Vivian, Who Knows a Little Magic

"Excuse me, you mentioned the Fire God Cult earlier. What about this token?" Vivian seized on the key point in Damir's words, quickly steering the conversation back on track.

Truth be told, after Yoseph's stunt earlier, the young girl was starting to doubt whether the wooden token in her hand was actually a Fire God Token.

But fortunately...

"I recognize it! This is a Fire God Token that only Bishops can possess. Hiss... No, why is it in your hands?" After the Fire God Token was mentioned again, Damir finally seemed to sober up a bit.

He then remembered to check the city guards lying all over the ground, and the miserable state of that Fire God Cult deacon named Yoseph.

The young girl in front of him was no pushover.

No.

Perhaps these city guards and Yoseph were bullying others, picking on a young girl from the countryside?

Then Vivian bravely fought back, and accidentally injured them.

Yes! It must be like this!

Well done! These people deserved it! The Fire God Cult and the Knights should have been disciplined long ago!

On the other side, Vivian, unaware of Damir's inner thoughts, was delighted to finally meet someone who recognized the Fire God Token in her hand.

"I came to Huodian City for this. A major disaster occurred deep within the Claw Forest. The person who gave me this token asked me to bring this information back to Huodian City. She said that the evil force is not something that originally belongs to this world, and that the Fire God must be informed of this matter!"

Claw Forest, evil force...

When these words came out of Vivian's mouth, Damir was completely sobered up.

"It's true, my premonition was correct. Something really happened in the Claw Forest..." he muttered to himself.

"But... but why isn't the Fire God statue reacting?"

The young Genius Mage frowned deeply.

However, at this time, Damir was just an inexperienced young man, far from becoming the future savior of the Flame Domain. He hadn't thought that deeply at all.

In fact, he even felt a sense of excitement.

Actually, what Harvey said on the Fire God Tower was true. Bored because his mentor Maggie was in seclusion, Damir had indeed read a lot of miscellaneous books and novels.

The novels were naturally all heroic biographies, depicting protagonists turning the tide in the face of great crises, protecting people, and eliminating evil.

Being young and arrogant, and coincidentally possessing this powerful strength, Damir, although he didn't outwardly show it, secretly yearned for it.

So, sometimes, one shouldn't underestimate the role of novels. It's possible that Damir became the savior of the Flame Domain in the near future precisely because of the influence of these novels.

After all, if you've read too many novels, when you actually have the chance to become the protagonist of a novel in real life, who wouldn't want to do it?

"Alright, I'll use magic to leave a message for Uncle Harvey about this. With the Fire God Token, he'll definitely believe us this time and send the Knights out."

"As for us..."

Damir played a little trick here. In the past, he had disdained the cheesy romantic subplots that seemed to be essential for protagonists in novels, always skipping them.

But now he felt that those novels were written so accurately!

If they were going on an adventure and crushing evil, how could he go alone? He needed companions!

Damir's face turned red, and his heart pounded as he stammered, "As for us, I... let's not wait for Uncle Harvey and the others. Let's set off now!"

"After all, even if the Knights decide to leave the city, it will take a considerable amount of preparation time. We're racing against time now, the sooner we can get to the scene, the better!"

"Okay." Vivian nodded, agreeing with Damir's proposal.

The young girl's original plan was to rush back alone after delivering the message.

However...

"Isn't this too dangerous?"

Vivian asked with some worry. She had personally fought those corrupted monsters and knew how powerful these evil creatures were. Of course, her concern wasn't for herself, but for Damir.

A third-order professional, like Bishop Eugenia in the cave lair earlier, so the girl felt... it was just so-so?

But Damir completely understood the opposite meaning of Vivian's words.

"Don't worry, with me here, no matter how powerful those evil forces are, we can escape safely!" The young Genius Mage said this with immense confidence.

"So don't be afraid, I... I..."

"I will definitely protect you!"

After struggling to say this slightly embarrassing sentence, Damir remembered that protagonists in novels often said this to the heroines. He secretly glanced at the reaction of the girl beside him.

Unfortunately...

Vivian's expression was blank.

In fact, the young girl had several times wanted to speak but stopped herself, but in the end, she replied with a polite smile:

"Thank you, thank you."

"If there's nothing else, shall we set off now?"

"Oh, okay, okay!" Damir felt a little dejected. Why wasn't this like the novels?

Still, youth was a great thing, and he quickly perked up again.

Because a great opportunity to show off was about to present itself!

After first using magic to send Vivian's report and the Fire God Token as a stream of light towards the Knight's Order's encampment in Huodian City, Damir casually picked up a stone from the ground and began drawing complex and profound patterns on the spot.

Vivian, standing nearby, couldn't quite understand what he was doing and immediately asked:

"What are you doing?"

"Just a moment, I'm drawing a teleportation array. Since we need to save time, we can't ride horses there. We mages have our own methods!"

"I've been to Chiyan Town, the closest town to Claw Forest, and I remember the way. We'll teleport directly there."

Damir said this with a smug tone.

One had to know that teleportation magic was extremely difficult to learn, considered a pseudo-fourth-tier spell. He had to beg his mentor for a long time, spending a full month before he could barely master it.

Even so, he still needed to draw a magic circle on the ground beforehand to assist him, whereas true teleportation spells didn't require it at all.

But no matter how troublesome or clumsy the steps were, the effect was still more or less the same.

Being able to instantly transfer dozens of miles away was enough to shock most people.

Vivian was no exception.

The young girl, who had been planning to switch to her second personality and run back, showed a surprised expression on her face after hearing Damir's explanation.

Damir felt a secret thrill; he had finally managed to show off. After finishing the magic circle, he began chanting the incantation.

A blue halo lit up and flickered from the magic circle on the ground. Damir raised one hand, and countless points of light began to gather on it, then transformed into threads, weaving into a spiral-shaped circular pattern.

"Quick, get in!" Damir said urgently.

At his level, being able to cast a teleportation array that could accommodate one person was already pushing his limits. He was performing beyond his capabilities now, expanding the range of the teleportation magic to...

the size of 1.5 people.

This meant Vivian would have to squeeze in with him, practically pressed against his body, to complete the teleportation.

Don't misunderstand, Damir here had absolutely no ulterior motives. This was genuinely his absolute limit.

Perhaps Vivian sensed Damir's predicament and strain.

The young girl, trying her luck, began to repeat the teleportation magic incantation Damir had just chanted.

Then... whoosh!

Centered on the girl, azure magical power surged wildly, and a massive circular pattern began to flash from the ground beneath her feet.

The surging magical power ruffled the girl's long hair, and the light of the teleportation array flickered around her.

Looking at Damir's array, which was less than a tenth of her own in size and was already close to collapsing, the young girl tentatively asked:

"How about... you come into mine?"