Even in Ashida Sarkon's long life, the first impression that boy made on him was particularly interesting and ridiculous:
Under the dim candle, the black-haired boy was quite embarrassed. His forehead was dripping with blood, his little face was bruised and purple, and there were red marks on his neck from being pinched. His slightly trembling body was covered with tattered linen clothes.
thing, and a dagger was tightly tied to his leg.
After hearing his identity, he looked at a loss. He was a little nervous while pressing his chest. He seemed to vaguely know the meaning of the word "magic master". The pressure in his body changed drastically, and he even breathed out.
The air is quite turbid.
However, his eyes are really special.
Yes, those strange eyes are not full of fear and strangeness, nor panic and vigilance, but full of curiosity and excitement?
Thales' thoughts at this moment surprised even himself.
The moment he heard "Magic Master", after being surprised, he suddenly had an impulse in his heart and wanted to ask what exactly a Magic Master was.
Is it considered an occupational disease?
At this moment, Thales saw three irregular spheres placed quietly in the dark corner in his peripheral vision. Each sphere was as big as a person.
Until Thales recognized it, human hands and feet were vaguely visible on those spheres.
The traveler's face turned a little pale.
"I think you have already met the Talen brothers and Moria from the Brotherhood," the magician Aishida noticed his gaze and grinned: "They are very ambitious, and they will immediately become red when they come up.
Square Street Center.”
"Sorry, I'm not used to suffocating or squeezing like Morris does. In fact, I prefer simple methods."
Is it really easier to crush a living person into a ball? Thales thought about it and silently cursed.
"Come, child." Aixida smiled gently. His voice was particularly pleasant and gentle, "Come and take a look at my chessboard."
Thales swallowed, turned his head, drove the few human flesh spheres out of his brain, and quickly thought about his situation. Then, he saw the one on Asheida's left hand that looked particularly like a 3D effect (but
After he knew it was definitely not a blue energy ball projected by), he decisively eliminated the thought of "pulling out the dagger and putting it on his neck" from his mind.
Tails followed the method he used when defending his thesis in his previous life, taking three slow but regular breaths, and then walked up slowly.
It's a blessing, not a curse, but it's a curse that cannot be avoided.
Aixida looked at the boy's adult-like behavior with a half-smile. When he approached the chessboard and was about to speak, she was surprised to see the boy pull out a chair without hesitation, sit on it, and wrinkled again.
He frowned, as if he was dissatisfied with the view of the chair, so he got down and moved the chair a little towards Aishida, then climbed up and sat down.
"Well, my legs are a little sore." Thales smiled sheepishly at Asheida, and accidentally pulled the wound on his forehead, causing him to "hiss" hard in pain.
"It is my fault."
Asheida turned her head with interest and gently tapped her right hand. The wound on Thales' forehead seemed to be suppressed by something, and the blood stopped flowing out.
"This is - you increased and fixed the local pressure of the air?" Thales touched his forehead in surprise and found an invisible film that blocked his hand from touching the wound.
Aixida put away her smile and nodded calmly.
"Yes, your tutor taught you physical science?"
"Uh, no." Thales put down his hand in embarrassment. It seemed that Acida mistook him for a noble or rich kid.
Asheida nodded and turned to the chessboard on the table.
"Do you recognize what this is?"
Thales looked at the map on the table carefully.
"A board game with Red Square Street as the map - no, this is the map of the current battle situation outside! The red side is the Blood Bottle Gang, and the black side is the Brotherhood!" Thales said suddenly.
"certainly."
The expressionless Aixida stretched out her right hand, and two black chess pieces and a crystal chess piece flew from the distance and were caught in his hand.
"This was supposed to be a seamless trap."
"I will trap all the brothers from Maurice to Cenza in a short time."
"But things never go as planned, don't they?"
The three chess pieces flew in the air, like birds, circling around Thales' head.
Magic, magic, just treat it as a magic show. Thales watched Asheida's performance calmly.
"First of all, the guys under my command are each more useless than the last. They should immediately besiege Maurice and Cenza and kill them at all costs. But they cowardly bypassed the powerful enemy and used guerrilla attacks first.
Cutting off the wings is a typical example of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.”
"Secondly, I don't know if it was reinforcements from the Brotherhood. In short, the unexpected chess pieces entered the field and disrupted my deployment too early."
As Aixida spoke without emotion, the chess pieces on Thales' head suddenly fell to the map one by one.
"This is the companion who came up from the lower city with you. His speed was frightening. He knocked down Dorno and Spin in just one encounter. Rolf can only run after him until now.
As a tracking superpower, Numeno can't even suck the dust behind his feet. I can only say that it's really gratifying that the Brotherhood still has such an underachieving master."
In the air, a black swordsman fell into the map, right in front of another red swordsman, and further away, there was a red prime minister.
Thales knew that he was talking about Yara, so he could only beat a drum in his heart, hoping that she would be safe, especially when there was a red prime minister in the distance.
"This gap is really fatal. Many chess pieces escaped. Although they are all trash, but -" Aixida sighed, "Through them, the Black Street Brotherhood Headquarters arrived earlier than I expected."
I have known the situation here since I was a child - I can feel that Lancer and his men have controlled the entrance."
"The mouse trap—is broken."
He lowered his head desolately, full of regret and sadness. At that moment, Thales almost thought he was seeing a compassionate temple priest in front of him.
But Aixida immediately raised his head, his sad expression disappeared without a trace. He flicked his fingers, and the two chess pieces in the air began to rotate again.
"This guy came from the other direction. I don't know what camp he is from. The time it took him to kill the Leiden brothers and sisters was shorter than the time it took to kill two pigs. This guy rushed all the way to the vicinity and was unstoppable. I just
Being able to send out Gulaton beside me, I don’t even have anyone to talk to."
Aixida seemed to be dissatisfied. The crystal knight fell from the sky and was placed next to a red guard.
"Probably the chess pieces of other forces have entered the field, either nobles or officials - this is also an accident."
Thales swallowed again.
"Finally, it's you, little friend. Since no one is available, I have to invite you in person."
Aixida tilted her head, her eyes suddenly became sharp.
The last black pawn on Thales' head suddenly fell to the center of the map.
Lands next to a red king piece.
Thales became uncontrollably nervous.
"Tell me, where are you from?"
Aixida leaned on the back of her chair, the expression on her face hard to tell.
"Why did the Brotherhood take you all the way to the center of Red Square Street?"
"Are you some terrible weapon? Sent to me to assassinate me?"
"Is it still important information and packages that need to be handed over to the other chess piece?"
"I hope you can answer me voluntarily and kindly, instead of shouting 'Death to the magician' and then rushing over - to be honest, that is pure suicide."
Aixida looked at him quietly, her eyes full of sincerity.
Unlike the sincerity in Rick's eyes that clearly had ulterior motives, the sincerity in Asheida's eyes was emotionless, as if he didn't care about the answer to this question at all.
Calm down, Thales, calm down.
The traveler reminded himself, constantly recalling several paper presentations and seminars in his mind, and how to use the language that the audience knew well to lead them into unfamiliar areas.
I'm pretty good at this, aren't I?
Thales took a deep breath
"Mr. Ashida Sachern, are you saying that just by sitting here, you can know all the goings-on in the entire Red Square neighborhood?"
He first needs to collect all the information.
"Not really," Aixida replied nonchalantly: "I can know even the smallest air conditions in the entire street, from the changes in air pressure everywhere in the human body to the air flow outside the body. In other words - everything in Hongfang Street
Every breathing life is under my control."
Is this his ability? So, is he worthy of being a Qi magician? Thales thought secretly.
No wonder the brothers were beaten so badly.
"Then you will naturally understand," Thales began to sort out his words and logic, looking for opportunities for survival in the confrontation of words:
"Along the way, my companions and I carefully avoided any confrontation and only took action when we had no choice - whether it was the Brotherhood or the Blood Bottle Gang."
"I think this can prove that we are not members of the Brotherhood. At least we are not here tonight for the Brotherhood, and we have no intention of getting involved in the battlefield. So we have no intention of being your enemy."
"It makes sense." Aixida nodded, still looking ungrateful, but her tone did not soften at all: "But you still ate my chess pieces. I don't care about the lives of those trash fish, but I do.
My plans and goals were interrupted - whether it was intentional or unintentional, no matter how depraved the judge is, he will not turn a blind eye to manslaughter, right?"
"And you didn't answer my question - who are you? Why does it matter?"
Upon hearing this, Thales quickly adjusted his words: "I am an enemy of the Brotherhood!"
Only these words made Aixida raise her head slightly.
Thales figured out the cause of the matter and was determined to tell part of the truth.
"I'm just an ordinary beggar who offended the top brass of the Brotherhood and fled. There are Brotherhood spies everywhere in the Lower City. Only Hongfang Street, which is adjacent to the Blood Bottle Gang, is my chance!"
"But my companions and I didn't expect the gang war that happened tonight. So, inadvertently-"
"I apologize for our recklessness and I can make amends - I mean, make amends when I am able."
"I believe that my future value is definitely worthy of you sparing my life today."
"I am destined to be the enemy of the Brotherhood. No matter how weak I am, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. There is no need for the Blood Bottle Gang to eliminate potential enemies for the Brotherhood, right?"
Asheida's eyes narrowed.
What a very eloquent child.
"that's all?"
"that's all."
Aixida was silent for a long time, with a faint smile on her face.
"The air pressure in the body does not fluctuate greatly, and although the breathing is tense, it is very steady. Alas, although you did not tell the whole truth, you did not lie."
The magician smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said sincerely:
"So, your appearance and the disruption of the chess game - it seems that they are all coincidences."
"Well, actually I don't care about the chess pieces that were eaten by you. After all, they are just small chess pieces. The so-called twelve strongest, thirteen generals, super warriors and six giants, except for Qinza, are all just
They are just 'ordinary level' and 'super level' existences."
"Even the Blood Bottle Gang is just a relatively big chess piece. Even if you disrupt my plan and break through my trap, I don't care much."
Asheida showed a bitter smile on her face and looked at Thales.
"It's just that I didn't expect that my plan would be ruined by chance and coincidence."
"This makes me very depressed."
"By chance, by chance - haha, I'm beginning to understand the power of Queen Black Orchid."
What a strange and weird person, Thales observed the Qi Magician nervously and added in his mind.
"The world is really amazing."
Asheida suddenly burst into laughter.
"Child, do you know? The birth of magic energy is purely accidental."
Thales' heart began to beat faster, and he inexplicably sensed danger from the strange-looking magician!
"A long time ago, there was only magic in the world and no magic energy." Asheida's face showed yearning and complexity.
"The Master explores the truth of the world, uses various ingenious methods and wisdom, and uses the world's resources and energy to serve a better world."
"Until one day, a low-qualified mage apprentice accidentally discovered that his magic was not stable. It was as if the magic had taken on a life of its own. It began to lose control and began to rebel against their master!"
Thales was shocked to find that he actually started to float in the air!
In a panic, he wanted to grab the edge of the table, but found that he was floating higher and higher, and his arms could no longer reach the table!
He quickly looked at Aishida, but was horrified to find that the magician's expression was full of pain and madness!
"Yeah, that's how it all started! An accidental mistake by a mage apprentice!" Aixida said to herself nervously, while gently picking up the little black pawn that had just fallen on the map.
Thales watched the pawn being taken away, and felt a chill in his heart: He knew what the magician was going to do next.
"From instability, to complete loss of control, to being dominated by it, the world you are familiar with begins to collapse, fear and panic attack, no one can save you, except yourself!"
Thales discovered painfully that the air flow all over his body began to accelerate and the air pressure began to change!
"No one knows what happened to him, but when he returned to the world, people discovered that he was no longer a mage."
"He's not even human anymore, not mortal anymore."
As the air pressure increased, so did the temperature. The frightened Thales felt that the air around him was getting hotter and muggier, and he began to sweat.
"It was also an accidental mistake. He accidentally killed two gods."
"It's like accidentally stepping on two ants."
Aixida's words were extremely cold, and he slowly turned his head and raised his lips.
This madman!
Thales let go of his clenched teeth and wanted to speak, but found that the sound could not penetrate his throat at all!
"This is the first magician and the most powerful magician in history. The magicians were horrified to find that compared with him, their spells and spells were like children's tricks and deceptions! The gods were panicked.
It is ridiculous to discover that the divine power and divinity that were once so high are so vulnerable!"
"This is the end of the colorful but childish era of magicians. The new magicians stand on the sky, surpassing the gods and looking down on all living beings!"
In the heat, Thales began to feel squeezes from all directions!
His limbs were squeezed close to his body, and his whole body shrank into a ball, floating in mid-air, which was truly terrifying.
It's like being stuffed into a washing machine from a previous life!
"Fear, of course, of course humans will be afraid! There is no taboo and unfettered power, but it can only be enjoyed by a few people. How can they not be afraid!"
In mid-air, Thales felt that his whole body was starting to lose strength, but he couldn't help but notice that Asheida's tone had already placed him outside the category of human beings.
"So the war began."
Aixida stood up gently, the energy ball in her left hand still spinning.
"However, it's probably because of chance."
"we lose."
Asheida lowered her head lonely, raised her right hand, and shook it hard without looking at Thales in mid-air.
boom!
Thales's joints all over his body began to crackle, his eardrums seemed to have been run over by something, and the blood all over his body surged!
Is this "laughing and killing"?
Am I going to be pinched to death?
Thales thought hopelessly, his mind was no longer clear at this time.
Like squeezing an ant to death?
The wound on his forehead that had been sealed by Aixida suddenly burst out with blood again.
Is this a magician?
Doesn't it feel the same as having a supernatural power?
Before Thales died, he saw Asheida's left hand from the corner of his eye. There, a blue ball of light kept rotating, and an infinite storm seemed to be rotating inside.
He suddenly felt that the wound on his chest that had been burned by the silver coin began to burn, and the muscles all over his body seemed to be burning.
Getting hotter and hotter.
It's getting hotter and hotter.
"So, we magicians and magic have become taboo."
Aixida said the last sentence and frowned slightly.
His last words should be accompanied by the death of the target.
Is it because my control has declined? The magician didn't think much, he just closed his right hand again with no expression on his face.
But at this moment, Thales felt a bit of pleasure in the illusion that was like burning, and the pain of being squeezed by the air seemed to have subsided a little.
He found that he could speak again.
Thales opened his mouth with difficulty and looked at the energy ball in Asida's hand.
most annoying,
Holding a ball to show off,
Guy.
"Fuck you, magic."
Thales heard himself say this.
Then, a burst of heat came from his body.
Asheida's eyes showed surprise.
The dark chess and card room was suddenly filled with a red light that came from nowhere.
Aixida looked around in shock, but then he discovered the source of the red light and looked down at his left hand.
There, in the blue energy ball, a trace of red light emerged.
The storm begins to erode the blue inside!
A trace of.
a little.
One line.
one side.
The red light spreads.
Until the entire energy ball is eroded.
"No! This is - this is -" Asheida murmured, as if she had seen the most incredible beauty.
The translucent energy ball in Aixida's hand suddenly stopped rotating.
Then, the red energy ball disappeared into his left hand.
The air magician suddenly raised his head and looked at Thales in mid-air.
There, in front of Thales' right hand, a red energy ball was floating quietly.
Excitement appeared in Aixida's eyes.
"Who are you--"
However, before the magician could finish speaking, the world seemed to be shattered for Thales.
"boom!"
The energy ball exploded violently!
Intangible energy is transmitted from inside!
If the cellar of the chess and card room was like a balloon, now, it's like that balloon has been blown from the inside!
Doors, windows, glass, chessboards, candles, everything was blown away instantly and then shattered!
The house exploded from beams to columns!
"Boom!"
Aixida also seemed to be hit hard by a huge force, and was knocked back! She hit the wall!
Thales was also pushed away with great force and hit the ceiling hard, but the ceiling and walls were immediately exploded!
But the restraint, the force squeezing him, has disappeared.
Same as his consciousness.
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A street.
"Boom!"
Morris put down the two blood bottles that had been suffocated to death by his powers, and listened to the explosion in his ears in surprise.
The extent of this explosion...
At least it's an "extreme" battle!
Could it be Qinza? Did Qinza meet the Qi Magic Master?
The elites around him were also surprised and uncertain.
"Boss!"
Killer Leyok was covered in blood and flew from a distance quickly, with a mixed look on his face and said out of breath: