Chapter 32: The Secret
After waiting for more than ten minutes at the assembly site, several students except Roentgen returned one after another.
Chu Ge could see that each of them had an unwilling look on their faces, and it seemed that none of these people who came out after them could get this plunder reward to the limit.
After a long march, there was such a race against time to plunder, and the mental and physical strength of the freshmen had been exhausted to the limit, tired and sleepy.
The light on the third floor of the labyrinth was still bright, but the time was actually night, and under the leadership of the leading teacher, the group entered a hidden underground cave next to the upside-down area, which was specially built here by the National College for the new students to spend the night safely.
When everyone woke up the next day, Röntgen still did not show up, and the younger teacher who led the team smiled bitterly and said:
"Well, the time has gone too far, and it does seem that something unexpected is happening."
"Is it the freshman who laughs all the time? It's a pity, his overall quality is good among freshmen......"
There was no sadness in the teachers' tones, but they seemed to be accustomed to the death of the students, and they downplayed the Roentgenium incident, which made some of the freshmen present feel indescribably weird.
After discussion, the two leading teachers decided to leave one of them for the time being, while the other one returned to the academy with the new students who had finished the reward trial.
Until the time they set off to leave the upside-down area, Chu Ge and the others had not seen the arrival of the other two freshmen of the team, and the fat man Tyr sighed and said to himself:
"I didn't expect that guy to die like this, and I'm still thinking about whether to form a team with him in the future and go to the autumn tryouts together.
The guy that Tyr was talking about was naturally referring to Röntgen, who was hunting for lower-rank elements in the Earth Elemental Reversal Zone, and came out at a similar time to Chu Ge, but Chu Ge didn't see him when he passed through the Earth Elemental Zone.
"With Röntgen's combat strength and healing methods, even if he is besieged by several fire elementals, he can escape, but he hasn't come out yet...... It looked like he had a bit of too much self-confidence to challenge the enhanced fire elemental. ”
Not just Tyr, almost everyone speculated that Röntgen didn't get out because he provoked the strengthening element of the Fire Elemental Reversal Zone.
Chu Ge didn't have much idea about this, and after breaking through the ice, he threw pieces of Röntgen's corpse into the lake from a small hole.
During the waiting period just now, he had been chatting with You, and he was a little surprised by Yuu's harvest this time.
At least the next time I meet Aya, I can make her a little more serious - that's what Yuu said to him.
Chu Ge knew that Yu was not a person who could exaggerate, and even sometimes he would be overly modest, but it was precisely because of this that he was surprised by You's words.
In addition to his easy victory over the original candidate Apostle Fermon, that fight with Aya a few days ago should have made Yu clearly aware of the gap between the two.
Under this premise, Yu can still say that kind of thing, which shows how terrifying her harvest is this time.
After the shadow of the previous earthquake, no one wanted to walk through the damp cave passage before, so the path back to the ground was a more normal one.
Compared to the time, the road was quite calm, and they didn't encounter third-order monsters again, and the second-order monster group that attacked them appeared a few times, but because there was a leading teacher on the way back to help, there was no danger, but it easily provided Chu Ge with more than sixty SP points.
"I was really tired yesterday, and I must go to Happy Street to have a good time when I go back today."
"I didn't expect those elemental elves to be so difficult to deal with, I didn't meet many people in the first place, and when I was about to kill them, I actually ran away, but I wasted a lot of energy."
"My arm still hurts...... If Roentgen had been there, it would have been cured all at once. ”
After a whole day of tension yesterday, the peaceful return made everyone's spirits relax at once, and the freshmen who did not know each other's surnames a day ago actually chatted without a word in the big labyrinth.
However, I don't know why, Chu Ge's mood couldn't calm down at this moment, except for the cold sweat that kept flowing from his forehead, his face was also terrible, and he couldn't blend into the surrounding atmosphere at all.
You noticed Chu Ge's abnormality at the first time, but no matter how she asked, Chu Ge's answer was to shake her head silently.
In fact, this was also the true answer in Chu Ge's heart, he didn't have a clue about this abnormal situation at all.
Not a hunch or a whim, but something that echoes from the depths of the body, blood, or even the soul.
The heart of Nyven Moore on his chest still exuded a strange tingling sensation, and what he didn't know was that on the tenth floor of the Great Labyrinth, the second part of the Shadow Demon King's suit, a gray left hand glove, was gently hovering in front of a group of uninvited guests.
After a day and a night of rapid travel, Heinrich and his party reached the tenth level of the Great Labyrinth, the bottom of a long, obscure deep valley.
【Farewell】
"It's ...... What is it? Heinrich, did you see it the last time you came? ”
Looking at the glove floating in front of him, Denilos' brow furrowed slightly.
The constant filth on it made him feel an unusual sense of familiarity.
The town of Brewell - subconsciously, the name popped into his mind.
Heinrich shook his head and said:
"This is the only entrance to the eleventh floor, and every time I come, it's not like this, and again, I've never seen that glove before."
The path to the eleventh floor had been flat, but now there were high cliffs rising from the ground on either side, like mountains, and the suspended gauntlet was like a strange guard, dissuading travelers from the depths of the labyrinth.
Or, it has become a shackle that seals the abyss.
"Wasn't that how it used to be...... In other words, the change here was caused by the previous earthquake? ”
A woman of no apparent age asked, she was the last person Heinrich had ever invited.
"I guess so...... Well? Carl, do you know anything about this? ”
Looking at Karl with a thoughtful expression, Heinrich asked.
As the original user of magic in the continent of Orlanka, who now bears the name of the Invoker, Karl's erudition and wisdom are unmatched, and if it weren't for the sheer variety of magical attributes he mastered, he might have achieved the status of a demigod by now.
Primordial magic is said to have originated from the remnants of the true god Akaxia, and is the only magic left behind by Akasia, and its practice is different from any other type of magic in existence.
There is no need for any auxiliary spell casting equipment, no need to build a magic circuit in the body, not even a meditation method, it is completely relying on memory to achieve the release of magic, and countless spell patterns and symbols must be recorded in the brain.
While the potential and freedom of this way of learning is not comparable to other methods, the learning process is too arduous to learn magic without the ability to comprehend and comprehend the world.
In ancient times, many practitioners of primordial magic could only learn one or two spells in their lifetime due to the limitation of memory, and there were only four or five kinds of good talents, and those who could learn more than seven kinds of spells were already geniuses who could only appear once in the mainland for decades.
With the advent of meditation and other forms of sorcery practice, primordial magic was gradually phased out. However, there is still a group of people who are persevering in the study of primordial magic, and this group of people claims to be the followers of Akaxia.
They believed that primordial magic was the only way to truly access Akaxia, and it was because of them that primordial magic had been passed down for thousands of years.
In order to perpetuate the legacy of primordial magic, the group made a pact that only one of those who learned primordial magic in each generation would be able to walk the world in the name of the Invoker, and that the primordial headquarters would not be able to escape from the world, lest they cause trouble and the lineage would be severed.
After thousands of years of time, the inheritors of primordial magic finally waited for a half-blood boy who was favored by the true gods, and this boy's talent surpassed all the inheritors in history, and in the twenty-fifth year of receiving the inheritance, he successfully advanced to transcendence based on primordial magic, and took on the name of supplicant!
During his first year on the continent, Karl inadvertently became involved in a struggle between the Far North and the Woodland Kingdoms, and was ambushed in Lawless City on the edge of the Far North.
In danger, he brazenly struck and killed more than ten transcendents, and a subordinate legend stationed in the city of lawlessness heard the news, and Karl was intercepted again!
What is interesting is that although Carl was seriously injured after the battle, he also successfully repelled the legend that came to attack, which was talked about by many people.
Although this kind of case is rare, it is not impossible, so people are surprised and don't think much about it, but if they know that Carl has only been promoted to transcendent for less than a year, they don't know what they will think.
After ten years on the continent, Karl had reached the pinnacle of transcendence, mastering even the amount of magic his teachers did not know in detail, except that this unprecedented genius was approaching the point of legend.
In the same year, Carl returned to the City of Lawlessness to challenge the legendary powerhouse who had seriously injured him, and the legendary strength that had hunted him down had gone one step further and reached the middle of the legend!
After discovering that Carl was still a fourth-order, the old legend was naturally not afraid, the reason why he retreated ten years ago was because Carl's magic was so mysterious that if he killed the other party with all his strength, he would inevitably be seriously injured.
At that time, he was in an awkward position in the Far North, and if it was known that his serious injuries would not be able to heal, it would be easy to be in danger, so he did not go all out and let Carl escape.
This time, his strength has greatly improved, and he also knows the opponent's battle path, and more importantly, he has no scruples, and he feels that he is sure of victory, so he decisively responds to the battle.
In fact, he should be glad that he didn't go all out that time, so that he could live for ten more years, otherwise there is only one result of the battle, that is, he dies and Carl lives, although the price is a little difficult.
The recorded battle lasted for a very short time, and the legendary mid-term did not survive even five minutes under Karl before falling into a torrent of natural disasters!
After the battle, a new legend was added to the continent of Orlanca, and the name of the [Invoker] was widely spread.
Now, more than ten years have passed since that war, and Karl has not accepted the invitation of any of the forces, and continues to wander incognito on the mainland. People only occasionally learned about each other's claws from the publications published by the Federation, and the study of primordial magic ushered in a small craze, but it also dissipated quickly.
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Karl twisted the ends of his hair, and after recalling for a while, he looked at the crowd:
"You've all heard of the Forsaken."
Everyone nodded, as the legends of the world, they all knew more or less about the name, while Denilos frowned and said:
"You mean this thing has something to do with the Forsaken?"
"I've read a document in my main library that contains a relatively detailed account of the Forsaken's past, but I'd like to ask you first, what is your impression of the Forsaken?" ”
Denilos, who knew the Forgiveness best, immediately began to answer.
At the end of the Year of Light and Darkness, the conflict between the gods and the old gods is in a state of burnout, and the war that has spread across the continent is coming to an end.
And at that time, the mysterious third force continued to pour out of the ground and launched an attack on the side of the gods who had a slight advantage.
They have a human-like appearance, but they have unparalleled talent and intelligence, and even have a near-pure-blood dragon lifespan, and the gods do not know the origin of this race, which later living people refer to as the "Forsaken".
The Forsaken have created an incredible civilization with their superior intelligence, huge warships flying in the sky, powerful weapons worthy of dragon magic, mysterious runes, brutal dragons and mighty giants retreating, and fear raging across the continent of Olanka.
Time has entered the year of Godfall.
Under the strong strength of the Forsaken, the power of the True God suffered heavy losses, and the followers of the Old Gods also felt terrified, and in the end, the mortal enemies of the two camps chose to put aside their thousand-year-old hatred in the face of fear and fight against the Forsaken together.
In order to survive, both sides have no scruples to deal with the Forsaken, but at this time, the gods really feel the unparalleled talent of the Forsaken!
No miracles of Akaxia have been found underground, but the Forsaken have forged a different path with their own talents, and the strongest of them have the power of demigods/saints, and the King of the Forsaken can easily strangle the gods!
The battle between the gods and the Forsaken has upheaved the world, leveling mountains, turning flat lands into deep streams, and river valleys merging with the ocean.
The mighty power of the King of the Forsaken terrifies the gods, and more and more saints fall into the hands of the Forsaken, although many of the Forsaken powerhouses have died, but in the face of the talent that makes the gods feel desperate, the number of the Forsaken will only increase.
Eventually, the most powerful deity, Cross, made a pact with the Daughter of the Old Gods of the Universe to banish the King of the Forsaken to a foreign land, disappearing at the same time, and the remaining Old Gods mysteriously disappeared at the same time.
Although they temporarily repelled the army of the Forsaken, it was only a matter of time before the Forsaken ruled the continent of Orlanca, and in the end, the remaining gods sacrificed their precious lives in desperation, and issued the most vicious curse on the Forsaken clan!
Under the influence of the curse, the long lives of the Forsaken have become extremely short, and they have lost their fertility, and even if their potential is still strong, their demise is inevitable!
Unable to unravel the curse, the remaining Forsaken slaughtered the living creatures of the continent, allowing the powerful races to escape, and the weaker ones to be dragged into endless darkness by the mad Forsaken.