Hero's fingers dripped down the [Black Sea], and without his control, the smell of pollution spread from his fingers.
Seeing this, the lord also stretched out his thick fingers, and the black thread slowly broke out from under the skin. Several thin black threads were twisted into a thicker black thread.
Two fingers that were quite different in size were pressed together.
The black line and the black water combined, but this time, with the intervention of both hosts, the two came into contact very peacefully.
By the way, even the lord's tone of voice became calmer.
The cautious look seems to mean that he does not want to destroy the harmony of the contact between the two.
"Yes... and no, do you really think that the tower is as clean as you see? The so-called ban issued by the high-level officials [forbids all pollutants from entering the tower], in fact, 'they' don't care about pollution.
Even 'they' themselves are a huge pollutant, polluting everything around them all the time.
‘They’ control most of the sources of pollution, as well as the methods to cure it...
But none of 'them' made it public.
Not to mention they are afraid of the spread of contamination among the magicians...well, they are eager to do so.
This will free up a lot of resources, and 'they' will fill those resources into some unimaginable soul formula promotion projects. After all, after so many years, 'their' goal is still to conquer the deep sea... They have never
Give up... oh~ we are far away from each other."
Hero was a little curious. Since it was not a problem of pollution, why did the lord say that he was destined to be abandoned by the tower?
Golden Sheep knows that he has pollutants.
According to what the lord said, don't they need to control themselves?
Is there anything special about you that is similar to him?
"If it's not a pollutant, do I need to be abandoned by them?"
Hero pretended to be ignorant and asked his doubts.
"A potential... a potential that can change the structure of the tower. This is something that the higher-ups cannot tolerate. After the Great Crusade, the interior of the tower is not as simple as recorded in history.
It just appeared behind my back... Let me think about it, how to describe it, it should be considered a betrayal for the tower, yes! Betrayal!
Just betrayal! They have experienced it several times. Those self-proclaimed princes are actually not united. They each have their own ideas. When the external target is unexpected, they can only turn the spear inward. "
The lord clenched his fists, thought for a moment, and then made a metaphor.
"Inside? They have all reached the end of the road of magicians and have reached the rank of Grand Duke..." This made Hero want to understand. Is there a stronger existence above the Grand Duke?
"It's hard to explain, but they are actually the same as us. You have to know that greed is the instinct engraved deep in the soul of magicians, including your little one. I thought you would not come back after escaping, but in the end you couldn't resist the temptation.
...This ancient city exudes the smell of secrets!"
As he spoke, the lord withdrew the black thread entangled in the black water.
Then he stood up with a huge figure.
Seeing that he seemed to be leaving, Hero quickly asked.
"You haven't made it clear yet, they...why we were abandoned."
Potential is a very elusive thing. Even he himself doesn't know what he will become in the future, so how can Gaota know.
Is it a module system?
Recalling the behavior and words of the Golden Sheep, the module effect he showed should not be rare.
Some magicians with special bloodlines or luck will generally have similar opportunities.
But in the final analysis, the path of a magician still relies on the soul, as well as the soul energy and soul magic that extend from the soul.
From Hero's perspective, this is not enough to support the Lord's conclusion.
"You have a smell that I like and a smell that I hate. I know who it is. I have been in contact with them in the past, but I was abandoned in the end, but fortunately it was not for that kind of unreasonable reason."
"yes……"
"I was abandoned after being used. In the final analysis, they did not integrate me into the organization and did not treat me as one of their own. In other words, I was treated as a tool by them."
"It's a tool. If my identity doesn't break through the ranks, I'm still a tool."
Hero thought as he followed the lord's footsteps.
He thought of what the magician said when he first came to the imperial capital.
The fate of those children who did not awaken through apprenticeship would be even worse.
Begging for a living in the imperial capital... is much more difficult than begging in your hometown.
But when the lord heard Hero's thoughts, he laughed dryly with a hoarse voice.
"Haha, you're overthinking it. The tools I'm talking about refer to all magicians... they're just apprentices. To 'them', they're not even tools."
"Everyone? Where is the Grand Duke?!"
"You heard it right, all...including all the Grand Masters who advanced after the Great Crusade."
"So, those who really control the tower are old monsters left over from before the Great Crusade?"
Hero recalled what he had heard before and blurted it out subconsciously.
"You are very smart, you grasped the key points at once."
But when Hero wanted to continue to ask about the secret, the lord stopped talking.
Instead, he led him forward silently, passing through many passages and steps.
Along the way, we also encountered many black string puppets and the patrol monster ‘Paparo’.
But none of them were hostile to Hero. Under the leadership of the lord, they stood in the corner like puppets whose control strings were cut off.
Not long after, the two came to the end of the chain.
At the top of the entire city, under the ethereal star cluster, in front of the image of immovable creatures.
"It's not good for a young apprentice to know too much. I won't waste so much time telling you stories. Curiosity is a characteristic that an apprentice should have. When you go back, you can explore on your own. I believe you will be addicted to it."
"Then why are you still telling me this?!"
What annoys people the most is you, who stirs up desires but doesn't resolve them.
The gossip stopped halfway.
"On purpose, otherwise I would arouse your interest. Of course, it is also to disgust those guys. Abandon me...and I will bury a seed of destruction among 'them'."
"What?" When the lord said the last few words, Hero was stunned for a moment, he didn't hear clearly.
But the black line on the lord's hand had already touched the stone slab with the life map carved on it.
Around him, dense stars lit up. If you look carefully, you can see that each star has some words engraved on it.
'Are these title deeds?'
With the familiar appearance of the stars, coupled with the induction of the two land deeds on his body, Hero deduced that the hosts of these land deeds were all lords.
So many land deeds probably cover the entire hidden area of the city.
"I have the same purpose as the guy outside, we just want to take revenge on the tower, but your arrival made me think of a wonderful idea, which might disgust 'them'."
After saying this, the lord took advantage of Hero's confusion, and the black thread sprang out quickly, tying him up in mid-air before he could react.
This time, there is no wound as an entry point, and there is no way to use [Black Sea] to temporarily control the lord.
Soul skills during the apprenticeship period are more like a joke in front of the lord.
Holo was controlled without the slightest ability to resist.
"If you have any questions, I can answer you while I'm in a good mood. Next, you will experience the upside-down world, which may subvert your view of the tower? The upside-down world should turn you into my revenge
Seed……"
Holo watched the changes on the life map in mid-air.
The patterns and words carved on the entire stone slab began to distort with the unknown control of the lord.
Then the whole city began to shake.
Hero knew that this was the sound of building stone bricks moving again.
As the stone bricks around him continued to fly up and fall, a vortex appeared on the life map.
At the other end of the whirlpool, a world of chirping birds, fragrant flowers, lush trees, and harmonious creatures appears before our eyes.
"This is... the world I saw through the cracks at that time. Isn't it illusory?!"
"The upside-down world, which contains some of the secrets of the tower, is now open to you!"
Hero turned his head. The lord in front of him could not be as calm as a high-ranking magician.
There was a completely fanatical and bloodthirsty look between his eyebrows.
Before he threw himself in or lost his mind, Hero asked quickly.