"The world as far as our eyes can see, is located in the main material plane called Icadia, which is a special region in the vast universe, like the gems and agate set in the luxurious gowns, they have different properties. ”

In the year 998 of the Holy Calendar, in March, in a library in the astrology building of the Royal Academy of Magic, an old astrologer with gray hair who was nearly 100 years old was standing on the podium to give a lecture.

However, his audience was small, and only three students sat in the circular library, whose crystal chandelier shimmered with a golden halo, and the light fell softly in the deserted hall.

"There are many stars in the plane, and the continent under our feet is in one of the huge stars, which are like the sands of the Ganges in the material plane, but very few can give birth to life. ”

"The stars, in ancient times, were regarded as symbols of the gods, and legend has it that the kingdom of the ancient gods was built on vast stars. ”

"Legends are legends after all, after Ragnarok, the gods disappeared without a trace, leaving behind a wild and primitive world, people living in this world, experiencing the monotonous life of sunrise and sunset day after day, there are always some wise people who choose to look up at the starry sky, trying to ask the truth of the world through the trajectory of the stars, and explore the fate of impermanence. ”

The old astrologer is well-read, talkative, and has countless mythological allusions in his conversation, but the magic level of such a well-educated person is really not flattering, and the magic badge he wears on his chest is just a blue moon symbolizing a middle-level mage, although it is also good in other parts of the mainland. But in a place like the Royal Academy, it's a bit of a no-brainer.

The people who can be lecturers in the Royal Academy are at least high-level mages wearing golden balance badges, and mid-level blue moon mages, which is just a little higher than the average of the students.

However, it is not surprising given the peculiarities of the profession of astrologer. Astrology is the most unpopular subject in the magic system, and it is recognized as the most obscure spell, and most astrologers spend a lot of time studying the ethereal fate and starry sky throughout their lives, and they are naturally much weaker than the magicians of the other factions in terms of mental training.

Therefore, over the years, there have been very few mage students in the academy who have chosen to study the course of astrology, and in most years, there are no students who have enrolled in this course at all.

There were three students in a rare show this year.

One of them was Copernicus, who scored high in astrology in the mental test at the beginning of the school year.

The other two were Constantine and Newton.

Newton and Euler have similar personalities, they don't talk much on weekdays, this genius who ranks first in the entrance mental power test spends most of his time in calculations, in addition to astrology, this monster-like guy actually took three courses at the same time, elemental, arcane, and alchemy, and the results of each course are among the best, which is unprecedented in the history of the Royal Academy of Magic.

Of the three, Constantine was the least outstanding, and although his mental power in the astrology test reached an unprecedented perfect score, there was a difference between a thousand and a hundred points in the face of the obscure and perverted magic of astrology...... It doesn't seem to be obvious at the moment.

Planes, Stars, Universes, Gods...... After a class, he was exposed to more esoteric words than the previous ten years of his life combined, so that when those tedious formulas for calculating the trajectories and cycles of celestial bodies appeared on the blackboard, he once again experienced the dizziness brought by magical mathematics, while the two classmates on the side were tired of calculating.

Resisting the urge to skip class, Constantine silently mentally reviewed a few new spells he had learned in his arcane class.

Fortunately, the old astrologer's teaching level is really good, although it is not long, it gives Constantine a new understanding of the world he lives in for the first time in his life.

"According to Archmage Riemann's theory, the universe is like a sea, and the countless planes are foam on the surface of the sea, and the space beyond the plane is called the void, and the void is full of dangerous energy storms, like undulating waves. Because of the existence of the space storm, except for the plane protected by the crystal wall, no matter or element can gain a foothold in the void. ”

The old astrologer carefully removed from the bookshelf behind him a roulette wheel made of pure gold, with a miniature magic crystal embedded in the center of the wheel. The old mage slowly flicked the wheel, and the tiny runes around the magic crystal lit up one after another, activating the crystal, and a lifelike arcane projection appeared above the library, attracting the attention of the three people in the room.

The projection image is a wonderful brilliant starry sky, the stars shine like various colored gems scattered in the sky, and the ancient and magnificent nebulae slowly rotate in the library, giving people a sense of shock and grandeur visual impact.

The old astrologer continued to spin the wheel, and the surrounding scene shrank in proportions, and finally, before the eyes of the three of them, countless points of light of varying brightness, which floated in the endless darkness.

"The projection as far as your eye can see is the model of the universe proposed by Laplace, the greatest prophet in the history of astrology, one hundred and twenty-five years ago, and these points of light represent many planes, and the darkness between them represents the void. ”

"As you must have noticed, the brightness of different planes is different, different brightness represents different levels, and the closer you are to that plane, the higher the level of the plane, and the more abundant energy and resources there are. ”

The old astrologer waved his hand and magnified the point of light in the center of the projection, and it could be seen that the point of light was like the sun in the plane where the continent of Icadia was located, exuding an incomparably dazzling brilliance, and the brightness of this point of light alone exceeded the sum of all the planes in the periphery, and compared to it, the rest of the planes were just stars dotted around the sun.

"The plane represented by this point of light is the celestial realm recorded in the sacred scriptures, that is, the plane where the legendary god of light lives. The old astrologer said slowly. "It is the highest rank of all known planes, and in this model, it is considered the center of the universe. ”

The brilliant cocoon of golden light slowly swirled in the vision of the three of them, exuding mystery, majesty, and beauty.

"However, where there is light, there must be darkness, and near the celestial realm, there is a dark plane that is almost as vast but full of chaos, and that is the Endless Demon Abyss. The old astrologer stretched out his hand and pointed to a purple point of light far away from the heavenly realm, which stood on the opposite side of the heavenly realm, resisting the light from heaven.

Constantine recalled the legend of the Divine Codex, in which Lucifer, the most powerful and beautiful angel beside the Lord of Radiance, led a third of the angels to rebel in the kingdom of heaven, and was finally defeated, stripped of all glory by the Lord, expelled from the kingdom of heaven, and fell in the void for nine dusks.

However, his power was so great that he single-handedly carved out a new plane in the void, the Endless Abyss, after which Lucifer transformed himself into an evil being that was intolerable to order, and fell into the head of all demons.

Constantine had seen the dark world of lava and sin with his own eyes, and the brilliance was not a good memory.

......

Inside the dark blue magic tower, in a secret room.

Joey stood outside the circular magic circle in the center of the secret room, holding the golden-red crystal staff in his left hand, and a pure black ball of light suspended in the palm of his right hand, only to see the old mage's lips move, and a large number of cumbersome spells poured out from his lips like a clear spring, causing the magic in this space to stir, and a dark magic vortex slowly opened in front of him.

After the portal stabilized, Joey stopped holding the spell and said, "I'll ask you one last thing, Diana, are you really going to that place?"

Diana, who was standing behind Joey, nodded and said, "This is my decision, in order to make myself stronger, I will not be afraid." ”

"However, you must know that you are different from other people, you have a glorious imprint on you, and you are like a lighthouse in the abyss with this thing, and wherever you go, you will face endless attacks from monsters, which means that you will not have any respite at all, and you will have to face battles anytime and anywhere. ”

Joey rubbed his eyebrows, his eyes became stern, "Of course, your power has not fully awakened, and it will not attract the attention of those seven guys for the time being." But even so, this kind of trial is still too risky, and your teacher is just an apprentice like you, and I don't want you to have any accidents in that hellish place, so I hope you can think about it carefully. ”

"I know, but time is running out, I have less than three years, and if I don't get strong enough during that time, the Templar won't do my bidding. Those with bad intentions can show their fangs at any time, just like they did ten years ago. Diana said softly, "Above all, teacher, he is old. ”

Hearing the last sentence, Joey's hand holding the wand trembled, and a haze of gloom and a lingering sadness hung over his eyes.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, the duty of the gods is to purify the darkness, if I can't even deal with these demons, what qualifications do I have to become the next pope?" Diana smiled, with a sunny face, "Someone told me that I am the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, this world belongs to me after all, and one day, I will let my light spread throughout the empire, and this is just the beginning." ”

Joey was slightly moved, and finally sighed, and handed over the golden and red ** staff in his hand, "Take this, in the abyss, it can help you." ”

Diana took the staff, looked at Joey and said seriously, "Thank you, Mr. Joey." ”

The old mage waved his hand angrily and said, "If you want to leave, hurry up, and when you come back alive, you will tell my old man this kind of sensational words." But his face softened a lot.

Diana nodded solemnly and walked towards the deep black vortex, and the moment before stepping in, she turned her head and said, "By the way, Mr. Joey, that friend of mine, if you have time, I hope you can take care of him." ”

The angelic emblem above her head shone brightly, the divine ethereal aura spread, the brilliant wings of golden light slowly formed behind her, the dark hole swayed, and a roar came from the plane behind the portal, the roar was full of hostility, timidity, and anger, obviously not welcoming her arrival.

The girl's eyes were extremely firm, and she stepped into the dimensional teleportation circle without hesitation.

A wave of dark magic submerged the girl's thin body, and the portal gradually shrunk, and finally turned into a black mist and burrowed into the ball of light in Joey's right hand, and Joey gently pushed the ball of light, causing it to levitate impartially in the center of the magic circle.

"It's up to you, Diana, and I hope you don't disappoint me and your teacher. Joey left the chamber, his steps getting heavier than usual, "I'll find a time to see that kid." ”