After leaving the venue, Regner still looked worried. Although the Empire had taken precautions, Regner felt that they still didn't pay enough attention. Judging from the last information sent by the few informants who have lost contact, this is a catastrophe that requires the strength of all living beings in the entire continent to resist. And at this time, Ralvin only plans to use the legions of the Hawke Empire to solve them, is it really no problem?

And Regner remembered Elon's advice to him before he disappeared completely, and Elon seemed to have foreseen some catastrophe at that time. And at present, that catastrophe seems to be the sudden wave of corpses now. Thinking of this, Regner's worry became even stronger. But even if Regner was worried, he wasn't the decision-maker, and at this point, he had other things to deal with.

"Let's go. Anne Lot said as she walked over to Regner.

"Yes. Regner nodded, and the two of them agreed to visit Mel after today's meeting.

The two of them have checked a lot of information in the past month or so, and they also have a certain understanding of what happened back then. However, there was a very critical gap in that part of the story back then, and it was that gap that created the current Verles, and it was also the reason why Elon at that time did not hesitate to become an outsider to keep watch.

Not many people knew the secret, and after both Malolette and Kevin disappeared, only Mel was left until then. So Regner and Annelot decided to ask Mel what had happened. And...... Regner also learned from the intelligence that the recent wave of corpses was very closely related to the incident back then.

This information was not made public at the meeting room just now, and his instinct told Regner that he needed to hide it.

Mel didn't seem surprised by Regner and Annelot's arrival, and he had even instructed his apprentice to prepare refreshments for three. It's just that at this time, the old mage's face has a lingering haze, and it seems that the secret of the year is also a rather painful memory for Mel, who has experienced countless storms.

"You're here. Mel smiled reluctantly at Annelot, "Sit down." ”

The two sat down as they were told, and Annelot looked at Regner and motioned for him to speak.

"This old man obviously prefers you, well, he is more likely to say it when you open your mouth. Regner muttered in his heart, but he still obediently said: "Master, the two of us are here today, and it is a little ......."

"You want to ask about the Founding War more than twenty years ago, right?" Mel said.

"Exactly. ”

"......" Mel was silent for a while and then asked, "Why don't you choose not to understand?"

"Because the fate of the entire continent is at stake. Regner looked at Mel and said seriously, "One of the things I have gathered from my informants is that the walking corpses of this corpse tide occasionally whisper a name - Nidhogg. ”

......" The wrinkles on Mel's face seemed to deepen, but he finally made up his mind: "Okay, I'll answer your questions, so tell me what you all know." ”

"Niederhogg is your teacher. Regner said slowly, "It was he who discovered your magical potential, and it was he who slowly taught you, transforming you from an apprentice mage to the master of magic you are today. ”

"Yes, my mentor, Nidhogg. Mel nodded and showed a look of reminiscence: "He was undoubtedly a super genius in the Academy of Magic at that time, he awakened the attribute abilities of wind and fire when he was ten years old, and after entering the Academy of Magic, he awakened the third attribute, that is, water." ”

"I can't imagine that there are such lucky people in the world. Regner lamented that he had heard Malolet mention this man, but Malolet was reluctant to say anything more. And listening to Mel again today, Regner couldn't help but be fascinated by Nanid Hogg. At that time, Nidhogg was the only sun in that era when genius was shining like stars. If he lived now, I am afraid that Anne Lott will also be eclipsed by his light.

"Lucky?" said Mel, who was noncommittal, just motioning for Regner to continue.

"Nidhogg once had a girl he loved so much, and that girl was also a student at the Academy of Magic, and her name was Anna. Regner said, "And that Anna is also an attribute ability, and she is a light attribute ability. ”

Seeing that Mel was silent, Regner continued, "But because of a magic experiment, Anna died. Nidhogg, who had become a high-level mage at the time, was furious about this. He turned the entire magic academy upside down, and many high-ranking mages of the Stoke Empire died because of it. And the founding emperor of the Hawke Empire, the then Duke of Merlin, also staged a coup d'état when the thousand-year-old capital was in chaos, announcing the establishment of the Hawke Empire. The first question I wanted to ask, what was the magic test going on at that time?"

Mel looked at the two young men in front of him with complicated eyes, and then said: "At that time, the Hawke Empire wanted to deprive Anna of her attribute ability, and Anna was too cowardly in character, so she had no attribute ability but her personal strength was quite mediocre. This caused Kilrohn's displeasure. So after several years of research, the Academy of Magic created a surgery, a surgery that could transfer attribute abilities to other people. They wanted to strip Anna of her attribute ability and transfer it to another student who was very strong at the time. And that student was Alfred. ”

"That's true!" said Regner, who had known that Alfred had something to do with the experiment, and that he had finally been confirmed by Mel.

Mel continued, "And as you all know by now, the operation went unexpectedly, Anna died as a result of the operation, and Alfred, the genius student who was second only to Nidhogg at the time, also lost the ability to perform magic and became a complete ordinary person. ”

Next, Nidhogg joined the Hawke Empire and played a major role in the Founding War. And he also broke through from a high level to a legend in this war. Ragner summed it up in a nutshell, paused and said, "And that's my next question." Nidhogg was a hero of the Empire, but why had everything about him been tampered with beyond recognition? And, why did he suddenly disappear after the end of the Founding War?"

"He didn't suddenly disappear, he died. Mel took a deep breath and said, "I killed you." ”

"What?!" Both Regner and Annelot were so shocked that they almost stood up, Mel had killed his mentor?! How could this be? Not to mention the reason for this, at least in terms of strength, Mel was far from being Nidhogg's opponent.

"......" Mel pondered for a moment before he said in a lamenting tone, "Nidhogg had caused so much slaughter in the Founding War, and after losing his beloved, he began to become obsessed with power. ”

"What did he do?" asked Annelot.

"He ......," Mel said, "and he began to try to transplant other people's attribute abilities into himself, just as the Stoke Empire had done to Anna. ”

"......" Regner and Anne Lot were both in great shock.

Mel said: "The Hawke Empire was able to become independent because of Nidhogg and Malollet. One of them is a legendary mage and the other is a Juggernaut, and the two of them have turned the tide of the Founding War several times. Because of that war, Kevin, Mallolet, and Nidhogg became friends. Nidhogg, though the youngest, is the strongest of all of us. ”

But the founding war changed the young man's state of mind, and from that time on, he was a bit of a hostile person. But we didn't dissuade it at the time—even God didn't deprive mortals of their right to revenge. Mel took a sip of tea and continued, "We thought that after the war was over, Nidhogg's vengeful anger would be appeased. But we were wrong. ”

He gradually disappeared from view after the end of the founding war. Regner speculated based on the information he had previously obtained, "He had already started researching ways to steal other people's attribute abilities?"

"Yes. Mel admits: "He was behind closed doors, and we were all focused on our own things. It wasn't until two years later that the King told us that he had discovered that Nidhogg was conducting a magical experiment to steal attribute abilities. Naturally, Marlolet, Kevin, and I don't believe it, after all, Anna died in this kind of inhumane experiment, so why should Nidhogg be interested in it?"

"But when we arrived at the cave where Nidhogg was hiding, we had to believe what His Majesty said. Mel closed his eyes: "At that time, there were six attribute abilities floating on the magic circle arranged by Nidhogg, and in addition to the wind, fire, and water that he owned, we also saw additional earth, light, and shadow three attribute essences. ”