Chapter 372 Conjurer

Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 372 Conjurer

The so-called curse essentially refers to the use of words to distort the target and interfere with its functions.

For example, the eyes and ears cannot see or hear, a healthy body is suddenly infected with a disease, the originally normal heart is distorted and deformed, etc., and this distortion is not limited to living creatures, any target can be the object of the curse.

It sounds a bit similar to what you say, but it's actually not that serious.

Distorting the phenomenon itself requires the consumption of magic power. The higher the degree of distortion, the higher the consumption of magic power. Moreover, the greater the gap between the effect you want to distort and the original function of the target, the greater the difficulty.

For example, you curse the target, "Your neck is separated from your head, and your head flies to an unknown place."

It is not the original function of the neck to separate from the head, and it is not the original function of the head to fly. This kind of curse requires a huge amount of magic power and is absolutely impossible to succeed.

But you can use another method to achieve a similar effect.

For example, 'The knife in your hand suddenly went out of control and struck your neck.'

This may be successful, because the knife was originally meant to cut, but it was just cut to oneself under the influence of the curse.

Of course, if it is a weapon in the hands of a high-level warrior, it will most likely be held tightly by him with brute force. After all, it is only the knife that is uncontrollable, not his own hand.

In short, the success rate of curses is not high, and there are many restrictions. Generally, only spellcasters who specialize in this method can truly apply it in actual combat.

Cosette stood up again. Since it was just a verbal curse, it only took effect for a short time. If the bleeding hadn't stopped, she wouldn't have had to use magic.

Under her disheveled hair, a pair of dark-rimmed eyes stared at the pervert in front of her, her gaze a little weak.

In short, she was a little distracted.

In terms of actual combat experience and skills, Cosette is actually about the same as most of her classmates, or even less.

Because in addition to their monthly fixed tasks, most classmates would occasionally help friends, but Cosette rarely had such opportunities.

It's embarrassing to say that she has never even had one-on-one combat experience. After all, she used to go on missions with her teammates.

Cosette was a little lost, thinking about how to fight one-on-one.

When you have no experience and are at a loss, you should refer to existing examples. So among the people Cosette knows, who has the most practical experience?

That is of course Pei Renli.

So she was thinking about how Pei Renli would deal with the opponent he met for the first time in this situation.

But Cosette's look that didn't take the other person seriously at all made the other person even more excited. One glance showed that she was an old pervert.

This man is called Zekusta, 37 years old. He once received an orthodox magic education, and later became an adventurer and traveled around the country with his companions.

However, after a night attack on his female companion failed, coupled with his daily sexual harassment, the companion who couldn't bear it broke his fingers and expelled him from the team.

For a mage, fingers are very important. Most spells require the cooperation of gestures to cast, which is equivalent to abolishing Zecusta's spellcasting ability.

So he changed from a mage specializing in the school of enchantment to a conjurer, because curses require the least gestures compared to other spells.

Such a painful lesson did not make him remember it long. In the ten years since he was expelled from the team, Zekusta was arrested four times, each time for public indecency. This grandson often hides in alleys or in places where young women live.

Peeping in front of the house can be said to be perverted in the literal sense.

However, he was very honest every time he was arrested, did not cause serious consequences and never resisted, so he was usually released after being imprisoned for a few months to a year.

But in fact, since no adventurer team will take him in, this guy has no money and relies on assassination orders to make money. When he has money to spend, he wanders around to continue his abnormal life. It is really a shame for Master Fa.

Guy.

But this pervert is really strong.

Cosette was thinking about countermeasures, and Zekusta, after enjoying the contempt in his eyes for a while, finally remembered that he should get down to business.

After all, Cosette's head is valuable.

"The hem of your skirt is 'tangled' with your feet, and you are 'unable to move'."

The hem of Cosette's clothes seemed to be carried by someone, but it did not wrap around her feet. However, there was indeed a force that seemed to tightly grasp Cosette's legs, preventing her from moving.

This is because Zekusta made a mistake. Cosette was wearing a robe, not a skirt. Due to her belt and the fact that she never ironed her clothes, the robe did indeed look like a dress.

When Zecusta resumed his offensive, Cosette came back to her senses. She noticed that her feet were trapped and unable to move. Without waiting for the other party to continue speaking, she raised the straw doll in her hand:

"Smash Sonic!"

A roaring sound wave flew towards Zekusta, with enough power to crush the stone bricks on the ground.

But Zecusta didn't panic, he said nonchalantly:

“There was ‘no sound’ around me and it became ‘silent’.”

The shattering sound wave seemed to hit an invisible wall and disappeared with a harsh scream, causing no harm at all.

The targets that the curse can distort are not limited to living things, air can also be distorted.

At this time, the force that trapped Cosette's legs disappeared, and she immediately moved sideways, looking for a better opportunity to counterattack.

"The stones have become 'sharp' and will 'pierce the soles of the feet' if you step on them casually."

On Cosette's path, the originally flat stone slab suddenly cracked and turned into sharp stones that stuck on the ground. This made Cosette unable to stay where she was for even a second, otherwise she would really be stabbed.

Wear the soles of your feet.

"The eaves are in a state of disrepair. When you walk underneath, they suddenly collapse."

A large amount of dust fell from the eaves on one side of the street. At this time, the curse of the stones becoming sharp had just passed. When Cosette looked up, she saw large pieces of debris falling down.

She immediately jumped to the side and raised the straw doll in her hand:

"Entropic Light Shield!"

An eggshell-shaped and slightly flexible shield enveloped her. This choice was very correct, because at the same time Zecusta said:

"The falling ruins 'exploded' and the fragments were 'shot' like shotguns."

The ruins of the roof fell to the ground, and countless fragments felt like they were blasted from a cannon. They flew quickly with a sharp whistling sound, hitting the surface and walls, leaving deep craters.

The entropic light shield is specially designed to defend against long-range damage. Pieces of broken pieces hit the shield and were bounced away. Some of the broken pieces clearly hit the shield but passed through it as if they hit the air.

However, the entropic light shield was not 100% defensive, and some fragments still hit Cosette. This girl with a somewhat sickly style was hit and fell to her knees on the spot, struggling to use healing techniques to treat bruises.

But Zekusta was a little surprised. Cosette's timing was so accurate, as if she had seen through his plan and deployed the entropic light shield at the same time.

He just regarded it as a coincidence, and took advantage of Cosette to activate the healing technique and said:

"The flowerpot on the windowsill 'fell down', as if someone was 'aiming' at it."

Above Cosette's head, a decorative flower pot placed on the window sill of a two-story house shook and fell straight down.

After emergency healing techniques were used to treat the injury, Cosette immediately rolled to the ground, but the flowerpot that should have hit the ground directly seemed to be pulled in the air, and hit Cosette's shoulder.

You could hear the flowerpot making a very unpleasant sound before it shattered. This time it was even more painful than the debris from the ruins just now.

Zekusta did not use too many curses that directly affected Cosette, because the success rate was affected by the level difference between the two parties. If he could use it casually, he only had to say "your heart stops beating".

In contrast, methods that use the environment are more effective and have a higher success rate.

So this style of painting looks like the god of death is coming.

The strong impact made Cosette fall to the ground as if she had been hit by a hammer. The pain made her brain go blank for a moment and she was unable to react immediately.

Zekusta continued without hesitation:

"It's time to throw dirty water again, the housewife 'didn't notice you'."

Cosette struggled to lift herself up, and then she heard the door of a house on one side open. There was a middle-aged woman holding a basin, her eyes dull as if she was being controlled, and she poured water on her.

come out.

Crystal clear water splashed in the air, covering Cosette who had just tried to stand up from head to toe.

"The temperature became 'abnormally low' and the water 'frozen' in an instant."

The water stains on Cosette's body turned solid at a speed visible to the naked eye, and spread quickly on Cosette's body like a layer of armor.

Her body movements were severely affected, and even simple movements such as raising her arms were extremely difficult. Before the ice covered her body, she finally used the spell.

"Protect against evil!"

As a new layer of shield unfolded, the speed of ice formation immediately slowed down a lot.

Protection from evil is useful because it resists attacks by evil creatures and any spells or spell-like effects.

However, Zekusta's goal had been achieved. He noticed that the ice had spread to Cosette's chest and said happily:

"The solid ice turns into 'spikes' and 'pierces' your heart!"

The ice cubes spreading on the surface of Cosette's skin made a crisp sound and turned into countless finger-long ice picks. For a moment, Cosette felt as if she had been pierced by thousands of arrows.

Cosette, who struggled to get up, fell down again as if she had been struck by lightning, as if she had lost all her strength.

"I got it! 500 gold coins! I got it! Haha!"

Cosette's head is worth 500 gold coins. This was the price a few days ago. The price will be higher now to claim the reward.

Zekusta danced happily, and the metal decorations such as nose stud earrings hanging on his body jingled.
To be continued...