"No, I don't know anything about this city."
Some time later, underground in Zaraha City, near another entrance to the underground pipe network, a burly earth magician stood up silently from the ground and whispered to Duan Qing who had just asked the question.
: "You go back."
"Who are you lying to?" Duan Qing pointed at the opponent's back angrily and yelled: "Don't think I don't know, your Council of Mages has been eyeing this city a long time ago! If it weren't for Christine before
There was a heavy snowfall at the gate of Fars in front of us, and the so-called undefeated fortress might fall three months in advance!"
"...It seems that you know a lot of things." The tall figure turned around slowly, and then his rock-like eyes fell on Duan Qing: "What else do you know?"
"Later on, when she was rescued on the top of Falling Star Mountain, Christine also mentioned what she was investigating in Zalaha City." Duan Qing's voice also became lower: "And...
If I’m not wrong, the time Freya went to show off her power near the battlefield of Ferron was also related to this city, right?”
"...Londel Mountain is the source of the earth's veins in the nearby area. The ancient empire people would definitely choose it as the center for building magic."
Slowly retracting his gaze, the tall magician replied calmly: "If you want to investigate the distribution of the magic network here... the exploration of the Rondel Mountains is essential."
"If you had told me so simply, it would have been over..." Duan Qing sighed and muttered: "In other words, we still have to go to Rondel Mountain to have a look?"
"The situation at Rondel Mountain... Freya has already completed the investigation." The tall black-robed magician shook his head: "In the subsequent battle... she also burned the place until nothing was left.
.”
"Hey, are you, the Council of Mages, always so unreasonable?" Then Duan Qing jumped up again: "You haven't left a way out after your own investigation... What do you want us adventurers to do?"
"I'm warning you one last time."
Walking forward without looking back, the tall magician figure gradually disappeared into the depths of the passage in front of Duan Qing: "Stop trying to interfere in things here, this place... is not suitable for you."
"If possible, I don't want to get involved in your nonsense." Duan Qing looked at the figure that was gradually fading into the darkness with his hands on his hips: "But... even if it's not for the future of the Free Continent, at least I want to clean myself up.
Shame on you, right?"
"For...the future of the Free Continent?"
"Well, that's what the official cliché usually says."
Sensing the other party's stopped steps, Duan Qing focused his gaze on the other party's half-turned back: "If we, the adventurers, say it in our own words... If we don't dig out all the secrets here, we will die.
I can’t even close my eyes.”
"……snort."
With a heavy snort, the tall and burly magician finally turned his body completely around. A small stone that was originally held tightly in his hand was discarded to the side as he turned around:
"Adventurers... a bunch of pathetic and ignorant fools."
"If you have the chance... I hope you can teach us something more." Duan Qing replied nonchalantly: "So that we poor and ignorant guys can become less stupid."
"...Is it Maggie who guided you here?" The black-robed magician set his sights on Duan Qing: "She is the only one who knows this place deeply."
"Although I don't know what kind of interaction there is between you, but...she thinks very highly of you." Touching his nose, Duan Qing slowly lowered his head: "She said...no one can compare to you."
You understand the magical structure of this ancient city better."
"Magical structure..."
Repeating it in a low voice, the man in black robe finally took off the hood that shrouded himself in front of him, and then showed Jin's face full of resolute lines in front of Duan Qing: "You know the magic structure?
What does the word mean?"
"Appreciate further details."
"...The magical elements in this world are not created in vain."
Hesitantly pointing to his feet, Jin rarely began to organize his words: "As one of the powerful energies on the Free Continent, magic elements are certainly not independent 'objects'. They have sources, destinations, and cycles.
Back and forth, endlessly.”
"In our magic, this phenomenon is called 'Secork'." Jin walked up to Duan Qing and looked at the slightly embarrassed face with a condescending gaze: "In the words of a certain great magician in ancient times,
It was named after him, and finally disappeared for a period of time due to the ignorance of the rulers of the ancient magic empire who advocated the supremacy of magic. It was not until this rule was thoroughly proven that the name of the great magician who was burned to death was found again.
came out and was engraved on the most conspicuous page of history."
"Sai...what's the game?" Duan Qing blinked his eyes: "Can you just tell me the key points?"
"...The point is, you need to know the source of magic."
Without caring about the other party's rudeness, Jin said the key point he wanted to say in a heavy voice: "Magic, elements...these centers that make up the magic system of this world will not stop moving because of our use and disposal. Their only
The destination...is to disappear in front of us."
"Well……"
The atmosphere froze for a moment with the silence between the two people, and then broke again with Duan Qing's question: "You mean... like a water source?"
"The Endless Sea is just like its name. No one can explore its end now. We also have no way of knowing where the water sources from various places in the Free Continent flow."
Raising one of his hands, Jin lifted a warm tawny energy into the darkness between the two: "In the same way, the magic elements on the Free Continent are also moving towards 'Voride'
As time goes by, that place is bigger than the endless sea, and we can't even figure out where the magic that flows into it goes."
"Ward?" Duan Qing smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "What is that?"
"Using the vocabulary that you adventurers like to use...that place is called the void." Jin said a term that was extremely familiar to Duan Qing: "The place that swallows everything."
"...What?" Then Duan Qing cried out in surprise: "Void? Where all the magic is swallowed up? This is impossible? That Tyrannic Tower of yours..."
"The Tower of Tyran is an outpost built by magicians to study the void. It is also a crystal left by the people of the ancient Magic Empire. Those of us who first discovered the tower only used the legacy of the ancient Magic Empire.
It’s just property.”
Shaking his head lightly, Jin replied in a calm voice: "Malock is the one who knows the tower best among us. He also passed on all his knowledge as he promised, but even with his wisdom
...It is simply impossible to completely control the rules of the world outside that tower."
"And it's impossible now." Duan Qing sighed slightly: "Because...my reasons, right?"
"Malok is not dead."
Speaking of an answer that once again surprised Duan Qing, Jin waved the light yellow light in his hand twice: "He just didn't want to leave the tower, so he stayed inside."
"Then, then he is now..."
"Don't worry, the restorers didn't find him."
Patting Duan Qing's shoulder, Jin turned his face like a rock wall to the side again: "They are also eager to recover ancient knowledge and want to seize control of the tower from Malok...
…It’s not that easy.”
"...If you master the tower, can you master the void?" Duan Qing, who pondered for a moment, asked again: "The restorer spent so much effort planning this matter, and in the end even sacrificed himself
The undercover..."
"Although I have heard of your inference, but...I still don't completely believe what you said about Tres Fao, little guy." Jin's voice became a little colder: "As for Walid
The problem...they will not control the end of this world so easily."
"..."
"Yes, the void is the end of the magical world."
Slowly waving the pale yellow light in his hand into the air, Jin continued in a low voice: "That's where all magic goes, and it's the end of all magic. No matter how magic surges and changes in our world, they will eventually go there."
That place. The magic that shines and heats in our hands will eventually flow to that world due to exhaustion of energy. Magic elements that are not used by us will also spontaneously flow into that world, and their flow direction and the laws hidden in it...
…It’s not as traceless as we imagined.”
"This is the structure of magic." He pointed at the traces of the earth elements that were gradually disappearing into the air, and his voice finally carried a unique sense of confidence: "Explore a magic and the flow of magic in the entire world.
…This is where I have achieved my highest achievements and where I am most interested.”
"...No wonder you are a great earth magician."
After staring at the pale yellow embers for a long time, Duan Qing sighed involuntarily: "Earth magic should be the most suitable school of magic to do this, right?"
"Earth elements are widely distributed and contain a lot of them. They are all over our feet, and they are constantly changing with the flow and changes of other elements." Jin put away the confident smile on his face: "I always pursue
In a place, the first thing you need to do is to sense the earth elements here, and then build the magic structure of this area based on their distribution..."
"Zaraha City is a large magic end area."
He stretched out his hand to touch the wall of the underground pipe network, and then placed his eyes on the wall: "The reason for this... I believe you should understand it, right?"
"Someone created a large number of void areas here." Recalling the previous experience with Maggie, Duan Qing rubbed his chin and replied: "This kind of magic structure... should be considered man-made, right?"
"I have been exploring this place for a long time, and I am sure that this place is some kind of handiwork of the ancient magic empire."
Nodding slightly, Jin looked at Duan Qing's face again: "A thousand years away... they must have done something here."
"So what exactly is it?" Duan Qing shrugged his shoulders: "A big project like the Tyron Tower?"
"...Whether it is such a project or not, you should not continue to explore it."
Putting on his hood again, Jin hid his face again: "And your friends and the civilians of Zalaha City... you have been digging holes around here these days, right?
?”
"We just want to use these passages to fight against the Fleur Empire." Duan Qing pretended to be innocent and shook his head: "Unless you give us an explanation, otherwise... we will not give up easily."
"……All right."
His rock-like eyes revealed the lower edge of the hood again. Jin looked at the other person silently for a while: "Then I... will give you an explanation."
"Very good...Hey, hey, what do you want to do? Hey!"
boom!
A deafening roar then appeared in Duan Qing's ears. It was the sudden sound when Jin stepped in front of him and put his hand on his shoulder. Duan Qing, who thought he was attacked by the opponent, had not had time to react.
After his own defensive actions, he found himself on a high mountain covered with rocks. The hillside that had been burned by wildfires was now exposed to the bright starry sky, exuding light with the snow that still existed around it.
The burnt smell that had not yet gone away, Duan Qing, who loosened his arms, recovered from the cold night scene and looked up at the blurry outline in the distance: "Here is...
"
"This is Mount Rondel." Jin replied calmly: "I used the earth's veins to teleport the two of us here."
"...Didn't you say there's nothing to see here?" Duan Qing suppressed the secret surprise in his heart and curled his lips helplessly: "Then why did you bring me here?"
"Those stone pillars in the city..." Jin, who ignored the other party's feelings, then said a refreshing word again: "You should have noticed it, right?"
"...What do you want me to see?"
"For Norman's sake..."
A big hand like a cattail leaf fan then placed on Duan Qing's shoulder, and at the same time, Jin Weiwei's buzzing sound reached Duan Qing's ears: "This time, I'll let you see the real beauty of that city.
face."
In a trembling feeling that made the whole body tremble, endless magical energy poured into Duan Qing's body from Jin's hand, and then like a rushing torrent, poured into the desolate ground under Duan Qing's feet.
Dadi. Forcibly resisting the tearing feeling in his body, Duan Qing managed to focus his attention again, and then followed the direction indicated by Jin to include the outline of a city that was absorbing the energy of countless magic elements.
caught in his own eyes.
This chapter has been completed!