Chapter 14.5: The Backbone of the Times, The Fall of the Legend
"He is the backbone of the times, and we understand what it means to be a magician. This is a sentence recorded in the history books of the Magic Empire, which began in the spring of 15001.
And the person who said this sentence was the only legendary magician who fell in the "Death of the Mage" 3,000 years ago - Ernest Newton.
Here is the story of his last days before his fall.
In the quiet of the night, the magic chandelier in the corridor slowly went out, and the magician Evan Charles had been in the city for seven years, and he was hurrying down the corridor, and he was about to walk out of the gate to the barracks in a few steps.
Evan Charles knew in his heart that something was wrong with the army here, and a large number of soldiers were forced to fight in the underworld because of their families, and the consequences of this forced fighting had begun to appear, and there was a strong war-weariness in the whole city that had affected the normal course of fighting.
As a middle-level cadre, the level 5 magician Evan Charles couldn't understand what the group of high-level leaders above thought, obviously as long as he gave up a part of the benefits, even if it was not so extreme, it could attract a large number of adventurers to flock to it, although it may be a little troublesome to manage, but it can also calm the biggest dispute!
But what about the group of high-level people? Just bite and hold on, when is this, when is the time comes, if the city is really broken, the lizardmen come in, and have a foothold on the surface, won't everyone suffer together?
But moving his mouth above and breaking his leg below is the sorrow of a middle-level magician like him.
Thinking of going to appease the gang of warriors for a while, Evan Charles was the first two big, and he felt that this was no less difficult than asking him to immediately memorize a sixth-order magic model, which was an impossible task.
Because the root lies in the families of those people, if you don't let the soldiers meet with their families, it will be useless to say anything.
Thinking about it, Evan Charles came to the barracks, and suddenly he felt a stir.
However, the boiling water in the former barracks was quiet at this time, and everyone looked at him with a strange look.
That kind of hollowness with a little scrutiny and a lot of eyes, made Evan Charles feel a little hairy, because this look was very familiar to him, it was a person who had been on the battlefield, this look was the gaze of a dead man!
Evan Charles swallowed hard, and asked in a trembling voice, "What's the matter with you, don't you usually wait for me to send a letter? Why don't you come to pick up one of them today, and don't want to know about your family? Charlie! Charlie! Are you there? Aren't you usually the happiest caller?"
Charlie was one of the soldiers that Evan Charles knew most well in the barracks, and because of the similarities in the pronunciation of their names, he and the young warrior had a good conversation.
Hearing Evan Charles's shout, a small voice suddenly came from the barracks, which seemed to be dead and silent: "He's a good man, can we not kill him?"
Another voice responded: "Okay, but I'm going to knock him out and prevent him from going back to report the news, you have to watch over, if he wants to run, I can't blame him for being killed." ”
These were the last words Evan Charles heard before he fainted. After that, he felt a pain in the back of his head and didn't know anything.
............
But when he opened his eyes again, a middle-aged man with a majestic appearance appeared in front of him and asked Evan Charles:
"What the hell is going on here, I haven't been here for a hundred years, why is there such a big mess in the city if I don't fall into the city? Why do those warriors rebel? ”
Evan Charles only felt a mess in his mind, and when he opened his eyes, he was asked a lot of questions, and before his brain could turn a corner, he was horrified to find that his mouth began to answer the middle-aged man's questions uncontrollably.
Through the mouth of Evan Charles, the middle-aged man finally knew what had happened in the past 100 years, first the demon warriors were forced to enter the underworld on a large scale, and then their families were imprisoned in the small world...... All these things were told to the middle-aged man in great detail.
Afterwards, Evan Charles reacted horrified to what he had said, and he asked with some trepidation, "Who are you, and why are you here?"
But the middle-aged man did not answer his words, but said to the people on the other side with a wry smile: "Edward Galilei, you are right, I am so focused on my own business that I have not given the juniors a good lesson, and they have begun to wonder why they have the surname 'Newton'. ”
The man who was called Edward Galileh by the middle-aged man said respectfully at this time: "You are a respectable elder, you shouldn't blame yourself so much, along the way, I also knew that the situation has become so bad, the changes over the years are a little too sudden, I was almost plotted by the lizardmen in the fortress when I came, there should be something strange behind this!"
At this time, the middle-aged man shook his head and said, "You don't have to comfort me, as the saying goes: 'An upright person does not become friends with a despicable person.'" The virtue that those juniors are now is not something that can be cultivated overnight. ”
After speaking, he turned his gaze to Evan Charles again, and said: "I am Ernest Newton, you help me pass a word to the warriors lying outside, I am not to blame for this rebellion, all the family members who are locked up in the small world of the Newton family will be released, and if the family members are in other small worlds, the Newton family will also help them find them in my name, this is my magic nameplate, this city will be temporarily taken over by me, you go and help me take this token to the current patriarch of the Newton family!"
After saying that, he disappeared without waiting for Evan Charles to react. This hand can calm Evan Charles, and the space alone transfers magic, which without the cooperation of the magic array and other magic props, if you rely on your own strength alone, wouldn't it mean that the other party is at least the level of an 8th-order magician.
Thinking of the name Ernest Newton again, Evan Charles shook his hand and almost didn't let the magic nameplate in his hand fall to the ground, because the name of Ernest Newton was the name of the 13th patriarch of the Newton family, which was 1,000 years ago.
If it weren't for the fact that Evan Charles was on duty in the Newton family and was familiar with history, he wouldn't have remembered this character so quickly.
After knowing the origin of this person, Evan Charles hurriedly went to inform the current patriarch of the Newton family, but what he didn't know was that he was going to see Ernest Newton for the last time in private.
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On the other side, outside the city, the vanguard of the lizardmen had arrived, and a full 10,000 spellcaster troops were eyeing the side.
That taste, that killing intent, is really not something that a young warrior can adapt to. At this time, Ernest Newton was slowly stroking a ring in his hand, making spiritual exchanges with the soul in the ring.
Ernest Newton: "Ancestor, do you think I'm too lenient for them to do such a thing?"
Ancestor: "You're right, the development of the family is not determined by one person, and this mistake is only temporary, and it can be corrected, I think...... My offspring are not shrunken seeds when they have problems!"
Ernest Newton: "Of course, ancestor, but don't you regret seeing that you changed your name at the end of the Age of Mythology, swore allegiance to Nikola Tesla, and renounced your position in the Terran Revival Society and your status as a warrior?"
Ancestor: "Regret?!That kind of thing can never change anything, but only those who stand up from regret can go further!
Ernest Newton couldn't help but take a deep breath, "yes, then it's time for me to get up." ”
Ancestor: "...... Go, let the remnants of the gods know what is at stake of the human race, I ...... will help you when the time is right, even if it ...... It dissipated. ”
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Looking at the black spellcasters outside the city and the legendary lizardmen who had secretly sensed it, Ernest Newton strode to the city wall and swore loudly in a voice mixed with spiritual magic:
"I, Ernest Newton, will not allow the lizardmen to conquer the city as long as I am alive! ”
"Now, raise the blood flag, the city is in the people, and the city is dead!"
All the sergeants were in high spirits, and they shouted together: "The city is here, and the city is dead......
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A month later, the remnant sun was like blood, and the blood flag at the head of the city was still the same, but it was a little more broken. And Ernest Newton was really running out of gas.
In theory, the magic of legends is endless. But after a month of high-intensity and uninterrupted combat, the output of magic power has never been able to catch up with the consumption, and he was pulled into the realm by 3 legends to besiege him, but Ernest Newton's mental strength has been consumed to the limit, and now, he is not even able to use his own legendary realm.
Of course, the three Legends of the enemy are not much better than him now. However, the Lizardmen and the follow-up spellcaster troops are still emerging, and the current Immortal City has no reinforcements, but relies on the only 10,000 magicians and the lizardmen's spellcasting troops to die.
Originally, even if the city was cut off from all internal and external communications by the magic of the lizardmen, but after so long without contact, the outside world should have sensed that something was wrong, but no one came, which can only mean one thing: there is a problem with the reinforcements.
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"Surrender! you will be treated in the temple and reborn. "A lizardman legend obviously intends to persuade him to surrender, and if he continues to fight, each of the three legendary lizardmen is at risk of being buried.
Ernest Newton yelled, "Phew, do you look like you're not a ghost, or do you think you've won?"
The lizardman legend couldn't help but say, "Are you winning? Look at how many people are still alive in the city?"
Following the direction of the lizardmen's fingertips, all the buildings in the city had long since been razed to the ground, and there were bricks and tiles everywhere, occasionally mixed with the remains of severed limbs, both human and alien themselves.
Originally, the demon warriors and magicians in the city had basically died, and the few remaining magicians, including Evan Charlie, had also secretly taken the wounded away to the other end of the battlefield under the arrangement of Ernest.
Ernest Newton had voluntarily stayed behind and dragged down all the remaining enemies, and the reason for this arrangement was that he was desperate.
At this time, the lizardmen had slowly surrounded Ernest Newton, and every inch of space was locked by three legendary lizardmen to prevent him from using space magic to escape.
Looking at this situation, even if Ernest was an enemy, he could only say: "Good calculation, it seems that your people are attacking at the exits of the 5 underground worlds, and now not only can I not count on reinforcements, but there should still be your traitors in the human race!?"
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The faces of the three lizardmen changed suddenly, but then one of them said loudly: "Yes, but you know what now, you can't turn the tables around, surrender, you will be treated in accordance with your status." ”
Ernest pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "Then hang me up, so that more people can follow my example and rebel against the Terrans and take refuge in you?"
The third lizardman legend took a step forward at this time and said: "You are a smart person, you should know how to choose, the fall of any legend is a pity, as far as I know, your empire has not had a legend fall for 3,000 years, don't you cherish your life?!"
Ernest smiled, laughing presumptuously, laughing arrogantly, laughing heroic, at this time, the remaining 30,000 lizardmen spellcasters also faintly centered on the three legendary lizardmen, and arranged the sealing magic array.
After laughing, Ernest said: "I've always been stupid, I've been like this since I was a child, I thought I was a smart person when I was praised for a few words, but I was deceived very badly, and I almost lost my life, so ah! Since then, I have known that I am actually a stupid person, how do you say a stupid person will choose?"
As soon as these words came out, the three lizardman legends took a step back in unison, and the lizardman who was the first to speak said without giving up: "What do you want to do, the surrounding magic elements have been completely controlled by us, and your magic power should be drained soon, you will be sealed if you move now, even if you want to blow yourself up, it is impossible." It's better to surrender obediently, so that you can suffer less!"
Ernest Newton looked at the three lizardmen with a contemptuous look and said, "All the impossibility in the world comes from ignorance, and you fools buried in the ground and cast spells by blood, probably never understand the nobility and pride of magicians!"
As he spoke, Ernest Newton's body burst into muscles, and the whole body moved violently, but even the legendary lizardmen were shocked by this simple moment, and the three of them continued to produce the light of magic shields, but in the end, they all did useless work, and one palm pressed through the layers of obstacles on the head of one of the legendary lizardmen.
With a crisp sound, the first legendary lizardman to speak, a headshot, didn't even have time to perform the most powerful life-saving skill in the legendary stage - [Elemental Body]
At the same time, Ernest Newton himself was not well-frozen, and the blood vessels in his body continued to burst, so that his whole body was shrouded in a layer of blood mist.
The remaining two legendary lizardmen were startled, and their bodies quickly turned into elemental states, but one of them suddenly retreated frantically, and said in his mouth: "Damn, that's the power cursed by the gods, you actually ......" Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden darkness around him.
It's not that it's dark, it's that all the light is drawn to Ernest Newton, and the space creates an eerie distortion, as if a black hole is slowly opening up and swallowing everything around it.
This moment seemed long, but it was also very short, and while the lizardmen were still in disbelief about the fall of one of the legendary lizardmen, the black hole had not only swallowed the remaining two legendary lizardmen, but also spread in front of an army of 30,000 lizardmen.
"Remember, fools, there is no word 'impossible' in the mage's dictionary!" With these words, space was cut and light distorted, but only Ernest Newton's words echoed in the world, and slowly drifted away. And the army of 30,000 lizardmen was also devoured.
Ernest Newton fulfilled his vow before going to war.
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In the year 15001 of the Wizarding Dynasty, Ernest Newton, as the only legendary magician to die in the "Death of the Mages", was personally laid by "Nikola Tesla" who returned from the stars.
"The nobility of magicians comes from their willingness to sacrifice for the freedom of the Terrans, and this belief generates a force that would be feared even when the gods return. ―Nikola Tesla
(PS: Hey!I've exploded the manuscript today.,More than 8000 words of update!Don't say anything.,I feel like this chapter is a good recommendation ticket.、Collection、Reward!Tomorrow I'm going to tell the story of Paul's parents.。 This half of the volume is almost finished. )