Chapter 7 Harvest
In the previous life, Victor played the game "Scepter of Truth" mainly to support his family. Upgrade, do tasks, PK...... A qiē and a qiē made him feel bored.
And now, Victor, who has become a mage's apprentice, no longer has to go to the ordinary life he once had, in this new world, he has found the goal he is fighting for - to find the truth!!
Thoughts flashed through Victor's mind, and his spirits were unusually high.
"Hey, let me see what this legendary mage has left behind......"
Victor, who had gathered his mind, opened the dark grid under the circle according to the information he had just obtained.
In this small compartment, several books with hard cover covers, two tin scroll cases, three small glass bottles containing unknown liquids, a small leather waterproof fanny pack, a backpack with a fixed belt, and an adventurer's costume containing boots, leather pants, shirt, gloves, and a cape. In addition, on top of these items is a piece of parchment that has been spelled with handwriting all over it.
Victor quickly changed into the adventurer's costume, tied up his fanny pack, and packed books, scroll cases, and other items in his backpack and carried it on his back. After that, he picked up the parchment and began to read it carefully.
Maybe it's because of the superbrain, or some other reason, in short, Victor can read and understand these otherworldly words.
"I see! These are all items that the legendary mage used during his apprenticeship......"
After reading the information written on the parchment, Victor realized why a legendary mage would leave such a "rudimentary" thing.
Without any complaints, it was already a surprise that Victor was able to get the "inheritance", although these items were "rudimentary", but they were also available to him.
"It's time to get out of here...... I need time to digest what I've learned from this adventure! ”
Just as Victor was about to follow the exit marked on the parchment and leave the underground ruins, a faint voice came into his ears.
"Ciel! You evil mage who caused the riots in Carter City, don't try to escape! What awaits you will be the judgment of the gods......"
"Hey, hey......, there's still a holy warrior, and the lackeys of the temple are really annoying! You're all going to be a leg off of everything...... In that case, then you should die!! ”
In this relatively closed underground space, fierce shouts and killings suddenly sounded.
"Ciel? Mage? Paladin? ”
In a hurry, Victor only heard some vague words, but the information contained in them also made him draw some inferences:
As a mage, Ciel wants to obtain the "Inheritance Circle" in the underground ruins, but in Carter City, which is controlled by the temple forces, he can only use the means of causing a riot to create a chance to enter the underground ruins.
"It's not good!" Victor thought to himself, "Whoever comes will put me in danger...... It's better to go first! ”
"Until then, the traces I have left must be erased!"
In order to prevent the temple and the mage from discovering himself through magic and spells, Victor had to make up his mind, "There is no way but to destroy this ruin......"
After making his decision, Victor immediately activated the self-destruct command of the "Legacy Altar", and immediately afterward, he ran down the altar and opened another secret passage connecting to the outside world.
In the process, the underground ruin space gradually shook, and huge stones fell from above! As the tremors intensified, the entire ruin space fell into a state of collapse.
"Damn! What the hell is going on?? ”
Mage Hill is like a madman, and his low-hanging fruit inheritance is about to be ruined before his eyes, turning his long-planned plan into a big joke.
"I'm not willing to ......"
……
Victor was running fast through the secret passages, and behind him came the rumble of the ruins collapsing.
Finally, before the ruins completely collapsed, Victor returned to the surface without any danger.
There was a hint of fish belly white on the horizon, and the battle in Carter City had basically subsided.
Victor noticed that the exit of the secret passage was between the port area and the old city, and after carefully observing it for a while, he dodged out of the dark passage.
On the way back to his residence, Deng Hang was devastated.
The civilians who lived in the old city suffered heavy casualties, and there were voices of wailing and weeping everywhere. Avoiding several patrolling groups of soldiers, Victor quietly returned to his home, which had been looted during the riots.
After burying all the gains of his trip in the pit dug under the bed, Victor went out of his house to help the civilians living in the alley.
For an entire morning, Victor couldn't remember how many corpses he had carried, men, women, old people, children...... This cruel scene caused a huge shock to Victor's heart!
"Power...... If you want to go further on the path of mages and explore the truth, the premise is that you have enough strength! Otherwise, every qiē is vain......"
Just as Victor sighed, a shout came from far outside the alley:
"We've caught the man behind the riot!!"
"Evil mage, he's the culprit......"
"The adults of the temple are preparing for a public trial, everyone is going to see it......"
"Kill that evil guy!!"
Those who survived, anger is high! They rushed towards the temple area, and Victor followed in the footsteps of the others to the place where the temple was.
By the time Victor arrived at Temple Square, it was already filled with an angry crowd. He was on tiptoe, barely able to see the center of the square.
A tall, wooden cross stood in the center of the square, and two teams of temple guards in shiny silver full-body armor were closely guarding a black-robed man bound to the cross.
"Shoot him!"
"My son, it's because of you, a villain, that he died......"
"Evil mage, curse you not to die well!"
“……”
The angry people threw the stones and other debris they were carrying at the black-robed man, and the sound of cursing became a mixture.
The black-robed man, who was occasionally hit by debris, didn't make a sound, and his bloodstained face showed a hint of disdainful ridicule.
"Are you ready to be judged, you sinners who seek to gain the power of evil?"
A middle-aged man wearing a white gold-rimmed robe and holding a holy emblem shouted, "Only purification can wash away the sins on your body!" ”