In the small living room of the "real secret place", Douglas saw Franks.

Due to his failure to be promoted to legend, many magic rituals that can last more than five hundred years of life cannot be used, and the whole person is quite old, his hair is sparse and pale, his skin is full of wrinkles, and the patches of old age spots are extremely eye-catching, but his blue eyes are as deep as the sea, as if carrying the wisdom precipitated by countless years.

"Franks, why do you have time to come over? are you going to hold the Lich Transformation Ceremony?" asked Douglas casually, as a member of the Panel, he should indeed be too busy to see anyone when the war was just over and everything was in ruins.

Franks shook his head and smiled: "To become a lich is to give up many of your enjoyments and desires as a human being, and it is even possible to be invaded by negative energy and become extreme and crazy, it is really not a good choice, I can't make up my mind yet, I plan to wait a little longer to see if there is still a chance to recognize the half-solidification of the world." ”

"Your idea is very good, the speed of development of arcane and magic in the last ten years has made me feel terrified, and it may not be long before a new theory or new achievement of arcane art suitable for you is proposed, so that you can transform your years of accumulation into a semi-solidified foundation for understanding the world. Douglas nodded slightly, agreeing with Franks' choice.

In his mind, this phase of arcane madness began with Felipe's research on cellular memory, and Lucien's submission of the periodic table as an official beginning, and he seemed to see the birth of two new legendary magicians, so he agreed when Vicente tried to extricate Felipe from the demigod lich event. Let the proposal pass.

Franks laughed and said, "Your Excellency, it is indeed very likely that it will not be long before there will be new arcane theories or new achievements that are suitable for my current bottleneck, but they are also more likely to blow my head, especially Lucien Evans, a headshot demon." ”

Douglas smiled and shook his head, knowing that Lucien was already "notorious" in the hearts of magicians: "The progress he brought has not yet been fully demonstrated, maybe three years, maybe five years, ten years, you can see the value of the new theories he proposed." ”

Franks smiled, "It's like "On the Electrodynamics and Mass-Energy Equations of Moving Objects"?"

Douglas's smile faded. Slightly stunned, he said, "Yes." ”

Franks continued: "I was when I saw the paper. There was a feeling that confidence had been completely destroyed, as if the world of knowledge was about to collapse at any moment, not because of the genius of Lucien Evans, but because of doubts about self-knowledge. Skepticism about the arcane system of the past few hundred years. ”

"Lord Douglas. I have followed you since the late days of the Dawning War. Step by step, from the oppression of the Church, from the vacillation of the aristocracy, the establishment of the Council, your theory of gravity, your system of movement. It was the lighthouse that guided me to transform my mind into an arcane spirit, but now, one of the two lighthouses was suddenly declared a mistake and collapsed, I really didn't know what to believe, I was like a ship in a storm, my eyes became pitch black, and I could no longer find my direction. ”

Douglas's voice lowered: "It's not a mistake, it's a low-velocity approximation of the relativistic system." ”

The atmosphere suddenly became very strange, and there seemed to be an indescribable silence and oppression.

Franks looked at Douglas sincerely: "Your Excellency, the low-speed approximation actually means that your motion system ignores too many things, has too many errors, and can only be applied in such a macroscopic state, and what time is space, space is time, time depends on matter, and is a function of speed, don't you think it completely subverts our cognition?"

"It's really different from what I intuitively know, and it's hard to imagine that when I first saw it, I also had the feeling that the past thousand years of life had been completely denied. "Douglas admits quite honestly that he has always had that attitude towards arcane problems.

Franks said very heavily: "Probably our past research is still very superficial, still on the surface of the world world, not close to the truth at all, so this situation has occurred, maybe we are very far away from the truth of the world world, maybe when we are really close to the 'truth', we will find that it is completely different from what we think and insist on now, and it may even be what we oppose." ”

"Indeed, the more I delved into the arcane, the more I discovered my ignorance, whether it was about time, space, matter, energy, or gravity, which was best for me. Douglas's eyes were again confused.

Franks exhaled softly: "The reality of the world is beginning to exceed our imagination, more and more questions we can't answer, more and more things are pointing to the same thing, what is the nature of gravity, how did it first appear, if your celestial motion system is established, what is the first force to make the planet spin?"

"This is also the question I wonder, what is the source of gravity, how is it propagated, how did it originate, how did it make the celestial motion system established, sometimes, I have to admit that the more I know the Tao, the more confused and fearful I become, perhaps, I am wrong from beginning to end. Douglas's voice was a little ethereal.

Franks' blue eyes deepened, his right hand spread out, and he strengthened his tone with gestures: "Maybe we should find a philosophical explanation, maybe there really is a first impulse, there is a root for the creation of everything, in that case, the gravitational system, the celestial system, can be perfectly constructed." ”

Perhaps it was in the face of old friends and discussing the arcane issue, Douglas did not hide it, and said in a slightly depressed voice: "Sometimes, I can't help but think like this, there is probably a supreme existence with the first driving force, otherwise the entire arcane system cannot be explained from the source, just like a villa without a foundation, it will collapse and destroy directly if a gust of wind blows." ”

The atmosphere became more and more strange and peaceful, and Franks' eyes seemed to have a flash of light: "That is to say, without the first impulse, your gravitational system and motion system will collapse." ”

"Yes. Douglas added, "At least for now, but maybe another arcane explanation can be found in the future." ”

Franks said in a low voice, "What is the origin of the whole world, who am I? Who am I, where are we from, and where are we going? Can these questions be explained by arcane research?"

"Not for the time being, it's still in the realm of philosophy. Douglas shook his head.

Franks shook his head in the same way and said, "No." It is a theological category, and these questions can be explained by acknowledging that there is a supreme being, that there is a first impulse. ”

Douglas opened his mouth, about to say something, but suddenly his pupils constricted: "Who are you? You're not Franks!"

Something seemed to appear inside Franks, and his breath became divine and peaceful: "You can call me Benedict III." ”

"The Pope...... What are you going to do? Franks?" Douglas didn't panic too much, in his own half-plane, in his own magic tower, even if the Pope, the Silver Moon, and the Lord of Hell came in real persona. He also had the confidence to fight—provided there was no divine descent. So this pope, who was projected into Franks' body in a strange way, he was not afraid.

The energy of the magic tower flowed, and one by one mysterious magic arrays opened, and the "real secret realm" outside directly entered the night. Stars in the dark.

Pope Benedict III only smiled at such a change: "Franks willingly let me project it." Otherwise, I will be able to project into the body of an unwilling archmage. ”

"It turned out that he was already a member of the church. No wonder so many things leaked before. I always suspected that there was a spy on the Affairs Committee, but I didn't expect it to be him. Douglas faced this spy of the highest level, and there was only a moment of inexplicable sadness. An old friend who worked hard with him to establish the Magic Council, but in his old age he defected to his mortal enemy?

In this regard, he is also very glad that this time the "mushroom cloud" plan only selected a few affairs committees that have passed the trust test to know the general situation, and there is no Franks in it.

Benedict III said calmly: "Franks recognized the problem of the arcane roots, so he returned to the arms of the Lord, Douglas, don't deny it, your heart has begun to believe in the first impulse, that there is a supreme being." ”

"Yes, I can't deny that I have some belief in the first impulse, in the existence of the supreme. Douglas replied with a blank face.

Benedict III showed a hint of joy: "Very good, if you are willing to be baptized, you will be the first saint of the Church, you will be given a holy name by the Lord, and you will become pope in the future, and you will explore the secrets of god-likeness, and truly get eternal life and happiness." ”

Douglas suddenly chuckled twice: "I believe this, it doesn't mean that I will believe in the God of Truth." ”

"Why are you? Don't you know the power of the Dao Divine Descent Technique? Haven't you seen the projection of Heavenly Mountain with your own eyes? If you are willing to join the church, I can reveal the secrets of the god-like realm to you right now. Benedict III was somewhat surprised.

Douglas smiled and pointed to the starry sky outside the window: "Benedict III, you have probably only been to another dimension, and you have never explored the starry sky like us magicians, right?"

"So what?" said Benedict III, who did not understand what Douglas would say.

Douglas looked at the starry sky with rare fanaticism and obsession: "Only if you have really been there can you understand how vast and boundless the starry sky is, compared to it, I, you, the silver moon, the lord of hell, and even the entire world are so small, like dust on the ground." ”

"Even if I believe that there is a first driving force, I absolutely do not believe that such a great being would hide in such a small world and fight for territory with us, the vampires. ”

"He may accept our prayers and bring peace to our hearts, but the 'God of Truth' who directly sends down divine graces and magic to encourage the Church to compete for resources and territory in this world is nothing compared to the boundless starry sky that alone is awe-inspiring. ”

Speaking of this, Douglas withdrew his gaze and looked at Benedict III with a smile:

"Therefore, he is worthy of my faith?"

Benedict III's face was pale, and Douglas was indeed confused, but he was completely confused in the wrong direction.

"I'd love to know the secret of the gods, but I don't want to rely on it. Douglas's smile calmed, "One day, you will find that we magicians are not enemies of faith, because our vision is not as narrow as yours, and is confined to such a small place. ”

"The future of our magicians is closer to the 'real', in that vast starry sky!"

Benedict III sighed: "God-like is more difficult than you think, sometimes the vastness does not necessarily mean the truth, the higher level, the higher form of existence is, since you refuse, then I will leave." ”

"Let Franks go, he has the credit for establishing the Magic Council, I don't want to hold him accountable for his mistakes anymore, but ask him to leave the Council. Douglas also sighed that Benedict III was obviously only a projection, and that killing Franks would not hurt him, and at the same time planned to order Helen, who was guarding Alinge, to keep an eye on Franks' movements so that he would not cause sabotage.

Benedict III didn't ramble any more, got up and walked out of the magic tower, and when he stepped into the teleportation array, Franks's entire body suddenly melted, condensing into drops of blood with holy light, and then this blood was painted with strange symbols to block all spatial nodes, as if Douglas had closed the half-plane on his own.

Douglas frowned, tried to open it, but found that it would take at least two days, and couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart: "This is a god-like level method, can I temporarily block my half-plane by sacrificing my own projection and a nine-ring archmage?"

He was quite glad for this, if he waited for the church to be ready to fight, this method of making the magicians at the peak of the legend unable to leave the half-plane for the time being would be very deadly, it would mean that they would be divided and attacked, and the council would be far inferior to the church in its own strength, and then being divided would be the end of destruction.

"Fortunately, it was launched in advance and the initiative was in his own hands, but what did Benedict III want to do?" Douglas did not think that he would go to war again at this stage, unless he wanted to use the credit of destroying the church to join the council, so his mood was not urgent, but more doubtful.

"Although the method just now carries the holy light, it is more like some unique magic of the ancient magicians, strange and inexplicable, it seems that in the process of destroying the empire, the church has gained a lot of classics. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm in a hurry, I've updated it first, and I'll change it later.

PS: Laughing Version, Douglas: The right path of our magicians, in the sea of stars!