Upon hearing Allen's words, Ariel's first reaction was disbelief.
After experiencing the farce just now, Ariel has completely woken up from his drunken state. At this moment, he is only one step away from Allen, and he feels the depth of his soul more clearly than ever before.
The power of the gods is gradually reviving.
"Dark Sacred Scripture" records that "Lord Messenger" is not only powerful in his own right, but can also make the believers around him become stronger together.
He felt that it was impossible for him to identify the wrong person.
However, just when Ariel wanted to refute, he suddenly realized a serious problem:
Why did the Lord Messenger refuse to acknowledge his identity in front of him?
Could it be that he has other plans and doesn't want his followers to recognize him? In this way, he can better deceive his enemies and achieve his goals?
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The more Ariel thought about it, the more it made sense.
After all, according to the "Dark Scripture", the previous messenger also disguised himself as an ordinary person and came to the world quietly.
The "messenger" formulated a careful plan in his mind, but never showed the true content of the plan to anyone, including believers. Every move he showed to the outside world was later proven to be
Carefully planned illusions and deceptions.
Neither the enemy nor one's own side has ever figured out the true thoughts of the "messenger".
The Church of Light has also lost its strength due to wrong judgments time and time again.
It wasn't until the avatar of the goddess of light who came to the world died at the hands of the "messenger" that everyone woke up from a dream and respected and feared the unfathomable thoughts of the "messenger".
From that day on, after the "God of Evil", "The God of Death" and the "God of Terror", the Church of Light labeled the God of Darkness as the "God of Trickery" and "The God of Deception", and they obviously had lingering fears about this.
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At the same time, the high priest of the Dark Temple emphasized to believers again and again: "As long as the messenger comes, as believers we should regard his words as oracles and obey all his orders unconditionally. No matter how absurd his orders are,
No matter how hard it is to understand, don’t ask why, just do it.”
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Thinking of this, Ariel couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Dark Temple" is right, the messenger is indeed unfathomable.
In order not to ruin the messenger's plan, Ariel stood up without thinking and said to Allen with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, sir. I did admit the wrong person."
After that, he picked up the ax again and walked towards his grocery store.
He walked so quickly that Allen couldn't react.
Looking at Ariel's back leaving with the ax, Allen shook his head helplessly and sighed in his heart: "Oh, that bastard, he really drank too much."
Then, he continued walking toward the bell tower with rapid strides.
As for the masked thief in black, he was still lying quietly on the masonry ground, accompanied by the moonlight.
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A few minutes later, Allen climbed to the top of the bell tower along the narrow wooden spiral staircase.
It was already dark at this time, and the entire town of Cambridge was sleeping peacefully under the moonlight. There were only a few burning kerosene lamps sparsely scattered among the houses, like stars falling from the sky.
The scenery is picturesque, but Allen has no intention of enjoying it.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, facing the railing, with his back against the bell, and opened "Horoscopes and Prophecies" again to review the notes he had written before.
To be honest, maybe it's because destiny itself is a mysterious thing. Regarding the matter of choosing the destiny star, even the Mage Tower does not have a clear and step-by-step method for him to refer to.
In a simple word, it is "just go with the flow".
Choosing by chance is destiny. Many magicians, especially those who study prophecy, believe this.
Logically speaking, the choice of the destiny star has little to do with the magician's future achievements.
But some good people and "metaphysicians" couldn't help but make statistics on this.
They collected data from many magicians and after some analysis found that in most cases, the brighter the destiny star you choose, the more likely you are to become a powerful magician.
Many authorities in the magic world, led by Merlins, sneered at this because it was just a simple statistical structure that had no theoretical basis, was difficult to prove, and the sample data was obviously insufficient. Moreover, as a world-renowned genius, Merlins himself
The main star of destiny is not the brightest star in the night sky.
However, Merlins' words cannot stop magic apprentices from tending to choose brighter stars during the promotion process.
This kind of behavior is like knowing that it is of no use, but students will still seek out their top academics before the exam and bring their ancestral amulets into the exam room.
After all, when it comes to life and destiny, people will always believe in the so-called "metaphysics" more than ever.
If the brighter Destiny Star has a chance to make them stronger, even if the chance is only one in ten thousand, they will not be able to help but try.
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Seeing this, Allen gently closed the book and put it next to him.
The breeze blew through his hair, making him feel the coolness of the night.
He took a deep breath, then closed his eyes, and as the book said, let go of his body and mind, let his consciousness fly out of his body, fly over the town of Cambridge in the night, and fly higher into the night sky.
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The higher it is, the colder it is; the higher it is, the quieter it is.
By the time his consciousness flew to the vast sea of stars, the surrounding environment was already dead silent.
It's empty, dark, and cold here, with only a few stars shining coldly.
At this moment, Allen finally deeply realized the feeling of "being cold at high places".
He couldn't imagine how desolate and lonely those legendary mages who stayed in the demiplane all year round and the gods who had lived in the Kingdom of God for a long time endured.
"Maybe I'm overthinking it," he thought mockingly, "People as powerful as them may have disappeared from the world a long time ago. As a magic apprentice, why should I worry about them?"
He decided to find his destiny star first. As for what happened next, he would just have to worry about it later.
So, he silently looked at the countless bright spots in the dark sky.
In the dark, he can feel the powerful power contained in these stars. Perhaps soon, some of them will burn brightly and then become a demiplane unique to the legendary mage.
He sighed softly.
At this moment, in his field of vision, the stars' light spots disappeared.
They turn into thousands of data and equations, outlining its trajectory over thousands of years.
It goes round and round, without beginning or end.
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