Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 113: Se Lian's Anecdotes

Looking at Mr. Tops' humble appearance, I gathered runes in my hands and asked, "How about I give you some more runes? Is about a thousand enough?"

Tops' pupils widened as if he was shocked by the number of runes I mentioned, but he shook his head and said, "Yes, it won't take that much. Ten runes will be enough."

Since the other party has said so, if I insist on doing it, it would be like sending away a beggar and looking down on him.

I saw that after Tops took the ten runes from my hand, he took out a wooden box from the corner of the Elis Church and took out a book and a stone pencil made of pyroxene.

He crushed the rune, and the glowing fragments were adsorbed onto the pyroxene pen.

Then, Tops opened the book and wrote on a page that already had most of the magic runes drawn on it, completing it.

"What is this?" I asked curiously.

"Oh, I don't know when this page of the book got torn into pieces, so I have to mend it and return it to the college library later... But, I don't have many extra runes, and I didn't expect that I couldn't even finish drawing one rune." After drawing, Topps took the pyroxene pen and tapped the magic rune lightly.

The pyroxene pen glowed slightly, and then it awakened the entire magic rune, turning into a shining little ball that floated in the air.

"Oh~" I couldn't help but sigh, this should be Topps' magic - Starlight. I didn't expect it could be used like this?

"Magic is beautiful, isn't it?" Looking up at the magic ball that looked like stars, Tops couldn't help but smile contentedly. "Even in the long dark night, or in the underground where there is no sun, stars like these will always accompany a lowly magician like me on my journey."

——To be honest, teacher, you are a little too self-deprecating.

However, what I am most concerned about now is, can I use the runes on paper like this to release magic? Then what is the use of the pyroxene magic wand?

I put this question to Topps.

The other party laughed and explained, "In fact, this is the same principle as using a pyroxene magic wand to cast magic. I just used a pyroxene pen to replace the magic wand... Of course, the pyroxene pen is obviously not as good as a magic wand in guiding the power of runes, so the power of magic is naturally not as strong as that of a magic wand."

"Really?" I remembered the wooden barrel that Teacher Se Lian gave me, and reached out to summon it from the blessing backpack. Then I took out the parchment scroll with the "pyroxene magic gravel" rune drawn on it, "Can I try it too?"

Tops stared at the wooden tube in my hand for a moment, then immediately handed me the pyroxene pen: "Oh, of course."

He placed the pen on the magic rune array and then activated the rune to release it. The next second, a beam of pyroxene magic gravel shot out like fireworks, and it seemed that the range was indeed shorter than usual.

I couldn't help but stare in amazement, "Oh~ Interesting. It turns out that magic can be released directly with the help of other tools!"

Tops also smiled and said, "Not only that, in the magic subjects I studied, there are also records of combining magic with ordinary weapons and casting magic through runes on paper, which are also quite similar."

"I remember this. I have a friend named Roger who can release pyroxene magic gravel directly from his straight sword!"

"It's not just the pyroxene magic gravel. I think the magic faction of the Kalia royal family has many methods of combining magic with ordinary weapons. As far as I know, there are: Brilliant Sword Circle, Kalia Great Sword, Great Kalia..."

——EX curry stick, right! It’s also a cool war gray!

"······By the way, Zero, I don't think you look like a stargazer. Did you learn magic from someone else?"

"Yes, I learned magic from Teacher Se Lian." I nodded and sighed, "Wow, I only learned the most basic pyroxene magic gravel at the beginning, and the teacher's teaching was also unbelievably strict. I still feel dizzy when I think about it now."

"Se...Se Lian, yes, is that so?" Tops, who was talking so eloquently just now, suddenly pursed his lips, and even his eyes were a little evasive.

"Hmm? Topps, do you also know Sensei Se Lian?" As soon as I asked, I thought of these two people in the game... Oh, it should be said that Topps did know Sensei Se Lian unilaterally.

And Tops did not intend to hide it, but sighed slightly: "Of course I know her. After all, Se Lian is the most talented woman in the history of the academy. However, someone as unknown as me would never have any intersection with her."

"Well, Tops, do you know what the 'Cube Witch' is all about?" I narrowed my eyes and continued to inquire.

——Although a lot of this part of the matter is explained in the game, if it were in reality, I would probably be able to get more information.

"Oh, you, you know this, then why..."

"Why do you want to be Se Lian's disciple?" I spread my hands in a helpless manner. "Our Ah Tui can do anything to become the king. Besides, this title was given to me by Master Se Lian himself, so I am quite curious~"

Tops looked at me for a long while, then chuckled, "You are worthy of being a Fader. Your style of doing things is truly extraordinary."

After a pause, Tops raised his head and looked at the floating starlight magic. He recalled and narrated as if he had returned to his academy days: "Selian, she just looks like a very lovable woman, and she is also very smart. She studied a lot of books in the academy early on and mastered most of the academy magic... There are even rumors that she will be the most powerful contender for the head of the academy after Lady Lenara."

"But after the 'Magic Cube Witch' incident was exposed, Se Lian was expelled from the academy... She was even suspected of killing a large number of magicians. I still find it hard to believe that such a talented girl would do such a thing."

——These are similar to what I know in the game.

"Tops, do you know why Selian wanted to massacre those magicians? Or are there any rumors or something like that?" I continued to dig deeper and get to the bottom of it.

"This..." Tops swallowed his saliva and said to me mysteriously, "Zero, do you know that your teacher has talked about the magic of the origin school?"

“······Does it mean that the source of magic comes from the starry sky? Teacher Se Lian often told me that stars contain life and power, and ancient magicians got the enlightenment of modern pyroxene magic from stars.” I remembered the Star Shower that Teacher Se Lian once performed for me, as well as its text description.

And Tops nodded: "Then do you know what their origin school desires most?"

“Uh… Could it be that I’m turning into a star?”

"Yes, it's turning into stars!" Tops became a little excited. "The Origin School has always believed that only by getting closer to the form of stars can one get closer to the root of magic. They will even look for capable magicians among each other and fight them with magic. After they succeed, the Origin magicians will gather all the power of their opponents and themselves and transform into the appearance of stars together."

——This reminds me that in the game, as long as Teacher Seren gathered the two great magicians of the Origin School, Azrael and Lusert, he would trample them into a ball together.

Tops continued to tell me: "I even heard of such a rumor, Zero."

"Ok?"

"Every origin magician will not easily accept an apprentice. The apprentice must be a talented and unpolished gem with considerable potential... Afterwards, they will teach the apprentice everything they know without reservation, and there are only a few people who can endure their teaching. And on the day of the real graduation, the apprentice and the master will start a magic duel until one of them is truly killed... There is a rumor that the first magician killed by the 'Magic Cube Witch', Seren, was her master." Tops looked at me and reminded me, "So, Zero, you must be careful."

——You must choose your apprentice carefully, my disciple.

I couldn't help but think of Teacher Se Lian's words. At that time, her voice seemed full of loneliness and helpless lamentations.