After a few frequent out-of-controls, Etna seemed to be in control of the situation for the time being, and for nearly half a day, the strange black, white and gray did not spread, and Lucian and Natasha were able to spend a relatively easy half of the day, which was a rare good thing for them with their own injuries.

In the afternoon, the sun was thick and the heat was steaming, and in the gloomy and dim black forest around the hills, light rays passed through the gaps, reflecting dazzling spots of light on the ground.

Natasha looked left and right and laughed: "I thought that our injured appearance would attract the covetousness of the villains and robbers, especially since you showed off your money in the town, but it was so peaceful along the way, and there was a lot less fun." ”

"Have you forgotten that this is a world without knights and magicians? Although you are injured, the violet guardian armor on your body is only possessed by big people like blood heroes and god favorites in the eyes of the townspeople and robbers, unless they have eaten psychedelic things and lost their minds, how can they dare to attack our ideas? Moreover, beauty seems to be more attractive than the lure of money and wealth, and there are several men who sneak peek at you when you are in the town. Lucien chuckled casually.

Natasha glanced at him, "How can you be sure that their target is me?"

In the center of the "black willows" in front of it, there is a fortress-like castle, which is covered with green vines and dead leaves, completely obscuring the original color of the castle, and the spire at the top has the initial outline of the magician style. In the minds of the original magicians, the construction of the tall and pointed magic tower was an attempt to get closer to the heavens and the reality of the world.

Hearing Nika study the mysteries of the gods from the patterns on the monster's body, Lucien and Natasha directly thought of the origin of the magician.

Maybe in the age of mythology, the age of steam civilization, the period of alien domination by dragons, elves, werewolves and other aliens, it was with "madmen" like Nika that human beings could slowly rise, but then they went further and further on that crazy and bloody wrong path, and finally tasted the bitter fruit.

And this world is in the world. Under theocratic oppression. The germ of magic still inevitably happened, and perhaps not only Nika, but also other places with similar "madmen".

Nika had never studied meditation. Nor will there be any spell case. It is possible to move items simply by relying on the occasional fluctuations of mental power. Causing a misfire, this shows that his spiritual power has reached the level of a third- or fourth-ring magician, and his magic talent is far higher than mine. I'm afraid that only a few magicians within the council, such as Lord Brooke, can compete with him before he learns systematically. It is normal for such a genius to have gained something after studying for so many years. Lucien objectively assessed Nika's condition.

However, having a magical talent is one thing, and their own efforts and education are another aspect, and the few magicians in Lucian's mouth who can be comparable to Nika's talent are only Brooke who has been promoted to a legend, and in the history of magic, the talent of the pioneers in the embryonic period may be higher than that of Nika, but none of them can be promoted to a high level, but relying on their previous efforts and the knowledge they have explored and summarized, after more than ten generations of inheritance, someone has become a high-level magician.

As they spoke, the two approached the bleak and dilapidated castle.

With a croak, a strange bird with white feathers landed on the stone pillar in front of the castle.

"This is Nika the Wise Castle and visitors are not welcome. The little bird walked up and down the stone pillar with its head held high, looking proud.

Lucien smiled, "We came to visit Mr. Nika the Wise, and I heard that he has a very deep research on the patterns on monsters and the types of plants, and it happens that I am also good at this, so I want to talk to Mr. Nika." ”

"Aren't you here to laugh at the madman Nika?" said the bird in a crisp voice in surprise, "there are still people who study the mysteries of the gods, how can there be two madmen, are you lying? Hmm, I have to test you, can you tell what kind of bird I am?"

"Of course, the one-of-a-kind white crow, Mr. Nika's pet, a bird with intelligence. Lucien said with a smile.

The bird spread his wings in satisfaction, "That's a good answer, I'll have to ask Nika if he wants to see you madman." ”

Seeing the bird fluttering towards the window above the castle, Natasha said strangely, "The white feathers on its body must be dyed, right?

"So it's a unique white crow, have you ever seen other crows dye their own feathers?" said Lucien.

Natasha came to her senses and shook her head with a smile: "No. ”

After waiting for a few minutes, the gate of the castle creaked and slowly opened, and a blonde boy in a short white robe said respectfully, "Teacher, please go to the research room to talk." ”

"Teacher, are you a student of Mr. Nika?" Lucien said as he looked at the boy, who was only eight or nine years old, and it was hard to believe that a guy with the nickname "Crazy" who was ringing all over the neighborhood would have a student, could it be that he had abducted human experiments?

The little boy seemed to have seen too many such gazes, and said with some grievance and indignation: "Of course I am a student of the teacher, the teacher is not a madman in their mouth, he is a real wise man, he has insight into the mysteries of the gods, and has mastered extraordinary powers, and they are afraid and afraid of him, so they slander him." ”

After saying that, without waiting for Lucian and Natasha to answer, he turned around indignantly and walked into the castle with the two of them.

After habitually checking the layout of the castle and finding no magic array defense, Lucien helped Natasha, whose left hand was already immobile, into the castle.

Walking through the humble hall and up the stairs, there was a gloomy corridor, and just a few steps away, the sulky little boy in front of him suddenly spoke: "The teacher is really not crazy, he is just studying the strange patterns on those monsters and plants, so he will dismember them." There are many animals that the hunters kill and eat by themselves, and they are used to seeing blood. But hypocritically hates the scene caused by the teacher. ”

He struggles to defend the madman Nika, trying to get the two strangers to approve of the teacher.

"Yes, I understand. Lucien had done the dissection himself, and at the same time admired the little boy in his heart, what a good student.

Hearing this, the little boy's spirits were slightly uplifted, and he babbled and said, "Those strange patterns really contain the mysteries of the gods, really! The teacher has mastered this power, and can manipulate fire and ice and snow to make people sleep." Falling from a great height. Stronger than those priests and god-blood heroes!"

"Really?" replied Natasha.

There was a question and an answer, and the little boy became more and more interested: "Really! ”

He made a strange sound from a simulated monster in his mouth, and his face became extremely solemn. A little magic ripple appeared in front of him. Then he grabbed a candlestick on the left side of the hallway.

"The original version of the Mage's Hand. Lucien said to Natasha with a smile. The incantations have not yet been simplified, and are still at the level of primitive simulated monster language.

"Isn't it, I'm amazing?" said the little boy triumphantly holding up the candlestick. Seeing Lucien and Natasha nodding with a smile, they were even more happy: "The teacher is more powerful than me, and we don't have the blood of the gods, nor do we have the strength of the gods, we all rely on our own efforts." ”

"The teacher said, this is the way for us to be truly strong in the future, to get rid of those false gods, although others don't understand him, but I always think that he is the greatest wise man, smarter than the gods!"

"Well, great pioneers. Lucien's expression was solemn.

The little boy who tried to correct the guest's impression of the teacher was innocent and lovely, and after getting Lucien's affirmation, he continued to talk along the way, revealing many secrets without knowing it, and soon, the three of them walked to the door of a room covered with animal skins, which were gray and had complex magical patterns on them.

"Petrified beast?" Lucien frowned slightly, Nika's strength was stronger than he imagined, although this monster was not as good as a petrified lizard, it might be considered a high-level monster with the six-ring petrification technique.

The little boy knocked on a specific spot on the door and said with a smile: "This is something that the teacher picked up in a valley, but the pattern on it is too complicated to figure out its mystery, so it is used to guard the door." ”

With a squeak, the door opened, and the thick smell of blood came to the face, and the whole room was like an organ showroom.

Since there are no glassware in this world, the strangely shaped hearts, eyes, intestines, and flesh pieces are wrapped in magic and placed at will, plus the windows are narrow and the light is weak, it is difficult not to feel scared here.

A middle-aged black-robed man with messy hair was concentrating on depicting something, and on the table in front of him lay a very terrifying monster, the upper body was a naked woman, with a twisted pattern and a prominent mouth, and the lower body was eight huge black spider feet.

"Arachnid......" Lucien nodded slightly.

The little boy had a good impression of the two guests, and when he saw that the teacher ignored them completely, he said apologetically: "The teacher will forget other things as soon as he studies the pattern, whether it is eating, sleeping, or teaching me, but it should be over after a while." ”

Time was pressing, and after Lucien and Natasha looked at each other, he set his eyes on the parchment in front of Nika, and he frowned, as if he had encountered a great problem.

On the parchment, there is an intricate pattern, and Nika seems to have established a Cartesian coordinate system.

“（25，78，39）。 Lucien spoke suddenly.

Nika subconsciously moved the quill to that position, drew it, and then her eyes widened suddenly, and she looked back at Lucian, "You understand, too?"

The little boy also looked at Lucien blankly, he was instructing the teacher?

"The analysis of this pattern must be divided, and one coordinate point is ......" Lucien reported a coordinate point again.

According to Lucian's guidance, Nika completed the analysis of that part of the pattern, and looked at the result in front of him in a daze for a few seconds, his expression suddenly became excited and distorted, and there was a taste of madness, he rushed to Lucian's front and said in a hoarse voice:

"How?"

Lucien coughed lightly and did not answer directly: "While studying the pattern, you have to look up and look outside, the pattern hides the mystery of the gods, what about the entire world?

"Think about what we're going to fall to the ground when we jump up, not to float into the sky. ”

"Isn't that normal? We're going to go down, this is down there. The little boy interjected.

Nick froze. (To be continued......)

PS: Change first, then change.