Chapter 324: Flying across the Broken Bridge
The scarecrow climbed up, untied the cable, tied it to a big tree by the river, and built a rope bridge in this way.
Ma Yun took the other end of the cable from Jiang Feng, climbed up the pine tree at the head of the bridge, and tied it about three meters above the ground, making sure that the knot on her side was higher than the knot on the other side, making the rope bridge tilt across. over the cliff,
Then, Ma Yun used the artificer's skills to make a set of simple pulleys using leather and the iron neck guard she removed from the activated armor, and the pulleys were also tied with ropes.
After getting ready, Ma Yun held the handles on both sides of the pulley with both hands and slid along the downward sloping rope bridge to the other side.
The moment she landed, she used the soft scarecrow as a cushion to land safely.
When Jiang Feng saw Ma Yun successfully leaping over the cliff, he pulled the rope connecting the pulley and pulled the pulley back from the other side. He also followed Ma Yun's example and slid along the rope bridge.
Next was Tin Man Nick, who also slipped over without any risk.
On the Broken Bridge side, Goofy and Dimitri the Lion are still left.
Dimitri was frightened to death, claiming that he had a "disease that will kill you if your feet leave the ground", and refused to go on the rope bridge.
"If you don't hurry up, I'll kick you into the river and feed you to the bastard!" Gao Fei said angrily.
His threat worked, and Dimitri, a coward, had no choice but to muster up courage. He gripped the pulley with his front paws and slid over with his eyes closed.
As we approached the shore, the cable suddenly broke!
The lion's body was hanging in the air, losing its support. It was so frightened that it screamed and kicked its hooves wildly!
Fortunately, I still relied on inertia to fall to the other side, bumped into the scarecrow, hugged each other, and rolled all the way!
"Oh my god! You scared me to death!"
Ma Yun covered her heart, her face turned pale, and it took her a while to calm down, planning to rebuild the rope bridge.
Across the river, Gao Fei waved to her.
"Don't bother, I will find a way to get there."
Today is the last chance to switch to the "magic mask". Gao Fei changed the thief mask into a druid mask, turned into an eagle, spread his wings and flew to the opposite side of the river, landed floatingly on the ground, and returned to his human form.
At the same time, Ma Yun received a system prompt:
"You have reached the plot milestone of this chapter, and your astrolabe energy +1!"
Ma Yun's Artifact Master has been upgraded to level 4, with HP +4, attributes +1, and she has also learned a new professional ability "Activation Skill".
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Activation Skills: Starting from level 4, the 2-level "Second Activation Skill" is added to your spell book and can be cast without memorizing it in advance.
Level 2 "Lesser Activation" (School of Transmutation): Range 100 feet + 10 feet/casting level, animate an object that does not exceed 4 feet in length, width, and height, temporarily turning it into a constructed creature, lasting 1 minute/ Level; the caster can communicate telepathically with the animated object and spend concentration to control it.
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"Secondary Activation" is the starting point of the activation series of spells, and there are many derived branches, such as "Activated Weapon", "Activated Shield" and "Activated Rope", which are all specific applications of this spell.
Activated items created by magic are only temporary constructs. They have no intelligence attributes and cannot act independently.
While activating the item, the caster can implant a concise and clear instruction into it, such as "protect me", "guard the door", "patrol around the house" and so on.
"Activated objects" cannot understand commands that are too complex, and cannot execute commands that require independent judgment - for example, "select the most beautiful girl from the classroom."
"Activated Objects" don't even understand what beauty and ugliness are, so how can they possibly select the "most beautiful girls"?
This kind of order is very unreasonable!
If the caster must "activate objects" to perform complex tasks, or to act according to his own will, pre-implanted instructions alone are not enough, and the activated construct can only be controlled in real time through telepathy.
In this case, allowing the activated construct to select the most beautiful girls is actually the caster instilling his own aesthetic standards into the construct through telepathy, allowing it to select the most beautiful girls according to its own standards. In essence, it is still the one who selects the most beautiful girls. When it comes to making choices, the construct is nothing more than a tool for running errands.
It should be noted that although controlling the construct through telepathy is more flexible than pre-implanted instructions, it requires more energy from the caster - one must remain focused during remote control. Once the concentration is interrupted, the construct will lose control. .
"Great!" Ma Yun rubbed her hands excitedly, "Learn the activation skills, and I can create my own construct!"
"Xiaoyun, what kind of construct do you plan to create?" Jiang Feng asked curiously.
"I've thought about it a long time ago! First use the materials on hand to make a 'Sky Sword', and then go to the system store to buy a tower shield. It can be activated into a 'Dancing Sky Shield' during battle!"
Ma Yun excitedly opened the storage space of the astrolabe, took out the refined long sword recovered from the "Activated Armor", spent 5 magic points, and fired a "Secondary Activation Technique" at the long sword, and implanted the preset command. :
"Protect your Creator!"
The long sword shone with magical aura, floated in the air, and slowly floated around the mage lady, like a planet orbiting the sun.
Next, Ma Yun asked Gao Fei and Jiang Feng to help test it.
The results show that the radius of activity of this "volley sword" is about 10 meters. Within this area, as long as someone tries to attack Ma Yun, the "volley sword" will immediately trigger a counterattack and be chased and slashed by it.
"Flying Sword" is a magic weapon, with a basic damage dice of 1d8. Ma Yun's intelligence modifier is used to calculate the attack roll and damage bonus. Since this sword itself is a refined weapon, an additional +1 attack roll is added, which is quite powerful!
The default command is "protect the master", so the "Flying Sword" will not actively move away from the master.
If Ma Yun needs the "Flying Sword" to fly 10 meters (30 feet) away to chop people, she can only use telekinesis mode and stay focused.
The farthest attack radius of the "Flying Sword" is the maximum range of "Secondary Activation".
With Ma Yun's current spellcasting level, the farthest "Flying Sword" can be remotely controlled to fly 140 feet away to attack the enemy.
"Wow! Xiaoyun, your sword is so powerful! Just like the 'flying sword' in the fairy tale novels, with a thought, it can fly a hundred feet away to take people's heads." Jiang Feng's eyes were full of envy.
"This 'Flying Sword' is pretty good, but it can only be activated for a few minutes. It would be better if it could be activated permanently like Nick and Vita." Gao Fei said.
"Permanent activation is not impossible, but it costs more!"
Ma Yun opened the system store and pointed to the light blue crystal on the counter for Gao Fei to see.
"This thing is called magic crystal, the most important enchantment material and industrial magic energy in the world of Vares, and its status is equivalent to coal + oil in the industrial revolution era of our Blue Star!"
