It was the first time Hao Ren walked into a real magic tower, but the environment inside was not as creepy as he imagined. In fact, it was like a well-planned, clean and bright research facility. Every floor of the tower was a reference room or a laboratory. The apprentices lived in neat and orderly dormitories. There was even a dormitory manager, an old werewolf lady …
Of course, there were also a lot of things that matched the word "magic" here, such as the magic lamps floating in the air and the alchemy brooms that automatically cleaned the ground. There were also vague arcane aberrations wandering in the air. Those were the temporary and harmless secondary lives that ran out of the magic tower's energy well. However, these things only made the magic tower look novel and interesting, and did not make the place look creepy at all.
"I thought the sorcerers living in the tower were gloomy. The magic tower was covered with cobwebs and old grease. Even the floor was black," Hao Ren muttered to Becky. "I've seen it in movies."
"Even the most old-fashioned Tower sorcerers wouldn't look like this," Becky rolled her eyes. "Not to mention, the Association is a combination of Tower and Academic sorcerers. It's even creepier. This is an academic facility, a place for research. How can we work if it's not bright? "
Ophra was walking beside Hao Ren. Of course, she heard the conversation and could not help but laugh. "Do you know who owns the brightest magic tower?"
"Who?" Hao Ren asked. "The one who studies the Holy Light?"
Ophra shook her head. "Master Dubai's magic tower has been brightly lit for a whole century. And Master Dubai is one of the best necromancers on the continent."
Hao Ren was stunned. "What?"
Ophra shrugged. "Because surgery needs bright light, and checking the decay of corpses and bones also needs a good eye."
Hao Ren suddenly felt that the door to a new world had been opened. Vivian, who was not far away, was not surprised at all. "That's normal. The necromancers on Earth all work in hospitals. Do you know how powerful the shadowless lights are in those places?"
Hao Ren: "… Damn, that makes sense!"
In the end, they were taken to the teleportation hall on the second floor of the tower, which happened to be the point where the magic tower was sucked into the alternate dimension. The ceiling of the hall was covered by a fragmented piece of sky. Blue magic energy lines intertwined in the cracks in the sky, maintaining the integrity of the magic tower itself. Rudolph clapped his hands to signal the guests to stop chatting. "Thanks to the accident, this magic circle is much cheaper than other places. "Now, please stand within the white ring and take your luggage. Don't use alchemy items and don't casually walk around. There will be a slight dizziness during the teleportation, but …"
With a flash of white light, everyone in the teleportation array disappeared from the hall.
Rudolph shrugged. "But you've sent it away anyway, so you can't complain to me."
A young mage apprentice who was responsible for the daily maintenance of the teleportation array came up to check on the supply crystal. After hearing his mentor's words, he could not help but mutter, "Mentor, you should be serious sometimes. After all, you are the most …"
Rudolph squinted at his apprentice and said, "Oh, Sol, you're right. Then let's seriously talk about finding your sister's underwear in your closet and discuss your puberty."
The young apprentice suddenly staggered. "This … Mentor, you know, this is because of the spatial mapping of the seventh floor!"
"Oh, then let's talk about spatial mapping. Bring me your homework from the day before yesterday, and the exercise books for five years of spellcasting and ten years of simulation."
"… Mentor, I think I need your guidance in puberty!"
Putting aside the academic dispute between the two mages, Hao Ren and the rest had arrived at the eastern border thousands of kilometers away from the capital in a flash. In this easternmost land near the coastline, one of the world's most disturbing ancient wonders lay quietly.
The Volcano of Dusk, created by the werewolf mage-emperor Sanur, was another 'man-made miracle' as famous as Dragonspine Ridge.
After the white light of teleportation flashed, they arrived at the Limestone Fortress, which was only a short distance away from the Sunset Mountains. The teleportation point was set in a watchtower of the fortress. Everyone swayed in dizziness for a while. It seemed that the few civil ministers would continue to sway for a few more minutes, while Hao Ren and the rest had recovered. Lily wagged her tail to readjust her balance and muttered with a little regret, "It feels as dizzy as the MDT's teleportation."
The voice of the MDT immediately sounded in their minds. "But my performance is strong and stable. Teleporting 20 million light-years at a time is still dizzy! Can the technology of a small counterfeit factory compare with the black technology of the Empire? "
"That's the Volcano of Dusk," Ophra nodded to the soldiers of the Limestone Fortress who came forward to meet them outside the teleportation array, and then motioned for Hao Ren to look into the distance. "A geological wonder created by another mage-emperor."
There was a wide lookout on the outer rock wall of the room, with a panoramic view of the Volcano of Dusk not far away.
On the flat, boulder-strewn wilderness, a massive conical volcano stood abruptly. It was impossible to tell how big it was, but from this distance, it seemed to cover the sky. The volcano was dark, like a piece of cooled black iron, and in the distance, a vast and boundless ocean could be seen.
About one-third of the Volcano of Dusk extended into the ocean. Deep underground, part of its obsidian body even merged with the continental shelf.
And at the top of this huge black cone, there was a crimson red.
Hao Ren could not see the top of the volcano from here, but he could see a blazing red light burning there. The light even dyed the sky red, making people wonder if even the high dome was about to be ignited by the red light. There was no flowing magma around the volcano, but even so, just the blazing flame was enough to make people feel an unbearable heat coming from the depths of their souls.
It was as if a sun had fallen into the crater — this was the origin of the name Volcano of Dusk.
In fact, to be honest, Hao Ren did not expect the location of one of the sacred caverns to be so coincidentally in the Volcano of Dusk. He was very familiar with this place. It was a giant creation created by the ancient mage-emperor Sanur using powerful witchcraft to extract the power from the depths of the earth. Compared with the dead giant tree of life and the long-dormant Dragonspine Ridge, the Volcano of Dusk had never been extinguished and was still burning today as if it had incredible vitality. Therefore, there were few people around, only an impregnable fortress guarding the daunting ancient miracle from afar.
He did not expect that there was also a First Born under it.
But now, knowing that the second sacred cavern was located under the Volcano of Dusk, he seemed to have grasped a certain pattern.
"The location of the third sacred cavern is under the 'Tree of Life'?" Hao Ren looked at Ophra. "Under the Tree of Life created by the ancient elven queen, Lorrisa?"
Ophra nodded slowly. "Yes."
Among the many miracles created by the ancient mage-emperors with manpower, the most magnificent were the three miracles, including the Dragonspine Ridge in the west of the kingdom, the Volcano of Dusk in the east of the kingdom, and the giant tree of life in the south of the kingdom. Holletta was located on the site of the ancient magic empire, so these three ruins happened to be within the kingdom's borders.
They corresponded to the three First Borns.
And the ancient magic empire happened to be the 'main battlefield' of these three First Borns.
All the clues were connected in a logical manner.
"We have always known the location of the sacred caverns," Cardinal Orben said in a low voice. "But we did not know the true meaning of the sacred caverns. We thought that the sacred caverns were located under the three 'sinful ruins' because the goddess had given punishment in these three places, or the mage-emperors had challenged the authority of the goddess by creating artificial miracles. But the truth is — they were seals used to suppress the First Born. "
"The ancient mage-emperors were innocent. They did not commit any blasphemy," Hao Ren shook his head. "But I will explain it to you in detail when we get back. Now let's go and see the sleeping First Born. I hope it's sleeping soundly now. "
(I suddenly know that there will be double tickets at the end of this month … What a tragedy. I knew there must be something wrong with me not forgetting to ask for a ticket this month!)
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