Chapter 786: The Spirit Tower and Adolf
Leviathan flies very fast.
In less than twenty minutes, Aleister saw the outline of the Ziggurat.
The city of Leipzig is a plain surrounded by forests and mountains, with the port to the north.
The Ziggurat itself wasn't part of Leipzig itself, but it was fairly close. It lay west of the city, on a similarly vast coastline, surrounded by misty forests and rugged mountains.
From this high altitude, Aleister could clearly see the massive port not far away. Various ships formed a line, and the port's massive robotic arms were working non-stop. A few scattered ships had been squeezed in.
There is a large village nestled in the mountains and by the water. You can clearly see many fishing boats going out to sea to fish... As a village, the fishermen are considered quite wealthy in terms of scale and equipment.
The people on the ground were obviously aware of Aleister's existence.
As she gradually descended, she glided through the air—the fishermen all looked up and pointed at Aleister in the sky.
The Spirit Tower is located on the mountain behind the village.
It was a pitch-black tower reaching to the sky, with dim rune light shining in the cracks... giving people the feeling that if they destroyed it, they would definitely get an epic item.
From Aleister's perspective, he could clearly see dense white ghosts circling the column like snakes, and white smoke gradually rising and disappearing, repeating over and over again, just like breathing.
In fact, this is true.
The Ziggurat itself isn't completely static. If one could capture a full day's worth of footage of the Ziggurat and speed it up to play it back within ten seconds, one would clearly see the Ziggurat's constant wriggling.
Because it is "alive." In other words, the Ziggurat itself is a giant undead spirit, its trunk made of the spines discarded by the former Lingbo Tiansi.
——This is also the reason why the Spirit Tower can be moved at will.
During the Empire's era, the Ziggurat wasn't located here. The undead disliked water, so the Ziggurat was located in the heart of the Empire—in what is now the capital of the Iris Kingdom.
It was precisely because the headmaster of the Ziggurat had defected to the first Valentine that he drove the Ziggurat directly to the small place of Star Antimony. Although Star Antimony was certainly larger than Avalon, it was not even a quarter of the size of the former Helasar Empire when it collapsed.
Aleister landed safely in front of the Ziggurat.
“That’s really good…”
She praised, touching Leviathan's chin.
Aleister was quite satisfied that he finally had his own mount.
Aiwass had considered sealing Selene into the Sin Beast before, but he gave up on it because he considered Selene, as a moon witch, lacked combat power.
Both are on the path of love, both have water attributes... How about taking Leviathan in as a great beast?
Aleister was really moved.
But she still planned to ask Aiwass first - although she was the scholar of the Great Sin now, it was Aiwass who would eventually use the Beast of Sin.
As the Son of the Moon, Aleister's magic attributes are wind, earth, and dark, so she can occupy a wind attribute position; if the King of the Wild Hunt occupies an earth attribute position, the remaining free positions are actually only light and water attributes.
There is a Paladin's soul in the red-handled sword, which can perhaps be considered a light attribute... If the remaining water attribute position is left to Leviathan, then they will have a mount when they go out in the future!
And this is my own child, how reassuring...
As if sensing Aleister's affection, Shark let out a sharp roar like a whistle and shook his head with satisfaction.
While Leviathan can speak, she apparently prefers to chirp.
Aleister was touching the Leviathan while looking at the Ziggurat.
In every sense, this could be considered a giant building. It could be considered a beggar's version of a giant tree... the kind where each floor is slightly smaller than a giant tree, and the height is also significantly reduced.
But even its first floor is quite impressive—it's roughly the size of a commercial building, far less than a university campus. But if you add up the height of each floor, the total size becomes truly staggering.
This place could be filled with the entire planet's worth of necromancers.
As a result of concentrating on the practice of necromancy, they also attracted a large amount of power from the Twilight Path.
The entrance to the Spirit Tower was like a fairyland, with a cold, damp white mist spreading across the ground. It looked as if someone had placed dry ice nearby...
"In the past, the fog here was not as low as the calf."
At the entrance to the Spirit Tower, an old man in a black robe said slowly, "If it weren't for those Griffin Knights striking lightning here... the fog accumulated here would be taller than the trees in the forest. It would be pitch dark..."
"...I'm actually quite thankful that their lightning didn't set the forest on fire."
Aleister complained.
"Why not?"
The old man folded his arms across his chest and scoffed, "It's because we have the preservation technique... and the low temperature of this undead mist itself that we can contain the forest fire."
As he spoke, he glanced at the little crow in Aleister's arms, then looked at the ferocious and violent Leviathan, and said slowly: "I guess you are not here to enroll, little girl."
"really."
Aleister nodded and asked politely, "Excuse me, who are you...?"
"You can call me Adolf."
The old man, who had a very high hairline and was almost bald, answered directly: "I am the vice-president of this school."
Aleister immediately knew the other party's identity.
The Ziggurat will only have one Vice-Principal, who is now known as the Black Vision - Adolf von Menzel.
"...Do you usually come to welcome new students in person?"
Aleister felt helpless.
"No, generally speaking. I'd rather take a nap."
The old man crossed his arms and said bluntly, "But I heard someone wanted to poach me, so I came back quickly."
"Who's so talkative?"
"The Royal Agent of the Chamber of Secrets—I am following orders, Miss Crawley. Please leave me alone."
Vice Principal Adolf glanced at the crow in Aleister's arms again and said without hesitation, "If this is the reason you came here, please go back."
He clearly felt the pressure from the crow.
It was clear that Albert's plan to flee to Avalon could not be concealed from the Chamber of Secrets. His sudden departure was so unusual that he must have been closely monitored by the Chamber of Secrets agents.
I'm afraid that as soon as he finished telling Adolf about this, the secret room would know about it immediately.
Even now, someone might be watching their conversation!
"I'm not here to poach people."
So Aleister smiled and didn't make things difficult for Adolf: "I just want to talk to the 'Principal' about something - I have a letter of introduction from Cardinal Cyril of the Church."
"That's no problem."
Adolf smiled and let Aleister in. "The principal just woke up from his deep sleep not long ago. He might be happy to hear news about his old friend..."
"Well, let's bring this kid in too. He's quite cute. What's his name?"
"Leviathan," Aleister said proudly, "This is my daughter—my biological daughter. We are related by blood."
“Hmm…ah?”
The old man responded subconsciously, then paused and froze for a moment.
He turned around to look at Aleister, who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, and repeated in confusion, "Huh?"
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