Merlin had lived for more than nine hundred years. His understanding of magic had already surpassed all the contemporary Wizards except for Rob. However, compared to nine hundred years ago, there was not even the slightest improvement.
At that time, magic had just been enlightened. A group of third-grade Wizards led by Roland represented the highest combat power in the magic world. However, as time passed, magic continued to develop, and more and more masters emerged. Today, a ninth-grade Supreme Wizard was the peak of the world. Merlin, a master who had passed his prime, could not even graduate from the Saint Roland Academy of Magic.
This was also why when Louys wanted someone to protect Dragon Tooth Town, he was rejected by the latter.
However, in the eyes of the female Archer, Merlin was an omnipotent teacher. She subconsciously did not believe that this guy was really as he said he was an out-and-out weak chicken, and the fox masked man did not seem to have the intention to explain.
"Aren't you curious why I chose you?" Merlin put down the glass.
"Because I'm the strongest?"
If someone else said this, they would probably be regarded as arrogant. However, no one would think that Luo Bu was arrogant because he was merely stating a simple fact. Right now, he was the strongest person in the world.
"Well, of course, it's important to be strong. After all, you'll have to fight against the entire kingdom by yourself. However, this isn't why I chose you, or rather, it's not the main reason." Merlin paused. "Do you know how I became a god?"
"Oh?"
"After coming out of the dungeon in the Endless Forest Sea, I returned to Gudilesi and told Roland what I found there. This is also our old habit. In the beginning, when we studied magic together, we would share our insights with each other. Because we are pioneers and founders, every step was groping in the dark. We used this method to find and correct the mistakes in our thinking and make up for each other's omissions. Although we later parted ways because of our different ideas, we still have the same blood flowing in our veins. So, when we encountered something big, I would still go to him to discuss it."
"It was Roland who suggested me to hide this matter. At that time, the reason he gave was also very convincing. Because humans were not ready to turn against the gods, I believed in his judgment and agreed with this statement. So, in the end, only the two of us in the entire Magic Association knew about this matter." The fox-masked man's lips curled up into a sarcastic smile. "But I didn't expect what happened next."
"What happened after that?"
"About a week later, Roland invited me to his lab, saying that he had a major discovery to announce. I didn't think much of it and even brought him a gift. However, as soon as I stepped into his lab, I stepped into a magic trap and was paralyzed by lightning. What was funny was that I thought it was just Roland's prank, but then he took away my staff and put me under house arrest. Only then did I realize that he wanted to get the way to immortality from me." Merlin sighed. "He had been hiding it very well, so I didn't find any clues.
But more importantly, I didn't expect him to be this kind of person, or I underestimated the temptation of immortality for him. I thought I knew him very well. We grew up together. Although I was the elder brother and he was the younger brother, he was always the one taking care of me. He would let me have anything fun and delicious, and he never fought for it. Only this time … after I was put under house arrest, he talked to me a few times about my wife and son, about the development of humans and magic. That bastard is indeed my brother. He knew my weakness very well. I was more curious about the mystery of immortality, but I didn't have a strong desire to possess it. "
"I've been hesitating ever since I learned the method to become a God, because I'm more afraid of loneliness than death. And you have to admit that he's a natural leader and speaker. Every word he says makes sense. From the perspective of our race, he's indeed more useful than me in obtaining immortality. That's why I really wanted to tell him the method to become a God. However, the night before I agreed to tell him, his wife found me. She told me that Roland had lost his patience and tied up my son, intending to use my son to threaten me. His wife couldn't take it anymore, so she hurried over to tell me before he did."
"When I heard the news, I was shocked. I didn't expect him to do such a thing in order to obtain immortality. It was also at that moment that I realized I couldn't tell him the method to become a god. I never denied his greatness and contribution to magic. Everything he did was indeed for the benefit of mankind, but his methods made me feel extremely uneasy. I had a strong feeling that once he obtained immortality and had a long life, he would lose all his emotions and gradually lose himself. In the end, he would become like those things in the Holy Kingdom. That would be the doomsday of mankind."
"With the help of his wife, I escaped from the place where I was imprisoned. I didn't dare to go home because I didn't know if Roland's spies were there. The first magic war had just ended, and his personal reputation was at its peak. Everyone in the magic world was his followers, and the whole human world was crazy about him. In contrast, only a few people knew my name. To most people, I was just a dispensable vice president of the Magic Association who had been missing for years. From that day onward, I lived a life of hiding. To make a living, I found a partner and founded the Haifa Chamber of Commerce to make a living by selling things. However, Roland never gave up on hunting me down.
"When I had a certain amount of savings, I began to build my own intelligence network and armed forces. However, I knew very well that no matter how hard I struggled, I was no match for him. Therefore, if I wanted him to give up on hunting me down, there was only one way, and that was to use the other half of the Flower of Soul to completely destroy his hope of immortality. It took me a long time to finally gather the remaining 119 materials and successfully become a god before he caught me. However, by then, I had lived in the darkness for too long, and I couldn't return to the light anymore."
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