"yes, it doesn't make any sense to me to do that way, even though I live twice as long as everyone else, but I can do as much as everyone else, and it's twice as slow as everyone else. Phila nodded and replied: "So, you're right, I will never accept this kind of result, rather than live like that, it's better to die early." ”

"Not only that, but you may not be able to do as much as others, maybe less than others. Pannis added: "I can see from Victor that time magic also needs to be paid, and if you want to control time, you have to pay equal or even more time as a price, and if you think about it, it makes sense." ”

"That's true. Fila said: "But except for me, no one understood time magic at that time, so even if it is a clumsy lie, as long as there is no major problem with the basic logic, it is difficult for anyone to see through it, even if some sensitive people like you will have doubts, because of my strength and prestige, in the end I will only think that I am wrong, and I will not doubt the truth of this matter, because of this, this lie can deceive the whole world." ”

"Well, they're just like me, and they've never doubted it. Pannis nodded, "It wasn't until an hour ago that I became suspicious of you because of what I saw from Victor." Once I started to doubt, I completely understood, and I was definitely not wrong, because ten days ago, you had clearly told me that the main messenger behind the scenes was you, as well as your two students, but I was too stupid, I always thought you were joking, and took the initiative to find a reason to help you excuse yourself. Heh, I don't want to think about it, we've known each other for so many years, when did you ever joke when we were in contact with each other?"

"Actually, that's a joke in itself. A sneering smile appeared on Fira's face: "Actually, I never lie, you ask me who is behind the scenes, I am not lying, someone asked me why I age much slower than others." I wasn't lying either, I was honest with my answer at the time, it was time magic, and those people naturally took the initiative to help me find a reason. It is enough to say that I have slowed down my time, and all I need to do is not deny it, and let the wrong conclusion ferment by time and grow into a true lie. ”

"So to speak. You've been relying on plundering other people's time to counteract the effects of time on you since many years ago?" Pannis and Phila sat opposite each other, as if they had been resting in the middle of their adventures more than a hundred years ago, and there was not a hint of anger between them, as if the discussion was not about the lives and deaths of countless people, but just about what to eat at night: "But why didn't anyone find out at that time? I have checked the databases of several guilds, but I have never found anything like this. ”

"Because the frequency of plundering was low back then. Fila explained with a natural expression: "At that time, the experiment with time magic had not progressed to the current level, and it was enough to obtain time from others, and only need to use it to extend my own life to offset the consumption of using time magic, as well as a small amount of time experiments. Therefore. It only takes less than ten victims at most every year, and the world of Yara is so big, and it is not particularly difficult for a mage to let ten people disappear completely within a year without leaving a trace, as long as you are careful, it is impossible to leave a trace. ”

"Ten victims?" Pannis raised his eyebrows and asked puzzledly: "If the ten victims all choose young people, it will be able to grab hundreds of years of time, and it will take so much consumption?"

"Not so much. In fact, the effect of this magic circle is actually very poor, even if it has been improved by me, it is still very poor, a person who can live for fifty years. After plundering and transforming, the time that can be actually used is only one-tenth of the time at most, and the ten victims together can only provide me with no more than fifty years. Fira shook her head and said, "On my side, the cost of using time magic is also very large, like the few minutes you saw just now. Do you know how much time it takes me?"

"One day?" Pannis tried to guess in an exaggerated direction, but seeing the disdainful expression on Fira's face, he could only try to guess more: "Is it more than that?"

"Four months. Phila held up four fingers and said calmly, "One hundred and thirty-two days, a full four months." ”

"Are you crazy?" Pannis asked with a strange expression, "What kind of time magic is this, this is simply suicide magic, it takes four months to use it for a few minutes, how many times is it enough for human beings to live for decades?"

"Don't forget what I said before, the lifespan of the Three-Eyed Clan is endless, time has no meaning to them, and time magic is actually magic that belongs to them alone, not to humans, and if I want to use it forcibly, I will naturally have to pay an amazing price. Fila explained with a calm expression, "And you are a little misunderstood, it is not from the beginning, the price is so great, and not all forms of time magic are so costly. Initially, that is, about a hundred years ago, more than ten years after the end of the war, I finally mastered some small time magic through research, although there is still a price, but the cost of paying is very small, almost negligible, so I didn't particularly care, but when I first succeeded in splitting time, let me appear in different positions and different states at the same time, that is, as you just saw, through several long-term experiments, I found that the price paid has reached two to one, that is, for every minute I maintain, I lose two more minutes of time on top of losing this minute。 ”

"That's an exaggeration. Pannis sighed and said, "However, isn't it okay to seal this magic away from use at this time? Why do you want to continue researching? Well, I'm talking nonsense again, how can you resist studying such unknown and mysterious knowledge in front of you." ”

"Haha, it's still an old friend who understands me. Fila laughed heartily: "Knowing that such knowledge and magic are there waiting for me to explore, I can't hold back, it's already instinctive, just like if these things I do are put in front of you and Nelly, you can't stop me in the first place, it's determined by our nature." ”

"Yes, it's a predestined choice from the start, and no one can stop it. Pannis slowly narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully, "So, you still haven't held back?"

ps: I regret writing more and more about time magic, this thing will make the author dizzy alive, and the more I think about it, the more annoying I become. Two thousand words less, and it will be back to normal on Monday