Chapter 7: Philosophical Puzzles
In the magic tower, balls of light fell one after another, like a sudden meteor shower. Unlike when it ascended, there was an extra rune in the center of the ball of light, like solidified amber, diffusing the deep rhythm of the rules.
Brad's face was solemn, his gaze swept back and forth, skimming over each falling rune.
Caroline also raised her head, and after a moment, let out a cold snort: "Humph!"
In the square, the students woke up one by one, and at this time, they were no longer "wandering souls".
Levi gasped, and there was a sharp stabbing pain in many places on his body, with scorched black marks and faint green smoke.
It seems that in the coma, the potion moxibustion has also ended.
"Double-line operation? It's quite time-saving......" Levi slowly closed his eyes, and felt that there was an indescribable mysterious energy swimming in his body, "So, I'm already an 'apprentice'?"
That energy is magic!
"Don't get up, everyone sit still!"
In the square, Brad's voice rang out, and his tone was more stern than ever.
"Hmph!" Caroline snorted, and said with a sly sneer, "I really admire your guts...... As a disciple of the Old Gods, you are so bold as to lurk at the top of the dawn? Like your gods, have you fallen into madness?"
"Disciple of the Old Gods?" Li Wei was shocked, feeling a little nervous.
"Oh, you still won't show up, do you think you can hide it from us?" Caroline seemed to sneer, "You're a believer in that fat pig in Gonar......
"Gonal?" Levi looked puzzled, but relieved slightly.
He was sure that he had no problem with the old god.
"Gonal, I heard that its god name is 'God of Elephants', 'Walking Hunger', 'Great Terror in the Mountains'!" Blaise said as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, his eyes lit up, "It's wonderful, I've never seen a disciple of the old gods!"
In the square, a seemingly honest and obese teenager changed his expression, and resentment and hatred appeared in his fat face. However, he was obviously not crazy enough to think that he could stand up to the two in front of him, and ran away without hesitation.
His spell was very strange, and the fat on his body flowed undulating and flowing on the surface of his body, and finally deposited on his legs, giving birth to long brown hair, turning into giant hooves and legs like goats, and then stomping on the ground to cause ripples in the rocks and soil, and leaping high to the exclamations of the boys and girls around him.
He jumped high and far, and in mid-air, the fat continued to flow, giving birth to bat-like wings of tattered flesh on his back. The tattered and leaky black wings were obviously unable to control the wind, but they seemed to be able to drive another law, sweeping through the sky, so fast that it left only a trail of afterimages behind them.
The disciple was far from the ground, obviously afraid of Caroline's shadow spells, but he underestimated the strength of the other party.
"Go meet your mad god!" Caroline said coldly, gesturing at the fat mass in the air, "—Shadow Hanging. ”
The fat man's body stiffened, and in the shadows under his wings, two more shadow arms stretched out, clasped his neck, and twisted it neatly and backwards, twisting it one hundred and eighty degrees with a "click".
Levi stroked his neck, feeling a little sour.
But something even stranger happened, his neck was twisted, but the disciple was not dead, he was even flying, but he had lost his direction, and he was like a fly, and he was staggering.
"The nasty disciple of the old god is really tenacious, just like a bedbug, he can't be crushed. Caroline clenched her right hand into a fist, and two shadow arms clamped the disciple's wings, causing him to fall from the sky and into a high free fall.
On the ground in the distance, a mass of bright red flesh exploded, and human tissues such as fat, flesh, and viscera were scattered all over the ground, and the smell of blood spread from afar, and the smell was unpleasant and disgusting.
"Where there is light, there must be darkness, and where darkness exists, there is not necessarily light. Caroline said suddenly.
It seems that she didn't pay attention to Allen's argument just now.
Allen, however, looked natural and was not shaken by Caroline's words.
He was a firm believer.
"Another thing is that there are no disciples of the Old Gods among the remaining people, but some people have strange world perceptions. Caroline's hood turned, as if scanning the entire crowd, "Such a person may be a genius, but if he is not careful, he may also become a member of the heresy...... Little one, I'll keep an eye on you. ”
You can't say that to me, do you......
Levi shrunk his neck, he didn't know if the feeling of being on his back was an illusion or a mage's instinctive premonition.
"The awakening ceremony is over, go back and rest for a day, and officially enter the school tomorrow. Brad crossed his arms and still instructed everyone in the "whisper of the dead", "You are already 'apprentices', and the world you see is fundamentally different from ordinary people, and your senses of sight, hearing, and even smell and taste will change, so you don't need to panic about this, at most, you can fully adapt to it." ”
"Yes!"
The crowd replied neatly, with joy and excitement in their tones, and when they were dressed, they were ready to disperse.
"Wait a minute," Levi raised his hand again, acting as a discordant without hesitation, "Mr. Brad, can I answer the 'True Meaning of the World' obelisk?"
"Tu Baozi, you're so bold!"
"People from the countryside, do they feel good about themselves?"
"If you don't make a mistake, I'm afraid you won't learn to be obedient. ”
......
Because of Levi's "emotional foreshadowing" in the early stage, there were bursts of laughter in the crowd, revealing a look of disdain.
"You want to answer?" Brad said visibly, hesitating, "you know what? The obelisk has been around since the Dawn Peak was built, and many world-famous sages and legendary mages have tried, but all of them have failed. Do you think you can answer that?"
Perhaps, there are some questions that are not suitable for the wise, but more suitable for the foolish to answer. Levi tried his best to squeeze out a harmless, innocent smile.
"Oh? that's an interesting idea," Brad smiled and nodded, "in that case, I'll let you try." ”
"I'm leaving," Caroline said, turning and sinking into her shadow, "I'm not interested in playing such a boring game......
......
In front of the Temple of Wisdom, the obelisk of "The True Meaning of the World".
The obelisk stands tall, without any traces of piling up the whole body, it seems to be carved from a single stone, and there are no magic energy circuits and arcane runes on the surface, not even decorative lines, and it is unpretentious and a little shabby.
Levi had already stood on the high platform in front of the obelisk, holding his breath.
"Sure enough, it's human nature to watch the excitement......" he looked around and smiled wryly.
The surroundings were already full of people, in addition to the new apprentices who did not leave, there were also many old students passing by, most of whom were extremely bored, with the mentality of watching the excitement.
What made Levi even more uncomfortable was that Michelle was actually in the crowd, and next to him was a girl with white long straight glasses, looking at him curiously.
"How daring is this little liar to answer a philosophical puzzle?" Michelle stared fiercely at the pretending innocent face, eager to rush up and kick it twice.
"Do you know him?" said Alice, curious.
"He's the Levi Stansinger I told you, that little liar. Michelle paused word for word, and her words seemed to be squeezed out between her teeth.
"Who's that?" Alice said with a blank look on her face, confused, "Did you say that?"
"I ......" Michelle was helpless, took a puff of cigar to suppress the anger, shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's okay." ”
The obelisk glows slightly, and the philosophical puzzle begins.
A deep and magnetic voice sounded, but how to describe that voice? A sentence sounded in Levi's mind,—— "Spring has arrived, everything has recovered, and it is the season of mating again."
The sound echoed like a bell.
"When a certain prince took a wife, there were three people who were chosen, and the prince gave each of the three girls a gold coin and asked them to fill the room. The first girl bought a lot of cotton to fill half of the room, the second girl bought cheaper straw to fill three-quarters of the room, and the third girl bought candles to fill the room with light. Excuse me, in the end, which girl did the prince choose?"
The others present also fell into deep thought.
"No matter how you look at it, he is also the third, the wisest, and the best candidate for the queen. Michelle frowned, but she also knew that no matter which girl she answered, the answer was wrong, as had been proven countless times before.
"What new tricks can this little liar play?" she looked up, and saw the left side of Levi's face approaching the obelisk, putting his hand on the right side of his lips, and whispering something to it.
As he said this, the little liar's eyes rolled and he stole a glance at her.
"What does this guy think I'm doing?" said Michelle, her brow tightened.
At this time, the obelisk responded: "It's louder, I can't hear clearly!"
As soon as these words came out, the uproar echoed in the crowd.
They knew that the obelisk had never had responded like this before, and it was mostly vicious scolding, such as "Get out!", "Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey?", "Idiot!", etc.
Levi took a deep breath and raised his voice slightly, but still covered the right side of his mouth with his hand to prevent others from hearing the answer.
This time, everyone approached, looking nervous and expectant.
They had realized that the boy above might have really answered something.
"Since you think it is the truth, you don't need to hide it and be ashamed, you should shout it out loud!" the obelisk lit up, and the voice added, "Shout it out to me!"
Your sister's doesn't give people a way to live......
Levi's face changed several times, and after gritting his teeth for a while, he finally took a deep breath and calmed down.
The onlookers had a vague feeling that the correct answer to the philosophical puzzle might already be on his lips, and they couldn't help but prick up their ears and look expectant.
After taking a deep breath, Levi finally shouted out the answer in the shortest way: "The one with the biggest breasts!"
"Correct answer!" the voice rang out from the obelisk, "What matters is not the prince's question, but the prince's real needs! Young wise man, you will receive the Mad Sage's gift,—— 'Strange Tale Codex'." ”
In a trance, there seemed to be a sound of shattering all around.
It was shattered glasses, and the heartbroken voices of admirers of the Mad Sage.
"Chest...... Biggest?" Michelle gritted her teeth, and she didn't take a puff of cigar, but volcanic gray smoke came out of her nostrils.