readx;“ I can drink spirits and survive the winter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" - Byzantine Field Marshal Augustine Kramer

The city of Constantine seems to be divided into many parts, each of which is unrelated to each other and has its own unique rules of operation. In the face of such weather, the Inquisition also relaxed its surveillance a little, and no longer made as many sorties as before the winter hunt.

"What, would you like to have some of my dark beer to refresh yourself today?" Foxy put down the "Paradise Lost" in his hand, and Bartha's flask appeared in front of him on time. Since the end of the winter hunt, a peculiar friendship has been formed between Furcy and Bather, and there is also a special connection between this friendship - dark beer.

"Forget it. Furcy shook his head with a wry smile, he had thought that dark beer was just a simple beer, but in fact he was drunk after only two sips.

"If I had been as studious as you were when I was younger, I probably wouldn't have stopped there today. Buther didn't force Furcy either, and walked alone to the windowsill and sat down on it, not caring that the biting north wind was blowing his bare skin.

"I'm also forced to be helpless. Francie smiled helplessly, if he really didn't enter the Deep Spring Academy, Old Man Galileo didn't know how to clean him up.

It's not too difficult to become a magician on the continent, as long as you pass the elemental science match, the door to the wizarding world has already opened to you. But the reason why famous and powerful magicians on the continent are still very rare is not because of talent or hard work. In order for a magician to become stronger, he must learn a lot of knowledge, be familiar with magic circuits, rune structures, and learn different magic techniques for in-depth research, but all this requires books, secret scrolls, and even oral descriptions to obtain. How could ordinary civilians have such the ability to create a powerful magician, even if there are academies scattered all over the continent, but many academies are not accessible to civilians if they want to. Moreover, there are very few books on the mainland that analyze magic, and even many of the existing magic books are mostly obscure, which makes it difficult for many gifted civilian mages to achieve great things in their lifetimes. But sometimes there are exceptions, and it happens that the mage world is changed by the "wizarding camp", and even Galileo is the leader of most of it.

"Rune Carving", "Circuit Analysis of Elemental Magic", and "The Secret Book of the Three Rings". "The authors of these three books have Galileo's name, and all three books are included in the ** catalog on the mainland. Whether it is the empire or the church, the basis of their rule or faith is the mastery of powerful magic and powerful magicians, if civilian magicians are allowed to master powerful magic in large quantities, I am afraid that the rule of the nobility will be overthrown in a moment. Even Falsie didn't find it obscure when he studied Rune Carving, and in many ways he was reminded of his own use of energy in battle. In fact, even in the Deep Springs Academy, all magic apprentices have grown up with these three books.

"Most of you see it, if you're not William's nephew, and you're sitting in Hagia Sophia, you can be judged a heretic. Bather turned his head to Furcy, he knew that Elsey wanted to be admitted to an academy in the spring recruitment of Constantine, but he still couldn't help but make a joke about this serious teenager every time.

"I confess: I am guilty. May God forgive my intellectual curiosity. Francie pretended to be repentant, but all he said was incoherent.

"Okay, I still have something to do today, so I won't bother your 'infinite curiosity'. Bassher drank his wine, jumped off the wind-cold windowsill, dusted off the snow from his shoulders in a dashing manner, and turned and walked out of the room where Foxy was.

"This guy ......" On the carriage to the snow circle, Foxy thought that this guy was a taciturn man. However, after getting along, Furcy found that Barser was different from many of the Inquisition's stalkers, and was not so cold and serious in his usual life, which also made Furcy overturn the previous belief that "everyone who joins the Inquisition will change towards cold-bloodedness".

"Neither the Imperial Chronicles nor the Chronology of the Empire, nor the Chronology of the Days, nor the Hidden Chronology of the Continent have any record of it, what the hell is this?" This is a very strange card, obviously very thin, but it has a super hardness like a secret metal, and there are three superimposed complex rune circles engraved on the back of this card, and this card will always emit a light blue light on its own every night, which looks very mysterious. The most important thing is that the front of this card is also printed with a figure wearing a white cloak, and this person's face is completely covered by the white hood of the cloak, which can only tell that it should be a man, but it is completely impossible to see who it is, his hands are tied with a triangular seal of the Holy Spirit on his chest, and there is a glowing white sphere in the middle of the triangular seal.

"I don't know what this is. It looks like the only way to go to Archbishop Cambolet and ask if he's sure where the card came from. Furcy thought for a long time, put away the cards solemnly, many hidden things are often not recorded in books, at this time only rich life experience can help you make a choice or find the answer. This is the reason why there has been no real strong man in the pure academic school, when some flowers that have long been out of the greenhouse show their fatal spikes, you will find out how much the wind and frost and danger from the wild have brought them a lot of changes, only continuous practice and experience will create a strong man.

The brief knock of "tuk, tuk, tuk......" echoed in the hallway, and Francie stood in front of the study of Archbishop Cambolet, and a little apprehension and uneasiness rose in his heart, after all, it was indeed a shame to disturb an archbishop because of such a trivial matter.

"Come in, I know it's you, Furcy. Archbishop Camboret's voice sounded like a spring breeze at all times, and Forsey had seen in the old man too many qualities he had never seen before: humility at all times, and always kindness in his words, and strength but restraint enough.

The wooden door was gently pushed open, in fact it was the first time that Fersse had come to Archbishop Camboret's study to look for him, and after the winter hunt, Archbishop Cambolet and most of the clergy in the church began a long winter penance, as if they had begun the Muslim Ramadan that Fursi had seen in his previous life, eating only a few simple foods at sunrise and sunset every day, and studying theology in their rooms all the time.

"Looks like you're having some problems. Archbishop Cambolet was looking at Furcy with a kind face, and a book that looked quaint and dated was spread out on his desk.

The archbishop's study was not much larger than Felsey's, with a small window, two tall bookshelves on the wall, and many books of varying thickness, and the last thing in the study was the archbishop's desk, and there was not even a single extra chair in the study. After looking at it for a long time, Foxey could only describe this study with four words: "extremely concise".

"I'm sorry I can't seat you. Archbishop Cambolet suddenly stood up and pushed the chair he had made into his desk.

"Archbishop, you don't have to, it's me who has disturbed your practice. Even though he hated the Church, Francis admired the Archbishop in his heart, and Archbishop Cambolet seemed to represent the bright side of the Church, spreading warmth to the world.

"Do we need to be so restrained between us? Archbishop Cambolet closed the book on his desk and looked at Furcy as if he were an old man looking at his children.

"The last time I found a mysterious card in the snowy circle, I looked through a lot of information, but I couldn't find a clue about it. From his pocket, Francie pulled out the mysterious card he had obtained from the wolf's den and put it into the generous hand of the Archbishop of Camboret.

"Hmm-" Archbishop Cambolet let out a slight puzzle, then walked to the window, and carefully groped for the three mysterious and complex rune circles behind the cards.

"'Prayer of the Heartless', 'Penloth Loop', and 'River of Destiny' are really these three rune circles, and it seems that this card is undoubtedly a Tarot card of Destiny. "Although Archbishop Camboret is a priest, because he is a combat priest and has accumulated knowledge over the years, this old man's understanding of the wizarding world is no worse than that of ordinary magicians.

"Tarot of fate?" Felsey knew what a tarot card was, and he had always thought it was just a game, or a tool invented by Western civilians to comfort themselves. Only this time, when he heard the name of this thing for the first time on this mysterious continent, he had a feeling of accidentally touching fate.

"Legend has it that between the medieval era and the Ragnarok era and the ancient era and the reign of chaos, there was a powerful arcanist named Nostradamus, but he also had a great talent for occultism. He can wield the elements and master his destiny, and this tarot deck of destiny cards is made by him. Rather than rush to look at the front of the card, Archbishop Cambolet placed it on his desk while pulling out a book from his shelf.

"The Tarot of Destiny is made of the River Stone mixed with many unknown metals, which have been used for thousands of years, can be used for divination and enhance occult energy, and can also isolate a certain amount of prophetic power to prevent them from changing your fate or predicting your future, roughly made after Ragnarok, and some tarot cards can also be turned into psionic weapons. The 'Prayer of the Heartless' circle is a rune circle used to accumulate occult energy, the faster it accumulates when the energy is less, and the difficulty of the construction of this circle is five rings; The 'River of Destiny' is Nostradamus's own original magic circle, used to shield and protect fate, and no one can only analyze all the circuits of this magic circle, so it is also a magic circle with a high difficulty of ten rings, and these three magic circles are perfectly superimposed together, and there is no attached array master who can do this. Francie took the book handed by Archbishop Cambolet, it was an ancient book that looked so old that even the pages inside were beginning to yellow. The page that Archbishop Camboret showed to Furcy was depicting Ferssey finding the card, and it seems that many people had written different notes on the page.

"If I guessed correctly, this tarot card of fate should be the 'Wheel of Fortune'. For the first time, Archbishop Camboret's unfazed face showed some different expressions, perhaps a little surprised at Furcy's luck.

"Wheel of Fortune?" Folsi had never had a deep understanding of these things, so he looked carefully at the ancient book in his hand, and then listened to the introduction from Archbishop Camboret.

"Although tarot cards are not considered heretical by the Church, many people on the continent still regard them as heretical items, especially some nobles. So the development of tarot cards on the continent has been very secretive and slow, and it is not known to most people. But there is one thing that extends from the tarot cards and is recognized by the mainland is the 'Apocalypse' poker that rotates every thirteen years, which is used to analyze the behavior of all the forces in the mainland in the past thirteen years, and give a comprehensive ranking of all the forces in the mainland, and its predecessor is the small Arcana card in the tarot. And the Destiny Tarot card is the earliest and only famous tarot card on the mainland. The knowledge in Archbishop Camboret's mind was constantly being translated from his dictation into Furcy's, and the old man spoke with great grace and without being boring.

"Tarot cards are divided into large and minor Arcana cards, and each large Arcana card is unique. There are twenty-two cards in total, namely: Fool, Magician, Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Pope, Lover, Chariot, Power, Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, Demon, Tower, Star, Moon, Sun, Judgment, World. Almost every big Arcana card in the Tarot of Destiny corresponds to a strong man of the time, and the wheel of fortune corresponds to the oracle known as "God Said" at the time - Nerif. Francie took the card from Archbishop Camboret's hand, and on the front of the tarot card was indeed carved a middle-aged man, wearing a gray-yellow robe with stars and moon patterns on it, a looming wheel of light behind it, and an unknown scroll in his hand.

"And this story of Nerim can make your winter in Constantine a little more interesting. Archbishop Cambolet smiled, he didn't mind instilling some interesting knowledge in such a child, it had nothing to do with faith, just because God had given everyone the right to knowledge.

The snow outside the window became a little stronger, but Bather knew, Furssey knew, and Archbishop Cambolet knew, that the cold winter in Constantine was passing away in a way that was invisible to all. It's just that the new year greets them not with the joy of the new year, but with the new chaos brought by the blood fountain.

Outside this window, it will be the last stable snowstorm before the New Year.