In the game world, everything went smoothly for Fangzheng. However, in the world of Sorceress, Fangzheng encountered some problems.
"Are these the knights that you've locked up?"
Asked Fangzheng curiously as he looked at Hignam, Vita, and the others on the screen. Nanoha nodded.
"Yes, teacher. I've heard about them …."
Perhaps it was some kind of coincidence, but after being knocked down by Nanoha's cannon, the knights obediently chose to cooperate. They confessed their origins to Xiao Ying and Nanoha, as well as the reason why they attacked the other mages. These four knights came from the Guardian Knight system of a magic device called the "Book of Darkness". They could be regarded as existences similar to Heroic Spirits or guardian beasts.
The current owner of the "Book of Darkness" was a little girl called Mikaze the Yagami. Because she was bound to the Book of Darkness, Mikaze the Yagami's body was very weak, and her life force was very weak. In order to protect their master, the Guardian Knights tried to attack the other mages and use the "Book of Darkness" to absorb their magic to prolong their master's life.
To be honest, Xiao Ying and Nanoha didn't know what to do. Although Nanoha and Fett considered contributing their own magic, Zhi Shi stopped them. Although Zhi Shi didn't know what kind of existence the "Book of Darkness" was, if what the Guardian Knights said was true, that their master's life force was declining because she was bound to the Book of Darkness, then it was better not to act rashly before figuring out the reason.
"Hmm …. Zhi Shi handled it well."
Upon hearing this, Fangzheng nodded in satisfaction. This was also the reason why he left the matters of this world to Zhi Shi. Although Zhi Shi wasn't a magician and wasn't very familiar with magic devices, she was able to make steady decisions. She wasn't as impulsive as other girls.
"What's the result of Priscia's investigation?"
"They refused to give us the Book of Darkness."
Xiao Ying also shook her head helplessly. It had been a few days since they defeated these strange attackers. They did not try to escape, but they were also unwilling to cooperate. Other than reluctantly explaining the reason for the attack, these people did not cooperate with them at all.
"You've done well. Leave the rest to me."
Upon hearing this, Fangzheng quickly gave an answer.
Back in the bedroom, Vita was hugging the Book of Darkness tightly, hiding in the corner of the room without uttering a word.
Three days had passed. Logically speaking, they should have returned to their master by now, but now, they were locked up here ….
"Clack … clack …"
At this moment, Vita's ears twitched as he sharply caught the sound of footsteps coming from outside the door.
The footsteps were unusually steady, unlike those of the girls from before. Could it be … that the person behind them had finally appeared?
"Creak …"
Just as Vita was thinking about this, the door opened. Vita saw a young man standing at the door, staring at him.
"Who are you?!"
For some reason, Vita felt goosebumps all over her body the moment she saw this young man. She felt as though she was being stared at by an unknown, terrifying beast. She subconsciously jumped up and reached out to grab her magic device. However, she only managed to grab air. Only then did Vita remember that her magic device had been confiscated.
"All of you, come to the hall."
Fangzheng glanced at Vita and gave an order. He then turned around and left. Vita was stunned for a moment as she watched Fangzheng leave. She hurriedly ran out of the bedroom.
When the four knights returned to the hall, Fangzheng was already sitting there waiting for them.
"I've heard about your situation from Xiao Ying and Nanoha."
Fangzheng was the first to speak to the four knights.
"But I have to make it clear first. No matter what difficulties you have, attacking other magisters and stealing their magic power is absolutely unacceptable."
"Then what do you think we should do!?"
Vita clenched her fists and roared when she heard Fangzheng's words.
"Do you want us to watch our master die without doing anything?"
"Your master's experience is worthy of sympathy, but that's not a valid reason for you to attack others."
"We just want to borrow some of their magic power, sir."
At this moment, Shamar also spoke.
"This won't cause any harm to them …"
However, facing Shamar's rebuttal, Fangzheng just glanced at her.
"I'll rob your money and tell you that you'll earn more in the future anyway, so it's not a big deal. Are you willing to accept that?"
"This …"
Hearing this, Shamar was speechless.
"So what do you want us to do?"
At this moment, Hignam finally spoke. She stared at Fangzheng sternly and asked.
"Before that, I need to introduce myself to you."
As he spoke, Fangzheng stood up.
"My name is Fangzheng, and I'm the supreme ruler of the Tendo Temple. The purpose of the Tendo Temple is to protect Earth and human civilization. To us, maintaining the safety and existence of Earth in any plane is the most important thing. This place isn't under the jurisdiction of the Space Administration, so you don't have to worry about being captured by the Space Administration. Although your attack isn't commendable, since you were defeated and you were blasted by Nanoha, I might be able to help you. "
As he spoke, Fangzheng extended his hand to Vita.
"But before that, I need to conduct a comprehensive inspection of this magic device."
"…"
Hearing Fangzheng's words, the four knights looked at each other. Finally, Hignam looked at Fangzheng again and asked.
"Sure, but you must guarantee that you won't damage the Book of Darkness. Otherwise, we won't let you get away with it even if we have to risk our lives!"
"You should know that you're currently just captives … Fine, for now, I'll just take a look."
"… I understand. Vita, give him the Book of Darkness."
"Okay."
Upon hearing Hignum's order, Vita walked to Fangzheng unhappily and handed him the Book of Darkness. As for Fangzheng, he extended his hand to take the Book of Darkness and flipped through it.
"It's useless."
Seeing this scene, Vita sneered.
"Unless you're the true master of the Book of Darkness, you won't be able to obtain the system management authority of the Book of Darkness …"
However, before Vita could finish, Fangzheng reached out his finger and tapped the cover of the Book of Darkness lightly.
"— — —!"
In the next moment, countless magic arrays formed by purple light beams spread out with the Book of Darkness as the center!
The four Guardian Knights widened their eyes in shock. As the guardian program of the Book of Darkness, they naturally understood what this meant!
The Book of Darkness's protective program was breached?!
"I see …."
Looking at the magic program and the runes on it, Fangzheng frowned, then looked at Plicia beside him.
He turned to Pressia and asked, "Pressia, what do you think?"
"Hmm … I think the problem is obvious."
Pressia nodded as she analyzed the rune structure in front of her. Hearing the conversation between the two, Naiya couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked.
"Is there a problem, teacher?"
"Of course."
Fangzheng nodded in response. Then, he enlarged a portion of the Book of Darkness program and extended his hand to tap on it.
"Logically speaking, the original Book of Darkness … Oh, according to the program's name, it should be called the Book of Night Sky. It was originally created to collect and study magic technology from various worlds. You can think of it as a simple, portable library that can be used to record all kinds of magic information and spells. But … because of some idiot, the core program of this magic device was destroyed. "
"Destroyed?"
Upon hearing this, Vita couldn't help but ask curiously, while Fangzheng nodded.
"That's right. I don't know which idiot did it … You see, fine, you don't understand it anyway, so it doesn't matter. According to the program, the original Book of Night Sky relied entirely on manual absorption. In other words, the magus who held the magic device had to actively control the Book of Night Sky to absorb and record the magic program. Of course, logically speaking, this should be harmless …. "
"But there's obviously a problem with our master's body!"
Upon hearing this, Hignam couldn't hold it in any longer. Fangzheng waved his hand.
"Let me finish. What I'm saying is that the original Book of Night Sky itself has no design problems. But the problem is … I don't know how many owners this magic device has had, but there must have been some idiot who felt that it was too tiring to absorb magic by himself every time, so he rewrote the program of the Book of Night Sky …. He added a self-searching and self-sustaining system to the Book of Night Sky. Of course, based on the current situation, the original intention of the magus was to allow the Book of Night Sky to automatically complete some tasks that previously needed to be done manually. But there was a bug in his program compilation, causing the system of the Book of Night Sky to operate in an endless loop …. "
Having said that, Fangzheng reached out his hand again and opened the core system.
"This archmage neglected a problem. If the Book of the Night Sky needs to operate on its own, then it needs enough mana to operate on its own. This idiot obviously didn't solve this problem. Thus, the Book of the Night Sky has no choice but to absorb mana from others to operate on its own. I'm afraid the next few owners didn't have it easy …. Because even if they didn't use the Book of Night Sky, the Book of Night Sky would still absorb magic power from them and others in order to carry out its self-searching and collection instructions …. "
"So, as long as we complete the collection of the Book of Night Sky …."
"It's no use."
However, Fangzheng interrupted Vita once again.
"I've said it before. The idiot didn't think of the problem with the magic power absorption of the Book of Night Sky, so it caused the program to fall into an endless loop. Even if all the pages of the Book of Night Sky are collected, the Book of Night Sky will still uncontrollably enter a state of self-searching and mana absorption. In the end … .it might even self-destruct."
"What should we do?!"
Hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically, and Vita couldn't help but yell.
"Don't you have a way to solve this problem?"
"Hmm …."
Upon hearing Vita's question, Fangzheng pondered for a moment before answering.
"I need to see the situation of the owner first."
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