Chapter 258: Advancement to the Third Stage
After a comprehensive maintenance, the Sound of Dawn was docked back in the port.
This comprehensive maintenance cost Alka and his team 50 gold sails.
Fortunately, the money is worth it. At this time, the Sound of Dawn looks like it has just come out of the factory, and it is brand new from head to toe.
The faint sound of music can be heard throughout the day.
This good girl is in a very good mood.
For Alka and his people, spending money on ships is completely acceptable.
I don't feel heartbroken at all.
Not to mention that Alka and Simon were watching the entire maintenance process.
These shipbuilders are not afraid of such methods leaking out at all, because these are not very powerful technical means at all.
They have learned a few things that they can incorporate into their daily maintenance activities.
But it also confirmed that the 50 gold sails were indeed worth it.
Because the material cost alone, as far as they knew, would be at least 30 gold sails.
So what stumps people is not the technology, but the cost of this technology.
These people really just earn hard-earned money.
No wonder, they are not afraid of others stealing their knowledge.
You can learn if you want, because several of the materials are unique to this island.
It's a profit anyway.
At this time, Alka was sitting in the observation room of the ship, floating in the air with his whole body sitting cross-legged.
The magic gathering stone above his head was spreading the magic power absorbed from the surroundings to Alka's surroundings.
At this moment, magic power poured into Alka's body at a speed visible to the naked eye . Alka was like the eye of a whirlpool.
And his overall momentum was also rising steadily.
However, the absorption of such a large amount of magic power also brought a visible burden to Alka. The sweat on his head was dripping down like a stream, forming a small puddle of water below.
Such fluctuations of magical power eventually alarmed everyone on the boat.
Although the fluctuations caused by the three-stage promotion are not big, at least they can be felt on the ship.
"Isn't Alka getting a promotion?" Jason asked, looking up at the lookout room at the top of the mast.
"Didn't he say it would only be a few days? We've been on this island for four or five days."
"I didn't expect that he was actually one step faster than me. I have to speed up too."
Simon felt inside his body and said.
The speed at which the strength is increased by two treasures is indeed faster than that of just one treasure, not to mention that Alka's soul is stronger and his efficiency in absorbing magic power is higher than theirs.
If I don't speed up, he will leave me further and further behind.
Although everyone was chatting, they had already stood in different places on the deck to guard Alka.
At this time, Alka in the observation room absorbed magic power at a slower speed.
But the spiral circuit in the body has begun to undergo different changes, just like the advancement from stage one to stage two.
The overlapping spirals, which were grouped into three spirals, began to tighten, and finally overlapped completely.
It became a combination of 9 overlapping spirals, and a new spiral loop appeared on the periphery. Its smallness compared with the combination next to it looked extremely awkward.
But with the emergence of this spiral, it also indicates that Alka is trying to break through the second stage and enter the third stage .
The speed of absorbing magic power was about to stop, and Alka, who was floating up, landed on the ground with both feet.
His clothes were completely wet and stuck to his body. Looking at his feet, he saw small puddles of water formed by his sweat.
Alka cleared it away with a wave of his hand.
"call."
He exhaled heavily.
The changes brought about by the increase in strength have not completely stopped at this time. The improvement brought about by the influx of a large amount of magic power is strengthening his physique.
With this change, it may continue until tomorrow morning.
This may result in unstable power, so you need to be well prepared.
Turn off the Focusing Stone.
He opened the door and swung down using the rope.
At this time, several people on the deck were already waiting for Alka.
"Congratulations."
"Haha, thank you, but I'm too tired. I have to go back to my room and rest for a while."
Alka simply waved to everyone and returned to his room.
I took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and lay down on the bed.
My whole body sank into the mattress.
"Comfortable……"
The physical and mental exhaustion brought by the promotion made Alka fall into a dream after lying on the bed for a while.
Because he was too tired, Alka didn't even wake up from his dream, but instead had a good sleep like an ordinary person.
When he opened his eyes again, it was dark outside, with only the starlight shining faintly through the window.
There was a food box on the table next to it, and the spell on the edge of the box was heating it slightly.
It seems that I slept for quite a while.
My stomach growled.
Hunger made Alka eat quickly. The food was specially prepared by Juanlu to quickly restore physical strength and magic power.
As the food went down his stomach, Alka felt much better and his strength returned.
He lay back on his bed.
I started to carefully examine my body to see what changes had taken place compared to before.
The magic power enhancement has passed, and the physical improvement it brought has been fixed.
The feeling that the power was increasing at any time and in any place had disappeared.
Compared to the second stage, Alka's physique is stronger now.
He clenched his fist and gently waved it in the air.
Instantly, the air made a sound of breaking, and the wind from the punch made the lantern hanging on the bedside table next to him shake.
"It seems I need to get used to it for a while ."
The upgrade between spirals will not bring about too much physical change, and it is easy to adapt to it.
However, the physical changes brought about by the upgrades from stage to stage are a bit too great, and it takes some time to adapt to the new strength.
The spiral inside the body is slowly turning.
Feeling the rotation, Alka frowned. As the rotation progressed, the surrounding magic power was automatically being absorbed into his body, and part of it would be used to increase his strength.
The magic brought by rotation is indeed much more than before.
But the problem is... the amount of magic power that can be absorbed into the body has decreased.
It has increased compared to before, but it is too little compared to the current total strength.
Feeling this change, Alka immediately sat up, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.
As the runes of meditation appeared in his body, stabilizing the veins of magic, the surrounding magic began to slowly enter Alka's body.
After just a moment, Alka stopped meditating and opened his eyes.
"The speed at which I absorb magic power has slowed down... and the amount of magic power that can be absorbed into my body has also decreased."
This discovery made Alka think.
If such changes are not special but normal.
This means that the improvement in strength during the third stage will no longer be as rapid as before.
This is what Balazs calls a bottleneck.
The rapid increase in strength in the second stage and before keeps the magic power in a relatively boiling state.
It was for this reason that Balazs discovered that something was wrong with Alka and the others.
At that time.
Compared to spending time to stabilize the boiling of magic power, spending time on meditation is obviously more helpful in improving strength.
So unless there is a problem, most people will choose to meditate quickly until they reach the perfection of the second stage, until the advantage disappears.
Then spend more time to stabilize the strength that has slowed down and is difficult to improve.
Hold on, then break through.
But now that we have reached the third stage, such rapid improvement in strength no longer exists.
If you want to become slightly stronger, you have to stabilize your magic power again, or you can only stabilize your magic power because you have nothing else to do.
And this change made Alka understand something different.
For those who possess the treasure, the treasure will also participate in the absorption and conversion of magic power when they meditate.
This is also the reason why people who possess treasures can improve much faster than those who don’t.
If the strength improvement and magic power absorption speed brought by one's own meditation is 1.
Because of some differences in physical fitness and talent, the standard of 1 will definitely fluctuate, but the difference will not be too large.
A holy grail-level treasure will add an additional 1 to this value, and the amount will vary depending on the level of the treasure.
For example, the mirror of Alka is equivalent to adding only 0.9, but the Dreamcatcher adds 1.2.
This is the level of the treasure, and the changes it brings.
Among the treasures controlled by everyone, the one with the biggest bonus is Jason, who changed a while ago due to the birth of the crystal dragon.
The appearance of the crystal dragon gave Jason an extra 1.5 points, but the problem was that the crystal dragon was obviously not a "treasure" that could be judged by common sense.
She is a true ancient creature, and was like a treasure when she was young.
Among normal treasures, the one that brings the greatest improvement is Polo's [Winter Flower], which has a bonus of 1.3.
The lowest flag is Lucilia, which is also 0.9, but slightly lower than Alka's 0.9.
According to calculations, the bonus of Holy Grail-level treasures should be between 0.8 and 1.3.
Think about the information about the treasure when you obtained [Winter Flower].
The most powerful batch of Holy Grail-level treasures.
The reason why they were able to make such accurate calculations was not because they were so powerful, but because they had obtained the legacy of the city-state of Vastva .
Those blue dots bring incredible items and knowledge.
These blue treasures don't necessarily have to be used in combat; they are fascinating in their respective fields.
A ring-shaped device appeared in Alka's hand. The device was double-layered, with a light blue magic line in the middle.
Inputting magic power to control it, Alka then entered into meditation again.
The equipment began to observe and record from the side.
After meditating for only a minute, Alka stopped.
Start collecting data from this "Soul Detection Ring".
This is also one of the blue treasures of Vastwa that they obtained, which can help them collect various accurate data of the body.
It can almost be called a universal human body detection device.
It is a brand new experimental device that is well preserved. Because it is placed in a special storage box, it has existed in the overlapping space for tens of thousands of years without being damaged.
Basically, it is used by Alka, Simon and Mathilda.
Only three of them have such a need.
And it’s not that easy to use.
With the feedback of data.
"It's only 0.2? It's dropped so much." He was a little surprised by such feedback.
The individual strength that was once increased by 1 was directly reduced to only 0.2.
The third stage seems to make it more difficult for people to transform magic power into the body, which is equivalent to creating a bottleneck to hinder it.
But the changes brought about by magic in the feedback have not decreased and remain the same.
He picked up his notepad and wrote down his findings, then thought about it and wrote down the speculation at the back.
“Based on the data changes mentioned above, the strength improvement of those who touch the third stage will be greatly slowed down.
But the improvement brought by the treasure has not decreased, which means that the person who possesses the treasure will be far ahead of the Touchers of the same level in the third stage.
Even at a certain stage, normal touchers will not have much chance to continue to improve their strength, and if they want to improve, they must have treasures.
There may be other means..."
Record your speculations in a notebook.
To verify this, just ask Balazs later.
This is not information worth hiding.
Simon will also be promoted to the third stage in a few days. We can tell whether this is an isolated case by looking at his changes.
Then the treasures of other people on the ship must be put on the agenda quickly.
Jason already possessed a treasure because of the birth of the crystal dragon. If he wanted to own the treasure, he had to ensure that the treasure was compatible with the crystal dragon before he could use it.
It is equivalent to looking for the second treasure, which creates a certain degree of difficulty.
Now the only ones without treasure are Juanlu, Julia and Mathilda.
Among them, Julia and Mathilda have even reached the ninth spiral if they didn't have the treasure.
Once they enter the third stage, their strength will stagnate.
After understanding these.
Alka began to check the impact of his increased strength on the treasure, and the mirror reappeared on Alka's face.
Then the figure of the Dream Death appeared in the mirror.
Alka directly turned into the dream god of death and felt the changes brought about by his strength.
The Dream Death still caused different changes to Alka's body, but the enhancement it brought was not as exaggerated as the second stage.
That is to say, the high strength improvement brought by this form no longer exists, but it is still a good form change.
After all, the dream death's teleportation, the defense brought by the light and shadow cloak, and the sickle that can hurt the soul are all very good.
Moreover, he didn't know how to use a sickle at all, but the sickle of the Dream Grim Reaper was like an arm of the body, and he could control it like instinct.
This undoubtedly improved his skills in using melee weapons.
He had to find some more powerful creatures to simulate, not necessarily as comprehensive as the Dream Death.
Then a mirror two meters high and one meter wide appeared in front of Alka. Looking at the mirror in front of him, Alka punched it.
A heavy punch hit the mirror, causing cracks to appear on the surface immediately, but it did not break.
"The mirror's sturdiness has been improved, and its magic conductivity has been improved."
"So... can my previous idea be realized?" Alka thought.
The mirror in front of him had been repaired, and a rune whose shape could not be clearly seen appeared on the mirror.
As the runes were integrated, ripples began to appear on the mirror surface like water.
Alka raised his hand gently and put his hand inside.
It was like reaching under water, but there was no arm sticking out from the back of the mirror.
At this moment, a mirror appeared behind Alka without knowing when. The mirror surface was also like ripples on the water, but what was sticking out was Alka's hand.
Seeing this change, a smile appeared on Alka's face.
"It's feasible. It's completely feasible. Since I can pass through with my real body, Xia Daiti and the others can also pass through."
The surprise on Alka's face was visible to the naked eye.
The reason why this effect can be produced is that the spell engraved on it is a spell obtained by Alka and his companions in the city-state of Wattwa.
[Seal of Link], the original effect is to connect two objects.
The effect is very vague. After all, it is a spell from 30,000 years ago.
According to Alka and his team's research on some of Vastva's documents, spells were not popular in that god's age.
They generally use their magic to communicate with the runes of nature and integrate the magic of nature to produce more powerful effects.
Simply put, they use methods similar to magic.
The spell is more like an auxiliary means.
But after the war of gods, the world was shattered and magic was no longer useful.
The spell came onto the stage, but of course Alka and the others didn't know what kind of changes had taken place in the meantime.
Alka applied the spell to his own mirror, successfully connecting the two different mirrors.
Then Alka incorporated a very simple, yet inexplicably fitting spell.
[Wall Passage]: After using the spell, you can pass through obstacles. The thickness and material of the obstacle will result in different magic power consumption when using the spell.
In the second stage, Alka had already completed such a fusion operation, but the problem was that his magic power at that time did not have strong control over the [Seal of Link].
As a result, he could only use the form of the Dream Death to travel. The light and shadow cloak and the dream attributes of the Dream Death allowed him to reach from one mirror to another.
Although it is still good, the effect of use has been greatly reduced.
Simply put, it's not that practical.
Now that his strength has reached the third stage, the increase in magic power and his fine control over magic power have allowed him to successfully realize his ideas.
"From now on, it will be called the Mirror of Travel."
With mirrors that allow other people to pass through, his mirror maze tactics are becoming more and more powerful.
Now it is no longer a mirror maze belonging to one person, according to his current magical power and level of control.
When the real fight comes, he will definitely be able to build a mirror maze covering the battlefield.
Combined with Xia Dai's absolute darkness.
Thinking of this, the expression on Alka's face became more and more rampant.
With this kind of strength, it should be no problem to protect yourself, right?
Understand the changes caused by mirrors.
Alka turned his attention to the dream catcher.
However, it is obviously not easy to figure out the changes of the dream catcher in reality.
Alka lay back down on the bed.
As I closed my eyes, I entered into the dream world.
As soon as you open your eyes, you are in your own dream bubble.
Behind him was a huge, irregular transparent crystal that was five meters high and three meters wide.
And inside the crystal, the energies of gold and silver intertwined in spirals, slowly turning within the crystal like a beam of light.
It's no longer just a little light as before.
There are also a large amount of materials and various dream items piled up around the crystal column.
These are all spoils of war.
There was no way. After arriving at the Boundless Sea, there were too many different kinds of dream creatures. Even if he did not actively hunt these dream creatures, they would come to disturb their dreams.
It can only be said that Alka was acting in a passive self-defense. It has been a long time since he took the initiative to leave at night to hunt.
The main thing was that he only spent a few dozen days and nights to basically travel around the Broken Island.
And from time to time, you can find gathering places that appear inexplicably in the distance, and disappear the next day.
Alka looked at his dream bubble.
I was too tired when I was resting just now, so I didn’t fall asleep and didn’t notice it yet.
Your own dream bubble.
It has become much bigger, at least twice as big as before.
