desire to become a Legend, right?’

‘During this time, I have intentionally or unintentionally leaked that my strength increase was due to external forces, and then hid the item, and even created opportunities for him to discover it inadvertently.’

‘Since Quincy dared to steal, he should also try it, but just in case, I need to choose a few more targets.’

Karl was lost in thought, and sat down at the dining table.

Now that he had figured out a way to connect the Divine Domain Fragment with the outside world, he naturally had to find someone to experiment on.

And by the way,

See if he could use this method to become a Legend.

Quincy was one of the targets he had chosen, but actually Sea God Hawke or Connie were more suitable.

It’s just that Hawke is steady and Connie is cautious, they wouldn’t so easily trust a book that records evil gods.

Especially Connie.

With his understanding of mysterious knowledge and various deities, he might see through the ‘book’s’ forgery.

As for the Holy Knight Brown and Lula.

One of them believes in the Moon Goddess, and the other has become a Grand Knight for too short of a time, neither of them meet the requirements.

Caviar was a popular food among the upper echelons of Free Port.

Paired with soft bread, delicious pastries, and a glass of enchanting flounder wine, it was a refined breakfast.

“Elder.”

Belling set out the food, and bowed as she retreated:

“It is because we did not watch the house well that someone was able to steal something from the study, please punish us, Elder.”

She was the cook and logistics personnel of this courtyard, and was also one of the people who escaped from Black City to Free Port back then.

Hired by Aya to come work here.

“It has nothing to do with you.” Karl picked up a piece of bread, spread caviar on it, and placed it in his mouth to slowly savor:

“That girl Aya is very careful in her work, this theft was just an accident, you don’t need to take it to heart.”

“Just keep everything as usual.”

“Hmm…”

He paused, and continued:

“Speaking of which, it seems that I haven’t seen Aya for a while, what is she busy with now?”

“There are many things to be busy with in building the city, Aya also has many things to deal with, so she has been quite busy recently.” Belling said:

“It will be better in a while.”

Hmm?

Although her tone was calm and her expression was natural, as if she was just answering a normal question.

But a Senior Wizard Apprentice’s perception can not only see through a person’s outward appearance, but also perceive the emotional fluctuations in their heart.

Panic!

Anxiety!

***

“Thump!”

Karl frowned, and put down the bread in his hand:

“I don’t like it when people lie to me, for the sake of the past, I’ll give you one more chance to answer.”

“Where is Aya?”

His voice was also without any fluctuations, but the instinct of the Abyssal creature carried an invisible pressure.

Aura of Fear!

“Thump!”

Belling’s face turned pale, her knees buckled and she directly knelt on the ground, the extreme panic making her eyes lose focus, and her mind went blank.

“Elder.”

Her body trembled, and her voice was hoarse:

“Aya… Aya… she has the water plague!”

Hmm?

Karl’s expression changed.

…………

“Creak…”

The door was pushed open.

In the pitch-black room, a huge wooden barrel filled with water was placed, and Aya, with unfocused eyes, was soaking in the water.

Her body was leaning against the wooden barrel, her long hair was scattered and floating on the water’s surface, and even when she heard the sound, she didn’t react at all.

It was as if she had lost her vitality.

“Aya.”

“?”

The familiar voice made Aya’s body tremble, and she turned her stiff neck to look at the figure walking over.

Tears involuntarily welled up in her eyes.

“Uncle!”

“Mm.” Karl walked closer, and reached out to gently stroke the top of Aya’s head.

Water plague!

And it was already in the middle to late stages.

In other words, this girl had known that she had contracted the water plague at least ten days ago, but she hadn’t told him.

Could it be that she wanted to leave quietly and without a sound?

“Uncle…”

Aya lowered her head, her voice choked with sobs:

“I’m not afraid of death.”

“I’m just afraid that I won’t be able to see you again, that I won’t know anything… I’m still afraid.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Karl bent down, and gently hugged her in his arms, comforting her softly:

“Nothing will happen.”

“Wuu…”

Aya cried out loud.

She really wasn’t afraid of death, she was just reluctant to leave.

Living,

There were too many wonderful things.

And death,

Meant losing everything.

The person in front of her would never be seen again, the familiar voice would never be heard again, and even her memories would be lost.

Since she knew that she had contracted the water plague, the anxiety and unease that had been suppressed in her heart were all released with her cries at this moment.

After a long while.

Karl took out a book from his body, pondered for a moment before placing it beside Aya:

“When you calm down, try the method in this book, but remember not to tell anyone else.”

Aya looked up.

A glimmer of hope quietly appeared in her hollow, lifeless eyes.

…………

Prayer!

Ritual?

Aya had always been by Karl’s side, and had also learned various knowledge, so of course she knew what this meant.

Evil God!

For hundreds of years, only the evil gods could provide feedback to believers, which also meant that sacrifices and prayers had become forbidden techniques.

‘Uncle definitely wouldn’t harm me, I’ve already contracted the water plague, and I’m going to die anyway, so I might as well try it.’

‘Even if I am targeted by an evil god, it’s just death!’

With this mentality, Aya gathered her spirits and tidied herself up.

Because of dehydration, her body had become very gaunt, and soon after leaving the wooden barrel, her skin became loose and wrinkled.

Step one: Prepare the sacrifices.

The more precious the sacrifices, the easier it is to connect with the gods, it seems that even the ‘gods’ value benefits.

Aya prepared two things, one was her blood, and the other was ten God’s Grace Coins.

These were the simplest and most direct things recorded in the book, and the blood of the person praying was essential.

Step two: Purify the body and mind.

This step required a specific ritual to purify one’s body and mind, in order to eliminate the distracting thoughts and interference in one’s heart, and to put the person making the sacrifice in the best state to welcome the gods.

Bathing, changing clothes, burning incense, chanting scriptures…

All these methods were to achieve this goal.

Step three: Perform the ritual.

According to different beliefs, draw complex patterns, chant the holy names of the gods, pray or dance…

All of these were to attract the attention of the gods.

Step four: Wait for a response.

After the ritual, the believer needs to wait for a response from the gods.

Some would respond on the spot, while others would use dreams, hallucinations, or other means to transmit information or bestow blessings.

Or,

Fulfill the wishes of the believers.

According to Aya’s limited understanding, the rituals for sacrificing and praying to the gods were often very complex, and some even required hundreds or thousands of people to prepare, just to allow a person of high status to sense the gods.

There were many steps involved, and every step had to be done correctly.

But the book that Karl gave her had very simple steps, so simple that they seemed a little casual.

The only requirement was to be devout.

“Devout?”

“Awe?”

Aya’s expression was complicated:

“Can a person like me really make the gods feel devout?”

She didn’t believe in gods, and even because of the hardships of life, she had complained about the gods quite a bit, and now she was asking the gods to save her, would this temporary faith receive a response?

Aya didn’t have high hopes for this.

However, her survival instinct made her sincerely crave the gods’ salvation, which in a way was indeed sincere.

Putting away her distracting thoughts, she drew a complex pattern on the floor of the room stroke by stroke, and placed the God’s Grace Coins and drops of fresh blood at the two points of the Taiji diagram respectively.

Having done all this.

Aya put her hands together, knelt down in the center of the pattern, closed her eyes, and chanted:

“Lord of Source Essence!”

“King of Myriad Forms!”

“Master of Fear!”

“Taiwei Jade Emperor!”

After reciting the ‘holy names’ of the gods, she continued:

“Great gods, your loyal believer begs for your blessing, to heal the pain in my body.”

After saying all this, Aya knelt on the ground, motionless, and the surroundings were completely silent, with not a single sound coming.

After a long while.

Her legs were so weak that they could hardly support her.

Alas!

It seems that it won’t work.

A sense of frustration surged into her heart, and Aya gave a helpless bitter smile, slowly opening her eyes and stopping her actions.

The next moment.

A terrifying, vast, and boundless pressure emerged silently, and the extreme fear made her body stiffen.

Master of Fear!

R-Responded?

Aya’s eyes widened, her heart thumped wildly, and extreme fear and joy churned in her heart.

…………

Karl did not expect that the first test subject would not be Quincy, whom he had been planning for a long time, but Aya, who was by his side.

After leaving Aya’s residence, he returned to the Divine Domain Fragment and waited quietly.

Not long after.

A familiar voice entered his ‘heart’ through the pattern drawn in the center of the Divine Domain Fragment.

“Lord of Source Essence!”

“King of Myriad Forms!”

“Master of Fear!”

“Taiwei Jade Emperor!”

“Great gods, your loyal believer begs for your blessing, to heal the pain in my body.”

The voice, which was hoarse because of fatigue, was familiar yet had a hint of unfamiliarity.

Aya!

Karl’s eyes flickered.

This was the first time he had heard someone else’s voice in the Divine Domain Fragment.

Not just the voice!

Along with the sound, a cloud of mist spread in the center of the pattern, revealing Aya’s figure kneeling and bowing.

The figure swayed, and numerous fragments of memories flashed by rapidly.

Her ignorance in childhood, her desperate struggle for survival in her youth, and the despair after learning that she had contracted the water plague…

And also different figures, and many complex emotions.

Sadness, joy, attachment…

Everything!

Everything that Aya had experienced since birth, including all kinds of private matters, appeared in Karl’s perception.

It can be like this?

Karl’s expression was complicated.

He could feel Aya’s special feelings for him.

What’s more, he had a sudden realization that he could now freely control Aya, who was kneeling on the ground.

Make her live!

Make her die!

Modify her memories, distort her emotions…

Of course.

Doing so would require a certain price, so it seemed that even gods could not act recklessly.

***

“Hmm?”

While he was pondering, Aya’s expression made Karl’s eyes flicker slightly, and he also noticed the fear in her heart.

If he didn’t stop it, Aya’s mind would be completely destroyed, turning her into an idiot.

“What Aya is feeling at this moment should be the Aura of Fear, here, is my Aura of Fear so powerful?”

“Could it be that because I have lost the constraints of my physical body, the Aura of Fear at this moment is showing the original power of a second-order creature?”

As the thought flashed through his mind, the power of the Aura of Fear contracted, and Aya’s expression also became slightly calmer.

After thinking about it, Karl spoke slowly:

“Interesting human.”

“I am willing to bestow a blessing upon you!”

…………

“Interesting human.”

The extreme panic made Aya’s eyes lose focus, and her consciousness became blurred, until a distant voice sounded.

It seemed to be in the sky, yet it also seemed to be in her ears, and even more like it was echoing in her heart.

Strangely,

This voice was actually a little familiar.

“I am willing to bestow a blessing upon you!”

“Buzz!”

The panic receded.

A warm and gentle power slowly enveloped her body, and seeped into her body.

Crack!

As if something was being crushed and dispelled, Aya’s spirit suddenly shook.

Looking down.

The fresh blood and God’s Grace Coins on the ground had disappeared, and the pattern had also been erased by an invisible force.

The gods had responded to her?

Aya blinked her eyes, as if remembering something, and suddenly raised her hand to look at her arm.

Her skin, which was dry and shriveled due to severe dehydration, felt wrinkled and rough to the touch.

But,

“Not wet?”

Aya stuttered:

“N-No… no water?”

A person suffering from the water plague not having water discharged from their body, the meaning was self-evident.

“I’m healed!”

“I’m healed!”

“Thump!”

Aya’s face was filled with ecstasy, and she suddenly got up, but because of her weakness, she fell directly to the ground, the pain did not make her cry, but laugh.

“Haha…”

“I don’t have to die! I don’t have to die!”

After laughing wildly for a while, she propped herself up and pushed open the door, running outside.

Such good news, of course, had to be told to the most important person in her life as soon as possible.

“So…”

Karl had already returned from the Divine Domain Fragment, and after seeing Aya, he had people prepare some food and bring it over.

Looking at Aya who was eating and drinking heartily, he said slowly:

“Your water plague is healed?”

“Mm.” Aya had bread stuffed in her mouth, her cheeks puffed out, and she nodded emphatically:

“It’s healed!”

“It seems that it was effective.” Karl sighed:

“It’s a pity that I found out about this method too late, otherwise, Little Nan wouldn’t have died back then.”

Aya paused, lowered her head, and slowed down her chewing, feeling that even the sweet and soft bread had lost its taste.

“Forget it.”

Karl waved his hand:

“Let the past be the past.”

“But remember in the future, don’t try to contact that deity again, not even once.”

Aya looked up, a trace of absentmindedness flashed in her eyes, and then she nodded:

“Yes!”

Although that deity had cured her water plague, the stories of evil gods were deeply rooted in her heart, and she was also afraid.

Moreover…

The aura that the deity had leaked at that time had almost killed her, so she would definitely not contact it again in the future.

She was just afraid that the other party would contact her.

In all the stories about evil gods, once a connection was made with a certain evil god, it could never be broken.

“Also.”

Karl continued:

“Don’t tell anyone else about this matter, and find an excuse to brush off the people who know you have the water plague.”

“This…” Aya thought for a moment:

“That’s right!”

“If people find out that my water plague can be cured, there will definitely be a lot of trouble in the future.”

Karl nodded.

He rubbed his forehead, showing fatigue on his face.

‘Receiving messages from people outside through the Divine Domain Fragment is such a torment to the spirit.’

‘Just Aya alone is making me unable to bear it, if there are a few more people…’

‘I’m afraid I’ll have to change the way I connect!’

In the instant that he responded to Aya’s prayer, Aya’s entire life experience was directly stuffed into Karl’s mind.

In terms of understanding Aya.

Karl at this moment was clearer than she herself.

Although his body’s instincts had shielded many of the memory fragments, it still made his head spin.

Divine Domain Rule: Gods can control everything about their believers, not only their lives, but also their memories and souls.

Secondly:

He could use the Divine Domain Fragment to respond to the prayers of believers and fulfill their wishes, but it would consume the power of the Divine Domain.

The greater the wish fulfilled, the greater the consumption.

Thirdly:

The Divine Domain Fragment could only passively receive messages at the moment, and as long as someone drew the pattern and chanted the correct holy name, he wouldn’t be able to avoid hearing what they said even if he didn’t want to.

This was also one of the reasons why Karl told Aya to keep it a secret.

If a few people contacted him at the same time, it would be like several people constantly whispering in his ear.

How did the other gods manage to ignore it?

Those true gods, they receive countless prayers and blessings every day, how can they manage to remain unmoved?

*

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Time passed.

The secrets of the gods were unveiled by Karl, and life in both worlds returned to normal.

In the Other World, he waited for news from the Duke, and in the Main World, he waited for the Star Gate to open.

At the same time.

His Constitution value was getting closer and closer to perfection.

4.96!

4.97!

After the experiment on Aya, Karl already had some understanding of how to use the power of the Divine Domain Fragment.

But to be on the safe side, he still needed to find a Grand Knight to try it on.

He wasn’t in a hurry.

After all, his Constitution wasn’t truly perfect yet.

On this day.

A guest came to the island.

Bach!

A Bloodline Wizard Apprentice, one of the few acquaintances Karl had in the Swamp Alliance.

“You’ve come at just the right time.”

Karl stood up from the ground, and greeted him warmly:

“The sweet potatoes have just ripened, and the variety here has been improved by the wizards, the taste is much better than the ones grown by ordinary people.”

“I’ll make some sweet potato salad later, try my cooking.”

“Okay!” Bach was very happy today, his face was flushed, and he laughed:

“I came to tell you some news.”

“What news?”

“My mentor is dead!”

“……”

Karl opened his mouth, wanting to say some words of comfort, but seeing the other party’s excited expression, it seemed that he didn’t need any comfort.

“Good riddance!”

Bach grinned:

“He’s dead, so everything he owned is mine now, including the corpse of a Legendary creature that he bought at a high price back then.”

“Uh…” Karl said dryly:

“Congratulations!”

“Although it’s a bit immoral to say this, I’m not lying to you, I’m really happy.” Bach shrugged:

“My mentor, Jin, died because of a mandatory mission, he had already chosen a relatively easy target, but who would have thought he would still lose his life.”

Karl nodded.

Recently, quite a few Wizard Apprentices had lost their lives while carrying out missions, so he wasn’t surprised.

“What about you?”

He immediately asked casually:

“Did you complete your mission?”

“I did.” Bach said:

“I know a friend who is good at disguise, and we joined forces to assassinate a Colon Grand Knight.”

Disguise?

That was also within the scope of Bloodline Magic, so it was normal for them to know each other.

“In a few days, I will hold a funeral for my mentor at the Swamp Alliance’s cemetery.” Bach said:

“You must come.”

“Of course.” Karl nodded:

“I will definitely be there.”

“By the way, what is the situation with Colon now? The coalition forces at the front should have taken the upper hand, right?”

“Nope!” Bach shrugged:

“On the contrary, the coalition forces are collapsing at an accelerating rate.”

“Hmm?” Karl looked surprised:

“How could this be?”

Although he didn’t have high hopes for the coalition forces, with the participation of Wizard Apprentices in assassinations, they should have gained an advantage in the short term.

“It seems that it’s because Colon has reformed its army.” Bach said:

“I have to say, the King of Colon does have some ability, in the few decades since he became the monarch, he has increased Colon’s strength many times over, and a single country is actually able to gain the upper hand against several other countries.”

“This reform has weakened the power of the nobles, and as long as they have military merits, ordinary people can also be promoted to general.”

“If the person in charge of a region is assassinated and killed, then the people below him will continue to take over, and everything will remain the same, which has led to our assassinations not being very useful, and even allowing some truly capable people to come to the forefront.”

“Alas!”

“But all of this has nothing to do with us.”

Military reform?

This King of Colon was becoming more and more like a transmigrator, he could even turn the tables in this kind of situation.

…………

Deep in the Black Swamp.

Several Formal Wizards gathered.

Marian was the Grey-Robed Wizard’s only disciple, she had entered the world of wizards seventy years ago, and was now nearly eighty years old, but still looked young and beautiful.

“Mentor.”

She said with curiosity in her eyes:

“Is this the Star Gate?”

The Star Gate was not a door, but a ring the size of a palm, with dense runes engraved on it.

If you looked closely with a magnifying glass, you would find that those runes were like gears, interlocking with each other, forming a whole.

It was complicated to the extreme.

But there was a deep crack on this ring, it was obviously a damaged product.

“Yes.”

The Grey-Robed Wizard Addison’s expression was complicated:

“It is the Star Gate!”

“The Morning Sun has a good plan, wanting to open the Star Gate and maintain its operation, they require the sacrifice of a second-order creature, and they can also use the Star Gate to suppress the Godfall power of the Black Swamp, and also have us help them deal with Colon, it’s really killing three birds with one stone.”

Kill the Grey-Robed Wizard!

Suppress the Godfall power of the Black Swamp!

Fight against Colon!

The price was just a damaged magic item.

But the Swamp Alliance had no choice but to agree to this deal.

“Mentor.”

Marian’s expression changed:

“Does it have to be like this?”

“Mm.” The Grey-Robed Wizard Addison held the ‘Star Gate’ in his hand, and nodded slowly:

“The energy required to open it is too great, and maintaining its operation requires even more powerful mental power.”

“Besides me, no one else can do it.”

“Respected Grey-Robed Wizard.” A person below said:

“Perhaps… we don’t need the Star Gate, as long as we analyze its structure, we can build one ourselves.”

“Or repair it!”

“It’s not that easy.” The Grey-Robed Wizard Addison shook his head:

“The Star Gate is a third-order product, but the knowledge involved inside is fourth-order or even fifth-order, it’s not something we can understand right now.”

“We have no other choice.”

“Heh…”

He chuckled lightly:

“You don’t need to be discouraged, being able to go to the Wizard World was my lifelong wish, even if I can’t go, it’s good if you go in my place.”

“What’s more, I don’t have much time left anyway.”

As he spoke.

He looked up towards a place not far away.

There, a giant tree over a hundred meters tall was swaying gently in the wind.

“Rumble…”

Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, the giant tree was uprooted, revealing the withered roots beneath it.

The wizards all looked surprised.

They were very clear about what this situation represented, although the giant tree looked prosperous on the surface, it had actually begun to wither.

“In order to become a second-circle wizard, I overdrawn my life, and I wouldn’t have lived for long anyway.”

The Grey-Robed Wizard Addison murmured:

“Putting my soul into the Star Gate, perhaps I can hold on for a little longer.”

“So…”

“Let’s begin!”

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