Chapter 172 - Effect
Chapter 172: Chapter 172 – Effect
“What magic skill is this?”
Lying on the ground and sensing his condition, Chen Heng frowned, “A fatiguing magic skill? But it doesn’t seem like it…”
Chen Heng felt quite curious as he frowned.
It seemed that this person had spent a great deal of effort just to capture him.
However, why had they captured him?
It did not seem like they were an enemy of the academy; this was evident from the fact that this person was a Half-Elf.
If it was another academy’s Sorcerer, they most likely would not be a Half-Elf.
At the very least, from what Chen Heng knew, those academies did not tend to take in non-Human Sorcerers.
Regarding the Blackfur People, to most people, they were just like normal humans rather than Outlanders; they just looked a bit strange.
However, Elves and Half-Elves usually would not be accepted by academies.
For most Sorcerers from academies, if they saw Half-Elves, their first instinct would be to capture them and research them as valuable subjects.
Moreover, the magic skills that this Half-Elf had used were different from what Chen Heng was familiar with.
As such, it was unlikely that this person was from an enemy academy.
Then why had this person spent so much effort to capture him?
Chen Heng frowned as he thought to himself.
“Looks like you’re awake.”
The Half-Elf young woman looked at him as she said, “No need to struggle. You won’t be able to move for another half an hour because of the magic.”
She spoke softly, “It’s better to lie down and rest.”
“What is your goal?”
Chen Heng ignored her words and looked at her with a calm expression, “Now that you’ve captured me, you should at least tell me why you’ve done this.”
“Don’t worry,” the Half-Elf young woman shook her head, “I won’t harm you. I just hope to receive your help with some things.
“After it is done, I will let you leave and give you some compensation. However, before that, I hope you can cooperate with me.”
Her voice was quite gentle, and she did not sound like she was a kidnapper.
“Help with some things?” Chen Heng thought for a moment before looking up and asking, “You want me to help with opening a certain historical remnant?”
Hearing this, the Half-Elf young woman felt a bit surprised.
“You’re quite smart,” she said as she smiled.
As Chen Heng watched on, she quickly moved and disappeared.
A few moments later, she reappeared with two bags.
Following this, as Chen Heng watched on, she started a fire and began to cook food.
Seeing that this person did not plan on continuing to talk, Chen Heng looked away and began to think.
“Just what went wrong?” Chen Heng inwardly frowned and thought to himself.
From the start until now, he had been acting according to the fate he had seen.
He should not have encountered any danger, or else he would not have come.
A possibility was that this situation was not actually dangerous to him according to the Fortune Mark.
Thinking to there, Chen Heng closed his eyes and the Fortune Mark inside his body gave off a violet light as it began to activate.
Chen Heng soon opened his eyes.
“So it’s like that.”
Chen Heng came to an understanding and felt quite surprised.
Even though he was in this situation, the Fortune Mark did not count this as being in danger.
In other words, even though his situation looked dangerous, he was not actually in danger.
So would this Half-Elf young woman really keep her promise and not harm him?
Chen Heng frowned and looked at the Half-Elf young woman.
With the Fortune Mark, his vision changed.
Hee could see faint golden Fortune rippling around her body.
Above her head, the faint golden Fortune had gathered together and was sending ripples out.
The formless Fortune power spread out, influencing its surroundings.
“Fortune.”
Seeing this, Chen Heng came to an understanding.
The Azure Heaven Realm had people with Fortune, and this was the same for the Sorcerer World.
Even though the world was different, the implications were the same: They were people beloved by fate.
Moreover, it seemed that this Half-Elf young woman’s Fortune was not weak at all.
Even though it could not compare to Liu Li’s, it was comparable to Chen Yu’s.
She had great potential.
From his experience, those who had Fortune were all beloved by the heavens and everything they did went smoothly.
This Half-Elf young woman’s Fortune had already begun to ripple, which meant that it was starting to awaken.
Perhaps this was why Chen Heng had been captured so easily.
Thinking to there, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head.
At that moment, his weariness disappeared; it seemed that the magic skills’ effects had ended
As such, he slightly moved his body and tried to use the magic power in his body.
However, the results were not very good.
When he tried to use his magic power, a formless obstacle blocked his will, making it so that he could not use his magic power.
Sensing this, Chen Heng was not too surprised. He looked at the Half-Elf young woman and asked, “What did you do?”
“I just set up some runes in your body,” the Half-Elf young woman said as she ate some cooked meat, “You can give it a try and see if you can get rid of those runes.
“If you can do that, perhaps you will be able to help me. Do your best,” she looked at Chen Heng as she said softly.
“Runes.”
Hearing the Half-Elf young woman’s words, Chen Heng frowned.
Evidently, she had done something to his body while he was unconscious and sealed his magic power.
So this was a test of his abilities?
“She wants to do something related to Sorcerer Formations?”
Chen Heng thought to himself.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Heng looked up and began to act.
Within his mind, the Fortune Mark did not give him any indications of danger.
This at least meant that this Half-Elf young woman would not threaten his life and would bring him some benefits.
Knowing this was enough for Chen Heng.
Of course, in actuality, it did not matter too much to Chen Heng if his life was in danger.
Even if he died, he could just start again; it would just be a bit troublesome.
However, Chen Heng did not have that many Points anymore, so it would not be too good if he died.
As such, in order to avoid pointless losses, it was better not to die.
After thinking this, Chen Heng began to examine the abnormalities in his body.
“Yana, how long do you think it will take that child to break free?”
The Half-Elf young woman was eating when the gentle voice sounded out in her mind.
“I’m not sure,” Yana replied, “I don’t know much about Sorcerer Formations or runes. Maybe half a day?”
She thought back and said, “That Apprentice back then seemed to have used half a day, and he seemed to be a famous genius.”
“Mental energy, that sounds about right,” the voice replied.
However, something shocking happened.
Before she had finished eating, Chen Heng’s body moved and stood up as she watched in shock.
“There we go.” Chen Heng stood up, feeling a bit tired as he looked at the young woman.
In just this short period of time, he had undone the runes.
It was just that even though he had undone the runes, the magic skills’ effects still lingered.
As such, he still felt quite weak and fatigued.
Chen Heng smiled as he leaned against a tree and looked at the Half-Elf young woman.
“How did I do?”
The situation was different from before. Before, Chen Heng would have chosen to hide his abilities and only get up after a period of time.
However, after confirming that there was no danger, Chen Heng decided to fully show his value.
Even though he did not know what this person’s goal was, she indeed needed his help with something.
As such, the more value he displayed, the safer he would be.
Looking at Chen Heng, a look of surprise appeared on Yana’s face.
“Incredible.”
The gentle voice in Yana’s head once again sounded out, “His achievements in the studies of runes have surpassed many true Sorcerers.
“For him to be at such a level given his age, he is a true genius.
“The Apprentices we caught in the past can’t compare to him at all.”
The voice sounded quite shocked, and Yana felt the same way.
She did not know just what it meant for Chen Heng to break through the runes so quickly, but she had some understanding from the time it took him.
Before Chen Heng, she had found some other Apprentices and supposed geniuses.
Those people all took at least half a day, but Chen Heng was much faster—he had done this in less than half an hour.
This speed was simply shocking.
Even though she was quite shocked, on the surface, her expression did not change much and continued to look calm.
“I’ve done what you requested,” Chen Heng said as he looked at Yana, “What now?”
“Come with me to do some things,” Yana said as she nodded, “I hope you’ll be able to perform just as well. Of course, if you really can do it, I will give you corresponding compensation.”
“Compensation.”
Chen Heng felt quite interested, “Such as?”
Yana did not speak and just waved her hand.
A golden sword appeared above her hand, slowly coming into existence.
Seeing this scene, Chen Heng paused in surprise.
He understood what this was.
Even though this golden sword looked like a real one, it was actually condensed from magic power.
The energy condensed within it was not small at all.
“This is a special magic skill that I know, which originates from ancient summoning skills.”
The Half-Elf young woman gave a slight smile as she looked at Chen Heng and asked, “Do you want to learn it?”
Chen Heng nodded, “Of course I do.”
“Since it’s like that, I’ll teach you some on the way,” she said, “If you really can help me, I’ll give you the complete legacy. I’m sure geniuses like you are very attracted to secret knowledge like this.”
“Deal,” Chen Heng nodded and did not say anything else.
“In that case, let’s set out.”
Yana also nodded and did not say much else.
Following this, Yana and Chen Heng ate lunch before leaving.
Elsewhere.
“You mean to say that my beloved Ed has been kidnapped?”
Within a large hall, Charlie was wearing a black robe as he looked at the Apprentices with a cold expression.
Ordo, Michael and the others stood there looking at Charlie with grim expressions.
“Y-Yes…”
After meeting Charlie’s gaze, Ordo replied with a bitter voice, “It all happened too suddenly, we…”
“I don’t want to hear your excuses,” Charlie said as he coldly laughed, “I just want to know just who it was who dared to kidnap my student. Tell me right now!”
“Charlie, calm down.”
By the side, Ariel dressed in her red robes looked at Charlie and sighed, “Let’s look at what happened first.”
Chen Heng being kidnapped was a big deal.
After all, he was not some nameless student. Rather, he was a genius with Level 4 Sorcerer talent; just this talent alone meant that he would most likely become a Sorcerer in the future. He was the student with the best talent in recent years.
Moreover, not only did he have excellent Sorcerer talent, but he was outstanding in various other areas as well.
Over the past two years, because of the magic items he had created, he had been hailed as a future master of magic tool creation.
Everyone was certain that he would even surpass Charlie.
And now, such a genius had been kidnapped from under the eyes of two Third Rank Apprentices.
Putting aside Charlie, even Ariel, the Vice Principal, felt quite worried.
From how Ariel saw it, this was a provocation to the entire Hunter’s House.
This kind of behavior had to be punished!
This was something that all of the true Sorcerers agreed on.
However, in order to punish that person, they first had to know who they were and find them.
“Calm down for now.”
Standing there and looking at Charlie, she lightly sighed as she said, “Let’s look at the Reconstruction.”
As she spoke, she pointed at the crystal by the side.
As it was filled with magic power, the white crystal began to glow.
Following this, Michael and Ordo approached the crystal and sent their mental energy into it.
A hazy aura appeared as changes appeared.
As Charlie and the others watched on, scenes began to appear on the crystal.
The scene of Chen Heng and the others being attacked was reconstructed, allowing Charlie and Ariel to see what had happened.
“It wasn’t a true Sorcerer.”
Seeing this, Charlie’s expression was cold as he said, “If it was a true Sorcerer, kidnapping Ed would not be so complicated or troublesome.
“It was just a particularly strong Third Rank Apprentice, who is very close to becoming a true Sorcerer.”
“The magic skills they used are also quite strange,” Ariel said as she frowned, “They were not the magic skills of any nearby academies; rather, they look like summoning skills. Also, that person’s target from the start was Ed. Just what do they want?”
She felt quite confused and could not figure out what the other side wanted.
At this moment, a Sorcerer told them some information.
“You’re saying that this didn’t just happen to us but similar things happened in the territories of other academies?”