19. Humble dreams (9)
"So we hastily cleaned up the corpses of our companions, and then crossed the line of defense, and continued to rush inward, crossing a star dome made entirely of quartz flakes, a small sea of sand made of the purest silver quicksand, until we met that thing in the innermost ring of the temple, it was the spider demon, and we all thought we were dead, you know? In the face of a formation of more than a dozen of those ghosts, I'm afraid that five arcanists, sword saints and even paladins joining forces may not be able to defeat them, but just when those ghosts made a spider-like scraping sound and quickly surrounded us, I thought I was dead, but the next moment, those ghosts actually let out a panicked cry, yes, they were scared!"
Ivy paused, his mouth grunting, as if cursing, as if in fear, and then he pulled the corner of his robe open with his thin fingers, revealing his chest. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Bang dang!"
"Ah!! this is..."
Shocked Eleven, he stood up, and even overturned the stool he had been sitting on, making a loud collision sound, but at this moment, no one would pay attention to the chair, even Shelfield was stunned to look at the inlaid thing on his mentor's chest, in the position of Ive's heart, an earthy amber-like spar was floating there, and the yellow-orange-orange light it emitted was like a warm small lamp, shining all around, and that kind of light was warm with a hint of lingering, just looking at it made Elivan have a desire to stay here forever。
"Smack!"
"This is..."
Elevenn pinched his fingers fiercely, then took a few cautious steps back before stammering,
"Mr. Ivy, this is..."
"Scouring the Sands of the Sea, yes, I know you know it, this is the most precious treasure left by my family, the Sands of Time! A legendary treasure that can only be born in the endless chaos, those who possess it can escape the ruthless pursuit of time and death, but at the same time, they will also become people who are spurned by time, lose their sense of taste, lose their sense of smell, lose their sense of touch, and finally sight and hearing, and in the end they will become immortal, but they will also be slowly assimilated by time. ”
Ivey's fingers tapped slowly in the earthy yellow light, and then said with emotion,
"It was this thing that helped me avoid the fleeting moment of death, and the moment we turned back, an endless stream of shadow spears burst out from behind the Supreme Gregory who held the bronze ring high, it was Saruman, the man who was like the god of shadows! I will never forget the way he looked at them, the pride, the peace, the solemnity, the indifference, oh my God, I will never forget it!"
"I can't forget how I struggled to strangle Abbot lying beside me with my hands after they left, just to activate this cursed treasure, I will never forget the roar like thunder from behind when I staggered out of the temple, when I lay on the ground, the most embarrassed Supreme Gregory and Saruman ran past me with each other, there was no trace of pride at all, but they didn't see it in a hurry, the ring that was thrown far away by the colorful light, I wanted to pick it up, but I didn't have the strength anymore, I could only watch him fall into the hands of an orc undead who was still active, and watched the orc undead run out of the south like he was stimulated, eight weeks later, I fled back to my hometown, that is, here, and stayed in this hut until now, although the Supreme Gregory is dead, but I know very well that his brother, Saruman's forces have been looking for me, he knows that I am not dead, yes, he has been looking for me!"
"But he is destined to be disappointed! In the face of him, maybe I don't even have the strength to fight, but at least, I have the right to choose my own death!"
The chapel was silent again for a few minutes, and finally Ivey's heavy voice rang out one last time,
"Take it, then, this thing that has lasted my life for more than forty years, it is useless to me now, remember, Mr. Eleven, before you decide to use it, it is better to think clearly, one life for another, fair, but also cruel, and remember, left, understand? Only the left passage has been cleaned by the two brothers, and the middle and right sides may lead to the same destination, but if you don't want to die in a strange trap, then, left!"
"Whew..."
Eliven nodded, he stood up, took the stone that weighed as much as Tarzan, turned around and wanted to walk away, but remembered something, reached out and took out a sealed scroll from his arms, in fact it was just a cover-up, he opened the storage space of the Book of Ten Thousand Laws, took out some of the things he had copied, and placed them on the table in front of Ivey, whispering to Ivey,
"I can only see for myself, old man. ”
After more than ten seconds, Ivey's face showed an unimaginable, excited flush, he took a few deep breaths, and then gently rolled up the scroll with the hand that could still move, and then carefully put it in the pocket of his robe, turned to Eleven, struggled to stand up, and bowed deeply to Eleven, and Eleven, who also sat there, calmly accepted the gift.
"So, we're not inherently humble... Isn't it?"
"Yes, we are not humble, we... Hahahaha, thank you, Mr. Elivan, for letting me know at the last moment of my life how noble we are!"
Elivan had a mysterious smile on his face, looking at Ive, who was also smiling, he stretched out his left hand, and Ive's thin hand also held Eleven's palm tightly, it was hard to imagine that it was the palm of an old man who was about to die, that kind of power, that kind of power beyond the flesh, Elevenn looked at him, nodded, and then strode out of the chapel.
Ivey's time was running out, Eleven's self should set aside some for Shelfield, and the meeting with Ivey was not long, but Elavian felt from this old man the kind of power he had never felt, about "dreams", about "persistence", this was what he lacked, and what he needed, if he didn't want to be dragged down by the will for revenge.
And from Ivey's description, Elavian finally knew the truth hidden in the notes left by Sas, the orc herald with the ring that he and Hehumanan and others killed on the edge of the battlefield back then must be the orc undead who got the ring of the gods that Ivy said, and he didn't know how to run so far and finally fell into the hands of Sas, but does the bronze ring that he has worn for five years really have the effect of restoring the undead to their senses?
Eliven was puzzled, and finally simply didn't want to, anyway, since Bay City, Rattle hadn't mentioned the ring, but Rodinor didn't take the ring before he disappeared, so he let Rattle take it to the Dragon Plains, and he didn't know if anything would happen to the big man.
However, Shelfield, who was still in the church at this time, was thinking about another question, what could make an old man like Mentor Ivey, who had persevered all his life, so out of shape, and so happy in the face of the impending death?
In fact, it is not difficult to guess, although we have detailed the various groups at the time of the transition of the second and third ages in the previous article, but only the wild mages have not explained at all, but in fact, there is not much need to explain, we only need to compare the differences between each group before and after the two eras, and we can easily distinguish where the real inheritance of the wild mages is.
As mentioned above, it is currently recognized in the El Continent that the wild mages appeared at the beginning of the Third Age, according to the records of the White Stone Society and the Tower of the Star and Moon, the time of their appearance was about 300-500 years of the Third Age, but Elivan and some others knew that the time when the wild mages really appeared was actually a little more, and in the exchange between Elivan and Rodnar, the old man who had been mysterious from beginning to end also vaguely mentioned that the orthodox inheritance of the wild mages had a lot to do with the Second Age, although it was not completely consistent。
In other words, at the moment of the appearance of the Third Age, the wild mages actually existed on this land, so who were they, and why were they called "wild mages", a name with a hint of discrimination?
I'm sorry, we can't announce this answer for the time being, because some of the protagonists can't afford to mess with the existence of blocking all this, and when the time comes, yes, everything just needs to wait until the time is right, and the truth will naturally appear in everyone's heart.
Ten minutes later, Shelfield, who had put a black flower ribbon on his right arm, walked out of the chapel slowly, his eyes were slightly red and swollen, but his face was full of fortitude, from Shelfield's body that was getting straighter and straighter, Elivin saw the figure of Ivey who was once young, the high-spirited genius mage who was working hard to change the status of the wild mage, but in a flash, he seemed to look at the white-haired Ivy again, with a face full of satisfaction and sleepiness, holding the scroll in his arms and leaning on the chair。
He was already very tired, and now, he could finally take a good rest, no longer pay attention to the difficulties of the world, no longer worry about the future of his compatriots, no longer feel sad about betrayal, and no longer feel confused about the road ahead, he has already got what he wants, maybe in the future, what he has been looking forward to, will also appear in front of him, for the wild mages who are easy to satisfy, this is enough.
Isn't it? (To be continued.) )