The Magician's Journey

  As soon as the shaman's voice fell, a small booklet suddenly appeared in my hand. The sheepskin cover had no words on it. I opened it with suspicion and found that it was densely written with the common language of the Aqin continent. After reading the beginning, I understood that this was actually a detailed explanation of the origin and usage method of the staff of the gods in my hand.

  I was drawn in instantly, and it turned out that the Staff of the Gods left to me by Teacher Anka was indeed a staff made by the Creator himself, and was given to the first human magician, Misu. At that time, humans were at a disadvantage on the entire continent, being oppressed by various races everywhere. Humans were almost on the verge of extinction. Later, after obtaining this staff, Misu used its power, his own perseverance, and his extremely high talent to help humans gradually gain a foothold on the continent of Aqin, eventually establishing the first empire in human history. From then on, all humans with magical talents began learning magic, and almost all administrators within the empire were magicians. The magical civilization flourished, and even the number of human magicians far exceeded that of the elves at the time. This empire was later recorded in human history as the Magic Empire, which established the current magical city, the floating city of Lalsen. To this day, this city remains a sacred place in the hearts of human magicians.

  Later, although the Magic Empire disappeared in the dust of history, humanity prospered and became powerful from then on. To this day, humans have occupied nearly two-thirds of the continent's land, establishing countless nations. It can be said that all of this is related to this staff.

  Upon seeing this, I couldn't help but feel a deep respect for this staff. The staff that had been passed down to me, which didn't seem particularly impressive at first glance, actually had such a glorious history.

  As I flipped through the pages, it turned out to be an introduction to some of the functions and powers of this staff, accompanied by detailed diagrams. I roughly flipped through this small booklet, which introduced several main functions of the staff, in addition to its good magic effect amplification, there was also the function of initiating space transmission that I had already discovered, but the method of using space transmission described in the book was somewhat different from what I had figured out myself. It turned out that this space transmission could be used to detect whether there were obstacles at the destination and whether it could be used beforehand. According to the method above, I would absolutely not encounter the embarrassing situation of being transmitted into someone else's home, which has a great effect on using the transmission function of this staff.

  And I also discovered a new function of this staff, which is to quickly replenish the user's magic power. It turns out that this staff can activate the function of collecting magic power from heaven and earth, as long as there is a need, even in battle, it can continuously replenish magic power for the user, that is to say, as long as I have this magic staff, I am not afraid of consuming magic power in battle, equivalent to me having infinite magic power, and this magic power is faster than the magic power I get from meditation, and the magic power is more pure. Of course, the magic power replenished by the magic staff in battle is still not as fast as the consumption of using magic, but with it, my battle time can be greatly extended, and I have to say that this is indeed a very powerful divine instrument!

  "Alright, stop looking at that, we still have the last test item left. You can look at this thing after you go back." Just as I was immersed in the book, the Shaman God interrupted my thoughts.

  "Thank you, revered Shaman, but I have a question, how did you get this booklet? And why do you want to give it to me?" I asked with puzzlement as I put the booklet away.

  "This thing was originally written by Mi Xiu, who had a relationship with me. Our friendship was not bad, and before his death, he feared that the power of the gods' staff was too strong, while his successor did not have the ability to control it. Therefore, he sealed part of the staff's abilities and wrote this book, which he personally handed over to me. He asked me that if humanity were in a great crisis in the future, and I happened to meet the owner of this staff, then I should hand over this book to him, so that he could use the power of the staff to save the continent and humanity."

  "So you're saying... that you know about the huge crisis that humanity and the continent of Aichun are currently facing?" I asked.

  "It can be said that I also know roughly about the situation on the Azure Continent. If that woman is allowed to continue her rampage, it's likely that not only humans but the entire Azure Continent including the Beastman tribe will be destroyed. This woman will stop at nothing to become a god, and now is indeed the time for someone to stop her. However, among the various tribes on the continent, I'm afraid no one has the power to contend with her. And our gods cannot directly intervene in the affairs of the continent. Therefore, I think it's time to hand this book over to you."

  "Enough idle chatter, you will understand these things later. Now accept my final trial." Shaman God said impatiently.

  I nodded and said, "Well, this kind of saving the continent's living beings from the dog PI's catastrophe is actually something I estimate I can't do either. Let's just get through one day at a time, completing what's in front of us is urgent, as for what happens later, I don't want to know. Let's start."

  At this moment, two black shadows flashed before my eyes and stopped twenty meters in front of me. I saw two men in black holding swords facing me, with the tips of their swords pointing at a woman each. Upon closer inspection, it was actually Xilu and Furei!

  I immediately asked loudly: "Shaman god, what do you mean? Why did you kidnap the two of them here?"

  "There was no response from the sky, but instead one of the men in black rasped out: 'Are these two women yours? Now you have a chance to choose which one lives and which one must die.'"

  I was furious: "Let these two girls go, neither of them is my woman. Whose orders are you following to come here and coerce me? What do you want?"

  The man in black laughed coldly and said, "You can choose to commit suicide, we will let these two women go, or what you have to do now is quickly choose one of them. If you don't choose, we will kill both of them!"

  I looked at Xiluo and then at Freya, asking: "Xiluo, Freya, are you two alright? How did you end up getting caught here?"

  Xiluo cried out: "Alek, save me! I don't know why, I was sleeping and they brought me here!"

  Fure also burst into tears and cried out: "Alek, come and save me quickly!"

  I looked at the two girls who were crying hard again and smiled.

  I nodded and said to the two men in black: "Kill both of them."

  My words seemed to be far beyond the expectations of the two men in black, they looked at each other, and the man who spoke earlier moved his sword forward, the tip of which immediately pierced the skin on the neck of the white-skinned Xilu he was holding, a thread of fresh blood flowed out from there, and the man in black asked: "Have you thought it through? Don't you have any attachment to your woman at all?"

  I smiled and said: "Alright, go ahead. Because those two are not actually Ciel and Freya, why bother deceiving me?"

  The two men in black hesitated for a moment, then with a fierce killing intent, they withdrew the swords in their hands and stabbed them into the girls in their hands without hesitation. At the moment when the long sword entered the body, "Peng" sounded, and two wisps of smoke rose, covering the four figures. After the smoke dissipated, there was nothing left on the spot.

  "How did you figure out that these two girls are not the Xilu and Furei you know? Did they look different or reveal a flaw somewhere?" Saman asked.

  I chuckled and said, "Respected Shaman God, your divine power is indeed formidable. These two girls are flawless in appearance and attire, but you've forgotten one thing - that you don't actually know them, whereas I've spent a long time with them, so I understand their personalities very well. Although these two girls appear weak, they're actually very strong-willed. If they were really taken hostage, they would absolutely not cry. Moreover, you've forgotten that Xilu is one of the top assassins on the human continent. How could a professional assassin like her be attacked and taken hostage without even realizing it? Furthermore, Furei is the Holy Maiden of the Elf tribe, and her abilities are no trivial matter. I once gave her a 'Moonlight Ring', which would automatically deploy a protective shield to resist any attack when its owner is unable to defend themselves. If those two black-clad men could successfully sneak up on them while they're sleeping, that would be utterly unbelievable."

  "Alright, all your trials are over, and I have also granted you the physique to learn lightning magic. You can now follow Salen to learn lightning magic."

  "Is that it? Weren't we supposed to go through five trials? I've only passed three so far, haven't I?" I asked in puzzlement.

  "Heh heh, all the trials you needed to go through are already over. Think about it carefully, actually the dreams you've experienced also count as a kind of trial, it's just that you didn't know. Alright, I'll send you off now. Hope that in the future you can truly stand at the peak of the world, and when that time comes, you will have qualified to participate in our world."

  As soon as the shaman's voice fell, a huge whirlpool appeared in front of me. The whirlpool emitted a tremendous force that sucked me in. As the scene in front of me changed, I found myself standing once again on the vast square behind the temple, which was made up of giant stone blocks. Salen was smiling at me, and the wrinkles on his old face seemed to have increased even more.