Chapter 297: Open Your Eyes and See Things
"I remember teaching you not to jump to conclusions about everything, to see the essence through the phenomenon, not to go to hearsay, not to believe in the facts of the crowd, to discover with your own eyes, have you forgotten?"
"I didn't forget!"
"Then tell me, what did you find out about this incident with Nicholas?"
"I...!"
"I can't answer that, or do you just know that Ajafara Jocco erupted because of his departure?"
"Have you ever wondered if this volcano would have erupted without him?"
"Let's just say! If he didn't exist, wouldn't you go to that institute?"
"If he weren't there, wouldn't this institute's self-destruct device kick in?"
"How do you know it's because of his departure that the volcano erupted?"
"Couldn't it be that the self-destruction of the institute caused the eruption of the volcano?"
"Never underestimate the wisdom of the goblins!
The cold wind of late autumn blew through the thick trees outside the window, making a rustling sound, but Kraser's mind went blank, and only one voice echoed, 'Is what you see necessarily real?'
Staring blankly at the ground, the hand stroking Thanatos gradually stopped, and he seemed to fall into some kind of inexplicable state, tangled, annoyed, puzzled, confused, and other emotions flashed one by one.
Standing up without hurry, the thin old man stood in front of the bed with his hands behind his back, looking up at the faintly bright east, his squinted eyes flashing with one or two strange lights from time to time, as if he was also thinking about something.
In the long life of nearly 400 years, the old man has encountered almost anything that is unimaginable to ordinary people, and some of the things he has witnessed and experienced will even take years, ten years, or hundreds of years to arrive at a real fact.
He knew that at Krezer's current age, he was in a period of youthful impulsiveness, and almost everything would be done spontaneously, and what he had to do now was not to stop it, but to guide, and to slowly educate the former to grow up in a guided way.
Instead of shouting or denying, it is better to use the way of guidance, let himself face one thing in his own way, solve one thing in his own way, what he can do now is just as a bystander, watching it not go astray, just as the so-called how to see the rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, how to grow without experiencing things, such an easy-to-understand truth everyone understands, but it is just difficult to do.
Soon, the old man turned around slowly, and saw that Krazer was still in the same position as before, sitting there motionless, as if he sighed helplessly, and stretched out his hand, and the immobile Tanatos in the latter's arms floated quietly towards the old man as if he was grabbed by an invisible big hand.
It was only then that the pensive Kratzer suddenly came back to his senses, as if he had figured out something, his eyes were no longer confused, but he was puzzled by the old man's actions, looking at Thanatos who was hanging in front of the old man.
Ever since he learned the true identity of the old man, a thought could not help but come to Krezer's mind, whether the former could do what the tyrant Nicholas could not do, and whether he could restore the battered Tanatos.
After learning from the tyrant Nicholas that Thanatos had become the result of swallowing a whole piece of Rough Magic, Kreezer began to search his mind for everything he knew about the Rough Magic.
But suffering from the lack of knowledge, the method he thought of could only be pinned on those who disappeared into history and only existed in the legendary goblin research institute, and could preserve some detailed methods for the use of the magic rough stones, as long as he found the way that the goblin clan once controlled the power of the magic rough stones, Thanatos could restore his original appearance, and the dream of the dragon mage in his heart would come true.
But at this moment, it is different, since the tyrant Nicholas can use that small piece of magic power to achieve a way to balance the raging power in Tanatos's body, then the old man in front of him, the strongest man in the continent, can use a more unique method to solve the hidden dangers in Tanatos's body once and for all!
As soon as he thought of this, combined with the way the old man was now carefully observing Thanatos, Krazer's mind couldn't help but start to think crankily, thinking of the excitement, and even couldn't help but smile, looking at Thanatos who was suspended in front of the old man, his eyes became even hotter.
But the old man just quietly observed Thanatos, and did not say anything, and Thanatos seemed to have learned the lesson of the last time, knowing that the old man in front of him was not an existence to be messed with, so his little head tilted, and he also widened a pair of eyes, and looked curiously at the old man in front of him who treated him like a toy.
After a long time, the old man seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and then he slowly exhaled a breath, looked up at Krazer who was looking at him with expectant eyes, and said in a deep voice.
"My child, this little guy's situation is not too bad, but it is not optimistic, with my current ability, I can't do better than Nicholas!"
At this point, the old man's tone suddenly paused, but then he spoke again.
"If you want to completely curb the power raging in this little guy's body, I think you should look for the alchemists of the Goblin Clan, maybe some of them have already found a way to use the magic primordial stones!"
After listening to the words of the first half of the old man, Kraser's heart, which had just become fiery, suddenly cooled for the most part, but after he listened to the second half of the old man's words, the extinguished flame of hope was rekindled again, at least there was some hope, as long as he found a detailed way to use the magic rough stone from the research institute buried underground, Thanatos had a good chance of recovering his original appearance, which still gave him some comfort.
Seeing that Kraser's face gradually became lost, the thin old man seemed to suddenly remember something, he stood up, walked slowly to the bookshelf, and the old fingers swiped over a row of yellowed books, picked out a thin black notebook, and handed it to Kraser.
Looking at the old man suspiciously, the movements of Kraser's hand were not slow at all, he took the black note handed by the old man with both hands, and before he could read it, the old man's words came to his ears.
"As for the location of the goblin ruins, I have a distribution map here, although the records are not particularly detailed, but the goblin research described above are real, but for some reason they have not been discovered so far!"
Hearing this, Kreser's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at the black handbook in his hand with a happy face, and quickly flipped through it, but at this moment, the old man's words sounded in his ears again.
"Remember, my child, don't underestimate the wisdom of the goblins! Even though these research institutes have been submerged in history for more than two thousand years, no one dares to guarantee what is hidden inside, no one dares to guarantee that there is no deadly mechanism inside, and if you are careless, some seemingly harmless things will turn into extremely dangerous existences, remember not to be careless!"
Staring at the old man with a serious look, Kraser nodded subconsciously, with this experience of the Hugh Hefners Institute, it was enough to make him awe of the goblin research institutes recorded in his notes.
Especially the eruption of the Ajafara Jocco volcano, the city of Berkeley was destroyed overnight because of this huge fire, but the cause of the eruption of this volcano was not as he thought, it was caused by the departure of the tyrant Nicholas, will it really be as the old man said, there is another hidden meaning.
Thinking of this, Krizer's mind suddenly flashed such a sentence, he remembered the words that the old goblin Mike used to say to him with a pale face when he got the weapon, "The self-destruction mechanism of this institute has been activated", and the old goblin said this sentence when he took the weapon from the stone platform where the weapon was placed, is there really some mysterious connection between the two?
Thinking of this, Kratzer raised his head suspiciously, and looked at the old man with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.
"Professor, could it be that the eruption of the Ajafara Jocko volcano was caused by the self-destruct mechanism of that research institute?"
"Oh, not necessarily!" the old man chuckled undeniably.
"Is the eruption of Ajafarajuccot inevitable?
"Hehe, maybe! Who can tell the truth of the matter! I think even the builder of that research institute, the great alchemist Hugh Hefnatus, can't tell!" The old man didn't answer, just looked at the former with an inexplicable smile.
Hearing this, Krezer gasped violently, if things really turned out as the old man said, the eruption of the Ajafara Jocko volcano was an inevitable result, and the goblin master Hugh Hefnath had anticipated this result more than two thousand years ago, so he built this institute in this volcano.
As the Tyrant Nicholas said, the Institute was built thanks to his presence, and the reason why the Tyrant Nicholas chose to sleep in this volcano was to get something in the Institute.
Thinking of this, Kretzer couldn't help but widen his eyes in horror, looked at the old man, and stammered.
"Professor, that Master Hugh Hefnatus must have already counted the appearance of the Tyrant Nicholas in his plan, right? If so, the goblin master's wisdom is terrifying!"
After seeing that expression on Kraser's face, the old man tapped his fingers lightly on the table, looked at him calmly, and expressed his thoughts.
"My child, you have to remember that the people who can leave their names in history will not be simple characters, especially in the era of goblin rule, the wisdom of those goblin masters is beyond your imagination, otherwise how can they be able to suppress the continent clans and dominate for so many years!"
"Dominating the continent is not something that can be achieved by talking! What do they rely on? Is it just a magic power primordial? No, not really! In my opinion, goblins have been able to dominate the continent for so many years, relying on wisdom, and their strength is the crystallization of wisdom!"
"And our human race has only inherited the civilization of the goblins to the maximum, and it is the best inheritance among many races, so we can stand out from the battle for hegemony among the races!"
Speaking of this, the old man's hand waved, and Thanatos, who was hanging quietly in the air, suddenly fell to the table, and before he could make any movements, the old man's hand had already caressed its cold scales.
"If my judgment is correct, it should be such a cause and effect! There is one thing you should not know, Nicholas was once captured by goblins when he was a child, and the person who caught him was this Hugh Hefnath, the most famous great alchemist during the fall of the goblin empire! It was also because of his existence that the fall of the goblin empire was delayed for nearly ten years!"
"The three books of inheritance were created by him, in order to make the goblin clan have a re-emergence one day, it is based on this concept that he has built research institutes buried deep underground in many places on the mainland, and in these research institutes, some mysterious things are more or less buried!"
"Since things are buried in the research institute, how can we guarantee that they will be obtained by goblins and not by other races!The answer is to find a guardian who lives long enough to protect for thousands of years!"
"The dragon clan is the longest-lived race on the Montimos continent, followed by the elves and dwarves, and the best of these three races have an amazing lifespan! For example, the ancestor of the earth, Abongadis, and Nicholas are as young as a child in front of him! Another example is Gaia, the mother of ten thousand trees who guards the elven race! The lifespan of the two has long been so long, especially the latter, it is even possible to witness the rise and fall of the goblin clan, it is also a matter of maybe!"
Hearing this, Kreeser couldn't help but grow his mouth in surprise, these two names, he had only seen them in books, and he had never heard them from anyone's mouth, in his cognition, these two names only existed in legends, and they could only exist in legends!
But I didn't expect these two names to come out of the old man's mouth, and listening to his tone, it seemed as if he had seen it, and when the legendary name became a reality, it was a difficult thing to accept.
Looking at Krezer's surprised expression, the old man's eyebrows only raised, and his fingers kept teasing Thanatos's chin, scratching the latter's comfortable four-footed lie on the table, and after assuming a lazy posture, he spoke again.
"It is rumored on the mainland that I am the strongest, the glory of mankind, and the person closest to the title of God! But I know that the first two are the ones who can afford this title!"