Chapter 102 The Curse of the Human Mage
The black energy came too fast and was impossible to defend against. Shu Li didn't even have a chance to dodge and was hit by the black energy.
"ah!"
Shu Li fell backwards onto the grass, scaring the four little goblins so much that they flew towards him.
"Don't come over here!" Shu Li shouted. He was afraid the black energy would pounce on his companions and harm them.
The four little goblins suddenly hovered in the air, sweating profusely in anxiety.
"Sperian, how are you?" Desio asked anxiously.
"Black energy...black energy has entered Sperian's body!" Budno widened his brown eyes and pointed at Shu Li's chest.
"Is anything wrong?" Lois clasped her hands, her face full of worry.
Angel observed carefully and frowned, "It should be fine... Sperian knows dark magic."
If the black energy was actually the power of darkness, its impact might be less severe if it entered Sperian's body. Sperian had spent five years studying dark magic with the king in the Elven Kingdom, so there must be a way to break it.
Although Angel was not sure, he believed that the boss would be able to overcome the danger.
Just as he said, after the black gas entered Shu Li's body, it did not cause any harm to him. His limbs just stiffened for a while. After he regained consciousness, he did not feel any discomfort.
He pushed himself up and sat cross-legged again, touching his chest in confusion and looking up at his four worried friends.
"I'm fine," he said soothingly.
"Sperian—"
The four little fairies flapped their wings and rushed towards him, rubbing his cheeks affectionately.
Being rubbed on the face by four friends at the same time, Shu was so itchy that he couldn't stand it and laughed several times: "Ahhh, stop rubbing, your skin is going to be rubbed bald."
Thesio retreated, hovering in mid-air, glaring at him with ruby eyes. "You scared us to death!"
Budno nodded vigorously.
Angel turned his head to look at the treasure chest with the lid flipped open, and said fearfully: "From now on, don't open things of unknown origin."
Shu Li raised his hand and scratched his head: "I was careless."
Although the three-headed water monster had a bad attitude at first and even cheated them out of seven red crystal flower seeds, it later became friendly and gave him a bunch of expensive crystal ores, which made him let down his guard.
Because the concept that Warcraft is friends of fairies is deeply rooted in people's minds, after gaining their trust, they get along with each other in a friendly manner and will not be overly defensive.
So, he made a good friend like Mr. Orochi.
Because the three-headed monster mentioned Mr. Snake, Shu Li let down his guard, but he overlooked an important issue.
The three-headed monster may not have intended to harm him and gave him the gift sincerely, but the origin of the gift itself is unknown.
This golden treasure chest was picked up from the Danaga Sea half a month ago.
In other words, the golden treasure chest is an alien object, and there is a magic seal on the lid, so not everyone can open it.
The correct approach would be to give the treasure chest to the goblin elders, let them decide, and then carefully open it, instead of being like him, eager to show off his new skills to his friends and carelessly breaking the seal.
Every failure is a learning experience.
Fortunately, the black air had no effect on his body.
Shu Li let out a long sigh.
"Ah! Sperian! There's something new on the back of your hand!"
Suddenly, Lois exclaimed, pointing in surprise at his right hand that was scratching his head.
"What?" Shu Li was stunned for a moment, then lowered his hand, turning it upwards, his pupils shrinking slightly. "This is..."
A strange pattern appeared on the back of the white and tender hand, which looked a bit like... a six-legged spider!
The four little goblins came over together, surrounded the back of Shu Li's hand, and were very surprised.
"Wow, what is this?"
"Like a mark?"
"A little bit ugly."
"It's still black, it doesn't look good."
Shu Li's face turned slightly pale, his lips trembled, and he said in a serious tone: "It's a curse."
"curse!"
The little friends were shocked and all showed incredible expressions.
Shu Li raised his hand, examined it carefully, clenched it into a fist, and his tender green eyes were filled with regret.
He had studied dark magic from the Elf King in the Elf Kingdom for five years, but he couldn't even recognize the cursed seal.
Now that I've been infected, I don't know what to do.
He had never seen this curse mark before and had no idea how to break it.
"Sperian, what should we do?" Angel tugged at his clothes, "Let's go back to the sacred tree and ask Sit for help!"
"Yes, Sperian, let's go back quickly, Sit must have a way!" Desio was so anxious that he was running around, flapping his little wings at a high frequency.
"Niledi is a bad monster!" Budno puffed up his cheeks angrily.
"That's too much!" Lois waved her fist in indignation. "When we get back to the sacred tree, I'm going to tell Elder Fedro."
They couldn't defeat the three-headed water monster, but Elder Fedoro, who was tens of thousands of years old, could definitely teach it a lesson.
Shu Li bit her lip, looked down at the treasure chest, found something inside, and reached out to take it.
"Be careful!" Angel stopped him.
"The seal has been lifted, there is no danger anymore." Shu Li took out the things in the box.
A roll of paper tied with a red string and a metal tube as thick as a finger.
He hesitated for a moment, then began to untie the red rope and unfold the yellowed kraft paper, and the words on the paper gradually became apparent.
"It's the common language of the continent." Dizio leaned closer and read slowly according to the words on it. "Dear magician, if you can see this paper, it means you have unlocked the seal on the treasure chest. First of all, I want to apologize to you..."
"You are cursed." Angel continued, "If you don't follow my instructions, the curse will accompany you for the rest of your life, until you die..."
The goblins gasped.
What a vicious curse caster!
Shu Li's hand holding the paper trembled, her face turned pale, and she frowned, forcing herself to read the words on the entire paper.
The person who wrote this paper was a great wizard named Claude Bull, who came from Pedam, a small country in the south.
Ten years ago, the State of Cecilia launched a war of aggression against neighboring countries. As one of the neighboring countries, Pedam was the first to bear the brunt of the ruthless war, and a large number of people living in the border areas of the two countries died in the war.
The Black Knights of Cecilia were invincible, leaving corpses everywhere they went, a horrific sight.
The country of Pedam was short of troops and suffered defeat after defeat. It asked for help from other neighboring countries, but no country came to its aid.
The king had to go to the war himself. In a battle three years ago, he was seriously injured and has been bedridden ever since.
The queen can hardly handle the situation alone, the prince and princess are young, and the country is in danger.
In order to resist the Black Knight Legion of Cecilia, the queen decided to form a powerful team to go to the Leah Empire for help.
The Dalia Empire is one of the four major powers in the Austin continent and has an indestructible army. If we borrow troops from them, we will definitely be able to resist the terrifying Black Knight and turn the tide.
Why would a small country in the south seek help from a big country far in the west?
It’s because the Queen of Pedam Kingdom and the Queen of Dalia Empire are sisters.
They were once the pampered princesses of the Snow Kingdom. When they reached marriageable age, princes from many countries proposed to them. After a series of tests and trials, the elder sister married the prince of the Dalia Empire, and the younger sister married the prince of the Pedam Kingdom.
One is a big country in the West and the other is a small country in the South.
Although the two countries have vastly different national strengths, the sisters' relationship remains as strong as ever. They write to each other every year and share their happiness.
Since Cecilia invaded Pedam, communications have been cut off, and no messenger bird or messenger team can leave Pedam.
The situation was so difficult that the invaders had captured more than ten cities in succession and were about to reach the capital. The queen could only make a final struggle.
She ordered the court mage Claude Bull to deliver the letter to the Queen of the Dalia Empire at all costs.
Claude Bull swore allegiance to the beautiful queen until death, and led a legion of knights to break through the siege and march towards the Dalia Empire.
However, for some reason the news leaked out and the Black Knights came in pursuit. In order to protect Claude Bull, the knights suffered heavy casualties. Claude Bull fled into the courtyard and sought protection from the Magic Association.
Not only did the Magic Association fail to protect him, it also betrayed his whereabouts.
Claude Bull was furious but helpless, so he risked his life to escape, sneaked onto a ship bound for the Pros Empire, and headed north along the Bakat River.
After entering the Pros Empire, he realized that he had become a wanted criminal.
For a year, he hid from place to place like a rat crossing the street, and after going through untold hardships, he finally managed to disguise himself and board a ship bound for the Dalia Empire.
Unexpectedly, the ship encountered a terrible hurricane and everyone on board died.
Claude Bull was unwilling to give up, so he sealed the queen's letter and his own suicide note in a golden treasure chest, sacrificed his own soul, and cast a terrible curse.
Once someone breaks the seal on the treasure chest, they will be cursed.
The solution is very simple. As long as the person under the curse personally delivers the letter from Queen Pedam to the Queen of the Dalia Empire, the curse will automatically disappear.
The five little goblins read the contents of the paper and remained silent for a long time.
After a while, Budno asked quietly, "Is the Dalia Empire the country closest to the Fairy Forest?"
Angel responded, "Yes."
Shu Li pinched the sealed metal cylinder, pursed his lips and said, "This matter is too complicated. We... need to find Wang."
Black Knight!
Cecilia!
Memories from ten years ago suddenly came flooding back, vividly replaying in his mind.
The little goblins did not dare to delay, packed up their things, and flew towards the sacred tree without stopping.
Shu Li let the four little friends sit on his shoulders, spread his gauze-like wings, cast accelerating wind magic, and flew madly, finally returning to the sacred tree before dark.
An hour later, two beautiful snow-white unicorns fell from the sky and landed on the grass under the sacred tree. The blond Elf King and the black-haired Elf Warrior got off the unicorns gracefully and hurried towards the fairies waiting under the tree.
The fairy elders Fedro, Sit, and Aisha transformed into large sizes and saluted respectfully to the Elf King.
"King, I'm very sorry to ask you to come here so late." Fedoro said apologetically.
The Elf King used the light of the magic stone lamp to look at the young elf hiding behind Sit and the four little elves lying on his head.
"Sperien is my young disciple. If he encounters any difficult problems, I should be the one to handle them." The Elf King said gently.
Shu Li felt even more ashamed when he heard this.
The king taught him so carefully, but he himself failed to learn the skills well and was cursed, so in the end he had to trouble him.
Seeing the little guy hiding behind Sid and not daring to show up, Ilio grinned and strode over.
"Sperian." He stood beside Shu Li and looked down at him.
Shu Li puffed out his cheeks, closed his eyes, and said resignedly, "Laugh if you want!"
Woo wah wah wah~~~~
Every time Ilio saw him make a fool of himself, he would laugh out loud, and his laughter was very arrogant.
So angry!
"Are you stupid?"
For the first time ever, Elio not only did not laugh at him, but also rubbed his head hard with his palm.
When the four little goblins saw his big hand reaching out, they flew away without any loyalty and escaped to the shoulders of Sit and Elsa.
They were all frightened of Ilion and did not want to fall into his clutches.
Shu Li's hair was messed up by Ilio's hands, and her cheeks were pinched several times.
"Let...let me go..." he said incoherently.
With the Elf King around, Ilio didn't dare to curse him for too long. He let go of his head and said angrily, "You're so brave! You dare to undo the curse on something of unknown origin."
"Hmm~~~" Shu Li covered her cheeks which were red from being rubbed, and hung her head dejectedly.
Stop scolding, stop scolding, he has already blamed himself and reflected on himself.
"Ilio." Sit and Elsa couldn't bear to see their little elf being scolded. "Sperian is young and inexperienced. He doesn't understand the power of the curse. Please don't be too harsh on him."
Ilio stepped back and saluted. "My apologies, I'm too concerned. I was distraught to learn that Sperion had been cursed by a human mage."
No, the one who was truly anxious was the Elf King.
He was merely speaking on behalf of the king.
The Elf King looked at the dejected blond elf boy and called softly, "Sperien, come here."
Shu Li's pointed ears twitched, and she raised her head to meet the Elf King's gentle green eyes. Without hesitation, she walked up to him and said self-reproachfully, "King, I'm sorry, I..."
"This isn't your fault. There's no need to apologize." The Elf King used his slender fingers to comb through his hair, which had been messed up by Ilio, revealing his full, white forehead. "The most urgent task is to remove the curse from you as soon as possible."
"Wang..." Shu Li stared at him blankly, and the uneasiness that had been lingering in her heart was miraculously soothed.
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