"What did you say?" Catherine felt a chill all over her body, and said with a pale face, "This city is a magic circle, do you want to rob everyone in this city of time?"

"You guessed it. Victor still said calmly in a very unique slow voice: "Collecting a lot of time, from quantitative change to qualitative change, this is a way that we have found after years of research, through which we can explore the hidden secrets in the depths of time, master the laws of time, so as to obtain divinity and take over the priesthood of time, so that we have enough time to study the endless unknown, which is what all scholars dream of." However, not all people, the people on the floating island will not be affected, and neither will the high-level professionals on the ground. ”

"It seems that Fira has indeed hidden some clues for you. Pannith squinted his eyes and said, "I'm afraid you have learned a lot of time magic from him, and you have also learned a lot about time, otherwise you would not have mastered the laws of time, and you would not have said such a thing." ”

"Teacher...... Did you hide it for us?" Victor's eyes had feelings in his eyes for the first time, and guilt flashed in his eyes, but it was only for a moment that he regained his original calm, and it was hard not to think that it was just his own delusion before. Victor smiled calmly as if nothing had happened: "That's right, among so many years of teaching and so many students, I am the only one who has learned a lot of time-related magic, and I learned it by reading the teacher's notes, the teacher never taught us time magic, only from his notes to explore by ourselves." ”

"Phila won't teach you?" Pannis asked, somewhat surprised, "Why?"

"The teacher said that mastering the magic of time comes at a cost, and the price is too heavy. Victor sighed silently and said, "He won't take the initiative to teach us, but if we want to learn, he won't stop it." Now it seems that the teacher is right, and the price is indeed too heavy, but people who have not been in contact with it will not understand. ”

"Your teacher, Master Fira, is thinking about everything for you. And what about you? who want to destroy his city?" said Catherine hatefully, "and have you ever thought that your family and friends are also living in the city, and you are going to take their lives too?

"I've already answered that question. Felek had been standing under the throne with his hands down, and then said with a blank face: "To peek into the mystery of time." Nothing cannot be sacrificed in the quest for knowledge, including our families and even ourselves. We can accept all the costs. As for the teachers...... The teacher has studied the magic of time for so many years, and he has not been able to peek into the secrets of time, I'm afraid it's because he can't bear to do this kind of thing, so let's help him once, show this path in front of him, maybe through our successful example, the teacher can also solve the problem that has plagued him for many years, I think. He will never blame us when the time comes. ”

"You've gone mad. Catherine closed her eyes and shook her head, sighed and said, "For your own **, can everyone be regarded as a bargaining chip by you? ”

"It's not for my own **. Felek retorted: "This is an exploration of knowledge, and it has nothing to do with **." ”

"Intellectual curiosity is also a kind of **. Catherine's voice became cold, and the expression on her face was as cold as a piece of ice: "No matter how beautiful the language is, it cannot hide the fact that you want to carry out endless killings for what you want to do, even if it is a noble goal, it should not be based on taking the lives of innocent people, and no one is qualified to take the lives of innocent people by their own will, no matter what the reason." ”

"If you want to think so. We're not going to stop it either. Catherine's words caused Felek to have mood swings, and he had a tendency to continue to refute, but Victor remained calm and said, "We are mages and scholars. It's not a knight, we don't think about right and wrong, good and evil, as long as it's good for our research, it's enough, even if it's to use ourselves as experiments, we won't hesitate, I think. The two mage ladies beside you must be able to understand. ”

"We understand your idea, but we don't agree with it. Vivien and Freya glanced at each other, nodded at each other, and Vivien said, "Yes, we are mages, but we are human beings first, and then we are a mage, since we are human first, we must have humanity, not just rely on logical judgment to do things like a metal puppet." Therefore, the pursuit of knowledge is not a reason for you to lose your humanity, even if it is for the sake of knowledge, you must have the most basic view of right and wrong, and you must pursue it in the right way, not use this kind of killing as a means. ”

"It seems that this is the difference between us. Victor nodded and said slowly: "It's no wonder that the ideas of the tower mage and the dome mage have always been different, which is understandable. However, this topic is over, you can't convince us, of course, we can't convince you, there is no point in dwelling on it any longer, it's just a waste of time, we don't like to waste time, I think, you don't want to waste time on this kind of pointless argument now, it's you who should be in a hurry, so, are there any other problems?"

"Absolutely. Pannis said, "Your knowledge of time magic is based on Fira's notes, but what about this circle, did you also find it from his notes?"

"Of course not, Mr. Kyle, why would you ask such a question?" Victor asked rhetorically, "Judging by the information we have gotten, you should have known the answer a long time ago, is it necessary to ask again?"

"Of course it's necessary. Pannis said solemnly: "The answer I guessed can only be regarded as a guess, and it needs to be verified from your mouth, since you just said, let us ask a question, and we will not refuse to answer this question." ”

"Heh, of course not, there is no need to refuse, it is not necessary in every sense. Victor said slowly: "As you guessed, the set of magic circles I got from the three resurrected gods who called themselves the Three-Eyed Clan, and some of the knowledge, also got it from them, and the three Three-Eyed Clan, you should call them ...... What's going on?"

"Servant of God. "They are the servants of Danacus, and they call themselves servants of God," said Panis. ”

"Oh, by the way, it's the servants of God, they told me once. Victor nodded slowly and said: "I learned this from them, although I once mentioned it to the teacher vaguely, but the teacher did not question our behavior, but refused to accept this knowledge, that is, from that time, several of us finally understood that the teacher is really old, old enough to lose the thirst for knowledge." ”

"It seems that Fila is really old. Pannis actually agreed with Victor's statement, and nodded: "If he was young, I'm afraid he would never refuse this knowledge, even if he knew that this knowledge was learned from those people, he would not refuse." ”

"Mr. Kyle, you know the teacher very well. Victor, who had almost never shown an expression, actually showed a smile on his face and nodded, "If it had been decades ago, the teacher would never have done this, so we are all sad." ”

"Can you elaborate on the circumstances of your acquisition of this knowledge from the Servant of God?" asked Panis, "I suppose that this question is of no importance to you, whatever the final outcome is between us." ”

"Yes, but I think you might be disappointed. Victor regained his chin support posture and remembered for a moment before replying, "Because I don't know much about them, about ten years ago, the three Three-Eyed Clans found me, and I was already in poor health at that time, just like the teacher is now." The three of them said that there was a way to rejuvenate me, or even become young again, and that it would give me a lot of time to use as a reference for magical knowledge, and asked me if I would like to accept it. Of course I accepted that even if I died, it would be a blessing to be able to acquire new knowledge and then die, so I agreed to their request. ”

"Such important knowledge will not be given to you for free. Pannis asked, "Do they have any requirements?"

"Of course it won't be gratuitous. Victor replied, "They want me to help them set up a teleportation circle system in the middle of the Yala continent, which will allow them to move flexibly through various areas of the continent. ”

"Is the teleportation circle in the sewer system of the City of Innocence?" said Pennis thoughtfully, "No wonder you have been working so closely together, it has been going on for more than ten years. ”

"Well, I remember that part of it was in the City of Innocence. Victor nodded, "But I rarely left the lab after that, and I never used that system, so I kind of forgot about it." ”

"So you said yes?" asked Pannis, "and didn't ask them what they were doing it for?"

"I'm just a researcher. Victor said, "As long as it doesn't affect my research, what does their purpose have to do with me?"

"Okay, I see. Pannis sighed, nodded and asked, "And then?"

"And?" Victor was stunned for a moment, frowned and recalled for a while, "And then there are some ordinary cooperation, they will sometimes provide me with some experimental materials, and I, no, should call us, we will provide them with some other help, such as helping them cover up, passing through the internal teleportation system in Bute, etc., and sometimes helping them transport some more important items." ”

"Like the blood of the Divines?" asked Pannis, "is that included?" (To be continued.) )

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