The pitch-black cave looked deep and serene.
Roland controlled the three magic spiders to crawl in.
Under the dim vision of the magic spiders, Roland could see that the walls of the cave were also made up of crystals.
However, there was no light in the cave, so it naturally didn't have the colorful beauty of the crystals on the ground.
The spiders quickly crawled to the depths of the cave, and Roland looked a little surprised when he saw the situation inside.
Having played the game for five years, he had seen most things in this world, even gods, and there weren't many things that could surprise him.
But the scene in front of him was still beyond his expectations.
This was just an underground room, somewhat spacious, with a lot of experimental equipment of all kinds, and at the end, there was some wooden furniture, which looked very simple.
That was nothing. What really surprised Roland was that there was a simple wooden bed at the end of the cave, with bedding on it and a man lying on his side.
This man's appearance was shockingly that of Jabezo, whom he had seen before.
Or rather, a man who looked almost identical to Jabezo.
As if sensing Roland's gaze, the man sat up on the bed, snapped his fingers, glanced at the three spiders, and finally looked at the one in the middle. He smiled and said, "You've finally found your way here. You've kept me waiting for a long time."
The voice and the image were transmitted back to Roland's mind almost simultaneously.
His expression became even colder.
The other party knew him. Was it really Jabezo?
And the other party seemed to know that he would come?
Now, he felt as if he had been entangled by fate, something that could not be seen or touched.
The last time he had this feeling was when he was with Mordenkainen in the tributary of time.
After a while, as if knowing that Roland didn't move, the man sitting on the bed continued, "Come in, you're a Golden Son, and I can't kill you. I have something to talk to you about."
The other party's tone was very sincere.
Roland was still considering.
Indeed, Golden Sons weren't afraid of death, but now that he was level 13, he would lose at least one level if he died, and it would take at least half a year to a year to train back.
The problem was huge.
After another while, the man suspected to be Jabezo coughed for a while and said, "Come in, I really don't mean to harm you. I'm almost out of control of these magic crystals."
Alright … Roland decided to take a gamble.
However, even though it was a gamble, Roland still took protective measures. He cast a Magic Shield on himself and cast some buffs on himself before he entered.
However, he knew that this was just psychological comfort. His opponent had Mage's Disjunction, so no matter how powerful his magic buffs and magic equipment were, it would be useless.
Unless it was a piece of divine equipment.
For example … the button of the Life Goddess or the Nether God's War Scythe.
These could only be destroyed by Mage's Disjunction powered by divine power.
After making preparations, Roland flew to the top of the cave with Cloud Cloud and crawled in.
This Mana Crystal Sea caused the Mana in the sky to be chaotic, and even the flowing Mana had the power to invade.
This was also the reason why the small animals that accidentally entered crystallized.
However, mages were very resistant to this kind of invasion. After all, they relied on controlling magic power for a living.
After entering the cave, Roland raised the illumination ball and walked forward slowly while touching the smooth crystal wall. About ten minutes later, he reached the end of the cave.
He saw Jabezo, who was sitting on the bed, looking weak and pale.
In the spider's night vision mode, the image was light green, so it was difficult to see other people's faces.
"Thank you for trusting me and willing to walk in." Jabezo smiled and tried to stand up, but he only stood halfway before sitting back down on the bed. After panting for a while, he said weakly, "I'm sorry, I can't entertain you with courtesy."
Roland frowned. "You're not dead … I clearly felt your soul disappear."
"Yes, my other half did disappear, so I'm going to disappear too."
Jabezo's smile was a little helpless.
Roland froze, then asked in surprise, "You cut your soul into two pieces?"
"Yes." Jabezo nodded.
Roland felt a headache coming on.
How should he put it … Although the soul could be regenerated and strengthened, it was unique.
In other words, in this world, it was impossible to have two souls that were exactly the same.
Even if you cut the soul in half, even if the two halves "regenerated" to about the same size or the same strength after a period of time.
Neither of them could be considered to have become two souls, but it could only be said to be more powerful, half a soul.
If one of the souls died, the other half wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
It was somewhat similar to a state of quantum entanglement.
Unless one was very proficient in soul magic like a lich and could repair and regenerate half a soul in a short period of time.
Roland clicked his tongue. "You can regenerate your own soul. You used to be a Demigod, don't tell me you can't do it."
"I really can't," Jabezo said helplessly. "Because I'm the soul of a secondary personality."
This time, Roland was really shocked.
Because until just now, he thought that the Jabezo he had killed was the secondary soul.
After all, no matter how he thought about it … how could a Demigod fall in love with an ordinary storm priest?
Even if he really did, at most he would send a secondary soul over to repay the favor or something.
But if that was the primary soul, then it made sense why this soul couldn't hold on.
"I don't understand." Roland's eyebrows were almost twisted into fried dough twists. "Why is the primary soul out in the open, and the secondary soul hiding here to practice magic?"
"Because I really fell in love with that woman. Of course, I had to let the primary soul live with her. "
Roland shrugged. Although he didn't say anything, he didn't quite believe it.
"I can see that you don't believe what I'm saying." Jabezo laughed bitterly. "You haven't seen the old woman when she was young, have you? I'll show you."
After saying that, he raised his hands and flicked them lightly.
Roland subconsciously took two steps back, on guard.
But Jabezo really didn't use offensive magic. A cloud of mist appeared between the two of them, and then a magical light was projected into it. Soon, a slender, beautiful, pink-haired girl appeared in the mist.
Mental power projection imaging … A high-level mental power application technique.
Roland couldn't do it right now.
It was mainly because his level wasn't high enough.
It shouldn't be a problem to reach the Legendary level.
Roland was still inwardly admiring the other party's superb mental power control technique, but then his expression became a little strange.
Because the girl who appeared in the mist looked very, very familiar to Roland.
The immature version of the Goddess of Magic, Mystra.
But no, the two were just very, very similar … If there was any difference, it was the thickness of the front armor.
The front armor of the girl in front of him was obviously not thick enough.
This made Roland even more confused.
"It's Mystra you like?" Roland couldn't help his curiosity and asked, "Then why did you stop her when she became a god?"
"When she became a god, I wasn't good enough for her." Jabezo chuckled. "At that time, I was young and arrogant, and although I liked her, I wasn't willing to express my feelings to her."
Roland understood that it was like a little boy liking a little girl, and the way to express it was to pull on the latter's pigtails.
So … emotional education was really important.
"I was awakened from the sealed land by her fifty years ago, and my first reaction at the time was that Mystra understood my feelings and came back to find me." Jabezo's face was full of happiness, and his tone was extremely gentle. "Although I later found out that she wasn't Mystra, I felt that she was more likeable than Mystra. The days I lived with her were very happy every day, and for that, I was willing to become an ordinary man and disguise my appearance with illusion. I grew old with her. "
Roland knew that because of the uniqueness of the soul, the two halves of the soul could share the memories and feelings of the two halves in real time even if they were thousands of miles apart.
"You're dying, why did you call me, your enemy?" asked Roland, puzzled. He had no interest in Jabezo's emotional problems right now.
"I didn't call you," said Jabezo with a smile. "Two months ago, I didn't know you at all. It was the residual power in your body that prompted you to come here."
Roland froze, a large amount of information flashing through his mind, and then he slowly asked, "Grand Benediction?"
Jabezo revealed a strange smile.
Looking at him like this, Roland calmed down and felt the state of his body and mental power. Sure enough, he found that obscure magic power was entwining his body.
It even had a certain cognitive shielding effect.
If he hadn't been specifically reminded, he wouldn't have realized it at all.
And now, there were only three people who could unknowingly plant this power in Roland.
The Life Goddess, Nia, and Mystra.
The first two were unnecessary … because they weren't familiar with Jabezo at all, and there was no need to kill him.
Then only Mystra would have a reason to do it.
And last time in the Realm of Magic, Mystra gave Roland a blessing of unknown meaning, and it was probably at that time that Grand Benediction was mixed in.
But Roland wasn't angry or infuriated.
Even if Mystra, the Goddess of Magic, gave him Grand Benediction, so what? It might not have been bad intentions.
And … trusting the words of an enemy and immediately feeling that there was something wrong with his friend?
Even a fool wouldn't do that.
Seeing that Roland wasn't moved, Jabezo sighed. "Well, it seems that you trust Mystra more, but that's the way it should be."
"Okay, since you're dying, tell me why you asked me to come," said Roland.
"See those chaotic magic crystals outside?"
Roland nodded.
"That's caused by the Laws I've mastered losing control." As Jabezo spoke, he spat out another mouthful of blood. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve unconcernedly and continued, "Do you want my Law-level abilities?"
Roland was silent for a moment, then said lightly, "I'm quite interested."
"Then do me a favor," said Jabezo with difficulty. "Take my granddaughter away. You can adopt her as a daughter, or give her to someone you trust to raise. I want her to become a powerful Mage in the future."
"Take her away from her parents?" Roland shook his head vigorously. "That's too cruel."
"I know my son very well, or rather, he's not my biological son."
Roland looked at him with a subtle look.
You're a dignified Demigod Mage, and yet you're so happy to be cuckolded.
Even a bootlicker wouldn't be so humble.
"Since that's not your biological son, then she's not your biological granddaughter. You don't have to be so concerned about her."
"What if she's actually my biological daughter?" Jabezo smiled bitterly.
Roland understood at once, and he showed a horrified expression. "You guys are playing too wild."
"The old woman did something wrong to me when she was young, but she still loves me. It was just an accident, and she didn't want it to happen. Figuring this out, I endured it, but the more I endured, the angrier I became. " Jabezo chuckled. "Although I forgave her, I couldn't calm the anger in my heart. So, I did something wrong to her two years ago as revenge, and that made us even, right?"
"I still think your relationship is too complicated." Roland shook his head.
"You don't understand. If you want to live a good life, you have to be more open-minded." Jabezo covered his chest with his hand. "Tell me, will you help me?"
Roland still shook his head. "But her nominal father is still your son, and her biological mother is your daughter-in-law. It's too cruel to take a child away from her parents. "
"I know the character of the child I raised. His instinct is to be mean and selfish. He doesn't have much responsibility for his eldest son, let alone his youngest daughter." Jabezo's voice grew weaker and weaker. "After I die, the old woman's heart will most likely be half dead, and she won't care much about family affairs anymore. My nominal granddaughter, my biological daughter, will definitely live a miserable life after that. "
Roland was still reluctant.
"Then let's do this."
Jabezo used the last of his spirit and magic power to condense a white ball of light in front of him, then pushed it toward Roland.
This ball of light was warm and didn't seem to be lethal at all.
When it floated in front of him. Roland touched it lightly with his hand, and the system immediately gave a response.
"Unowned special ability detected. Do you want to absorb it?"
Absorb!
Roland instinctively nodded yes.
A warm current ran through his body, and then he discovered that he had a new ability.
Magic Power Crystallization: Magic power will flow in your body in the form of liquid crystals, greatly increasing your magic power capacity and magic power operation efficiency. Magic Power Regeneration Speed + 40%, additional increase in maximum magic power value is "Character Level x50."
Now that Roland was level 13, his magic power capacity skyrocketed by 650 points.
"Thank you for being willing to absorb it. You can go home and observe my family for a while. If they really treat her badly …" Jabezo gradually closed his eyes. "It's not too late for you to take her away."
Letting out his last breath, Jabezo slowly collapsed on his bed.
It turned out that he was already seriously injured and on the verge of death, and he had given away his Demigod ability. It was already impressive that he could persist until now.
At this point, his soul was dissipating.
Most Mages were unwilling to hang on the Wall of the Faithless, so they would choose to destroy their souls when they died.
Roland was silent for a moment, helping the man tidy up his remains and covering him with a blanket.
Just as he was about to leave the hole, a familiar suction brought him to the Divine Realm of Magic.
The long-haired, pink-haired Mystra was right in front of him, looking at him happily.
"Great, you finally killed that disgusting bastard, Jabezo."
Roland looked at her and asked with a smile, "What was the content of the Great Benediction you used on me?"
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