Carina tried her best to calm herself down. Smiling politely, she asked, "What about you, sir? Are you also one of the legendary figures, Mr. Lucien? But none of the famous middle-rank sorcerers fit your image. "
Carina, who was born in a good family and had successfully become a sorcerer, had always been a proud and confident girl. However, Adam was a legendary figure outside the magic tower. In the eyes of Carina and the other sorcerers, even Lucien, who was on the same level as Adam, had become a legendary figure, so they had to treat him politely.
Lucien smiled and shook his head, "I'm just an unknown sorcerer, not a legendary figure. And I'm only one day earlier than you. You can call me Lucien. "
"One day earlier? Mr. Lucien, you're not one of us? " Alva, Bullard, and Carina looked at Lucien in surprise. Alva, Bullard, and Carina also had the same expression on their faces.
Their eyes gave Lucien the illusion that he had become a rare beast in a zoo, surrounded by human beings outside the iron fence. Lucien grinned, "Have you never seen an outsider before? People here are all descendants of outsiders, aren't they? "
Carina realized that she was being too curious, so she blushed and smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lucien. We haven't seen any outsiders. Although many families with a long history have stories of ancestors who came from the outside world and were trapped here, for hundreds of years, the people in the cities and villages have thrived, fought with the surrounding beasts, fought with the monsters, and gradually developed and grew stronger, but they have never met any outsiders. "
Adam chuckled, "In fact, there have always been outsiders. But unless a large number of outsiders were devoured, a small number of them would choose to hide their identity and blend into the human society, like me. Many outsiders were either killed by the monsters in the forest or caught by the old witch, like Lucien."
"Old witch?" Carina, Alva, Alva, and Bullard stepped back from Adam almost at the same time.
How dare he directly call the owner of the magic tower an old witch? They only dared to curse in their hearts! Although he used to be powerful, he was now a prisoner. Wasn't he afraid that the old witch would catch him and punish him severely or even kill him?
Adam knew that they were afraid of being implicated. He smiled bitterly and shrugged, "It's okay. The old witch never cares about what we say. She only cares about her experiment and her appearance. Look at them, they don't have any reaction either." He was talking about the servants who were guarding the prisoners.
Seeing that Adam was looking at them, the red-faced servant glared back fiercely. "Adam, if you guys keep talking about this, I'll use my whip to whip all of you!"
He didn't dare to use the word "old witch" to report to the witch. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a servant who was eager to perform meritorious deeds. He reported to the witch that there were experimental subjects who secretly called her "old witch". As a result, the witch repeated the word "old witch" several times in a cold voice. After that, she executed all the people who said the word, whether they were prisoners or servants.
The servants' reaction dispelled Carina and the others' concerns. They all exclaimed, "Mr. Adam, you are an outsider. No wonder you are so powerful when you first appeared. If that's the case, then those gentlemen who are similar to you should also be outsiders. "
Then, intense curiosity welled up in their hearts. Brad, the young knight, could not help but ask, "Mr. Adam, Mr. Lucien, what exactly is the outside world like? Is it as beautiful as those poems and stories? Are there many powerful people who are as powerful as the witch? "
Adam pointed at Lucien, who seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "I've been in the Land of Confinement for decades, so I don't know much about the outside world. Let Lucien tell us."
The servants not far from them stopped talking and looked at Lucien. They were also curious about the outside world. Life in the magic tower was very boring, so it was nice to listen to some stories.
Lucien thought about the things that Carina just told him and said casually, "The outside world is much bigger than here. There are not only dark and gloomy Black Forests, but also emerald lakes, tall mountains, golden plains, crowded and prosperous cities, floating buildings in the sky …"
Although it was just a rough description, Carina and the other apprentices were still very interested in the Sky Castle, the magic steam train that could run high in the sky, the unimaginable structure of the Congress of Magic, and the incredible alchemical life … They were all looking forward to it.
"There are so many wonderful places in the world, including the City in the Sky." Carina looked at the Silver Moon in the sky, and it seemed that she could not believe that a city could fly there. Then she asked even more enthusiastically, "Mr. Lucien, do you know how powerful the Congress of Magic is?"
Lucien looked at the magic tower above the balcony and said calmly, "Sorcerers like the old witch can be found everywhere in the Congress of Magic."
"Everywhere …" Even Adam was shocked by Lucien's description. As far as he knew, senior-rank sorcerers and heavenly Knights were rare everywhere. No matter how powerful the Congress of Magic was, there was no way that a middle-rank sorcerer could meet a senior-rank sorcerer so easily.
Lucien smiled, "I'm telling the truth, at least for me." Of course, the premise was that the sorcerer had to get the Holm Crown Ring and be recognized by the leaders of the Will of Elements.
Then Lucien emphasized, "There are also many sorcerers who are ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times more powerful than her."
"Really?" Carina felt that this was beyond her imagination. She, Alva, and the rest of the team looked at Lucien in awe and trust.
Lucien nodded in satisfaction. Then he looked at the servants and said arrogantly, "I was sent to the Dark Mountain Range to deliver a message for someone. Maybe someone will come to save me soon. In front of a legendary mage, the old witch is like an ant. He can crush her to death however he wants. "
The old witch was almost a lunatic, and she was trapped here. Therefore, she was not worried about the legendary sorcerer at all. However, her servants were still normal people. Hearing Lucien's arrogant words, their faces slightly changed.
Lucien did not continue to show off, because it was hard to get people to believe him with empty words. It was better to let the servants and Carina fill in the blanks with their own imagination. Also, he did not need them to really believe him. As long as he could leave an impression in their minds, it would be enough to interfere with their judgment and decision at the critical moment. After all, it was the icing on the cake.
"Legendary sorcerers? How powerful are they? "As a sorcerer, Carina asked this question almost instinctively.
Adam answered for Lucien, "They can easily destroy this magic tower, the nearby cities, villages, and the Dark Forest …"
Adam, who had never seen a legendary sorcerer in action, answered according to his own imagination. Carina and the others were shocked again, and the servants' eyes flickered.
After a moment of silence, Carina looked at Lucien with great enthusiasm, "Mr. Lucien, what circle are you? What's your position in the Congress? How many circles does the old witch have? "
Lucien sighed slightly, "You don't have to call me Mr. Lucien. We're all prisoners, and there's no difference between us. I'm just one of the many middle-rank sorcerers in the Congress, and I'm still far away from becoming a senior-rank sorcerer. There's nothing to be proud of. The old witch, on the other hand, probably has seven or eight circles. "It was enough to show that he was a middle-rank sorcerer.
"Middle-rank sorcerer? You're really a middle-rank sorcerer! " Carina was pleasantly surprised. In this area where resources and knowledge were severely lacking, middle-rank sorcerers were very rare. It was even harder to become a Grand Knight than to become a Grand Knight. Therefore, after confirming that Lucien was a middle-rank sorcerer, Carina, as a young girl who wanted to become a sorcerer, showed great respect and enthusiasm, just like how Alva, Bullard, and Alfalia saw Adam.
However, Alfalia, Alva, and the others couldn't help but take a few steps back and ask with pale faces, "The old witch has seven or eight circles?"
They had all witnessed Carina's power as a second-circle sorcerer. How powerful would a seventh-circle or eighth-circle sorcerer be? Why was she hiding in the magic tower instead of ruling the nearby territory?
Seeing that they seemed to have guessed something, Adam nodded and said, "The old witch is not interested in ruling the territory. She's only crazy about magic and experiments. She was the one who spread the rumors about the magic tower."
The curtain of light that covered her old life was lifted ruthlessly, revealing the darkness and despair underneath. Carina's joy of meeting a middle-rank sorcerer quickly fell into the endless abyss.
"Are we just lambs in a cage?" Alfalia asked herself in despair. She could not see any hope in life.
Lucien did not pay attention to their confusion, but directly asked the question that had just popped up in his mind, "When did the legend about the magic tower come out? When did a sorcerer and a Knight go missing? "
"About five hundred years ago," Carina answered with uncertainty.
Lucien did not ask further. He just speculated, "The old witch was imprisoned before the Congress of Magic was founded? Then she might not know arcana. If I can become her assistant and show her some 'magical' experiments, maybe her head will explode. However, the old witch is mentally unstable. It's hard to communicate with her and arouse her interest, so we have to find another way. "
For Lucien, the most important thing right now was to get rid of the bracelet and the collar. Without his spiritual power and Blessing power, the easiest way was to find a place where there was an anti-magic circle. As long as he could get in, the bracelet and the collar would lose their effect. However, so far, Lucien did not find any anti-magic circle in the magic tower. He had to find another way.
After talking for a while, Carina and the other sorcerers gradually calmed down. Since they were all captured and turned into experimental subjects, they could not be worse off. Also, with Lucien, a middle-rank sorcerer with a powerful background, they could not help but feel hopeful.
…
Two days later, when Lucien was still digging the bricks on the right wall with his fingernails, the old witch sent someone to take him to the magic lab.
On the way, Lucien carefully observed the Flesh Puppet Knight and the sharp and shiny greatswords in their hands.
The door of the lab was opened from the inside. Lucien saw that Ophelia was tied to the dissecting table, and the old witch was looking at her wrinkled face in a dark mirror. She was chanting a strange spell, "Mirror, mirror, tell me, who's the most beautiful woman in the world?"
"What?" Lucien almost sang the same tune. He was even more confused.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
