Chapter 34: This is the Companion

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Since the beginning of history, the role of prisons has not simply been to deprive prisoners of their freedom, but to make prisoners recognize their sins and repent of their actions in the midst of indefinite imprisonment and suffering. Even the ice-made prison that appeared out of thin air on the grounds of Dawning Hills was no exception.

The two imprisoned by the ice, they were only stripped of their physical and magical freedom, but their consciousness was still clear. Through the medium of permafrost, Cassius and the Black Fox engage in a dialogue between their minds.

"Whether I've been a living human or a vampire for a thousand years, I've never seen a guy as messy as you. Sue me, what drove you to this point. ”

"I don't know if you're the most powerful of the Eight Sages, but how can an enemy as powerful as you stay and endanger my companion? ”

"What if you trap me? Are you sure your companion can win against the other Eight Sages, not to mention that there is a Vampire Prince above the Eight Sages. You have to understand that there is no point in persevering in sight. ”

"If you don't even take a step forward, how do you know that there must be no way forward?"

"But what is the way forward for you now? Take a step back and say, even if you succeeded in rescuing that girl, you trapped yourself in it, and you didn't save any of you at all. ”

"It doesn't matter. Because Owen, they're going to find a way to get me out. ”

"What? That's a strange thought, it's just the self-consolation of a coward. ”

"Self-comforting? That's just for you who don't understand the meaning of 'companion', but I'm sure to tell you that if I and my companion are in danger, everyone else will do their best to save them. That's how we've come along the way. ”

"Don't you think it's a contradiction? You said that no one can break this 'Hundred Ice Prison', so why did your so-called 'companions' rescue you?"

"I don't know, but they'll always find a way. ”

"Where does your blind self-confidence come from? It's sad to bet your hopes on someone else. Have you ever thought that today is a good friend who was born and died with you, and maybe one day in the future may become your mortal enemy? ”

"If fate would make such an arrangement, there is nothing I can do. But who could have predicted what the future would bring? I only knew that it was enough for my companions and I to support each other through the thorny path, to cherish each other, and to connect with each other. Because that's what real companionship is. ”

"Companion, hmph, don't open your mouth and shut your mouth, one 'companion', disgusting to death. ”

"Isn't it disgusting? ”

"You say I'm making a fool of myself?"

"Isn't it? No matter how merciless your words may be, I don't feel a trace of disgust for your companions. ”

“......”

"And that's not all. You keep saying that you don't want to go to the Snowy Federation to repay the humiliation you suffered back then, but I still don't feel any resentment from you. ”

"And then?"

"When you try your best to despise your 'companions' in front of me, you are actually hiding your deepest desire for companions and friends, but in doing so, you want to cover up. When we first met, you said, 'Companion counts.' It's just a casual talk unconsciously, but I feel that that's your true feelings. ”

"Don't be smart, if you like it, if you don't like it, if you don't like it, why should I do so many extra things?"

"You give me the feeling of 'once a snake bites, ten years afraid of the well rope'. It must be extremely uncomfortable to be deceived by fabricated bonds and calculated by the best friend you believe in your heart. But if it were me, I would never be like you, giving up the opportunity to find a true friend and closing myself in my own world. Although the world is full of all kinds of deception, this is by no means a reason to refuse to accept companions. ”

"Hehe, goof. It's really embarrassing, and I was seen through and preached by a junior. It seems that I can't stay in this place anymore, and if I continue to stay with you, sooner or later I will be brainwashed by your crooked reasoning. ”

"You can't stay in this place, what does that mean?"

"That means, I'm leaving this prison. ”

"No, you can't!"

"Do you think I haven't discovered it? There's a small loophole in your magic, a tiny gap in the flow of magic that keeps the prison entity in cycles, and with a little force at the right point of focus, it can destroy the stability of the magic and make this seemingly impregnable ice prison fall apart. I think this little hole must have been deliberately left by you, in order to let your companions save you and leave a way back. ”

"Impossible! This magic is obviously ......"

"It's a new magic that I don't know about? That's right, before I met you, I really didn't know that the Snowy Federation had created such a domineering frozen sealing magic, but even if it was a new magic that I had never seen before, as long as I experienced it once, I could immediately understand its structure and fluctuation frequency, and even spells could be reversed. ”

"I almost forgot that you were a genius with all kinds of magic, and you lived up to your reputation. Yes, I did deliberately leave a small hole, but you can't do anything about it internally, that hole can only be exploited by outsiders, and this prison can only be opened from the outside. ”

"Don't be too complacent. Lad. ”

From the outside, the huge hemispherical ice prison emitted a very slight concussion, and then disappeared, as if the energy of the shock was absorbed by the prison itself, and then, a new shock was created, and then disappeared, and kept repeating.

Cassius, who was trapped in the prison, felt not only a strange magic shock in his mind space, but also a shock from the depths of his soul, and he found a cry of surprise in his consciousness: "What the hell is going on? Your magic power has been frozen in the ice, how can you still mobilize such a huge amount of magic power?"

"I don't remember ever showing you all my magic. Frozen magic is only the most superficial part of all my magic. ”

"What? Even so, this prison was created by a sixth-power increase in mana, you...... You can't do it. ”

"Are you surprised? Since I became this body, I have spent most of my time sleeping, almost never using magic again, the magic has been accumulated in my body without being released, can you imagine how far my magic has been accumulated in the past thousand years?"

Although he couldn't see it, Cassius felt a terrifying dark energy from his mind space, which was the transformation of the vast amount of magic power when it was released outward through the body of the undead. Vampire!The Black Fox finally unleashed all the magic that had been sealed away by him during his previous battle with Cassius.

The concussions coming from inside the prison became more and more violent. The magic released from the black fox's body after completing the vampire transformation was absorbed by the cold ice in an instant, and then frozen, and then more magic power was released. "Hundred Ice Prison" is a super high-level magic that belongs to the forbidden spell, it was originally designed to resist the siege of thousands of magicians, whether it is internal or external magic, it can absorb and then freeze, but after all, the amount is limited, when the magic exceeds the critical point it can absorb, it may cause the collapse of magic. Whether the prison can be destroyed or not depends on the increase of the sixth power and the accumulation of thousands of years, which side contains more magic power.

After a desperate battle, the thousand-year accumulation seems to be better than the sixth-power increase. The Ice Prison's capacity to absorb mana has reached its saturation, and a very small amount of mana leaks out of the prison. Even if it is only a small amount of magic, it acts like a fulcrum that moves the earth. The small leak deliberately left by Cassius was pinpointed, and then, the elements mobilized by the leaked magic poured in.

The vast ice prison in the shape of a semi-sphere was shrouded in a white mist, which was the water vapor produced by the dispersion and melting of the ice when the prison collapsed. At first, the collapse occurred slowly in a small area, but as the area of the collapse grew, like a river bank eaten by white mosquitoes, the prison collapsed faster and faster......

Just as it was created and created, the disappearance of the Hundred Ice Prison is also like a reality, and one can't help but wonder if it ever existed in this world.

Cassius stared blankly, unable to determine if he was awake or dreaming, until the wounds on his arm and chest ached sharply and he really came to his senses. But compared to the disappearance of the Ice Prison, the damage on the body that will never be cured due to the use of ** connection magic has unexpectedly not appeared, is it because the magic has been cracked and has not been recognized as ** connection, or is there another reason? Cassius looked at the two orange points of light in front of him in a daze, as if looking for an answer.

In fact, it was not a point of light, but the black fox's glowing eyes. Under the bright moon, the glowing demon pupils, sharp fangs, and pale face made it difficult to connect him with the listless and decadent uncle in his previous impression. Vampires are considered evil in large part because their true colors can directly arouse fear in the human subconscious.

"Is it over?" Cassius thought unfrustratedly.

"I didn't expect me to lose to you, so I'm convinced. The Black Fox said to Cassius in a hollow voice.

"What did you say, you lost to me?" Cassius couldn't understand what the Black Fox was saying, he thought it was more of a teasing by the Black Fox on him.

Judging from the current situation of the two of them, the black fox, who has not been damaged in the slightest and has liberated the power of the vampire, does not see any characteristics of the vanquished, and Cassius, who is scarred and extremely wolf-like, does not look like a victor no matter how he looks at it.

"It's amazing that in order to break the prison you created with the Combined Array, you actually used up all the magic power I have accumulated over the past thousand years, and you should still have the magic power of the first battle in your body. So in this battle, you are the winner. The black fox gave what he thought he would answer, then turned and walked out into the depths of the night that Cassius couldn't see with the naked eye.

"Wait a minute!" Cassius snapped, not even knowing the reason for calling out to the enemy.

"Anyway, I thank you for emptied all the magic in my body, so that for a long time to come, I don't have to worry about the magic going wild without control. In the darkness, Cassius vaguely saw the black fox raise his hand back and make a gesture of goodbye, "Take care." Don't die when you meet the next Eight Sages. I want to see when your high-sounding words can be spoken. ”

Before he finished speaking, the black fox's figure had melted into the darkness and could no longer be seen.

Feeling exactly that the black fox's spiritual power had disappeared, Cassius understood what this incredible "victory" was. Collapsed, he collapsed to the ground. "Did you win? No, I lost. If he sucks my blood, he can quickly regain his magical power. Cassius, who knew it, knew that this was not a "victory" at all.

Owen walked steadily towards the depths of the main hall.

The sparrow, though brutal, is not insidious. Her blade doesn't have any poison or curse on it. Owen applied a special healing medicine to his wound, and the bleeding quickly stopped. Originally, Owen's body was already covered with all kinds of horrific scars, even if the sparrow belt added a few more, it was not inconspicuous at all. What made Owen feel troubled at this time was not the skin trauma. Although he narrowly defeated the Sparrow with a stratagem, it was only effective if he was familiar with the weaknesses of the opponent's character and ability, and without these intelligence advantages, Owen did not think that he could win easily.

Worse still, there are the after-effects of the battle with Muffle. He had to keep using telekinesis to connect to his severed nerves, which meant that Owen couldn't use his telekinesis elsewhere, which would undoubtedly greatly weaken his combat effectiveness. Under this disadvantage, one can only pray that before meeting the Vampire Prince, he will not meet the next Eight Sages so soon.

However, as the saying goes, "which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned". At the end of the main hall, in front of the closed door of the council chamber, just a step away from the vampire prince, the tall and thin middle-aged uncle blocked his way.

"You're the 'strongest force'?" Owen could probably guess the man's identity from the other party's appearance and the housekeeper's outfit.

Uonic nodded calmly.

Owen couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed: "It's the Eight Sages again, I really can't stand it, they pop up one after another, and they don't let people rest for a while." ”