In the palatial halls, chandeliers shone brightly, laughter and conversation echoed, and the aroma of food filled the air.

When Rogers sat down again, he gently applied force with a knife and fork in his hand, cutting the roast meat on his plate, turning it into neat pieces without hurrying to enjoy it.

As a noise barrier was raised, he spoke to Alina and Rufia:

"The five guys who just arrived are friends who grew up together, and many years ago, one of them, the After-Knower, Aelita, had an incident that happened to them.

"There were gangsters who had infiltrated the Three Sages School as an acolyte and tried to capture Aelita, but the world did not know that she was the one who knew about her at that time, but the forces that sent the gangsters were informed of the news in advance.

"Because the high-ranking ones will definitely attract the attention of the Three Sages School, the three people who tried to come and capture Aelita are all ordinary people of the Black Iron Rank.

They stunned Aeleita and in the process of taking her away, a teenager discovered it in time and bravely defeated the three gangsters with a sneak attack.

Afterwards, everyone thought that the boy was the fly Dudra, but the reality was Sadow.

The remaining two guys, Tall and Skinny and Stocky, witnessed the whole process, but did not tell the truth, and helped Dudra gain Aeleita's favor.

"As for how the forces that tried to kidnap the Knowers obtained the news, no one knows, it may be a leak from the ghosts in the Three Sages School, or it may be other reasons, in short, since Aelita woke up from a coma, the world has also known about the existence of the Knowers."

After speaking, Rogers took a piece of roast meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, and after tasting its taste, he continued:

"What I just told Derick is that he asked him to ask a few reliable classmates to help, find more apprentices from the Three Sages School, and inquire in detail about what happened that night.

At the same time, I would like to ask a few more questions, whether Dudra was able to advance and succeed at such a young age because of his talent and hard work, or because of the favor and help of the later knowledge, and whether Dudra or Sadoi were the strongest among the young people of their generation in the Three Sages School.

"Those who successfully get the answer can get the interest reduction, and I believe everyone is happy to ask this rude but trivial question.

"Coupled with the relationship between Derick and me, there shouldn't be anyone who will casually disclose the reason for the questioning to outsiders, and Derick has also specially mentioned everyone at my request."

In the plot that Rogers reads, the timing of Saddoy's attempt to cast a spell to control the people Alice cares about is uncertain, ranging from the possible route of the next two days to the fact that the crowd has entered the Trials prepared by the Three Sages.

In the former, because of Sadoi's recklessness in the Sage's Tower, it will trigger the attention of the strong, which in turn will lead to the failure of his actions.

Rogers doesn't want to see the other side fail, so in the next few days, he needs to find something to do for the other person, and Dudra can just play out his value as his friend.

The seeds planted this morning, and the suspicions caused tonight, I believe that the other party will not let him down.

It also happens that Dudra will not come to harass the people around him, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"That Sadoi, why did he give up his merits to Dudra?" Rufia asked vaguely, stuffing food in her mouth.

"Don't look at Sadøy's gloomy appearance, this person actually values friendship quite a lot, and Sadøy was just a wanderer on the street when he was a child, and the reason why he was able to enter the Three Sages School was because of the mercy of Dudra's father." Rogers replied casually.

"Rutgers knows a lot." Rufia couldn't help but sigh, but she didn't show too much surprise about it, after all, Rogers had shown a lot of knowledge from the initial trial in front of the door, and her father's hints, whether intentional or not, it was not surprising for her that Rogers knew these secrets at the moment.

Just as she was about to ask Rogus further about his motivation for telling Delick to do this, someone suddenly tapped on the noise barrier.

Rogers looked back and saw that it was Alice, and he closed the barrier.

Before a few people could talk more, there was a sudden commotion on the other side of the hall, as if someone was fiercely accusing, as if someone was indignantly refuting, or someone was shouting to dissuade, and the various voices were mixed with each other, which seemed quite chaotic.

"Our classmates quarreled with the people of the Three Sages School? No, it seems that the Three Sages School itself is infighting......"

Eunice, who was following Alice, looked into the distance and was surprised.

She first saw a few of the St. Hertes students arguing with the apprentices of the Three Sages and then turned to leave, then several of the Three Sages were questioning and arguing with each other, and more people were trying to dissuade and appease each other, until an elder intervened to calm the commotion.

After seeing the general situation, she asked in confusion, "Why did they argue?" ”

"Because Rogers is sitting here." Alina replied without being salty, and when she had finished speaking, she took a fork in her hand, took a piece of roast meat from Rogers' plate, and ate it in her mouth.

Alice watched Alina's movements, and saw that Rogers didn't react to it, her lips unconsciously pursed slightly, and then she also sat down next to Rogers, and began to tell what she had just seen.

When Eunice saw Alice's behavior, she sighed imperceptibly and sat down aside.

As time passed, the banquet came to an end, and the originally lively environment gradually became quiet, and the greetings of saying goodbye to each other became the main theme.

Rogers returned to their lodgings alone, while Alina and Rufia first pretended to go to the room arranged for them by the Three Sages, and then ran to find Rogus after a while.

In the middle of the night, the runes on the ceiling of the room shimmered brightly, and while Alina and Rufia slept peacefully on the large bed, Rogus sat alone at his desk, slowly rubbing the stone with the original words inscribed.

Alina had finished her work on the occult language, and after a long eternity, she was finally able to sleep early tonight.

"The world has not yet established science, and these theories should be counted as the realm of philosophy, as well as mystics and art......"

Rogers placed three small piles of ash around the stones, the first of which were burned from manuscripts of occult proverbs such as the Jade Record, the second of which was about art, and the third of what is now known as natural philosophy.

His palms floated on it, and three piles of ash began to swirl and merge around the stone, as magic poured into the stone, gradually reshaping it with a soft yet resolute force.

The stone slowly changes, bending into a spiral shape, as if twisted by an invisible hand, and the lines emerge from the inside out, forming the sharp outline of the spiral blade and the simple shape of the hilt.

Eventually, the mana receded, and Rogus let out a breath of cloudiness, and the stone had been completely transformed into a small stone spiral sword two palms long.

"It's up to you......"

He lowered his eyes and looked at the spiral sword, muttering softly to himself.

……

Rutgers' good friend Dudra spent the next two days restless, and the apprentices of the Three Sages School wondered whether his achievements were all due to the help of the Hinder.

He wondered if someone had leaked the truth about the kidnapping, otherwise why would so many people go after what happened on the night of the kidnapping.

In Dudra's eyes, the most suspicious person is naturally Sadoi, so he keeps running to question, but in exchange for the other party's perfunctory, as if the other party is busy preparing something and has no time to deal with him.

This humiliation as if he had been despised was deeply engraved in his heart, leading him to challenge Sadoy in a spell duel in an attempt to prove himself to the crowd in a dignified manner.

However, after Sadoni happily agreed, he also happily conceded defeat, making the duel a farce.

Aeleita didn't expect things to turn out like this, let alone such a fierce conflict between her two best friends.

But time did not care about this insignificant distraction, and still flowed silently forward.

Two days later, the trial specially prepared by the Three Sages School for visitors officially began.

This trial is called the Cave Trial, and its positioning is similar to St. Herthe's Doorfront Trial, but the content is completely different, or compared to the Doorfront Trial, it seems a little backward and simple.

The venue of the cave trial is not like the trial in front of the door, and will use the power of the sleepless country to directly make fictional, but the real venue; In addition, because the Three Sages School's attainments in spatial magic are not as good as those of St. Herte, there is no mechanism for teleportation immediately after failure in the trial.

The time is also fixed at seven days, and there is no judge for the trial, and it completely relies on the mechanism of the cave itself to operate and reward.

In order to ensure the safety of the students during the trial, St. Helte deliberately planted a high-level healing spell in each person's academy badge, which can be effectively healed as long as they are not hit by a fatal blow.

As for more safeguards, such as transmission, they were strictly forbidden by the Three Sages School to uphold fairness.

For this reason, St. Herte advised the crowd to participate as they wished, but none of the students expressed a desire to give up.

In the early morning, many little magicians from all over the world entered the land of trials through the teleportation circle at the top of the Sage Tower.

Poof-

A faint but bright flame rose in Rogers' palm, illuminating the scene around him.

He stood alone in the silence and darkness of the cavern, the moist marks on the walls of the cave and the slender rock textures that came into view.

As the monocle worn in his left eye came into play, a map of the cave appeared in Rogers' mind.

He strode forward with his cane, and as he progressed, the road became more and more intricate, sometimes wide cavities, sometimes winding paths.

The shape of the stone wall is also varied, some are smooth and flat, some are uneven, as if they are random carved artworks.

At the same time, a "erosion" gradually acted on Rogus's body, and it constantly consumed Roggers's magic and physical strength, which was also the most basic part of the trial.

"According to the setting, the erosion will affect according to different strengths, but the strength I suffer from is directly regarded as a silver level......

"Maybe it's aware that I've been through a groundbreaking ceremony? However, the more erosion you endure, the higher the reward you will give after the trial, which is not a bad thing. ”

While muttering in his heart, he did not pity his magic power, and a majestic wind element suddenly wrapped around his body, and after lightly touching the ground, he rushed straight out a few meters away.

Aelita also knew the exact map of the cave and shared it with her four friends, who agreed to meet at a location before each trial.

And Rogers was heading there now.

Along the way, he met many people, many apprentices from different sects tried to invite him to explore in teams, but he quickly and politely declined them one by one, and some of St. Herte's students avoided him after saluting respectfully.

After a while, after passing through narrow passages, he came to a cavity.

The hollow ceiling is covered with stalactites and stone columns, like natural sculptures, which are cleverly hung down to form a spectacular stone curtain; The stone pillars stand upright on the ground and support the entire cavity.

"Little sage? What a wonderful fate that you ended up here. ”

Standing in the center of the cavity, Aeleita spoke with a slight surprise in her tone, and whispered hello to Rogers.

"Yes......" The wind elemental around Rogus gradually collapsed, and under the effect of erosion, more than half of the magic power in his body had been consumed, and the recovery speed was far less than usual.

He had told Alina not to come to him during the trial, and had told Alice something similar.

After making so many preparations, in order to avoid any accidents, he felt that it would be better to advance the incident earlier.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and he continued earnestly to Aeleita:

"Honorable Queen, do you know that the person who rescued you from the kidnapping back then was actually a cultist?"

[Aelita will judge the truth and fiction of the knowledge bonus you have launched, and the ignorance bonus will be triggered passively, please choose whether to pass or not.] 】

Rogers looked at the pop-up prompt box, feeling quite surprised, and at the same time silently chose to pass.

[The judgment of the afterknowledge bonus is passed, and the above words are not lies. 】

"Are you...... How do you know? I grew up with Dudra, he can't be a cultist, but your words are ...... What the hell is going on? Aeleita's face was full of shock, and her words stumbled as she asked in disbelief.

Rogers raised his hand and rubbed his chin, the corners of his mouth outlined a slight smile, he did not answer the other party's question, but said very inexplicably: "Is that just an ornament?" ”

Hearing this, Aeleta's face suddenly became cold, but the next joking words spoken by the young man opposite made her body tense up slowly.

"Miss Hindsight, you don't want this matter to be known to the outside world, do you?"

(End of chapter)