"..."
Molnar, who lost his voice for a moment and was silent for a moment, then turned his body to the west of the lighthouse: "What about a city... Haha."
"The other one sounds really capable to me." He smiled as if he was self-deprecating, and then his sigh became a little deeper as he lowered his head: "If we consider it in terms of the scale of a city,
The energy harvesting should be enough."
"So the so-called Star of Morna is actually just a large energy collection array?" Duan Qing raised his question in a timely manner: "The candidates for the Twelve Thrones, or even the Lord of the City of Freedom, are actually
Are they also the ones who transmit energy to that magic circle?"
"Are the orbs owned by those who own the throne actually just the product of energy collection?" Xueling Huanbing also nodded in agreement: "No wonder the constellation design they used is not seen anywhere in the Free Continent.
But, it turns out that even the origin is different from others."
"Sorry to interrupt your conversation, but -"
The indifferent voice then became a dissonant note between the two people's conversation, and at the same time, the tall figure raising his hands to speak appeared in front of them: "Can you explain a little more formally?
Tell me what you just said? What is the so-called energy collection array?"
"The City of Freedom is connected to the other end of the Freedom Bridge and is a city located at the easternmost point of the Free Continent. It was established after the first year of the New Calendar." Duan Qing blinked his eyes and finally changed his posture of standing up and saluting.
Come out: "As for the Molnar Array..."
After briefly introducing the current situation of the city where they set off, Duan Qing's voice continued to echo in the small and dark attic: "...The Twelve Thrones later put these
The activated orb has been passed down to this day, and this is what we have learned. As for the purpose of this magic circle located inside the Free City, we adventurers are also investigating."
"In the city you described, there is a huge magic circle." Nodding his head, the tall magician's figure hidden in the black shadow under the hood once again flashed two golden lights.
: "When the magic circle is operating, the entire city will be shrouded in a special defensive barrier to resist attacks from foreign enemies... Well."
"Do you have the marks of those so-called throne holders on your hands?" His voice paused for a moment, and then returned to Duan Qing again: "Can you lend it to me?"
"We once owned it, but now it has been lost." After confirming each other with their eyes for a moment, the voice belonging to Xue Ling Huan Bing then sounded beside Duan Qing: "Not only me, but the orbs owned by many other throne holders are now
They probably no longer exist, so it seems impossible for us to reactivate that magic circle."
"Those orbs mentioned in your description - I have never found such magic items in my memory." After standing there and pondering for a while, the tall magician who called himself Molnar then spoke in a low voice with a calm voice.
Replied: "But based on your description, I have found similar usage and existence. Before the ancient magic period fully flourished, there were people on the Free Continent who used this method to create large magic arrays.
Give it more definition.”
"It's called the Spirit Binding Ceremony." He said a word that Duan Qing and others had never heard of, and the part of his face under the hood seemed to begin to shine with light: "Bring all kinds of powers together.
Seal the gems with magical elements, and then use special arrangements to trigger their power. Depending on the arrangement and triggering sequence, the functions and effects produced by the ritual will be different."
"Spirit binding...ritual?"
Repeating the word along with the other person's voice, the light in Duan Qing's eyes began to flicker with the doubtful voice in his own mouth: "You mean, the so-called Star of Molnar, is actually the one you know
Is this some sort of spirit-binding ritual?"
"I don't have enough evidence, and I can't give you a detailed explanation." Molnar answered with a smile in his voice: "But if I arrived on the continent a thousand years ago, and I need to find a way to transfer the energy
If you transport them back here, I will probably use this method."
"The premise is that there is no better way." His voice paused for a moment, as if he noticed the look of astonishment on the faces of Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huanbing at the same time: "Large-scale defined magic array is indeed conducive to
Solve various problems that may occur during the energy transmission process, but the momentum and impact are too great, and the resources and time consumed in construction are also difficult to estimate, which is completely disproportionate to the efficiency and results that can be obtained...
…”
"Mr. Molnar is a knowledgeable magic master. Your insights and knowledge must be much stronger than ours."
The dim light was in sharp contrast with the dark sky that was constantly blowing outside. At this time, the endless whistling wind was also appearing outside the small window in the corner of the attic. The voice belonging to Duan Qing also followed the whistling wind for a period of time.
rang out, and the hesitant expression that appeared together with the swinging lights was also reflected in the actions that Molnar was about to introduce: "What do you know about Molnar's Star-the Soul-Binding Ceremony?"
There must be much more knowledge than us."
"According to your understanding of that magic circle, is it still possible to restart that magic circle now?" His face gradually became serious, and his eyes looking at the tall figure in front of him began to become solemn at this time.
Get up: "Now that the orb is missing?"
"Of course there is no problem. After all, we are in urgent need of energy now." Looking at the gray-robed magician with a strange look, Molnar answered in a matter-of-fact voice: "As long as we understand the principle, we can imitate one or two magic orbs.
The matter is still very simple. The activation of the energy ritual does not require all the orbs. As long as all important nodes can be activated and activated, the effect of the ritual can be exerted by more than 80% - "
"What!?"
Before the other party finished speaking, Duan Qing's screams echoed in the air: "Can it really be restarted? Then, then they -"
"Um?"
Looking at Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing's gloomy silence, standing in front of them, Molnar finally made a confused voice: "Is there any problem? Aren't you here to help activate this magic circle?"
"
"Mornar on the Free Continent has long since disappeared."
As if he had exhausted all his strength to sort out his emotions, Duan Qing's breath finally became erratic as he spoke slowly: "We have never seen the whereabouts of Molnar from the Free Continent, and his life and death are even more uncertain.
No one knows that the Free City and the Twelve Thrones have now become the legacy of that forerunner, and have been inherited by later generations of Reiner and others to this day."
"That city and the energy array belonging to that city have now fallen into the hands of others." He looked steadily at the tall figure in front of him: "Even if it can really be activated, it will probably not be activated now.
It has been used for other purposes."
"...So this is the reason why I haven't received energy?"
Then there was a sense of calmness in the light under the hood, and a calm voice belonging to Molnar who had lost his initial enthusiasm and warmth: "It's not because there is a problem with the magic pipeline, nor because the energy array cannot be activated.
Is it because someone took the energy that should have belonged to 'me' and took it for themselves?"
"It's still unclear whether that magic circle has been transformed. This is just the result of our own reasoning based on intelligence." Noticing Duan Qing's silence, Xueling Huanbing answered like this on his behalf:
"One of the reasons why we desperately broke through the blockade and came here is to find out the truth and answer to this question."
"The existence of that huge city's magic circle - now called the Spirit Binding Ceremony - and the Miracle Bridge it connects to, we want to see the end of it." said the white-haired man.
The woman completely ignored Duan Qing's hostile tone that she had been avoiding before, and her expression became cold: "Originally, we were prepared to face a more brutal battle, but we didn't expect-"
"I didn't expect to see me at the end." The tall black shadow said the answer instead of Xue Ling Huan Bing in this voice: "You think I am the one who leads the war between your Free City and Free Continent?
He's what you call the 'mastermind behind the scenes', right?"
"..."
"In a sense, your concerns are not unreasonable."
Not as angry as Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing imagined, the tall magician resumed his gentle voice after a period of silence: "I am indeed the manager of this Endless Bridge.
He is also the initiator of seeking to transmit huge amounts of magical energy to this place. Although this happened a thousand years ago, even I, who could not predict the development of the mainland, bear a certain responsibility for what eventually led to this situation.
"
"I just didn't expect that someone could really take away these energy resources from the other me." He lowered his head slightly, and the tall magician used the hood on his head to cover the light reflected on his face.
Covering it up a bit: "I also didn't expect that there really are people in this world that can threaten us."
"Suppose someone really defeats your clone, or uses other methods to obtain the use of the Molnar Array." Duan Qing cleared his throat and carefully looked at the tall man who was lost in thought.
Figure: "Is there a way for them to activate this magic ritual and take all the energy stored in it as their own?"
"Of course... it can be done." The same answer as before appeared in Molnar's mouth again, but this time the tone of his answer had lost the previous confidence and certainty: "Since I can do it, then
Naturally, there will be more magicians who can do it. After all, the spirit binding ritual is not a profound skill worth mentioning. The only things that may cause trouble are the cracking of the arrangement and the imitation of fakes..."
"This may not be good news." Looking back and forth in the direction of the two people who were answering each other, Xueling Huanbing's brows wrinkled little by little: "We have nothing to do?"
"Nine times out of ten, the restorers have already obtained similar means."
Waving his hand at the other party, Duan Qing turned to this side and deliberately lowered his voice: "Only confident people would use such straightforward and violent means to occupy the city, otherwise they would not have spent so many resources to do this.
Necessity, the knowledge that carries the ancient Magic Empire must also be able to help them to some extent, coupled with the joining of rebels such as Rondo..."
"They probably won this time." Xue Ling Huan Bing answered in the affirmative on behalf of the other party, and nodded with a heavy face: "It doesn't matter, they have already lost two games in a row in Redcar and Tania.
Let’s let them take back the city this time.”
"It's nothing to let them win a game, but the loss of so much magical energy will definitely cause more reactions." Duan Qing's brows furrowed deeper and deeper: "What we need to consider are some more far-reaching issues.
Questions, such as what will be the consequences of allowing the Restorationists to obtain so much energy, what will they do with this energy, etc..."
"Wait a minute, if they are really after this energy, then why did they block the Bridge of Freedom and send people to start exploring?" As if he had just thought of this question, Xueling Huanbing's eyes began to brighten again:
"If they want to steal energy, they can't transport it into the Bridge of Freedom, right?"
"I have no connection whatsoever with what you call a Restorationist."
As if he noticed the two players quietly looking into his eyes one after another, the magician named Molnar once again echoed the warm voice in the attic: "But if their transmission target is the Bridge of Freedom,
If so, I can understand it."
"--ah?"
"Don't look at me with such confused eyes."
Facing Duan Qing's slowly questioning voice, Molnar's smile became more obvious: "Of course they don't want to send this energy to my hands, but this bridge is more
Far away—hey."
"You don't really think that this is the end of the Bridge of Freedom, right?" He looked at the increasingly shocked faces of Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huanbing, and then pointed in the direction behind him with his outstretched arm.
: "The Bridge of Freedom is certainly not a bridge that stops here. Its initial function is the same as the bridge you know."
"It leads to the other side of the continent."
The bright and dim lights kept flashing in the hood of the tall magician, as if they were having the same ups and downs with the appearance of this warm voice. Molnar who said these words then ignored Duan Qing.
With shocked expressions on their faces, Xue Ling Huan Bing turned her hood, which was shaking in sync with the dim light above, to the side and lower part of the attic: "Hmm."
"It seems like another guest is here."
This chapter has been completed!