Ryan was sitting in the main seat, operating the car with a bit of unfamiliarity. Although he had only practiced for three days, for a formal wizard, being familiar with driving was enough!
Cynthia, standing by, was staring intently at the city's streets through the car window.
Night had already fallen, but before the darkness engulfed the city, street lights suddenly lit up. The bright, almost blinding fluorescence shone like stars in the sky.
"What a nice city!" Cynthia couldn't help but praise it.
"Of course, this is the magic city belonging to wizards!" Ryan said proudly.
As a wizard who had fled to the Kingdom from the Empire a few months ago, Ryan was particularly impressed by the changes in this magical city, and he felt more and more the profundity and greatness of magic! At the beginning, he joined the Wizards Mutual Aid Association just to protect himself and jointly resist the Church's witch hunting, and he didn't have much hope of going to the Kingdom.
After all, the power of the empire and the church spread across the entire continent. It was simply a foolish dream to want to deal with such a behemoth! However, when he really arrived at the City of Fire Oil, Ryan realized how ridiculous his previous thoughts were.
The wizards of the kingdom not only created many extremely powerful alchemical creations and defeated the church's expeditionary army several times, but also possessed terrifying magic that could wipe out tens of thousands of troops with one strike and create a large area of death! Most importantly, within the kingdom, wizards no longer had to hide in the dark like mice as before, worrying about being hunted by witch hunters all day long and facing the fear and strange looks of the civilians.
In the City of Fire Oil, not only could they cast magic at will, they were also admired and respected by almost all civilians, something Ryan had never experienced before.
What surprised Ryan even more was that he actually had such a high talent in the study of magic! Before, the magic environment in the empire must have been too poor, so it was not enough to show his true level.
Ryan talked eloquently, imagining what the wizards would build the continent into after the parliament completely wiped out the empire in the future. Maybe he would become the second magic star! Cynthia ignored Ryan's delusion and reminded him softly. "We're here!"
Ryan, who nearly hit the high wall, turned his attention back and quickly parked the alchemy car at the door of the mansion.
The time spent alone ended quietly. Ryan secretly regretted why he drove so fast, but he did not delay his business. He led Cynthia directly into the mansion of the great wizard.
Farrell is a person who advocates minimalism, which can be seen from the setting and decoration of the manor. If no one knows, no one would have thought that this is the residence of a great wizard.
The two walked across a long corridor and entered the front hall, where they soon saw the person they were visiting - the great wizard Farrell.
"Thank you for waiting, Master Farrell!" Ryan bowed respectfully.
"It's okay. It just so happens that I have some free time recently..." Farrell waved his hand and asked the two to sit down. His arm, which was injured, was aching slightly.
Because he had a fight with a monster called MUTO a few days ago, he is still recovering from his injuries.
"I have sent your paper to Speaker Aurora, who has the most profound understanding of astronomy. She will be the one to judge the quality of these three papers," Farrell said with a smile. "If nothing unexpected happens, it shouldn't be difficult to get a Morning Star Medal."
Ryan suppressed his excitement and spoke modestly. "You are too kind. I just made some minor additions to the existing picture of the movement of stars based on Master Lin En's law of universal gravitation."
"It's not just a simple supplement. The Morning Star Medal is absolutely well-deserved!" Farrell said with satisfaction.
Ryan's three papers boldly combined the tidal changes of the ocean with the gravitational influence of the moon, arguing that in the movement of celestial bodies, the moon is not unilaterally captured by the gravity of the continents beneath its feet, but that they influence each other.
The correlation between ocean tides and the phases of the moon is evidence of this, and it's even possible that the moon's gravity could affect the rotation of Eterna itself.
These arguments were novel, bold, and very consistent with the law of universal gravitation proposed by Master Lin En. The explanation of tidal phenomena in the paper made him applaud.
This discovery alone is worth a Morning Star medal!
"But it may take some time before the medal is issued. The speakers have all had very important matters to deal with recently, and I'm afraid they don't have time to review your thesis for the time being." Farrell said with a hint of regret.
In the absence of academic seminars, the Parliament will only award the corresponding medal if a research result is recognized by the Speaker.
"Then let's wait for a few more days." Ryan didn't dare to disturb the speakers. As long as he could be sure of getting a Morning Star Medal, he would be willing to wait a few more days.
Farrell nodded, then turned his gaze to the young girl next to Ryan.
"You are Cynthia?" Farrell said calmly, not giving her any preferential treatment because of her good looks. "Tell me, what is it that made you ask Ryan to come see me?"
"I made an interesting alchemical creation recently, so I would like to invite you to taste it."
Cynthia's voice was pleasant to the ear, but the words she said made Farrell frown.
He didn't think the witch in front of him had the ability to produce any novel creations for him to "taste", and from the moment she entered the door, she didn't show any respect for him as a great wizard.
Even Ryan couldn't stand it anymore and kept winking at Cynthia, but the latter ignored him.
"Then bring it here and let us see it!" For the sake of Ryan, the magic genius, Farrell temporarily suppressed his dissatisfaction and spoke in a cold voice.
Alchemy is not his best field, but it is no problem to guide a formal wizard! Cynthia smiled and took out a palm-sized cube.
"This is..." Farrell's expression suddenly changed, turning into a look of intense surprise, and he hurriedly took it and examined it.
It was a diamond-shaped crystalline cube, surrounded by complex and delicate runes. The strong magical fluctuations on it made him secretly frightened.
Although Farrell was not an alchemist, he could see that each side of the cube was engraved with a powerful and unique spell. When they were combined together, an even more powerful force would burst out...
"Where did you get it?" Farrell asked excitedly.
"This must be the work of a legendary alchemist!"
Using alchemy to materialize six kinds of powerful spells on a palm-sized alchemical creation, and making them all so seamlessly integrated without conflicting with each other, this is simply unheard of!
"Of course it's my creation," Cynthia replied casually.
Farrell's face showed a bit of dissatisfaction and anger, and Ryan quickly interrupted. "Cynthia, this is not the time to joke, tell Master Farrell where you got it from, this may be related to the movements of a legendary alchemist."
"Since you don't quite believe it, why don't you see its power!" Cynthia suddenly stretched out her hand and brushed the cube in Farrell's palm.
A powerful and terrifying aura emerged from the lens, and the runes engraved on one side of the crystal surface suddenly lit up. The mansion they lived in instantly turned into a void.
Farrell sensed something was wrong the moment the cube was activated, but countless magic threads had already rolled up from the other side of the crystal surface and bound him tightly before he could react in time.
"Who are you?" Farrell's face turned extremely ugly. The girl in front of him could not be just a formal wizard.
What shocked him even more was that his own domain was suppressed. Those magic threads drilled into his body like wriggling maggots, devouring his flesh, blood, magic power and even his soul.
"Are you crazy, Cynthia?" Ryan was horrified. The sudden change in the situation on the field had already exceeded his comprehension. At this moment, he even wondered if he was still dreaming...
After completely stopping Farrell, Cynthia finally had some time to turn and look at Ryan.
Those violet-like eyes were filled with indifference, just like a basin of cold water poured over the other person's head, extinguishing the other person's desire that obscured his or her rationality.
"You actually defected to the church and sneaked into the City of Fire Oil to approach and seduce me, just to obtain information about the parliament..." Ryan, whose reason had returned to his mind, felt a chill running from the soles of his feet to his heart, and he immediately understood everything.
But in this realm of nothingness, even Farrell, a great wizard, had some of his power suppressed, and Ryan, who was only a formal wizard, found it difficult to even move his fingers, and resistance was an extremely extravagant thing.
"Temptation?" Ryan made Cynthia frown slightly, and then said with a cold look. "Are you worthy of it?"
Ryan's pupils shrank, but before he could reply, he felt the air around him turn into steel knives. The next moment, his confusion, unwillingness, and dreams were turned into a pile of rotten meat by the rioting elements, and finally burned to ashes by the burning sparks...
Cynthia's expression returned to normal, as if she had just casually crushed an ant to death.
Ryan's guess was nothing but a boring fantasy. She went to the Kerosene City to investigate the cause of death of the previous incarnation, but she didn't expect Ryan to come to her inexplicably attentively.
Cynthia would naturally not refuse to use a tool that was delivered to her doorstep.
In comparison, Ryan, who has a clean record and can withstand the scrutiny of Parliament, is more suitable to be put in the open.
As for the other party's so-called magic genius, it was the result of her using enlightenment to strengthen and instill some astronomical knowledge and inspiration. Otherwise, how could the other party suddenly write a paper that could alarm the parliament? In the short time it took to deal with Ryan, Farrell, who was bound by magic threads, had been beaten into a dry corpse! Due to the powerful soul of the great wizard, Farrell still retained a little consciousness, but this only aggravated the torture. He could only watch Cynthia approach step by step, with fear, anger and despair in his heart.
【Soul Search】
Cynthia walked forward and placed her hand on Farrell's head, while her other hand held the cube. As the spell was activated, scenes of memory fragments suddenly emerged in her mind.
As a great wizard and a core member of the parliament, Farrell knew a lot of information.
For example, wizards have recently discovered many new elements, and the parliament is using electromagnetic waves for communications.
In addition, several speakers have been busy with a very important matter recently, and the parliament has mobilized almost all its forces for this purpose...
Unfortunately, Farrell's alchemy level was not outstanding among the great wizards, so he was assigned other tasks and did not participate.
After searching together, Cynthia quickly found what she wanted, the place where Chief Judge Joshua was imprisoned!
Just underground in the headquarters of the Wizarding Council, it is usually guarded by a great wizard. Farrell once secretly served as a guard for a period of time.
After obtaining enough information, Cynthia completely extracted Farrell's soul.
The whole process went very smoothly and no one else came to disturb us.
After all, when she dealt with Farrell, she used alchemical methods to perform spells and did not use any divine magic, so she would naturally not be detected by the detection barrier covering the entire city.
It is normal for a great wizard's residence to have strong magical fluctuations. Whether it is experimental magic or researching and making various instruments, a large amount of magic power is required.
After quietly dealing with the servants and guards in the manor, Cynthia left Farrell's mansion alone.
At the same time, the followers of God who had sneaked into the City of Fire Oil all received divine revelation at the same time! Monroe was so excited that he could not express it in words.
"It's the Lord, the great Lord is calling us!" Monroe was so excited that he was about to cry. He didn't expect that he could still receive God's revelation after making two consecutive mistakes in judgment, which caused the church's power in the kingdom to suffer a severe blow!
This is undoubtedly redemption in despair!
It turns out that the great Lord has not abandoned himself!
At this moment, Monroe's regret and self-blame turned into a strong sense of mission. He must repay this trust with actions, no matter what the cost!
Just as Monroe was in a frenzy, Ivana beside him showed a hint of worry, vaguely remembering the news that the evil god disaster had broken out in the northern border of the kingdom that she had heard in the evening.
How could it be such a coincidence...
(PS: This book has no heroine and does not whitewash. Every villain has his own story. Whether it is Hellram or the evil wizard Merck, they have been written about a lot, and Ella is no exception.) (End of this chapter)