3. Three-eyed serpent: Roman Toles

The world is multi-layered, the so-called real world is just the dream of mortals, stupid people will not admit that the land where they are is only the most insignificant part of the whole world, they think that the whole world must run according to their understanding, and do not know that they are like insects born in spring and dead in autumn, worthless in the face of the truth of the world that is not transferred by manpower, and there are a few truly intelligent people who see a trace of the truth of the world through the fog, but are slandered as crazy by other fools, this is the sorrow of civilization, and on its way it will always encounter the same monster in its way, called ignorance。 Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the magical world in the macro sense, the division of the conceptual world is always based on the concise and clear spatial position as a reference, such as the famous lower world, because its spatial position is located directly below the so-called real world, so it is named, in fact, we should be more The lower world, the real world and the upper world are connected to each other as three planes to explain, although in a sense, this theory is also full of loopholes, but it is better than simply dividing science into space.

In some racial legends of the magical civilization, most of the human beings originate from the war between the gods of the upper realm and the demons of the lower realm, and in fact, it is true, from a macro point of view, the power level of the real world is often much lower than that of the lower realm and the upper realm, and the reason is probably that the real world is the part of the boundary between the upper and lower realms, and the conflicting energies cancel each other out, building a peaceful and suitable world for the growth of life.

Of course, this theory only corresponds to the creation of a small dimensional world, similar to the situation of a special large dimensional world like the El Continent, and we will explain its causes in detail later.

It is also the reason mentioned above,Creatures from the upper or lower levels are unable to enter the real world by normal means after the strength level exceeds the maximum power that the real world can hold,From this aspect,Weaker monsters occupy the greatest advantage,They can even directly enter the real world with their bodies,Or the reality plane,Although the consequence of doing so is often the strong man of the reality plane,But human beings themselves like to rely on the existence of foreign objects,So when their own strength does not meet the requirements,They like to use the power of others,Although the form is different,Simple people will learn from teachersSincere people will pray for the gods of the upper realm that they believe in to send down their powers, cunning guys like to steal some good things from the strong, and there are a handful of more radical guys, they target those demons or devils in the lower realm, these guys are collectively called "cultists".

In fact, the so-called "cultists" will not encounter a successful summoning in most cases in their lifetime, most of the monsters they summon are the lowest level of the lower realms such as imps, demon hounds, evil eyes, etc., and some people are lucky enough to encounter high-quality varieties such as snake demons, berserk wars or demon hunting spiders, these people will be honored as "masters", but in the eyes of real summoners, they are just scum with better luck.

Because the magic system of Feren is too bloated and large, it does not list summoning magic as a separate system, but in the more streamlined Titan magic system, there is a special magic class that fights with summons, called "warlock" or "demon master" In their hands, the creatures of the Demon Hounds can only be used as cannon fodder, and the demon warriors in black iron armor and armed with long-bladed giants are the main force of the war, dozens of meters tall, with bats and typical demon faces, the demon guards are their personal bodyguards, the so-called succubus that charms everything is just a plaything in their hands, and the real master of the warlock can even summon the evil eye tyrant or the blade queen at will,The Void Lord, a creature that can be regarded as a demon king in any world, serves them, and there is such a sentence in the career profile of the Titan magic system, the real enemies of the invincible demons and the devil's legions are always each other, and if you have to add one more, then it is definitely a warlock.

Elivan is very interested in the warlock profession that exists as a rare variant of this Titan magic system, but the necessary condition for the achievement of a warlock is the comprehension of the elemental shadowing and his own skillful control and keen perception of space, this requirement is simply his own life, and the five years of penance have only reached the second level of the elemental flame and frost to the second level of entry, and it is far from the third order of proficiency, the fourth level of proficiency and the fifth order of control, not to mention the shadow understanding of this rare variant, this thing is completely a matter of luck, or rather, it is completely a face, it is obvious that Elivan's face is too uglyMaybe he needs a bottle of facial cleanser?

However, thanks to the complete record of the Book of Ten Thousand Laws, he was finally able to completely build the altar of the most basic summoning ritual of the warlock profession, of course, this is only the first step of the summoning ceremony, and the second step of positioning or random positioning with his real name, the third step of communicating with the soul of the summon, the fourth step of the contract has been completed, and the last three steps all need the shadow element as the basis for casting, Eleven can't do it, but fortunately, this time he only needs to do the first step, and someone will naturally complete the next few steps for him.

Elevenn and Rattle entered the first floor of the Black Prison that had become a pile of ruins, Ellevin revisited the old place, and Rattle was also familiar with the internal structure of the Black Prison due to his previous work, so it didn't take long for the two of them to find the completely sealed staircase to the second level of the Black Prison in a cloud of ashes.

As mentioned earlier, as one of the most notorious prisons in the Demon Hunting Department, the overall structure of the Black Prison has two layers, the first layer is responsible for imprisoning ordinary people or ****** without any ability , Divided into three regions, there are more than 500 prisoners in total, in the riot a few days ago, more than 300 prisoners escaped and caused a lot of damage to Sam City, most of them died in the subsequent melee between the mercenaries of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and the mages who came to help, only a small number of lucky ones escaped from Sam City, but the battle mage team that came to track down afterwards found that before the riot, the prisoners in the first and second districts of the first layer of the black prison had actually been killed, and the bodies of more than 200 people were placed in the prison in a mess, like a hell on earth, and the battle mages also detected the remnants of the release of magic, so they finally concludedThe riots in the Black Prison were the first steps of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce in trying to make a noise before blowing up the Workshop District.

From this point of view, Old Hall did carry a big black cauldron for Eleven, but fortunately they didn't care.

In the riot that affected the first layer of the black prison, the road to the second layer of the black prison was completely closed, but surprisingly, it was not the jailer or low-level mage who closed the passage, on the contrary, it was the prisoners on the second floor who took the initiative to close the passage, and even after the riot ended, they were unwilling to take the initiative to open the blockade, but because Sam City is now in chaos, after confirming that these dangerous people imprisoned on the second floor will not take the initiative to run out to make trouble, the top of the council will temporarily let them control the passage, there are too many troubles, no one wants to stimulate those prisoners at this dangerous moment。

"I said, you know why these prisoners don't want to get out of prison?

Elivan sat cross-legged on the ground, watching Rattle busily destroy the delicate blockade circle, and asked him with his arm on his face, and the latter carefully placed a small magic crystal on one of the nodes of the complex circle, and took a few steps back, and said casually,

"At the beginning, the Demon Hunting Department had a secret plan, they had wanted to use the power of these evil villains to subvert several countries around the Gray and White Plains, so in order to make these guys obey the order, when they went to the second layer of the black prison to arrest people, they specially selected those who had strong enemies, or were cornered poor worms, as a result, these guys went to the second layer of the black prison and found that their invincible enemies could not cross the Nine Towers Council to deal with them, so these guys simply regarded the second layer of the black fish as their own comfort zone, and in the past few years, these guys could still do some things that were inconvenient for the council to do according to ordersAs a result, after the ruthless old-timers who participated in the Northern Campaign of the Demon Hunting Department retired, the new little guys couldn't command these villains at all, so they simply let them go, which can be regarded as a scandal within the Demon Hunting Department, but these guys are also in peace, as long as they are given enough things to eat, drink and have fun, they will not jump out to make trouble. ”

"Oh, that's right. ”

Elivan suddenly realized, but then pouted,

"Then these guys are undoubtedly scrapped!"

Rattle finished the work in his hand, pulled Elivin to the side, and said with a smile,

"It's almost, but it's said that there are a few in it that can fight, but overall it's a lot more wasted than when I first came in, and several guys have given birth in it, can you imagine that scene?"

Elevenn shook his head, Rattle shrugged his shoulders, and then flicked his hand, a bean-sized spark popped out of his fingers, flying straight to the small magic crystal he had put down just now, a few seconds later, there was a slight sound, Elevenn immediately felt the mysterious aura on the circle disappear, he gave Rattle a thumbs up, the latter triumphantly stepped forward, and opened the small cellar-like door made of black iron, Elevenn immediately rushed in, Rattle then walked in, and slowly closed the small door。

Eleven had thought that the second floor of the Black Prison should be just below the first, but when he entered through the small door, he was greeted by a staircase that went diagonally downward, and the black hole could not see the bottom, so Rattle explained to him,

"The black prison actually has two layers, not the second layer that we deliberately dug out, when the Northern Campaign was used to hold prisoners, but you also know that the heroes unique to the orcs, those powerful swordsmen known as the Sword Saint can often achieve the effect of stealth with mysterious power, this terrible secret technique is called the Wind Walk, and ordinary prisons can't stop their assassination and invasion at all, so the first generation of the old tower master of the Tower of Glory, the Supreme Gregory ordered to dig out the second layer dozens of meters underground on the basis of the first layer, and all the important people in the orc captives were locked here, and it was precisely because of this old-fashioned but effective measureThe Black Prison was the only prison that had not been breached by the Orc Juggernaut throughout the campaign, and it is said that it was also the place where the Great Shaman of the Orc Coalition at the time, Ullov, was escaped by the powerful shaman during a fortuitous transfer. ”

Eliven nodded, and followed Rattle down the almost completely dark steps, but the further down he went, the faint noise became clearer, until the two of them reached the wooden door at the bottom, and the noise was almost like a town bar, and even Rattle was startled by the sound.

Rattle pushed open the wooden door that was not locked at all, and there was a narrow and hidden high platform in front of him, on which two men were standing, and only to see a bustling, lively little neighborhood hidden deep underground, where prisoners in all kinds of costumes wandered back and forth like ordinary people, and from time to time they said hello to acquaintances, and a large number of drunks were lying in the corners talking nonsense, and Elivan even saw a group of children screaming and struggling to chase from the street to the other end, and this absurdity and confusion made the two men almost stunned in place。

"I just heard that these prisoners are playing fiercely, but I didn't expect them to really think of this place as their hometown!"

Rattle let go of the wooden door with emotion, the dilapidated doorrail was like the boundary of a world, dividing the real and the unreal into two pieces, while Elevenn stood on the high platform where they were, muttering a few words unconsciously in his mouth,

"Truman's world!"

Unlike Truman's kind of movie-like life that was forced and arranged from birth, these prisoners chose to change their world into a free world in their memories, despite the desire to return to mortals, but they were too timid to even dare to push open the worn, unlocked wooden door, they seemed to be freer than Truman, but in fact, they were even more pitiful.

"It's pathetic..."

Elevenn scanned everything underground with cold eyes, and casually opened the small fence leading from the high platform to the ground, and walked down, and Rattel strolled down with him, and the two of them were like water droplets, swallowed by the flow of people the moment they touched the ground.

"Where's that guy you found?"

Elevenn asked in a low voice as he walked, and Rattle replied in the same low voice,

"His name is Roman, Roman Tors, one of the most prestigious shadow mages in the Tower of the Star and Moon twenty years ago, but then he was charged with murder because he was jealous of a certain prince of the Shurus Alliance, those damned nobles bribed the judge and sentenced him to exile, only to be chased and killed by the prince himself with soldiers on the way, this guy is also very powerful, he actually killed the prince in a chase, and finally was chased by the angry soldiers and could not escape, so he could only choose to enter the second layer of the black prison, I had several cooperation with him during the high-level mage period, that guy was good, and he also learned some superficial summoning techniques, exactly what you want. ”

Elavin frowned, and he continued to ask,

"Are you so sure that he can listen to you? Since you can judge that your strength is good, at least it is only a little worse than you, right?"

Rattle smiled, and a glint flashed in his squinted eyes,

"A few years ago, I was accidentally sent to the Southern Hills to do an errand, but on the way I accidentally heard a news, Roman himself didn't know, he also had a child in the Southern Hills as an apprentice to survive, that is the territory of the copperbeard dwarves, it is difficult for ordinary humans to make a living there, so when I found him, the child was dying, and then I saved him, hehe. ”

When Elivan heard the news, his heart was actually very touched, he felt that the child who was saved by Rattle was very similar to him, so he said something unusually impulsively,

"You imprisoned that kid, and you used him as a bargaining chip, you scumbag!"

Then the boy immediately realized his mistake, and he immediately apologized.

"I'm sorry, but I just remembered something, and I'm very interested in this kind of thing that uses children as bargaining chips... Disgusted!"

Obviously, Rattle, who had some intersections with Pol, knew some things about Elivan, so he didn't get angry, and the seemingly vicious Magister actually inherited some of the barbarian's arrogance in his personality, and he waved his hand carelessly,

"How could I be so stupid, since it's help, I have to help all the way to the end, so I saved the kid, and sent the little guy to the magic academy run by the dwarves and elves with some connections, and as long as Roman helps us this time, I'll tell him all the news about Harry, and that's kind of a, isn't it?"

Elevenn smiled and nodded, and followed Rattle all the way towards the fake bazaar, stopping in front of an old door that was half broken, and Rattle turned back to Eleven,

"Follow me, don't go wrong! I told you there are so many more that can be beaten, and Roman is definitely one of the most capable and difficult to fight!"

Seeing that the latter nodded in agreement, Rattle turned around, rubbed his hands, blew inside, and then kicked directly towards the half-broken door with a solemn face.

"Bang!"

The broken door swirled and flew into a dark room, Elivan just wanted to raise his feet and walk up the steps, but was stopped by Rattle's wave, the latter's chin nodded towards the steps, Elivan grasped a handful of stones on the ground and threw a small mouse that couldn't dodge and threw it towards the steps, the next moment, three hidden perfect magic traps were activated, looking at the stones that were quickly dissolved by strong acid, and the rat that was directly smoked into a piece of shriveled flesh by the fierce poison, Elivan broke out in a cold sweat, he finally realized the feelings of those enemies who were killed by him by various means, it was too embarrassing, this feels like the thief baby stole something for the first time and stole it into the hands of the thief ancestor, and then was taught to be a man ruthlessly.

"This guy is so insidious!"

Eliven stood up, but didn't dare to move anymore, and Rattle smiled coldly and commented casually,

"You haven't seen Roman kill a magister by endless means, he was just a high-level mage at that time, this thing is trivial. ”

Eleven's eyes narrowed, he was now more and more interested in this Roman.

So after half an hour of stumbling forward, the two of them finally saw the initiator of it all, Rattle had three more bleeding holes in his body, pierced from front to back, while Eleven's hair was scattered and his newly healed left arm was twisted abnormally, apparently hit by a sudden weight.

However, beyond Eleven's imagination, he originally thought that Roman must be a muscular man similar to Rattle, preferably with ribbon fish tattooed on half of his body, but after really meeting, he found out that this Roman was dressed no different from an ordinary magic apprentice, a thin and tall shelf, and his face was slightly pale, but his eyes left a deep impression on Eleven, he had heard people say in his previous life that the eyes of those old people who have experienced countless major events in their lives are like the sea that breeds storms, and they can take people's hearts at a glance, but he didn't expect to really meet a person with such a pair of eyes here。

Roman's eyes flashed as if he could speak, and everyone who saw him could read his sadness and resentment, this man was dangerous, like a sharp dagger hidden under a seductive flower, and when you indulged in the fragrance of flowers, you will inadvertently be cut by the blade of the throat.

"I see the flame of revenge in you, the same smell as the sea of corpses and blood, I like you, child!"

Roman, smoking a choking pipe, did not pay attention to Rattle, but looked at Elivan in detail, and then said to him like a poet,

"We're the same kind of people, we can be friends, can't we?"

As a result, Elivan replied coldly,

"I don't know how you define the word friend, but unfortunately I've never been friends with vipers!"

This sentence made Roman freeze in place, and Rattle patted Eleven's shoulder and laughed,

"Good boy, you're the first guy to embarrass Roman like that, hahaha"

The atmosphere was awkward for a while, but fortunately, the three people present were all very thick-skinned typical, Rattle pulled a chair and said straight to the point,

"Roman, we need your help!"

Roman also asked leisurely,

"Murder, or pursuit, or interrogation?"

Elivan sneered, took out the scroll that had been in the ring, and threw it to Roman, who still maintained his leisurely appearance, opened the scroll, only to look at it, and sat up directly in shock, and even overturned his stool, he said to the two people in a panic,

"Just kidding! How could this happen! You two crazy people! You're going to kill everybody!"

As a result, Elevenn grabbed Rattle's shoulders and said in a mocking tone,

"I thought you brought me to find a tiger stuck in the sea, but I didn't expect it to be just an old bear who raised his own value!"

After finishing speaking, Elivan turned his head, stared at Roman tightly, and said word by word,

"Do it or die! ”

And Rattle clapped his hands like a peacemaker, pretended to pull over the stool for Roman to sit down, and then pretended to say casually,

"Don't force old Roman like that, Elivan, give him some time, he'll figure it out, won't he? if not for himself, but for poor Harry. ”

After speaking, the two figures, one tall and one short, sat opposite Roman and sneered, while Roman asked confusedly,

"Harry, who is Harry?"

At this time, Rattle pretended to be pitiful and took Elivan's hand, and said with a crying voice,

"Oh, poor Harry, old Roman doesn't even know him!, oh, there's nothing more painful in the world!"

Elavin sneered and picked up Rattle's words,

"Who is Harry? Harry is a little kid who was forced to steal because he didn't have money to eat, and he was almost beaten to death, Harry was a little beggar who grew up without a father and no mother to take care of him, Harry had a father who was so cruel that he couldn't even remember, who was Harry? Dear old Roman, who do you say Harry was? Rattle, what's that poor mother's name?"

Rattle also regained his indifferent look, and when he heard Elivan's question, he leaned down, pressed Roman's shoulder, and whispered in his ear,

"Harry's mother, the poor woman who was abandoned by a mage, who had her whole family ruined by love, whose whole face was cut, and who finally died of illness on the street, what was her name? Oh, by the way, I remember her name: Rimore-Dee, Leigh, Silk, is that her name? Dear Roman!"

"Boom!"

The next moment, an indescribable tyrannical aura accompanied by visible shadow magic tentacles burst out from Roman's body held down by Rattle, and the man in front of him, who was always smiling, finally revealed his truest side, his back shone with a little light of the stars, as Elevenn said, it was a three-eyed giant snake with a core spitting, and Roman's face had been distorted to the extreme, Elevenn recognized that expression, when he was in front of Belmons, Sass had also tried to protect him from his young age with such an expression.

"Give me, be quiet!"

But after all, Roman is a whole order behind Rattle in absolute strength, so his outburst was also suppressed by Rattle's roar, only to see that Rattle's back also flashed with stars, and a huge bear claw with rune armor appeared from the starlight vortex, and with one claw, Roman hastily led out, and the unformed star was torn into a piece of starlight, and he himself was pressed to the floor by Rattle's huge power.

"Are you calm?"

Elavin squatted beside Roman's head, who was constantly struggling, and said in a tone of extreme indifference,

"Again, do it or die! The choice is yours!Oh, by the way, Harry is doing well now, and I swear in the name of the Mogedin family that I'm telling the truth. ”

Roman stopped struggling, but he closed his eyes and stopped talking, and Elivan could only shake his head and turn around when he saw this, but at that moment, a hoarse voice came from behind him.

"I'll do it, but I have three conditions!"