Four hundred years ago, on the continent of Faeron, there was a wizard named Samast, who possessed extraordinary talent and luck, and compared to other wizards of his time, Samast's path to pursue the arcane was a smooth one—the chosen man of Mystra, the chief wizard of the Church of the Arcane, and possessed the legendary level of arcane power at a surprisingly young age.

However, for some reasons that are still unknown to this day, the elect suddenly became a madman and defected from Mystra's command, much to the surprise and shock of all wizards at the time, and then the madness of the former wizard chief surprised everyone, and he led a group of followers to establish a church organization called the Cult of the Dragons, with the aim of bringing Feren under the rule of the undead undead dragons.

From the standpoint of a human or any other humanoid creature, such a purpose is absurd, and it is clear that the ass of the guy who made this statement needs to be corrected, but its origin is no longer verifiable, and it first appeared in a prophecy book called 'Coming Tears', and was adopted by the gradually crazy Samaster as a creed of life.

Through his efforts and that of the wizards who followed him, the Dragon Witchcraft has developed a unique method of creating undead dragons, including the infamous Dragon Lich, and while some dragons are not shy about receiving this transformation at the end of their lifespan, this technique has undoubtedly brought more terror and restlessness to Ferron, so Samast is still notorious above Sazastan, and is one of the most famous evil wizards in the realm.

And the core of his followers are also loyal and fanatical believers in his ideas.

Although Samast was destroyed by the incarnation of Lansendel due to his notoriety, like the vast number of Pheren wizards, it is not so easy for even a god to kill him, and a few years ago he was confirmed to be in hell and obtained the power of a demigod from the five-colored dragon god, which brought the already dormant dragon witch cult back to life.

It was not difficult for Penny, who was hiding with the key of Isil Aaron to the side, to judge the purpose of these people's visit, and couldn't help but feel crazy - they were actually fighting the idea of this time dragon.

It was a crazy idea, but he didn't want to care too much, he just wanted to let these people test the depths of the Time Dragon Ruins and see if they could find the right time to take advantage of it.

Here, stealing enough time is his goal.

With less than two years to go before the prophesied cataclysm, he must be prepared.

When a slender dwarf humanoid lich rode a red dragon lich descended, a powerful force let Penny know that this was the famous Samast, seeing this not very majestic appearance, Penny was slightly disappointed, but the great name of this lich made him not have any underestimate of the mind, as rumored to say, Samast is a crazy guy, just a few minutes after his arrival, gathered manpower, ready to launch an attack on the Time Dragon Ruins.

A ray of light was released from Samaste's wand gem, shooting at the Time Dragon Ruins from a distance of several hundred yards, and just as the light touched the outer layer of the Dragon Ruins, the projections of those Time Dragons dissipated as if they had been blown by the sand.

And the huge dragon ruin body also seemed to stiffen and solidify in an instant, and the surging time fragments fell into a stagnant, and the originally transparent crystal stream turned into a brighter light, and this group of Dragon Witch Sect people rushed into the light.

The wizard hesitated slightly, and then walked into the crystal stream.

He did his best to maintain the hidden barrier formed by the Key of Isil Aaron - although it may not have been very effective here from some of the information revealed by Helast, but when the time fragments began to surge again, he still reached the safe place that Helast said he had.

Here, he saw that the projections of the imaginary Time Dragons were constantly born in the flow of time and flew to the outer layer of the Dragon Ruins, and some of the details he observed also confirmed the authenticity of Helast's words - in the slightly inner regions, the forms of these Time Dragons were extremely unstable.

It's just that I don't know what happened to the group of dragon witch cult lich who flew in, after a period of turmoil in the inner layer of the dragon ruin, those undead dragons and dragon witch cult wizards flew to the middle layer of the dragon ruin again, and it seems that they have suffered a setback.

Penny wasn't surprised by this.

Of course, he wouldn't believe that these dragon lich would be able to break through the protection of the Time Dragon Ruins, you know, this place has existed since the beginning of the creation to the present, and it is definitely not just anything that can come to the idea. ...,

Controlling time is definitely a powerful force that many powerful beings dream of, and from ancient times to the present, there must be many beings who have thoughts about this dragon ruin, and it is definitely not just Samast alone, just a demigod lich who does not seem to have enough ability to accomplish his purpose.

But it was enough to surprise the wizard - because the group had escaped.

According to Helast, the deepest layers of the dragon ruins are the bones of the Time Dragons and the remnants of the ghosts, which are obviously much more difficult to deal with than the apparitions on the periphery.

At the same time, he pulled out the spell crystal that Helast had given him, something that would help him steal a lot of time, but he didn't use it immediately.

He didn't know if the ghost of the Time Dragon had been awakened, and he didn't know if this terrifying creature would sense him, so he could only decide to hide in a corner where the fragments of time were relatively thin and wait.

By the way, I observed the group of people from the Dragon Witch Cult.

They seem to be hovering in the middle layer of the dragon ruins without fear.

Seeing this scene, the wizard remembered what Helast had said that the ghosts would not reach this area, and he seemed to be extremely honest at this point, and did not lie to him on this point, it was obvious that these people of the Dragon Witch Cult could not deal with the ghost of the time dragon, but they still dared to stay in this position.

That means the ghost is confined to the very center of the Dragon Ruins.

He could feel the hostility and power emanating from the inner layers of the Dragon Ruins, but the group of Dragon Witch Cultists still did not flee, but calmly continued to wait.

This is undoubtedly good news for Penny.

He first carefully studied the spell structure of the gem left behind by Helast - this spell that uses the power of the dragon ruin to slow down time is not complicated, and soon he understands the main point of this spell, and he can apply this technique in the dragon ruin at any time if necessary, and then he activates the gem.

A large number of fragments of time turned into a hidden crystal wall, surrounding the wizard's side, and in his eyes, the movements of the group of Dragon Witch Cultists became incredibly slow, as if they had slowed down a hundred times the slow motion of the movie.

At least until they took any further action, the wizards crouching in this hidden area had plenty of time to build up their power and watch the changes around them.

However, the next move of the Dragon Witch Cult made him feel even more reassured - with a lift of Samast's hand, they 'slowly' disappeared in a burst of bright light, and they actually escaped using teleportation spells.

In this way, there was only one wizard left in the empty middle level of the Dragon Ruins—at least as far as he could see.

Countless fragments of time flowed through him, and the occasional message made the wizard realize that this was indeed a good place to study.

Containing many fragments of the memories of the Toriel universe, it is like the largest library in the realm, where a wizard can find sufficient materials to improve the methodology, slow down the time, and make the research more relaxed.

Of course, limited by lifespan, I'm afraid that no wizard can stay here for long - a hundred and ten years of metabolism has passed, and I am afraid that the mortal womb alone cannot hold on, and this place, in a wizard's life, can only be used once.

And Penny didn't dare to touch these time fragments at will, he knew that this was a very dangerous move, and if he absorbed too many time fragments, he was likely to be affected and assimilated by this dragon ruin unconsciously.

At least he didn't have the guts until the methodology was sound enough, and the information in this 'library' was not something that could be used by any being—it would take a lot of effort to get rid of the distractions of these fragments.

He shook his head, exhaled, and sat down in a clearing to meditate, digging deeper into his own consciousness more intently.

In fact, both the real name and the methodology are defined minds, something that does not exist, and the meditation of wizards is just an attempt to make these minds form a system that is strong enough to be stable and comprehensive, so that their arcane power can be completely eliminated.

Everything just takes time, more time.

Vast amounts of information are constantly surging in the mind like a tidal wave, for a wizard, comprehensiveness is a necessary attribute of methodology, but on the basis of ensuring comprehensiveness, it is necessary to make it as concise as possible, an overly complex power base will have more flaws, and it will be more difficult to control, to find a balance between comprehensiveness and conciseness, it is indeed not an easy job. ...,

It took the wizard ten years to solve this problem, and this small area, under his life, became a workshop, all kinds of materials and experiments were piled up around it, and he had little time to do anything except research and sorting, and the work was only first completed when the paper recording the methodology was piled up to several piles of people high.

It took most of the wizard's effort, but the moment the work was done, he had a sense of enlightenment, and his mind became clearer.

Probably this is the real wizard-style research - no adventures, no cultivation, just sorting out and summarizing thoughts in a large pile of materials, whether it is talent or wizard's emotions, they are all honed and tested in this boring process, and after a long time, the unqualified ones are eliminated, and there are always a few who go to the end.

Penny was amazed at how much he had the patience to stay here for ten years, he had the impression that a person who was alone for a few months would probably go crazy, but it also made him know that his nerves had indeed reached a non-human level, and he knew that those wizards had been away from the crowd for more than ten years.

Perhaps this is the life of a true arcane researcher, who has always been a non-mainstream.

This discovery caused Penny to shrug his shoulders, and this realization made him realize that it was necessary to steal more time in this place and develop his methodology as much as possible, and if he returned to Ferron, he might not have such time again.

If he has the power of the Eighth Ring, he is sure to maintain absolute authority and invincible position in Ximen City, and if he can cast the spell of the Ninth Ring, he will have the courage to return to Searle to complete his revenge.

But it takes time.

It is not enough to have a preliminary methodology.

However, the wizard was not in a hurry, and while he was studying, he did not forget to pay attention to the changes outside, although within the spell area, ten years had passed, because in his work, he was constantly comparing the flow of time inside and outside.

In fact, according to the normal flow of time, only three days have passed in the outside world......

The wizard, who had become a little unkempt because of the long period of neglect, compared the time again, and was ready to continue his routine, but when he turned around, he felt the gaze from above.

These two gazes were filled with an unreal sense of unreality, and the moment he noticed this gaze, the wizard felt a stir and realized that the flow of time had been synchronized with his surroundings, and when he looked up, he saw nothing.

His eyes were more wary, knowing that he had attracted the attention of something.

Finally, a voice seemed to emerge from nothingness and reached his ears:

"Oh, another thief of time, but it's incredible to be so weak. ”...... ，