Like most adult dwarves, this dwarf had a thick beard and looked rough and bold. However, at this moment, he was not reckless at all. Instead, he looked like a knowledgeable human scholar. He smiled mysteriously and said, "I've wanted to meet you for a long time, but I haven't been able to confirm your whereabouts."
He indirectly admitted that he was Viken. At the very least, it was Viken who dominated the dwarf's body right now.
Hearing his casual tone, Lucien felt that his heart was covered in gloom. He couldn't help but feel cold. Since when did Viken have the idea to kill him in person? Was it after he proposed the general theory of relativity and became a legend? Or was it after he conspired with Monster Viken in the Realm of Gates?
Thankfully, his strength had been improving fast over the years, and he had almost reached level-three of legendary from the beginning. Also, the places he had been to were either the Elven Court where his allies were at the peak of legendary, the abyss where Viken's archenemy was, or the places where he stayed for no more than half a day. Also, he had covered his traces with the specialties of the Secretive. That was why he did not run into the well-acknowledged strongest demigod.
After understanding the specific limitations of God's Arrival, the Congress of Magic had a new judgment of Viken's real strength. If he could figure out a way to merge with Monster Viken without any side effects, perhaps he would be close to the level of a true god, even stronger than Thanos back then.
Of course, after he reached level-three of legendary, Lucien was not so worried about Viken anymore. At the very least, he was confident that he could escape. The only question was whether or not Viken considered him a thorn in his flesh and would kill him with "God's Arrival" even at the risk of being attacked by Monster Viken.
The thought flashed in Lucien's mind, and he quickly calmed himself down. This was Renstadt. If anything happened, Hathaway and the other top legends would arrive immediately. Also, Viken had only arrived as a projection. It was hard to say whether or not he could defeat him. "I wonder, why has the Monarch of Calamities come to me?"
"Monarch of Calamities … It's been a long time since someone called me by my legendary title." Viken seemed a bit emotional. Then he smiled. "Don't mind it. An old guy like me is always full of emotions about the past. As for why I'm here, don't you know, Yuri, the God of Steam?"
If you are really the kind of old man who reminisces about the past, then I am a pure, kind, and good person who does not know any schemes. Lucien secretly complained. It was self-evident what kind of person Viken was exactly, since he had erased the memories of his few good friends while they were still alive and refined them into seraphs and had the legendary title and nickname 'King of Calamities'.
"The God of Steam? Yuri? I don't quite understand what you mean. I don't understand what you're talking about. "Lucien looked stunned and innocent.
Viken laughed and said, "You can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me. I can feel the heart of faith in this dwarf, and I can feel that his power of faith finally has a core to gather. You don't think I just picked a random body to descend to, do you?"
Lucien's eyes were frozen. After Viken became a demigod, he still maintained the ability of projection like the primeval devils, instead of the regular way of projection like magic or other demigods. As a result, even if he was not a demigod who grasped the mysteries of immortality, it would be barely possible for him to be completely destroyed. He truly deserved to be the strongest expert who resisted and suppressed the Silver Moon, hell, abyss, and Monster Viken on his own.
Of course, it was mostly because it was inconvenient for the Lord of Hell and the Will of Abyss to arrive, and their strength would be suppressed in the main material world. Therefore, it was barely possible for them to work together. When the Will of Abyss was there, there was no problem of cooperation either.
Lucien's frozen eyes could not fool Viken, a demigod who controlled the power of feelings. He smiled peacefully and said, "I think that with your cleverness, you shouldn't have asked me to say anything after you saw the dwarf who was granted divine power by you in person. Facts speak louder than words."
Even though he could not directly project into the body of an expert above the senior rank who did not have too many negative feelings, he could still observe the changes of feelings carefully.
"It's just a secret research project. The mysteries of gods and the nature of the power of faith have always been the focus of the legendary sorcerers of the Congress of Magic. For example, Oliver has been studying the Dark Dragon God. " Lucien wanted to know what Viken was going to do exactly, so he did not pretend to be innocent anymore but admitted it without any lies.
"Very prudent. It seems that the conversation with Douglas made you wary. Even if nobody else heard it, you would not say anything that would strike arcana and magic studies."
Viken did not seem to be convinced by Lucien's honesty at all. "That's right. The founder of the new alchemy and the general theory of relativity, the most authoritative arcanist in the microscopic domain and the macroscopic domain, the main creator of the current arcana and magic system, and the sorcerer who is closest to the nature of the world and magic, has abandoned his research attitude, stopped focusing on the exploration of the truth of the world, and stopped believing in the future of arcana and magic. If such a fact is spread out, it will certainly be a major blow to the confidence of every arcanist in the Congress of Magic."
"It's just a study that proves my attitude toward arcana. For me, spreading faith is meaningless, and gathering the power of faith is meaningless. My focus is different from yours. What I care about is the nature of the power of faith and its position in the current arcana system." Lucien was still speaking the truth. Both the gathering of special electromagnetic waves and the progress from a weak observer to a strong observer were still just hypotheses.
Viken chuckled. "Alright, enough of the sacred excuses. I don't need to strike the Congress of Magic with your words. I only want to ask you, do you want the complete way to steal and make use of the power of faith? That monster cannot tell you the mysteries of demigods directly in violation of my rules. You can only observe and figure it out yourself. So, I believe that you only know how to transform into the state of primeval devils with the power of feelings, and it's not the best way that I've improved a lot in the past thousand years. "
"You should know very well that the most important link on your path to become a demigod is missing. You can't reach the end with only one leg. I can help you solve the problem at a very small price that won't be suspected by anybody. After all, although not many high-level sorcerers know the complete structure of the artificial planets, there are at least twenty of them. Who knows who leaked it? You didn't exchange for it on the spur of the moment. "
"Absurd! Why do I need the way to steal and make use of the power of faith? Can it help me unravel the nature of the power of faith? Can it help me understand what mechanism it corresponds to? My current research can! "Lucien refused righteously.
However, such righteous words seemed to have shaken Viken greatly. Lucien did not laugh at him for trying to seduce a grand arcanist, but instead scolded him rather guiltily for having such a thing. It was not hard to understand what was going on in Viken's mind.
Viken said unhurriedly, "Useless? Why did you steal the power of faith from Heit, the God of Craftsmen? Although your method of stealing and making use of the power of faith is inconspicuous, that's the only thing that is remarkable. You couldn't have succeeded at all if Heit hadn't transformed into the God of Steam himself. Thanos and I have studied for almost three thousand years in total. How can you figure it out in one to two years? "
He was very confident about that.
"You …" Lucien was slightly stunned. The guy who stared at him was indeed related to Viken to some extent.
Judging from Lucien's facial expression and emotional fluctuations, Viken thought that he did not expect that he would learn of such a successful and inconspicuous thing. Therefore, he smiled and said, "Don't worry. With my method, you will be able to steal Heit's power of faith from the altar of Yuri, the God of Steam. How about it? Isn't it a fair deal?"
He did not care about the actual cost and return of the thing. It was already the greatest success that the Congress of Magic was divided.
"I've said it many times. I'm not interested in stealing and making use of the power of faith. After I figure out its nature and the real arcana significance, will I still be scared that I can't come up with a method that does not have any hidden problems? Why do I have to make myself look like neither a human nor a monster like you? " Lucien put on a smile and despised Viken's method without any hesitation, revealing his "confidence" and "vision".
Viken was silent for a moment, as if he did not expect that Lucien would really refuse. Had he really made a breakthrough in his research? Was the observer effect really the nature of the power of faith?
"Two demigods have emerged from this path, the only two demigods other than the natural-born demigods. Therefore, whether or not you can figure out the nature of the power of faith, you will return to this path sooner or later, except that there will be fewer hidden problems. From that point of view, the files will be of great use to you. If you miss today, you will barely have a chance to get them again." Viken sighed softly, as if he were feeling sorry for Lucien.
Lucien smiled gently but firmly. "I believe in myself."
It was the confidence that an arcanist who had made so many achievements at such a young age should have. Therefore, Viken was not surprised at all. Instead, he thought that it should be so.
He chuckled, and the dwarf's eyes became cloudy. "I hope that you will not regret it in the future."
The weird air was immediately gone. The dwarf collapsed on the ground as if he had lost all his strength.
Looking at the air on his opposite side, Lucien curled his lips and smiled casually. "Everything I said was true. Why don't you believe it? Do I have to be full of lies for you to believe that I'm telling the truth? "
Seeing that the dwarf on his opposite side slowly regained his sanity, Lucien strode and disappeared from Renstadt.
… …
Inside the Land of Truth, Douglas looked at Lucien with a slight frown. "Viken came to you directly?"
Lucien did not keep it a secret and told his teacher and Mr. President respectively.
"He wanted to tempt me with the methods of demigods so that he could get the complete structure of the artificial planet," said Lucien briefly.
Remembering what they had discussed earlier, Douglas asked, "Did you agree to it?"
That was a good thing. He had been planning to give the Church the intelligence in that regard so that they could compete with the Congress in the fields that they were best at. As it turned out, the pope had delivered the mysteries of demigods to him. That was an unexpected gain! Although he, Fernando, and Lucien did not need the path of demigods, it would still be great as a reference and research material. After all, it was the only path to become a demigod so far.
"I turned it down." Lucien did not seem to be a big deal.
"It does make sense. If you had accepted it directly, you might have been taken advantage of by Viken regardless of the reason in the future. Even if you want to make an exchange, you shouldn't show up in person. "Douglas immediately understood why Lucien turned it down.
Lucien nodded his head. That was indeed one of the reasons, but the most important reason was that it was an opportunity that he had been looking for to show his attitude to Viken. He could've only looked for such an opportunity indirectly, but he did not expect that Viken would 'tempt' him in person. If he did not make good use of it, he would feel sorry for himself and for Viken.
"We were planning to fish out the sorcerers who were related to Viken. But Viken's operation … "Douglas pondered for a moment. Which one should he choose?
Lucien smiled. "There are twenty to thirty sorcerers who know the mysteries of the artificial planet, and dozens who can construct it on their own according to the mechanism. Also, with Viken's devil projection, it is difficult for us to determine who they are. We can only narrow down the range. Therefore, I have temporarily added a special structure to the files of the artificial planet so that we can decide whether to make the exchange before or after."
"Are you not going to make the exchange?" asked Douglas.
Lucien pointed at the north. "What we lack is the part to steal and make use of the power of faith. We don't have to turn to Viken. Now that he has secretly announced the methods of demigods to the sorcerers, elves, devils, and demons in order to disrupt the situation and divide us, we can make the situation even more chaotic."
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