Every time he heard Asrael's "compliment", it made the black-haired wizard feel that his head was bigger.

"So after a long period of research, the wizards of the Dragon Kingdom, Nidhogg, finally developed the first nine-pointed star chalice, and thus opened a completely different wizarding era from the past......"

"Wait. ”

Loren interrupted unceremoniously, frowning: "You mean the Nine-Pointed Star Holy Grail, the masterpiece of the wizards of the Dragon Kingdom?"

"The highest masterpiece, the result of transcendence. The blonde boy with an exaggerated expression, his scarlet eyes shimmered with an elusive light: "Even the evil gods who exist in the void covet this treasure - because it is the key that can open the door that separates the two worlds. ”

"You mentioned earlier that the wizard of 'Turin' has found a way to communicate the power of the two worlds, and that is runes, and you also mentioned that he has found that every time he uses this power, there is a heavy price to pay. Loren looked at him suspiciously:

"I've used the Nine-Pointed Holy Grail, and I almost hung up... It does not offset the price that must be paid. ”

"It's Loren, he has a good memory. Under the black-haired wizard's indifferent gaze, Asrael shrugged with a playful smile, "Maybe... They don't care about the price, they just want to be empowered?"

"Then why are there only two Nine-Pointed Holy Grails in the world?" Loren continued, "Is it because there are only two, or... For some reason, only two can exist?"

“...... Whether it's the result of serendipitude or an accidental fall, the wizard of 'Turin' has obtained two nine-pointed star chalices. ”

The smiling blonde boy brought the plot back to the table, revealing two completely different story lines by the way: "With the help of the power of the Holy Grail, the wizard of 'Turin' has a more thorough understanding of the spiritual horizon, and in a very short time, he has found a new way to improve his strength." ”

"The name of this method came to be called 'valve'. ”

Loren's eyes flickered, speculating on which of the two completely different "lines" was more likely... Or, it's all a lie made up by Asrael.

"After that, the wizard of 'Turin' discovered that his research could not only bring him a whole new world, a different kind of power, but also... Power. Asrael continued, telling the story that he was likely to have made up:

Soon, he had a group of followers, fanatically sought after and shared the power he brought - the favor of the royal family and the aristocratic class, which had raised the status of wizards who were originally only in the servant class, and the ancient kingdom was changing with each passing day, expanding rapidly in the cold land, from a weak to a small state that could be wiped out at any time, and became an unbeatable power. ”

"They built floating cities on glaciers, erected towers on barren lands, built fortresses on hilltops, and connected their palaces with towering walls and bridges. ”

So much so that the dragons on the glacier began to fear them. ”

The candlelight on the dining table flickered slightly, making the blonde boy's eyes even more confused.

"It didn't take long for the wizard of Turin to overthrow the original royal family and establish his own dynasty, and he began to set his sights beyond the frozen land. ”

"In those wild times, no kingdom could be a match for this behemoth, and as king after king bowed to the wizard of 'Turin,' the whole world began to be brought under his rule. ”

"The Azores, the Yunling, the Four Hoofers, and... Mankind, his kingdom began to have a completely different language, skin color, physical characteristics of the race. ”

"For this, the wizard of 'Turin' was ecstatic. ”

"As for the 'new subjects'... They were equally ecstatic that they could live in a powerful kingdom, protected by a powerful king, who had not yet realized the difference between the new king and the rulers of the past. ”

With a slow tone and a breathtaking power, Asriel raised his fair right hand, and his green fingertips waltzed in the candlelight:

"For the wizard of 'Turin', his kingdom is not only his possessions, but also his laboratory and playground, and each of his subjects is his test subject, to be manipulated, sliced, and modified at his own will. ”

"What he did was not just to destroy a kingdom, but to easily tear their fragile civilization apart and knead it into the shape he liked;"

"Through the rise and fall of small countries, we can find the objective laws of the development of civilization;"

"Between the rise and extinction of a species, discover the inevitable connection between nation and history, faith, and kinship;"

"Using the analogy of multiple standard civilizations, we find and demonstrate the process of development and decline between the general equivalent and money;"

"Success, fame, country, whirlwind, rise and fall, rise and fall, peak and trough - the fate of a person, and even thousands of living beings, is tightly held in the palm of his hand all the time. ”

"Even if it is necessary to completely destroy the civilization, beliefs and history of a certain country, and re-fabricate and shape it to their own liking, and evolve it into the shape they need, it is not difficult for the wizards of 'Turin' to do so. ”

Outside the window, the midnight grew darker, and the candlelight kept dancing on the fingertips of the blonde boy, reflecting the shadows of the devil on the wall like a devil's dance.

"Naturally, the premise of being able to do all this is that the 'wizard' Turin has a power that is absolutely impossible to resist... In fact, in addition to the fact that the dragon can pose a slight threat to him, even if there are many ordinary people, they are just an army of sand and ants to him. ”

"Moreover, after a long period of study and study, the power of the wizard of 'Turin' has long since changed, and he has a vision that ordinary people simply cannot reach, and can 'see' the future that ordinary people cannot reach—history, in his eyes, may be more simple and boring than fairy tales, and the ending can be easily guessed. ”

"Of course, the people of this ancient kingdom revolted and rose up with the dragon against the king whom they had so hailed and loved, and who had given them everything. With a soothing tone, the corners of Asrael's mouth flashed with a hint of "rejoicing":

"Of course, the reason why this is the case is because if you don't tell the story like this, you can't go on - even if it's an invincible text, it can't just be a daily life piled up with all kinds of memes and cold jokes. ”

The black-haired wizard bowed slightly, thoughtful.

The amount of information revealed in this section of the "plot" was so great that he forgot to interrupt Asriel and heard it silently.

There is no doubt that there is quite a lot of nonsense in this content - the "truth" in Asrael's mouth is always a lie in a vest, but there are also some things that can be corroborated with what he has learned before.

For example, the rapid rise of the Dragon Kingdom after being controlled by wizards has been mentioned in the mouths of the "Black Cross" Serol and the "last wizard" of the Dragon King Tower;

The "rise" of the dwarves... According to Seriel, it is indeed a masterpiece created by the Dragon Kingdom;

The class antagonism described by the dragon king's tower wizard as "slave and slave owner" seems to have misunderstood something.

But then again, there really is no better way to rule in this world than "slavery" for wizards - for this group of wizards who have opened the "valve", and possibly even more than one valve, the slaves who have not mastered the "knowledge" should not even be human.

Therefore, the civilians of the Dragon Kingdom are not slaves, but test subjects who are not even as good as slaves, a group of guinea pigs in the eyes of wizards, at best, animals that can speak human words, tools.

As for the "Turin" wizard, of course, it is just a made-up protagonist, perhaps like King Arthur, it is a "composite product" of multiple characters or even a certain group.

However, there are still holes in this story.

"As mentioned earlier, the power of this 'Turin' wizard has grown to the point where he can predict the future, and history is just a simple and boring fairy tale for him......" Loren frowned, and asked rhetorically with a solemn expression:

"In that case, could he not have predicted that his people would join forces with the dragon and start a rebellion?"

Of course he guessed—not only guessed, but even knew their plans at every step, the strength and goals of each rebellion. ”

With scarlet eyes blinking, Asrael said in the softest of tones, "He could tear the rebel forces to pieces at any time if he wanted to, without exception." ”

"Even... With just one thought, the whole world will usher in an unprecedented apocalypse, from glacial wastelands to misty seas, land and sea. All living beings in the heavenly vault instantly dissipated and became invisible. ”

What the?!

The black-haired wizard's eyes widened in astonishment.

"The whole world ......" trembled lightly, with a hint of surprise: "He... Can it really be done?"

After a moment of silence, a doting smile appeared on the face of the blonde boy:

"Dear Loren, you can do the same, but you haven't found out yet. ”

Loren raised an eyebrow, puzzled.

"It's a very simple reasoning question - after opening the first valve, you already have the power to shield a large area of the Void and can fall from twenty meters in the air unscathed. ”

"A snap of your fingers can ignite a monstrous flame...... Asriel followed the temptation, his eyelashes trembling slightly:

"And that's just the power of opening the first valve, and the protagonist of our story has at least two or three 'valve' level wizards. ”

"Is it really that unimaginable that he has the level of power he has?"

The black-haired wizard's expression became more solemn.

"For example, let the temperature of the world drop below minus 60 degrees Celsius in an instant, turning into frozen frozen ......"

"Let all the volcanoes erupt at the same time, and the lava tears through the earth's crust and gushes out of the cracks in the earth, causing acid rain from the heavens......"

"Evaporate all the water in an instant, drain the air, and shade the sun......"

"Move the earth's crust, tear the continents into countless pieces, collide, separate, collide ......"

"In an instant, everything is destroyed... Easy as pie. ”

Even Asrael's softest tones made the black-haired wizard feel creepy.

"In that case......" After taking a full half a minute to calm himself, Loren asked hesitantly, "Then why didn't he do it?"

"First of all, people who have mastered this level of power will not use this power easily... The sword of Damocles is only as powerful as it hangs overhead. The blonde young man said in a voice:

"Secondly... Using the power of this world to destroy this world is a paradox in itself. ”

Well?

Loren was stunned for a few seconds.

"How to describe it... To put it simply, even if he dismantles the world and breaks it apart, the world still exists, and it does not disappear because it changes its form. ”

"What about life in this world? Even if the earth turns into frozen soil, and then the air is drained, volcanoes erupt, dark clouds obscure the sun, the earth's crust is torn, and there is acid rain day and night for 365 days a year......

"It won't be long before there will still be new species and new life that adapt to this climate. ”

"On the other hand, the 'Turin' wizard himself, who still exists as a material world, has a hard time immediately adapting to the world that he has made a mess of. ”

"What do you mean... No matter how you change the appearance of this world, it is impossible to use the power of the material world to 'destroy' the material world?"

"And even if it can kill all life in an instant by destroying the living environment, the biosphere is still strong enough to recover itself and give birth to species that can adapt to new environments?"

"Changing the appearance of the world, and destroying the world are two completely different concepts. ”

"The extinguishing of the flame may be the end of one era, but it is also the beginning of the next, and whether it is to continue the flame or to extinguish it is just reincarnation. ”

"Think of the material world as a chessboard, and no matter how much the chess pieces change the rules, they can't have the power to overturn the chessboard. Asriel made an understatement:

"Even if a wizard named 'Turin' could kill anyone who could resist him in an instant, it wouldn't be long before a new species would be born, and a new life would become his servant, the test subject, the rebel... The cycle goes on and on, and it never ends. ”

So he discovered that it was absolutely impossible to destroy this world with its power, at least under the limited rules, the price was heavy, and the hope was extremely slim. ”

Asriel, who spoke slowly, described in a bland tone:

"So, the wizards of 'Turin' tried to destroy and enslave the whole world in another way, with a power that was completely outside this world. ”