Hearing this, the old lady thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about my grandson who studies magic?"
Benjamin nodded.
"What's up with him?"
"The destruction of the Riese family... was entirely his order." Benjamin lowered his voice and said slowly, "I still don't understand why he became like this."
As for the real cause of Claude's death, he couldn't even tell the old lady.
However, when the old lady heard this, she just said "oh" without showing any emotion. Even though he knew that she had lost her past memory, Benjamin still felt a sense of surprise when he saw this.
"Grandma, aren't you... sad?"
"I don't remember anything." The old lady tilted her head, her expression was normal and even a little boring, "Young people nowadays are very powerful, who cares what we old people are thinking."
"But you are his elder after all! If he knows that you are still alive and are a mage, maybe... the current situation will change."
"I don't dare to take it, I don't take it." The old lady showed a somewhat sarcastic look and said in a long tone, "You are also my grandson. If I ask you to close that magic academy, will you close it?"
“…”
Benjamin was speechless.
He once again underestimated the difficulty of negotiating with the old lady, and what was even more strange was, why did she hate the Magic Academy so much, just because she was turned away when she came to visit
"Your Excellency, Dean, she is still in the recovery period of her mental power, so you don't need to pay too much attention to what she says." The mage next to him came to smooth things over and said, "In a few years, when the backlash of the forbidden technique has subsided, she You will return to normal and remember everything that happened in the past. You don’t have to worry.”
"Yeah… "
When Benjamin heard this, he shook his head helplessly.
However, in the current situation, her son was killed by her grandson, and her two grandsons also stood on opposite ends of the spectrum. If they wanted to fight to the death, maybe it would be best for the old lady not to remember anything.
The old mage continued: "In addition, we made a special trip to visit the Magic Academy. Actually, there are some things we want to communicate with you."
Benjamin came back to his senses and nodded: "You said it."
The reunion with the old lady was completely an accident within an accident, and at the same time, as members of the Mage Heritage Association, these three people came to visit her specially and must have other business matters.
But the old mage smiled and said nothing, and glanced in the direction of Elizabeth by the door. Elizabeth understood, smiled at the people in the room, opened the door, turned around and left the dark room of the tavern.
Suddenly only Benjamin and three people from the Mage Heritage Association were left in the room.
"Please allow us to introduce ourselves properly. I am the current leader of the Mage Heritage Association. You can call me Master Arman." The old mage who was responsible for all the conversations turned down his hood, revealing a kind and upright face. Face, "That one over there is Master Barton. As for the last one... I guess no introduction is needed."
Benjamin nodded, shook hands with the old mage Arman, and also nodded to the other mage. The old mage Barton didn't say anything, turned down his hood, revealed a fierce face, and snorted in response.
"May I ask what your purpose is?"
"We heard that the Magic Academy has been conducting research on runes." Master Arman said slowly, "We used something called a rune defense array to resist the lions of the Kingdom of Hori in Rock City. , and also developed a method of using runes for meditation... What we want to say is that runes are not something that can be easily controlled."
Benjamin frowned.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little serious.
"What do you want to say?"
"Abusing runes will bring disaster. This is the warning left to us by our ancestors." Arman said solemnly, "Your current use has not yet reached a large scale, so everything is still wonderful. But once the runes are popularized on a large scale, , the elemental activities in the world will undergo very terrible changes."
"… for example?"
"Elemental disasters will become extremely frequent. Sky fires, floods, unpredictable large-scale earthquakes... You may not understand that when magic originated, every mage could use runes to cast spells, but what followed were various All kinds of disasters. The natural flow of elements was disturbed, the environment became extremely harsh, and people had to fall into wars to compete for very few resources. This is why there were so many wars on this continent."
Hearing this, Benjamin touched his chin but said nothing.
Could the runes cause elemental disasters... They had never experienced such a thing. Benjamin himself has suffered a lot because of the runes, but they are often limited to his conscious space and cannot affect reality.
Obviously, there is no good reason why the Mage Inheritance Association came to visit this time. They thought the runes would cause terrible disasters, so they came to warn him.
It's just... rune research has become the top priority of the academy, and Benjamin can't just let go of the biggest trump card in his hand.
Seeing this, Arman persuaded again: "I know it may be hard for you to believe, but... the mage is the devil's spokesman. Do you know where this saying comes from? About two thousand years ago, the abuse of runes and the elements Natural disasters almost destroyed the world. Everyone hates magic, but they have to rely on it. Therefore, under such a background of the times, the church will grow rapidly and unite all mankind to suppress mages."
"But... the church has not really suppressed the mages, and the only territory it occupies is the Kingdom of Hori."
"That's because the church has long since declined." Arman vowed, "The Holy Light Church that is now active in our Kingdom of Hori is actually just a product left over from the pre-church era. The earliest churches were spread across the entire continent, and the central idea was It has nothing to do with worshiping gods and pursuing power, it is just to quell the chaos of the elements. Later, as the runes were gradually banned and the elemental disasters were eliminated, some of the worshipers of the Holy Light became more and more fanatical, which eventually led to the split of the church. The current Holy Light Church was formed.”
Benjamin was still confused: "But what you said, it seems that even the church itself has no relevant records. They attribute their origins to Cain and Abel, and to the first pope who drew the holy sword. .”
"That's because they have embarked on the path of worshiping gods. In order to get rid of the difference between the so-called 'divine arts' and magic, they have to clean up everything about their predecessors." Arman replied, "As for … Cain and Abel, they were figures five thousand years ago and the founders of rune magic. However, according to records, the reason for the brothers’ rebellion had nothing to do with God. It was just a matter of personal differences and competition for interests. The Holy Light Church was just Use this story to justify yourself.”
"The Valley of God's Abandonment..."
"It was the location of the decisive battle where the two brothers led a large number of their men. The original site was located at the prison site of Havenright. According to records, it was also the first time that too many mages gathered together and abused runes to cause an elemental natural disaster. Violent elemental tearing In time and space, the entire valley disappeared without a trace, along with the people and horses.”
Hearing this, Benjamin couldn't help but take a deep breath and show some caution.