"Have you thought of anything?" Hermione asked. She knew that her husband's mind was always filled with countless wild ideas, and inspiration might burst out at any time.
"Indeed. But let's do a few tests first. Beat them to death and see if you can destroy them."
Ian took the lead and threw out a Severing Charm, instantly cutting one of them in half. However, in just the blink of an eye, the broken body healed automatically, as if nothing had happened.
"Magic?" Aguirre asked in Spain, finally turning his attention away from Frank.
The answer was Incendio from Hermione.
The flames instantly swallowed Aguirre and his men, burning them to ashes. But this was meaningless. After a few seconds, they were reborn.
Countless poisonous snakes were entangled together, reshaping Aguirre's body and armor. The other three were also reorganized from bees, trees and mud.
"Avada Kedavra."
A green light shot out from the tip of Ian's wand, accurately hitting one of them. Still ineffective.
Ian is not surprised by this. There is no soul in these monsters at all, not even the vitality to anchor the soul.
Looking at these monsters that were immune to death, the excitement in Ian's eyes became even stronger.
He turned to look at Frank: "How did you deal with them before?"
"I trapped them away from the river and the jungle would hold them back, so that might work."
Ian pondered for a moment and cast the spell again. The four monsters tried to escape. Although they escaped Ian's attack, they unfortunately bumped into Hermione's Petrificus Totalus.
Their bodies instantly stiffened and they were unable to move.
"It seems that they are not immune to magic, they are just unkillable," Hermione commented.
Ian nodded, waved his wand and cast Excavation Spell, exploding a bottomless pit on the ground, throwing the four immobile monsters into it, and then filled the pit.
Losing contact with the river and unable to move, they will soon fall into suspended animation and turn into real statues.
"So, what inspiration did you get from them?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Their bodies are perfectly integrated with the environment. Although these people have no magic power and do not understand magic, they can use spell-like abilities through this fusion."
"If we study in depth, we may be able to create many natural spells, and even develop the 'Druid' career system, which borrows the power of nature," Hermione's eyes Blink glowed with wisdom.
"You're right, but that's not what I'm interested in. What I'm paying attention to is the two guys made of honey and swamp. Their bodies are made entirely of elemental matter," Ian explained.
"You want to use them to advance Elementalization's research?"
"Yes," Ian nodded, "The reason why dragons are one of the most powerful species in our universe is because they are regarded as semi-elemental creatures. Every cell in their bodies contains magic power."
"I have tried to copy this process, but even in my half-dragon form, magic power can only be stored in tissues and cannot penetrate deep into cells. Let alone allowing cells to automatically generate magic power like a dragon."
"In addition, I have always speculated that Albion actually has a form that is completely transformed into the element of thunder. Although he has always denied it and I have not found evidence in his memory, I firmly believe that this theory is tenable."
Hermione thoughtfully said, "Elementalization may indeed be Arcane Battle Aura Warrior's next advancement direction after 'Elemental Awakening'."
"That's a good idea. But I have a bolder idea. What if we could use magic to do Elementalization?"
"You mean... to completely transform our bodies into magic? Become Pure Energy Lifeform bodies?" Hermione was a little surprised.
"If successful, the benefits will be endless. As a pure magic life form, our control over magic power will surpass that of all magic species. This can also help us advance to a higher level faster."
"This is indeed my goal. However, I think the most perfect form should be one that can freely switch between the physical body and the energy body. After all, having a flesh and blood body still has advantages in some aspects."
Just the discovery of these two weirdos made this trip to another world worth the price. Ian wished he could start anatomy research now, but he knew that now was not the time, so he could only suppress the enthusiasm in his heart.
At this time, everyone around them looked at the couple with strange eyes.
Although they couldn't quite understand what "magic" and "Elementalization" they were talking about, from the battle and conversation just now, everyone understood at least one thing: these two people seemed to have seen and even owned the legendary dragon.
"We were just discussing the plot of the novel," Ian said nonsense without changing his expression, and then continued to communicate with Hermione in a low voice.
"Have you noticed anything unusual when they use their abilities?"
"Yes, they didn't use any magic," Hermione replied, "It looks like it borrowed energy directly from the forest, which is a bit like [Gate of Truth Alchemy]."
This coincides with Ian's speculation.
The two chatted for a few more words and then stopped. At this time, Ian seemed to sense something and waved his magic wand to attract a bee.
He frowned at the bee and used [Voice of Nature] to communicate with it.
"Do you know a Germany guy with blond hair, about 1.7 meters tall and a mustache?"
"That's Prince Joachim," Lilith interjected, "He chased us all the way in a submarine."
"Well, according to this bee's information, he released the Aguirre gang and hired them to catch you and steal the arrows."
"Then we have to hurry up. We must not let Divine Tree fall into the hands of Germany."
Ian had no objection to this. After confirming that Aguirre and others were buried deep underground and unable to escape, he left with everyone. He planned to come back here to set up a temporary laboratory to study these four samples after getting Divine Tree.
During the next two days of the voyage, Ian and Hermione enjoyed a rare and pleasant time.
Hermione fell in love with the wild Americas leopard raised by Proxima--Frank, and even clamored to keep one in the future.
At the same time, Ian also noticed that the relationship between Lilith and Frank was developing by leaps and bounds, and the sour smell of love was filling the air.
Finally, the boat arrived at its destination.
Ahead is a valley surrounded by towering rock walls, with waterfalls pouring down from above.
After some observation, everyone realized that the next step in finding Divine Tree was underwater.
After some searching, they discovered an ancient mechanism. After activating the mechanism, the river water miraculously receded, revealing ancient ruins hidden underwater.
Only then did everyone understand that the so-called "turning water into stone" refers to using the arrow as a key to open this mechanism and reveal the river bed.
Frank drove the boat into the ruins, and a huge dead tree hundreds of meters high came into view.
"The tree looks dead," McGregor commented.
"There must be a way to activate it," Lilith said firmly, and Ian agreed.
He became more and more interested in this tree. It is impossible for ordinary trees to grow to this size. This is definitely a magical plant.
However, the strange thing is that he can't feel any magic fluctuations in this tree.
After searching the ruins, everyone discovered a mural depicting the origin of Divine Tree.
According to the mural record. "A heartbroken warrior climbed to the highest peak and shot an arrow at the moon. The moon felt real pain and began to cry. Where Moon's Tear fell, Divine Tree rose from the ground."
After translating this passage, Ian fell into deep thought. Myths and legends usually contain some kind of truth.
Does this mean that some kind of creature fell from the moon, and its corpse or essence turned into this Divine Tree?
Or maybe the moon in this world itself contains some kind of power, which gave birth to this tree?
Unfortunately, he does not have the plot advantage of "omniscient and omnipotent" in this world, and cannot give a precise explanation.
So, he contacted Morgana and asked her to control Wizard's Eye to scan the moon to see if she could find any clues.
There was a groove in the mural, and everyone tried to put arrows into it, but nothing happened.
Lilith quickly realized that the key to solving the puzzle lay in the previous translation of Ian - "Mending the Broken Heart".
She realized that the arrow was actually in the shape of a heart. After trying to break it open, the arrow split into two, revealing a purple gem.
She immediately placed the gem into the groove.
In an instant, a miracle happened.
Purple light gushed out from the gem and spread along the lines to the entire dead tree.
Where the light flows, dead trees bloom. Divine Tree seems to wake up from a deep sleep, and countless luminous petals grow and bloom at an astonishing speed.
"It's so beautiful," Hermione couldn't help but admired as he looked at this dreamlike scene.