Chapter 23: Time
It's a new year, and 16-year-old Raun is starting his new path of further education at the Tower of Time.
Cassie had already returned a long time ago, bringing the news that Raun's mother Bella Ryan had advanced to the 10th level, and this time the beast disaster was also due to Bella's protection, and the monster failed to break through the demonic defense line laid by the El Salin Kingdom, and the Southern Forest Province was preserved. Finally let go of his worries, and at this time he was more concerned about another thing.
Flipping through the books kept in the Tower of Time, different from the knowledge obtained through the soul transmission of the tower spirit when he was in Yanggu City, out of caution, Lawn wanted to look through some modern materials to learn about the information about this tower, and was overpaid by King Caine with his first-order talent, which made Lawn a little worried. The result, of course, was nothing.
Looking at the familiar soul crystallization in front of him, he had been repeatedly urged by Cain, and it was not easy for Raun to be too procrastinating, and the promise he made to a king could not be reversed at will until there was no accident. Hardened head-on, Lawne "bumped" into it and completed the link.
"Oh, how long has it been, this sleep is a little dazed. A very nice female voice came from Lawn's head, thinking that this soul cares about age very much, and he has to pretend to be young when he is tens of thousands of years old. "Tsk, isn't your talent too good, if it weren't for the fact that you don't have the talent of time and can't wake me up, I doubt that you have a talent for time, this energy is so small that you can't feel it at all!?" What should I say in the first sentence of a conversation that spans 10,000 years? Lawn was at a loss......
"Well, it's the year 47292 of the Star Calendar...... Lawn didn't think about what to say next, so he had to tell the old-timer that he was still young and lacked a common language with the old-timers, so he could only report the year number.
"The Star Calendar? I haven't heard of it! Since it's not an elemental calendar, does that mean that the mainstream of the mainland is not an elemental mage now?" The girl didn't have any joy or sorrow, and her faint tone told how many vicissitudes of life she had slept in this night.
"Eh, I don't know the name of my predecessor, what should I call it?" Lawn felt that the title was more important, and after sleeping for so long, he probably didn't care about the situation in the main continent.
"Forget! I've slept for too long, I can't remember what my name is! It seems to be Morin or something, you just call me Morin, just remember these two words!"
It seems to be the last name in the information. Lawn only cares about the art of viewing, and never remembers the mage's signature at the end, and belongs to the completely ungrateful type that runs when he learns to run. "Senior Mo Lin, now the mainstream of the continent is the summoning of star souls, and there is only a little place left in the kingdom of the elemental mage, the god-killing array. ”
"Oh, they, bloodlines or something, it's really easier to inherit than mages by relying on talent!But I remember that the God Slayer Array was a laboratory that I broke out of the Ten Thousand Souls Continent, why is the mage kingdom like this now?" Mo Lin didn't pay any attention to how scary his words were.
"How strong is this to break out?" Lawne couldn't imagine how big the Ten Thousand Souls Continent really was!
"The 13th order is enough, I am a time system mage and I can't turn into a star like others and establish the main material world, so naturally I have to find a quiet place for myself to sleep. Morin felt that the silly boy in front of him was still interesting, so he wanted to bully the child, and if he said anything, Raun adored him!
"Senior Morin, someone asked me to activate you with my own talent, is it any use to activate it?" Compared to the gods and demons, which Lawn can't reach at all, it's still more realistic at the moment.
"What's the use of me waking up? I can't remember exactly, maybe there's something special about the core of the Star Tower that I can activate when I wake up, so that the people who came to you are more concerned. "Of course I care! With Mo Lin's awakening, in the Star Tower located at the core of the Great Array, the flow of time has slowed down, and the concentration of various elements in the Mage Tower is almost substantial, it can be said that with Mo Lin's awakening, this activated Mage Tower can give birth to countless high-level and even 8-order mages for the royal family of the Mage Kingdom in a short period of time! In such a magic circle that can prolong the life of the sky, a few 6th-order magic staff were sent away to prepare Caine, the reason was just that Caine did not want Raun to find out the importance of this matter.
At this time, Lawn thought that he couldn't ask the result from Morin, and Morin naturally didn't know about this kind of little thing that he didn't care about at the 13th order, just like if Lawn dropped a copper plate, he wouldn't care... As long as he is not in danger, this transaction Lawn still feels that it has been earned, and everyone is really happy.
Seeing that Lawn didn't react, Morin didn't agree, and he couldn't look at Lawn when he got up after sleeping, he still had to talk about something.
"Boy, you don't have anything to ask, I'm a 13th order!"
Lawne looked dazed, "I'm only at the 8th level, and my talent is at the top, I don't understand what you know, and you see, the mage uses a 5-pointed star now, and your era was a 6-pointed star." Lawne pointed to the 6-pointed star on the ground, releasing a first-order time elemental collection circle, displaying the 5-pointed star.
"What 5 stars 6 stars, there is no need to add stars to cast spells, you idiot will never try to remove those messy stars on the periphery, right?" Mo Lin felt that the kid in front of him was really not talented, and he didn't know this.
"Well, no, this is the crystallization of tens of thousands of years of wisdom, how did I know that they could still be used like this, if I had a 12th order, I would try it. Lawn said that an ordinary mage like himself should learn honestly, and if he innovates or something, leave it to those 12th orders to study.
"You're not a good mage without curiosity, oh, your name is Raune El?" Morin casually flipped through Lawn's memories with the help of soul links, Lawn, who had always claimed to be the god of his soul world, was useless in front of a true god like the 13th Order Eternity. "Tsk, I'm not very old, I'm quite able to work hard!"
Lawn could only helplessly let Morin look at it, about Lilith's memory, Lawn didn't want to be seen by others, but unfortunately, this Morin who didn't follow the rules still laughed heartlessly at Lawn's unlucky love!"Lawn, you're too unlucky, I see that you are alone, do you want my sister to mobilize the power of time and show you your other half?"
"Morin senior, don't make trouble, if you see the future now, then what's the meaning of the future, only the unknown has expectations..."Lawn expressed his opinion, for Morin, who manipulated time, he suddenly felt that this kid who was not very talented was not useless.
"Well, that's a good point! I haven't seen it myself, anyway, if I do, I know at most how long I've been sleeping, it's useless, and I'm still envious of the 13th order of other departments, you can build a planet by yourself and have fun!"
"Senior Morin, there are gods now! The Death Nation and the Holy Empire in the north are both countries established by the believers of the gods, you can go to the gods to fight and chatter or something, it won't be so boring!" "Lawn strongly suggested that Morin go and those gods fight and destroy their believers, so that the chaos in the chaotic continent will be reduced by half.
"Oh, I'll take a look......" Merlin was silent for a moment, as if he was paying attention to something, "Those are all new 13th order, right!?The power is not enough to create life, so they collect power through believers on this planet, and when they have enough strength to build a world, they leave." Isn't this how all the stars come from?What do you kid have to complain about?You're carrying a dead god on your back!" Morin's words suddenly shocked Lawn, who didn't expect the great sword behind his back to come from like this.
"Do you know who he is?"
"It's so fierce, I guess it's Jidu, I was recognized by such a vicious thing, tsk, I can't help but want to see your future. ”
"And what about this?" Lawne pulled out half of his cane.
"This, it should be Kaiyang Star, known as the Spirit of the North Star, you have a good relationship with Jiuyao, and the second of Jiuyao has fallen into your hands?
"Okay, boy, you're a cow! I found out that you should be practicing the mage's breathing method, how did you cultivate the meditation method? Breathing and meditation are both elemental powers, and in my time, there was no one who was in charge and who was the secondary!"
Mo Lin's words caught Raun off guard, Raun has been practicing life breathing since he was a child, and he has not made much progress, is it just because his fire talent is too high? It is really fate! Going around and around, in the end, his strongest talent still needs to be reminded by others!"Thank you, senior, I didn't expect the breathing method to be so powerful, but I don't regret it, if I don't come to learn spells, I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to learn "Blazing Flame", moreover, the cultivation of internal force is too slow, and it is still useful to cultivate spells that can be quickly achieved by talent. ”
"Well, if you have a point, your path to a mage is about to reach its peak, everything has a beginning and an end, since you have started the meditation method, it is not wrong to cultivate to the limit! Relying on talent, a mage has ruled an era!"
"I was defeated by the astrology of relying on the bloodline and being born to be a strong man!" Lawn actually filled such a fire, and he was not afraid of being shot to death by Morin.
"Yes, power is respected, that's it. I never think it's a good thing to be born with a star officer who has lost the direction of his efforts, just like I was born with a strong time system talent. ”
"Senior Morin, I'm going to finish Shan's own spell system next, after the 8th-order spell analysis is completed, I should also work hard to learn internal strength, I don't have a chance to be born strong......" Raun felt that Morin was completely showing off his strength, and he was born strong, this is not a mockery of a hard-working child like Raun!
As Morin continued to solve Lawn's puzzles, Lawn gradually began to understand the connection between ancient spells and the current spell system. The pentagram is just an elemental stable magic circle, the purpose is to maintain the stability of the entire magic circle, for defensive and time-delayed spells, you need 5 pointed stars, for the fireball spells these pure attack spells, add 5 pointed stars, you need to add casting materials to break this stability, and gradually achieve the current spell casting system. To put it bluntly, because the engraved spell slot needs to be stable, the gradually unstable way is eliminated, which also reduces the risk of the cast being interrupted, and it is not progress or regression at all, but the needs are different. As for the six-pointed star, it was just the disappearance of a talent, which led to the reduction of the stability circle common to all departments from six to five, and the purpose was just to bother to explain why the six-pointed star was drawn with only five basic elements...
What seems to be a huge chasm turns out to be just because of a small thing. Lawn, who lost Lilith, found that fate was a small thing, and then, they became farther and farther away from each other......
In the days that followed, Lawn listened to Morin criticize Lawn's past little by little, and he had a posture of covering all areas from 3 to 16 years old, thinking that he disliked Lawn's stupidity and couldn't make Morin happy. Lawn felt that he still said something often, so he could pass the time: "Senior, so many tower spirits in the mage tower have erased their consciousness, how did you persevere?"
"Time is such a thing, the beginning is the end, time is meaningless to time itself, I am time, how can I be defeated by time! Tens of thousands of years are not much different from sleeping in ordinary times. ”
Lawn was deeply defeated by this senior, he couldn't answer at all, and he couldn't answer if he didn't answer, and the reward given by Caine was too low...
The time of the Tower of Time is simple and busy, with the help of Morin, a senior, so that Lawn has learned a lot of ancient knowledge, and the analysis of the 8th-order spell is also completed quickly, although it may be a little different from the Mage Kingdom, but since it can work, Lawn doesn't care. To borrow Morin's words, Lawn has experienced a great opportunity, received the guidance of the gods, and completed a spell that far exceeds the modern method of spellcasting! Lawn thought deeply and continued to take advantage of this great opportunity......
"You broken stick really can't be considered a staff, just throw it away!" Merlin once again unceremoniously criticized Lawne's staff prototype, because there are still a lot of excellent materials, and the staff that is nominally a 9th order is actually only a 7th order, and it is difficult to meet Lawne's attack demands, Lawn, who has nothing to do in the time tower, once again started the idea of a staff.
According to Master Morin's vision, Lawn's first work, a Tier 7 Staff with a Flame Shield attached, will really affect his reputation, and it is highly recommended to return to the furnace and rebuild it!
Lawne ignored it, and after that palace incident, Terry almost never looked for Lawn again, just like that crazy shopping was the last goodbye and reluctance. Maybe he understands that he shouldn't belong to a world, or maybe he can't accept Lawn, a different prince who constantly fights against King Cain. Raune understands Terry's obsession with becoming a nobleman, and it is clear that Raune can't give her what she wants, and it is impossible for Raune to stay in Esenbelt for Terry, and all Raune can do is respect her choice. Probably because he couldn't get into Lawn's heart from beginning to end, he couldn't talk about sadness, but he remembered Terry's wish and made this 7th-order staff for her, hoping to protect her on the battlefield and help her accumulate military merits as soon as possible to become a nobleman, as a thank you or an end.
Without meeting or saying goodbye, through Cassie, the staff was handed over to Terry, and Lawne began his preparations again, for the sake of El Salin!
Quietly fiddling with the materials on the table, listening to Morin's nagging, after a long time, Raun also found that the long sleep was far less relaxed and comfortable than Morin said, unlike other Talings who had annihilated themselves, Morin had been alive from beginning to end, he was just a super strong man who had achieved eternity and remained in this world.
Looking at Maureen, Lawn lost his yearning for eternity for the first time, perhaps, the beauty of life lies in the fact that it will always pass inadvertently and easily come to an end, so people will cherish it! Eternal life is more like a curse than a gift! In a short life, the bits and pieces experienced are the true meaning of life.
While fiddling with the staff, Lawn, who was thinking about things, quietly finished his staff, and Yan Fury. There was no earth-shattering scene, no deep idea, a difficult thing, when Lawne stopped thinking about its difficulty, it was more easily accomplished. After Morin's guidance, Lawn, who had completed the analysis of the 8th-order spell, made this 10th-order fire rage in order to increase his attack power and cooperate with the protection of the 9th-order staff, which was an impossible miracle in the eyes of outsiders. Attached to the 1st order of elemental collection and elemental aura, 8th order of the flame wrath spell, according to Mo Lin's evaluation, this staff can only be regarded as an 8th order of fine products, the ancient times of Mo Lin is full of complaints about the modern 6 + 2 + 1 = 9, dare to call themselves 9 order staff, including the 8 + 1 + 1 = 10 fire rage in Lawn's hand. And Lawn, an 8th-order mage, the current anger is enough for him!, so he won't care about Merlin's complaints.
The years passed in a hurry, and when it was time to leave, Lawn didn't know how to say goodbye to Morin, the senior, just like Morin described, Lawn was just a small dream in her endless sleep, I don't know the time and place, and what brought to her was only a trace of memory she obtained from Lawn's soul. But for Raun, this sister who always likes to complain is the master who starts a new life for herself! In a foreign country, Raun can only disclose his secrets desperately in her. Lawne can't describe the feeling......
"Sister Mo Lin, I should leave, what about you, what are your plans!" Mo Lin silently said goodbye in his heart, and also made the other party feel his reluctance.
"I, I'm not as sensational as you, and I'm still reluctant... Anyway, I don't have much to do, but I'm very curious about what kind of life you, the person chosen by Jiuyao, will have, I'll just watch you here, and write all the troubles you have experienced into the long river of time!"
Lawn nodded heavily: "Then I hope my story will not disappoint Sister Morin." ”
Goodbye, Master Morin. Goodbye, Lilith.