Wandering alone in the Underground City in the dead of night was undoubtedly a very dangerous thing to do, not to mention the fact that a terrifying monster had sneaked into the freshmen arena. Most of the teams were very careful, looking for a safe and secluded place to set up camp before nightfall, trying their best to pass the long night in peace.
Compared to humans, magical beasts and monsters were always better adapted to the dark environment. The four students Xavier encountered previously were targeted by a group of vampire bats because they didn't choose a good place to set up camp. In the middle of the night, they were tormented until they had a nervous breakdown and had to leave that place to find a new place to stay.
However, the youth in front of him clearly didn't belong to this situation. His pace was very steady, his breathing was very steady, and the fingers that held the staff were also very steady. Although he was walking alone in the dark, he didn't look nervous at all.
Xavier didn't rush to attack. Instead, he stood in the mirror world and quietly sized him up. So the youth also stopped and raised his head to look at the empty alley on the other side of the street.
The moonlight passed through Xavier's body and fell on the blue stone slab under his feet. This scene was a little strange, so the youth raised his eyebrows.
At this moment, the grade seven magus finally confirmed that they were aware of each other's existence. A moment later, Xavier was the first to speak. "You're the one who rescued Claire?"
The youth shook his head.
The grade seven magus seemed a little surprised by this answer. "Then who are you and why are you here?"
"As you can see, I'm just a student of Siamus."
"But I don't think I've seen you among the freshmen of the magic faculty." The grade seven magus said indifferently. "What? Has Senior Claire finally realized that she has nowhere to go? She's looking for a middleman to negotiate peace with me? Don't you think it's a little late? "
The youth shrugged. "It's naturally best if we can resolve this through communication. After all, no one likes to fight and kill all day long. I just met Claire. She said that as long as you're willing to stop, she can think of a way to let you live one or two hundred years longer than others."
Xavier snorted. "What is this? Is she trying to send off a beggar? Compared to eternity, this bit of time is nothing. Even if I can live another one or two hundred years, I'll just be a mortal shivering under the shadow of death."
"From my personal point of view, I suggest that you accept this proposal," the young man said sincerely.
Unexpectedly, this time, Xavier thought about it seriously for a while. But in the end, he shook his head and said, "If it's anything else, I'll give you face. But this is the only thing I can't do."
"Oh, it seems like you already know who I am."
If there was a third party present at this moment, their jaws would definitely drop to the ground in shock. That was because the seventh grade Grand Magus Xavier actually saluted this ordinary-looking youth with the highest form of respect. "Please forgive my previous rudeness. I should have known that apart from Your Majesty, who else in this world can so easily avoid my magic sentries and see through my mirror world?"
Rob sighed. "This is why I always don't want to make a move. It hasn't even been two years since I came down from that tower. I don't know anyone outside, but every one of you seems to be able to recognize me immediately. Isn't this a little unfair?"
"After all, there have only been three occurrences in human history of advancing to a sixth-grade mage before the age of twenty, and in the past hundred years, you're the only one. I think this is also the reason why Vice President Staines doesn't allow you to leave the tower. This world is far more dangerous than you can imagine."
"For example, you?"
Xavier was noncommittal. "Since you've given me advice before, I'll give you one too. In this underground city, there's a super-long-distance Teleportation Circle that I've left for myself. I plan to use this Teleportation Circle to leave Gudilesi after getting what I want. I'll find a place to conceal my identity and not show up for the next one or two hundred years. Therefore, I'm not worried that you'll tell anyone about what happened in the freshmen arena. As for my agreement with the Court of Heresy, I can also ignore it. After all, I don't have a good impression of those guys. I can even guarantee that no one will die from now on."
"Oh? Then what do I need to do? "
"Give me Claire. If you're willing, I can use that Teleportation Circle to send you out of here tonight. Whatever happens after that will have nothing to do with you. Whether you want to return to the Royal College of Magic and Magic or continue to live like an ordinary person, it's up to you. I can guarantee that I won't reveal your whereabouts to anyone else."
"Hmm … that's a good suggestion, but unfortunately, I have something to ask that guy."
"Do you also want to know the secret of immortality?" A murderous look flashed in Xavier's eyes. "Indeed, no one can resist this temptation. That's right. If you can obtain immortality, perhaps in less than two hundred years, humans will be able to unify the entire Dawn Continent. You'll also surpass Roland and become the well-deserved number one in the history of magic."
"You seem to have misunderstood something. I'm not interested in immortality. I just want to know the truth of a period of history from that guy. But it doesn't matter now. It seems that we don't want to accept each other's suggestions, so it seems that the following battle is inevitable."
"That's a pity. Even for you, it's not a wise choice to make an enemy out of me," the seventh-grade magus said calmly. The seventh grade Magister said indifferently, "I've heard many legends about you. Perhaps I'm indeed not your opponent, but this freshmen arena is my territory. Do you think an array master wouldn't make any preparations in his own territory?"
With that, Xavier disappeared from Rob's sight. At the same time, the entire world behind him disappeared. The streets, buildings, and even the starry sky above him disappeared in the blink of an eye. All that was left were messy intertwining lines. It was as if Rob had been pulled into a strange world of graffiti.
"Looks like I've hit the jackpot this time. It's the legendary Great Labyrinth of Aklu."
— Great Labyrinth of Aklu, a tier-less spatial magic spell. The strength of a magic array had nothing to do with magic. It was completely determined by the level of the maker. The creator of this magic array was unknown. It only appeared briefly in Roland's era and was confirmed to be lost. The Sorcerer's Association could only find a small part of it. More than one ninth-grade supreme magus had judged that it was impossible to repair it. But now, it seemed that Xavier had successfully restored this magic array.
At this moment, the lines that converged and flowed around Rob were like small locks, locking him in this strange space. At the same time, these lines were also connected to each other, finally forming a large lock. It was useless to simply destroy any of the small locks. Only by unlocking the large lock could one successfully break out of this strange space.
The most amazing thing about this magic array was that these small locks were basically constantly changing. In a limited time, an ordinary person could only break one lock or a few locks. When one finished breaking the lock and was ready to study the smaller locks behind, the smaller locks that had been broken before would start changing again. This meant that one's initial work was all in vain. That was the most despairing part.
Although it was impossible to define the rank of the magic circle, the magicians of that time still came up with a set of standards to evaluate the strength of the Great Labyrinth of Aeklu. In terms of stars, generally, more than four small locks would be one star, eight would be two stars, sixteen would be three stars … And so on and so forth. The Great Labyrinth of Aeklu that Xavier created was an astonishing twelve stars.
In other words, Rob had to simultaneously unlock more than eight thousand small locks in a very short time to get out of this place. Even with his computing ability, he could not do that, so he had to find a pattern.
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