Chapter 160 The Secret of the Magic Lamp
In a temporary prison built specifically for Magredo.
Crash.
A basin of cold water was poured, waking the magician up.
Magredo barely opened his eyes and saw the blurry figures of Rhine and Aurora.
He calmed himself down and regained consciousness after a while, and found that the magic ring on his index finger had been taken off and was now worn on Rhine's index finger.
As soon as he saw the two men, Magredo trembled with fear.
Just now, the power and deterrence displayed by Rhine far exceeded his imagination.
The chief magician of Endeavour begged loudly for mercy.
"Let me go. Please, let me go!"
"I shouldn't have cooperated with the Witch of the East and shouldn't have murdered you and the Queen of the White Kingdom. It was the Witch of the East who bewitched me and said that if I did her this favor, she would help me overthrow Oz!"
"I will never again oppose you, or Oz. I will leave Oz and never set foot on this green land again."
"It was the Emperor of Ende who was too ambitious and wanted to conquer the oasis kingdom in the desert as a strategic location for communication between the East and the West. That's why he forced me to seek the throne of Oz. I am just a lackey who has no choice."
"I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."
"No, you don't." Rhine shook his head and responded with a line that was very familiar to him in his previous life, "You just know that you are going to die."
"Oh, right," Magrido's eyes flashed, as if he had remembered another life-saving straw, and he said anxiously: "You must have a wish that you want to fulfill, you must have one! "I know a magic lamp that can make wishes come true. According to ancient records, it is hidden in an underground treasure house near the Land of Oz. I am looking for its exact location.
"As long as you let me go, I will lead you to find it soon!
"Great magician Rhine, you are now one of the most legendary magicians in the world. Once you have the magic lamp, your magic power will become even stronger. No one in the entire continent can compare to you. You can become the king of the world!"
Magic lamp?
Hearing this familiar term, Rhine raised his eyebrows.
Seeing that Rhine seemed to be interested in the magic lamp, Magredo's eyes lit up. He felt that he had found hope for survival, and quickly said:
"As long as you are willing to let me go, I can lead you to find the magic lamp!"
Unexpectedly, Rhine just shrugged:
“Sorry, I’m not really interested.
"Besides, you have already told me about the existence of the magic lamp and its approximate range. As a master of divination, I can definitely find it myself."
Magredo was so frightened by the boy's ruthless expression that he almost peed his pants.
He cried and begged for mercy:
“No, no, it’s useless even if we find the treasure trove.
“That treasure house is guarded by the most terrible spell. Even the most powerful magician must use a specific method to enter the treasure house.
"I read in ancient books that there is only one way to open the door to the treasure house of the magic lamp. You must go to the east and find a certain person to open the treasure house.
"I have already burned that ancient book. If you kill me, you will never know how to open the treasure house!"
Rhine said calmly, "We need to find a child named Aladdin - he is the child of a tailor named Mustafa. Only when Aladdin reads out his own name and his father's name can the door to the treasure house be opened, right?"
His tone was calm, as if he was stating something that everyone knew.
Magredo's pupils dilated, and his voice trembled: "How do you know...know?"
He showed a look of self-doubt:
"This shouldn't be the case. I should be the only one in the world who knows this... How did you know this?!"
As expected... Rhine sighed and asked again: "When you find the location of the treasure house, you will pretend to be Aladdin's uncle and trick him into helping you open the treasure house, right?"
"This is indeed a solution I have thought of..." Magredo's tone was trembling and becoming increasingly unstable.
So that's it, you are the magician who disguised himself as Aladdin's uncle in the story of "Aladdin's Magic Lamp"... Rhine understood something.
According to the original work, the magician who deceived Aladdin was from Africa, and Aladdin himself was Chinese, symbolizing the West and the East respectively.
However, the whole story is completely Arab, with few African and Chinese elements.
This so-called birthplace is obviously a romanticization, no different from the "far, far away place" in most fairy tales.
Therefore, on this continent, Magredo's hometown has also become a Middle Eastern country.
Rhine stared at the trembling and tearful Magredo and asked calmly:
"As far as I know, the black witch Maleficent should be in Oz now. Do you know where she is exactly? Have you seen her recently?"
He didn't kill Magredo on the spot just to ask him this question!
Since Magredo has cooperated with the Witch Society once, it is not impossible for them to cooperate a second time.
Magredo cried and shook his head: "I don't know."
"Thank you for your answer." Rhine was a little disappointed.
"goodbye."
The next second, Magredo's collar suddenly tightened, tightening around his neck.
"No……"
Magredo's eyes bulged out as he stared at Rhine, and he lost his life before he could even utter a final cry.
He is dead.
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"Magrido is dead. After things here are over, I can go to the East, find Aladdin, and get the magic lamp!" Rhine thought.
He couldn't put all his hopes of returning home on the founder of the Witch Society!
Aurora looked at Magredo's body and breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of joy and relief on her face: "The evil witch of the East is dead, and the magician Magredo is also dead.
“Now, our last mission in this country is to find the black witch Maleficent.
"It won't be long before the curse on the Kingdom of Rose is lifted!"
Rhine didn't smile: "I have a bad feeling."
As a legendary prophet, his premonitions themselves represent a certain fact.
"I have a vague feeling that Maleficent will take the initiative and cause trouble for us first."
Aurora was not worried: "It's okay, teacher. Now that we have joined forces, even if Maleficent's injuries are completely healed, she is still no match for us. What's more, we have made a backup plan and found..."
At this moment, the two people in the basement suddenly felt the ground shaking.
It seemed as if the whole world shook three times.
"What happened, an earthquake?"
Aurora was confused and walked up the stairs, with Rhine following behind her.
Above is the palace of the Emerald City.
As Aurora stepped onto the ground, her pupils suddenly contracted.
The whole world outside has changed——
The palaces, markets, streets, courtyards, and gardens were all gone, leaving only empty green fields and mountains.
In the center of the green fields is a vast lake.
In the lake, fish of four different colors were running around and blowing bubbles. Their numbers were countless.
At this time, Rhine saw a short figure by the lake, looking at the fish in the lake in panic - it was King Oz.
As soon as Oz saw Aurora and Rhine, he rushed over in panic, his face full of anxiety. : "Oh my God. I really don't know what happened in this land?
"I just took a nap, and found myself lying in the wilderness - it was as empty as the Emerald City before it was built. And there was a big lake with four different colors of fish."
Four-color fish? Could it be that...
Rhine seemed to have thought of something. He quickly walked to the lake and carefully observed the fish in the water.
All they saw was that the fishes seemed to understand human nature. When they saw Rhine coming, they all gathered around and stared at him and Oz pitifully.
That look seemed to say, "Help me!"
It is true!
Rhine took out his crystal ball and began to divine for the lake, the wilderness, and the fish:
"Tell me, what happened here? What happened here? How did these fish get here?"
After becoming a true legendary magician, his divination magic was close to that of a magic mirror! However, he still couldn't ask questions out of thin air, and needed a suitable divination medium.
(End of this chapter)