"Silence exercises?" The boy nodded.

The practice of silence is a practice that all mage apprentices must do in order to develop self-control, and Lucy is very aware of this. She hadn't said anything for a year.

As a priest, Lucy didn't want to sabotage the boy's self-control practice, so she didn't ask any more questions. One thing is for sure, this powerful Frost Staff must be crafted differently than a normal forbidden item.

As far as she knew, all forbidden items, including scrolls, were activated by spells, and the boy obviously had no way to make any sounds, and his mentor would not make such a foolish decision to have him recite a spell to activate any item during the time that the apprentice had been practicing mutation.

Just as Lucy was confused by the marvelous object, a voice rang out in the room: "Let her in, I want to see her." There are things that have to be explained, and then I will leave, and of course you must leave too. ”

The sound is very faint, and it hardly comes from anything. But Lucy could clearly feel its presence, as did the boy, for she saw the boy make way for him, and with a wave of the boy's hands, the door opened.

The deep darkness crept through the secret door, and Lucy seized the last bit of light to identify the location of the door. Because even the log worm could not see anything in the forbidden darkness, this darkness made Lucy feel uneasy.

She didn't know who could create such a dark barrier, even the first tutor of the academy she was familiar with couldn't have such a powerful ability. She didn't know how many secrets of this academy were still unknown, and she was obviously about to unravel all the mysteries.

This uneasiness was mixed with a strong sense of excitement, which made the priest's hands tremble as he held the staff.

When Lucy saw the light again, she was standing in a space that wasn't too small. The shelf was on her right-hand side, and there were scrolls and test tubes filled with potions scattered on it.

On the left-hand side was another bookshelf, piled with books and a heavy layer of dust on them, making her sure that no one had touched them in a long time. She didn't see the old mage she had expected to be in front of her, she was the only one in the room.

The voice rang out again. No, it should be said that she felt the presence of the voice again.

"I've been here for 5,000 years, and I've been studying prohibitions in this small space since the first great change in heaven and earth. I have been around as long as this Faststair, and with the destruction of the Fasteter, I will leave here. Before I leave, though, I'm going to find my heir, so I've summoned you, and I need your help. As you see and feel. I didn't exist, or in fact I died thousands of years ago. Countless years have passed, and time has no special meaning for a ghost, and I have witnessed the rise and fall of the world with these ghostly eyes. I always believed that I could find the right apprentice to pass on this knowledge, but thousands of years have passed without a single student that I am satisfied with, until you showed up in the academy a century ago. Know that those mistakes you make are definitely not accidental. The reason why your path to becoming a mage is so long, all of this is a test of your ability. ”

The voice was silent for a moment, then resounded: "Because the knowledge I have is very dangerous, you should be able to feel its evil nature. Therefore, as a person who receives knowledge, it is necessary to have a simple and kind character, as well as perseverance and determination to resist temptation. And, of course, the qualities and talents of the mage. So for thousands of years, countless mages have become famous here. Countless gifted people pass by before my eyes, but none of them fit, and the flames of ** will burn their sanity dry. Their minds are powerless to fight evil. ”

The voice continued: "Lucy, you must admit that this strength is a pain, but what is the strength of the mage that is not the evolution of pain? A year of silence training, you're doing well. As a young mage, you have demonstrated self-control that surpasses that of any academy mage, and while I'm not sure it's not a mistake to hand everything over to you right now, I don't have much time left. With the attack of the undead worms, the academy and the Fasti have completely collapsed. My soul crystal was also destroyed by the blood king's great power when his bastard thing came. He was afraid of me, he was afraid that I would have an heir, so he wouldn't give me time. He wants to corrupt the possessor of my knowledge, so I have to summon you at this very time. I'm running out of time, and I'd rather instruct you on these prohibitions myself if I could, but for now I'll have to give you these books, along with my staff. These are all yours now, and I used my last ability to change the protective prohibitions attached to them, and only you can touch them. ”

"Remember, as a mage, you control the forbidden, not let the magic take away your mind. The process of study is very dangerous, and you have to do it without any interruption. ”

When the fiery wand and three forbidden books appeared in front of Lucy's eyes out of thin air, the mage felt the voice fade away.

Lucy didn't have the power to ask any questions, or even the time to refuse, what priest could refuse power and knowledge? What's more, these are now in front of her eyes.

As an apprentice, she was the longest in all of Salas, and she knew what the dangers of knowledge bring.

The young priest decided to leave the place first, and then she would study the forbidden books carefully. A spell teleported her out of the chamber, she knew it was the last spell left by the voice, and she didn't even know the name of her last mentor.

When she looked up, she saw the moonlight, and the blood moon generously sprinkled its own light on her, which made the mage feel sacred. Next to her lay the boy, who seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Lucy gently touched his forehead and smiled, "Are you also the one who was chosen?" ”

With the blessing of the blood moon, the mage dared to carefully examine the things in her hand, and she felt a strong evil aura emanating from the staff in her hand, disturbing her thoughts, this was not the crystal staff that Fashi Tower and Salas Log Worm often used to improve meditation and restore the spirit, a claw-shaped staff head grasped a fiery red crystal.

"Worm Jade!" Lucy was surprised to find that the crystal turned out to be the worm jade that was said to have been completely buried in the First Cataclysm. The catastrophe was caused by this powerful forbidden object. The young mage stroked the shaft gently, trying to feel the power of its own existence and the restraint attached to it.

"Duraccia's Energizing Staff!" The priest blurted out, the name of the rod coming to mind. She was amazed that she could communicate with herself with this evil forbidden object, and that the staff itself was resisting her will, as an evil forbidden object it had an evil nature.

It would be very uncomfortable in the hands of a good person, but the prohibition left on it by the sound was strong enough that it couldn't hurt Lucy on its own, without affecting the source of mana it could unleash.

Lucy felt a red halo of forbidden light surround Duracia. The Mark of the Flame. She could now clearly see the source of the magic hidden by the mysterious inscriptions on the staff. She knew the consequences of being hit with a rod, and she even knew how to use it.

"Intelligence drain, confusion, mana source, charm, control, power drain." She stroked the rod and recited its various abilities one by one, and began to find her hands trembling with excitement, and found that the rod was tempting her and leading her to the abyss of depravity.

The priest began to concentrate on resisting the temptation of the rod. She told herself that I was the master of the prohibitions, that I controlled the prohibitions and guided them, not that they were being dragged by magic.

Whenever Lucy concentrated her energies, the rod was less tempting, and when she began to slacken, the rod began to try to tempt her again. This state would continue for a week until her mind and will were fully integrated into the staff.

"Let it scum!" Lucy said to herself, "Let it know who its master is and whose servant it is." (To be continued......) u