Chapter 52: The Blood of Essenta
Walking in the desert, Bacaren keenly noticed that something was wrong with his teacher.
He looked up at Xiao Li, only to see Xiao Li's silent face and a slanted sword eyebrow.
The young man has not yet learned to read words and feelings, he simply feels that as an apprentice, he needs to care about the teacher: "Teacher, do you have something on your mind?" ”
Xiao Li glanced down at Bacaren, his eyebrows furrowed, and he shook his head and looked at Eisenta not far away.
Of course he had something on his mind.
When the idea that those NPC races might all be "players" left behind in the second dimension by previous civilizations destroyed by demons arises, he inevitably falls into the trap of "finding evidence for conjectures".
He knew it was not good to fall into the trap of thinking, but all the memories of his previous life and the circumstances after his rebirth made him trust his judgment more and more.
And if the judgment is true, it will fall into another black hole of thinking.
INTERVIEWER Who gave humans this system?
This question was something that countless smart minds on the earth in the previous life couldn't figure out.
After becoming a great magician, Xiao Li has one of the biggest gains, that is, don't easily fall into the black hole of thinking, otherwise it will affect the understanding and mastery of the rules.
After a moment, Xiao Li's eyebrows stretched.
These black holes should not be drilled by him, he has more important things.
For example, the Magic Guild and the Magic System.
……
Eisen's Tower isn't a standard mage tower, it's just a two-story building, and then a few layers of decorative towers and spires have been hastily built on the roof of the second floor, which looks like a copycat building that fools tourists.
Walking down the staircase in the open air, Xiao Li walked to the door of the second floor and knocked on the door.
A minute later, there was still no response from the house. Seeing Bacaron looking at him with a confused expression, Xiao Li shrugged: "It seems that Master Ryan is out." ”
- If it was before, Xiao Li would have thought that it was Master Ryan who executed the NPC script, but now, he thinks that he really went out.
"What then?"
"Wait, by the way, I'll tell you about the runes that I didn't have time to learn yesterday."
As soon as he heard about learning magic, the boy immediately came to his senses, and he jumped up the steps to prepare to sit on the ground and listen. And then...... He sniffled.
"It seems to smell blood."
"The smell of blood?"
"Hmmm! Our sense of smell is very sensitive. Bacaron sniffled, looking for something Xiao Li hadn't smelled at all. After a moment, he leaned close to the door and looked at Xiao Li.
Xiao Li raised his eyebrows!
He knocked on the door again without responding, and kicked it against the wooden door.
Airplanes!
A burst of magical light burst out the moment his feet approached the door, canceling out all of Xiao Li's power.
Xiao Li's pupils shrank, and he released his mana and gently wiped it off the door. A moment later, a circle appeared on the door panel.
It is a very common energy-absorbing space circle, which is generally used by mages to lock the door, which is both safe and prevents violent destruction.
Xiao Li clicked a few times on the floating runes on the magic circle, and the light of the magic circle suddenly disappeared.
As soon as he kicked it over, the door opened.
The room was in shambles, with countless books and magical materials scattered everywhere as if they had been blown by the wind.
On the ground, there was a trail of congealed blood like a stream.
Xiao Li's face turned pale, and he stepped into the bedroom along the bloodstains.
At the desk, the corpse of the tiger mage had begun to decompose slightly.
The corpse had a large wound on its back that was deep enough to see the bones, and the blood stained his whole body red, turning the floor into a sea of blood.
The staff, which the mage regarded as life, also fell to the ground.
Xiao Li clenched his fists and kept panting.
Judging by the extent of the decay of the corpses and the dryness of the bloodstains, this should have happened three days ago - the dry climate of the Forgotten Desert delayed the decay of the corpses.
Judging by the wounds, there was no doubt that the Assassin had done it - and judging by the clutter in the Frontrooms, the Assassin had not completed the kill, and had the Tigerman Mage unleash the spell. After driving away or eliminating the Assassins, Mage Ryan closed the door and returned to his desk.
At last...... Unable to stop the bleeding, he never survived.
Thinking of the situation of the hippopotamus at the beginning, Xiao Li's scalp was numb again. If it wasn't for the recipe for his own hemostatic potion at that time, the fate of the hippopotamus must have been the same.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
Xiao Li hid his grief and anger in his eyes.
He now felt more and more that the Abyss had begun to prevent him from looking for clues to the Magic Guild - otherwise there would be no way to explain why the demons appeared in Scorpion City and mastered the Killer Organization by controlling the Scorpion King and the Six Priests, and then went to assassinate key NPCs.
Hippopotamus and Ryan, a master of inscriptions, a master of enchantment.
Both are members of the Magical Guild.
Xiao Li approached the desk, took the tiger mage's hand, and picked up the blood-stained manuscript paper.
On this manuscript paper, written by the Tiger Mage with the last of his strength, only a few runes remained.
Although the runes were distorted very irregularly, Xiao Li still recognized them at a glance, and these runes were composed of time and space runes.
Xiao Li took a deep breath, he clenched his fists again, and finally read out the pronunciation of this rune as if he were gambling.
Airplanes!
Spatial fluctuations flashed!
A bright yellow, jigsaw puzzle-like fan-shaped pattern flashed in front of Xiao Li.
Although it was only for a moment, Xiao Li still saw the gilt light in the pattern that represented the passage of time.
It's not a spell, it's a spell that opens a door to space.
……
After collecting the manuscript paper, Xiao Li bowed to the corpse of the tiger man mage.
"You take this staff." Xiao Li picked up the staff on the ground and handed it to Bacarron: "Remember, this staff will be called the Staff of Ryan in the future." ”
"Yes! Teacher! ”
Although Bai picked up an epic staff, there was no joy in the young man's eyes, he held the staff, first saluted Xiao Li, and then bowed to the tiger mage.
Xiao Li's gaze stopped on Mage Lane's bookshelf again.
"Mage Ryan has a lot of magic notes, he is a high-level magician, he is also a master of enchantment, his notes are very useful, you put them all away."
"Okay, teacher."
"There are a lot of magic materials outside, you can sense them with your magic and put them all away."
"Okay, teacher."
Xiao Li took one last look at the tiger mage and slowly exited the room.
Standing in the doorway, he frowned, popping out a cigarette and lighting it.
There was no doubt that the runes that Ryan had left behind with his last life must have been important, and Xiao Li couldn't help but think that it was a clue to the Magic Guild.
Although the hippo refuses to reveal information about the Fallen Domain, he is also reluctant to reveal the information of the other members. But he told Xiao Li that each member of the Magic Guild held the secrets of the Magic Guild.
"Hippo, you're an old immortal."
Xiao Li exhaled smoke, and the old face of the hippopotamus full of ravines appeared in front of him.
"If you don't open your mouth again, Lao Tzu will really announce that the academy is completely non-smoking."