Chapter 8: Counterattack
Passing on the Secret Method, this is the result of the research of another mage group that Rhaegar got from Suter, and this research has actually been going on since the time of the gods. Mages are a boring, mysterious, dangerous profession that requires a lot of time to 'refine', a person who has a talent for magic, is willing to work hard and is lucky enough to be accepted by a mage, and the time it takes to go from apprentice to full-fledged mage is about fifty years - equivalent to the average life expectancy of civilians on this continent - and most of them will give up or stop for various reasons before this, which is an important reason why the number of mages is always greatly limited. At the same time, with the end of the lives of those experienced mages, much of their experience and knowledge will be lost in time before they have time to pass it on to their disciples, which undoubtedly causes a huge 'waste' fee. It was in this context that people began to explore the possibility of passing on the knowledge, wisdom, and even magic of those great mages to others through some kind of magic, which was the original idea of passing on the secret method.
But this experiment did not find support in the age of the gods, but was vigorously suppressed for a simple reason: the experiment involved the mystery of the soul, and this must be in the hands of the gods. After the fall of the gods, research resumed, but with most of the most powerful mages killed in the final battle of the gods, a great deal of magic was lost, and no progress was made in this area, and passing on spells became one of the most interesting and difficult problems in the wizarding world to solve. But now, it is clear that the mage group has solved the problem - at least, Suter's father has done this, and at the same time as the message to Suter, the tenth-order mage passed on all his knowledge and power to his son through the rumors, and although a considerable part of this transmission was lost, the remaining part was still enough for Suter to break through the original realm.
However, this was not without side effects, as Suter himself said, unless a miracle occurred, and some being above the demigod was willing to help him with half of his divine power, he could no longer make even the slightest progress in magic.
"The supreme rules of the universe, you rule and dominate all things in the world, humble and insignificant, I beg you as a witness, testify to my loyalty to the holder of the contract, when the contract is made, I will be the slave of the holder for the rest of my life, always obey his commands, without the slightest betrayal......" As a long voice echoed through the room, a magical character with a soft light slowly took shape in the air, and when Suter finished reading the last word, a dazzling forelight flashed from the character. Shoot out, and then disappear into thin air along with the characters - from this point on, Suter, the Storm God's current powerful being after Rhaegar and Coville, officially signed a slave contract with Rhaeggar.
"What are you going to do with the mages?" asked Suter as the contract was signed, looking a little impatient, completely oblivious to the fact that he was now only a slave of Rhaegard.
"Anyone who tries to make an enemy of the Wind God will be punished," Rhaegar affirmed, knowing very well why the new servant had taken refuge in him, and for such a powerful being, despite the current power of life and death, Rhaegar did not want to make it feel any resistance to him from the bottom of his heart, in this case, he decided to tell the other party his thoughts truthfully: "If you are willing to cooperate, I believe that our revenge will be very easy." ”
"I'll do anything," Suter said without hesitation, "as long as I can destroy the mage group." ”
Standing in the shadows of the 'shadows', Hoss's whole body seemed to be completely integrated with the shadows around him, and even his men would not be aware of his presence without knowing in advance that his leader was there - at all times, it was a habit he had cultivated over the years to keep himself out of sight, and only then would the deacons of this mage group feel safe.
"There's news," whispered one of the mages closest to Hoth—normally the status of Hoth's men could be judged by how far they were from the leader when they stood—and a crystal ball he was holding was flashing with a multicolored light, "Do you want to talk to him?"
Hoss nodded silently, and the mage recited a spell, and the image of a man appeared in the crystal ball.
"You don't look the same as before," Suter said with a smile, "just whiter, it looks like staying in the 'shadow' is really good for the skin, maybe when we stand in the sun openly, you can sell this secret recipe to those noble 'women'." ”
The cold gaze of the blade burst out of Hoth's eyes, and the murderous aura emanating from this 'gloomy' *** master made the people around him shudder, but Suter on the other side of the crystal ball seemed to be unaware of this, and still continued his cynicism.
"It's really scary," Suter said, "and it would be better if you could grow some beard on your face, or create a scar yourself." ”
A pale, thin face emerged from the 'yin' shadow. To be fair, this face is not ugly, but the bloodless skin with almost no hair, as white as it is cooked, and the narrow, yellow face is sinister, mean, and vicious, so that everyone who sees it will unconsciously associate it with certain creatures from the lower realms and these negative words. This may be the reason why the owner of this face always hides himself in the shadow of the 'shadow'.
"Your mission has failed," matched his face, and Hoss's voice also exuded a very uncomfortable aura, the hissing sound that came out of his mouth from time to time was like a poisonous snake spitting letters, "The chief is not happy about this, and he will be even more upset if you called us here just to tell some not-so-funny jokes." ”
"The opposite is true," said Suter, "and I have no doubt that he will be happy if you complete this task under my guidance." He deliberately put the words "my guidance" very seriously.
"We'll see," said Hoss dryly, "now tell me what to do?"
"I've sent someone to fetch you and tell your men to come with him," Suter said, "and he'll take you through the gap in the mage's tower defenses into the interior of the Storm God, and then to the '' center of its defensive circle, and then you should know what to do." ”