After a thrilling night, returning to this stone house, which was safe for the time being, everyone's tense minds slowly relaxed.

In the corner of the hall on the first floor of the stone house, Lawson and his party sat around a fire, on the fire was an iron pot, in which a few potatoes were boiling, the water was already boiling, making a gurgling sound, and the potatoes were tumbling in the boiling water, which tightly attracted the attention of little Alice.

She hadn't eaten in a long time, and her stomach was already rumbling with hunger.

Beside the fire, after some introductions to each other, Rosen knew that the young magician who had just come out to greet them was called Tarot, a three-star magician, who was only 23 years old this year, and was Lilith's younger brother. In terms of qualifications alone, he can be regarded as a genius-level figure, but unfortunately there is always a smart senior sister in front of him, so he has never been famous.

"The buildings of the inner courtyard have been largely destroyed, the Tower of Wisdom has been razed to the ground, and Master Fleming has lost his life for the Academy...... The academy has ...... Already....... Hey~"

Tarot sat by the fire, his eyes looking at the jumping flames, his eyes sad and confused, he held a small piece of coals in one hand, and scratched meaninglessly on the ground, making a soft 'snort' sound.

The academy has been destroyed, and without the academy, what are these magic academies to them? Homeless homeless?

Everyone was silent, and everyone had the same confusion as him, including Rosen.

For a moment, there was only one or two occasional crackling sounds of burning wood in the hall.

Suddenly, Rosen said, "There has to be a plan." Now that the whole city of Nilogaard has been reduced to a monster's lair, it is no longer safe to stay here, and we must leave this monster city as soon as possible. ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Tarot smiled bitterly: "But you turn your head to look at them, they lack arms and legs." With so many injuries, there's no way to escape the monsters in the city."

Rosen turned his head to look, in the hall, there were a total of 28 people, of which 15 were seriously wounded, among these people, broken arms and legs were considered light, and those serious ones were cut open in the abdomen, and the internal organs flowed out of the body, leaving only the last breath. With the medical technology of this era, it is basically impossible for these 15 people to survive.

Among the remaining 13 people, 8 of them have very deep wounds, and there are already slight signs of infection around the wounds, whether they can survive or not depends on luck, but if you want to take them to a long-distance transfer, it is basically impossible, and it will drag those magicians who are not injured to finish together.

In this way, there are at most five or six magicians who can really leave Nilogaard City safely, including Lilith.

The wounded were also magicians, all wise men, who had foreseen their fate, but no one wept, their eyes were numb, and they let out a faint moan or two unless the wound was really painful.

Looking at this desperate scene, Rosen felt very uncomfortable: "Maybe I can escort you away." ”

Tarot smiled faintly: "Thank you very much, I know you must have this ability, but even if you can really leave, where can we go?" Without the protection of the Academy, even if we can escape the pursuit of monsters, we will not be able to escape the search of wizard hunters. ”

He paused, and the smile on his face became a little bitter: "Personally, I won't leave here." I can't leave so many comrades behind and leave alone. ”

"Are you waiting to die like this?" Rosen asked incredulously.

"Not exactly." Tarot shook his head: "Master Max, the Thunder Messenger, and Niya the Sage are still alive. As soon as they found out about Nilogaard, they would surely rush back immediately. As long as Master Max returns, we are saved. ”

Hearing this, Lilith on the side said softly: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. ”

"Senior sister, what do you mean by that?" Tarot was puzzled.

Lilith glanced at Lawson and explained softly, "The key is the Tower of Wisdom. This tower may be related to the source of the great magician's power. Once the tower falls, there is a high probability that the power of the Great Mage will be greatly weakened. Of course, Master Max's strength will still be very strong, but he may have lost his crushing advantage over monsters. ”

"Really?" Tarot's face turned pale when he heard this.

"Judging from the current clues, it is very likely, of course, this is just my guess, and it is not necessarily accurate." Lilith spoke in a low voice, as if she was afraid of being heard by the other magicians.

Hearing these words, the last glimmer of hope in the young magician's eyes was extinguished, and he stared blankly at the trembling flames in the fire, and said nothing.

Lilith sighed, she suddenly stood up, turned to Lawson and said, "Alchemist, can we talk about it alone?" ”

Lawson was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Lilith meant, but still nodded: "Of course." Where to talk? ”

Lilith pointed to the stairs, "There's a room on the third floor. ”

She was the first to make her way up the stairs.

Rosen stood up, and Anne and the others immediately looked over, their eyes worried and uneasy. He nodded slightly, then followed Lilith and walked upstairs.

Soon, the two of them arrived in a small room on the third floor, Lilith closed the door, looked carefully out the small window, and after making sure that there were no monsters outside the stone house, she reached out and closed the window, and then turned to look at Lawson, her eyes burning, and she looked unusually bright in the dimly lit room.

"Rosen, what are your plans for the future?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, but I'll have to get out of Nilogaard, there are too many monsters in the city."

Time was too short, and Rosen hadn't really thought about it, but vaguely, he felt that in this savage and cruel world, blindly avoiding it didn't seem to be the best strategy.

Lilith immediately said, "I've thought about it. ”

"Oh, let's hear it." Lawson stood against the wall, looking at Lilith earnestly.

"We can't escape, we should rebuild the academy!" Lilith came up with a very bold idea.

Rosen's heart jerked, and he followed Lilith's words and asked, "Rebuild the academy?" What to rebuild? How to rebuild? ”

Lilith stared at Rosen tightly: "By your strength!" Rely on your knowledge! Those monsters are afraid of you from the bottom of their bones, and as long as you are there, it is enough to deter monsters. You also have a lot of wonderful alchemy knowledge, terrible explosives, powerful muskets, magical potions, and as long as you are here, we can hope to rebuild the academy and even restore the glory of Nilogaard City! ”

Lawson's eyelids jumped violently when he heard this, and for some reason, his heartbeat accelerated slightly, and the arterial process on his forehead jumped suddenly: "Why do you think I have this power?" There are so many monsters, and there are countless powerful monsters. Although I killed Amran, there is a mysterious lord behind him. Even if I can deal with the monsters, our newly built academy will definitely not be recognized by the royal power, and when the time comes, the Flame God Cult and the Cowell Kingdom will come to find trouble, how should we deal with it? ”

When he said this, his eyes looked at the air in front of him, not like he was convincing Lilith, but more like he was arguing with himself.

Lilith didn't look discouraged: "So what? It's ten times better than running away and wandering around. If we flee Nilogard today, then our enemies will be able to grow in peace, and their strength will grow until one day they can easily destroy us! But if we fight them from the very beginning, we have hope of victory! ”

With every word she spoke, Rosen's eyes brightened a little, and when Lilith finished speaking, Rosen's eyes sparkled in the darkness, and there seemed to be a raging fire burning in them.

"You're right! Can't run away all the time! ”

Lilith's words were like the light of a lighthouse, illuminating Rosen's mind at once, and he completely understood it.

He clenched his hands into fists and said in a condensed voice: "We can no longer rely on others, let alone expect the mercy of the enemy!" The world is immersed in thick darkness, and in such a hopeless and savage world, if you want light, you can only rely on the torch in your own hand! ”

"And you agreed?" Lilith was overjoyed.

Seriously, she just had the idea of giving it a try, and in her expectation, she had to work extremely hard to convince Rosen, because when he was in the underground city, Rosen had always acted like he didn't want to get into trouble, but he didn't expect that in just a few words, Rosen was actually persuaded by her.

It dawned on her that she had mistaken the young man.

Rosen sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Actually, it's not that I want to do this, and I don't like to do this, but everything is telling me that I have to do this!" I know that this road is very dangerous, very difficult, and very little hope of success, but this is the only way! ”

Now, he feels that his original idea was very naïve. Before, he didn't want to be a lord, he didn't want to run his own power, he just wanted to be a scientist like Newton and spread science in this world, but he didn't realize that this monster-infested world was too dangerous and turbulent, and there was no soil for the seeds of science to grow.

If he wants to achieve his goal, he must first prepare the soil for scientific growth.

Now that they have been cornered, the cowards choose to surrender, and the warriors choose to fight. I'm not a warrior, but I'm not going to give in! Rosen's mind became clearer and firmer.

He stretched out his hand to push open the wooden door, then turned to Lilith and said, "Let's go, let's go and save people first." ”