Chapter 139

"All the gifts of fate have already been secretly marked with prices. This is my first day at the Academy of Magic, what my mentor told me. He told me that magic comes at a price. I took this phrase to heart and took it as a warning. But our country, the bastion of freedom, it seems to have forgotten.

We are born with a talent for using magic, and we have created a civilization that has never been seen before. We have enslaved the dragons, and we have defeated all the opponents in our sight. Step by step, we are on a journey to dominate the world. Everything went too well, because the Valyrian Fortress of Liberty was so powerful that everyone had ignored the simple proverb. We got everything we wanted, so what did we really give?

When the essence of magic was discovered, the elders of the Academy of Magic, and the great nobles of the Fourteen Fire Peaks all went crazy. They are crazy to get hold of the ultimate power. They began to chase the red comet. ”

(In the setting of A Song of Ice and Fire, the red comet heralds the return of magic and dragons.) It has also appeared on TV, but there is no detailed interpretation. That's why I reminded you with a red meteorite. But what answer did you give me, Red Tank??? Hey, I'm about to be led astray by you...... ）

A bunch of messy pictures flashed in his mind, and Su Yuan turned a new page.

"They devised a scheme to try to make the red comet fall in the Gulf of Valery. Through magic, weaken its impact, and then study the introduction of this magical tide up close. There is no doubt that this is a crazy decision, but no one dares to oppose it. Because all the higher-ups are already stunned. With no match in the whole world, they feel like they have nothing to fear. I am not a member of parliament and have no right to object. I even wonder if this arrogance is the price that fate will pay for us. ”

"Everything was rushed, with less than three months to prepare. But the plan was carried out. I can't believe they did part of it. I saw with my own eyes a piece of debris, shedding a red comet, falling to the earth. However, it did not fall into the bay as expected, and went to the House of Representatives.

The fourteen Great Elders, combined with the vast majority of the forces of the Academy of Magic, arranged the magical defense system. They are confident that their defenses will be able to withstand that kind of impact with ease. But the reality was brutal, and the red shards, like hammers smashed into eggs, easily penetrated all defenses and hit the halls of the House of Representatives.

A kind of furious energy, different from the shock wave, exploded. Swept the entire Valyrian Peninsula in an instant. All the dragons were injured by a strange energy shock, and the magic in their bodies quickly became unbalanced, and then rioted. More than three hundred dragons, almost in the space of ten breaths, all died.

Humanity seems to have been hit weaker. On the contrary, the stronger the magic of the elder, the faster he will die. Ordinary people get respite. But the disaster didn't end there. The shockwave triggered the slumber of the Fourteen Fire Peaks. Standing tens of thousands of meters away, I felt the violent tremors. At that moment, I knew that the Valyrian Peninsula was finished.

I suppressed the chaotic magic in my body and went to the student's magic laboratory. There is a special defensive magic to block the power of magic. This saved me from the constant damage of that frenzied magic field. But that's not enough for me to live. I know I'm running out of time. And alas, I can't do anything but die. If anyone is still able to enter here, when you open this notebook, I hope that this arrogant history will be passed on to everyone and let everyone know the truth about the fall of the Valéli dynasty. ”

That's it for the notes. A very brief account, it seems that the magician who recorded it all was dying at the time. Su Yuan put down his notes and picked up a badge on the table next to him.

By his senses, he knew it was a badge made of Valyrian metal. Above is a giant dragon twisted and elongated to form a ring, and in the center is the image of fourteen volcanoes. At first glance, you can tell that it is Valyrian style. The badge with a diameter of about five centimeters is very precisely engraved with these relatively complex contents.

Casually putting away the badge, Su Yuan continued to explore other places. Not far away, the cries of some mercenaries were heard. Looks like they've got a good deal as well. Su Yuan had already noticed that many of the utensils in these laboratories, including the microscope-like equipment, were made of Valyrian steel.

Unlike Westeros, where Valyrian steel was a treasure, the metal was almost universal in the days of the Fortress of Liberty. Whether it is the magic side or the military side, it has a very high application rate.

Forcing his way through a few people who couldn't be opened, Su Yuan came to a place similar to a warehouse. As his right hand touched the warehouse, an electric current flashed. At the same time, the ceiling, and even the surrounding walls, shone with a faint pale blue light.

At this time, Su Yuan realized that he was not wrong just now. When he forcibly penetrated the ceiling, it should have been triggered, some kind of magical defense system. But it's still the same sentence, thousands of years. No matter how powerful the defense system is, it is impossible to last such a long time. There is still a little reaction now, and it can already be seen that the maturity of the Valyrian magical civilization back then.

The electric current just flicked his hand away, and for Su Yuan, who had a talent for controlling thunder and lightning, it couldn't do any harm at all. So he thought about it for a moment and forcibly pressed his hand against the heavy metal door. Suddenly, an electric current instantly began to counterattack. But that kind of force is not enough to kill even an ordinary person. And less than a minute later, with the appearance of several cremations, the current disappeared.

The magic trap was lifted, Su Yuan squatted down again, and through echo and vibration wave sensing, he carefully sensed the mechanical lock on the door, and at the same time used his telekinesis to gently move the mechanism inside. It feels like the difficulty of this mechanical lock is ten times higher than the previous magic trap. However, he was unable to break the door and force his way in, for the simple reason that it was made of Valyrian steel. However, there is a slight difference, and the specific Su Yuan can't be said, but it feels like it may be some kind of secondary Valyrian steel.

It took Su Yuan more than thirty minutes to finally find the right combination. I heard a crisp click, and the door slowly cracked. Su Yuan finally opened the warehouse of this underground laboratory.