Throne of Magical Arcana

Ten o'clock at night on June 3rd.

When the whole city was still immersed in the unprecedented grandeur of the "Return Concert", when people were still intoxicated by the classic greatness of the two symphonies "Renewal Country" and "Ode to Joy", when the streets and alleys often heard " When the singing of "Ode to Joy" and the melodious and desolate melody of the second movement of "Self-New Nation", people in the dark corners of Alto have resumed their usual life and held secret gatherings at this rare opportunity.

In a seemingly ordinary civilian house in the Viola District, a dozen mysterious figures gathered in the hidden basement. Most of them wore black hooded robes with similar styles, and a small number of them wore various street clothes on their faces. Masks are available with pictures of bears, goats, and other animals children love.

"Hanged man, why hasn't Mr. Sage come yet?" A mysterious female person who covered her face with a hood but revealed a bumpy figure in a black robe wrapped in a low voice asked, although her voice had changed, it was still audible. It's kind of sweet.

They gathered around a round table, lit with a few white candles, and stocked with books, papers, and materials.

The Hanged Man replied with his special cold and strange voice: "Quick Silver, how do I know? Mr. Sage is already an official magician, and he has the right to come at the last moment."

After the sage became an official magician in the dangerous Alto, he did not withdraw from the circle of magic apprentices. Instead, he guided other magic apprentices with a teacher-like attitude and exchanged some magic potion formulas with them, so he quickly He became the de facto leader of this magic circle and benefited many magic apprentices. At least the hanged man himself was getting closer and closer to the rank of a formal magician, and he also vaguely felt the strength of Mercury, Morning Star, and Reindeer. It's a substantial improvement. I don't know if he has become an official magician, or has improved his abilities in other aspects by means of magic potions and magic circles.

"There are still five minutes. If Mr. Sage hasn't come, we have to leave." Before Quicksilver could answer, the man in black robe wearing a reindeer mask said hoarsely.

The other magic apprentices nodded in agreement. This kind of gathering in the secret circle does not tolerate people being late at all, because lateness often means that accidents happen, and there can be no luck.

Chen Xing smiled wryly after hearing what the reindeer said: "It's really depressing and annoying to live in such a life of being on the lookout for dangers and fears all the time."

"If you don't want to suppress the pain, you can be like a fire wolf." The hanged man sarcastically said.

Immediately, all the magic apprentices who were discussing in low voices fell silent. Although there was no definite evidence to prove that, and no one had witnessed or fully heard what happened in the Black Forest of Melzer that year, but from a few simple and convenient Based on the facts obtained, it can be determined that the fire wolf is a traitor lurking in the magic circle. For example, the fire wolf volunteered to know the relics. For example, there are a large number of night watchmen on the fighting side. List of purification sequences - they knew it from official magicians in other circles.

Mentioning this matter, Mercury, whose voice was hoarse but sweet and moving, sighed softly: "It's a pity that there is a traitor among us, and the professor left Alto in a hurry, and he didn't have time to tell us about the magic council. The location of the headquarters, otherwise we would not feel confused and depressed, unable to find the 'bright heaven', and feel that there is no way ahead."

When mentioning the professor, she was in deep awe, which came from the profound knowledge she personally experienced, from the terrifying magic she witnessed, and from the fact that he actually boarded the purification sequence!

Several newly joined magic apprentices often heard the name of the "Professor" from the original members, and their hearts were full of curiosity, but they had no doubts about Mercury's description, and being able to enter the purification sequence proved everything—this It is a big man who is equally awe-inspiring when mentioned by magicians in other circles!

"At the beginning, I thought Mr. Professor was just an ordinary middle-level magician, but I didn't expect him to be much scarier than I imagined..." The hanged man sighed with emotion in a cold voice, and suddenly there was a unique knocking sound at the entrance of the basement.

"Mr. Sage is here..." The magic apprentices breathed a sigh of relief, they got up one after another, and greeted the sage quietly, because he was an official magician, and they were magic apprentices.

Quicksilver cautiously walked to the door of the secret room, and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Sage?"

This is a two-story civilian house with a basement, and there are many window entrances, so they did not arrange the first identification measure at the gate, but directly placed magic traps on the passage leading to the secret room, and passed the knock on the door. Confirm your identity with the question so that you can detect it in advance and escape from the basement with the magic means you have prepared long ago.

"It's me." The sage's old voice came.

The familiar voice, the peaceful tone, and the faint sense of no abnormality in the spiritual force, the magic apprentices all let go of their hanging hearts.

Every time someone came, they tightened that string, and it was an indescribably painful feeling.

Quicksilver dispelled the magic trap, opened the door, and saw the sage wearing a black magic robe with the shadow of the hood covering his face.

"Good evening, Mr. Sage." All the apprentices put their right hands on their foreheads, bowed deeply, and saluted the sage with the etiquette of ancient magicians.

When they finished their salutes and raised their heads, they all gasped, because there was a mysterious man covered in a cold and large black magic robe standing next to the sage, and he and the others hadn't noticed anything at all just now. The problem, in the vague sense of spiritual power, the sage is empty in front, back, left, and right!

"Sage, what do you mean?! Why did you suddenly bring a stranger over?!" Recovering from his senses, Quicksilver angrily accused, this is the most taboo thing for similar secret gatherings.

It is absolutely not allowed to bring others without prior notice.

Although the Hanged Man and others were angry and worried, they didn't speak out like Quicksilver, because the sage was an official magician, and he alone could kill all the magic apprentices here.

"As expected, Mercury has hidden strength, maybe he has become an official magician..." Seeing this scene, they thought silently.

The sage laughed and said: "Shuiyin, don't get excited, he is not a stranger, he has also attended our party."

"Ah, who?" Quicksilver and the other magic apprentices asked in astonishment.

"Mercury, The Hanged Man, Morning Star, Reindeer, don't you remember me?" Lucien said again in a deliberately distorted, cold and hoarse voice, while releasing powerful spiritual power without reservation.

This is no longer the oppression of the will brought by magic items, but the genuine aura of an intermediate magician.

The hanged man and the others felt that the black-robed magician in front of them was cold and terrifying, like an abyss that would never reach the bottom. Just seeing him and feeling his breath made them tremble all over, and the coldness from the heart spread to the bottom of the abyss. every part of the body. If it wasn't for him just exuding aura and not really oppressing, the magic apprentices like himself would have already fallen to the ground, let alone concentrate on casting magic.

An intermediate magician, an absolute intermediate magician!

An intermediate magician who is completely different from a magic apprentice!

Only Mercury was a little more normal. Although she subconsciously took two steps back, her bare and slender hands trembling slightly, she was more surprised than suppressed.

She tremblingly said: "Mr. Professor? Mr. Professor! You are Mr. Professor!"

The only strange mid-level magician I know is Mr. Professor!

"I'm glad you recognized me." Lucien replied with a sinister smile, but it was also very clear that Quicksilver didn't rely on the hoarse voice that was often heard in the magic circle and then heightened again. Body recognized.

call! call! ... There were loud gasps of surprise and fear.

"Professor?" "Professor?"... Unbelievable voices sounded one after another.

This is the big man whose name of fear has shrouded Alto's magic circle and the night watchman team for more than three years!

There are still a few middle-level magicians in Alto, but none of them can be included in the purification sequence!

Unexpectedly, today I will meet this terrifying magician who is ranked 360th in the purification sequence and has been in awe of Mercury and others for a long time!

The sage had anticipated such a situation, and said with a smile: "Let us welcome Mr. Professor to come again, this time he will bring us news from the headquarters of the Magic Council!"

Really a professor, really a professor!

The magic apprentices suddenly felt very proud. They were actually able to be in the same circle with a famous big shot in the purification sequence. It was really a face.

At the same time, they were completely cheered up, because the news of the headquarters of the Magic Council was what most of them dreamed of!

As a person who has experienced it, Lucien is very clear, understanding, and sympathetic to their lives and psychological states, so even if there is no other reason, he will use another identity to pass on the news of the headquarters of the Magic Council to them and tell them how to go there and the way, to give them a chance to meet the light.

After the magic apprentices put their right hands on their foreheads and saluted Lucien respectfully, the sage introduced: "Professor, among the magic apprentices you knew a few years ago, there were some who felt that Alto was too scary or had no hope of leaving, such as Oak Trees and white gloves, and some died in adventures in the Black Forest or nearby ruins, such as owls and white honey, so there are only quicksilver, the hanged man, morning star, reindeer and me, and the rest are new members... ..."

During the introduction of the sages one by one, Lucien was slightly moved. The first magic apprentice he knew, "Owl" Smile, died in the adventure. How Bai Mitang died, no sage knows better than Lucien.

After the introduction, when Mr. Professor sat down, Mercury's sweet voice showed anxiety uncontrollably: "Mr. Professor, will you really tell us where the headquarters of the Magic Council is? Are there any conditions? If it is within my ability, I will It must be done!"

She hurriedly asked, not wanting to miss out due to delay like the previous two opportunities.

Under the eager eyes of the sages and magic apprentices, Lucien chuckled: "There is no condition, because this is what every magician should do, and every magician should have the consciousness of being a guide. Successively and continuously leading the latecomers, our magic council can grow stronger and compete with the church. And as a magician who is often hunted down, I sympathize with your situation and am willing to help you." I am not pale A guy like Felipe sent by the hand.

After a brief silence, Mercury said with a sobbing voice: "Mr. Professor, I don't know how to express my gratitude. Anyway, thank you very much. Now, can you tell us now?"

That kind of darkness, that kind of depression, that kind of pain, that kind of feeling of being tense at any time, people who haven't experienced it can't understand at all.

"Professor, if we can reach the headquarters of the Magic Council, we will definitely, definitely not forget your help!" The cold and lifeless hanged man couldn't control his excitement, and his gratitude was beyond words.

After every magic apprentice expressed his gratitude, Lucien carefully recalled and screened it, and then said with a smile: "The headquarters of the Magic Council is just across the Storm Strait in the Kingdom of Holm, and it is a floating building near its capital Rentat. The empty city is called Allinge."