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No pain, no gain and the cycle of cause and effect should be the basic laws of the world.

The magician seems to have violated this law. The clever magician tricks the universe into turning it around, allowing it to hand over uncaused results, allowing him to gain something for nothing.

Just one spell, how simple!

It can reverse time and space, distort other people's thoughts, and even create life.

Mages are like a bunch of cheaters who exploit loopholes in the rules.

But this is just an appearance. The real reality is that all miraculous powers come with a price.

So far, no one knows the original or specific operating mode.

But once magic is used to interfere with reality, the mage must pay a corresponding price.

Even if he didn't know it at the time and was unaware of the price when it came to him later, the price would eventually come.

After discovering this "absolute truth" in the extraordinary world, a group of mages found a new way to reverse the cause and effect of "all magic requires a price" and turned it into "as long as the price is paid, miracles will be created".

That is price magic.

The most common cost magic is at the cost of the caster suffering damage. After the damage is completed, the corresponding magic is activated immediately.

Magic can come in many forms.

For example, Harley learned the mind spell from Madam Xanadu and uses it to this day.

After she is hurt, part of the damage is converted into a "curse" on her mental power, which is equivalent to a soul attack.

For example, the signature skill of Zatara's magic family-escaping the room.

After being hurt, you can break free from ropes, chains, and closed doors.

Before today, all the price magic that Harry had seen was that the magic was released immediately after paying the price.

In other words, if Harley is injured today, she will activate the mind spell today and at this moment. She cannot wait until tomorrow. When she sees someone she doesn't like, she will do it to him.

Simply put, cost magic is a passive skill and cannot be actively cast.

But at this time, the Constantine trio seemed to have accomplished something unprecedented.

"You really delayed the price magic?" Harley asked in surprise.

Constantine said with a proud smile: “Delaying the cost of magic is indeed what we hope to achieve in many ‘Saturday Night’ studies.

Today, it finally happened and we created a miracle.

I just said, magic is a miracle, all miracles can be achieved through magic, and 'magic miracles' are no exception. "

"Did you invent this set of spells?" Harley looked at him with more admiration.

There is a common sense in the magic world: the strongest and most respected wizards are not the old ones who live longer, but the 'inventors' who are flexible and good at creating new spells.

This is related to the characteristics of the mage profession.

Magic apprentices learn other people's magic, and formal mages use other people's magic to determine their own future path.

But at the third stage, the Archmage must innovate on the magic of his predecessors and create his own "exclusive spell".

The fourth stage, from Archmage to Grandmaster, requires the creation of a unique law in the world.

Even if they have the same attribute, for example, the thunder attribute law, the two thunder attribute laws are different.

A thousand masters create a thousand laws.

Therefore, the more innovative a mage is, the stronger he is and the brighter his future will be.

This is different from the world of immortals and martial arts. You can't even become a great mage just by relying on the peerless secrets of the old masters without your own innovation.

Innovation is change.

The essence of magic practice is also change, the change of knowledge - the innovation of magic spells; the change of one's own body and soul, the transformation at the end of life.

It can also be said that the essence of magic practice is innovation.

Without innovation in magic, you cannot become a great mage; without "innovation" in the body (including soul and magic power), you cannot become a spiritual wizard.

Harley's magical talents are polarizing. Most mages think her qualifications are dull because her innovation ability is too poor; there are also a few mages who think she is uniquely talented. She has undergone two terminal transformations in a very short period of time, and her body is "innovating".

Constantine's magic power is mediocre, but he is considered to be extremely talented by all the extraordinary people who have seen him. Because he has experienced a deathbed transformation and has a flexible mind, almost all of the commonly used spells are his own creations or adaptations.

However, this time the delay cost magic was not created by him.

"'Saturday Night' was Nick's idea, and I just played a role in it."

Constantine looked at Nick with the same look that Harley looked at him just now, a mixture of admiration and envy.

Harley looked at Nick with admiration. This guy became famous earlier than Constantine and she, and he still maintains the title of "the first mage in the modern era".

Nick enjoyed the way he looked at himself from the "first person in terms of strength, fame, status and power in the contemporary era".

However, he still shook his head and said: "I may have done more than John, but its structure came from Zatanna's father, Master Zatara."

Harley was stunned.

She remembered what Mrs. Xanadu had said ten years ago: Cost Magic had long been determined to have no future by the ancestors, and few people studied it later, with the exception of Zatara.

"It's not easy to stand on the shoulders of giants and look far away." Harry complimented, and then asked eagerly: "Can you teach me this magic?"

Nick glanced at Zatanna and she nodded slightly.

"certainly."

He was very straightforward and told the entire magic and ritual process on the spot.

Like Harley, Zatara also wanted to delay activating the cost magic until she needed it.

However, their original intentions for this idea were different.

Harley thought to herself: I got beaten at home today and accumulated "retaliatory power". When I go out and encounter an enemy, I will point my finger at him and blow his head off.

Zatara is a magician, er, a legendary "liar" magician who disguises magic as magic.

He thought to himself: If he could delay the activation of the 'Escape Room Technique' in the cost magic, then he could perform more kinds of magic performances.

Well, in order to develop more amazing and more fantastic magic, he came up with the idea of ​​studying this magic spell.

His exclusive magic spell is 'irony magic', and the secret room escape technique is just a 'protection technique' for him to make a living.

Under normal circumstances, Zatala must be injured when performing an escape room, or she must sink into the water and suppress the injury; or she may be tied up tightly and strangled; or she may hide small nails on her body to squeeze and stab her. If Zatala takes off her clothes -Light, bound hand and foot, thrown into a closet from which he could not escape without the use of magic.

In many escape performances in the past, his "magic" failed because he could not accumulate enough damage, so he could only secretly use irony magic.

In short, in order to use the escape room technique more smoothly and freely, Zatara began to try to delay the activation of the cost magic.

His idea is not subtle.

The process of people being injured is not completed instantly; only when the injuries accumulate to a certain extent within a certain period of time will the cost magic be activated.

So, can the ‘certain time’ be extended?

For example, burning Constantine with cigarette butts requires ten cigarette butts at one time to activate the escape room.

Now in another way, burn a cigarette butt today, another one tomorrow, and ten days later, he will use the escape room to escape.

"This new spell actually requires a huge amount of magic power to distort time, space and the laws around you. The prelude alone takes more than an hour. It is too complicated and the price-performance ratio is too low." Harley frowned.

"More importantly, it's not suitable for you." A gleam flashed in Zha Kang's eyes, "You need to pay back, but this is an escape room technique.

You need to accumulate an unlimited amount of 'retaliation power', accumulate the damage of a thousand cigarette butts at one time, and then use the cost magic of ten cigarette butts damage anytime and anywhere.

Oh, for you, it would be best to accumulate tens of billions of cigarette butt burns, and then release them all at once to kill gods and demons instantly and become invincible in the world. "

Harley said with a dull face: "Only those that are suitable for me have practical uses. What else can your 'Saturday Night' do besides fooling the audience?"

Zatanna pulled a sheet around her body and said, "We do research to accumulate wisdom and find inspiration in the process of exploring the limits of cost magic, not for the magic itself."

Harley's eyes flashed and she smiled: "Your 'Saturday Night' is not yet mature, and it can be improved again, right?"

Zha Kang said while getting dressed: "You want us to help you with research and development? We don't study this magic every Saturday night.

And the natal curse is your path, let others develop it, are you not afraid of the path being taken over? "

Even if he, Nick, and Zatanna formed a "Saturday Night Threesome," and their relationship was so close that they treated each other honestly, they never discussed their respective curses together.

They only study low-level magic spells like escape rooms that do not involve their own core path.

"I will kill anyone who dares to take my way. After listening to Poseidon's story, I now fully understand that 'the way is for me'." Harley sneered.

Then her big eyes turned flexibly, and she said with a sweet smile: "Do you think this will work? I will also join the magic research of 'Saturday Night'.

Not only did I contribute and participate personally, but I also provided all the materials.

If you want to conduct any experiments, I will reimburse you for the funds and resources.

However, the direction of research needs to change. I will hand over the 'Head Curse' and the natal curse, the Black Vortex of Thorns, to you. We will focus on the study of accumulating 'counter-injury power' without time limit and unlimited amount. "

"Even the Black Vortex of Thorns is open to the public. Aren't you afraid that after it spreads, countless targeted magics will be developed?" Zha Kang asked in surprise.

"Will you spread the word?" Harley asked.

It doesn’t matter if it’s passed on, because the thorn vortex is divided into the “counter-injury thorns” of cost magic and the “replacement vortex” of the experience jar.

The black vortex and the thorns are two parts. She will only reveal the thorns, which have little technical content.

Zha Kang held a cigarette in his mouth and said vaguely: "I don't believe you will trust us so much."

"You should believe in your abilities and my desire to improve the Black Vortex of Thorns. Of course, I will not let you work in vain."

Harley glanced at the three calm magic masters with a friendly and confident smile, "Nick, John, Zatanna, we are old friends for many years.

Buying you with money or other benefits is an insult to both you and myself.

But we are all mages.

All miracles have a price, which is one of the basic laws of the mage.

Today you help me develop the natal magic spell. When you repay magic or other debts in the future, I will help you deal with the debt collector. "

Zha Kang's pupils shrank and his expression remained unchanged.

Zatanna and Nick were shocked, and their expressions changed drastically at the same time.

"If you can help us, why don't you activate your magic power yourself?" Constantine lit the cigarette and said slowly.

"Only by standing above the trap can you pull the person in the trap." Harley said.

Nick said in a deep voice: "Harry, is this your promise?"

"I never lie to my friends."

Nick's heart was pounding, and he turned to his two companions and said, "We are all studying cost magic anyway, so why not do it?"

Looking at these three magic geniuses, Harley suddenly had an idea in her mind: There are talented people in every generation, so why not turn her spell into an open source model and let all geniuses contribute their talents and time to it? A magic spell that can infinitely improve yourself?

As for the price

It was said that Hecate was the mother of magic, and Harley felt a sense of fullness when she heard the name.

In the future, when she becomes invincible, she can use the Escape Pattern to transform endless magic and divine power, but she won't be able to use them anymore. It's better to build a magic bank and lend money to the heavens.

Unlike other bosses who are the source of magic, she asks for soul and magic power. She needs wisdom. Oh, and experience points.

If the existing magic usage mode is "Android system", she can create her own "HQ system".

The APP that comes with the system is the magic.

It seems very promising, I must try it if I get a chance.