Although the old man had surprised Al enough today, his words were like a bolt from the blue, and Al was stunned. He froze, like rust, and squeezed a few words out of his throat: "Dark mage?"

He never imagined that he would be here today, and he would get an answer from a mysterious old man in the underground world, after he had been following the traces of the black magician!

"Why? You haven't heard of the Dark Mage before?", the old man looked at Al with some confusion, he didn't expect Al's reaction to be so big, "You know Vladimir Conrad, you don't even know about the Dark Mage?"

The old man's words woke Al, and he came back to his senses and quickly replied, "Of course, I know. He asked with some confusion, "Wasn't the council established by those nobles, and why did it have anything to do with the black magician?"

"Didn't I say that was the precursor to the council? The old man adjusted his sitting posture and changed to a more comfortable position. As he narrates, the dusty history of hundreds of years ago is unveiled to Al for the first time.

"You should know about the Battle of the Five Kingdoms and the Hero King, right?"

"Of course, I have read a brief history of the kingdom that mentions it. ”

"Hehe, worthy of being a noble young master, history books like this have always been extremely expensive because of the difficulty of compilation, and ordinary people have no chance to see them. The old man sighed.

"Now that you know, it's easy to do. When the Hero King ended the melee of the Five Kingdoms and established the Tulip Dynasty, the good days of the black mages came to an end. ”

"In the melee of the five kingdoms, the monarchs of these five countries are constantly pursuing more powerful force in order to defeat each other, and among them, the dark magic with amazing destructive power is the most important. This period was also the golden age of the rapid development of black magic, all kinds of bizarre, varied, with different effects, destructive, lethal power of the black magic in an endless stream, but also the emergence of several great black magicians. ”

"Black mages have unlimited access to all kinds of resources from Guizhou, and they are conducting human experiments unscrupulously, such as the orcs you know, and they have even created a new race, whose power is comparable to that of the creator!"

"It was the worst of times, and the best of times, and magic never flourished like this before, since. The old man gasped for breath, his face slightly distorted, a strange mixture of excitement, yearning, and fear.

He seemed to be afraid of that era, and yearning for that era.

"I agree that it's bad times, but as for good times?", Al shook his head, his point speaking for itself.

"You're really different from ordinary mages. The old man looked at Al curiously, "There is no mage I know who does not yearn for this period of history, if we are in that era, how many great experiments can we carry out that we never dared to think of before, and how many magical results can we research!"

"If we were in that era, maybe we would be able to see the scene behind that door as mortals. ”

"The door? It seems that the mages are chasing the door of truth, and my teacher once told me that she may be able to see the door, but she will never be able to push it open. Al said with a puzzled expression, "Is it worth it for so many amazing and brilliant mages to pay a huge price to explore this so-called truth?"

"I've thought about it for a long time, and I don't think it's worth it!," Al said categorically, word for word, a phrase that had been held in his heart for a long time.

"Is there anything more precious in this world than the truth?", the old man said in surprise, a little unable to understand Al, who was also a mage.

"If you don't seek the truth of this world, why do you want to become a mage, why do you want to go further and further on this lonely and lonely path?"

"But if you live in this world, you should know how to be in awe!", Al said to the old man with a solemn expression.

"Reverence for the heavens and the earth, awe for the human being!"

"Awe?", the old man muttered to himself, as if chewing on the two words in his mouth. He looked at Al Liang for a long time, and finally said gloomily, "If I had talked to you about this earlier, maybe I wouldn't have done those things, right?"

He seemed to be unable to look back on the past, and quickly rounded up the topic again, "Since the establishment of the Tulip Dynasty by the Hero King, the research and control of magic has become even stricter, and he seems to hate black magic very much, and the application of many black magic is expressly forbidden. ”

Naturally, this caused the dissatisfaction of many dark magicians, and many dark magicians united to overthrow the rule of the Hero King and establish a kingdom above the mages. ”

"Oh?", Al was a little surprised, "there's no mention of this history in the Brief History of the Kingdom. ”

The old man shook his head, "Not too many people will know about that mysterious past. The Dark Mages have orchestrated several assassinations against the Hero King, including the aforementioned Vladimir Conrad, who was involved in these assassinations. ”

"But these assassinations have all failed without exception, although the black mages are unpredictable and powerful, but the hero king seems to be favored by this heaven, and always escapes death. ”

However, after all, the black mages are powerful, and for a while, the hero king can't help them, and the two sides are deadlocked. ”

But just when the two sides were fighting to the death, a force quietly rose and broke the balance between the two sides. ”

"It's the Holy Church, isn't it?", Al continued, and it was during the Tulip Dynasty that the Holy Religion expanded and became manifest.

"Yes, no one would have expected such a religion to suddenly rise, and once it did, it would be unstoppable. Just a religious black mage doesn't care, but what's even more terrifying is that this holy religion seems to have a way, and the priests who convert to the holy religion can get a powerful power comparable to that of a mage, and the key is that it is not difficult to obtain this power. ”

"Maybe in terms of high-end combat power, the Holy Sect is not as good as the dark magicians, but there are many of them. As the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, and the evil tiger is still afraid of wolves, and it didn't take long for the dark mages to be at a disadvantage in the battle of the Holy Family. ”

"To add insult to injury, the Holy Cult United Hero King has encircled and suppressed the black magicians, and countless black magicians have been killed or arrested, and since then the magic has declined, and it is difficult to turn over. ”

Saying that, the old man sighed, and he, who was also a mage, couldn't help but feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and a sigh of sadness.