Cindy nodded helplessly.

The two came to a no-man's land.

The dragon priest sorted out his thoughts and slowly spoke:

"Before we get to the core, you have to know one thing.

In Mystra, there used to be a very old country.

Its name is "Tarun". ”

Roger said quietly:

"I already know that."

Cindy had no surprises.

She just nodded, and then asked with a smile in her eyes:

"Then did you know that there were other prehistoric civilizations besides Talen?"

Roger shook his head honestly.

The dragonman priest's exotic eyes looked directly at Roger, and his tone gradually became serious:

"Aether Learning."

"It's synonymous with another prehistoric civilization."

Roger's eyebrows raised slightly:

"Magical civilization?"

In Mystra, aether is the old name for the element.

Cindy affirmed, "That's true. ”

"From what we have, Tarun was once the ruler of Mystra, and that the king of Tarun owned all the borders of the planet.

Until that catastrophe struck—

I'm sure you've heard of it from elsewhere, it's a very terrifying "Forbidden Curse".

The forbidden spell destroyed Talen.

Mistra has since been plagued by magical contamination, and only a handful of people have survived the disaster.

Terrible magical contamination has made the planet's environment unlivable.

But at the same time, it also quickly gave birth to a more prosperous magical civilization.

And the leader of this magical civilization is the "Aether Society" I just mentioned.

It didn't take long.

The Aether Society replaced Talen's rule and became the supreme government of Mystra.

But ......"

Speaking of this, Roger, who had already had an ominous premonition, slowly picked up the conversation:

"However, the Aether Society has also become a prehistoric civilization."

Cindy pursed her lips and nodded unconsciously:

"That's right."

"The Aether Society was also destroyed at the hands of the Forbidden Curse of Destruction."

"That's the secret I'm going to tell you—the Forbidden Curse of Destruction, not just once."

Roger took a deep breath.

Following Cindy's description, his mind jumped quickly.

"Taron and the Aether Society were destroyed by the Forbidden Curse of Destruction at two points in time."

"There is a first time, there is a second time, and naturally there will be a ......"

"The third time!"

That moment.

Roger's face became extremely difficult to look at.

What a terrible secret!

If Cyndy's claim is true, then Mystra's situation is 10,000 times worse than he imagined!

"When is the third World Destroying Forbidden Spell?"

After a while, he calmed down and asked.

Sindy's slender eyelashes trembled slightly:

"After killing Humphland, I'll tell you exactly when."

"If you're interested, we can chat about some gossip."

Roger was silent for a while, his voice somewhat dry:

"Okay."

"The value of this secret...... That's enough, indeed. ”

……

From Cindy's mouth.

Roger has been given three secret pieces of information about the Forbidden Curse.

The first is about the world-destroying curse itself.

Destroy the two world-destroying forbidden spells of the Tarun and Aether Society.

In fact, it is the embodiment of a spell in two time periods.

In other words.

The forbidden spell unleashed by the gods not only spatially cleansed Mistra in all directions.

The same is true in terms of time.

……

The second and third are both related to the "Aether Society".

After the destruction of Talen.

The Aether Society has conducted in-depth research on the Forbidden Curse of Destruction.

Their leader has included valuable research in a manuscript.

Unfortunately, the second ban came too suddenly, and the manuscript was drowned in the dust of history.

Sita Roya. The muse's mother was a powerful Emerald Dragon Lord.

She had visited the leader of the Aether Society.

According to her memory.

The manuscript was kept in a floating laboratory, guarded by a large number of arcane constructs.

After the fall of the Aether Society, the Emerald Dragon Lord once searched for this manuscript in the ruins.

It's a pity that it didn't work.

And before the Second Forbidden Curse of the Destruction of the World.

Some of the mages with a strong sense of crisis predicted the arrival of the forbidden spell in advance.

They plan to build a "Golden House" that is immune to magic in order to survive this catastrophe.

But there were some accidents during the minting of the Golden House.

Then it was gone.

The Emerald Dragon Lord had also searched for traces of the Golden House.

But for some special reasons, she was forced to leave the remains of the Aether Society.

Eventually, after giving birth to a nest of dragon eggs in the Muse, she left Mystra.

And the remnants of the Aether Society, now known as -

Gem City.

……

Talen. The headquarters of the Seisenzong sect. Aether Society.

All the clues point to Gem City.

This made Roger a little itchy.

This night.

He stayed up all night.

All brain cells are active to the extreme, and they have been repeatedly debating the deep logic behind this information.

Why did the gods destroy the world?

The mages of the Aether Society encountered an accident during the construction of the Golden Chamber, but was it really just an accident?

Where is the Golden House and that secret manuscript now?

Sita Roya. How did the Muse's mother survive the Curse of Destruction? Is the flesh resistant?

Cindy mentions that she left Mystra and went to another planet.

So how did she do it?

……

Roger felt as if he had a 100,000 Why in his head.

There was so much he wanted to know!

He repeatedly forced himself to calm down and not think about it, and then he fell asleep at dawn.

The next evening.

Leaving these questions behind him for the time being, Roger embarks on a path to assassinate Humphland.

Head north along Lettuce Avenue.

Then he turned to the east at Sindy's direction.

After walking more than ten miles, Roger saw some low buildings among the reeds.

This is a gathering place for the displaced people of Zedi.

After the influx of the gray dwarves into Yellowstone, there was a violent conflict with the outcasts.

Humphran had wanted to join forces with the Grey Dwarves.

Who knew that the irascible gray dwarves had driven the outcasts away first.

Now.

Humphrey built a village in the eastern part of Yellowstone Island to absorb the countless displaced people in the Swamp.

After leaving Yellowstone.

His power seems to be thriving.

It's getting dark.

Under the cover of the reeds, Roger gradually approached the village of the displaced people in the Zedi.

Along the way, he saw a lot of displaced people.

These people are very sloppy in appearance.

Although it has a similar appearance to a human, the aura emitted from its body is not much different from that of a monster.

Like the gray dwarves, the Swamp outcasts have sarcomas of varying sizes growing on their necks.

They seem to have a hard time controlling their emotions.

Roger had seen the outcasts of the Zedi scuffle together more than once.

Their eyes were glazed and their faces numb.

Sometimes he just stood there motionless, like a statue.

But sometimes they will also act like zombies, biting at any creature that comes close to them.

Roger silently tested it with the mark of sin.

Really.

In the judgment of the mark of evil, the outcasts of Zedi belong to the category of "monsters".

But instead of attacking these people, he quietly walked around.

Night.

Outside the village of Zedi, in a heavily guarded orchard.

With Tiyun's skill, Roger easily climbed over the five-meter-high wall and entered the orchard.

A rich, fiery aura of magic came to the face.

"What a high abundance of mana."

Roger pinched his nose and touched one of the fruit trees.

The fruit trees have sparse yellow fruits.

He grabbed one and put it in the palm of his hand to examine it.

……

"Filthy Fire Tangerine (Mana Abundance 13): A highly distorted demonized plant, consume with caution"

……