Bell had a nightmare.

In the dream, he came to a place where it was pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers, he felt very cold, extremely cold to the bone, and the magic robe on his body that could resist the cold had no effect at all, and his body couldn't help but shiver.

And that's not all, he felt all around him howling snow and ice, and these cold things seemed to have life, and they actually penetrated through his mouth, nose, ears, and even the pores of his body, and then swam inside him, as if to dispel the last breath of heat from his body.

Instinctively, Bell wanted to cast a spell to keep warm, but he found that he couldn't find his 'Zarah', not only that, all the magic equipment he was carrying was gone, he didn't touch any of it, he wanted to cast the spell empty-handed, but he found that the magic energy in his body was also gone.

He seems to have been abandoned by magic.

"What the hell is wrong with me? Where the hell am I? How so? Bell panicked.

In this desperate situation, Bell endured the uncontrollable cold, and I don't know how long it took, Bell suddenly found that he couldn't feel the cold anymore.

The strange aura continued to pour into his body, but the piercing feeling was gone, and faintly, he still seemed to feel a sense of sufficiency.

"What's going on? Am I going to die, and now it's time to return to the light? "Bell couldn't understand his situation.

Time continued to pass, and gradually, Bell found that instead of dying, he was getting more and more energetic, and the cold, to be precise, the cool breath in his body was increasing, and he felt that his energy was unusually abundant.

"How is this possible? I'm almost 70 years old, I'm in my twilight years, but how do I feel like I'm 20 again? Bell couldn't figure it out, but, suddenly, Bell felt a flash of light in his mind, something coming to his memory.

'Necromancy Immortality, Shandu, etc., I remember, I'm in Shandu's magic tower, and I'm now receiving the transformation of his immortal body in his potion pool. Could it be that the transformation is now almost successful? Bell was overjoyed.

He felt his body carefully.

Some numbness is far less sensitive than the previous physical body, what warmth, coldness, and even the sense of touch have become extremely dull, the only thing that is clear is the ubiquitous cool breath, under the nourishment of this breath, his spirit is more and more sufficient.

"Is this the power of darkness? It doesn't look as scary as it seems. Bell said to himself.

The cold breath continued to pour into his body, and Bell felt very comfortable, he relaxed his body, did not think about anything, and quietly waited for his body transformation to be completed.

However, things did not go as smoothly as he imagined!

'Boom~' There was a loud bang, and Bell woke up at once: "What happened?" Didn't Shandu say that he would guard it on the sidelines? Why is there so much movement? ”

As soon as this thought arose, Bell suddenly felt a force in his body that was pinching him, and this force was very brutal and pulled him out of the embrace of the cool breath.

"Ah~~~ What's going on? What's going on! Bell felt his body exposed to air, and he tried to open his eyes, but he found that his eyes were useless, and he couldn't see anything.

Just then, a voice came into his ears, it was a young man.

"Oh, Master Bell, you look uglier now than a rotting corpse in the grave."

The voice was familiar, Bell had heard it once, and he tried to rummage through his somewhat confused memories to remember its owner.

At this time, another, more familiar voice sounded: "Your Excellency, I didn't expect you to end up on this dark path. ”

The voice was female, mellow and clear, extremely pleasant, and in Bell's memory, there was only one woman with this voice, and that was Moira, Antony's most proud disciple.

As soon as he recognized the identity of the other party, Bell had a flash of lightning in his heart, and his chaotic thoughts finally connected, and he exclaimed, "Moira, Link, is it you?" No, how is it possible, how can you attack the magic tower? Could it be that Anthony is here too? What about Shandu? Where's Shandu? ”

A weak, hoarse voice came, it was Shandu: "Bell, I've failed. ”

"Tell me, how many magicians are here? Could it be that all the people from the East Valley Magician Academy are here? Also, how long has it been? Bell still couldn't figure it out, even if the six-member council members of the academy arrived, but a level 5 necromancer made up his mind to hide in the magic tower and not go out, the other party would not be able to attack in a short time.

Shandu smiled bitterly: "No, it's just the two of them." Only 40 minutes had passed. ”

"But you have the Magic Tower," Bell grew more and more horrified.

Shandu was about to answer, but was interrupted by Verola's voice: "Master Bell, there's no need to get to the bottom of it. As one of the Academy's most revered masters, you have completely reneged on the Academy's glorious traditions by choosing to transform your body into a dark lich. I must bring you back to the academy for trial. ”

There's a secret to the Radiant Elect, and Verora doesn't want to expose Link's identity too soon.

Bell was shocked and shook his head desperately: "No, it can't be like this. I didn't hurt anyone, I just wanted to live. Moni (the affectionate name of Moira's acquaintance), please, please let me go, I promise that I will remain incognito, I will not appear in the Radiant World for the rest of my life, and I promise that I will not study black magic for the rest of my life. ”

Back at the Academy, he was completely finished, even if he was lucky enough not to die, he would definitely lose his freedom forever, and he would never be able to contact magic again, so it was better to kill him directly.

"I'm sorry, Master, but it's not for me to decide." Verora decisively refused.

Bell still didn't give up: "Soni, please, I really can't go back, I don't want to die, I still have too many magic problems to solve, I still have too many regrets." Moni, let me go, okay? I vowed never to touch the dark arts again. Just this once, just this one to give me a chance to live. ”

Verora seemed to be a little soft-hearted, and was silent for a while.

She is an angel of light, but before she awakened, she was still a mortal, and when she was studying magic, Bell gave her a lot of help as an elder, and even now, she still carries a magic bracelet on her, which was a gift from Bell as an elder of the academy at her coming-of-age ceremony.

All the past is love, and Verora knows very well the fate he will face after bringing Bell back, and for a while, she felt a little unbearable.

Of course, that wasn't enough to change her decision, she just didn't know how to refuse Bell's request.

In this silence, Bell seemed to see hope, and his tone softened: "Mine, we have known each other for twenty-three years, I have watched you grow up, and you know my personality, yes, sometimes I don't have a good temper, but I have never done anything against my will. This time, I studied necromancy and didn't get in the way of others letting me go, okay? ”

Verora remained silent, and it was Link who answered Bell.

"Master Bell, I don't think you figured out one thing."

"What's the matter?" Bell couldn't see Link, but he knew that if he could be free today, they would have to agree to both of them, so he was humble.

Link smiled lightly and continued, "Your mistake is that you didn't recognize the effects of the dark on you. In fact, those dark mages who have fallen into darkness have similar thoughts to you at first, some of them are just curious, some are to gain immortality like you, and most of them do not want to harm the world. Shandu, did you start out just out of curiosity about the dark arts? ”

Yes, curious, for black magic, Link himself has curiosity in his heart, he even intercepted Tarouvis's demonic rune and prepared to study it secretly, but after experiencing Bell's incident, Link clearly saw the rejection of the dark power in the glorious world, and also clearly saw the corrosion of the dark force on people.

He figured it out now, and when he went back this time, he would find a suitable opportunity to hand over the demonization rune.

Otherwise, he might be able to gain some knowledge from the demonic runes, but if it is exposed and detected by Veurora, he will lose the trust of this angel of light.

An angel of light who can burn his soul with all his heart, a demonic rune that can give him knowledge but may induce him to fall into darkness, any sane person would choose the former.

You can never have both.

On the other side, Shandu opened his mouth and wanted to argue, but in the end, he was silent, yes, at first, he was really just curious, but as soon as this road came up, there was no turning back, and he could only go further and further.

Bell couldn't see Shandu's movements, and he still said, "So what? That's because those magicians are weak-willed, I'm different, I'm a magician, I can control myself! ”

Link laughed again, hundreds of years ago, the legendary magician Bryant once said, he said, 'Mortal self-control is the greatest illusion in the world!' ’

Mortals tend to think that they are very strong-willed, can control their actions 100%, and can control the consequences of these actions, but in reality, it is just a beautiful illusion, even Link, he has unknowingly fallen into the maze of magic, if it wasn't for Verora's actions to wake him up, he would have gone crazy because of magic nine times out of ten in the future.

Seeing Bell's confident look, Link revealed a fact: "Master Bell, I'll say one thing. The potion you used to transform the Lich's Body contains at least a hundred lives! If you don't believe me, you can ask Shandu. ”

"Shandu, is this true?" Bell was also taken aback.

Shandu was silent for a while, but finally admitted, "In order to neutralize the corrosive nature of the dark power, I fused blood essence into the potion. To refine these essences, I spent a ton of blood, human blood, but I used the blood of slaves. ”

A person has about 5 liters of blood, a ton of blood, about 1000L, that is, 200 lives, which is more than what Link estimated.

"The blood of slaves? It's really high-sounding. Link scoffed and looked at Bell again, "See?" The first step to your immortal life, 200 lives were buried for you, and this is what you call 'no harm'? ”

"But I don't know about that." Bell argued.

"Alright, don't say it!" Verora finally couldn't take it anymore, and she looked at Bell with extreme disappointment: "Master, you may not know it, but when you heard that 200 lives were sacrificed for you, you didn't feel the slightest guilt or guilt, all you thought about was to shirk responsibility. You've changed, you've been corrupted by the darkness, and I'll take you back to East Valley Academy for trial! ”

Bell lost his voice, he immediately knew that he had no more chance, and finally lost control and roared, "Damn! You arrogant juniors, I am a member of the Council of Six of the Academy, and I order you to let me go! ”

This is already pure emotional venting, which is equivalent to nonsense.

Link looked at Verora, spread his hands, and said, "He's broken." ”

"Link, what are you? Where did you come from? I'm a world-renowned magician! Bell roared.

Link naturally ignored such crazy words, but Verora couldn't listen to them, as an angel of light, the dignity of the Lord's elect could not be violated.

She looked at Bell and said, "Bell, Link's identity is far beyond your imagination, please be careful!" ”

"Die! Give me all the death! "Bale completely lost his mind.

"Let's take them back."

Shandu was seriously injured, the Bell Lich's transformation ceremony was interrupted, and they both lost their strength due to the confinement technique, and it was naturally very simple to take the two of them back, tied up, and then Verora released a flying magic, without a moment's delay, galloping all the way back to the Donggu School of Magic.

Not long after the two left, two more black shadows came to the Black Magic Tower, and after observing for a while, one of the black shadows said, "I didn't expect them to be able to defeat Shandu who has the magic tower." ”

"It's unexpected. Still, my friend, that's not a bad thing, is it? ”

"That's true. Looks like we're going to have to find a chance to help Bell. ”