Seeing this, Xiao Chen suddenly realized that Asilos might be a very good researcher, but not a good leader. When he was in the East Continent, he always insisted on his own opinions by directly confronting and opposing the Lord of the Tower of Source.
The master of the Tower of Origin is a leader who knows how to use people and can tolerate Asilos' stubbornness. In the end, he places the hope of the Tower of Origin on Asilos.
When he arrived in the Western Continent and Asilos himself became the supreme leader, no one tolerated him anymore, and his weaknesses were clearly exposed.
Xiao Chen had discovered before that he spent most of his time immersed in his own research, and a lot of basic external information was obtained by asking Carlo Rody.
He also did not grasp the changes in the minds of other saints and those in the Sages Association in time. He did not understand that most people, no matter how strong they were or how high their realm was, would find it difficult to plan for things thousands of years later.
He also did not consider that for most people, it was too difficult to learn the origin of spellcasting from the beginning.
Even in the current Chinese Tower, basic education has been fully implemented, and almost all students have a good foundation in the subject. They still start learning magic from ordinary spellcasting, and the theory of origin spellcasting is only learned as an auxiliary. Except for particularly talented mages, only those who reach the intermediate level or above will start practicing origin spellcasting.
However, it was really too much to ask Asilos to ask the magic apprentices who were converted from natives to directly use the origin to cast spells.
Now he proposed to challenge Lusato to a contest, much to the surprise and embarrassment of everyone present.
As a saint, Lusato was no ordinary person. He said angrily, "Asilos, I know you have invested a lot of energy in the origin of spellcasting, but what you are saying now, is it of any help to our development here? What's the point of us fighting like barbarians?"
Asilos said: "The significance is to let you know that origin casting is not a second-level choice at all, but the way magic should be. Our magic civilization has been on the wrong path since the beginning. If we don't completely ban the ordinary casting mode, we can't go on this road!
How long has it been since then, and you already don't care about the threat from the God of Nature?"
Lusato said: "Let's develop this continent. When it is rich enough to compete with the Eastern Continent, it won't be too late to study the origin of magic."
Asilos sneered: "With your current attitude, how is it possible? Now you are unwilling to use the origin to cast spells, can you still believe that your descendants will do the same in thousands of years? I am afraid that even the technology of origin casting spells cannot be passed down!
Now, I formally challenge you in the name of the Saint!"
The discussion came to an abrupt end here. Xiao Chen had a feeling that the subsequent development of this matter would be beyond his expectations.
Those golden dots formed a picture of a laboratory. Xiao Chen saw Asilos again in it, but this time he looked much older and mentally exhausted. He was not doing experiments, but sitting face to face with Carlo Rody. Both of them looked unhappy, especially Carlo Rody. He said to Asilos with an almost pleading look: "Lord Asilos, please withdraw the challenge agreement with Lusato. The power of the saint's attack is too great, and life and death are at stake in an instant. Whether you or Lusato are injured, it will be an immeasurable loss to us."
Asilos said: "It's too late. The news of our duel has spread. Many people will look forward to this day. Even if it's for the sake of the origin, I won't lose!"
"But even if you win... can you really change their minds?" asked Carlo Roddy.
Asilos didn't speak for a long time. The atmosphere in the laboratory made Xiao Chen, who was watching, feel depressed.
Asilos said word by word: “If I know the right path but do not lead this country onto it, it would be a denial of my own existence.
Most people are blind and short-sighted, so there must be an external force to push them down that path. Even if someone has to pay with their life.”
Carlo Rody exclaimed: “The price of life, sir, what are you talking about!”
The next scene takes place in a valley outside the city, in the middle of a huge open space. Asilos and Lusato stand facing each other, with countless chaotic energies of various colors surrounding them. These are the magic powers controlled by each of them.
Lusato seemed to be good at mixing various elemental magics to attack, and Asilos chose to fight back in the same way. However, Lusato used ordinary spellcasting, and the magic he released overwhelmed the opponent in terms of speed and power.
At first glance, Xiao Chen felt that Asilos was in trouble, but after watching for a while, he found that Asilos seemed to be showing weakness and was not exerting his full strength.
Every time he seemed to be barely able to resist the opponent's attack at the critical moment, but in fact, this was the result of his calculations. He only used the original method to attack the weakest point of Lusato's magic. Although his strength was not as good as the opponent's, he was able to destroy the opponent's effect with little effort.
This allowed him to use much less effort to resist Lusato's full-force attack, and the strength he saved accumulated little by little in front of his left hand and turned into a magic ready to be unleashed.
Lusato hadn't realized this yet. He was already angry at being dragged into this duel by Asilos. At this time, he hoped to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop, but instead lost his judgment of the situation.
Lusato released a holy magic element turbulence, which did not seriously injure Asilos, but it penetrated his defense and cut off the hem of his wizard's robe. However, this magic had a casting gap of about three seconds, and Asilos suddenly released an unknown penetrating attack spell in his left hand.
This magic was released using the original casting method, piercing through Lusato's shield in one fell swoop. The magic hit his chest and directly opened a hole in it.
Lusato looked at his chest in shock, but he hadn't yet reacted as to why Asilos could suddenly launch such a sharp counterattack, with such a huge amount of energy contained in the last blow.
“Why… do this? Haven’t we always been comrades…” Lusato’s heart had been shattered by Asilos. He fell to the ground and died before he could finish this sentence.