'Existence.
'Existence Mystic.
If you take it literally ….
When he heard the name, Thales' heart skipped a beat. An inexplicable chill spread down his spine.
'Existence …'
He gently picked up a chess piece and took it away from the chessboard.
A swordsman was suddenly missing from the chessboard.
Thales clenched his right hand and covered the swordsman with his fingers.
The swordsman disappeared before his eyes.
He gently opened and closed his palms, doing this a few times. The swordsman appeared and disappeared in his field of vision.
The prince raised his head and looked back at Asda, who was watching him play with the chess piece with interest.
"So, I guess, like L, you don't know what that B is either?" This time, Thales was not as surprised as before. He asked skeptically, "Including this strange name of origin?
"Existence Mystic?"
Asda just leaned back in his chair and looked at him wordlessly, as if he had no interest in answering.
"Alright."
Thales put down the chess piece and subconsciously moved it to the next square.
"According to what you said, that B started a war, became the enemy of the world, destroyed the Magic Tower and the Final Empire, and split the known continent in half?"
"Why?" The prince picked up his glass of water and said cautiously, "Why did he do that? Why did the Mystics declare war? How … did the war happen? "
Asda gently rubbed his fingers, and a guard began to move on his chessboard.
"I thought that your six years of special political career should have given you some inspiration," the Mystic said faintly.
"The cause of the war is very complicated. Until today, no one can understand it. In fact, there is no need to understand it, because by the time we realized it, the reality was already like this."
Thales took a sip of water and frowned. 'It's this inexplicable way of speaking again.'
"Compared to the appearance of 'how the war happened', perhaps we should discuss why the war happened," Asda said flatly.
Thales pursed his lips, whistled silently, and plucked one of his opponent's chess pieces.
"Alright, why did the war happen?" The prince raised his hand. He understood what the Mystic meant. "Why did the Mystics break with the world?"
Asda did not answer immediately.
The Air Mystic gently stretched out his fingers. It was rare for him to 'personally' pick up a chess piece and take the next step.
"I am sitting here now, moving the chess pieces leisurely, watching the sun rise and set, listening to the breathing and conversations of countless Northlanders." His tone was very calm, and his fingers were very gentle. under the afternoon sun, it actually gave people a sense of laziness.
* Thud! *
A sudden, crisp sound rang. Asda pushed a chess piece onto the chessboard, startled Thales.
At the same time, a blue light flashed in Asda's eyes. His aura changed and became fierce.
He said through gritted teeth, "But in the next moment, I can suck out all the air in the world."
"Or dilate all the air in the world...
"Thales," Mystic "," ".", "" "" "," "" "" "" "" ".".
Asda ignored him, but the color in his eyes reminded Thales of another Mystic.
. "" Imagine, in the next second, from here to Dragon Clouds City, to Eckstedt, the Western Peninsula, and even the entire world …
"All life on land will no longer be able to breathe, and will welcome the end of the world in the blink of an eye.
"As long as I move my fingers," Asda stared at him and said in an unnatural, fanatical tone, "no one will live, and nothing will survive.
"How does it feel?"
Thales felt his skin crawl as he looked at his teacher, who was not acting normally at the moment. He remembered Dragon Clouds City and Shield District that night. He remembered the pain and despair of countless citizens who clutched their throats in the air, trying to inhale a mouthful of air in a silent hell.
A few seconds later …
"The entire world?" The prince's voice was a little hoarse. "Can you do it?"
Asda still stared at him, but the frightening look in his eyes slowly disappeared.
"It's not just me." The Mystic leaned against the back of his chair again and said faintly, "Every Mystic in the world can use their own methods to easily … in an instant, with the flip of their palms.
"Destroy the world."
Thales' pupils trembled slightly.
"What?"
He cried out involuntarily.
"Then why hasn't the world been destroyed?" Thales gaped for a few seconds before he reacted. "Then why did the Battle of Eradication —"
Asda knocked on the chessboard and interrupted him.
"Because not every Mystic is willing to pay such a price."
Thales was stunned. "What price?"
At that moment, the chess piece in the Mystic's hand paused slightly.
"You will know." Asda shook his head and took another step on the chessboard. "When you become a Mystic."
Thales sighed and suppressed the irritation in his heart.
"Really? This again? "the prince asked in dissatisfaction." I'm starting to wonder if you really want me to become a Mystic. "
"Of course." Asda returned his gaze to the chessboard. He was still calm, as if he had not said anything just now. "If you come with me now, you will know more. I swear I will tell you all my secrets without reservation."
"Forget it."
Thales sighed and wisely brought the topic back. "So, every one of you has the ability to destroy the world in an instant …"
He leaned back in his chair and massaged his sore neck from leaning forward for a long time. He said with certainty, "But you won't do that, right?"
Asda shook his head.
"But the world won't think so.
"Thales, in this world, they don't hate us," the Air Mystic said slowly. "They are afraid of us.
"They are so afraid that they can't wait to forget us completely. They can't wait for us to disappear from history.
"What they are unwilling to forgive and find difficult to accept is not our actions." Thales could faintly feel that under Asda's calm face, there was a hint of disdain hidden in his words. "It's our existence.
"It's the possibility that we can destroy everything in an instant.
"It's the calamities."
The prince lowered his head. His expression became solemn.
'I see.
'No matter which Mystic it is …
'They all have that kind of power. They are all existences that can overturn the chessboard in an instant.
"I think their worries are not unreasonable." Thales sighed softly and glanced at Lord Justin, Wya, and the countless soldiers and guards outside the balcony.
"This is our position and position." Asda followed Thales' line of sight and shifted his gaze outside. "Be careful, Thales. Your two identities do not represent a small matter.
"It is the thousand-year conflict between the world and the Mystics that cannot be resolved.
"Once they discover you …"
The Mystic shrugged, which was rare.
A breeze blew across the balcony and lifted some of Thales' hair.
"Do you still have that kind of confidence?" Asda seemed to have regained his leisurely mood. He said in a relaxed manner, "As a king, find a way out for the Mystics so that we can safely establish ourselves in the world?"
Thales gritted his teeth. He felt a little troubled.
"Of course," he braced himself and said.
"It's precisely because it's difficult that it's worth doing it, isn't it?"
What else could he have said?
'I'm sorry, I was wrong. I was young, frivolous, and overestimated myself. Now I give up … Is that it?'
Thales shrugged in his heart.
Asda froze on the spot. His gaze lingered on him for almost ten seconds.
"Ah, I really look forward to that day," he said softly.
"Ha." Thales felt a little uncomfortable under the strange gaze of the Mystic. He had to shift his attention back to the chess game. "Just you wait, I will succeed —"
But Asda cut him off.
"No."
He wagged his finger and continued to stare at the prince strangely. "What I look forward to, Thales, is not your ultimate success."
The Mystic's tone changed. It was strange and gloomy.
"But you are caught between the Mystics and humans, between the calamities and the world …
"Caught between your own nature and the gazes of others, between the inescapable future and the unforgettable past …
"In the end, you will be torn apart by conflict, destroyed by conflict, and devoured by regret …
"In the end, you will compromise with us in the future."
The two sections of the chessboard fell silent again.
Only the two of them were left staring at each other.
Thales resisted the twitching of his face and stared at Asda for a full three seconds before he awkwardly spat out two words.
"Thank you."
'That's really comforting.'
"If, on that day, you see a new way out in a brand new field of vision, a direction that only you can grasp," Asda did not finish his words. He said softly, "Don't hesitate anymore, accept yourself, and grasp the rudder that will change your fate."
The Mystic's gaze was like two sharp swords that pierced Thales' pupils.
"Remember my words.
"One word at a time."
"Engrave them in the bottom of your heart.
"Thales Jadestar."
The prince heaved a long sigh of relief. He felt extremely awkward and did not know how to react.
'Engrave them in the bottom of my heart?
'This …'
"Ah, there's another question." Thales laughed dryly and raised his finger unnaturally. "How were B and his five companions defeated? Where are they now? "
"One of them has already been sealed by you." Asda was very straightforward about this question. "The others probably met a similar fate six hundred years ago …"
'Sealed.'
Thales clenched his fists and thought of that lovely yet terrifying girl, as well as the scene where she eventually turned into ashes.
At that moment, the Mystic lowered his voice and appeared a little desolate. "Otherwise, this world would probably not be what it is today."
Asda shook his head. "During the days of the Battle of Eradication, I sensed that the number of people knocking on the Door was almost as many as breathing."
'You make it sound like you need to breathe.'
Thales secretly criticized.
Asda raised his head and nodded at him. "If B's people come looking for you one day, remember this. Almost all of them are lunatics.
"They might not necessarily be your enemies, but they definitely won't be your friends. Think about Giza."
Thales lowered his head and pondered.
"So, you're not one of them?"
"No, I'm not.
"A few of us, including myself, think that B's response is too extreme. We call them 'Extremists'." Asda snorted softly. "Correspondingly, they call us' Moderates' — or even worse names."
'Extremists.
Moderates. '
Thales recalled the confrontation and argument between Asda and Giza in Shield District. He came to a sudden realization.
"Extremists and Moderates … The Mystics are divided into two factions, opposing each other?"
"If only it were that simple." Asda shook his head again.
"The Moderates are not like the Extremists, who are united and orderly, who advance and retreat together. We are just a group of scattered Mystics who refuse to choose war.
"Even after the war, we are scattered all over the place, fighting on our own."
Asda held the chess piece in his hand. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
"And the real opponents of the Extremists …
"In the Battle of Eradication, there were two other Mystics," the Mystic said calmly. "They chose to stand on the other side of the battlefield, facing B and his followers — regardless of whether they were Mystics or normal people.
"Six against two. This was the situation at one point in the war."
Thales took a deep breath. Realization dawned on him.
'So that's how it is.
'Two Mystics who stood up for the world.
'Facing the Extremists.
'The books in Raikaru's library, the calamities that the little girl said "stood on our side" …
'So it's …'
"Empress."
Thales uttered a strange word.
This time, it was Asda's turn to raise his eyebrows. His expression changed slightly.
"You know them?"
Thales raised his head and stared at Asda with a certain gaze.
"It's the two empresses, isn't it? In the history of the Ancient Empire and the Final Empire, there has never been a so-called 'empress', but I always hear this word on various occasions. It has also been mentioned once or twice in books. "Thales recalled the few occasions where he heard this word." Even some of the great nobles in the two countries know of their existence — it sounds high and mighty. "
"So, the so-called empresses are actually Mystics," Thales said tentatively. "They are Mystics who stood on the side of the world in the Battle of Eradication. They helped us — I mean, they stood on the side of the world and defeated the Extremists led by B, so they enjoyed a transcendent status and were even called empresses."
Thales exhaled. "So, there are actually Mystics who can coexist peacefully with the world, right?"
However, the moment he finished speaking, he noticed that Asda was looking at him with a thought-provoking look.
Thales widened his eyes. 'What?'
Then, Asda shook his head again.
"No," he coldly denied Thales' words.
This startled the prince.
'No?
'But the empresses …'
"The two Mystics who stood on the other side of the battlefield, they still think that they are a part of the human race.
"So, from the beginning to the end, they have been opposing the Extremists." Asda shook his head and sighed. "They are just two pitiful people who confuse the past and the present.
"We usually call them 'Obscurants'."
'Obscurants?'
Thales hid this term in his heart.
'They think … they are human Mystics?'
Thales' expression was calm, but a huge question mark was drawn in his heart.
But Asda did not stop there, as though the Obscurants were just a small interlude. The Mystic continued to speak.
"As for the two empresses you mentioned …"
At that moment, Asda clenched his fist!
* Clack! *
With a crisp sound, a red king jumped abruptly on the chessboard, took three steps on the empty path, and knocked a knight off the chessboard!
Thales furrowed his brows.
"… They are even worse existences." Asda's words only reached his ears at that moment.
The knight rolled off the chessboard and swayed weakly on the table.
With a heart full of doubts, the prince raised his head, and his body immediately tensed up.
The Air Mystic's eyes shone with a strange blue light. It covered his original pupils, but it could not hide his murderous intent and chilliness.
"The so-called two Magic Empresses …
"Blood Spike and Hellen.
"They are indeed Mystics …
"They suddenly changed their stance at the end of the war …
"They betrayed all their peers in one night …
"They brought about the end of all Mystics …"
Asda hissed the word through gritted teeth.
"The traitors."
Even when he was facing Giza, Asda's words had never been so cold and chilling.
'Filled with hatred, disgust, wariness, and … fear?'
Thales stared at him blankly for a while before he came back to his senses.
"The two empresses … How did they betray you?" The prince inhaled and adjusted his racing heartbeat because of the Mystic's abnormality. "They are more terrifying than the legendary anti-mystic equipment?"
The Mystic snorted, and the blue light in his eyes gradually disappeared.
"Ha, they are much more terrifying than the legendary anti-mystic equipment …
"The anti-mystic equipment is, after all, a non-living thing …
"And they …"
Thales narrowed his eyes, feeling a little anxious.
'More terrifying than the legendary anti-mystic equipment …
"And they …"
At this moment, Asda's words paused slightly.
He turned his gaze back to Thales.
Asda changed the topic. "Do you really want to know?"
Thales widened his eyes, shrugged, and put on an expression that said, "Yes."
"Of course, didn't you say that we need to distinguish between our enemies and comrades?"
"Not just these …" Thales propped his chin and frowned as he pondered over the information and intelligence he just received. "Previously, you mentioned the Extremists, the Moderators, the Obscurists, the two 'Empresses' … Then, what do the Obscurists think?
"How many Mystics are there left? What are their names, names of origin, and abilities? And … "
Thales scratched his chin and muttered, "Who is Taurus, the one you kept talking about just now?"
Asda's lips curled up again, which was rare.
"It will take a lot of time to tell you all these." The Mystic seemed to have returned to the calm and composed man's demeanor, and continued to tempt him. "How about it, do you want to come with me? Accept your nature and wholeheartedly embark on the path of a Mystic. Then, you will be able to acquire this knowledge in a more systematic, efficient, comprehensive, and convenient manner. "
Thales immediately froze.
Thales sighed and ignored the Mystic's earnest gaze again. "Thank you for inviting me again, but I still think that a successor to the kingdom with a delicate identity is more beneficial to our future than a Mystic Apprentice Mystic who hides everywhere and cannot be seen." "That's right.
"So …" Thales raised his eyebrows and urged him to continue. "The betrayal of the Two Empresses?"
Asda revealed a faint smile.
"Alright then." The Mystic shook his head slightly, then slowly nodded.
Asda sat up straight. His gaze was sharp and his expression was solemn. "Since you already know about the existence of the two Magic Empresses, it's time to tell you …
"The most interesting part of our lesson today …
"When I was still a wizard apprentice, the part I was most fascinated with …"
Thales held his breath and waited for the Mystic's answer.
'The Two Empresses.
'The Magic Empress.
'The existence who betrayed all Mystics in the Battle of Eradication.
'The person who made Asda so afraid of them.
'How exactly did they betray us?
How terrifying was their power? '
"Class dismissed."
Asda said calmly.
'Huh?'
Thales did not react for a moment.
However, in the next second, the Mystic's figure completely disappeared into thin air.
Both ends of the chessboard returned to silence once more.
Then, the sound of the prince's inhalation was heard slowly.
Thales blinked in disbelief and stared at Asda's seat in a daze.
'Class … dismissed?'
The prince sat in a daze for a minute.
However, other than the chess game on the chessboard that had unknowingly ended, Asda did not leave a single trace behind.
It was as if he had never been here.
Thales stared at the empty seat in astonishment. His mouth fell open in surprise.
It was as if he could see the Mystic's indifferent and hypocritical smile.
He recalled Asda's words from before.
"The most interesting part of our lesson today …
"When I was still a wizard apprentice, the part I was most fascinated with …"
Then …
"Class dismissed."
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