The old man who was drinking tea did not see Heidi's expression, but he also noticed that Heidi's movements were not quite right. He frowned and said: "Heidi, be polite to the guests, you are a girl. If you are too rude, I won’t be able to get married.”
"Yes, Grandpa, I will be very polite to him." Heidi bit her lip and said, but her big eyes were still glaring at Richard angrily, as if she was ready to kill Richard with her eyes. After looking at Richard fiercely for a long time, he suddenly turned around and walked away with the tray.
At this time, the old man looked over and asked Richard: "I don't know, what do you want to talk about when you come to see me?"
"Well, that's it." Richard put aside the trivial matters related to the girl Heidi, quickly took out a book from his arms, and put it on the table. It was "My Autobiography - Moratos" .
The old man glanced at the book and recognized it immediately: "Well, is it this book? I heard it was written by a wizard. It contains some evil contents and is not very popular. In this White Rock City, this book It should be rare. White Rock Tower Academy should have it, and a few private libraries should also have it. I didn't expect that you also have a copy.
But... what do you want to ask when you take it out? Are you confused about some evil content recorded in it and want me to answer it? "At the end, the old man said with a half-joking tone, but of course there was also a potential warning.
Richard chuckled lightly, looked at the old man and said, "Of course it's not like this. The reason why I came to ask you, the great scholar Suradi, is because I found a strange pattern in the book. I don't know where it came from."
"Weird pattern? What weird pattern?"
"That's it." Richard turned the book to the last page and pointed out the black "triangular circle vertical line" pattern to the old man.
The old man glanced twice, frowned, said "Wait a moment" to Richard, stood up and walked aside.
Walking to a bookshelf, the old man took out a wooden box from a grid and opened it. There was something like a magnifying glass inside.
However, the lens is made of crystal, which makes it look extremely precious, and the handle is also made of exquisite wood with gorgeous patterns on it. This is a unique thing in a world similar to the Middle Ages - a reading stone - to put it bluntly, it is actually a magnifying glass.
Walking back to the desk with the reading stone in hand, the old man carefully observed the black patterns on the pages of the book. His brows wrinkled tighter and tighter, until they finally turned into a pimple.
After a long time, the old man stood up and shook his head at Richard, "I'm afraid I don't know where this pattern comes from."
"Uh..." Richard said, a little helpless, but he could only accept it. In fact, these days, he checked a lot of information and found no clues, so he decided to seek help from others. And since the great scholar in front of me didn't know it, I had to try my luck and find other people.
The old man said: "Do you have any other questions?"
"Um, no more." Richard stood up and was about to leave with the book. He bent down slightly and said, "I'm sorry to disturb you, Great Scholar Suradi."
The old man said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I can't help you... Hey, wait a minute."
Suddenly the old man seemed to have thought of something, and stretched out his hand to stop Richard: "Young man, wait a moment, I really want to remember something."
"Um?"
The old man stood up from his chair and walked to the side. Walk to a bookshelf, set up a wooden ladder, and slowly climb to the top of the bookshelf. He pulled out a book from a grid, flipped through it briefly, and shook his head: "No, it's not this one."
Then he took out another book, flipped through it, and stuffed it back: "No, it's not this one, but I clearly remember seeing it. Could it be..."
As the old man spoke, he climbed down from the ladder and moved the ladder to the bookshelf on the other wall. Looking at the many books, I hesitated. After a while, I climbed up the wooden ladder, pulled out a book from the many books, opened it and flipped through it, my eyes lit up: "Yes, it's here!"
Richard raised his eyebrows.
The old man walked down the wooden ladder with the book, walked to the desk, spread the book on the table, and said loudly: "Look at this!"
When Richard looked around, he saw a pattern on the page that was exactly the same as the last page of "My Autobiography - Moratos" - black, triangles, circles, and vertical lines.
"What is this?" Richard asked.
"Well, this seems to be a symbol of the Black Spirit Empire." The old man said.
"Black Spirit Empire?" Richard's eyes flashed. He did know a little bit about the Black Spirit Empire: the other party was one of the several wizard empires that existed before the East Coast. Later, it perished due to some reasons, and the current situation on the East Coast resulted.
But... I don’t know why, but there are very few records about the Black Spirit Empire and several other wizard empires in the library of White Rock Tower Academy. There are only fragments mixed in a few books, and there are no more specific contents at all. . Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to figure out where this pattern came from.
So how much does the great scholar in front of you know
Richard looked at the old man and heard the old man say: "The Black Spirit Empire is a wizard empire that existed on this land a long time ago. I don't know much about it, but I heard that it was originally created by a wizard. An organization called the Black Spirit Wizarding Society was developed. The organization values black cats. It believes that black cats represent the incarnation of the moon god Bess and are the dark messengers of Eidolon.
The leader of the Black Spirit Wizarding Organization has three supreme identities: wizarding society, church, and country. He calls himself the Guardian of Darkness, and everyone calls him the Black Spirit King. He ruled the east coast and nearby waters with bloody and brutal methods for a very long time, leaving painful memories for everyone.
But later, when the Black Spirit King was ambitiously preparing to expand territory, cross the blocking mountains on the east coast, and attack deep into the continent, he suddenly died suddenly. "
"Die suddenly?"
"Yes." The old man nodded and continued, "After his death, the entire Black Spirit Empire fell into chaos and war. It took a long time before the East Coast gradually became what it is now.
And this black pattern should be leftover from that time.
The largest triangle should represent the three supreme identities of the Black Spirit King's wizarding society, the church and the country. These three identities are combined into one, a trinity. In addition, it may represent the strength of the Black Spirit King's third-level wizard—well, according to legend, he has the strength of a third-level wizard, so no one can compete with him.
The circle represents perfection. It represents the perfection and flawlessness of the Black Spirit King. It also represents the perfection of the empire under his rule and is supported by everyone. Of course, we have to ask the original people whether this is really the case. Anyway, people nowadays generally believe that the rule of the Black Spirit King is extremely dark.
As for the vertical line, I think it should represent everything, the highest, and the only meaning. This is in line with the Black Spirit King's positioning of his identity and the empire under his rule. "
After hearing this, Richard nodded thoughtfully.
"Um, by the way, there is another number here." The old man held the reading stone and seemed to find something on Richard's book. He stretched out his hand and pointed, "Look here, there is a very small number, it seems to be 9. Well, 9.
This book of yours should have been copied and produced by someone during the Black Spirit Empire, so it will have the Black Spirit Empire's logo on it. And because it has some connection with other things, it was numbered—since there is 9, there should be other numbers such as 8, 7, and 6. "
The old man looked at Richard seriously and said: "Young man, although I don't know what you are researching, one of my suggestions is to find a way to find something with the rest of the Black Spirit Empire's logo and number, then you will also get it Clear up your doubts."
Richard nodded.