Chapter 26 of "Wizarding Secrets".

In the midst of a moment of silence, Ling Feng spoke, "He's right, Taruo. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 She paused, then continued, "I once heard the saying that magic is omnipotent, but mages are not; Magic is not omnipotent, but mages are. Think for yourself......"

Taro was silent for a moment, and suddenly bowed to Count Arassis: "Taught." ”

The Count laughed, and the look of satisfaction on his face was palpable: "Very well, boy, you are not one of those hopelessly old and rigid fellows. Wizards are not omnipotent. ”

Two passages of the same nature entered the bottom of Taruo's heart - these are the experiences of the so-called "people who have come before", and he can't help but pay attention to them. Taruo considered herself lucky to have learned magic and swordsmanship together.

After laughing, Count Arassis's face became serious, and he asked, "So, young wizard, what do you have to report to me?" ”

Taro and Blake looked at each other, and then Taro spoke, "Lord Earl, do you know that there has been a lot of action on the continent of Calradia recently called the 'Dark Pilgrims'? "Yes." The Count touched his chin, "It is said that they are frantically hunting pedestrians on the road......"

Blake added, "My lord, those guys are actually holding cult rituals. ”

Count Arassis changed suddenly, and he asked anxiously, "You said it's a cult ritual?" What ritual? "Sacrifice." Taro replied, "They burned the sacrifice with fire and offered it to ...... An evil god called the Dark God. ”

"Dark God?!" A hint of horror flashed in the earl's eyes, "Could it be ......?!" Blake hurriedly asked, "Lord Earl, do you have any clues?" Alassis did not even use sorcery, and hurried up the stairs, and without looking back, he said, "Follow me!" ”

Taruo and Blake quickly followed, and with Alassis they ascended the stairs to the higher part of the tower.

As he walked, Count Arassis said, "If I'm not mistaken, the dark god is the culprit who is now unknown to the wizards. ”

Taruo was taken aback, what power this so-called dark god had, and even forced all the wizards in this world into seclusion.

With the sound of the door opening, the three of them came to a room that was not ornate, it was not like an ordinary aristocratic house, which was full of expensive paintings, and the floor was covered with woolen carpets. Instead, the stone bricks, the raw materials used to make this room, were thoroughly displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

In addition to the stone bricks, there are huge wooden bookshelves filled with books in black or brown skins. The corners of Taruo's eyes twitched suddenly, as he noticed that these old books actually had vague magical fluctuations on them.

These books are all about magic!

Count Arassis turned his head and smiled at Taruohe, "This is the place where I usually meditate, it's a bit rudimentary, but I think it's pretty good. Then he approached the bookshelf and removed a book with a black cover. Count Arassis also made a point to show Taruo and Black the front of the book, which has a gilded lettering: Wizarding Secrets.

"Why do I say that wizards have disappeared from this world? Here's the answer. ”

As he spoke, Arassis opened the book "Wizard's Secrets".

"About five hundred years ago, it was not as unattended as there are wizards on the continent of Calradia. Wizards at that time were like bounty hunters today, and although they were not common, everyone still knew about them. ”

The Earl stopped flipping through the book, swiped his fingers over the lines, and finally found what he was looking for: "As for the dark god, it is written in this book: 'As long as you offer a sacrifice to the dark god, then it will give you the power to belong to the abyss. A wizard once tried it and gave us this answer. He just used a small group of robbers as a sacrifice to control a village and town. ’”

"A village?!" Both Taruo and Blake were shocked and couldn't help but scream.

"That's right." Count Arassis nodded solemnly, "But this is not the main reason why wizards have disappeared into the long river of history. The wizard who had tried the witchcraft in the first place decided to seal it up, or at least make sure it wouldn't fall into the wrong hands—no, not even in the ears of outsiders. So he made an astonishing choice—"

"He slaughtered the village. Kill everyone who knows all this, including your own servants. But what he didn't expect was that a servant was not completely killed by him - he was also a wizard, and he had such a unique witchcraft in his own hands that he finally saved his life. So, with a vengeful rage, he unleashed the witchcraft again. ”

"After he broke into the door of the other man's house with a team of knights and chopped off the man's head and hung it on a tree, a thought suddenly popped into his head: If I use this witchcraft to rule the continent......"

The idea was out of control, and he took his faithful slaves with him to set off a war on the continent of Calradia, which was rare in a thousand years. War, human life is worse than dogs, and Calradia was plunged into darkness at that time......"

Count Arassis sighed and fell silent.

Blake shook his head blankly, and then asked, "What about after that?" ”

"And then," Arassis continued, "the wizards began their crusade against this evil adversary, and there was no shortage of careerists who joined the evil wizard. After four years of fighting, the evil creature was finally killed, but the wizards also suffered heavy losses. ”

"Wouldn't that be nice?" "......Peace has been restored in Calradia," Tajo said.

"Actually, I think this witchcraft that controls people's hearts has very huge side effects." Count Arassis suddenly spoke something unrelated to the question Taruo had asked earlier, "It is understandable that the wizard used witchcraft to control a group of knights to take revenge, but these two wizards have become abnormal after using this witchcraft - this is very noteworthy. ”

Blake interjected, "Is it a dark god after all......"

"yes, it's the dark god after all." The Earl agreed, "Since he is a dark god who takes his life as a sacrifice, he must not be a good person. The controlling energy it gives is sure to stir up the evil in the sorcerer's heart. ”

The Count went on to tell the previous story: "Just before the evil sorcerer was dying, he uttered these words: 'You will still use this sorcery after all, and I am waiting for you before the dark gods!'" Then he sent out the parchment with witchcraft written on it with another spell, and the last parchment was missing. ”

In the end, he concluded: "Now it seems that the parchment that has been missing for four hundred and ninety-six years has been found by a wizard!" ”

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Recommended Bibliography: "Fa Niang is from another world"

The phrase in this chapter, "Magic is omnipotent, but mages are not; Magic is not omnipotent, but mages are. "It's from this book. It's very emotional, isn't it?!