"Unless what?!" Link also calmed down and looked at Old Scuva.
Old Skua did not directly answer Link's words. He turned his head towards the window and said after a while: "The Mage Tower is almost a completely independent world compared to the mainland. You should be able to understand this now.
"
Link nodded. Before that, he didn't quite understand what Old Skuva said about the rules set by the main gods on the continent being different from the rules unique to the Mage Tower. But now, he doesn't understand this.
The explanation has begun to gain some clarity.
Ever since he truly learned to experience the world from the world view in the book "The Ultimate Secret of Fire Magic", Link has gradually begun to understand some of the deepest mysteries between heaven and earth.
Although his current power is not strong enough to control the rules, at least now Link understands that the so-called control rules are actually a method of affecting the changes and fluctuations of various elements between heaven and earth, and those who originally
The rules that seemed elusive to him seemed to be something closely related to the arrangement and operation of various elements between heaven and earth.
So if the rules of the Mage Tower are different from those on the mainland, then the Mage Tower can indeed be regarded as a completely independent world compared to the mainland, because the foundation of the world is originally those things that cannot be seen or touched.
And there are various elements that actually exist.
"So there is no door to the mage tower." When Old Skua saw Link nodding, he said something serious that seemed like nonsense, and then asked Link seriously: "You understand?"
What?!”
"What do I understand? Me?!" Link felt that he had been cooperative enough after pretending to be deep for so long. He really couldn't adapt to old Scuva talking so seriously. He couldn't bear it and jumped up, pointing at the room and yelling
The open door shouted: "Old Skuva, why do you look like a different person?! Can't you just say it out loud if you have anything to say? What does it mean to have no door? That's not..."
"Uh", Link suddenly remembered something, lowered his fingers, stared at old Scuva, and said: "You mean..."
"Well, you finally thought of it." Old Skuva continued to play with his deepness and nodded seriously: "The Mage Tower is independent of the mainland. From the Mage Tower, there is no way to the mainland.
Door!"
"Isn't it? Are you kidding me?!" Link shouted unconvinced: "Then how did you get out? How did I get in?!"
"Young man, don't be so impatient." After being interrupted by Link, Old Scuva finally stopped looking so tense. He glanced at Link and said slowly: "The only way to freely enter and exit the Mage Tower is
There are two methods. The first is to inherit the power of the Mage Tower and become a descendant of the Mage Tower. In this way, if you can gain the power to control the rules in the Palace of Mysteries and become a great mentor, you will naturally be able to freely rely on the power of the rules.
In and out of the Mage Tower, and even if there is no Mage Tower, you can also go from here to the mainland through a teleportation array left by the ancestor who built the Mage Tower. This is a shortcut, and after the descendants of our Mage Tower leave, they will also
It is very beneficial, such as the largest chamber of commerce on the mainland, which is..."
"Come on, come on." Link waved his hand carelessly, interrupting the old Skuva: "My dear and respected elder Skuva, are older people more wordy?
I think you don’t need to show off these things anymore and just tell me the second method!”
Of course, Link also understood that what Old Scuva had said so earnestly was actually hoping that he could change his mind and give up his identity as a knight and become the heir to the power of the Mage Tower. Unfortunately, there were some things that Link could not give up no matter what.
, so I had no choice but to live up to old Scuva's kindness.
"Alas", Old Scuva sighed helplessly, looked at Link for a while, and then continued: "I wonder if the ancestor who built the mage tower had expected that there would be such a genius as you.
The bastard who was fearless broke in and actually left a second path!"
Link curled his lips. In his opinion, this might be because the ancestor who built the Mage Tower was a promising young man like Link Knight who was full of persistence and dreams, so he had the same characteristics as Link Knight.
idea.
But he didn't dare to say this in front of Old Skuva. After what happened last time, he already knew that in the minds of Old Skuva and even the people in the Mage Tower, the man who built the Mage Tower was
Human beings have a higher status than all gods and even gods. If you say such words in front of old Scuva, this old pervert may go berserk and beat himself up.
"The ancestors of the Mage Tower built this Mage Tower, originally hoping to be able to face all those who yearn for freedom and have enough talent." Fortunately, old Scuva didn't know what Link was thinking.
, and continued on his own: "So for those who hope to obtain the unique power contained in the Mage Tower, but are unwilling to bow to the ancestors who built the Mage Tower and are unwilling to become the successor of the Mage Tower,
The ancestor who built the Mage Tower also left a way for them to go."
"What way?" Link's eyes shone as he stared at Old Scuva.
Although he knew that this road would definitely be difficult, there was no difficulty that the great Link Knight could not overcome.
"Become a challenger of the Mage Tower," Old Skuva said slowly: "The ancestor who built the Mage Tower left a path of challenge in the Mage Tower. As long as you can complete this path of challenge,
, you can get a way to leave. It is said that the ancestor who built the Mage Tower left something special at the end of the challenge, but no one knows what it is?!"
"Why?!" Link frowned: "You don't know either?!"
"Of course I don't know." Old Skuva glared at Link: "From the time we established the Mage Tower to now, except for a bastard like you, no one has ever walked this challenging path!"
Since the days of old Skuva, who among the lucky ones who have had the opportunity to become the successor of the Mage Tower has not been overjoyed, crying and shouting a thousand agrees and ten thousand agrees. Freaks like Link
, since the day the Mage Tower was built, it has never been encountered before. If Link hadn't done something like this this time, even the great mentors of these Mage Towers themselves would have almost forgotten that such a thing happened.
It's over.
Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that these old guys in the Mage Tower are too lazy, and sometimes they have not brought back a single person for hundreds or even thousands of years.
"Isn't it?" Link scratched his head and smiled bitterly at Old Scuva: "Is that challenging road really so difficult?!"
"It's not difficult to walk even if the road falls." Old Skua glanced at Link and raised his chin towards a house not far away from the window that was also made of black stone: "No, it's a challenging road.
, in fact, it is that house, the way to leave and the things left by the ancestor who built the Mage Tower are all on the last floor. As long as you reach the last floor, you have completed the challenge."
Link quickly ran to the window and looked up and down at the inconspicuous house, but he couldn't see anything special.
That house may seem strange when placed on the mainland. It doesn’t look like a tower even if it is a tower, and it doesn’t look like a building even if it is a building. However, there are such eccentric buildings everywhere in the Mage Tower. Comparatively speaking, that house
It's quite normal. The whole house is built with big black stones. It's really an ordinary house in a mage's tower.
The only special thing that can be considered different from the surrounding buildings is that there are other houses in the Mage Tower that are higher than this building, but they are divided into very few floors, just like the one where Link is staying now.
Like a house, the rooms on each floor are extremely high. Although the building on the road of challenge mentioned by Old Skua is not very high, it looks like it is divided into many floors.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine." Link counted the floors of the building one by one, and shook his head with a wry smile: "It won't be the same as those in the legends.
The process, it won’t be so old-fashioned!”
"Dear Link, you seem to have guessed something?" Old Scuva saw Link shaking his head, and finally returned to his perverted face, and asked with a little excitement: "Do you mind following me?
Can you share your findings?!"
"No," Link shrugged and rolled his eyes at Old Scuva angrily: "I was wondering if the reason why this challenging road is difficult is because there are no ladders in the building!"
"Oh, you don't have to worry about this." As expected, Old Scuva had completely recovered to his previous appearance. He began to become gentle and said to Link with a smile: "The stairs in that building are very spacious, otherwise you would have to follow everyone.
When the guardians on the first floor compete, wouldn't there be no venue?"
It’s such a cliche plot!
Link shook his head. Among the popular legends on the continent that he had heard so much about since he was a child, there were countless stories with similar scenes. However, the great Knight Link did not expect that one day it would be his turn to star.
This drama.
"Dear and respected elder and great mentor of Old Skuva", Link thought of a possibility, and immediately burst into laughter: "With your status, you should not be the guardian of the Challenge Road.
One of them?!"
"It's a pity", Old Skuva rubbed his big nose: "Dear Link, the four great mentors of the Mage Tower will be the guardians of the last four levels of the Challenge Road. These are the ones who built the Mage Tower.
One of the rules left by our ancestors!"
Damn it!
Link was really dumbfounded now!
Although he has now begun to understand the origin of all magic and power, he still has enough self-awareness about his own abilities.
Although he didn't fully understand what kind of abilities the great mentor in the mage tower possessed, he could probably guess a little bit by looking at old Skuva's performance.
He can simulate the fluctuations of the fireball technique, but Link knows that it is absolutely impossible for him to simulate the fluctuations of those forbidden spells. The higher the level of magic, the more powerful the power, and the world involved.
The interactions and changes between elements become more complex. Whether you can understand the truth is one thing, but whether you have enough ability to push those elements to accurately achieve every subtle change in the predetermined direction.
It's another thing.
And if he wants to take the path of challenge now, he will even have to face four masters of the Mage Tower who have surpassed the magic system on the mainland by unknown numbers.
How long will it take for me to defeat these four old guys?!
Is it possible that I have to stay in this mage tower for ten years? Twenty years?
Could it be that the great Knight Link will spend the rest of his youth in this isolated place?!
Link thought sadly about his gloomy future.
"There is no time limit for a challenger to complete the challenge," but Old Skua still did not miss the opportunity to attack Link: "But I don't think you can afford to wait!"
An ambiguous smile appeared on Old Skuva's face: "Don't forget, if you don't show up in three years, a little girl will commit suicide for you!"
"What the hell is this?!" Link was really confused all of a sudden. Although he never felt that the little girl Elen had the kind of relationship with him that old Scuva thought, but with Link's knight
His dignity would never allow little girl Elen to lose her life because of this, but it was too difficult. Link muttered: "Three years?! What challenges must we go through in three years? What challenges must we win?"
Over you?! This..."
"Hey, hey, don't be so depressed, young man." Old Skuva looked at Link, but felt that this was a great opportunity to persuade him: "It's not too late to turn back now. Being the heir to the power of the Mage Tower is better than...
…”
"Isn't that right?!" Link suddenly remembered something and interrupted Old Skuva: "Dear and respected old Skuva, is there anything missing from what you told me about the challenger?
!”
"What?" Old Skuva looked innocent: "No!"
"If I remember correctly, the challenger you just mentioned should be someone who 'wants to gain the unique power of the Mage Tower', but is unwilling to become the successor of the Mage Tower, right?" Link stared at old Skuva: "
But in your words just now, I don’t think you mentioned how I should obtain the power of the mage tower, right?!"
"Uh, this", Old Skua rubbed his big nose in embarrassment: "I was just about to say it, just about to say it!"
"But" he glanced at Link: "Have you really decided?!"
"Go on, go ahead." Link still looked casual: "Stop dawdling!"
"Okay then." Old Skuva had no choice but to sigh softly and said: "The challenger can move freely in the Mage Tower before entering the challenge road. He can enter the Mage Tower except for the Mystery Palace.
You can also consult every Grand Master or other people at any place about magic, and anyone, including the Grand Master, must do their best to answer the challenger's questions and give him
All help and guidance! It can be said that except that they cannot leave the Mage Tower, the challenger has exactly the same power as the successor of the Mage Tower, but..."
Old Skua looked at Link and said slowly: "The ancestor who built the Mage Tower said that once a challenger fails to pass the challenge, he will not only lose the opportunity to leave the Mage Tower forever, but will also suffer
to an extremely tragic punishment."
"An extremely tragic punishment?!" Link frowned: "What is that?!"
"I don't know either." Old Skua shook his head in embarrassment, but when he saw Link's disapproving look again, he immediately said to Link in a harsh tone that he had never seen before:
"It doesn't matter if you think otherwise, but you must not take this sentence as a joke. This is the instruction left solemnly by the ancestor who built the Mage Tower. Although no one has ever tried it, and no one knows that it will be a
What kind of punishment, but I can tell you with certainty that it will definitely be a terrible thing, and it may even be a punishment that will make you feel worse than death!"
"If you want me to stay here forever and not be able to go out," Link let out a long breath and sat down on the ground: "I'm already worse off than dead!"
He knew that Old Skuva was doing it for his own good, but did he have any other choice now?!
"You don't have to make a decision in a hurry." Old Scuva stood up and glanced at Link with some worry: "Just think about it carefully!"
"But I still have a question, Old Skuva." Link looked at Old Skuva and asked, "The rules of your Mage Tower are too overbearing. Isn't it true that as long as you bring back the young man you like,
If you don't become the heir of the Mage Tower, you will have to be locked up here for the rest of your life?! This is simply darker than a bandit's den!"
"This... is actually not true." Old Skuva rubbed his big nose: "As long as he doesn't learn something like our Mage Tower, which is completely different from the magic system on the mainland, if he doesn't want to, we will still give him a gift.
Out! But you..."
"I..." Link was speechless and stared at Old Scuva: "That book...you..."
"I accidentally lost that book there!" Old Scuva looked at Link's murderous eyes, said these words, and disappeared in a flash.
"Old Skua, you bastard!" Link cursed in the air, and had no choice but to sit down on the ground with a wry smile.
Although he didn't know that Old Scuva was convinced that he couldn't learn any magic from the "Ultimate Secrets of Fire Magic" which lacked the most important foundational part, so he deliberately lured him to see this book with such confidence.
This book, but Link also knew very well that Old Scuva had good intentions towards him from beginning to end.
Old Scuva really wanted Link to become the successor of the Mage Tower, but even he didn't expect that his good intentions would force Link to face such a dilemma.
Should you give up your principles for the time being and get out of the mage tower first, or should you stick to the dignity of a knight and face a challenge that is almost certain to fail?!
Link felt that he should find a place to sit down and think about it carefully.
