Chapter 23: The Beginning and the End

His eyes were filled with a glimmer of light, and Neil tried to move his eyes, and the scenery finally changed, although there was still a little glare, but he was able to refocus. I tried to regain control of my body, but I only felt that I was floating in the light, and I couldn't use my strength, but my body seemed to be gradually recovering. When the halo fades, the consciousness becomes clearer again. In a trance, a dull explosion vibrated in the eardrum, and the eyeballs turned wildly, and found that a star of light suddenly burst out of the darkness in front of him, expanding into a huge ball of light in an instant, and the scorching light pierced the entire empty shadow area between breaths, and suddenly split into countless colorful spots of light, slowly gathered together, forming a vague huge human shape, and then looked at the colorful light points flickering and swaying, and vaguely could distinguish the colorful image of a girl.

"Long time no see. The girl's figure said. As soon as he finished speaking, the light that enveloped his body dissipated, and Neil fell, his bare wound rubbing the ground with ash. I saw him lying on the ground, with a wooden expression, and his round eyes raised his head to look at the figure with difficulty, mobilizing the residual consciousness, only to remember that it was the figure who screamed at him when he entered the school and was also the owner of the annoying voice in his head. Suddenly, the darkness in the depths was gray again, and the breath surged, and a dark shadow wrapped in a little mist came out of the corner, and it turned out to be Enish who hurried to help the unconscious Buck. "Neil, how did you get here?" exclaimed Enish, winking at Neil. "Get out of here!" he said, drawing out his wand and lighting up the magic runes, ready to activate. But unexpectedly, in the middle of the magic, the gem on the tip of the wand slowly dimmed, and the aether retrieved by the wand returned to the void.

"You're still so bored, Enish. You want to interrupt my plans with this wand that the old magician gave you, knowing that you have a better chance of success if you use the magic ring I gave you. "Blue Magician, I think you misunderstood me. "Oh, do you think so?" With that, bursts of coercion turned into wind and suddenly spilled out of the virtual image, head-on impact on Enish, independent of the darkness, and cold sweat erupted. After a while, the pressure on his shoulders suddenly relaxed, and the grains of light that made up the image rippled countless ripples one after another, and it was clear that the girl was trembling, "Hahaha, don't be so serious, Enish." Don't worry, I won't do anything to him, I already know his identity. "You, you already knew?" said Enish, surprised. "Look at his black hair, probably a pitiful vessel for the bewitcher, I've been keeping an eye on him since the first day I came here. Besides, I learned from you that he was one of Chefhalt's disciples, so that is worthy of my attention. I didn't expect him to really help me this time, and I had to say thank you in person. The image faded to blue, and he said to Neil, "Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet." Hello Neil, I'm Masazate, the Blue Magician. Uh-huh, uh-huh, how are you, how are you?" "Hahaha...", the girl laughed to herself, and the laughter was crisp and pleasant.

Neil blankly looked at the hazy girl's light and shadow, and then looked around at the unconscious Erin, who was still wrapped in a ball of light, and his mouth opened and closed. Seeing the embarrassing scene, Eni hurriedly coughed and reminded kindly. The girl seemed to realize that she had just taken off the thread, but laughed out loud again without paying attention. As if he had long been accustomed to such a scene, Enish gently put down Buck to treat him for emergency treatment, and did not say anything more. "Alright, alright. The girl forced herself to calm down, and in a flat tone, said, "Thank you very much this time." Before I begin to formally thank you, as a bonus, I will suppress the unrest in your body. With that, the points of light that made up the image spread out again, covering the faint layer of Neil's body, framing and depicting different runes and things. Gradually, Neil's hair slowly faded to black, returning to its earlier pale golden color. When you can see the deep black transformation of your hair, "Tsk." The light blue crystal in Neil's heart shook violently, and the white blade, which had been left on the ground and had not been unsheathed, also slowly stretched out at this time, revealing its edge. If you look closely, the black glove on your left hand also oozes red blood, and an eye-shaped rune shimmers through the thin layers of silk cloth. At this time, the strange slender hair grew like a stretching satin, and the warm ink black of goodbye swallowed the pale gold again, and along with Neil's entire body, greedily sucked and absorbed the light on the surface of the body.

"Ding!" the halo of light was annihilated, and finally the endless darkness was swallowed up, and Neil broke free from the black fog again, rolling and twitching, and after a few moments of tossing and turning, he was finally able to speak. Seeing this, Enish hurriedly wanted to cast another spell to send Neil away, and after a short spell, he didn't expect that the gem on the tip of the staff would shine on its own, and a figure gradually appeared with the help of the light of the gem, which was clearly the girl just now, but unlike the giant screen just now, it was now the size of an ordinary girl. As soon as the projection appeared, the girl shouted, "Hah? What kind of existence is sealed in your body? Why can you suppress the technique of this guy Wright, but you have eaten it? And judging from the feeling just now, the method and method of sealing are also very special! Why are there some strange things now? Forget it, it seems that more improvements have to be made, and this experiment is considered a failure." Alas, the old magician really hid something terrible. Uh-huh, ahem..."The normal mirror of light and shadow flashed a few times, and the girl spoke again, "Also, if Enish interferes again, I'll drive you away." โ€

"It's okay. Neil spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to his feet. "Ahh But it's really thanks to your body that can withstand that kind of indiscriminate method of strengthening your body, I'm afraid that only the legendary King Renault would dare to mess around like you. Butโ€”" there was silence for a while, "but unfortunately I can't get you back to your original self right now, I'm sorry." "Yes, I'm used to that. "But if your conspicuous brunette were known to the council, they would have taken you as a demon and kicked you out of the academy in the name of taboo. "Can't you participate in the Holy Sword Festival if you get out of the academy?" Neil thought thoughtfully. "Of course. Now, I wanted to use this new test as a gift to help you relieve your pain, but I didn't expect your particularity to exceed my expectations. Well... I guess I'll change the thank you gift to this. "Wait, I don't need anything else, can you cure Erin?" Neil asked without thinking. "You mean this little Deba girl? I've taken her Wright back from her, so it doesn't matter if that's it. "Wait, miss, I think you have to watch your words. She has a good name called Irene. And please pay attention to what I mean, I mean to turn her back into a human. Since you were able to suppress the seal in my body, you should be able to do the same. The girl's flickering image was suddenly suffocated, and the overwhelming aura swept towards him, and Neil, who didn't know why, had no choice but to put on a straight face and let the wind blow, and his forehead was left with hair, and his cheeks were swollen, thinking: Which passage in the book is this?, "I'm sorry, I can't do it." The girl resolutely rejected him, and after seeing Neil's paralyzed face and Enish beside her, she calmed down her anger after much consideration, and then said, "Well, well, I've really convinced you." Neil, do you know what the most basic elements of this world are?" "Isn't it the aether?" "Well, the standard academic answer. It is true that all things are now composed and changed according to the laws of the etheric elements, but it has always been called magic in the first place, as it was originally named by Sfhold. Later, with the development of traditional magic, many new magic disciplines brought a series of changes to the previous frame of reference, and in order to learn more systematically and distinguish it from the early traditional magic, it was officially renamed Aether in subsequent academic research. That's right, even magic is another name for the aether. Do you know where the aether comes from?"

"There's a record of this in the book?" "Ah, doesn't the current history of Ide teach this?" Enish felt inexplicably flustered, and hurriedly explained: "Neil, he has just entered the school, and the teacher Svhold doesn't seem to teach him this knowledge, and he just said that Neil's recent attendance rate." Other courses also, Neil he is generally self-taught. Enish looked helpless after speaking. "Neil, it's very important to learn modern magic. The girl persuaded earnestly. "Forget it, we'll talk about that later. Let me start with a brief explanation. The root of everything has to be traced back to the star plague thousands of years ago, this must be known. Listen to the fact that there was no magic in Eagle before this, only the most basic elemental structure of the four elephants of wind, fire, earth, and water, due to the special fixity of the elements, people's application has been stuck in the basic stage, just like those civilians, not to mention the existence of magicians, so people at that time pursued the strength of their own flesh more than the external elements that were inconspicuous to them, and thus the era of peak knights was born. Hmph, after all, it's still a bunch of civilians. And all the changes after this were brought by the demon race from the outer world after the Star Cataclysm, and they used their own power to combine with the basic elements of this world, so that the original solidified elemental structure of the world was activated and reconciled according to their own understanding, which triggered the common effect and laid the foundation of the current ether. And some of the people who were infected by this power and endowed with elemental affinities became the first magicians, creating new humans. Strictly speaking, in fact, magic can also be said to be a source of infection, it gives people power while allowing external substances to erode people themselves at any time, high affinity means high infection rate, when the degree of infection is too high, the higher the demonic nature accumulated in the body, the possibility of demonization or alienation will increase, and eventually it will become a troublesome disease. The most intuitive is the current Deba and Warcraft, so most Deba's ether affinity is very high, to put it bluntly, the proportion of demonic power occupying its own elements is too high. Fortunately, in the subsequent development, people found ways to prevent it, but because of the relatively high cost, it has not been fully popularized until now, and there are still poor people infected with Deba who are on the margins of society. And you also infected this Deba because of the demon seal in the later stage. "Kneill's qualifications don't have the potential to be a magician in the test. Enish interjected suddenly. "Ha, are you blind?" "Is it because of the demon..."

"Erinโ€”" Neil interrupted. "She looks similar to you, but there is a decisive difference in this, she, Eh. Erin, was contaminated by a huge amount of elements when the mother's body was formed, which caused their innate strange appearance and extraordinary power, in other words, it is this power that constitutes their own existence, and it is more likely to kill if they are forcibly treated. At the current level of academic development, there is no insurance cure... Hah... I'll give you something right now. For some reason, the girl yawned as she spoke, and ignored Neil. I saw that the girl's light and shadow in front of me changed into a rune door, and a magic guide book slowly appeared from the door, floating in front of Neil's eyes by the light. "Enish, send him out. โ€

Enish received permission from Massazat and immediately cast a spell to send him out of the realm. "Did the Ente gang of bewitched guys get it?" Enish replied. "Then I'll go back to sleep. With that, the light faded away, and everything returned to dead silence, and Enish disappeared into the darkness.

Neil felt his senses twist for a moment, and then he realized that he was back on the shores of Lake Fabron. At a glance, I found Erin sleeping in the grass beside her. Neil picked up Erin on his back and braved the rain of blue light to walk to the dormitory, and it was already clear.