Xiao Chen had anticipated this. Asilos wanted to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, but his brutal methods seemed to have foreshadowed his end.
When this picture faded, Xiao Chen vaguely saw that the dueling mages watching around him all started to make a noise, and even magical lights began to appear, as if someone had taken action.
When the next scene began, Asilos was standing on the white tower, the city was full of flames, and dozens of warriors stood behind him.
Looking away from outside the tower, Asilos said to the warriors, "These people have been planning this for a long time. Those mages have lost my trust, but I trust you. The power of fighting spirit is effective in any situation, and you will not harbor resentment because of the Origin spell. Today I gather you together. From now on, you will be called the Judgment Authority, and all the sins of the mages will be judged by you. Marcelino, you are the only saint among the many warriors guarding the Origin Tower. From today on, you are the Holy Judge of the Judgment Authority."
"Yes. Lord Asilos, I will follow your command and wipe out those rebels in one fell swoop." A middle-aged warrior standing in the front said with a hint of excitement.
"Go ahead and start by wiping out the rebels in this city. I'll let those golems help you."
"Yes!" Marcelino took the order and set off, and dozens of other soldiers followed him downstairs.
Carlo Rody said: "Should I go with them to take a look? After all, they also have a Saint-level mage."
Asilos said, "We will wait here. I am their ultimate target. If they want to achieve their goal, they must come here first. If they can't even get up to the White Tower, then they are only fit to be sacrificed by the Inquisition."
Carlo Rody said: "This all happened too quickly. You just had a duel with Lusato last month, but within a month, they couldn't stand it anymore and started to rebel."
"Because they know they won't stand a chance if they delay. I won't give them a chance. That's why they can't wait to take action. But they don't know that I have been waiting for them for a long time. Some recent policy changes are slowly forcing them to take this path. If I don't do this, I have no way to really eliminate those guys."
By this time, Marcelino had joined the battle. The sounds of fighting outside the White Tower were getting louder and louder.
This scene disappeared, and in another scene, Asilos was on a battlefield in the wild. His wizard robe was tattered, and the environment around him had obviously been destroyed by magic, with traces of burning and freezing everywhere. There were seven or eight dead people around him, all of them were wizards wearing robes and holding magic wands. There were two warriors holding long swords, one of whom was Marcelino. They were guarding Asilos, and there were five or six active golems on guard. Carlo Rody sat on the ground with his hands covering his abdomen. The situation looked very bad.
Asilos is performing healing magic to repair Carlo Roddy's wounds.
Carlodi said in a weak voice: "Lord Asilos, I am afraid I can't hold on for too long. Londoño's magic is too corrosive, even you can't save me. I only have a few minutes to live. Now, the enemies have been eliminated, and you are the only saint left. But I have a question for you."
"Carlos, you are the only saint who follows me to the end. You are my most important companion. I don't want you to die like this." Asiros' voice was low and painful.
"I'm just following the same path as Lusato and Londoño." Carlodi smiled bitterly, with black liquid flowing from the corners of his mouth, which meant that the corruption in his body had reached an irreversible level.
"Ask any questions you have."
"Back then... there are only a few mages left who came here on the boat. Do you really not regret it?"
"There is no point in regretting. For me... there is only one right path. Although the cost is huge now, I have already walked on it."
"But after more than two years of war, most of the magicians have died..."
"That would be a brand new beginning. When I die, I can completely bury those things that happened to us."
Carlo Roddy's face became paler and paler, and his voice became softer and softer. He finally said, "I just hope that all this... all the sacrifices will not be in vain. After a few years, this time will be just as you wish. Then both I and they will have died worthily..."
The picture slowly faded, and in the new picture, Asilos was already an old man with completely white hair. This time, the person beside him was replaced by the equally old guard Marcelino.
At this moment, he was saying this in Xiao Chen's direction: "Louisa, for so many years, you have been quietly watching these things happen. I wonder what you think today."
Off-screen, a woman's cold voice said, "I've been following you, watching you do these things. You used your authority to keep me hidden, so I can't interfere with any of your actions.
Asilos, if I still had emotions, I would hate you. Because the Source Tower, which was still preserved, has been completely destroyed in your hands. Now, apart from those warriors, you are the last wizard of the Source Tower. In the years since the death of the other wizards, you have completely cut off the magic inheritance on this continent. Not only are there no new magic apprentices, but even the magic runes are about to be lost. This may be the only tower left among the seven towers. "
“How many years have I been doing this?”
"Sixty years."
"Sixty years, these are really lonely sixty years. However, I will die soon. Human life is always so limited. Many things cannot be accomplished in one generation. So now I place my hope on you.
A few years ago, I started to change the state of your soul, making it more resilient and powerful. I also added many of my recent insights and memories to it. I call it memory inheritance, including the memory of why we have come to this point, the results of my years of research on the origin of spellcasting, and the most important thing: how to develop a civilization without relying on magic. If you can meet the right person, someone who can see the future direction clearly, someone who can lead the continent forward, you can hand over the power of this country and this knowledge to him. "
"Asiros, are you gambling on your luck? Expecting someone who doesn't even exist to inherit your will," said Louisa.