Mary left with a look of confusion and a trace of carefully hidden expectations, while Daniel stood quietly on the dark stairs for a long time. His once burly body was now bent, and he was wrapped in a black suit. Under the robe, the artificial nerve cords extending from the back of the cervical spine trembled in the black robe, making very slight noises. He was like a faded oil painting that blended into the dark background, and his shriveled and sullen face was full of signs of time. under the crack.
But after standing there for a long time, the faded oil painting was reinfused with vitality. Daniel blinked, nodded slightly in the direction Mary left, then turned around, and walked towards the height of the mage tower bit by bit.
More than ten years ago, the time when he had not completely become hysterical and lost control of his emotions due to neurotransformation surgery appeared in his mind. At that time, he was awake most of the time and still Retained the last trace of amiability towards the apprentice.
Then, a setback in the search for magical truths overwhelms him, and the Eternal Sleeper's neurosurgery and brainwave technology transform his mind into a monstrosity, losing his ability to maintain lucidity and control his emotions in exchange for those Cultist Forbidden Knowledge…
But recently, his rationality and self-control have returned, although not completely, but partly.
Daniel walked through the long winding stairs to his own room on the upper floor of the mage tower. He opened the dark wooden door and stepped into it.
The room is furnished with a variety of furniture that suits the preferences of an elderly mage like him: solid wooden tables and chairs, carved bookshelves and storage tables, iron candlesticks and alchemy platforms, and a tower in the center of the room that can control the operation of the entire mage tower. magic brazier. In addition to these furnishings, all the exposed walls, floors and roofs in the room are full of weird and mysterious symbols and patterns.
That is not the dream circle of the Eternal Sleeper, nor is it any kind of rune system known to the world. Even the pretentious royal mages in the imperial capital cannot have the honor to come into contact with these incredible things.
These symbols and patterns are bestowed upon him by the "master", and their power is far beyond the comprehension of the human mind.
Daniel also doesn't know the principles behind these symbols and lines, he only knows that these things are of great benefit to him.
After closing the door, the old mage came to the brazier in the center of the room, sprinkled a handful of spices into it, and then relaxed in the reassuring incense, watching the room in a manner like a work of art The symbols in the texture.
Those complicated and weird symbolic lines seem so complicated that it will make people crazy even if they look at them more, but in fact their effect is just the opposite. Surrounded by these symbolic lines, Daniel only feels that his heart is quickly filled with positivity. High-spirited power, a sound like a gentle sea wave echoed in his mind, he felt himself sinking into the gentle sea water, countless pleasant thoughts and thoughts emerged, healing his severely torn and deformed soul bit by bit , and even physically healed his nerve tissue.
He originally thought that the injuries deep in his nervous system could never be healed. They were the "gifts" he got when he was bewitched by the Eternal Sleeper many years ago. Due to outdated technology and his own operation mistakes at that time, the process of connecting the nerve cords Huge hidden dangers were left in the body, the maddening noises and vague stings tormented him for more than ten years, and directly led to his paranoia, but these injuries were just covered by some complicated and weird "pictures" Healed... This has to be said to be a miracle that only the master can create.
Daniel enjoyed slowly in such a pleasant atmosphere, but he still remembered the owner's warning, and when the weird thought of "should we go dig the squid?" suddenly appeared in his mind, he immediately cut off this addiction State, wake up in an instant.
This is also one of the reasons why he locked these "gifts" in his room and prevented his apprentices from touching them: Although the master did not issue an order in this regard, he felt that once those apprentices who were not determined After seeing these symbols and patterns, they may not be able to break free like themselves, maybe they were directly guided by the thoughts in their minds, jumped into the sea and drowned.
After regaining consciousness, Daniel shifted his attention away from those patterns. After getting used to it, it is actually not difficult to resist the power of these patterns. He remembered what the apprentice Mary told him, and the order given to him by the master, and walked towards A magic circle in the corner of the room.
He connected his nerve cords with the nodes on the magic circle, and began to call the indescribable "master"...
…
In the southern border of Ansu, in the lord's mansion of the main city of Cecil, Gao Wen had just finished reviewing a report document from the Kant area. He stretched himself, and was about to reach out to take another document, but his movements stopped suddenly. down.
Hetty, who was standing in front of the desk because she was delivering the documents, noticed it, and immediately asked with concern: "Ancestor, are you alright?"
This "Cecile Butler" was a little worried. After all, the ancestor was too old. Although he looked like a dragon and a tiger on the outside, he might sprain his tendons when he stretched his waist...
Of course, she didn't dare to say that casually, that was something Rebecca would do.
As a mature and steady butler, Hetty would only worry silently in her heart, and then secretly add an extra dish of bone soup to her ancestor's dinner.
Gawain never imagined how many strange thoughts were hidden in the mind of Hetty, who was usually calm, elegant and decent. He just waved his hand: "It's okay, I just want to meditate suddenly... You just go and find Amber and let her guard it." .”
"Amber should be stuck in the Military Intelligence Bureau, so I'll stay here," Hetty said, and frowned slightly, "I've also heard from Amber that you occasionally meditate suddenly... Is it a health problem? ?”
"In terms of health? Oh, of course not." Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands dumbfounded, "I'll let you know in the future. You can keep watch for Amber. Don't let anyone disturb you. If there is something urgent, you can use your strength." Give me a pat on the shoulder."
"Yes." Hetty lowered her head, answered seriously, and silently decided in her heart to order the kitchen to add an egg to the ancestor's dinner later.
Gao Wen had already started to let go of his mind, and after a while, he had already entered the hidden space that was "stolen" by himself, which was located in the gap between the spiritual network.
The old mage Daniel was already waiting in the space. When he saw Gawain appearing, he immediately stepped forward and bowed deeply: "My lord, I am sorry to disturb you suddenly."
"It doesn't matter," Gao Wen waved his hand, created a table and chairs in the space, and was the first to sit down, "Sit down, what happened?"
During this period of time, although Gao Wen has put most of his energy on integrating and governing the southern border, he has not forgotten the things outside the southern border, especially the Eternal Sleeper Network, which is the object of his constant attention . It's just that the Eternal Sleeper has been relatively quiet recently, and there haven't been any major changes in the network, so he basically just went online to check the news step by step, and then gave Daniel some tasks to learn, research, and steal technology.
He didn't expect that the old mage would take the initiative to contact him.
Daniel carefully sat down opposite Gawain, pondered over his words and said, "That's right, my lord, one of my apprentices accidentally heard the news that the ruler of the Typhon Empire... might be studying the magic net, or researching the relationship between the magic net and the magic net." Internet-related technologies."
Gao Wen controlled the surprise in his heart, and responded seemingly indifferently: "Oh?"
"Rosetta Augustus issued an order to recruit mages, and the recruitment orders were even posted in remote towns closer to the border. The talents he recruited were rare. They required a certain understanding of ancient Gondor magic technology, and at the same time People who are familiar with self-charging magic circles, I think of your 'magic net' from this."
When Gao Wen promoted the Magic Net to the outside world, for the convenience of promotion, he once called the Magic Net "a lost technology from the ancient Gondor Empire", and he also mentioned this to Daniel.
"Knowing ancient Gondor's magic technology, and at the same time being familiar with self-charging circles...it's really not common." Gao Wen stroked his chin and said in a slightly thoughtful manner.
Ancient Gondor's magic technology is a "high-end field" in the eyes of magicians. Basically, only mages with a certain amount of talent, background, and strength are qualified to delve into and master a little superficiality. In the low-end tasteless field, before the nameless wild mage created the magic net, the "cheap and inefficient" creation of the self-charging magic circle has always been disdainful by great magicians, and talents who can study these two fields at the same time …
It is almost equivalent to finding two people who are good at cross talk in the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Even in Violet, the magical kingdom in the north, I am afraid that there are not many such non-mainstream mages.
It's no wonder that Emperor Augustus of Rosetta would issue recruitment orders to the outside world when he had the Royal Society of Mages in his hands, and even posted the recruitment orders to remote areas. Maybe you can find a few talents in this area instead.
Unexpectedly, the "advertisement" that he made up at will to promote the Magic Net would mislead the ruler of Typhon under the circumstances of a mistake. Gao Wen couldn't help but feel a little funny. …
He has almost no doubts, just from the recruitment information released by Emperor Rosetta, he is 99% sure that the ruler of Typhon has become interested in the "magic net".
This is what he expected.
Because he never hid the information of the magic net, and Cecil's rise was so remarkable that he couldn't hide it if he wanted to.
Long before the outbreak of the Southern War, the information of the magic net spread to the Holy Spirit Plain and the Eastern Territory along the trade route, and after the outbreak of the Southern War, Typhon will definitely pay attention to all the news related to Cecil. For a powerful empire, they must have intelligence channels within Ansu.
Daniel carefully observed Gao Wen's face, and asked tentatively, "My lord, what do you think..."
"It's very good news. Counting the time, they should also get information about the Ansu Southern War. If Rosetta Augustus is really a talented person, he must be very keen in this regard," Gao said. Wen nodded, and said calmly, "Do you still remember the knowledge I taught you back then?"
"Yes," Daniel nodded immediately, "and I have realized the magic net in the laboratory, and also realized several basic mechanisms..."
"You have already made your mark in the Order of the Eternal Sleepers. As a mature magician, it's almost time for you to become a technological star of the Typhon Empire."
Daniel's face was solemn, he seemed to have been waiting for Gao Wen's words, so he nodded immediately: "I will follow your will."
"This matter is settled in this way," Gao Wen continued, "Since you have come this time...by the way, tell me about Typhon's recent changes."