Chapter 9 Transformation Techniques
After a pause, Safin continued, "I belong to an investigation team sent by the Sanctuary. We sneaked in here and were ambushed by the townspeople and the Wandering God's followers. The rest of us fled into the mines to continue investigating, and then we were cursed by the Dust-sealed Wandering God."

Anti watched him.

Safin slowly raised his head and looked into Anti's eyes: "We can't leave this mine. Whether we flee or go deeper, the curse of the wandering god will erupt. We can only wander in the shallow part of the mine. My teammates couldn't hold on one by one, either because of injuries or because of mental torture. In the end, I was the only one left."

As he spoke, he slowly lowered his head: "Maybe I have gone crazy at some point, but the symptoms are just a little better."

After a long while, Anti said, "What do you want me to do deep in the mine?"

Safin reached out and wiped his face, not knowing what he was trying to wipe off. "I lost something when I was escaping from the depths. It was a silver pendant. I hope you can get it back for me. I may not be able to get out, but I at least want to sleep with that thing."

"What if I am also cursed?" Anti asked without being moved.

Safin shook his head. "There won't be a lot of curses in that place for now. The pendant probably fell in front of a ruined building. You don't need to go deep into the ruins. If you go in, don't touch the objects on the altar deep inside. Remember my advice, and you won't end up like us."

After he finished speaking, the cave fell into silence.

Safin said slowly after a long while: "If you are worried, you can refuse. There is no such thing as repaying a favor in this world."

"No, I don't plan to go back on my word. Anyway, I know nothing and I'm not afraid of anything, so let's go and take a look." Anti said expressionlessly.

"If you think you are alone, you can go to the Familiar Land and ask for help." Safin added, "When the people of the Familiar Land encounter difficulties, they are very good at calling on friends and bringing them together. Their power of shuttling between the two worlds allows them to easily put together a strong team."

"But I don't know how to get back to that so-called place of attachment." Anti shook his head and said helplessly.

"Yes, even we in the Dream World find it difficult to understand the way you people from the Dependent Land travel, otherwise there must be many people hoping to go to the Dependent Land. If you don't know how to go back, you may have to wait until you meet another person from the Dependent Land here and see if he can take you back." Safin said slowly.

"It's really troublesome. I'd better go down and take a look." Anti raised his head slightly.

Safin looked at Anti's appearance, his eyes moistened by the firelight: "The more you act like this, the more I regret making this deal with you."

"As long as your moral standards are intact, you will feel guilty about this kind of transaction. You are a good person, Mr. Safin." Anti leaned against the rock wall and picked up the textbook to review the content.

“Good man…” Safin said nothing more and buried his face in his knees.

The only sound in the cave was the sound of burning firewood and occasional sparks, and no one said anything.

……

Although Anti planned to go down into the mine to help Safin retrieve the important things he had lost, he was not so rude as to rush down without saying a word.

Even if there was no curse from the wandering god, the cursed body in the bottom of the mine seemed to be more violent and terrifying than that in the shallow layer. After all, they were all affected by the wandering god.

It is wise to first improve the parts that can be improved and be well prepared.

Master and become proficient in several of the current miracles.

Then, it is about the experience of using weapons from Faseros’ gift.

The methods of making and using the weapons that kill gods are all obscure and difficult to understand. If Antii wants to comprehend them, he still has a lot to learn from his reading in this world.

In comparison, those "experiences in using various weapons" are more like gifts.

But now this gift is more important to Anti.

At the same time, only after actually using it can you discover that this Faseros is really generous in giving things.

He couldn't systematically come up with any weapon techniques based on these experiences, but as long as he had something that could be called a weapon in his hand, he would start thinking about the most appropriate way to use it.

There is no special technique, but it is simple and effective.

Anti is now practicing how to use the hammer in the open space outside the mine.

Holding the hammer in my hand, various ways of using it kept appearing in my mind for reference.

It is not even limited to the way humans use hammers, but includes references to various monsters and beasts beyond his imagination, covering many exaggerated ways of working of body structures.

By practicing according to these references, the muscles seem to develop muscle memory quickly.

It also consumes inductive power to maintain the flow of these experiences in the mind. Even the gifts given by powerful beings seem to still follow the way miracles work.

An Ti was sweating profusely from practicing, so he stopped and sat down under a tree to rest.

"These usage experiences don't seem to include the content of 'variation skills'. It seems that 'variation skills' are indeed a more advanced technique than basic swinging." Anti thought to himself, holding the hammer handle between his legs and stroking the hammer casually with his hands. Variation skills are a new concept that Safin later taught Anti.

The process of performing miracles: induction, guidance, imagination, and release.

The transformation skill is to modify a miracle in the imaginary part, which can make some suitable miracles produce different effects.

Although many miracles may fail to be released and cannot be used if there is a slight error in the imagined part, there are also some miracles that are very suitable for performing transformation skills.

For example, the most basic "body shaping".

To be honest, body shaping covers and strengthens parts of the body, and this method of application itself is a kind of transformation technique. However, based on body shaping, more powerful methods can be developed.

Safin demonstrated to Anti that by adjusting the coverage of the body sculpting and the different strengthening effects, it is easier to perform some movements that may be difficult with average body sculpting.

Also, when attacking, it can briefly enhance the body shaping, and even create a shock wave with one punch.

This basic body shaping variation is called "Impact Punch".

According to Safin, some powerful believers, although they are not good at many miracles, can become famous just by specializing in body-shaping and transformation techniques, and can be called masters of transformation techniques.

Body shaping is the foundation, but it can also lead to higher goals.

Of course, that level was beyond Anti's imagination. He was thinking about how to extend the effect of the impact punch to the hammer. The power of body shaping can be temporarily extended to the contact object, and the weapon transformation skills are born.

But this is obviously a little more difficult than simply boxing.

While thinking, Anti suddenly heard a strange sound.

The sound of hurried running.

Snacks, no, wild animals?

No, this rhythm seems to be...

Not being able to hear it clearly, Anti calmed himself down, picked up a sharp stone and pierced his palm, then leaned against the tree and listened expressionlessly.

……

If it wasn't some other bipedal creature, then it must be the footsteps of a human running, but there seemed to be footsteps chasing from behind.

It's so crowded that it makes me anxious just listening to it.

He pulled the stone out of his palm and the bloody hole on his palm healed quickly.

Is it that I am becoming more calm, or have I adapted to the pain? Although I often hear online depression literature say that pain is not something you can adapt to.

But you'll get numb after a while.

As I habitually lost my focus, the footsteps I heard first were already approaching.

Anti raised his head and his eyes suddenly widened slightly.

Sweatpants, red jacket, the zipper is not zipped up, and you can see the black shirt underneath.

I don’t recognize the patterns on the pants and jacket, but this design style is obviously a sports brand trademark.

He was a boy who looked sunny and cheerful. He seemed to be quite young. He wore a black baseball cap on his head and had earrings on his ears. He looked like a fashionable young man.

No, no.

These are not the most important things.

The most important thing is, when Anti has gradually accepted that this world may be a Western fantasy background, why would a person who looks more like a time traveler than him appear?
Wait……

A sudden flash of inspiration came to Anti's mind, and he instantly connected some of the things Safin had told him before.

Dependent land?

(End of this chapter)