"Young man, please wait a minute. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." All of a sudden, an old voice sounded from the crimson Fire Elemental World. His tone was filled with kindness.
Upon hearing these words, Lin Li hesitated for a moment, and finally stopped in his tracks. He turned around warily, and looked in the direction of the voice. In the Fire Elemental World that was filled with raging flames, a skinny figure was slowly walking out of the raging flames. Lin Li could sense a massive and terrifying aura of darkness coming from the figure, which was 100 times stronger than the aura of darkness emitted by the Eternal Darkness Altar. However, at the same time, there was also a scorching aura that was as strong as the aura of darkness.
"Are … Are you High Priest Rogge?" Sensing the terrifying Darkness aura, Lin Li remembered the information that Nefa had told him before, and thus asked tentatively.
At this moment, the figure had completely walked out of the Fire Elemental World, and his appearance was completely presented in front of Lin Li. However, what surprised Lin Li was that although the figure's body was still in human form, his entire body seemed to be composed of flowing flames, and he looked just like a fire elemental lifeform. However, compared to ordinary fire elemental lifeforms, the power contained in this figure was countless times stronger, and the aura that he emitted alone made Lin Li feel powerless.
This power is definitely above the Sanctuary-realm! Lin Li secretly compared the aura of the figure to the Sanctuary powerhouses that he had seen before, and reckoned that only powerhouses like the arbitrators of the Supreme Council could be compared to the figure in front of him. At the same time, it also confirmed Lin Li's previous conjecture. Legend had it that High Priest Rogge was a powerhouse who was second only to Geresco back then, and Nefa had also mentioned that after High Priest Rogge entered, his strength had increased greatly again. Hence, it wouldn't be surprising for him to be not inferior to Megard and Apophis.
"Yes, young man, I'm Rogge, the high priest of the Darkness Shrine." The figure nodded and admitted his identity, but he then said in a slightly regretful tone, "However, given my current appearance, I'm afraid no one will be able to recognize me even if I return to Anril."
"I didn't expect to see you here. You're here …" Lin Li scratched his head, not knowing what to say to Rogge for a while. Ask me if I'm okay here? Do you think it's good for a person to become like this!? Why did he become like this? Why did it feel like he was rubbing salt in the wound?
Although there were many mages in Anril who chose to turn themselves into Liches in order to prolong their lives, not everyone was willing to leave their human identity. Rogge was already a Sanctuary powerhouse at the end of the Dark Age, and he was a Sanctuary Master who was second only to Geresco. Originally, there was no need for him to worry about his lifespan, but now it had become like this. Did he mind it or not?
If it had been someone else, Lin Li wouldn't have had to worry about what he wanted to say at all. He would have asked whatever he wanted to ask and said whatever he wanted to say without any consideration for the other party's feelings. Now that he was facing High Priest Rogge, Lin Li could not help but consider the feelings of this respectable old man. It was not that he was afraid of Rogge's strength, but rather that he truly felt that Rogge was an old man worthy of his respect through his understanding of some of Rogge's deeds. Hence, Lin Li did not want to say anything inappropriate.
Faced with Lin Li's awkwardness, High Priest Rogge simply smiled softly, and asked, "Young man, do you mind telling me your name?"
Rogge's question immediately eased Lin Li's awkwardness, and he hurriedly answered, "High Priest, you can just call me Felic. I'm a mage." He was still a little nervous, but he ended up spouting nonsense. Judging from his attire and the battle with the Fire Phoenix just now, who wouldn't know that he was a mage?
"Felic, I'm really surprised that you have such strength at such a young age," Rogge said while looking at Lin Li and nodding slightly. Rogge looked at Lin Li and nodded slightly. His tone was filled with admiration. He then asked, "But, how did you get here? What's the matter? Can you tell me?"
Rogge's tone was rather amiable, and that made Lin Li feel much more at ease. Hence, he did not hide anything, and told Rogge about how he entered this place through the big crack of the Eternal Darkness Altar, and then reached an agreement with Nefa to come to the volcano to collect the branch of Eternity.
Rogge listened quietly to Lin Li's story before smiling, and saying, "Oh, so it's that little black dragon. He's still so cunning."
Upon hearing Rogge's words, Lin Li's heart skipped a beat. Did I still fall into Nefa's trap after being so careful for so long? However, after recalling the conversation between him and Nefa, he couldn't seem to find any obvious loopholes. Besides, Nefa also swore on his soul that he wouldn't do anything to harm Lin Li in this world.
Seemingly noticing Lin Li's confusion, Rogge continued without waiting for Lin Li to ask, "Don't worry, what he said is true, but you seem to have overlooked something. After you complete this task for him, the two worlds will return to their original positions. Without the power of the Fire Elemental World, how can he open the passage to send you back? "
"This …" Lin Li was stunned for a moment, and a surge of anger surged in his heart. He couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, Nefa, this bastard, how dare he set a trap for me here!" More importantly, both of them had sworn on their souls that he wouldn't be able to take revenge if he was tricked. After all, the oath stated that they wouldn't hurt each other in this world.
"Hehe, Felic, don't be so anxious. If you want to leave this place, I can send you back," Rogge said with a smile after Lin Li vented for a while.
Lin Li believed in Rogge's words, and quickly calmed down. He didn't ask how he could send him back, and instead took this rare opportunity to ask other questions. After all, High Priest Rogge was also from the same generation as Geresco. Hence, he definitely knew more about the things that happened at the end of the Dark Age, especially from the few words in the Darkness scripture. He should have a deep understanding of the spacetime rift in Anril.
"High Priest, I've read some information about the big rift that you left in the Darkness scripture, but there are many parts that I don't understand. Can you tell me in detail?" The first thing that Lin Li thought of was the words that Rogge had left in the Darkness scripture. Be it Sendros or himself, they could only decipher some unclear words. Now that the person who left those words was right in front of him, it would naturally be best to ask for his opinion in person.
"Yes, this is indeed the big rift that I mentioned, but the big rift doesn't refer to just here." Rogge wasn't surprised that Lin Li had seen the Darkness scripture. The Eternal Darkness Altar was a forbidden area of the Darkness Shrine, and those who could enter through the Eternal Darkness Altar were naturally trusted by the Darkness Shrine.
Rogge's words made Lin Li freeze for a moment, but he immediately understood the meaning of his words. He asked in surprise, "You mean, in Anril, there's more than one big rift like this here?"
Rogge nodded, and patiently continued, "Yes, in order to completely end the rule of the High Elves, Geresco had no choice but to destroy the Tree of Eternity that supported the High Elves in order to cut off the possibility of the High Elves rising again. However, when the Tree of Eternity collapsed, he also noticed that there was a crack in the balance of this world. Hence, he traveled all over Anril, and personally explored every corner of the spacetime rifts that appeared, and spent 10 years researching them. After a lot of complicated calculations, Geresco came to a conclusion that although some of the spacetime rifts that appeared with the collapse of the Tree of Eternity would slowly be repaired by the Laws of Anril over time, some would continue to deteriorate, and eventually develop into a huge disaster that would destroy Anril. "
"This … shouldn't be a lot, right?" Lin Li hadn't forgotten that when he received Geresco's relic, he was also given an extremely difficult task, which was to use the spell in the Book of Eternity to seal the spacetime rifts when the real disaster broke out. Although Lin Li didn't like to be a savior, the problem was that he couldn't stay out of it when the apocalypse really happened! He could only hope that the difficulty of the task wouldn't be too exaggerated.
"There are a total of six such spacetime rifts, and five of them have already been occupied by prehistoric magical beasts. Once the spacetime rifts expand to a certain extent, they will be able to rush into Anril through the rifts and start a massacre. Although there are no prehistoric magical beasts in the last crack, there are even more terrifying dangers than the prehistoric magical beasts. Once something goes wrong there, it will truly be a disaster for the entire Anril. "At the mention of that, Rogge's tone was filled with deep worry.
Lin Li had always felt that there were still a few Sanctuary-level powerhouses on the human side, after all. Even if the prehistoric magical beasts invaded Anril, they shouldn't really cause a devastating disaster. However, after hearing Rogge's words, Lin Li suddenly came to a realization. It turned out that the problem was not just with the prehistoric magical beasts.
However, Lin Li didn't continue to ask that question. After all, even a Sanctuary powerhouse like Rogge had used the word 'terrifying'. Hence, he, a mere Legendary-mage, should focus on improving his own abilities first. At the thought of this, Lin Li looked past Rogge, and secretly glanced at the branch of the Tree of Eternity in the Fire Elemental World. He then asked, "High Priest, what's going on with that Nefa? Was he really tricked here by Geresco? With Geresco's strength, I'm afraid it would be easy for him to kill him. Why would he go through so much trouble? "
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