41. Memories of the Old Days (Medium)
"This is the cemetery of my people, and it is also my future home!"
At this moment, Rodnar spoke, and the moment he spoke, the mass of consciousness that circled around Elevenn jumped back to the center of the cemetery with a "whoosh", it seemed to be very afraid of Rodnar, although judging from the results of Onyx's analysis, its strength should be about the same size as Rodnar, and Elevan was more concerned about the people Rodnar was talking about, and he had a strong feeling in his heart that he might hear some shocking news again today. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In fact, it is true, seeing a trace of pain flashing in Eleven's eyes, Rodnar waved his hand, and a starlight that was so pure that it pierced the dome covered by black clouds, and sprinkled on Eleven's frozen body, his spirit curled up in a ball gradually recovered the moment he came into contact with this starlight, but he didn't have time to pay attention to his body now, because the old man with his cane had begun to uncover for him, the historical picture that was covered by the dust.
"My ancestors came from the Second Age, which has been destroyed, and you should already know that, and I am not a pure Third Age person. ”
Rodnar stretched out his finger and swiped lightly on the palm of his other hand, and a drop of pale golden blood slowly flew out of his palm and floated into the air," My father was the last orthodox mage of the Second Age, and my mother, the first astrological mage of the Third Age, my birth was a mistake, but in order to pass on the noble bloodline of Marfas, my father finally left me, as a sinner who defiled the bloodline of Maphas, on the day of my birth, he was in my place and returned everything to this world, and because of the terrible life force required when the top bloodline of the Second Age was born, on that ordinary morning, when I first saw this world, my mother died because of the depletion of blood, and my birth was a disasterAnd my parents left this world because of me, and that was only the beginning of the disaster. ”
The old man's originally straight waist was stiffened, and when he told his story, it was as if he had aged dozens of years in an instant." The First Age of Antiquity began with the birth of the world and ended with the appearance of the Sixteen True Gods, it was a desolate era, but it was also a magical era, the first generation of life conceived by Eldo himself, the god warriors - the Kirundel people walked on the savage land, they developed civilization, they moved mountains and reclaimed the sea, the weakest of them was stronger than the ten Arcanists combined, but their number was too small, at the end of the first age, it was also the most prosperous period of the civilization of the Kirondel people, then their empire was only a few tens of thousands, and the sixteen most powerful god warriors in the history of the Kirondel people were calledThe "Servants", who follow around the mysterious will of the world, at the beginning of the Second Age, the world consciousness is scattered into sixteen pieces, each of which enters the bodies of the sixteen ministers who have died, and they are called the "Sixteen True Gods". ”
"So what is it that destroys the empire of the Kirundels? If they are really as powerful as you say! and even the attachment of what you call the "true spirits"!"
It was also the first time that Elivan had heard of the true history of the ancients, and before that, the only record of the First Age was the words "Kirondel people".
"Destroy? no, not destroy!"
Rodnar shook his head, "No one can destroy the country founded by the Kirundels, not even the time to do anything, do you know Doom Volcano?"
"Well, I know!" Although Elivan had not been to the Doomsday Volcano in the Dan Renzas Empire, he had heard about the never-dormant active volcano and the "Demon Calamity" that had lasted for thousands of years.
"Mount Doom, the capital of the Kirundel Empire, became an active volcano because at the beginning of the Second Age, all the Kirunders received the "Sixteen True Gods" The oracle wanted them to spread the fire of the only civilization in the world throughout the world, so that the capital was abandoned by the departing Emperor of the Kirundel people, legend has it, he held high the world's first sword, pierced the earth with all his strength, summoned the never-dormant active volcano underground, and buried the imperial capital completely, by the way, the one that the magical emperors called the "primordial blade" The sword is still stuck at the bottom of the Doomsday Volcano, if you have that ability in the future, you can take a look, oh, by the way, the so-called "Demon Calamity" in the ghost place is actually because the sword accidentally pierced the reality plane and the lower realm in a long time. ”
“...”
Elivan and Onyx were shocked, the former was because the Kirundel people were too domineering, and the latter was because they were well-informed, so they understood the strength of the Kirundel people better than Eleven, in its opinion, if the legend is true, I'm afraid the Kirundel people are not gods and warriors at all, their real race should be... No, to be precise, it should be a branch of the Titans, but Onyx is not sure, because in the infinite universe, there are many creatures as powerful as the Titans.
"And the sign of the opening of the second era is that when the Kirundel people spread the fire of civilization throughout the world, the 30,000-year-long barbaric era finally ended, representing the advent of the second era of civilization, and the Kirundel people scattered all over the world continue to multiply, probably due to the different environments, after the first 10,000 years of the second age, the "people of gold" Allendas who live on the mountains and the "people of silver" Uman who live on the plains appeared, followed by the "children of the forest" elves, The "Plateau Rebels" Orcs, the "People of the Sea" Sea Clan, etc., when the second 10,000 years of the Second Age came, the entire Eldo had become extremely prosperous, and the barbaric scene was gone. ”
When Rodnal said this, he probably struck some fairly warm memories in his heart, and he smiled a little, but closed his eyes, " It was the best of times, all creatures danced with each other, almost every day a new life was born in the El, every day a new story appeared in a corner of the world, although the Kirundel people who had completed their sacred mission gradually disappeared into history, as abruptly as when they entered the wilderness, but all the creatures at that time silently prayed for them, and this new world was maintained and protected by the sixteen true gods, marching towards a thriving and greater civilization. ”
"But when any civilization develops, it will encounter setbacks, some because of differences in ideas, and more directly related to interests! So at the advent of the third 10,000 years, war, a ruthless and cruel war, first of all, there was friction between the elves who defended their homeland and the wild beasts who came down from the mountains because of the felling and destruction of the forest, and finally it became a full-scale war between the two races, in fact, until the end of the second age, the two races were still in a state of intermittent war, and then the people of the sea also marched to the land under the leadership of some radicals, but compared to the fierce opponents of the orcs and elves, the opponents encountered by the sea tribes were quite strong。 ”
Rodinar opened his eyes, pointed his finger at the badge of the twelve-winged angel on his chest, and said in an extremely proud tone,
The opponent chosen by the Sea Tribes is the "Silver People" who have been breeding on the plains for 20,000 years Many kingdoms of the Umman people, in the face of this sudden provocation, the proud silver tribe chose to fight back mercilessly, many city-states, millions of European Manman troops almost extended the battlefield from the southern tip of the eastern and western continents that were not separated at that time to the northernmost polar region, it took less than ten years to drive the violent, ten times the number of the allied sea tribes back to their place of rest, and built warships, the entire sea was assigned to the territory of mankind, legend has it that on the day the expedition soldiers returned, the entire sky was shrouded in black sails, and the dragons shuttling back and forth on the sea trembled to escort the victorious humansOn that day, the prestige of the Uman people spread to all corners of the new world, and even the elves and orcs who were still at war sent messengers to send a book of submission, and on that day, human beings really stood at the top of the world for the first time. ”
"It was also on that day that the first and last unified empire of the Uman people was founded, and in honor of the first generation of the Kirundel dynasty that has gone away, we call ourselves the Second Dynasty, and the twelve-winged angel portrayed in the image of the Sixteen True Gods of the Umman people is the symbol of the dynasty, and from this day until the end of the Second Age, Eldo has only one voice, and that is the voice of the Second Dynasty!"
Hearing Rodnar tell about the great deeds of the Second Dynasty that did not exist in today's history, even Elivan was a little excited, he never thought that in today's El Continent, a human race with a strong population can only be regarded as a human race, and there would be such a glorious deed in the Second Age, even the Sea Clan, which was considered impossible to defeat by those archmages, had only the choice of bowing his head and surrendering in front of the Second Dynasty, but he obviously ignored the fact that it was not humans who made this glorious history in essence, but the ancestors of human beings tens of thousands of years ago, the Aumans who were born with great strength, and an adult Auman warrior or mage, you can easily overthrow a country on the current continent.
The old man glanced at Elivan, whose eyes lit up, laughed a few times, then cleared his throat again, and continued,
"The newly established Second Dynasty only took hundreds of years to conquer the land, sea and sky of Eldor, and even forced the powerful Sky Race, the Lufas Empire established by the mysterious Winged People could only be forced to find another plane connected to the El Continent, and the whole clan moved into it to avoid the second dynasty's floating ships and winged knights all over the sky, and the big plane they hid in is now the mysterious astral plane, but it is also the move of the Lupas Empire's cunning rabbit three holes that finally made the Second Dynasty military, which was almost invincible in Eldor, regain the direction of its march, that is, the exploration of the endless plane that exists in the void!”
"Due to the ethereal and difficult to find characteristics of the plane in the void, in order to achieve accurate positioning of them, the royal mages of the second dynasty gradually explored a set of spell systems that use the starry sky to locate, which is the reason why astrologers first appeared, in the era of my father's generation, those who could be named astrologers were those who were the most knowledgeable, and had the deepest study of the mysterious star sea, and were deeply respected by the mages"Astrologer", hmph, what a laugh!"
Rodnal snorted coldly in extreme dissatisfaction, which also attracted Elivan's curious question,
"Mr. Maphas, do the mages of the Second Age also use astral projections? I see that when you cast your spell, there was no trace of the starry sky?"
"Astral projection?"
As if he had heard the funniest joke, Rodnar beat his chest and laughed for a long time, and then said with a gloomy face, "What do you think is the essence of astrological projection? It is just a mysterious power from the endless galaxy that the astrologers of the Second Dynasty occasionally discovered when locating the entrance to the plane, and even the xenomorphic power that the mages of the Second Age who were almost lawless in academics did not dare to try easily, and in this bullshit Third Age, it has become the standard for mages?
"Is that really what the Arcanists say is a magical elemental caster? I would venture to ask you again, what was the most orthodox school of mages of the Second Age? Was there a magic web at that time?"
Elivan's expression instantly became serious, now almost 100% of the mages in the mage world of the El Continent are taking the dual route of astrology-based and magical elements supplemented, but now, the relict arcanist from the magical civilization in front of him who is at least several orders of magnitude higher than the third era actually told himself that the astrological projection in the second era turned out to be something that mages could not avoid, which naturally gave Eliven a big "surprise".
"Hey, hey. ”
Rodnar looked at him with a smile, and then tapped his cane on the ground, his throne in the hall on the top floor of the tower appeared under his ass, looking at the old man's appearance, it was estimated that a big secret was about to be revealed, which made Eliven a little nervous, he took a few deep breaths, and also made a solid ice high-backed chair behind him, an old man and a young man sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere in the cemetery became a little solemn for a while.
"You asked two great questions!
Rodnall squinted slightly, stretched out his finger and nodded at the sky covered by black clouds,
"The so-called astrological projection, its real meaning refers to the use of the mage's body as a medium, to attract the astral form from one of the hundreds of thousands of constellations in the endless galaxy to descend into the present world, to achieve the purpose of auxiliary combat, I just said, this kind of combat method similar to the summoning of otherworldly creatures was originally just a way of using the mysterious power of the stars casually studied by the astrologers of the second dynasty, and for those masters whose own strength has reached the peak of mortals, this mysterious power is only a little research value, and the vast majority of the mages at that time took the same way as you are now, tempering their sensitivity to the elements, as well as the purity and density of the elements attracted, supplemented by the spell system that the Orman mages have long sorted out, step by step to improve their strength, but unlike your adventure method of purely exploring the essence of the elements to strengthen themselves, our so-called elemental magic is only to use the elements as the material for casting, and the means of casting the spell is the resonance of its own magic power with the external elements, of course, some spell casting materials will occasionally be used, but it will not be like now, without spell materials, there is no way to mobilize elements to form magic without going through the magic net。 ”
"Let's be honest"
Rodnall spread his hands, " The mages of that association don't bother to use this mysterious power of unknown origin at all, they have their own persistence and pride, and the use of astrological projection is mostly apprentices who can't awaken the mage's talent for life, of course, there are other professionals who will choose to awaken the stars as an aid in battle, but in general, this rough use method is not widely spread, and I don't actually understand why in the Third Age, this cultivation method that was originally not on the table, has become so popular, and even now all professionals, regardless of high or low, will choose to awaken the stars and use it as the most important killer featureI suspect that this may have happened when I was not yet born, but there were so many secrets hidden in that era. ”
Looking at Elivan's equally tangled face, Rodnal thought for a while, and finally gave up all the last bit of knowledge he knew about the stars,
In fact, the astrologers of the Second Dynasty were not able to explain the so-called "astrological energy" Where does it come from, and why does it manifest differently on everyone's body, such as your aquatic blue lotus star that has been dismantled by elemental power, such as the ghost wolf star sign that your orc friend was forcibly torn apart, etc., you just need to know that the eternal endless galaxy and the river Styx, which claims to flow through all worlds, are the only two ultimate secrets that cannot detect any useful information even in the most prosperous period of the magic civilization of the Second Age, and you must always maintain humility and due respect for these two!”
"And finally, and most importantly, the deeper reason why the mages of the Second Dynasty are so dismissive of the astrological projection, because it is related to the so-called end of the mage's path, which means the purity of the beginning!!"
Rodnar moved his hands, looked at the blazing Eleven, and asked meaningfully, "Do you think the Arcanist is really the end of the mage's path?"
"Well, it shouldn't be!"
Elivan thought for several minutes before hesitantly replying.
"Why do you think so?" the old man continued.
"Because of your strength!"
Elevenn stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of his eyes, "Although I have never seen you attack with all your might, after all, I have faced a professional of the same level as the Arcanist (Divine Power-Yodel), and from the aura of you and him, I can vaguely feel that although you are of the same rank, you may really be stronger than him!" No, it should be said that it may be much stronger, and the difference in the same rank is so significant that even I, who is equivalent to a magus, can see that this is obviously impossible, so I think that your strength must be very likely to have exceeded the shackles of the so-called arcanist. ”
"Is that all?"
Rodnar was a little noncommittal in the face of Elivan's different praise.
"Also, I heard you say before that the Magical Empress Lady Jolshina, who severed the connection between the two planes with one blow, has a common name for the masters she brought with her when she went out on the expedition, called the "Supreme One", I think this is probably the rank above the Arcanist during the Second Dynasty, and according to your context at the time, all professionals, after reaching a certain realm, will be called the "Supreme One", am I right?"
"Well..."
Rodnal was silent for a few minutes before he spoke, " What you said is generally correct, but one thing you said is wrong, I am indeed only an Arcanist rank now, as for why I am stronger than the same rank of profession you met before, the reason is very simple, it is precisely because my magic power is extremely pure, and it does not contain any impurities, so I can exert two hundred percent combat power in frontal combat, and the so-called Arcanists of the Third Age, hmph, a group of miscellaneous people who have advanced to the Arcanist with external forces, also deserve to be compared to me?"
At the end of the day, a Ling Ran momentum emerged from Rodnal, and the feeling of being like an abyss and the sea made Elivan's heart full of surprise, but he still asked,
"What do you mean by external forces?"
"Astrology!"
The old man sneered and grabbed in the air with one hand, and an orange flame appeared in the palm of his hand in a short time, and he pointed to the flame and explained to Elivan simply and clearly,
"Take this flame as an analogy, as long as you reach the level of a high-level mage, anyone can easily mobilize the elements to make such a flower, but the problem is that mages like you and me, who specialize in the cultivation of magical elements, the flame flower we make by mobilizing the same elements is stronger than the mages who practice both the stars and the elements at the same time, whether it is temperature or lethality! And in the confrontation of my level, the fireball technique that is also the same three rings, the power is at least thirty percent greater than the power they send, such a big gap, can it be made up by a so-called astrological projection? Not to mention that it takes a part of their energy to give instructions for various attacks on that thing, add up to each other, subtract each other, and want to suppress me head-on? At least three mages of the same level, and if you want to defeat me alive? Professionals with less than five arcanist ranks, don't even think about it!"
"Is the gap really that big?"
Elivan asked in a hoarse voice, after all, what Rodnall said was too challenging for his imagination.
"Of course, otherwise do you think the old immortal bastards of the White Stone Society will allow a cultist like me to occupy an entire half-plane? Long-term reliance on the power extracted from the stars to supply their cultivation, resulting in their own sensitivity to the elements is greatly reduced, other professions can be better, after all, they rely more on their own physical fitness and combat skills, astrological projection for them can only be regarded as an auxiliary means in battle at most, but the mage of the Third Age, once they lose the blessing of the stars, let alone fight, I am afraid that their own strength will drop by at least thirty percent in an instant, and no one can say how long the power from the stars will last, maybe ten thousand years, maybe in the next moment, the power of the stars will be cut off。 ”
Rodnar sneered and pointed to the north, but he quickly explained,
"Of course, this also has something to do with half of the Uman blood in my body, compared to the humans of the Third Age, the "Silver People" Ummans are born with at least five times stronger mental strength and physical fitness, and as a half-blood, I am also twice as strong as an ordinary Arcanist, so if you reach the Arcanist rank in the future, it is almost the limit to be able to fight against two Arcanists at the same time and remain undefeated. ”
"What about the Most High? What kind of state is that?"
Eleven looked at Rodnar expectantly, but saw the old man shake his head lonely,
The so-called one person against a complete plane, can reach this level, will be called the "supreme one" , It means the most powerful person above all living beings, but now it is impossible, because of the war of the gods and the complete collapse of the El Continent into three pieces, the will of the world represented by the sixteen true gods has been greatly damaged, and even the power level of the entire world has dropped by at least two orders, I don't know if this decline is normal, or if there is some other reason, but in the current El Continent, the Arcanist rank is already the top powerhouse. (To be continued.) )