Chapter 33: Crazy for Love
The reason I chose the enchantment system is simple, enchantment mages rarely go directly to the battlefield, they are more responsible for the logistics of the war. In fact, there are fewer prophecy on the battlefield, and they are mainly responsible for intelligence work, but unfortunately I really don't have the talent for prophecy spells.
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After becoming a red-robed mage, I was sent to the battlefield to the west, Torre on the Theron Plateau, with its western neighbors Agarang and Sesk, Ryshman to the north, the Falling Star Sea to the south, and the Sunrise Mountains and Endless Wilderness to the east.
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Seysk is strategically located on the east coast of the Falling Star Sea in the inland sea of the mainland, and it is also an important trade route on the mainland, a country where the golden road passes, and the maritime trade or land trade is very prosperous, so it is also known as an important military attack target of Torre.
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Torre's red-robed mages are a group of militants keen on military expansion, so the war of aggression against Seth has never stopped.
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Studying and fighting in the border area is a new round of practical courses for the red-robed mages who have just graduated. But in the barracks, there is a lot more freedom than in the academy, on the one hand, wearing a red robe, it means that you are already a member of the ruling class, although you are only the lowest level of grassroots mages, but those soldiers and officers must salute you respectfully.
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On the other hand, the management method of the red robe is very extensive, you can go to collect various tasks by yourself, and if you want to climb up, you will become stronger and complete more tasks, including many extremely dangerous tasks, but if you complete it, you will reach the sky in one step, but if you fail, you will die without a place to be buried.
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But during the apprenticeship, the red robe constantly instilled in the mage the temptation of all kinds of power, the idea of imperialism, wanting wealth, power, wanting great power, wanting to become a master, just go and take it yourself, killing, intrigue, magic, whatever means you use. As long as you win, everything is yours.
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Luckily, Torre is a very closed country, and the red-robed mages don't trust outsiders, they don't trust mercenary groups, they don't trust high-level adventurers, and they don't even trust other allies.
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Moreover, the loose factional parliament led to intrigue among the eight chiefs, each with their own political opinions, and this external distrust and internal strife greatly delayed Torre's expansionist policies.
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And as long as I complete the basic tasks assigned every month, I can live a mixed life, and there is no one else to urge me to do superfluous things, and other ambitious and motivated red-robed mages wish that their colleagues are waste, so that it will be easier for me to get ahead.
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In my third year on the front, the god of fortune, Temorrah, favored me, and Penny was transferred to my legion.
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When we met again, it seemed that the emotions accumulated in the past three years had exploded all at once. One snowy night, I finally mustered up the courage to confess to her, and she accepted, and that day, I felt like the happiest man in the world.
I yelled with joy, I couldn't help myself, my mouth grew up, and then the snowflakes that fell from the sky, the pure white snowflakes were as sweet as honey.
"Fool, why do you eat snowflakes?" Penny asked, looking at me as I swallowed snowflakes stupidly.
So eating snowflakes became a little code for me and her.
But happy times are always short-lived, a year later, bad news came from the front line, Torre has been attacking the city of Sur, a wave of undead broke out, it is said that the undead who have been hiding in the Sur swamp suddenly rushed out and launched an attack on the two warring sides, unable to reach the direct jurisdiction, and the entire Sur battle line completely collapsed.
At the time, Penny was fighting on the front lines of Sur. I was about to go crazy when I heard the news, and despite the hindrance of my superiors, I rushed to Sur City alone.
Across the Sur River, the mountains on the other side are full of undead creatures. I can't see the shadow of a living person. I fell to my knees in agony, wailing and weeping like a wild beast.
Back in Eltab, I was punished for not obeying the military order, but I didn't care, I was in deep agony, I had only one goal, to destroy all the undead creatures, and to find Penny's body and bury her in my garden, where I would be with her forever.
The best way to deal with undead creatures is fire magic and light magic, but these two are not what I am good at, looking at the little tree spirit I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, undead creatures are the mortal enemy of all living creatures, not only humans, the negative energy they emit, even animals and plants hate the undead. Why can't I work on a magical plant that fights undead creatures?
So I started going crazy on this magical plant with the goal of destroying undead creatures, and everyone didn't believe that I could study it, and they started calling me Dave the Fool, and then Dave the Madman.
But I don't care, now the only meaning of life is revenge. The only other thing I could do outside of my research was to go to Sur again and look for Penny's body. But in the process of searching, I accidentally discovered that this wave of undead was not an accident. It was premeditated.
And this person is Edgar Sazastan, the chief of the undead department among the red-robed mages, and this discovery has also brought me destruction, one is just an ordinary mage who has just advanced to the intermediate level, and the other is one of the eight chiefs of the Supreme Council that is high up.
I can only flee all the way to avoid the pursuit sent by Edgar, if it is known that he actually used the necromancer to cause the tragedy of the city massacre, not only will he not be able to protect himself, but also the entire red-robed mage of Torre may become a public enemy of the mainland.
But in fact, I couldn't prove it when I learned the truth, and the evidence that was already there was destroyed by him. All I can do is keep this hatred in mind and hide out of the reach of his forces, where his minions can't find it. Hide in the middle of nowhere.
And then continuing my research, the scariest thing about the undead is that they are endless, watching them kill them to create their own kind and turn other creatures into undead. But they can't do anything about plants, they can destroy plants with negative energy, but they can't turn plants into undead creatures as well.
And that would make them lose their greatest threat. I'm becoming more and more sure that magical plants are the best weapons for the opposing undead creatures.
I'm going to succeed, these magical creatures still lack a core, a core that can command them better in battle, a heart of revenge that will always hate the undead creatures, and will never let the undead creatures go.
Then let me be the centerpiece of this, and turn this world into a plant world where all the dead are buried.
A sad story, a story of revenge, ends with a scarred and hateful mad heart, just like the last scene Chen Jian saw, Dave, who has been driven crazy by hatred, is determined to turn himself into a plant too.
After reading Dave's life in the connection of the heart, Chen Jian finally broke free from the whirlpool of the heart. Or maybe Dave released him on his own initiative, which may have been suppressed for a long time because he wanted to find someone to confide in before he died.
Chen Jian was very sympathetic to his plight, and he also regretted that such a mage with genius and creativity would finally have to die to achieve his goal of revenge.
Isn't there a way to interrupt his fusion process and rescue him? Looking at this big tree that has no ability to attack, it can be seen that he is not a person who will take the initiative to harm other lives, such a person should not be so sad to become a big tree.
"Chariel, do you hear me? You can see what is going on, what can be done to stop him. Chen Jian shouted for his reinforcements.
"Meow, are you really going to save him? It was he himself who was now bent on death. ”
"He's not taking revenge, he's escaping reality, he's gone crazy, and this decision made with a clear mind, can he take revenge on the enemy by becoming a tree? can only make his enemies laugh off their big teeth. ”
"Okay, if you want to save it, you can save it, the best way now is to let him take the initiative to give up the fusion, let his heart recall other beautiful things in addition to revenge, stimulating his will to survive is the most effective way, and the least harm to him, otherwise I will forcibly interrupt the fusion, which may make him die with this strange tree."
Remembering the best things and inspiring his will to live? Chen Jian pondered the memories of Dave that he saw in the vortex of his mind.
Pregnant! Try it.
Chen Jian took out a pile of corn from the space bag. He pulled out chunks of butter and honey syrup.
"Help, quick, and put butter and honey syrup on the corn."
Although Jiang Jinjiu didn't understand what Chen Jian was going to do, seeing that he was urging him so anxiously, they hurriedly started to work together and smeared butter and honey syrup on the corn.
Chen Jian himself used his flaming hand to grab the corn coated with butter and honey, and used the temperature control power of the fire field. Concentrate on heating the corn in the hand.
Soon I heard a crackling sound from the corn in his hand, and the yellow corn kernels exploded and turned into snow-white popcorn.
The sound of crackling is endless. Popping popcorn splashes and jumped, then let the druid Nelson tear open a wind-making scroll.
A strong wind blew up on the ground, blowing this large pile of popcorn into the sky at once, fluttering like snowflakes, and falling one after another.
Dave, who was still laughing madly and crying at times, suddenly felt white flowers fall from the sky, and a few fell into his mouth, and the sweet taste overflowed his mouth.
It was as if he had gone back in time to the snowy night he confessed to Penny. The sweet taste melted into his mouth, and a happy fool was gulping down snowflakes.
"Penny, Penny......" Dave, who has popcorn in his mouth, cries and shouts the name of his beloved girl.
"Do you want to forget Penny? Can you still remember her name after becoming a tree? Can you still remember the code for eating snowflakes together on a snowy day? Can we still find her remains and take her home? Chen Jian took the opportunity to shout loudly.
"No...... I can't forget her, if even I don't remember her, then do I still have the meaning of existing...... Only these memories that I can't give up. ”
Dave, who had already fallen into the monster with his upper body and only his neck and head still outside, roared, and the whole tree cracked. An emaciated figure fell out of the trunk.
Dave, who used to be chubby, is now a skinny middle-aged man. He fell to the ground, grabbing popcorn all over the floor and stuffing it in his mouth. It's as if you're still in the happiness you once had. Only then would he be able to maintain a slight sobriety.
"Penny, the snowflakes are still so sweet, when can I eat them with you again."
On the top of the magic tower, there is no earth-shattering battle, and in the midst of the popcorn, there is only a magician who is crazy about love and cries while eating, like a child with nothing.