"...What kind of ghost prophecy is this?"
After staring blankly for a while, Duan Qing finally grinned: "When did those Restorationists have such terrifying abilities?"
"Not only did they claim that they could foresee my fate, but they also claimed that they could help me escape from this fate." Violet seemed to have a little more smile in her words: "Look, this kind of unconvincing
Even you adventurers don't bother to use the threat of force, right?"
"But you believed it." The woman named Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had taken off her hood early, still maintained an indifferent expression: "That's why we made a contract with those people, right?"
"The reason they persuaded me to nod was not just this." The great magician who had become a prisoner did not seem to care about the other party's rudeness, nor did he shy away from telling too many secrets: "They also made many conditions.
, putting many other chips on the table.”
"Let me think about it, it's probably the secrets of the void." Duan Qing pinched his chin, and then pointed in the direction of the sky outside the iron prison: "They promised to introduce you to the secrets of the Mage Council in this life.
An inaccessible secret in exchange for your assistance?"
"That's right, but you are wrong about one thing." Violet replied in a low voice: "It's not that the Wizards Council has no chance to reveal those secrets, but that guy Mallock doesn't agree with us contacting the Tyranids.
Everything outside the tower, as the heir and manager of that tower, he has always kept the secrets of those abyss secret... Sigh."
"Now that I think about it, if he hadn't been trying his best to bury those secret existences, the tragedy in the tower might not have happened." The great magician's tone became a little lonely: "Maybe I wouldn't do it for my own research.
And take this step towards the abyss, to pursue the secrets occupied by the Restorationists."
"Your research?" Duan Qing, who seemed to have noticed too many things to ask about in the other person's previous words, paused for a moment, finally chose the word he was most interested in: "Your
What is research?”
"...Does this count as another question?"
"If you're happy."
"Well, even if I don't tell you, you may find the answer sooner or later from the Violet Tower."
Turning her head slightly, Violet gradually hid her bewildered eyes in the darkness of the iron prison: "The research I have been conducting is a method that can enable ordinary people to obtain magical abilities."
"……What?"
"Don't be so surprised, what you heard is literally what it means."
Ignoring the increasingly shocked expressions of Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing, Violet, who was immersed in memories, continued in a low voice: "Whether it is the tragedy of the Magic Empire era, or the thousand-year silence in the post-Magic Empire era
, the reason why magic cannot be known to the public can ultimately be attributed to the fact that humans cannot fully master magic. Everyone has decided their compatibility with magic since the time they spoke out, and everyone’s talent in magic
At that time, the gap had already emerged, and this difference not only became the source of people's discrimination against each other, but also became the basis for the gradual decline of magic theory and magic research."
"Some members of the Mages Council have discovered this problem a hundred years after the fall of the Magic Empire, and are committed to research on how to solve the differentiation of magic." Violet's tone gradually became respectful and serious: "That's right.
It is because of our ancestors who have selflessly dedicated themselves to popularizing magic that we are able to continue to maintain the entire research system of magic."
"Is it so exaggerated?" Duan Qing, who had been stunned for a long time, finally said this: "Has the decline of magic reached this point?"
"You haven't been to the end of the world, so you won't notice this." Violet smiled sadly: "But I...I and many other magicians have seen such a doomsday, so...
…”
"Is the world falling apart?"
"To be precise, the magical elements of this world are losing balance."
Faced with Duan Qing's subsequent questions, Violet once again gave a positive answer: "Many places in the Free Continent contain precious magical elements, which maintain the balance and stability of those areas. Once the magical structure is destroyed,
, many of the free continents will no longer exist."
"Just like what I did above Tanzania City before." Amidst the sound of the jingling of iron chains, she raised her arm: "Whether it is the void or something else, the space will change.
It is extremely unstable. Unless the power of the elements is used to repair those wounds, the only thing that will greet this continent is its demise."
"So you need more elements to fill the so-called holes." Xueling Huanbing, who understood somewhat, nodded his head: "So you need... more magicians?"
"The Magic Empire in the past wanted to go to the extreme of magic and use top magic technology and magic devices to solve this problem, but we want to take another path." Violet responded in a low voice: "
Tavar, Londlin, Norman, and Staronoschi... Countless magicians hope that there will be more magicians in the world and that magic in the world will become a skill that everyone can learn."
"You haven't succeeded so far?"
"Norman is the one most likely to succeed."
The feeling of remembrance became more and more obvious. After answering Duan Qing's question, Violet sighed and lowered her head: "His apprentice, Clarian, once even used magic circle engraving technology to realize some ordinary people.
The dream of being able to cast magic, but..."
"He's dead, right?" Duan Qing also sighed: "Norman seems to have mentioned this matter before."
"It seems that you have indeed heard a lot of secrets." Violet raised her eyes again: "Did he tell you?"
"That's right."
Duan Qing seemed to know the "him" he was referring to, and Duan Qing nodded in response: "And I am certain that Norman should also have been in contact with the void world."
"Why?"
"Because he has a close association with a Destiny Weaver."
Duan Qing nonchalantly stated the intelligence information that his previous generation's characters knew, and Duan Qing waved his hand: "I don't believe that those two guys didn't talk about this during the time they were close to each other in Fenghua Town.
Similar questions..."
"..."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I may have mentioned some sad things about you."
Sensing the great magician's disappointed mood, Duan Qing hurriedly let out a few dry laughs: "But there is one thing I am sure of - he must have achieved results on the issue you are pursuing."
"……Why?"
"Because he taught an adventurer who was originally unable to use magic to use magic."
With a proud smile on his face, Duan Qing gave the other party a thumbs up: "Those earth magics will help the adventurer a lot in the future, and even accompany him at the last moment of his life journey."
"...It seems that you also know that person's deeds. Is he also a role model for you adventurers?" After looking at the other party for a while, Violet smiled with understanding: "That Tani
The savior of Asia, the savior of the Council of Mages..."
"The man who cut off the sky, Mr. Mo Shang Qingshan."
The air was silent for a moment as the name appeared. Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing, who seemed to have heard the name, fell into varying degrees of trance at the same time. Violet, who was looking at this scene, also
After gathering his emotions, he seemed to realize that what he mentioned was also a tragedy: "Okay, you are right."
"Although I don't know how Norman did it, he must have used a different method than mine." She blinked her eyes: "Because - I am an alchemist."
"...You want to use potions to transform humans?" Duan Qing opened his eyes slightly: "Is it that kind of cocktail?"
"I told you it's not alcohol." Violet pressed her forehead: "It's a potion that can transform the human body and speed up the adaptability of elements. If the experiment is successful, that potion can make the human body adapt to elements.
As your adaptability improves, your mental power will also rise to a level that is enough to sense magical elements..."
"But it failed in the end." After saying this, she sighed again: "In the end, it was used by someone with good intentions and became part of the poison."
"If the effect of the medicine is supposed to be like this, it is indeed possible to serve as a catalyst for Snakeweed." Duan Qing responded with his chin raised: "But in this sense, you can be regarded as partially successful."
"Haha, thank you for the compliment." She smiled in response, and then Violet lowered her head again: "It's a pity that I didn't reach as high as Norman in the end..."
"So you decided to contact the void?"
"That's right."
The voice gradually became low and cold, and the great magician replied calmly: "I have been researching for hundreds of years, and I have exhausted all my knowledge and power. I can even create many magical creations that can operate autonomously, but
Or even the body of an ordinary person cannot be modified even half a bit..."
"Coupled with the warnings and prophecies of the Restorer, I don't have much time left at all." Amidst the sound of the chains shaking, her hands clenched into fists: "Even if you can't get anything from the knowledge of the void, at least you can.
Let me use it to break my own destiny and deal with His Highness the Prince's dirty tricks."
"...What's the result?" After exchanging glances with Xue Ling Huan Bing beside him, Duan Qing then asked an inevitable question: "Is your current ending the fate you deserve?"
"Yes." Violet raised her head and stared directly at the other person's face: "So I still have a question."
"How on earth did you defeat me when you are so weak?"
"..."
Slowly leaning down, Duan Qing's eyes gradually met those of the great magician. After a while, as the atmosphere gradually solidified, he opened his lips again: "The one I used before
That magic is actually very simple. It just uses the power of alchemy to instantly and continuously release four magic attack skills. However, with the blessing of Guang Yao, the mixed magic elements each add to a considerable degree of attack power...
…”
"These attacks are still a drop in the bucket in front of you who has the Void Ruler, but the 'place' I attacked is different from what you imagined." He paused slightly when he said this, as if he had thought of it.
Something unspeakable: "I can't explain the next thing to you in detail, but -"
"But what?"
"I said, if you are still alive, I will prove it to you."
The eyes that were close at hand moved away again as Duan Qing stood up, and the gray-robed magician then grinned with an incomprehensible smile: "I don't know if you are still willing to believe me at this point?
"
"Believe?" As if she didn't understand the meaning of Duan Qing's words, Violet's eyes flashed with doubts: "Believe in what?"
"If you believe me, then please accept the trial in two days."
Finally telling his purpose, Duan Qing reminded him in a serious voice: "His Royal Highness may break the previous agreement and put you to death, but it doesn't matter. I will rescue you and use your interest."
That kind of power.”
"..."
The doubts in her eyes gradually turned into sparkling light, and Violet looked at Duan Qing's face for a moment: "Really?"
"Anyway, every other path you take will not be better than now." Duan Qing shrugged his shoulders: "Why not take a gamble on my promise?"
"I see."
His eyelids and eyelashes fluttered slightly, and the great magician's eyes moved up and down as he nodded: "Do you need me to admit my crime?"
"Please do as you like with this." He waved his hand to signal the white-haired female swordsman to retreat, and Duan Qing turned around: "But I need to emphasize one thing - my rescue method also has a success rate."
"If you really have to face death, then to be on the safe side, please die a little...artistically."
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"So what exactly is that method?"
Walking on the road leading to the outskirts of Central Street, Xueling Huanbing couldn't help but ask again and again: "Is it a method of using the void?"
"How could I use the same low-level methods as the Restorationists?" Duan Qing, who did not look back, responded with a smile: "You will know when the time comes."
"You knew you were hiding it from me." With a dissatisfied expression on his face, Xue Ling Huan Bing puffed out his cheeks and followed Duan Qing: "Then where are we going now?"
"Where else could it be, of course it is there."
Pointing to the purple tower towering on the side of Tanzania City not far away, Duan Qing answered with a somewhat deep voice: "In order to ensure the success rate..."
"Some necessary information still needs to be explored and collected." (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!