Passing through the stairs of old stone slabs and bypassing the walls of old stone bricks, the two men who kept moving forward followed the path that had been sleeping for an unknown amount of time without hindrance to a place higher than where they were now. The sight of the two of them was drawn to the magical sight of the humming sound of the humming, and they seemed to be able to pass through these magical creations that seemed to be guarded by them: "I don't know if a few hundred years is a long term for magic banning, but ...... They shouldn't be broken, right? ”

"Maybe it's because the owner here is magnanimous and lets us live."

Retracting his gaze from an oval magic ball floating beside him, Xue Lingphantom Ice answered Duan Qing's question in a low voice: "Or maybe it's because this place has never been invaded, so these so-called prohibitions haven't been activated and opened at all......

"Anyway, let's be a little glad that we weren't sent back to our hometown by a sudden magic attack." Duan Qing let out a long breath: "Our Plan A can be regarded as bankrupt. ”

"It's your Plan A, I never wanted to get out." Xue Lingphantasm replied angrily: "I'm really sorry I didn't get what you wanted, but...... Now that we're on a higher ground, we can't go home empty-handed, right? ”

"Yes, very much."

His eyes quickly cast a circle around him, Duan Qing's head suddenly popped out of the parallel line where the floor was, and then with his own words, he stepped on the twenty-fourth floor. The scene of the rooms that was no different from before then appeared in the sight of the two people, the only difference was that the environment was quieter than before, looking at the rows of room doors that were also surrounded by torches, Xue Lingphantom Ice then walked out of the exit of the stairs and cautiously came behind Duan Qing: "There is a question I have always wanted to ask...... Why do they still use such outdated lighting equipment? ”

"Nuclear torches, find out."

Half-jokingly pointing to the flaming torch closest to him, Duan Qing sighed and shook his head: "Okay, maybe they just want to create a prison atmosphere......"

"Prison?" The female swordsman who approached let out a low voice, "Isn't this the secret room of the Mage Council?" How can it be a prison? ”

"It's just a feeling that this place gives me, and nothing else." Duan Qing waved his hand irresponsibly: "And you look at the immutable structure here...... Any outsider would think of this gloomy place as an underground prison...... Hey? ”

“…… What's wrong? ”

"The height here...... Is it getting lower? ”

In the sound of questions in his ears, Duan Qing, who was pointing to the middle of the annular tower, withdrew his gaze little by little, and the focus of his downward gaze gradually moved to the middle as far as his eye could see, and the bottom part of the tower became clearer: "Did we just go up?" ”

“…… Are you doubting your intelligence, or are you doubting your life? Xue Ling, who shook her head in reply, slowly walked to the same edge, and then cast her gaze to the same place: "Hmm...... It seems to have gotten lower. ”

"Physical visions may deceive our eyes, but ......"

Muttering these words, Duan Qing turned his head back to the stone wall full of torches, and then after a period of searching, he found the same nameplate: "Twenty-fourth floor...... It's indeed the twenty-fourth floor......"

"At least we didn't fall into any teleportation traps." So Xue Lingphantom Bing, who turned around, hugged his arms: "So a new problem has arisen......

"How did we get to the lower place?"

"If I'm not mistaken...... Both of them must have been to the Emerald Tower. ”

In the atmosphere of the silent air gradually dissipated, a voice that did not belong to two people suddenly broke the silence: "The space there is not composed of sequential parts, but is made up of different parts, and the space you see now...... It's the same thing. ”

"Are you ......?"

"I'm Virtek."

In the action of the two uninvited adventurers turning around in unison, a magician in the image of a middle-aged man suddenly appeared in the air where they were, and while taking care of the simple mage robe on his body like a classmate's apprentice, he fell in front of the two people: "The successor of the name of 'Marlock' this year." ”

"We've probably met a few times before, so we're all acquaintances." He smiled at Duan Qing, and then took back the mage etiquette he had put on his way: "If you can...... You'd better call me Virtak. ”

"Virtek...... Mr. Looking at the middle-aged man who looked completely different from the quartermaster in his impression, Duan Qing asked cautiously, "How did you know about us...... Oh no, I mean, have you ever seen the Emerald Tower? ”

"The Emerald Tower is one of the crystallization of the ancient magic empire's magical research, and it has stood there for thousands of years." Vitak replied with a smile, "Neither I nor the rest of the Mage Council know of its existence. ”

"That ......"

"The Emerald Star is gone."

Before Duan Qing could speak again, the middle-aged man in the simple robe raised one of his arms: "The source of the power to maintain that chaotic space has disappeared since that incident, whether it was Christine and Freya who were present at the time, or the other members who went to investigate later, they did not find the existence of that stone in the end......"

"While there is a high probability that it will be destroyed, we have reason to suspect that someone took it." His gaze swept around the torches for a while, and then fell on Duan Qing's body: "...... Do you have anything to say? ”

"Hey, you won't suspect I took it, will you?"

Glancing at the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice beside him, Duan Qing hurriedly pointed to his face and said, "So how can I, a little adventurer, hide such a stone?" You Mage Council have dealt with me so many times since then, if there really is some kind of energy source in you......"

"It's true that you don't have any magical energy sources on your body, but your physique ...... The existence of the problem is already stated in itself. ”

Pointing at Duan Qing's body, Vitak's voice became low: "I have read Old Norman's report, and I have also seen you in person later, the energy disorder in your body...... Much stronger than the previous Emerald Tower, the Council of Seven later discussed your condition, and came to the conclusion that your constitution has a lot to do with the Emerald Star, but due to harassment from the Restoration, we have not been able to figure out the specific cause of this. ”

Can you tell us more about that? What happened between you and the stone? Speaking of this, he smiled again: "...... What happened on that tower on the day of the incident? ”

"What happened that day...... I should have said that when I left the Emerald Forest. Duan Qing, who had pondered for a moment, shook his head: "Unless Lord Christine doesn't truthfully report it to your Mage Council, otherwise...... I don't have anything more to say. ”

That is to say...... You've smashed that piece of green rough from the illusion and never seen it again? Vitak's voice then quickly rang out: "And then ...... And you got out of there? ”

"Judging by the series of signs that followed, the stone was indeed gone." Duan Qing hesitated and shook his head: "Even the true face of the Emerald Forest has been ...... Is there any other possibility? ”

“…… Judging by the recent series of performances of the Restorationists, it seems that they have mastered the art of spatial folding. ”

His eyes stayed on Duan Qing's body for a moment, and then Vitak explained simply: "Including when I was at war with the Empire before...... We see the signs of spatial teleportation in the actions of those Imperials, and if these are the secret actions of the Restorers, it means that they may also have mastered the use of Xenodimensional space, which will be important for our next operations...... The threat posed is undoubtedly enormous. ”

"The root of it all is whether they have the Emerald Star or not." He slapped his robe, then looked at Duan Qing's face: "If you haven't seen it, hide it, or give it to someone else...... Things get a little unexplainable. ”

"The magic disorder in my body should still exist, right?" Duan Qing shook his head with a smile: "Based on this alone, I should be able to dissociate myself from everything that the Restorationist might have now, and ...... Wasn't magic like teleportation existed in the past? Previously we were in the forum...... I've heard of it several times among adventurers. ”

"That simple theory of teleportation magic is nothing like the one contained in the place you are in right now."

Waving to where the two players were, Vitak turned and walked towards the circular corridor behind him: "The role of the 'Tower of Tyran' is not only to install all the residences of the past magicians, its existence is far greater than this level, although you have only seen the tip of the iceberg of this space now, you should have been in the past time...... I understand how important it is. ”

In the footsteps of the two people following, the magician walking in front stopped in front of the door of one of the rooms, and then slowly pushed the door open with indescribable spell-casting movements and obscure magic chanting: "This is the room of the Grand Magician Square Enix, his study area is connected to the Wells Mountains, and there is ...... It is now part of the province of Weil. ”

"Will Province?" The Snow Spirit Phantom Ice in the rear asked in a low voice, "Is it that Will Province in the north of the Frey Empire?" ”

"That's right, lady from the Empire."

Turning his head to look at Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, Vitak, who walked into the door, stretched out his hand again: "Square Enix's main research was the relationship between the source of magic and the leylines during his lifetime, and he thought that it was the place where his theory could be confirmed, so he connected his room with the location of the mountain range. ”

With a piercing tearing sound, a mirror that was very close to Duan Qingchu's time when he first came here suddenly appeared in the center of this old room, and then a mountain range shrouded in the setting sun and stone forest was displayed in front of the two players: "Using my understanding of the rules of this space, I can forcibly open this portal five hundred and twenty years ago, and then take any magician who passes by me ...... Teleport to this place. ”

“…… I see, I see. ”

Looking back at the ring-shaped tower behind them, Duan Qing's voice had a hint of trembling: "This tower...... How many more such portals exist? ”

"Ten thousand three hundred and eighty-four."

Saying a mouth-opening number, Virtek folded his hand back slightly: "Since its inception, the Mage Council has taken in hundreds of magic apprentices from all over the world every year, and only about ten percent of them can put on real magic robes and become one of the members who inhabit the 'Tower of Tyranny'. Of course, entering this place does not mean that they are already the best in the Mage Council, many of them will find it difficult to touch the higher level of the magical world for various reasons, leaving only a few talented and hard-working guys...... Able to fully understand all the rules here. ”

"They're the ones who are qualified to open portals, and they've kept them to this day." He looked at the huge tower behind the two players, and then smiled proudly: "And this place ...... It has become a giant transit station that deserves its name. ”

"What ...... more than 10,000 portals"

His eyes stared forward with the doors that stretched into the distance, and Duan Qing couldn't help but sigh out: "More than 10,000 worlds......"

"You guys seem to have some ...... before I'd like to take a closer look. Vitak, who walked back in front of the two, smiled and said, "But...... I'm sorry, but due to the design, each floor can only fit a hundred rooms, so ......"

"The tower could have hundreds of floors...... Right? ”

Looking up at the seemingly endless space, at the end of the towers surrounded by circular corridors, Duan Qing let out a bitter smile: "This is really magical, in line with your fantasy king's style......

"Are we going to continue?" Xue Lingphantom Bing on the side turned his head to look at Duan Qing's face: "Have you forgotten our Plan B?" ”

Pouting and handing out a helpless look at the woman, Duan Qing turned to look at Virtek's face with a dry smile, who shook his head expressionlessly, and then took the lead in walking towards the next row of rooms.