After casting a spell to imprison Sophia and the rest of the apprentices, Lucien checked them carefully again. Then he picked up the notes and started to read.
The notes were incomplete, and the handwriting was illegible. Lucien could vaguely see that the writer's style had changed as he grew older.
"… After exploring the ancient relics in the deepest part of hell, my teacher and Solano both felt strange. But I don't care about them. They never thought highly of me. I can't even build my Host Star of Destiny. What's the point of being an apprentice astrologer? If my father didn't die trying to save my teacher, he wouldn't have cared about me at all. Humph! How could they know the true meaning of my Host Star of Destiny?
"… They are not human beings anymore. They are demons! Maybe they were already possessed by demons when they came back from the ancient relics … I have to be careful. I can't let them know that I know their secret …
"… I'm sure that they are possessed by demons that have never been recorded in history. They seem to like playing with people's minds, causing their personalities to be distorted and negative emotions to accumulate … I can't go on like this. I have to find an excuse to go out …
"… That was close. If my Host Star of Destiny was not special, they would have already caught me …
"… I finally know what kind of demons they are. Pride, Envy, Greed, Hatred, Pain, Indulgence, Hypocrisy … They are different from all the other demons …
"… Solano wants to kill me? Doesn't he know that I've already reached the seventh circle? He's just here to give me experiment materials. I have to find out what the demon Greed is …
"… There is no way to imprison the projection of demons. How can I study it? Maybe I should go out and explore the deepest part of hell. Hopefully, I can find some useful information …
"… I can't find any clues. Let's see if I can fuse with the blood of demons …
"… The result of the experiment is beyond my imagination. After fusing with the projection of the demon Greed, my soul will have a talent ability. My soul and body will be greatly strengthened, and my cognitive world will be strengthened. Maybe this can speed up my advancement …
"… Since the negative emotions that I can't vent out can create a mysterious connection with the seven demons, why don't I create it artificially? I have to design a special palace and a special ceremony …
"… What is this?"
"… So I was wrong from the beginning …"
"… I think I've discovered the secret of the seven demons. I think I've found the truth of the world …"
There were a lot of missing pages in the middle, and there were almost no important records. These notes did not seem to have been left here on purpose. Instead, it seemed that someone had fought for them, causing some of the pages to fall off. In the end, the person who got the notes saw that they were not important and left in a hurry. Then, the ancestors of the Gorse family collected the notes and ordered them into books according to the order.
"Greed, hatred, pain, what is their secret? It actually involves the truth of the world. " In Lucien's mind, the notebook automatically took shape in the Library of the Soul. However, this huge mystery could not be explained because the notebook was incomplete. It aroused Lucien's curiosity, but it could not be satisfied, which made Lucien very depressed.
After calming himself down, Lucien carefully searched the chamber, but he did not find any other valuable records. Therefore, with the help of the Library of the Soul, Lucien forcibly recorded the arrangement of the magic circles in the hall and the structure of the altar.
This was a treasure that was only second to the Magic Staff. According to the record of Thanos, the Sun King, the combination of the two treasures could extract the projections of the mysterious demons, imprison them, and fuse them.
Since the seven demons were too mysterious and weird, Lucien was not interested in the ritual of fusing the projections of the demons at all. If Lucien allowed Greed and Pride to sneak into his mind, it would be a great loss. However, extracting and imprisoning them was a good way to deal with them. Besides, studying these mysterious creatures was the passion of every arcanist, not to mention that they also involved the truth of the world.
After doing all this, Lucien put Relph and Claire into a deep sleep and enhanced them with the alert spell. Then, he woke Sophia up, "I still have something for you to do. Come with me. You'll be my experiment assistant."
"Yes, sir." Sophia pretended to be respectful, but in her mind, she was gritting her teeth. Experiment assistant? She knew that Lucien would definitely ask her to do something dangerous again, or explore unknown areas for him. Damn it!
However, her life was under Lucien's control. She could only hold back her anger and obediently follow Lucien out of the chamber. They walked to the painting of the first Gorse Duke.
"There's … There's another chamber? How many secrets are hidden in this palace? "Sophia was shocked when she saw Lucien opening the door.
Then, she felt a strong sense of fear, "Will he kill me if I know the secret?"
"If you don't move, then don't ever move." Lucien looked at Sophia with a smile. His expression was so innocent that it was almost harmless.
In Sophia's eyes, the gentle smile on Lucien's face was even more vicious than the demon of Greed and Pain. She wished that she could smash Lucien's face with Fire Ball.
However, this was only her fantasy. In reality, she swallowed her anger and said, "I'll go in right now, Mr. Sorcerer."
If she did not go in, she would die immediately. But if she went in, there was still hope! Maybe there were no secrets inside, and she did not need to be killed.
After walking through the secret passage, Sophia saw the inner floor of the palace, which was the same as the hall outside, and the statue of Thanos.
Sophia heaved a sigh of relief in her heart when she realized that there was nothing special around her. Her legs were so weak that she almost fell to her knees.
Lucien led Sophia to the statue and pointed at Thanos' right hand, "Touch there."
"There's nothing there, right? That's easy. " Sophia was confused. She stood on her tiptoes and reached her hand to the statue. When she was halfway there, she subconsciously looked at Lucien, but there was no one there!
"Go on." A deep voice came from afar. Sophia looked back in surprise and found that the mysterious and powerful sorcerer had flashed into the tunnel in just two seconds.
Sophia stammered, "Why … Why did you hide so far away?"
"It might be dangerous," Lucien told her honestly.
Whoosh. Cold sweat immediately dripped down Sophia's forehead. It might be dangerous, very dangerous, very dangerous … If it were not for the fact that she still had a bit of reason to control herself, she would have cursed Lucien like a shrew and let the curse haunt generations of sorcerers.
"Hurry up. We still have time to sign the magic contract." Lucien reminded her with a calm smile.
Sophia heard the warning in his words, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat. Her right hand felt as if it was filled with lead, and she extended it to the predetermined position with unusual heaviness.
"Move it." Lucien, who was wearing Sun's Corona, saw that Sophia had touched the edge of the light ball and signaled her to move it up, down, left, and right.
Sophia's delicate and fair hands trembled violently. She swung them back and forth, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly. She was extremely afraid that something terrible would happen.
"It's done." Lucien looked at the peaceful scene in confusion.
Hearing this, Sophia felt that all her courage and determination were gone. She fell to the ground heavily and lost all her strength. Luckily, she was fine! Luckily, she was fine!
With the sensing spell that he left in advance, Lucien judged from Sophia's emotions and muscles that she did not touch the light ball, nor did she have any other effective reaction. This was also why he did not control Sophia with the magic that dominates human beings. If he did that, the reaction he got would not be real enough. Therefore, Lucien frowned and waited for a while. After making sure that there were no other weak changes, he walked to Sophia and asked her to leave her scent on Sun's Corona. She could use some of the functions of Sun's Corona, just like how he used the Saint Truth Badge for the first time.
Sophia finally saw that there was a pale and weird light ball on the statue's right hand. Then she heard a voice that made her tremble in fear, "Try touching it again."
This bastard! Sophia was not good at cursing people, but she hated Lucien to the core. However, when she thought that she did not even know what this bastard looked like or where he came from, she felt deeply sorrowful.
Taking a few deep breaths, Sophia stood up again. While telling herself that this was the last danger, she reached out her trembling hand to the light ball. At the same time, as she expected, the bastard sorcerer flashed and hid in the secret tunnel.
"Coward! Coward! Coward! " Sophia cursed sorrowfully. When her index finger touched the light ball, she felt a chill. However, when her index finger touched the light ball, she felt that she was touching a thick curtain.
Taking back her hand, Sophia breathed heavily, "Mr. Sorcerer, I can't touch the light ball."
Lucien erased Sophia's scent on Sun's Corona. When he was about to give the next order, he suddenly felt that the alarm magic circle that he set up was triggered!
"Demon of Pain?" Lucien did not move forward. Instead, he stepped back and landed in the center of the hall. At the same time, he put his hand into his storage bag.
"I didn't know there was a secret room here." Before Lucien could do anything else, a clear and serious voice came from the other end of the tunnel. Then, a blonde man with deep blue eyes slowly walked in.
"Beyer?"
It was Prince Beyer, who had fainted because of the backfire. His eyes were clear, and his movements were elegant. It did not look like he was possessed by the demon of pain or greed.
With his hands behind his back, Beyer walked in majestically. He ignored Lucien and looked past him to the statue's right hand.
"There is indeed such a thing. I didn't choose the wrong path."
Lucien's expression changed, as if he had thought of something. At this time, Sophia suddenly trembled violently. She was surprised, happy, and scared at the same time.
"Fa-father?"
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