Uncovering the mechanism that he had already known, Duan Qing once again pushed the huge bookshelf aside, and the mysterious passage that he had entered twice also appeared in front of him along with the air that had gradually fallen silently nearby, along with the slowly descending dust. Without rushing to continue to move forward, the gray-robed magician who was standing in place first chose to look around, until he confirmed that there were no new traces of entry around this passage, and then he set his eyes on the inside of this secret room that had almost buried himself in the Yellow Spring: "Quiet room...... When I first saw this Imperial Library, I didn't expect that there was such a secret hidden inside. ”

"It's not a secret at all, and there's no treasure." As if checking somewhere else, Thousand-Fingered Crane's voice came from a short distance behind him: "And according to our previous investigation, there are many more stone chambers like this in this library." ”

"Looks like you've done a thorough investigation." With an involuntary sigh, Duan Qing raised his head: "In that case, why are you afraid to stay in this library?" Wouldn't it be enough to use it as a club residency? ”

"Because after all, this is one of the relics left over from ancient times." The voice of the Thousand Fingered Crane on the other end still echoed with the rummaging movement: "We are not omniscient and all-powerful weavers of fate, and we don't know if they have unearthed anything from the era of the Ancient Magic Empire here, in case we accidentally cause any other disasters, we can't afford to rely on the lives of a few of us." ”

“…… After so long, you've become much calmer. So Duan Qing shook his head and smiled: "Is it the reason why he became the leader of the Mage Council?" ”

"I don't want to be the leader, I just want to get out of there."

Saying this in an inaudible voice, the thousand-fingered crane squatting on the other side slowly put away the loneliness on his face: "Of course, even if I am not afraid of death, I have to be responsible for the lives of the magicians who came with me, and when the mage council branch is established in the future, I will have to rely on them to support the façade......"

"You can't rely on the player mages to run this chapter." Speaking of this, she raised her voice in the direction where Duan Qing was: "Or are you willing to join us at this time and help me share the pressure by the way?" ”

"No, no, no, I'm not in such a good mood."

Sighing helplessly, Duan Qing, who hurriedly put on a look of denial, turned his head with a wry smile: "It's not so much that I didn't want to come to this place, but that it's just that it's been a trouble to find me for a while, if it wasn't for you as Party A at this time......"

"I don't even want to go back to this sad place."

He shook his head, and then slumped into the short passage, and the dim blue light reappeared in the depths of the pitch-black field of vision as he progressed, returning to his surroundings with the same damp darkness. The burning smell of magic also appeared in Duan Qing's sense of smell as those rays of light gradually appeared, accompanied by chaotic traces of energy that had surged out on the walls of the stone room, and Duan Qing, who was also extremely familiar with these traces, then also looked away, and landed in the center of this dim stone room with the stopped footsteps: "That's right, this is this place." ”

"Where all my magical gear burned out." He lowered his head, as if caught up in the memories of the previous night: "I want to come now...... The reason why he was able to be scattered at the last moment must also be related to the energy shock at that time. ”

Recalling the series of events that took place on the night of the mutation, Duan Qing, who looked up, began to try to recall all kinds of memories that happened in this stone room, and the experience of almost becoming a human because he was tortured by magic absorption seemed to be linked to the final eruption of the leyline, and then became one of the links in his mental breakdown and the disappearance of the character for a while. Trying to think about the possible deep meaning of these events, Duan Qing's brows furrowed tightly with his still posture, and his fingers, which gradually began to tremble, finally reached into his own arms, and slowly touched a disc with an antique atmosphere: "Disk...... That's right, the disc. ”

"At that time, I released all my life force, and that should be the reason for my final relegation." He said to himself in a slow voice, "But that so-called magic core crystal, the product of the condensation of the inverted magic array connected to the leylines, is still ...... And the magic core embedded in the center of the disk, and when the power of the disk is released......"

"I was ...... What did you see? ”

His eyes gradually closed, and Duan Qing began to try to recall the strange scenes he saw at that time: "Prophecy...... Four Emperors...... The blue glow, the city in the sky, and ...... And also...... Those bells ......"

"That's prophecy."

A faint but magnetic low voice then echoed in Duan Qing's ears, pulling out the thoughts he had just wanted to immerse himself in, and the gray-robed magician, who didn't notice anything at all, hurriedly opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was the familiar figure of a woman in a black cloak: "You, you are-"

"Violet?"

The black hood was slowly taken off, and the long purple hair belonging to the woman in front of him appeared in front of Duan Qing, Duan Qing, who was staring at the woman's lilac eyes, then let out an exclamation, and the defensive posture that he had almost put on was also hurriedly retracted by him: "You, why are you here?" How are you—"

"Have you forgotten who sent me to this place?"

Different from the sluggish impression that had been left on Duan Qing for a long time before, Violet, who brushed her hair, winked her eyes playfully: "At that time, you stuffed me into this tiger's mouth and almost sacrificed me to the magic leyline, have you forgotten?" ”

"You...... Uh, I ......"

Facing the great magician who suddenly appeared in front of him, Duan Qing, who seemed to know where to start, choked his stammering words in mid-air, and the purple-haired woman, who had already expected this reaction, also let out two giggles, and then waved her hand and took the initiative to explain: "I am one of the people who know the magic structure of this city best, and I have also accumulated enough magical ability in the past time, so after you were sent into this underground secret room on that day, I teleported out along the magic flow of the leylines. ”

"That's why I'm here now, because I've been recuperating in the magical leylines for a while." Speaking of this, she pointed to the ground under Duan Qing's feet: "A wandering magician who used to work with me in the Mage Council finally saved my life and hid me in the magical leylines - I have to say that this is indeed a very good idea, this is probably the safest place in the entire imperial capital." ”

"So what's going on now?" Finally recovering a little from the situation in front of him, Duan Qing stammered and asked, "Have you recovered?" ”

"I guess it's about the same, at least I've managed to pull my soul back from the other world." Squeezing her fingers vigorously, Violet replied with a smile, "As for the residual magical energy or magical cultivation and other things...... After all, these things outside the body are things that can be retrieved again. ”

"That, that—"

"Shhhh

Violet, who made a silent gesture and brought her face closer to Duan Qing, whispered, "I know what you want to ask, but that's something that only gods can know, and we mortals are not qualified to study it, nor are we qualified to answer it." ”

"If one day the world is willing to accept me and show me what it means in front of me, maybe I'll answer the meaning of those questions." She put away her smile and tilted her head at the same time: "Do you think that's right?" ”

"Uh...... Yes, it should be. ”

As if sensing the hidden realization in the other party's words, Duan Qing nodded cautiously: "Then how are you now-"

"I sensed your coming, so I've come to meet you."

Slowly turning her body sideways, Violet gestured slightly to the front of Duan Qing that was facing, "As an adventurer who has always taken care of me in the imperial capital, I haven't expressed my formal gratitude to you yet. ”

"No, it doesn't have to be." Duan Qing hurriedly raised his hands: "It's me, we should apologize to you, it's right that we did it to you when we were in Tanzanian City, and in the end we didn't succeed in fulfilling our promise......

"It's okay, I'm supposed to be in charge of everything in Tanzania." With a serious face, Violet shook her head lightly: "And if it weren't for your efforts, I wouldn't have seen so many unimaginable truths with my own eyes." ”

"Well, at least you'll recover."

With a long sigh, Duan Qing finally let go of the apologetic expression on his face: "Since you can restore the integrity of your soul, then I can also say goodbye to you with peace of mind." ”

"No, I didn't say that."

After looking up and down the gray magic robe on Duan Qing's body for a while, Violet suddenly burst into another form of smile: "After traveling for so long, I suddenly found that the adventure stories around you are not inferior to the experience of our great magician. ”

“…… Yes? ”

"That's right, I'm going to follow you in the future."

Looking at Duan Qing's increasingly surprised face, Violet regained the graceful and dignified appearance of the two of them when they first met: "Anyway, Dreynier is not really dead as revealed in the prophecy, and I have nothing to be nostalgic about in this city, so it would be more interesting to follow you to see other places than to continue to live a boring life in those boring aristocratic circles...... How? ”

"Don't you agree?"

The noble and charming body got a little closer again, and the face that belonged to Violet full of mature charm immediately came to Duan Qing's face again, and her purple eyes seemed to bloom with endless moving brilliance, as if she was sending an endless invitation to the man in front of her: "This is really surprising, I originally thought that the friendship between the two of us no longer needs to make such questions and answers." ”

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that." Hurriedly took two steps back, and Duan Qing, who couldn't bear the atmosphere, broke out in a cold sweat and pulled away a little: "I'm just...... Well, I just think it's going to cause a lot of unnecessary trouble or something......"

"I'll try to keep my original puppet appearance in the future."

Retracting her waist in front of her, Violet smiled and put her hand on her towering chest: "Whatever kind of rhetoric you used to explain, it would be good to use the same rhetoric to explain in the future." ”

“…… What the? ”

"I am not some self-resurrecting God's chosen spokesperson or an all-powerful magician, and I am my due compensation for your ability to save me from my doom."

Taking two more steps forward, Violet reached out and tapped Duan Qing's chest: "In this case, I will consider myself the ultimate reward for your mission - you see, I am much more generous than that Dreyneer, shouldn't you be happy?" ”

"Not to mention whether the royal family and nobles of the empire will agree to treat themselves as living rewards or something, there has never been a similar rule in the Adventurers' Association."

"Isn't the Adventurer's Guild gone? Even Amman has been arrested, those unwritten rules...... Isn't it up to you who are trying to replace the association? ”

"This, this, this ......"

"Well, don't hesitate, little one."

Fingers teasingly drew circles on Duan Qing's chest, and Violet's low chuckle echoed in Duan Qing's ears again: "You are the one who has seen all my secrets, and you have to take this responsibility for me." ”

"In the future, I will ask you for more advice, and the water will be cut off in the abyss."

The brilliance of magic flashed over Duan Qing's head, shaking Duan Qing's body, which seemed to be a little ecstatic because of this series of actions, and he took two steps back, then shook his head vigorously, and then said to the other party with a dry smile: "Then, that, let's discuss some other issues first...... By the way, didn't you mention that prophecy? What exactly is that prophecy? ”

"The prophecy — hmm."

The voice that wanted to speak suddenly stopped, accompanied by Violet's sudden silence, and the figure belonging to the Thousand Fingered Crane then appeared in front of Duan Qing, who was confused, and poked his head out in the dark and damp passage: "What are you doing here?" Why hasn't it come out all this time? Y-huh? ”

"She, who is she?"