Chapter 41: The Future?

What is this place? Aren't you in that famous mage tower?

How...... Puzzled, Alan looked around, and he found himself standing in an open field, but when he turned around, he realized that behind him, there was a large and imposing castle.

Where is this?

Alan tilted his head and muttered to himself, he felt a little inexplicable, he was just asking that Sister Abel to let him see who his future wife was, but how did he bring himself here?

Seeing that the castle was empty, Alan was about to enter the castle to inquire about the situation, when suddenly, there was a commotion on the walls of the castle, and then the sound of whining horns echoed throughout the sky.

As the horn sounded, the atmosphere on the city wall suddenly became tense, and Alan was stunned to see that dense archers and guards appeared on the city wall in the distance, and the number was so large that even Allen, who had always been bold, was a little uneasy.

This...... What the hell is this?

Just when Alan was surprised, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and when he turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came, he clearly saw a large group of cavalry roaring towards him, and in a blink of an eye, he reached the city wall.

Looking at the knights in knight's armor and holding spears and spurs in their hands, Alan muttered a little sourly, "I can do it in the future......

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of his current situation.

No matter how much he didn't understand, he had seen this kind of scene in knight novels, and just as he wanted to get out of here, he suddenly realized that whoever it was, it didn't seem to care about him...... Truly...... But standing alone in an open land like yourself, there are ghosts when you can't see them, right?

I have to say that Allen was indeed bold enough, and in order to verify his thoughts, he cautiously walked towards that large group of cavalry.

It's weird, even if Alan walked less than ten yards away from those knights, none of those guys even noticed the little guy, just looked up at the castle one by one.

Curiously, Alan walked up to a knight and beckoned, seeing that the other party didn't notice him at all, he muttered to himself, "Is this a vision of the future?"

Just when he was puzzled, a passage suddenly opened in the ranks of the knight brigade, and a knight wearing golden knight armor slowly appeared on a white horse, looking at this appearance, it seemed to be the leader of this cavalry.

I saw that when the commander came to the front of the team, he turned over and dismounted from his horse, took a huge golden knight's sword from the hand of Hu Cong behind him, and then held this knight's sword and looked proudly at the castle in the distance.

"Very handsome...... touching his smooth chin, Alan muttered sourly, "I knew I should have gone to the knight academy ......" As he was saying, his eyes suddenly showed a little confusion.

The sword...... It's familiar...... Just as he was confused, the knight commander looked at the castle in the distance with his sword, and suddenly shouted loudly, "Scott, I know you're there!"

“...... W-What?Scott?" Alan's words made Alan feel a little surprised, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at the castle behind him, and muttered in his heart, "It's the same name......

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a man dressed as a noble lord appear on the walls of the castle, looking at the city with cold eyes.

This look...... This look...... Scott?

For a moment, Allen's eyes widened, and he was a little speechless.

Wait a minute...... If the man standing on the wall was really Scott, then ...... Thinking like this, Alan turned around again, just in time to see the knight commander take off his helmet with his hand, look at the burnt yellow hair, and look at his face...... Alan felt like he was speechless, and after his initial curiosity, he was in a panic at the moment...... This...... This is what the future will look like?

How many years later?

Himself and Scott, one of his two closest friends, would become enemies?

No...... In a trance, Alan didn't know how he had come back to reality.

All he remembered was that as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Scott sneering at him, "How is it?

"Hmm......" Looking at the jokes and banter hidden in those eyes, Alan was confused, and said vaguely, "Well, it's a ......."

"Hmm?" Scott was a little puzzled by Alan's reply, and after staring at Alan suspiciously for a moment, he shook his head helplessly.

And Jiang Zhe also saw that something was wrong with Allen, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Are you okay?

"Uh...... It's okay," Alan grinned after glancing at Scott, and hehe, hehe, "You know, man, I'm ...... this time I was excited in my heart......" As soon as the words fell, as expected, I heard Scott's cold snort, but this time, Alan was not in the mood to pretend to complain, only to see him hesitantly glance at Abel, and asked hesitantly, "Dear Miss Keynes, may I ask, is what I saw just now really the future?"

"Little ones, you can call me Sister Abel, I don't like to be called Cairns...... sister," said Abel, who paused and said with a smile, "As for what you just saw, of course it's the future, although it's just a way for you to see it now, don't worry, I didn't peek...... You little devil is still very small, don't be so anxious......"

"I ...... I'm not in a hurry,......" barely smiled, and Alan asked seriously, "So, Sister Abel, how many years from now?"

"And you say you're not in a hurry?" Shaking her head helplessly, Abel stroked the crystal ball, thought for a moment and said, "I can't say for sure, maybe it's a year, maybe a few years, maybe a dozen years...... Well, it's unlikely in 10 years, maybe it's about 10 years, huh? Didn't you see that? You still ask me?"

"Within ten years?" Allen frowned, silently walked away from the long table, and stood beside Jiang Zhe in a trance.

"Who's next, little ones?" said Abel, grinning at the children, holding her cheeks.

Jiang Zhe looked at Lavia, and saw that she was hesitating, so he shrugged his shoulders at Scott, and Scott, who understood what he meant, walked to the long table, politely performed a noble etiquette, and said respectfully, "Excuse me......

"Giggle," said Abel, who looked at Scott with some surprise, "Polite, but don't be too rigid, ......little one," she said, and after chanting a few incantations like Alan, she touched Scott's forehead with her hand.

Just like Alan just now, I saw Scott tremble, and then his eyes gradually drifted, obviously he had entered that illusion.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Zhe asked Alan curiously, "I said Allen, did you really see your future wife just now?"

"Hmm?" Allen, who was distracted, came back to his senses, glanced at Jiang Zhe inexplicably, and suddenly said vaguely, "Hmm...... Hmmm......"

"Beautiful?"

"Hmm, it's beautiful...... Beautiful......"

As they spoke, Scott seemed to have come out of the illusion, looking very shocked, and after a long silence, he said to Arbele, "What a wonderful journey, thank you!" With that, he walked back to where he had been standing, and his expression seemed to be a little wrong.

"Giggles, what's next?" Abel smiled and looked at Lavia and Jiang Zhe, only to see Jiang Zhe glance at Lavia, shrug his shoulders and say, "You go first!"

It could be seen that Lavia's expression was a little hesitant, as if she was afraid of something, and after glancing at Jiang Zhe, she moved to Abel step by step, biting her lip, her eyes were expectant and hesitant.

As if to see the uneasiness in Lavia's eyes, Abel smiled and said, "It's funny, you're just seeing some illusion......s, and you won't be harmed," she said, holding out her hand to Lavia's forehead.

And Jiang Zhe, who was idle, was seeing that something was wrong with his two roommates, in his impression, Scott and Alan were not people who liked to be silent, why didn't they speak?

Jiang Zhe always felt that his two roommates had changed somehow...... Does it have something to do with the future they see?

What did they see?

Just when Jiang Zhe was thinking like this, he suddenly found that Lavia walked back with a slightly red face, so he asked funny, "It's over?" Have you seen your future ...... That?"

"I didn't see it!" was originally just a very ordinary sentence, but at this time, there was something wrong in Lavia's mouth, which was what she said when she glared at Jiang Zhe through gritted teeth, which made Jiang Zhe feel inexplicable.

"Did I mess with you?" Xiao muttered, Jiang Zhe heard Abel's call to himself, and hurriedly stepped forward, to be honest, he was also very interested in the future.

But strangely, Jiang Zhe could clearly feel Abel's fingers on his forehead, but ...... But why didn't he see that illusion like Lavia, Allen, and Scott?

"Huh, it's strange," it seems that Abel also felt that something was not right, and looked at Jiang Zhe suspiciously, seeing that he was looking at herself, her pretty face suddenly showed a little confusion, looked at her crystal ball, and muttered, "You little guy is a little special...... I could feel a powerful force instinctively resisting my mental power......"

"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhe felt a little puzzled, he already felt that seeing this kind of thing in the future was a bit mysterious, it wouldn't be okay when it was someone else's turn, but it wouldn't be okay when it was his turn, right?

Maybe it was Jiang Zhe's eyes that hit Abel's self-confidence, I saw her lower her head and carefully look at the crystal ball, then looked at the little boy in front of her and said, "It seems that the general method is not good, it may be a little uncomfortable, you bear with ......it, you can bear with it" As she spoke, she drew a few strange symbols on Jiang Zhe's chest with her right hand.

"Ahh......h......h The feeling of nausea that was completely weightless made Jiang Zhe can't help but retch as soon as he stepped on the ground, what does it mean that it may be a little uncomfortable?

"Vomit ......"

After a long while, Jiang Zhe felt better, shook his head, and when he opened his eyes, he couldn't help but vomit.

This time I really threw up...... Because he saw a face that looked terrible in death...... Over here...... What's going on here?

Jiang Zheqiang endured the nausea in his heart and stood up straight, and from his shocked eyes, we saw an empty land...... Well, to be precise, it wasn't an empty land, because the ground was full of ...... Remains...... The word tens of thousands, tens of thousands is used to describe the corpses on this land, and the weight is obviously too light...... This place is simply full of corpses, if it weren't for the fact that these were just illusions, Jiang Zhe wouldn't even have a place to stay!

Even if it's a battlefield, I'm afraid it won't be able to achieve such a terrifying scene, right?

The corpses were soaked in blood, and we could see that there were a few corpses even floating in the blood water, how much blood was needed to float these countless corpses?

Tens of thousands? That's not going to be ...... Hundreds of thousands? Maybe more...... Millions? Millions?

Looking at the corpses soaked in blood and revealing hideous expressions, Jiang Zhe felt a little dizzy.

For a while, Jiang Zhe even heard the screams before death in a trance, and smelled the pungent smell of blood in a trance...... The number of corpses may have really reached a terrifying number, because Jiang Zhe could see a thin layer of red mist around him...... To be precise, it's not red mist, it's blood mist...... Even the sky here is a blood red, perhaps it is reflected by the blood on the ground, or it may be for other reasons, but in Jiang Zhe's opinion, this is a bloody hell...... "Whew!" let out a long breath, Jiang Zhe barely suppressed the vomiting feeling in his heart.

To be honest, he lacked a feeling for the people of this world, even if there were more corpses everywhere here, he would only be shocked, as for the rest, it was nothing.

The only thing he wanted to know now was whether this was really the future he was going to experience, was he the culprit for this phenomenon, or was he one of the thousands of corpses?

If it was the former, Jiang Zhe would probably scoff at it, indeed, according to his surname, how could he do such a tragic thing?

Besides, looking at the scars on these corpses, they were clearly killed by weapons, and this kind of quota that is difficult to even count, how long will he kill alone?

Remove the former, then the rest ...... For a while, Jiang Zhe felt a chill behind him.

Although he understands that no matter what world he is in, people will always die, but it's not such a way to die, right?

While feeling the coolness behind him, Jiang Zhe stubbornly looked at the corpses in his sight, and he found that this seemed to be a battlefield, because some of the corpses were still wearing all kinds of armor, including guards, halberders, and even knights and magicians...... With such a heavy casualty battle, which country did the empire go to war with?

Salonia?

But among the corpses nearby, there were no soldiers of the Salonian army wearing insignia...... What's even more strange is that Jiang Zhe also saw a lot of civilians wearing coarse cloth in this endless sea of corpses...... What's going on?

Jiang Zhe felt more and more that this matter was a little strange, at this time, the corner of his eye seemed to catch a glimpse of something, and when he turned around, he was shocked to find a strange black building erected in the distance...... "This...... It should be an altar, right?" Jiang Zhe said unconfidently, his feet unconsciously walking towards the altar.

As the distance got closer and closer, Jiang Zhe realized that this black altar was even bigger than the ancient castle of Reox, and at the same time, there were more and more corpses piled up here, this was not close to the altar, Jiang Zhe could already see at least a dozen hills made of corpses, and the strange thing was that these 'hills' were evenly distributed, and the distance between each hill was almost equal, as if it was ...... It's like a few intersections in a huge magic array!

And that black altar is right in the middle of this magic array!

"Blood Sacrifice!" involuntarily, Jiang Zhe spat out a word from his mouth, because this was the only one that could explain this matter.

Who is it?

While thinking, Jiang Zhe looked up the stairs of the altar, and he tried his best not to look at the bones on both sides from time to time.

This black altar was very huge, and there were so many steps that Jiang Zhe felt a little out of breath.

But it's okay, he's finally made it to the top...... And just as he was about to reach the top floor, Jiang Zhe seemed to hear the sound of talking, and the intermittent voice ...... "...... I need your help...... Damn God...... Seal...... Help me with all your might, my dearest brother...... Retake ...... Juggernaut ......"

Who is speaking?

Jiang Zhe walked up curiously, but the top floor of the altar was very dim, as if it was shrouded in a layer of darkness, hazy and unreal.

Is it the man in a black robe?

Jiang Zhe subconsciously squatted down and looked at the person standing in the center of the altar, it should be a magician, wearing a black magic robe, the robe was tattooed with dark golden runes, in Jiang Zhe's eyes, those runes seemed to have life, and from time to time they spread out layers of dark golden halos.

I think I've seen this magic robe somewhere...... By the way, when he was in Reox, Father Andrew, who claimed to be a cardinal of the Holy See, was wearing this style of robe, right? But the priest was wearing white at the time, and the guy in front of him was black...... Who is he?

A question shook in Jiang Zhe's heart, although he knew that this was just an illusion, he could still faintly feel that the person in the black robe might have terrifying power...... Is that the one who spoke just now?

But who is he talking to?

Squatting, Jiang Zhe cautiously looked at the top floor of the altar, although he knew that this was just an illusion, but his subconscious made him do it...... After looking at it for about a minute or two, Jiang Zhe suddenly realized that the top floor of the altar was not only the magician in the black robe, but also a ...... Well, to be precise, it should be a pair of crimson eyes, a pair of huge eyes, bigger than Jiang Zhe's entire person...... How to describe it, it is a pair of eyes with irresistible temptation, which makes people involuntarily fall into it, and around these eyes, there is a thick layer of darkness, this is a dark force, the power is so powerful, so that this dark power is dense like gelatinous ...... Just by glancing at those huge eyes, just a glance, Jiang Zheneng clearly felt that there was an emotion in his heart that seemed to swell up uncontrollably, as if he wanted to take everything in the world for himself, status, power, fame, money, women...... This sentiment is called greed!

Fortunately, Jiang Zhe didn't care much about money, power, or anything, although he was reluctant, he was able to suppress these negative emotions, and, as Father Andrew said, the magic array in his left hand also gushed out a warm current at the first moment, helping him suppress those negative emotions.

But what kind of monster is that?

Demons?

Just glanced at those eyes...... Jiang Zhe, who was faintly and engrossed in looking at those eyes, had a feeling in his heart, those eyes, most likely from a rather terrifying guy...... "Help me, my brother!" The crimson eyes didn't notice Jiang Zhe, and still said to the magician standing in front of him, but the magician who didn't know his identity didn't speak from the beginning.

"Alas," said the crimson eyes, which seemed to be a little disappointed, with a sigh, "you are my trustest, my dear brother, and I hope you will help me ......" After saying this, the eyes closed slightly, and then the darkness around it was seen tumbling and fading.

Although those eyes faded, the doubts in Jiang Zhe's heart could not be dispelled.

What kind of demon did those eyes come from, and who is this magician in front of you? Could it be that he made a deal with the devil?

With these questions, Jiang Zhe stood up and walked over, while walking over, he was a little amused at his cautious caution just now, after all, this is just an illusion, everything here is an illusion for himself now, so what is there to be afraid of?

But...... Just as Jiang Zhe was about to approach the magician, the magician said something that made Jiang Zhe feel creepy.

"Don't you know enough?"

"......" felt the pounding in his chest, Jiang Zhe looked at the magician in disbelief, and then looked around with a fluke mentality, but there was no one around...... It was incredible, as if he could see Jiang Zhe's every move, the magician slowly turned around, faced Jiang Zhe, and said lightly in a low tone, "Don't look at it, I'm talking about you, it's not enough for the ghost Chongchong to listen to it for a long time just now, is it?"

This...... How is this possible?!

Aren't you in an illusion?

Unbelievably, Jiang Zhe said tentatively, "You...... Can you see me?"

"Hmph!" the magician's words broke Jiang Zhe's only bit of luck, only to see him laugh, then shook his head, with a bit of mockery, and said lightly, "If I can't see you, am I talking to myself?"

Oh, my God...... This...... It's incredible...... Isn't it in the illusion that it's all real......? As if seeing the shock in Jiang Zhe's eyes, the magician said lightly, "You don't have to be surprised or suspicious, everything you saw and heard just now is just an illusion for you in the next ten years or so, and it's all an illusion, including me......"

"Then ......" Jiang Zhe became more and more shocked, frowned and said, "Since it is in the illusion, why can you see me? Those very strange eyes just now can't see me!"

"Hmph!" the magician snorted coldly and said lightly, "That's because I'm stronger than him!" As he spoke, he slowly raised his head, because of the wide magic robe, Jiang Zhe couldn't see the other party's true face, but only saw a pair of indifferent eyes, from his eyes, Jiang Zhe could faintly see a trace of anger.

And this angry look made Jiang Zhe feel a little inexplicable.

Why be angry with yourself? I don't even know him!

Feeling the oppressive force that was almost enough to suffocate himself from the other party, Jiang Zhe's forehead couldn't help but ooze cold sweat, but the next second later, the oppressive force disappeared, and there was only a sneer from the magician.

"Ant, your strength is like that of an ant...... No, weaker than ants!"

"You...... I don't believe you have so much power at my age!"

Hearing Jiang Zhe's ridicule, the magician was stunned, then laughed self-deprecatingly, nodded and said, "You're right, when I was your age, my strength was ...... ...... similar to you" As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Zhe and said lightly, "Hmph, this look is not bad, but this look alone is not enough! it is far from enough......" After saying this, the magician looked up at the blood-red sky and muttered something.

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any intention of being unfavorable to him, Jiang Zhechi asked, "That one just now...... What is that demon? and...... Who are you?"

"Demon?" Hearing Jiang Zhe's question, the magician shook his head and said lightly, "That's not a demon, it's not good for you to tell you now, as for who I am, you will understand later, maybe ......" As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Zhe, as if it was true or false, "Maybe we will meet in the future, maybe ......" After saying this, he paused, and said with a little melancholy, "It's just maybe, maybe you won't be able to meet ......"

"And do you have anything to do with Argus?"

"Argus?" the magician chuckled and said lightly, "if you're talking about the guy with that name, I'll kill him!"

"Kill...... Killed?"

"Oh," added the magician, as if remembering something, "in your world, Argus isn't dead yet, but ...... You'd better not mess with him, he's not the one you can deal with right now!"

"What do you mean?"

The magician turned around and said in an impatient tone, "Where did you get all this nonsense?

"One last question!" Seeing that the other party was a little impatient, Jiang Zhe said hurriedly, "What is this altar for? And those bones......

"This altar is just to resurrect an old fellow, and by the way, open the door to the realm of death......"

"Death Realm?" Stunned, Jiang Zhe asked suspiciously, "Where are you going to do something?"

"Isn't that the last question?" said the magician in the last two words.

"Uh...... This time it's really the last question......"

I saw that the magician looked at Jiang Zhe and was silent for a long time before he said slowly, "I don't care about that guy's business, I just want to bring a person back to this world from the realm of death......"

"Is it a woman?" With a little curiosity, Jiang Zhe subconsciously asked.

However, as soon as the words fell, Jiang Zhe only saw the magician gently wave his sleeves, and suddenly felt that the world was spinning, just like the feeling when he first came over.

In the dark, Jiang Zhe seemed to hear the magician say something in an inexplicable tone that he couldn't understand.

"Don't think about anything until you have great power!" Make yourself as powerful as you can, and then, devour the ......" By the last few words, it was blurry and hard to hear.

(To be continued)