"Wonderful."
Barthamero Dylan said as he clapped.
He expressed his approval of Irin's reasoning.
"That's a good show."
Gu Tianqing smiled at the side and whispered.
"Get lost."
Irin lowered his head and gave Gu Tianqing a kind smile.
Gu Tianqing spread out her hands and drew a line across her lips, indicating to "zip up," which meant, "I'm going to shut up."
Irin continued, "In other words, I'm right? Then things are very clear. Simply put, all the magicians in the Clock Tower are 'non-apostles'. "
Barthamero Dylan replied, "Yes."
"Ten years ago, the change in the Clock Tower was very likely a factional struggle? Those who became apostles were all chased away? "
Barthamero Dylan closed his eyes. His pale face was expressionless. He nodded and answered again, "Yes."
Irin picked at the dead skin on his forehead and pieced together the clues he learned bit by bit. Combining them with the teenager's reaction, he continued to speculate and analyze. "The thing you mentioned, with the advent of the Tower of War, is very likely to have been given 'attributes' again. It can solve Miriam's problem. "
Miriam widened her eyes and nodded vigorously. She listened very seriously — even if she did not understand much, she understood the last sentence for the time being.
"Yes."
Barthamero Dylan only used one word to answer Irin's speculations.
It seemed that Irin had guessed everything correctly.
"But that thing was stolen? Haha. "Irin laughed." Although I think it's a bit of a coincidence, I'll believe it for now. Since you can't walk out of the Clock Tower at will now, in other words, the task of retrieving this treasure will ultimately fall on us? "
Barthamero Dylan lowered his eyelids and answered softly, "Yes."
"You can only take 'Avalon' out of my body after we retrieve that thing?"
"Yes."
"That's too bad."
Suddenly, Irin's tone changed and he shook his head.
At first, Miriam and Gu Tianqing were listening to Irin and Barthamelo Dylan's quick questions and answers. They did not dare to interrupt.
With a sudden turn of events, Irin's words turned the friendly atmosphere of the quiz into an awkward one.
"What do you mean?"
Miriam stood up and asked in a trembling voice.
Irin ignored the sudden change in Miriam's expression and the erection of her ahoge, indicating that she was suppressing her anger. He remained standing, smiling as he looked directly at Barthamero Dylan at the other end of the long table.
"Honorable monarch of the Clock Tower, Barthamero Dylan, I think you've misunderstood something."
Bartholomew Dylan slowly typed a question mark.
"That's not how this matter is settled." Irin raised a finger. "Originally, if that thing was still in the Clock Tower, then the nature of this matter would be that Miriam had something to ask of me, and I was just passing by to do a good deed."
"But since that item isn't in the Clock Tower, and has been stolen, why would it be so difficult to obtain it?" The nature of the matter was different. Now, you are the one who needs our help. I think that, other than us, who have taken the initiative to come to you, there is no one else who would have a reason to actively pursue the thief and take the treasure back. "
"In other words, if you want us to agree to retrieve the treasure, you have to agree to one of our requests. Yes, this has become a transaction. "
* Whoosh! *
Irin had just finished speaking.
Miriam was completely enraged.
With a clang, Miriam's right hand shook, and a gust of wind rose. An invisible weapon appeared in her hand, and she swung it at Irin.
"F * ck, you don't even know the basics of acting as a double act?"
Irin estimated that there was a fifty percent chance that Miriam would suddenly attack him, a forty percent chance that she would attack Barthamero Dylan, and a ten percent chance that she would be in a daze. As expected … She was angry. She swung her sword at Irin.
Irin, who had been prepared, moved his body and narrowly avoided the sharp wind from the sword. Because of Irin's Agility, ah no, now it was Dexterity. Irin's Dexterity attribute was too different from Miriam's. After all, Miriam was a proper close-combat apostle. Even though she had been prepared, the wind from the sword still brushed past Irin's arm. If he had not dodged quickly, this sword might have chopped Irin into pieces.
* Clatter. *
Gu Tianqing held the tarot card and smiled as she cowered in the corner. She spread her hands, looking as if she wanted to help but could not.
The beautiful long table was instantly split in half by Miriam. The angry Miriam's eyes were filled with tears. Her angry gaze seemed to be saying, "I misjudged you …" and other complicated emotions. Her long dress moved without wind. The heroic appearance of the Knight King was fully displayed at this moment.
* Bang! *
"Lord Barthamero!"
The elegant dining table was sliced in half by Miriam's sword, and there was a loud cracking sound. An agile figure smashed through the back door and nimbly rolled in.
It was Cyberras.
Cyberras had been guarding the door loyally from the beginning.
She did not know what had happened in the room.
But when Miriam drew her sword, she had already sensed that something was wrong and rushed in immediately. She was just in time to see Miriam's ahoge trembling as she angrily drew her sword and split the expensive table in half.
The shattered wood shavings scattered in all directions like bullets.
"Luhn! Wadu! Baal! Champo! "
Cyberras flipped his right wrist, and a silver dagger embedded with gems appeared in his right hand. At the same time, she quickly chanted a few strange syllables. She slapped her left hand in front of her, and four glowing "words" shattered in front of her.
The magical barrier formed by the glowing words took shape in the blink of an eye. Miriam's sword and the scattered pieces of wood were easily blocked by Cyberras, who had rushed in just in time.
Irin was also unharmed.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the messy VIP room suddenly froze.
The tense atmosphere seemed to be on the verge of exploding.
Miriam hurriedly apologized. "Sorry, I was too impulsive. But please, let me kill him with one strike. "
Miriam first apologized sincerely in Barthamero Dylan's direction, and then pointed her invisible weapon at Yi Lin with an invisible cyclone. Miriam's eyes were filled with anger as she looked at Irin.
Her thoughts were simple.
How could you do this?
What happened to helping?
I thought you were a kind person.
I didn't think you were such an Irin!
Miriam's eyes were filled with tears. She was extremely disappointed in Irin. Her tall image of a "skillful chef" had suddenly collapsed.
Along the way, the gradually accumulated favorability made Miriam mistakenly think that Irin was a good person.
Irin knew that Miriam had lost her mind in a moment of anger.
Forget it, he did not blame her.
He silently looked at the other side of the destroyed table.
From the beginning to the end, he had been observing Lord Barthamelo's reaction.
He was sitting in a wheelchair and looked very weak. But from the moment Miriam attacked and before Cyberras came in, there was not a trace of panic or surprise on his face. He was as calm as ever.
On the contrary, Cyberras, who came in later, after casting a strange defensive magic, showed obvious anger and disgust in his right eye, which was not wearing an eye patch.
The test was over.
Irin remembered the small note that Cyberras had secretly handed him.
What did the word "RUN" mean on the note?
The situation seemed to be more complicated than Irin had imagined.
In the VIP room, the four of them fell silent.
Barthamelo Dylan gently waved his hand. "Cyberras, stop."
Cyberras closed his eyes, and the cute little dagger slid back into his sleeve. She stood up straight and stood guard beside Barthamelo Dylan again. She bowed and said, "Yes, my master."
"You too, stop."
Irin pointed at Miriam.
Miriam was stunned.
Wait a minute.
This guy was issuing an order to the proud descendant of the Knight King?
Irin shook a card over.
Miriam took it, looked at it, and silently put away her sword.
"You're right." After the little episode just now, Barthamelo Dylan understood the character of this Easterner. He did not continue to talk nonsense and went straight to the point. "Guest from the East, as long as you are willing to help the Clock Tower find the treasure, the Clock Tower will agree to one condition of yours."
"Heh, I don't have the habit of accepting IOUs. I think, you have to agree to my conditions first, then I will 'do my best' and 'do my best' to complete your commission. This is a commission, do you understand? "
Cyberras, who was standing beside Barthamelo Dylan, suddenly glared with his right eye.
She was shocked.
There was actually someone who dared to say such shameless words to one of the Twelve Monarchs of the Clock Tower, who was once one of the Three Great Nobles, and who was currently in charge of the Clock Tower, Barthamelo Dylan?
It was ridiculous!
It was different from Cyberras' anger.
Barthamelo Dylan seemed to have expected Irin to make such a request.
There was no surprise on his face. The young man chuckled, and his voice was hoarse and weathered. "Commission. That's right, this is a commission. Honorable guest from the East, state your conditions. "
Things had come to this.
Irin had no need to hide his purpose in coming to the Clock Tower.
He said, "Coach, I want to learn magic!"
Miriam was stunned.
The development of the situation seemed to be beyond her expectations.
From what she understood, Irin seemed to have been brought over from the other side of the Clock Tower through her unremitting efforts. But to hear Irin mention this condition so readily without any hesitation, why did it seem like he had planned it thousands of times?
Who was the one who brought who to the Clock Tower?!
Miriam suddenly had the illusion that she was brought to the Clock Tower by Irin.
After Irin made a reasonable request.
On the opposite side, Barthamelo Dylan and Cyberras did not seem to have expected Irin to make such a request.
Barthamelo Dylan let out a long sigh as if he was laughing.
Cyberras lowered his head to look at his monarch. After a brief exchange of glances, Cyberras' expression relaxed. He said with a faint smile, "Honorable guest from the East, do you know what the essence of magic is?"
Irin shook his head and replied confidently, "Do I need to learn if I know? I just want to learn because I don't know! "
"Don't say anymore, Cyberras." Barthamelo Dylan smiled. "I promise you. From now on, Cyberras will be your personal teacher in magic. "
"Yes, Master."
Cyberras hesitated for a few seconds, but he did not refute or refuse. He agreed just like that.
Things progressed more smoothly than Irin expected.
At first, he guessed that the Clock Tower did not welcome apostles. Irin was worried that he would encounter many obstacles in his path of learning.
"Magicians are quite generous."
At first, Irin thought so.
Until —
…
Half an hour later.
Cyberras brought Irin to the library.
There was no one here.
The other magician apprentices in the Clock Tower were having their classes in other classrooms.
Although the Clock Tower had been invaded, the academic activities here did not suffer any hindrance and continued as usual.
When he was alone with Cyberras, Irin wanted to ask what the note meant.
However, Cyberras seemed to have forgotten about it. Or perhaps, for some reason, he could not mention it to Irin directly. Yi Lin could only hide this matter in his heart for the time being and wait for an opportunity to investigate the secrets within.
The library was a room that was dozens of meters tall.
Rather than calling it a "room", it might be more appropriate to call it a "book tower".
Inside the cylindrical building, Irin was stunned by the vast library as soon as he entered.
He did not expect to see so many books in one room.
With the popularization of electronics, these paper books had long become the remnants of history. It was obvious that these were all antiques.
After all, Xing Fei had treated his few old alchemy books as treasures.
The interior of the cylindrical library covered an area of two to three hundred square meters.
The walls were inlaid with curved bookshelves. The bookshelves extended all the way to the roof, which was ten meters high. Looking up, Irin was a bit worried. If these books fell, would they bury the people standing at the bottom?
A spiral staircase followed the bookshelves in a clockwise direction and extended to the top of the library.
If one wanted to take down a book, one could only walk up the spiral staircase step by step and take down the book from the bookshelves. Then, one could sit in the middle of the library and look at the empty table and chairs.
"It's breathtaking."
Irin exclaimed.
Cyberras turned his back to Irin and did not speak.
Irin remembered what happened in the VIP room during breakfast and asked, "There's something I didn't have time to ask. Where did the apostles who were chased away ten years ago go? "
Cyberras was silent for a few seconds as if this was not a secret. Moreover, the people Irin would face later might come from there. Cyberras answered coldly, "The former Magician's Association was made up of three major organizations. The three organizations were the Clock Tower, Atlas Academy, and the Imitation Scarlet Sea. "
"Oh? Three organizations? Interesting. Tell me more. "Irin pulled over a small stool and sat down. Her interest was piqued.
Cyberras looked at Irin expressionlessly and continued, "The Imitation Scarlet Sea is a 'moving mountain range' that moves in the Atlantic Ocean. It's also known as a 'moving coffin.' Because the 'mountain range' itself is a huge 'magic mechanism,' you can't use normal methods to see the location of the Imitation Scarlet Sea. Ten years ago, most of the Magicians who became 'your kind' moved there. "
"Not long ago, the people who attacked your Clock Tower were from the Imitation Scarlet Sea?"
"Yes."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. We were born from the same roots. Why are you so anxious to kill each other?"
“？”
"Nothing. Cough, cough. It's fine if you don't understand. Continue. By the way, what about the other one? "
Since he had already spoken, Cyberras poured out all the secrets of the Magician's Association. To put it bluntly, this history was already in the past. It was not a secret. She replied, "The Courtyard of Atlas is located in the interior of the Atlas Mountains. However, whether it's the Clock Tower or the Imitation Scarlet Sea, they haven't contacted Atlas Academy for almost ten years. "
Atlas Mountain Range?
Africa?
Hearing this, Irin instantly understood.
"The Tower of Plague's territory? I see. "
This was another piece of sh * t in another district.
No wonder they stopped contacting each other.
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.
