"No, I don't know anything about the city."

After a while, under Zaraha City, near another entrance to the underground pipe network, a burly earth magician silently stood up from the ground and replied in a low voice to Duan Qing, who had just asked a question, "You go back." ”

"Who are you fooling!" Duan Qing angrily pointed at the other party's back and shouted, "Don't think I don't know, your Mage Council has been eyeing this city for a long time!" If Christine hadn't had fallen heavily at the gate of Fars in front of her, the supposedly undefeated fortress might have fallen three months early! ”

“…… It seems that you know a lot of things. The tall figure slowly turned around, and then his gaze like a rock fell on Duan Qing's body: "What else do you know?" ”

"Later, when she was rescued at the top of Falling Star Mountain, Christine also mentioned what she was investigating in Zalaha City at the end." Duan Qing's voice also deepened: "There are still ...... If I'm not mistaken, the time when Freya ran to the vicinity of the Ferron battlefield to make a fortune was also related to the city, right? ”

“…… Mount Lundel was the source of the leylines in the nearby area, and the ancient empires would have chosen it as a center for building magic. ”

Slowly retracting his gaze, the tall magician replied lightly, "I want to investigate the distribution of magic nets here...... The exploration of the Rondel Mountains is essential. ”

"Tell me so simply...... Duan Qing sighed and muttered, "In other words, we still have to go to Longdel Mountain to have a look?" ”

"The situation in the Lundel Mountains...... Freya has already done her investigation. The tall black-robed magician shook his head: "The battle that followed...... She also burned it to the ground. ”

"Hey, have you mage councils always been so unreasonable?" So Duan Qing jumped up again: "After I finished the investigation, I didn't leave a way back...... What do you do with us adventurers? ”

"I'll warn you one last time."

Walking towards the front without looking back, the tall magician figure gradually disappeared into the depths of the passage in front of Duan Qing: "Don't continue to try to meddle in the affairs of here, here...... Not for you guys. ”

"If I can, I don't want to get involved in your." Duan Qing crossed his waist and looked at the figure that was gradually disappearing into the darkness: "But...... Even if it's not for the future of the Free Continent, at least I'm going to wash my shame away, right? ”

"For the sake of ...... The future of the free continent? ”

"Well, that's what the official cliché usually says."

Sensing the other party's stopped, Duan Qing put his gaze on the other party's half-turned back: "If you use our adventurer's own words...... If we don't dig out all the secrets here, we won't be able to see them even if we die. ”

“…… Hum. ”

With a heavy snort, the tall and burly magician finally turned his body completely, and a small stone that was originally held in his hand was also discarded to the side with the movement of his turn: "Adventurer...... A bunch of poor and ignorant fools. ”

"If you have the chance...... I hope you can teach us a lot of things. Duan Qing replied unapprovingly, "So that we, poor and ignorant fellows, become a little less stupid." ”

“…… Maggie was the one who led you here, right? The black-robed magician set his eyes on Duan Qing's body: "Only she knows this place very well. ”

"I don't know how you intersect, but ...... She thinks highly of you. Touching his nose, Duan Qing slowly lowered his head: "She said...... No one understands the magical structure of this ancient city better than you. ”

"Magical Construct......

Repeating in a low voice, the black-robed man finally took off the hood that shrouded him, and then showed the face that belonged to Jin that was full of resolute lines in front of Duan Qing: "Do you know the meaning of the word magic structure? ”

"I want to hear about it."

“…… The magical elements of this world are not born in vain. ”

Hesitantly pointing to his feet, Jin rarely began to organize his own language: "As one of the powerful energies on the free continent, the magic elements must not be independent 'objects', they have a source, a destination, and the cycle is endless. ”

"In our magic, this phenomenon is called 'Sekork'." Jin walked in front of Duan Qing and looked at the slightly embarrassed face with a condescending gaze: "Named after a certain great magician in ancient times, and finally disappeared for a period of time because of the ignorance of the ruler of the ancient magic empire who advocated the supremacy of magic, until this law was thoroughly proven, the name of the great magician who was burned to death was found again and engraved on the most conspicuous page of history." ”

"Race ...... What grams? Duan Qing blinked his eyes: "Can you just say the point?" ”

“…… The point is that you need to know where the magic comes from. ”

Not caring about the other party's rudeness, Jin said the key he wanted to say in a deep voice: "Magic, elemental...... These centers that make up the world's magical system do not stop moving because of our use and discarding, they are the only destination...... It is to disappear in front of us. ”

"Uh......"

The atmosphere froze for a moment with the silence between the two of them, and then broke again with Duan Qing's questioning voice: "You mean to say...... Like a water source? ”

"As the name suggests, no one can find its end now, and we don't know where the water from the various parts of the free continent flows."

Raising one of his hands, Kim lifted a warm tawny energy into the darkness between the two: "In the same way, the magical elements of the Free Continent are also flowing towards 'Warred', which is bigger than the Endless Sea, and we can't find out where the magic that flows into it goes." ”

"Warred?" Duan Qing smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "What is that?" ”

"In the words you adventurers like to use...... That place is called the Void. Jin said a term that Duan Qing was extremely familiar with: "The place that devours everything." ”

“…… What the? So Duan Qing was taken aback and cried out: "Void? Where all the magic was devoured? That's impossible? Your tower of Tyranny......"

"The Tower of Tyranny is an outpost created by magicians to study the Void, and it is also the crystallization of the people of the Old Magic Empire, and those of us who first discovered the tower are only using the legacy of the Old Magic Empire."

Shaking his head lightly, the golden voice replied indifferently, "Marlock is the one who knows the tower best among us, and he has passed on all his knowledge as he promised, but even with his wisdom...... It is also impossible to fully control the rules of the world outside that tower. ”

"And it's not possible now." Duan Qing sighed slightly, "Because...... My reason, right? ”

"Marlock isn't dead."

Saying an answer that surprised Duan Qing again, Jin waved the pale yellow light in his hand twice: "He just didn't want to leave that tower, so he stayed inside." ”

"Well, then he ...... now"

"Rest assured, the Restorationists didn't find him."

Patting Duan Qing on the shoulder, Jin turned his face like a rock wall to the side again: "They are also anxious to recover the ancient knowledge, and want to snatch control of that tower from Ma Luo's hands...... It's not that easy. ”

“…… If you master that tower, will you be able to master the Void? Duan Qing, who pondered for a moment, asked again: "The Restorationist spent so much effort to plan this matter, and in the end, he even sacrificed his undercover ......."

"I've heard your reasoning, but ...... I haven't completely believed your accusations against Tres Fao, little one. Kim's voice became a little more silent: "As for Warred's question...... They won't be able to control the terminals of this world so easily. ”

“……”

"That's right, the Void is the end of the wizarding world."

The pale yellow light in his hand slowly dispersed into the air, and Jin continued in a low voice: "That is where all magic goes, it is the end of all magic, no matter how magic swells and changes in our world, they will eventually go to that place. The magic that shines in our hands will eventually flow to that world because the energy is exhausted, and the magical elements that are not used for us will also flow into that world spontaneously, and their flow and hidden patterns in it...... It's not as nowhere to be found, as we think. ”

"This is the magic construct." He pointed to the afterglow of the earth elementals that were gradually disappearing into the air, and finally there was a unique sense of confidence in his voice: "Investigate a magic, and the flow of magic in the whole world...... This is where I achieve the most and what interests me the most. ”

“…… No wonder you're an earth-based archmage. ”

After staring at those pale yellow embers for a long time, Duan Qing involuntarily sighed: "Earth-based magic should be the most suitable magic school to do this, right?" ”

"Earth elements are widely distributed and abundant, they are all over our feet and constantly changing as other elements flow and change." Jin put away the confident smile on his face: "Whenever I find a place, the first thing I need to do is to sense the earth elements in this place, and then according to their distribution, I can construct the magic structure of this area......"

"Zaraha City is a large magical termination."

Reaching out and touching the wall of the underground pipe network, his gaze was also on the wall: "The reason for this...... I guess you should get the idea, right? ”

"Someone has created a lot of Void here." Thinking back to the previous experience with Maggie, Duan Qingmo rubbed his chin and replied, "This kind of magic structure...... It must be artificial, right? ”

"I've been exploring this place for a long time, and I'm sure it's some kind of artifact of the Old Magic Empire."

Nodding slightly, Jin once again set his gaze on Duan Qing's face: "A thousand years away...... They must have done something here. ”

"So what is it?" Duan Qing shrugged his shoulders: "A big project like the Tower of Tyranny? ”

“…… Whether it's such a project or not, you shouldn't keep looking into it. ”

Putting his hood back on, Kim hid his face again: "And those of your companions and the civilians of Zaraha City...... You've been digging holes around here for the past few days, aren't you? ”

"We just want to use these passages to fight against the Frey Empire." Duan Qing pretended to be innocent and shook his head: "Unless you give us an explanation, ...... We don't give up easily. ”

“…… All right. ”

The rock-like eyes once again revealed the lower edge of the hood, and Jin looked at the other party silently for a long time: "Then I...... I'll give you an explanation. ”

"Very good...... Hey, what are you going to do? Feed! ”

Rumble!

A deafening roar then appeared in Duan Qing's ears, it was the sudden sound of Jin casually stepping in front of him on his shoulder, Duan Qing, who thought that he had been attacked by the other party, had not had time to make his defensive moves, and then found himself on a high mountain full of rocks. The slopes of the mountains that had once been burned by wildfires were also exposed to the bright starry sky at this time, exuding an inexhaustible smell of burnt paste along with the snow that still existed around them, and Duan Qing, who had let go of his arms, then recovered from this night scene full of cold, and looked up at the blurred outline in the distance: "This is ......"

"This is Mount Rondell." Jin replied lightly, "I teleported the two of us here with a leyline. ”

“…… Doesn't that mean there's nothing to see here? Silently suppressing the secretly surprised feelings in his heart, Duan Qing pursed his lips helplessly: "Then what are you still bringing me here for?" ”

"Those stone pillars in the city ......" Kim, who ignored the other person's feelings, then said a refreshing word again: "You should have noticed it too, right?" ”

“…… What do you want me to see? ”

"For Norman's sake......"

A big fan-like hand then rested on Duan Qing's shoulder, and at the same time, there was a buzzing sound that Jin slightly sank to Duan Qing's ears: "This time, I will let you see the true face of that city." ”

In a trembling feeling, endless magical energy then poured into Duan Qing's body from Jin's hand, and then like a rushing torrent, the ground that Duan Qing touched poured into the barren land under his feet. Forcibly holding back the tearing sensation that followed in his body, Duan Qing reluctantly focused his attention again, and then followed the direction that Jin indicated, and took the outline of a city that was absorbing the energy of countless magical elements into his eyes.