077, For the Truth (No Protagonist)
"This must be inside the Frost Crown, there won't be a second answer!"
In the thirteen days they have been trapped in the ice and snow, the bald mage Thomas and the Humpty Dumpty mage Barty have walked back and forth in the ice-filled space four times, with no end in sight.
It is impossible for a finite space to have no end and edge, which is not normal, quite abnormal.
As an archmage who specialized in spells and space, Thomas soon found the odd.
Planes and semiplanes, as long as they are not supreme planes, generally follow the most basic rule, the sky is round and the place is round (similar to the horizon).
But the space in front of them, which had been explored four times, was obviously artificially blocked, creating the effect of a spatial loop, a Penros staircase, becoming a closed space, confined them in this icy and snowy place, like a prison.
Whether it is the overall environment of ice and snow or the closure of the space that does not conform to the normal laws, it shows that this space is unusual, and these are exactly in line with the structural characteristics of the Frost Holy Crown.
"We must get the word out as soon as possible," Thomas said, "The Eye of Knowing still can't get in touch with the Holy Land?"
"The combined blockade of the Demon Web and the Frost Crown keeps me getting a notification that the send failed, like it's broken, but I know it doesn't. Barty said angrily, "Archmage who is good at space spells, what can you do, isn't the problem of closing space what you are best at?"
Both of them are archmages whose strength has reached the fourth order, they are not afraid of ordinary cold, and with enough food in the space ring, they are confident that they can last at least fifteen days, but time waits for no one.
The matter could not be more obvious, the battle for the dragon vein on Mosanhoek Island has long been over, and the new owner of the Frost Holy Crown has imprisoned them in it, and the reason why they are not released is nothing more than to be afraid of the strength of the two.
Based on this, it is not difficult for Thomas to deduce that the new master's strength is below them, and there is a high probability of a third-order.
- If it was the fourth order, the other party could use the power of the Frost Holy Crown to separate them and kill them one by one, but the result was not, as for the church, ha, their survival until now is enough to exclude the church as an option.
Combined with the personnel situation at the time, after some analysis, the two quickly narrowed down the scope to five people: Talos, Bruce, Maeve, Dolores and Mular, and after introducing intuition, they excluded the last two.
"Maeve can also rule out, she is the princess of the United Kingdom of Mermaids and Fishmen, the next queen, there are no other contenders, don't worry about the news leaking, at least there is no need to hide Queen Frances VI, I can't think of a reason to keep us until now. β
"The most likely to obtain the Frost Crown are Talos and Bruce, the former is likely to be the very key figure in the prophecy of the Chief Bishop of Truth, who is semi-awakened after a Truth Initiation Ritual, and the latter-"
"If I were him, he would have disposed of us in the simplest way possible, such as starving to death, given the fact that there were no living beings in the space inside the Frost Crown. β
Barty said that the last thing Bruce lacks as a prince is patience and risk avoidance, which is almost an instinct engraved in the blood of royals.
It only takes a little time to kill two archmages, zero risk, and in his opinion, there is nothing more cost-effective than this.
The two discussed it for a while, but there was still no solution, and Barty finally made up his mind: "In fact, there is a way, and it is very likely that you can get in touch with the Holy Land. β
"What?"
"One of the most basic functions of the Eye of Truth is real-time communication across planesβ"
Thomas was stunned: "What do you mean...... I see!"
Barty reached out and grabbed his left eye, and a scarlet eyeball appeared in his palm, and there was an inverted pentagonal pattern in his pupil: "Just destroy it, and you can send the information and spatial coordinates we need to convey to the Holy Land." β
The Eye of Knowing is a symbol of power and rank in the Illuminati, and even though Barty is the lowest-ranked, it was still endowed with special powers at the time of its creation.
While seeing hope, Thomas still had doubts: "However, the internal space of the Frost Crown has been artificially blocked, even if the effect is only one-third of the original, it may not be successful, not to mention that there is a magic net blockade in the outside world, cutting off the connection with the Blackest Star." β
"Hehe!" Barty chuckled, "Isn't there a ready-made sacrifice?I have a spell to sacrifice myself in exchange for a moment of opportunity to break through the spatial barrier and the magic net blockade." β
"What is the success rate?"
The sacrifice of humans or other intelligent beings as sacrifices is more or less associated with evil on the main physical plane, but Thomas is not at all surprised by Barty's decision, as if sacrificing body and soul together is a common thing.
β70%οΌβ
"In that case, let's increase the success rate directly to 95%, and I think the effect of the two sacrifices must be better!" Thomas also made a choice between being consumed and delivering a message of great value, "I am also a seeker of truth. β
"Good!"
At this moment, the two members of the Illuminati, who usually have some minor contradictions, put aside their prejudices, reach a consensus, and work together.
"For the truth!"
"For the truth!"
Table of the world, the center of the lake.
The Medusa snake coiled at the bottom of the lake, wearing a frost crown on its head, its hair wriggling, looking from afar like a large mass of colorful aquatic plants, surrounded by three-eyed octopuses that were dragging long tentacles around each other.
Suddenly, the Frost Crown shook slightly, and then regained its composure.
"Hiss-"
The snake hairs that had just been fighting with each other, or wrapping around Medusa's neck, or hanging their bodies to rest, all opened their mouths at this moment, revealing their hideous fangs, and a terrifying fierce light appeared in their eyes.
Medusa let out a scream, her usually seductive eyes bursting with light, and her gaze seemed to be looking at the surface of the water.
- Petrified!
The message sent by the two members of the Illuminati who sacrificed themselves and destroyed an eye of knowledge and broke the Frost Crown was originally an invisible special signal, but under Medusa's innate ability, it gradually changed from "invisible" to "tangible", and turned into an S-shaped red light wave when the water surface flew high into the air.
The scene was so strange that it was as if an invisible hand had reached into the void and forcibly dragged it out.
Not only that, but according to the theory, the light waves that should have broken free from Medusa's line of sight long ago became very slow like a carriage stuck in a muddy swamp.
In the next second, an invisible vortex force field shrouded in, and the light waves carrying spatial coordinates and important information involuntarily threw themselves into it, deviating the original direction and destination, and finally fell into a huge mouth.
Monty Python!