Derek's mage tower, the entrance to the underground chamber.
Matthews was the first to step forward, straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and said, "The most beautiful thing in the world is...magic!"
The embossed eyes on the secret door flickered for a while, and then a voice came out, the same question as before: "What is the most beautiful thing in the world?"
"It seems that I gave the wrong answer. Professor Derek really didn't follow common sense. He is obviously a magician."
Matthews steps back, Orlando enters.
"It's...life!"
"What is the most beautiful thing in the world?" the code door repeated again.
"It's still wrong." Orlando backed away.
"It's freedom!" Zhao Shan said, with a confident look on her face. She believes that there is nothing more precious than freedom.
"What is the most beautiful thing in the world?" The code door struck her mercilessly.
Zhao Shan was dissatisfied: "This secret language sect is sick!"
It was Sun Ran's turn.
Heaven.
Frigga watched this scene with great interest. When she saw Sun Ran coming forward, she couldn't help but praise: "What a beautiful young man. Okay, let me help you again."
She flicked her fingers again, and a force sank into the void. She passed through the secret passage and entered Derek's mage tower again.
Just as Sun Ran was about to speak, he suddenly felt his head jolt, and a word came into his mind. He was startled, and he immediately knew that this was the so-called 'divine revelation'.
This means that there is a god in the sky watching them. This god cracked the magic trap of the mage tower just now and gave him a hint now. It's really good.
However, God's favor is impermanent and cannot be relied upon. The other party has repeatedly taken action, probably just to please them.
Sun Ran took a deep breath, looked up at the human-shaped relief on the door, pressed the words in his mind, and said, "Is it... the power of the gods?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the code door made a "click" sound, sank back, and then slowly slid to the side. It was indeed right.
The other three people looked at Sun Ran, and Zhao Shan directly asked via voicemail: "How do you know?"
Sun Ran answered her first: "Be careful when transmitting messages, and use the method I teach you. Because there is a god in the sky watching us." He could feel that this god had reached at least the eleventh level. In the Taoist system, she was
Daluo Jinxian, if you go up one level, you will be a saint, very powerful.
Then he touched his head and smiled stupidly at Matthews and Orlando: "I'm just blind."
No matter what, the door was opened, and the two of them were eager to know what was going on in the secret room, so they didn't ask any more questions.
The secret door opened. What appeared in front of everyone was a large secret room.
There is a blue light in the secret room. The ground is a lapis lazuli floor. On the floor are drawn patterns of magic arrays up to one centimeter deep. The patterns are filled with a blue fluorescent liquid. This liquid is also the light in the secret room.
source.
Apart from these, there is nothing left in the entire secret room, and there are no imaginary dark creatures at all.
"Stop! Stop! This is an unknown magic circle. I heard from people that this is probably a demon summoning circle, so don't step on it." Matthews opened his hands to stop the people behind him from coming forward.
This was reasonable, and everyone listened to him and stood at the door to observe.
Matthews and Orlando have limited knowledge of magic, so facing the five-star magician's magic circle is just a novelty.
But Zhao Shan and Sun Ran were not like this. After just watching for a while, they had already obtained a lot of information from many details.
The two are communicating closely.
"This is indeed a summoning circle. It summons creatures from other planes. These creatures usually come from heaven, that is, the world of gods. It is not considered evil, it can only be a neutral circle." Zhao Shan explained.
Sun Ran looked at the blood splattered on the ground and walls, and said: "Look at this, the situation was definitely very tragic. But you see, most of these blood traces are quasi-circular, not elliptical.
It shows that he dripped it instead of throwing it out during a struggle. In other words, Derek basically didn’t resist at that time. So I think the blood was caused by Derek’s self-mutilation.”
"He was obsessed by a certain existence?" Zhao Shan asked.
"Yeah." Sun Ran continued to observe, and deduced bit by bit what had happened: "Derek stood in the open space against the wall at first, and started to summon. During the summoning process, an inexplicable existence entered
This world discovered Derek, and took advantage of his time when he was concentrating on casting spells to get into his head."
"Look over there, yes, right over there. Derek was controlled, walked over there, picked up the sword, cut off the artery in his wrist, and bled himself. This should be to put him into a weak state to reduce his consciousness.
resistance.”
Zhao Shan imagined a person being controlled by something and committing suicide, and a creepy feeling suddenly arose in her heart.
Sun Ran continued to describe: "After the bloodletting, Derek's consciousness gradually fell into a trance, and his resistance became weak. This guy took advantage of the situation and forcibly read all the memories in his brain, all of them! His brain structure was instantly destroyed
Destruction, even the brain in the real world couldn't withstand the huge impact and collapsed. Look at the scratches on the stone wall over there. These should have been scratched out instinctively under the stimulation of great pain when he was in a coma. You see
There are also broken fingernails on the ground."
"Stop talking, this is too scary." Zhao Shan's face turned pale.
Sun Ran realized something was wrong: "No, no, the bloody hand marks on the wall do not match the bloody hand prints on the outer wall. They do not belong to the same person."
"Did you find anything?" Zhao Shan's attention was immediately attracted.
Sun Ran continued to speculate: "After Derek died, someone entered here and found his body, but at this time, the summoned existence was still attached to Derek and had not left. It also became stronger and directly
Occupied this new person! But he was not devoured, or in other words, this person became the new host of this demon!"
Sun Ran deduced from the clues, it may not be the truth, but it must be what these traces want to say.
"As soon as he was boarded, the host felt unwell and his head was dizzy. He saw the death of his old friend again, and his mind was agitated. He touched the blood on his hand. When he walked to the door, he staggered a few times and almost fell. His hand
He was leaning on the wall, leaving the bloody handprint. It can be said that as long as the owner of the bloody handprint is found, there is a high chance that the demon clone will be in him." Sun Ran was a little excited: "Little guy, look where you are going.
escape!'
There are enough clues here, and there is no point in staying here anymore. Sun Ran crossed his arms and rubbed his arms, and said with fear on his face: "Matthews, is it okay? There is nothing here, or let's leave.
?”
Matthews took one last look at the secret room and sighed: "I thought there was some exciting scene. It's just this little thing. It's boring. It's really boring. Auburn paid for it in vain. Let's go back."
Orlando didn't have any objections. Thinking about it, with the rough seal of the mage tower and being in the academy, there was no danger.
The four of them returned along the original path. When they returned to the castle, Sun Ran asked with concern: "What should I do with Auburn?"
"There is no way. He will be liberated by tomorrow." Matthews shrugged: "This is not the first time he has done this, it's just that it's worse this time. Don't worry."
Orlando chuckled: "Don't worry. Maybe he can crawl back in the middle of the night. Auburn is a tough-minded guy."
Sun Ran and Zhao Shan looked at each other, and finally had no choice but to return to the dormitory.
After lying on the bed, Sun Ran continued his analysis: "The first person who discovered that Derek was in trouble should be his friend, and he was also a powerful magician. The only friend of equal status in front of Derek was a man named Martin.
Senior professor. This person is very important. We need to find an opportunity to visit him."
New problems arise.
The senior professors of the college have their own mage towers, and they are very busy at ordinary times. If students want to go to class, they always go directly to his mage towers, and there are not many of them, there will definitely not be ten.
These people are all accomplished, at least level three, about to graduate from Attenborough, or are new magicians who want to go further.
Junior students like Sun Ran and Zhao Shan are not qualified to see him.
"It seems that we have to become an official magician as soon as possible." Zhao Shan smiled.
"Well, that's not necessary. Just do it step by step. Because no one can become an official magician within a few months. That person is either a genius, a pervert, or a saboteur with a criminal record."
"But that will take at least two years!"
"It doesn't take long. Two years, if you study hard and have the support of strong talent, is enough for a person's magic level to make a fundamental leap, and it is a reasonable improvement." Sun Ran had enough patience.
Historically, during the learning career of every legendary magician, there was a time when his power improved by leaps and bounds.
For example, Eldrin, the Lord of Sky City, was not a destroyer at the beginning, but a gamer. During his studies at the academy, he went from a beginner to a six-star magician in only three years!
The same is true for Solomon, the wise king in history. He only started to come into contact with magic when he was thirty years old. After ten years, he had great enlightenment and directly achieved the legendary realm.
This is the legendary life of a legendary figure.
Now in the academy, I am young and at the peak of my life. This period of time is also a person's golden learning period. If the level of magic increases at a snail's pace at this time, then this person's lifetime achievements will be very limited.
"Okay, let's do what you say." Zhao Shan was discouraged: "The autumn assessment will be in one month, and I'm ready to make a big splash."
"You are already amazing now. Remember to control yourself when the time comes. Don't go too far. Gods are watching us now." Sun Ran warned.
"I know."
Valhalla, Temple of Odin.
The goddess who had been peering into the mortal world casually closed the magic mirror, pursed her lips and smiled: "What a group of curious little guys, I can't help but think of my youth."
