Darkness, incomparably dark, closed for a hundred years, the air here has long become incomparably thinner, as it goes deeper, the lighting effect of the torches becomes weaker and weaker, Ryan tried several times to activate the blazing effect of the flame operator at the cost of consuming mental power, but due to the unknown danger ahead, he finally restrained this thought. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As he hurried without stopping, there was finally a faint light ahead.

The moment he stepped out of the passage, Ryan's footsteps suddenly hovered in the air, his eyes vibrating violently, and his face was full of disbelief.

Ahead is not so much a secret room as a different world.

The massive columnar cavern was clearly not humanly constructed, and overhead was covered with a deliberately carved crystal cluster, and a faint blue light was appropriately illuminated at Ryan's feet.

Ahead, a straight suspended corridor leads to a fork in the large circular platform in the center, with twelve ascending staircases leading to the twelve dark stone entrances above.

As for his feet, the sound of the river could be heard, but the half-elf with dim vision could only see darkness, and he was not sure how deep it was.

This is the former Morning Star Council Chamber!

Woodlaw had briefly introduced him to this place, which was the center of the entire old Shining Star Castle, which contained a large number of natural magic crystals, and with the help of this unique condition, the Morning Star Wizard made this place a large illusion space.

Legend has it that the smooth stone walls around the council chamber are carved with magic circuits, and with the help of an almost endless number of magic crystals, the stone walls follow the weather changes outside and broadcast them in real time like a 3D projection.

Everyone who is lucky enough to be here will be amazed by the ever-changing beauty.

It's a pity that Ryan can't feel it, and the constant spell here has long been destroyed by the magic riot.

Shaking his head, the half-elf seemed to regret this, and walked forward cautiously with a long sigh of relief.

Shocked by the grandeur of the architectural workmanship, he didn't notice that the stone walls carved with magic circuits were smooth and smooth, and from time to time a ray of reflection could flash through them.

Soon, Ryan came to the circular platform in the center, and his eyes were immediately drawn to the intricate circle pattern under his feet. Although he couldn't activate this long-abandoned circle with his current strength, he still understood the meaning of the circle from the clues.

It was a large-scale functional spell that combined mass teleportation and projection, and judging by the twelve circular openings at the edges, it must have had the same use as the council hall in the Morningstar Tower.

That's right, that's where the Morning Star Magi start the Council.

Although the scale of this formation was much larger than the one in the Morning Star Tower, it was of no use except for making Ryan sigh at the wealth and skill of the Shining Star Fort again.

Discerning his direction, Ryan stepped up the steps to Archmage Viren's room.

The glow of the torches illuminated the space that had been in darkness for hundreds of years, and it was covered with dust and cobwebs, and it was impossible to distinguish the layout of the scene.

The desolate abandoned room made Ryan wonder, is there really anything left in this place?

It took a lot of effort for Ryan to figure out the furnishings around him, and thanks to the fact that he had visited Viren, this place was not much different from his room in the Morning Star Tower, otherwise Ryan really didn't know what to do.

The bookshelves on the edge had long since been emptied, and Ryan ignored the decaying objects and made his way to the end of the place where the archmage rested.

Seeing a pile of dusty books scattered around the bed, Ryan finally breathed a sigh of relief, put the torch aside, and raised his hand to start pulling the magic around him. As the magic trick was activated, wisps of breeze swept through the room, quickly clearing the surrounding dust away, revealing the torn books as they were.

At this moment, the faint magical aura generated by casting the 0 ring spell began to slowly dissipate outward, and as this aura slowly dissipated along the stone wall, the 'rock' on the latter actually trembled slightly.

Ryan's perception wasn't good enough for him to be aware of the silent changes out there, and he focused most of his attention on the book in his hand.

As Woodlow had argued, since research into the surge of magical energy had caused such a catastrophe, it would be best for Viren to be unwilling and unable to return the materials to Castle Flare Castle, and that it would be best for them to be buried forever with the destruction of the old campus.

Although the books have been damaged by moisture after a hundred years of abandonment, Ryan can still learn about the past through the leftovers.

As he read more deeply, so did the heaving of his chest.

Magical energy surge is a double-edged sword, and from the moment he casts his magical energy explosion, Ryan has seen how terrible it is, whether it is for his enemies or himself!

But he didn't expect that this double-edged sword was closer to his neck than the enemy!

According to Viren's experimental notes, his research on magical affinity was inspired by a former Morning Star Wizard named Gregory. As the first legendary wizard to die in the Morning Star, Gregory is rarely mentioned by the mages of Castle Shining Star, but the latecomer who took his place is a well-known name in the Academy.

Douglas, the archmage who competed with Ervet at the previous Morningstar Council, Ryan had a relationship with him, and due to his youthful appearance, he left a lot of impressions.

Once the most low-key archmage of the Morning Star, Gregory lived in seclusion, spending his days in his lab tinkering with research that was on the edge of morality.

Viren was very wary of him, no, it should be said that the entire Morningstar Council was like that!

Until one day, Gregory implanted magic crystals into the bodies of a group of scarab beetles, and after several generations, their descendants actually mastered the simple use of magic, which not only changed their body shape, but also significantly increased their intelligence, strength, and lifespan.

This discovery made Viren excited, after all, as an archmage entering his twilight years, the word lifespan was extremely sensitive.

As a result, Viren plagiarized Gregory's experiments and spent most of his time and energy on them.

However, he soon discovered the side effect of magical affinity, which subtly changed the subject's thirst for magic, and this thirst was like a bottomless pit, eating away at the subject's soul and body.

When exposed to a certain concentration of mana, the subject's thirst for mana will cause their flesh to turn into a magnet, desperately devouring the surrounding mana, and then irreversibly turning into a mana crystal.

However, just as Viren wanted to abandon the experiment, Gregory had a new breakthrough. He discovered that the main reason why scarab beetles were able to resist the reaction of magic crystallization to a certain extent was because of their innate magical resistance properties.

Magical Resistance is like a measuring cup, as long as the amount of mana infused does not exceed this measure, it will not cause the side effects of magical affinity.

Once again, this discovery revived Vilen's strength, but when he tried to go one step further on this theory, Gregory died.

His death was so sudden that Viren and the Morning Star Wizards couldn't help but think of the experiments he was on, so the remaining eleven archmages explicitly forbade the study of magical affinity. Due to his shortcomings in scientific research and the pressure of the Morningstar Council, Viren had no choice but to give up the research.

When the Morning Star Council was in trouble over the ownership of the new Morning Star Wizard, Viren's student, Lester, entered his laboratory by mistake, and at this moment, Viren was still conducting qualification tests for the candidate Morning Star Wizard.

By chance, Lester obtained research information on magical energy affinity, and with the Morning Star Wizard election imminent, this method of quickly increasing his strength immediately attracted his attention.

Despite the side-effects of filming, Lester, who was in a hurry, still put the experiment on his own.

What happened after that was what Ryan knew, Lester succeeded and failed, and his recklessness caused irreparable damage and destroyed Castle Shinestar.