usenovelonline Chapter 148 The truth?
Chapter 148 The truth?
In Cecilia's mage tower, Mithril was getting up from the ground in a daze.
When the magic circle was lit just now, Mithril, which was lying on Angel's shoulder, was blown away by the huge magic power gushing out from the magic circle, and hit the wall on one side, turning into a piece of cat cake.
Fortunately, Mithril is not an ordinary cat, so it won't get hurt.
However, it fell to the ground like a ball of liquid, and seemed to have forgotten its original shape, and it was deformed several times without success.
Mithril didn't care about these either, it raised its different-colored pupils, and struggled to climb in front of the golden beam of light.
In the beam of light, Angel seemed to have accepted the huge magic power. He opened his eyes slightly, and looked at Mithril with the same golden pupils.
Seeing this, Mithril stretched out a small black cat paw from its shapeless body, trying to touch Angel, but the small paw stopped in mid-air before touching the beam of golden light.
Mithril asked in confirmation:
"Angel... Are you still Angel? Didn't you become Cecilia?"
"...Let's just leave it at that?"
"Let's still do it?" The liquid exploded.
"Well, I don't seem to have any unnecessary memories or dangerous knowledge. I should still have those things in my mind," Angel said with a contemplative expression. Surrounded by the golden light, he looked divine. And with a serious look, "However, in order to prevent this kind of situation, I gave myself a set of questionnaires, which are basically questions about my personality, behavior, preferences, and things I'm going to do. I just did it, and I only got 75 points, this number seems very subtle! Although some ideas will change, it should be 85 points, 75 feels a bit low..."
"..."
Mithril rolled his eyes and listened, and shook his hair by the way, and this time he recovered the cat's appearance smoothly.
It didn't continue to entangle with Angel about whether Angel was the deity, but asked, "Then, have you figured out what's going on with this great magician Cecilia?"
"Reading." Angel replied.
"Reading?"
Mithril asked strangely, it jumped into the beam of light, this time the magic circle below did not repel it - this should be the proof that Angel has mastered this magic power - Mithril followed Angor's black The robe jumped upwards and nimbly squatted back on Angel's head.
It grabbed Angor's hair and looked down, and found that Angor was pressing the skull that was said to be left by the existence of the great magician, and the crystal brain inside was emerging with words.
Those words seemed to be the autobiography left by the great magician Cecilia.
"I am Cecilia, the great magician."
"The Great Magician Cecilia who expelled the demons, rowed down the abyss, and saved mankind."
"Although it sounds great, I did not do these great achievements that are praised by others. It is just that I have such an identity since I was born."
"Yes, I am an artificial soul, and my body is just a puppet."
"A certain 'great being' created this puppet, and then projected his own consciousness onto the puppet, manipulating it to make those great achievements that everyone praises."
"But he is not the original soul of this body after all."
"So when people praised Cecilia, the great magician who saved the world, praised his existence, and used their own ideas to imagine everything about that mage, 'I'" people's ideal Cecilia, the great magician Ya' was thus born."
"Thinking about it carefully, the birth of 'I' is very excessive, it simply negates the 'existence' itself."
"'That existence' didn't get angry because of it. On the contrary, he gave me this body, and even told me how to have a 'true soul'."
"'Go and protect this land, and love everyone on this land!' he said to me. When you have one life, your soul will be complete because of that life; every time you question yourself and watch life disappear, your soul will be broken because of that soul; When you no longer guard for people's wishes, but love everyone from the bottom of your heart, you will have a real soul.'”
"At that time, how did I answer?"
"I arrogantly replied 'Even if you don't tell me, I will! Because I am the ideal Cecilia of mankind'."
"'Hope you can hold on to this,' said 'the being'."
"he left."
"Stupid I don't know how arrogant I promised and what level of promise I made."
"In the first hundred years, I eliminated the demons and protected the human race, hoping to be in line with people's ideals;"
"In the second century, I doubted myself, hated human beings, and questioned the meaning of my birth;"
"In the third hundred years, I finally realized how heavy the word 'guardian' is, so I began to hate 'that existence', and even despaired enough to give up everything and destroy myself;"
"In the fourth hundred years, I found that I couldn't give up. Although human beings are as arrogant and stupid as I was born from their imagination, their longing and reverence for the 'Great Magician Cecilia' made me unable to give up. Even though I know those things do not belong to me, I still hope to get their approval... Why can 'that existence' give up those honors so easily? Maybe this is the reason why he is the real thing and I am a fake Bar!"
"In the fifth century, I discovered the 'truth' of this world! Ahhh! Why is this world like this? Isn't my 'guarding' all this time meaningless?"
"The sixth century, the seventh century, I watched people struggle ugly;"
"In the eighth hundred years, I once again guarded mankind. Even though I knew they would eventually be destroyed, I still couldn't let go. I began to search in vain for a way to save the world. Maybe at the moment when I really saved the world, I will have a soul and become the 'true great magician Cecilia' (laughs)?"
"In the tenth hundred years, I got a soul. Why? I still can't save anyone."
"No.13 hundred years, I still haven't found a way to save the world, but I found that 'that existence' seemed to know the truth of this world from the very beginning, and all his layouts were for that day, so I started to pursue him track, looking for his whereabouts, wanting to know what he's going to do."
"No. 14 centuries, No. 15 centuries, the more you search, the more great you feel, the more despicable you feel."
"No. 16 centuries, I found that 'Grand Magician Cecilia' is probably his most insignificant achievement. He has done more things before, from the fall of the kingdom of God, to the demise of the tyrant. But I caught' Cecilia's identity is unwilling to let go, and I am a fake created by people after all! But even so, I still want to live and complete my mission."
"No. 17 hundred years, I started to collect everything that that existence needs, waiting for the day when he really comes to this world."
"In the past hundred years, my physical function has come to an end. Although I already have a soul, I can become a god, reincarnate, and degenerate into a devil, but I don't want to become any existence other than 'Great Magician Cecilia', so even if It's my willfulness! Please let me die with this body."
"But at the last moment, I want to meet 'that being'... no, my master."
"For this reason, I despicably used the precious time-stopping alchemy tool to solidify the body, but even so, there is no guarantee that I will be able to wait for him. After all, it is too long a time."
"People who read my memory now! No matter who you are or how you entered this mage tower, if you find that I have turned into dust, please don't take my head."
"I hope to wait until my Creator arrives."
"I want to tell him that I have lived up to the name of 'Grand Magician Cecilia'."
"I've done my job."
Seeing this, the long message is finally over.
"Meow..." Mithril sighed softly.
It doesn't know how to evaluate the life of this "Great Magician Cecilia", but it feels a little sympathetic for no reason.
It's just that the guardian is Cecilia.
Mithril guards magic gears.
Let's look at the process of his self-exploration all the way, how he beautified "that existence".
Thinking about it, Mithril felt pitiful.
Angel also seemed to be a little emotional about this: "This thing should be quite scary for 'that existence'? In a word, the game character is alive?!"
Judging from the memories of "Great Magician Cecilia", this is the case.
Originally, "that existence" was just an ordinary "game character" manipulating him to save the world, but because of the group consciousness formed by people, this character really came alive.
This character has also guarded the world for almost 5000 years, and has waited until now.
It's really scary.
Mithril pressed its paws on Angel's face: "What'that existence', isn't it you?"
"It's still the same old saying, I don't remember that I have done such a great thing, I don't even know the 'truth of the world'!" Angel sighed.
Mithril asked sarcastically: "Then you want to put this head here and continue to wait for 'that existence'?"
"That's not necessary, he said it was me," Angel said, "And it looks like it's just a body damage, and there's still a part of the soul in it—it's just that the waiting time is too long, and it's been worn down for a long time. Little—I'll see if I can find him a new body to fix it. Speaking of which, it was said before that if you earn enough money, you must be 'free', so how about letting him guard the magic gear for me?"
"Are you Devil Meow?"
Mithril slapped its claws on Angel's face forcefully.
Angel pretended that Mithril had no objection. He carefully put away his head and walked out of the magic circle.
Mithril looked at Angel strangely: "Why are you still an intermediate mage? Didn't you absorb those magic powers?"
"No need, these magic powers should not be for me to upgrade," Angel said, "I made a link and stored it in the magic power network, and I will see the 'truth of the world' before deciding how to use it .”
With that said, he walked to the second floor.
According to "Great Magician Cecilia", he recorded all his discoveries and put them upstairs.
That's what Angel really wants to know.
Only Mithril lay on Angor's shoulder, and turned to glance at the golden beam of light.
"No need!" it muttered.
This person obviously has 35 gold, but he redeemed the alchemy workshop that almost went bankrupt, making himself almost starved for food;
This person is clearly valued by everyone in the Mage Tower, but he left all possible developments and went back to his hometown to continue his own research;
This person obviously owns the kingdom in essence, but he only wants to continue his 'career', without taking a single gold coin into his pocket;
This person clearly earned enough money to enjoy life for several lifetimes, but invested all in the next round of development, and didn't even bother to renovate his bedroom;
This person obviously possessed the magic power of several cities, and also obtained the magic power accumulated by the "Great Magician" for thousands of years, but he was thinking about the truth of this world, and never thought of taking a trace of it for himself.
But to say that this person is a "saint" is simply the funniest thing in the world.
He can take off other people's heads without hesitation;
He will ruthlessly squeeze all the money he can earn before thinking of even more wicked ideas;
Everything he does is for his "research", and the "research topic" itself is his selfish desire.
Thinking of this, the black cat scratched Angel's hair with its paws:
"Why would anyone be willing to wait 1 years for a guy like you?"
The most frightening thing was that it actually felt that it could understand the puppet's thinking, and was even willing to do the same thing.
The people outside waited all night.
The golden beam of light not only illuminated the entire city of Cecilia, but also illuminated the entire eastern region, and even the entire kingdom, until it disappeared at dawn the next day.
Then the familiar black cat jumped out of the window and waved its paw at the door of the mage tower that was always open, but no one dared to go in directly.
"You can come in now, the master wants to see you."
At this moment, not only the mages of the Mage Tower were waiting outside, but also the Duke of the East, Mayor Owen, Hume Branch President, and even Ms. Yani and the two sages from Academy City.
They heard the message from the black cat, nervously arranged their clothes, and walked into Cecilia's mage tower.
Even if they want to meet the emperor, they will not be so cautious.
Because it's "Cecilia" in it!
Guard the existence of this land for nearly ten thousand years!
In the hearts of the people in the east, he is comparable to the existence of gods.
It's just that when everyone present thought of all the communication process between themselves and that black robe before, some people felt a little embarrassed-what did they say to Lord Cecilia all this time?What did you do?
Some people feel lucky - I really have eyes, I have long thought that Mr. Angel is not an ordinary person!
There are also some people who feel that the three views are ruined—Master Cecilia is actually... like that, is this world really all right?
With such complicated thoughts, people walked into the mage's tower, and then were taken aback by the sight in front of them.
They saw the black robe, no, Master Cecilia was standing right in front of the hall, he was not much different from usual, he was still wearing the same black robe that has not changed for thousands of years, his bangs almost covered his dark eyes , with a look of indifference as if he didn't care about anything, it doesn't look like he is guarding this land at all... Cough cough cough, in short, a cold and arrogant expression in a standard black robe, but the appearance is covered by a layer The shallow golden light seemed somewhat sacred for no reason.
People were not surprised by Angel like this, after all, they had already prepared their minds outside:
No matter what the black robe looks like now, he is Cecilia!
It was the scene in the hall that really took people by surprise.
A huge blackboard was placed next to the black robe. There was a table in front of the blackboard, and several rows of tables and chairs were neatly placed under the table.
That's right, the hall of the mage tower looks like a classroom.
And 'Lord Cecilia' was still holding a pointer in his hand.
Seeing people coming in, Angel patted the blackboard with the pointer.
"Don't stand there stupidly, hurry up and do it for me... Ah, the seats here are not arranged according to status, so Mr. Duke Roy, can you sit as far back as possible? Don't block the other students. "
"Okay, okay." Roy obediently obeyed Angel's instructions, and sat obediently in the last row, but because the size couldn't be reduced, one person took up two seats.
Duke Roy crowded the seat uncomfortably, and asked awkwardly, "An...Master Cecilia, who is this?"
"I have a big announcement to make."
"Did you inherit the Mage Tower?" Red Dragon asked with a smile.
Here is where it laughs.
Angel stared at it indifferently, and then said:
"No, what I want to announce is about the 'end of the world'!"
"what?"
"what?"
There was a burst of exclamation below, but they were not exclaiming about "the end of the world", but apparently their brains did not realize what the hell the so-called "end of the world" is.
It's no wonder that everyone hasn't even digested the fact that "Angel is Cecilia", and it's a bit difficult for them to immediately understand that "the end of the world is coming".
Seeing everyone's reaction, Angel picked up the chalk and rewrote the words "End of the World" on the blackboard.
Seeing these four words, Duke Roy was the first to react.
Probably because his ancestor's diary has long indicated the possibility that Angel is the "real product"!Duke Roy is the one who most accepts "Angor is Cecilia" - others who accept well are the city lords and sages of Academy City, they are at least mentally prepared - since it is Cecily Lord Ya, isn't it normal for him to discuss world-class disasters with everyone?Thinking about it carefully, it is very strange for Master Cecilia to run around outside. He couldn't come out of the tower just to make money!It really has a major mission!
Duke Roy completed his brainwashing as quickly as possible.
He sighed and asked cooperatively, "What kind of end of the world is it?"
Angel did not answer this question directly, but said: "Someone here should have seen the model on the Tower of No Owner! If you haven't, I can show you now."
As he said so, he pushed the blackboard away, and behind the blackboard, he used a magic screen to reveal the scene above the Tower of No Owner.
Seeing this scene, Roy and the others were a little puzzled.
"Now everyone has seen it, and it must be easy to see that this planet is our continent."
"And this darkness is the main universe we are in."
Angor pointed at the darkness with the pointer and said.
"This main universe seems to be like other universes before the first era, full of vitality... maybe? Without detailed information, I don't know what it looks like." Angel said in a so-so tone.
An old mage present here wanted to say something when he heard the words, but the mage next to him held him down.
"Remember, he is Lord Cecilia now!"
The mage suddenly had a constipated expression on his face, and could only stare at Angel.
Angor didn't care about the small actions of the 'student', he continued to tell the story that he only saw, with a tone of reading:
"But I don't know when the abyss began to expand. The universe was eroded by darkness. People contracted diseases one after another and turned into demons."
"The remaining people were unwilling to be so destroyed. They concentrated all their magic power and created the last piece of pure land. They selected healthy babies from various races to put on that land, and let the incarnation of the gods who would not be infected take care of them. They—yes, those divine incarnations are our gods—and that unpolluted world is the early days of our First Era."
"But it's hard to say that this plan is a success. After all, in an environment where the outside is the abyss, no one knows how many years this world can last. People can't always be babies in the cradle."
"So someone adjusted the plan. The gods fell, and the divine power returned to the earth, forming an enchantment, and dragging the land to other non-polluted universes, trying to escape the pollution of the abyss."
"There's also a price to pay, like pollution spreading in our world too."
"The above is probably like this. I don't know if it's true."
Angor said so.
This is what 'Great Magician Cecilia' investigated.
But Angel also concealed a part.
For example, judging from the results of the investigation, the fall of the gods and the return of the divine power have the shadow of "that existence" behind it, so the Chosen faction accused "Cecilia" of being the culprit of everything.
Angor has no memory of this, and he feels that he has changed from 'maybe Cecilia' to 'maybe that existence'.
But compared to "Cecilia who saved the world" who seems to be the protagonist of the game, the "existence" who controls the doll is really like what he would do, and this sense of substitution is a bit high.
And judging from what Cecilia said, "that being" is not the past him, but the present him, or even the future him.
Angel was not sure how he did it.
At least he hasn't found a way to go back in time yet.
But this is not something that can be discussed with others, and other people don't know about it.
Someone raised his hand and said, "If the abyss exists, then why did you draw down the abyss?"
"It's not so much that 'I' drew down the abyss, it's better to say that Cecilia has adjusted the enveloping range of the divine power barrier, locking the pollution out of the safe area of the divine power structure." Angel explained in Cecilia's tone .
He didn't deny his identity at all this time.
And there's no point in denying it.
Angel only continued to narrate: "This time the plan was half successful."
"A few days ago, I borrowed fragments of divinity from the aquarium and found that the domain of the gods is located in this position, and our land is located in this position. It seems that we are about to escape from the polluted universe completely."
"But the new problem is here..."
"The universe we are about to enter is a non-demon universe."
"If we enter that universe, there is a high probability that we will completely lose our magic power—"
Accompanied by this sentence, the chairs in the 'classroom' made an unpleasant sound.
People finally realized the seriousness of the matter, even the Red Dragon.
——Dragon is a completely magical creature. If they lose their magic power, their legs and wings will not be able to support their huge and unreasonable bodies. Not to mention flying, they will probably collapse when they lose their magic power.
"So, what are we going to do?" Immediately, a mage asked, "Like in the first era, concentrate all the magic power, create a divine engine, and fly back?"
Were you wandering the X-ball?
Angel complained in his heart.
He shook his head: "It doesn't make sense to go back to that polluted universe. On the contrary, our current position is the best. Relying on the influence of the non-magic universe, we can effectively control the scope of the abyss, and even develop ways to deal with the abyss." Find a way."
"But you just said that our land is flying to the magic-free universe..."
"Yes, so what we have to do now is to pull the land we are on and stop it from flying out."
"Then how to pull it?" Oville asked.
"In theory, of course God's Domain is the best, but God's Domain is too far away from us now. Fortunately, there should be a suitable traction near us." Angle paused, and said slowly: "It should be in the second Did you fly up at the end of the era? Cecilia’s Heavenly Kingdom.”
"You mean, the Charming Daughter?" Green Sage asked, "But isn't that you too?"
Angel slowly looked at each other.
"Ah, I'm sorry!" The green sage laughed dryly. "The rumors are so...there is only one real Cecilia, but the charming girl should be an accident, right? An accident?"
He looked at Angel, desperately wanting to know the inside story of the Charming Daughter.
It's a pity that Angel doesn't know either.
According to the diary of the great magician Cecilia, when his magic power overflowed and his body was about to collapse later, he did use magic gears as a puppet pool so that he could move around.
But in the age of the Charming Daughter, it was the last millennium. It was already very difficult for Cecilia to keep his soul and body from drifting away. Naturally, he had no time to make trouble, so the Charming Daughter had nothing to do with him.
Maybe that person happened to be named Cecilia?
This possibility also exists.
Anyway, Angel had a bad feeling about the truth about the Charming Girl, and he thought it would be better not to investigate further.
So Angel said coldly:
"If you care so much about who the Charming Daughter is, just ask her in person—if she's still in her heavenly kingdom."
"So, how do we get up there?" someone asked.
It seems that there is more than one person interested in the charming girl!
"It's very simple, just fly up, but this matter needs to be done professionally." Angel said.
He looked at the crowd under the podium, and Oville subconsciously puffed out her chest. She felt that the so-called "professionals" must be the group of guardian mages under her.
But Angel's eyes swept past her, and looked at Mayor Owen: "Speaking of which, what stage is the broomstick racing competition at now?"