Act Sixty-Five: Nefarian
There is only one room on the top floor of the Octagonal Tower, and this room is Frenica's private domain, so no one will usually disturb the top floor.
The room was spacious, with a circular shape, large and small cabinets randomly placed against the arched walls, piled with scrolls and some strange materials.
As soon as I entered this research room, the first thing I saw was a huge magic circle engraved on the ground.
"What is this? Traps? Rhein asked, looking at the circle painted on the ground.
Frenica sat down cross-legged on the only wooden chair in the room, "What fool would set such an obvious trap?" This is my experimental formation. ”
"It's a pity that I'm not interested in magic, otherwise I'd have studied it well." Rhine looked around, the room was full of this formation, some of the formations seemed to be still activated, and a little light flashed on them.
"Even if you're interested, it's best not to study it, you're not a magician, and you might go crazy when you come into contact with this." Frenica said seriously.
Rhine doesn't believe that "is it so easy to go mad?" ”。
"Since the age of creation, the mage has become a powerful profession. The original ancient magic has been lost, but a lot of modern magic has been added. These spells are unpolished and very unstable, and this is the modern magic I am working on. Frenica explained.
"Oh. I hope you don't go mad. Rhine didn't see any extra chairs, and just stood in front of Frenica.
"Do you really believe that there is a knife called 'Heiming'?" Frenica asked, looking at Rhein.
"Believe it or not, it's up to you to say the rest of the story, and I'm sure you didn't keep me because you liked me."
"Hehe, your brain circuit is quite complicated, you should be able to fight with the formation on this ground."
"Thanks for the compliment."
"You're welcome."
Rhein clasped his hands around his chest: "How did you know about this knife?" ”
"Interpreted from the fragment found by the elves, although the fragment says so, but it's not true, and I don't have a score." Frenica stood up and clearly retrieved a fragment from one of the many cluttered cabinets.
Rhine looked at the badly corroded fragment, "Do you know the ancient story of the elves?" ”
"When I was younger, I went to the elves as an exchange student, although I was sent back quickly." Frenica's expression was as if she was sorry.
"I know a magician who speaks Elven very well." Rhine thought of La Niña, if only she were here at this moment.
Frenica was sure that she could translate it correctly, "Even if I find someone from the Elves, I will definitely translate it the same as mine." The key is the accuracy of the message above."
"Tell me where the knife is?" Rhein asked the question he wanted to know most.
Frenica looked at the scroll again, "At the end of it is written, 'The black light is fierce, and those who hold it will be counterattacked, and the tiger will sink into the cave and no one will get it.'" It must have been sunk into the cave by a man named Tiger Po. As for who and where Tiger Po and the cave are, it is still unknown, this was all three thousand years ago. ”
"Oh, then I'd like to ask if there's a legend about the black dragon Nefarion. Like what weaknesses it has, and so on. Rhine thought that the place where he could suppress "Black Ming" must be a place that Nefarian did not want to go. If you know the shortcomings of this black dragon, maybe it will be helpful in finding the artifact.
"This one, according to legend, Nefarian is afraid of ice, and the black flame in his body is because it was resisted by the demon king "Ice Industry" three thousand years ago, so that the brave man has the opportunity to cut off one of his fingers. In Frenica's tone, it was obvious that among the three powerhouses, the black dragon was the strongest.
"Are dragons such a powerful existence?" Rhine had heard that the dragons had a habit of gluttony, and if they were all so strong, wouldn't all the creatures in the world be eaten.
"The dragon located in our northeast is indeed strong, and when the young dragon hatches, it has the same fifth-order terrifying strength as me. But their growth cycle is also extremely long, and only an eight-thousand-year-old dragon can reach the same eighth-order strength as Nefarian. Frenica said as she pulled out a thick book from a cupboard, as if she had written down the location of all the items in the cluttered room.
The cover of this book is a dragon spitting dragon breath, and the title of the book is "The Dragon Chronicles"
"This book was written by a scholar in the royal capital after collecting a large number of dragon legends, and it uses the situation of the story to introduce people to the life of dragons." Frenica handed the book to Rhine.
Rhine did not hesitate to flip through it, the language on it was easy to understand, and there were many cool illustrations.
"This can't be called an academic classic, can it? It's clearly a novel. Rhine looked at it and saw that it was full of small stories, and described the dragons very vividly, just like humans.
"No, this can be said to be an academic classic, because in this easy-to-understand story, the customs, characteristics, and life of the dragon clan are really depicted in detail." Frenica flipped the thick book to a page and showed Rhine a short passage on the paper: "Sdorica, Evil dragons build the world."
"What do you mean?"
"The dragon Stolica forged the world."
Frenica closed the book, "The history of the dragon race is even older than the demon race, it is said that in ancient times, there was only one race in the world, the dragon, and our current world was built by the dragon race at that time. ”
"Speculation again?" Rhein frowned and looked at the cover of the book, it was like a children's storybook.
"Isn't the discovery of truth all from speculation to confirmation?" Frenica is very optimistic about the true sex of this book, in fact, she wanted to propose the "dragon creation" theory a long time ago, but at that time everyone thought she was whimsical, so she buried this theory in her heart. And now that someone is finally standing in the same place as her and looking at the world, how can she not support it.
Rhine thought about it and believed that he would not suffer, "Then I will believe you and this book once, so the story of Nefarian is recorded in this book?" ”
Frenica nodded.
"Nefarian was a rebel against the Dragons, having broken away from the Dragons at the dawn of seven thousand years. He lived alone in the most remote Demon Mist Mountain Range of the Dragon Clan, and then came out to fight the Demon King Brave once three thousand years ago, and never appeared again after returning to the Dragon Clan. ”
"If you calculate it according to the time limit, it should be 10,000 years old by now, maybe it has reached the limit."
Rhine still didn't have a clue after listening to it, and the information described was too little.
"You like to study these things?" Rhine simply put the matter of the black dragon aside for a moment and asked something else.
Frenica nodded, "In addition to the demons, I am now studying the civilizations of the dragons, elves, and dwarves at the same time. ”
"Is it for fun?"
"Interest is certainly one reason, but there is another."
"What?"
"It's nothing, it's just a delusion of mine." Frenica shook her head, suddenly reluctant to speak.
Rhine didn't care, he walked over to the small cabinet and looked at it, many of the scrolls were about to be turned through and rotten, and the folds crawled all over the page.
Rhein picked up a scroll in his hand, "Research maniac, are you serious?" ”
Frenica didn't think much when she heard this, "Aren't you talking nonsense, don't you take it seriously, can I reach the strength of the fifth order at the age of thirty?" ”
"Is it difficult to reach a fifth-order strength at the age of thirty? Isn't it a fifth-order strength after graduating from this academy? Rhine began to flip through the scrolls.
"Blackstone Academy only accepts third-order students, and the academic year system is three years, and the last one graduated was six years ago, you say it's not difficult."
"It's a strange system." Rhine put down the scroll in his hand and picked up another one.
"There is only one condition for us to accept people, and that is the growth rate. We don't want to be strong, we have to grow fast. ”
"You're labeled a war college, but you're secretly researching something else, aren't you?"
"Our funds are in the hands of the kingdom, if we don't label cultivating the strong, where will the money come from?" Frenica said, pointing to the room full of research materials.
"I'm not interested in your research, and I hope you don't study me either." After Rhine finished speaking, he put down the scroll in his hand, "With more guidance from the professor today, I'll step back first." ”
The boy walked with his back straight, and after knowing Frenica's purpose, he chose to retreat.
Although she was very tactful, the boy was still vigilant when he noticed something unusual. Frenika looked at the departed Rhine with a little regret.
After going out, Rhine leaned against the wall around the corner, "Isn't it the highest level of depravity to tell others not to touch those modern magics and they are already deeply involved in them?" ”
After saying this to Frenica in his heart, Rhine hurried down the octagonal tower without looking back.