Chapter 50 The Three Magic Towers and the Purification Plan
As the mission traveled further north, the weather became colder. Snow fell frequently and gradually increased, even covering most of the view. In severe cases, if it were not for the cold-resistant trees planted on both sides of the road, I am afraid that the snow would have become colder.
Even the most elite scouts get lost along the way.
It is said that this is a precursor to severe cold.
"So you don't know what types of magic there are and what are their characteristics?"
Thales tightened the cloak he put on a day ago, covered his head and face tightly, and asked Ramon.
This is another time they set up camp for a rest, at the junction of Wellandland and the Reconstruction Tower in Exeter.
Passing the Lyman Pass, walking through a short hilly journey, and crossing the jurisdiction of the Grand Duke of Zazaita, they began to turn northwest following the trend of the hills.
Soon, the envoy and the escorting Black Sand Army will enter the jurisdiction of the Grand Duke of Wellandland.
And once you cross the Welland Territory, the Grand Duke's territory directly under Nun VII, you will be right in front of Longxiao City.
"It should be said that I don't know the whole story of magic." Ramon shook his head.
"It is said that there are all kinds of strange schools and categories of magic. There are always weird people who dig out new schools and research categories based on existing knowledge." Ramon sat by the fire and explained to Thales beside him: "But
Except for those aliens who live alone, most mages have their own clear affiliations."
"Belong?" Thales' eyes lit up: "You mean..."
"In ancient times, it was a gathering place for mages and the magic institutions they belonged to." Ramon's eyes flashed:
"Three magic towers."
Magic tower?
Thales turned his head suddenly, and the few words he got when he was investigating the origin of the magician in Mindis Hall came to his mind again.
"I've heard relevant news," Thales' eyes lit up: "So, in ancient times, mages gathered in three magic towers to do research?"
"The three magic towers are not just three towers, not just three locations," Ramon mused: "The wizard is not a weirdo hiding in the tower. It is said that the three magic towers represent the three attitudes of being a wizard.
and value.”
"What attitude?" Thales asked curiously: "You mean the mage's attitude towards knowledge?"
Ramon shook his head: "I don't know - it was difficult to find information about mages in the past."
Thales sighed: "Okay."
"What are the three magic towers? Don't tell me, you don't know?"
Ramon nodded and smiled: "I still know this."
He looked around furtively and saw Ada sitting in the fire aside and taking a nap, Putilai and Kambida arguing about something in the distance, and Wya tried to communicate with Rolf but ultimately failed.
Lehar took the scouts to scout the road ahead, but before they returned, the surrounding sergeants seemed to be used to them.
Seeing that their distance and attention were still far away, Ramon cautiously approached Thales, and stretched out his fingers towards the snow in the field of vision that could only be seen by the two of them.
"First, the Tower of the Ascetics."
Ramon gently drew a square on the ground that was turned 45 degrees with one corner facing down. He connected the diagonals of the square and drew a cross inside: "According to the only information I have read, they are
The oldest group of mages, even in the period of ignorance, before the Battle of the Saints, the Tower of Ascetics appeared... But they are also the most mysterious, and I don't know what they are doing. I haven't found out too much about them.
data of."
Thales frowned.
"Secondly, the Tower of Alchemy."
Ramon drew a circle, and then drew two triangles on the left and right sides of the circle, each with one corner pointing outward. The side of the circle that the triangle is close to is an arc, which matches the arc of the circle. Ramon is in the center of the circle.
A small circle was drawn - Thales recognized it. The pattern looked like an eye.
Ramon continued: "As the name suggests, the Alchemy Tower is said to be an important help for humans to defeat the orcs. Their works are all prepared for war or practical use. Some products have been handed down to this day and are still usable. They are rare things in the hands of a few people.
"
"Finally, the Tower of Souls."
Ramon drew two more "S" shapes, with the upper and lower semicircles of the two S's overlapping each other. This pattern was particularly strange and had an unknown meaning.
"The information about them is all kinds of weird, and there is everything. Sometimes it is said that they are the defenders of the world, and sometimes it is said that they have an agreement with the empire, or that they are extremely at odds with the other two magic towers, and some even say that their existence has caused harm to the world.
The world has brought a lot of chaos, it is simply the source of all evil...I can't understand the things they are studying...Obviously they are different from the other two magic towers."
Ramon looked at Thales. After the latter nodded to show that he remembered, the doctor quickly reached out his hand and nervously erased the three patterns without leaving any trace.
"That's all I know. As for the rest, I don't know anything about the inheritance, characteristics, history, and origins of the three magic towers... The knowledge about magic has been banned too completely," Ramon sighed.
: "Also, please do not draw these three patterns in front of anyone - such as Morat... you will be in trouble."
Thales raised his eyebrows: "Then you can draw it in front of me so confidently? Am I so trustworthy?"
Ramon turned his head, showing that weird look again.
"Trust? Hey," Ramon chuckled, his big nose twitching: "I think you are not interested in magic for no reason."
"The ability to deflect magic energy guns..."
Thales' pupils trembled.
Damn, he really still cares.
"I always feel that it's not a supernatural power," Ramon chuckled: "It should be some kind of magic, but I don't know it yet."
"That's why you're so hungry for news about magic, right?"
Some kind of magic?
To be precise... Thales said in his heart: Your reasoning is correct.
Thales looked at him steadily.
"The new prince and next king of the stars is not only interested in magic, but also has some kind of magical power." Ramon smiled happily, and his withered dignity made Thales feel sick: "Just thinking about it makes Thales feel sick.
It’s so exciting…”
Thales let out a long sigh and thought carefully about the knowledge he had heard from Ramon in the past few days.
"So, the three magic towers no longer exist?" the time traveler said silently.
Ramon's smile faltered.
He clasped his hands, lowered his head, and stooped.
"It's said to be so," Doctor Strange wiped a snowflake off his nose and sighed, "Do you know the magician?"
"They are not the slightly stronger warriors that ordinary people think of. In fact..."
Thales did three somersaults in his mind.
found it!
"Well," the second prince said calmly on the surface: "As a royal family, I know some things about magicians... They are an immortal disaster."
Ramon looked at Thales, his eyes full of solemnity: "Exactly. It is said that from the political powers of the countries, to the churches of the gods in heaven, and even the demons in hell, they are all afraid of them... for fear that they will one day
To come back and launch a second final war - that's why they banned magic."
"Fear... So, the disaster is the main reason that led to the destruction of the three magic towers and the cessation of the magic inheritance?" Thales said in a daze.
Ramon straightened his collar and his expression became extremely serious.
"I don't know whether the destruction of the three magic towers was a disaster," Ramon whispered: "But I believe that the so-called disasters and the so-called magicians are the magic towers and the countless magicians.
One of the research products.”
"So, the demise of the magic tower, the extinction of the mages and the loss of the magic inheritance are not accidental," Thales said in disbelief: "Everything about magic in the world, regardless of inheritance, knowledge, history and even the mages themselves, are all created by human beings.
Is it prohibited by the state government intentionally?”
Ramon took a deep breath: "Exactly... I guess some people don't want to see new disasters appear."
Thales frowned deeply: "Magic has brought uncontrollable risks, so why should we simply shut it down and ban all magic?"
Ramon said angrily, "Hmm."
"This is so stupid," Thales sighed: "Because I am afraid of the possible magicians and their power, I banned magic... It is really a short-sighted and stupid decision..."
"I agree with you on this point," Ramon clenched his fists: "It is precisely in order to fight against magicians and their harm that we have to seek possibilities from magic, right?"
"Although the three magic towers have been destroyed, their ruins should still exist, right?" Tails rubbed his chin: "You didn't go there to try your luck?"
"Ruins?" Ramon raised one corner of his mouth and said with a bad expression: "This is the worst place... Damn the countries, they have collected almost every bit of information about magic, mages, and magic towers.
They were all looted and destroyed so thoroughly that I can’t even find the ruins of the magic tower!”
Thales frowned deeply: "Maybe I can look it up in the royal family's records after I return home..."
"Forget it, especially for you Stars," Ramon snorted coldly: "Your founding ancestor, the great King of Renaissance, Tormund I, personally ordered that all traces of magic related to Stars be completely eliminated!"
Thales was stunned.
"And more than six hundred years ago, the executor of the forbidden magic was the Kingdom's secret department," Ramon said bitterly: "I finally found some traces in Exeter - they call this..."
"Purification plan!"
Thales looked at the snow blankly and pulled his cloak tighter.
"How did they do it?" The time traveler raised his head: "If magic is really as important as you said, it was once so important..."
"They just did it!"
Ramon raised his head, his eyes full of hatred: "In the decades after the end of the war, the countries imprisoned all the remaining mages, searched for books, scrolls, records, artifacts about magic, and even investigated
Everyone who has had close contact with the mage...the key is that they have erased all traces of magic from history..."
"Of course, all those who intend to study magic and revive magic will immediately become a thorn in the eyes of various agencies and temples and churches, and will be eliminated without hesitation..."
"Just to make sure the magic doesn't happen again!"
They all fell silent.
Beside the fire, all that could be heard was the crackling of the flames and the plaintive whistling of the cold wind.
"If the kingdom's secret department was responsible for the purification plan six hundred years ago, then there may still be a lot of information left in the secret department..." Thales pondered.
"Good idea." Ramon mocked disdainfully.
"Yes, we need to dig out things from the secrets of the kingdom without anyone noticing..." Thales understood what the doctor meant and he sighed.
"...It's simply more difficult than breaking through Dragon Broken Fortress." Ramon stared at the fire coldly and finished what Thales said.
etc.
Thales thought of a question and showed a strange expression.
"Doctor," he said slowly, "Morat was not the first head of the Secret Service, right?"
"Nonsense, the kingdom's secret department was established more than six hundred years ago when Xingchen was founded." Ramon snorted coldly and exhaled a long breath: "Morat... he is a human being, not an immortal or an immortal.
, can’t live this long.”
Thales rolled his eyes.
It's really pitiful that you don't have enough emotional intelligence.
"You didn't understand what I meant... I mean," Thales said angrily: "Who is the first head of the kingdom's secret department, the person in charge of the plan to purify the world?"
Ramon was stunned, and then turned his head to look at Thales.
"This will be a clue," Thales rubbed his hands that were red from the cold and exhaled a breath of mist: "No matter how scary and mysterious the secret science is, how it operates is precise, extremely efficient, and meticulous... But as long as it is a
Organization, it must depend on its members - that is, human behavior and psychology."
"And people are always complicated," Thales blinked: "Do you understand what I mean?"
Ramon frowned.
"two."
"What?" Thales asked doubtfully.
Ramon looked around again warily, then turned around and said:
"Two people, six hundred years ago," Doctor Strange lowered his voice: "In the 38th year of the End Calendar, two people led the kingdom's secret department and were responsible for the specific implementation of the plan to purify the world..."
"Very good," Thales said silently: "Even if six hundred years have passed, we can always find their past... Who are those two people?"
Ramon chuckled and spit out two names.
"Leinster Kevin Deal."
Taylor's expression suddenly changed.
Kevin Deere?
"Yes, he is the first head of the kingdom's secret department," Ramon put on an "I knew it" look, watched Thales's reaction with interest, and said with a smile: "He is also the six major leaders of the Kingdom of Stars.
One of the wealthy families, the first owner of the Kevin Deere family."
"The First Duke of Iris."
Thales' eyes widened and his eyebrows twitched.
Ramon gritted his teeth and exhaled, then continued:
"And his deputy."
"Halva Karabyan."
"One of the Thirteen Noble Families, the Twin Towers Long Sword, the first head of the Karabiyan family."
"The first Earl of Wallaland, later the 'wise prime minister' of the kingdom."
"Do you still think this road is feasible? Your Royal Highness?"
Thales fell completely silent.
Ramon stopped talking.
Just as Thales was thinking carefully about these two names and the meaning behind them, a loud roar from the Exeter sentry pierced the cold wind-whispered northern sky.
"alert!"
The surrounding elite sergeants Exeter immediately drew their weapons, and the sound of countless metal sheaths being unsheathed was heard, and the atmosphere was tense and solemn.
Different from Xingchen's group battle formation, these northern men had serious faces but were not panicked. They stood in groups of two with their backs to each other, standing scattered around the outside of the camp, facing the cold wind and falling snow around them.
Under the command of the commander, the light cavalry all mounted their horses and rushed to the outside, while the heavy cavalry and heavy infantry immediately began to prepare their armor.
Ada instantly rushed to Thales' side, followed by Wyatt and Rolf.
"Be alert," the elf guard of unknown age said in a serious tone, "What bad luck...another army."
army?
The second prince's heart moved.
Under the moonlight, Thales quickly saw the source of the threat with his sharp vision transformed by the wave.
To the north of the camp, countless heavily armed cavalry figures appeared in the falling snow with unclear vision.
Light armor, gray clothes, white horse, masked face.
Swift but silent.
It almost blends in with the surrounding snow.
"In such weather..." Putilai, who came from behind, frowned: "They are elites."
Thales sighed deeply.
Am I really so unlucky?
These cavalrymen, who looked like they were not good at fighting, suddenly dispersed a hundred meters in front of them.