"The Mystic Mage Society?"

When I heard the name again, no one would take it as a joke anymore.

Venia next to her frowned: "Since you have inherited the name of this ancient magic organization, you must have your own ideas." ”

However, Leilia shook her head: "You still don't understand. We have been the oldest and most orthodox heirs of the Mystic Mage Society since ancient times. ”

Although the situation is not good now, this guy keeps talking about these nonsensical things, which still confuses everyone around him. Venia replied, "But I've never heard of any cultists in the Mystical Mage's Guild. Why are you obsessed with this name? ”

"The Mystic Mage Society is faith-neutral, and of course there is no confusion among believers. Your church has always been excluded from the association, and of course there are no exceptions for us. "But have you forgotten that the Cursed Dragon itself did not appear before the Mystic Mage's Guild appeared; At that time we were just a bunch of unbelievers, so of course there would be no problem with that. ”

"Can you cultists be unbelievers? Are you kidding. Venia subconsciously retorted, "Then what does your own past experience have to do with your cult?" ”

"I'm certainly not talking about an isolated case," said Leilia, "and our organization has existed since time immemorial. It wasn't until the appearance of the Cursed Dragon that it became associated with religion. You should get the idea, right? ”

Venia still didn't quite understand, but Relia had no intention of explaining. "Got it? If I don't understand, I'll go, right? ”

I said a bunch of inexplicable things like a dumb riddle, but in the end I still didn't say anything clearly. I saw Leilia's smug expression on her face. The crowd soon began to whisper. Venia had to ask again. However, Zhou Heng thought of something else.

Zài has existed since time immemorial. and has hundreds of years of research on the magic of space; Once a member of the 'Mystic Mage's Society, it wasn't until later that he became a cultist—if you put this information together, the answer seems to be conceivable.

Zhou Heng guessed: "You are a space mage that has existed in that world for a long time, right?" ”

"That's right." Lelia smiled, "Your Excellency has indeed seen people, we are indeed space mages on the Wind Continent. ”

Space mage, this is what Zhou Heng guessed. In the past, Zhou Heng went to great lengths to find the 'Otherworldly Gate', which was the space magic created by the space mages before they died, but when Zhou Heng saw similar magic in those cultists who could travel through space, he had a feeling - the spatial rift used by these cultists. In terms of principle, it is not much different from the 'Otherworldly Gate', and even a little more advanced than the 'Otherworldly Gate'.

At that time, Zhou Heng vaguely had such a feeling, but because it had nothing to do with him, and the technology of the 'Gate of the Other World' was a little more advanced, it didn't have much impact, Zhou Heng didn't take this matter to heart, but now that he thinks about it, the answer is on paper.

These cultists and space mages were originally a group of people.

The 'Otherworldly Gate' is something that appeared in this world before the space mages disappeared, almost hundreds of years ago. However, if these cultists were space mages, it would not be surprising that they would have more advanced means of space travel at their disposal - they have always been on a mission to study space magic, and they will not stand still for hundreds of years after the invention of the 'Otherworldly Gate'.

Relia replied. Venia still didn't react. immediately whispered to Zhou Heng beside him:

"Space mages disappeared hundreds of years ago, right? How could they be space mages? ”

"Have you forgotten?" Zhou Heng said, "Do you remember the reason for the appearance of the cursed dragon in your history? ”

"You mean where they came from? The Cursed Dragon is a monster summoned by a persecuted space mage hundreds of years ago. Of course I know that. "But instead of protecting the space mages, the summoned Cursed Dragon burned them all together. And those space mages were wanted by several kingdoms because they summoned monsters, and soon disappeared completely...... If they're in league with the Cursed Dragon, then why won't the Cursed Dragon protect them? ”

"I'm just guessing," Zhou Heng shrugged, "But if you look at it now, they're alive and well anyway, maybe after that trouble, they will directly become cultists?" ”

"You mean...... Are these cultists actually all space mages degenerate? ”

"That's a terrible thing to say." Lelia next to her was a little unhappy, "We just found a faith object that is in line with our direction of development, and it is not fundamentally different from your church." As a result, you have become a depravity, and you are truly a hypocrite of the church. ”

"You ......"

Venia's brows tightened, and Zhou Heng asked, "Then what is your relationship with the Space Magic School?" ”

Relia laughed, "Guess what. ”

“……”

has no scruples at all, and Leilia speaks with confidence; Seeing that everyone on the earth looked impatient and didn't dare to make a move because of Zhou Heng's face, Leilia was even happier.

"It's not a secret anyway, so I'll tell you." "The predecessor of our Cult of Chaos, the space mages of the Wind Continent. It's not just the connections between members or a few exceptions, we've always been the same organization. ”

"Is it the same organization......" Seeing his expression of wanting to sell off again, Zhou Heng asked, "Please tell me more about it." What's your trajectory? Why are you a cultist again? ”

"Space magic is a very old school of magic, and we are committed to studying the relationship between magic and space, and we don't really need to believe in confusion and destruction; Just as their church believes in the God of Light, the reason for our confusion in our beliefs is really just for the sake of research. Leilia said. But we have always had zài and yet on this war-torn continent. Study this kind of thing that is not used in war. The problems that need to be faced are unimaginable. No country is willing to support our research, and no one wants to join us. Therefore, although we were one of the earliest members of the Mystic Mage Society, we were soon overtaken and surpassed by other schools. ”

Listening to his words, Zhou Heng nodded. It seems that no matter what world it is, there will not be too many people who bother to study a discipline that has no way out. The Lawrence School is an ancient school of magical professional research, which is a witness to the normalization of all professions on the continent; After being co-opted by the Lawrence Empire, it has been the most famous school of magic research on the continent for hundreds of years; Not to mention space mages, even compared to the Mystic Mage Guild thousands of years ago. The scale is also much larger.

The reason why it is called the Mystic Mage Guild is that this experience is naturally imposed because of grievances. Compared with the School of Space Magic, the Lawrence School emerged relatively late; But not only did they develop smoothly, but in the end, they also used the power of the state to kill the Cursed Dragon and wipe out most of the cultists on the continent, so it's no wonder that the object of Rella's grudge is them, not the Sky Knights.

"And then?" Zhou Heng asked, "Then how did you become a Cursed Dragon believer?" ”

"This is a question you can ask your church allies. Did they have faith in the first place? "If it weren't for the fact that their God of Light was good for their cultivation, do you think they would continue to believe in the Light?" ”

"Don't compare our Church of Light to you cultists."

Vignia was getting more and more upset, and she was already a little impatient looking at Leilia's expression. This analogy of Lelia cannot be said to be wrong. The Church itself is utilitarian in its beliefs, but it is on a par with these cultists. It's not a good thing after all.

Zhou Heng continued to ask, "In other words, did your Space Mage Association start worshipping the Cursed Dragon for the convenience of research?" ”

"That's right."

Probably the reason is clear, but there are still some details that Zhou Heng doesn't understand very well; Before he could speak, Venia began to pick on the thorns: "So you are going to worship this beast?" Aren't you afraid that you will be eaten one day? ”

"It can't be helped. The reason for studying this kind of magic doesn't go away from that question. "Besides, the Cursed Dragon's nature is not to kill, and we don't want to hurt innocent people. ”

"Huh?"

"At that time, our own strength was very weak, and there was some friction with the Central Empire at that time; To solve the problem, we had to summon the Cursed Dragon. ”

"And then the time when the Ancient Monument was destroyed?" Zhou Heng asked.

"Yes, and killed a lot of people. But the Central Empire did not let us go, and issued wanted warrants with several countries, and those rumors of the cursed dragon killing innocents also came from this. Leilia said, turning her head to look at the church's responsibilities and said harshly, "You church members who love to uphold justice will not understand. If we don't fight, we will perish. ”

"The Cursed Dragon......"

"The so-called god is actually just a manifestation of magic." "Summoning the Cursed Dragon is very important to the study of space magic, and we've been very helpful in summoning it. If it weren't for it, we might have been annihilated by your persecution nowhere. ”

The cause and effect of this incident has finally been thoroughly understood.

Hundreds of years ago, the Mystic Mage Guild was founded; These space mages were the first members of the Association of Mystical Mages, where they created the 'Gates of the Otherworld' and officially formed their own school. However, in this continent of strife, it is obviously not wise to study something that has nothing to do with fighting. These space mages, who had been struggling for a long time, had just figured out how to summon the cursed dragon, but they happened to have friction with the Central Empire, which was in full swing at the time.

In desperation, the space mage summoned the cursed dragon, which became the cause of the tragedy. The cursed dragon killed countless people in one fell swoop and destroyed the ancient monument; Not only did it fail to solve their predicament, but instead caused widespread panic on the Otherworldly Continent; Coupled with the targeting and deliberate smearing of the Central Empire, countless spearheads have been pointed at these space magicians.

The space mage has become a rat crossing the street, and the cursed dragon is certainly strong. But it doesn't exactly follow the orders of these space mages; And others know how powerful the cursed dragon is. The crusade also fell on these space mages.

The space mages are in a dilemma. happened to discover the benefits of faith confusion for the study of space magic, and at this time, he simply did not do anything and directly established the Chaos God Cult in a different guise. They then closed all the strongholds and monasteries of the Light World, and began to go underground.

And as it turned out, they made the right decision - in terms of survival.

Over the next few hundred years, they gradually transformed from a purely magical research organization into a religious organization belonging to the chaos camp, and not only managed to survive, but also grew in size. A hundred years ago, the Sky Knights officially took action to destroy the cursed dragon. But their technological development was enough to overcome the problem of death. They borrowed some of the magical effects of Arabella's Chaos God lineage to help the badly injured Cursed Dragon become a true god. Then he escaped into the void and began a new war and adventure.

The space mage, who studied space and causal magic, was like a fish in water in the void, and began to expand his strength frantically. There may be some twists and turns and processes that Zhou Heng didn't know, but now it seems that they are obviously mixing well - even if they don't count the cursed dragon itself, these forces attacking Earth are enough to turn the world upside down in the Wind Continent.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng couldn't help but shake his head and sighed. The true bodies of these cultists have not appeared in the game, but their strength is greater than that of any boss in the game, in this war. Zhou Heng took a lot of effort to defeat them; Even so, they could take advantage of some of the advantages in space technology. Escaped from Zhou Heng's hands lightly.

"Got it?" "Since we are all here to survive, and we both have strengths and advantages in one aspect that the other does not have, then we will make a truce and stop dwelling on each other in the future." From now on we will be people in different causal trees. So let's remember this war, keep in mind the lessons that the other side has taught us, and go our separate ways. ”

It seems that this war is about to come to an end. Although Zhou Heng killed the cursed dragon once, the cultists who were the culprits escaped cunningly; Although it was quite unpleasant to be ridiculed by Leilia in the end, there was nothing to lose in the end, and it was not unacceptable.

However, in the face of Leilia's 'farewell', Zhou Heng did not return the salute, but stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Are you going to be rough again? It's a rude and uninteresting way to treat people. But it's time for me to go back, and then ...... Who are you? ”

Leilia only thought that Zhou Heng was going to shout the thugs to send off the guests, but no one did it after waiting for a long time. Just as he was about to ask a question, his figure suddenly blurred.

This startled everyone, and before most of them could react, Leilia's body vanished with a blur. It seems that something went wrong that made his phantom body disappear directly. Everyone thought that Zhou Heng had done something to drive him out, and they were about to ask questions, but they saw Zhou Heng make a gesture and signal them not to leave first.

A few minutes later, a spatial door appeared where Leilia had vanished; A group of red-robed men were tied up and thrown out, including Alan Noa, who had seen before, and Rellia just now.

"What's going on?" Vignia next to her asked.

"It's just a matter of getting them back." Zhou Heng said, coming to Leilia, "How do you feel?" ”

Just now, he was separated by a world and said unashamedly that he would never see each other again, but he didn't expect to be caught by Zhou Heng in a blink of an eye. Leilia turned around and saw Lin Feng and Zhong Youxin, who had just come out of the space gate, and asked in surprise, "Where did you come from?" ”

"Of course, I followed your spatial coordinates." Lin Feng, who had just come out, looked disappointed, "I thought it was such a powerful guy, but I didn't expect it to be completely defenseless, a group of targets were all crowded in the same room, and they were all taken down by Mr. Zhong with a spell." ”

"No way, now that all the causal clues related to us on your earth ......should be gone," Reyria muttered to herself, "why can you still find us?" ”

Zhou Heng reminded: "Have you forgotten? That thing you gave me last time......"

During the last negotiation, Leilia had given Zhou Heng a small sign to store information, which contained most of the information about their technology. Although Zhou Heng retreated because the most important part was missing, in the end, Zhou Heng kept an eye on it and made some moves on it.

"No, no! The causal thread between you and the cause and effect are all cut off. Leilia shouted in a hurry, "Your space technology is so poor, why can you hide it from our inspection?" ”

"That's just how you feel." Zhou Heng said, "Besides, what I left behind is not a causal clue. ”

"What's that?"

"Ever heard of the red line? A few days ago, I found another prop in a fantasy world that ordinary people can't see, called the red line of the old moon. During that meeting, I wrapped the other end of the red thread around the little sign, and you went back with it. Zhou Heng said, taking out an empty spool, "Originally, it was just just in case, but I didn't expect you to have some methods to eliminate causal clues, and this kind of thing will naturally come in handy." (To be continued......)

PS: Happy New Year everyone~