Returning from the abyss

Chapter 490 The Curse of Magic
Lu Ning rushed to Jefni's side. She knew the accuracy of her visual inspection, but she couldn't guarantee that there was a magician who liked to use these two weapons and was mistaken.But now is not the time to bet on him, she must consider him as a member of the Book Burning Officer.

Those who come last are often the strongest, and that will never change.

"Jeffnie, go to the guard immediately and tell them that there is a book burning officer nearby. If they don't know what a book burning officer is, let them ask someone who knows!"

"Lilian? Why are you so anxious?" Geoffrey didn't react for a while.

"I'm afraid they have some bigger conspiracy! There's no time, and now we must grab the time, Geoffrey! Please!"

"Are you going to chase after him?" After the initial surprise, Jefni quickly cleared her mind, "But that person should be very dangerous, right? You can easily reveal your whereabouts if you follow him as an apprentice!"

"But we must not lose his tracks! That man is very dangerous! I saw students killed by him or his organization on the way to Avalon!"

jingle.

The soft light attached to Lu Ning's footsteps, and soon disappeared.

"The Temple of Tranquility, silent breathing, blessing of the soul, dancing steps of feathers."

As Jiefuni swayed the holy bell, one by one magical spells lit up and disappeared on Lu Ning's body under her murmur. Lu Ning immediately felt that her body became extremely light, and a very solid feeling surrounded her surroundings. , and it's hard for me to even notice the sound I'm making.

"I can only help so far. These magic spells can help you hide yourself and escape. Don't be brave. I will bring the guards over soon and mark the way, Lilian." Geoffrey smiled at her Say, "We all have to get through the night safely."

"of course."

Lu Ning jumped twice and came to the gate. From the gate, she happened to see the blond young man walking away along the road. She waved to the house and immediately chased him out.

And Jie Funi also put her meal money on the table, blessed an acceleration magic, and then hurried to the guardhouse.

The blond-haired young man is also the judge Jonah who belongs to the book burning officer.The Book Burning Officer is also divided into various factions. Apart from Gascoigne's absolute dominance, each faction is also different.For example, the two people who contacted Heinz belonged to the plundering faction, and their purpose was only to obtain the treasures of Avalon. It would be even better if there was a chance for the magic world to return to the state where magicians are respected and feared by everyone. .

But Jonah is a staunch believer. He firmly believes in the justice of the book burner, and he also believes that polluting magic books are evil.The over-popularity of magic, a powerful weapon, will only bring about greater disasters, and Evalon, as the leader, is the chief culprit.

He looks very young, and his age is actually not very old. He is only in his forties. There is only one thing that Lu Ning made a mistake in her judgment, that is, the apprentices she saw were not killed by Jonah—Jonah himself admitted Those who are fit for magic are qualified to learn magic.But the murderers were those believers who looked forward to Jonah, the young emperor, and their weapons were imitated from Jonah.

"right here."

According to Gascoigne's instructions, Jonah came to a wilderness, which was about less than a kilometer to the Crow Hotel, which was already very remote.He looked around and found no one, so he lifted the burqa, removed a metal box from his waist, and opened it.

There are very delicate mechanical parts stacked inside.Jonah used the moonlight to piece together the parts one by one, and soon formed a large funnel on the top, and a bellows like a blacksmith's bottom.After putting the device together, Jonah took out a metal can from the box, twisted off the seal, and inserted it into a socket in the middle of the machine.

Standing behind a tree in the distance, Lu Ning could only see the shape of the object in Jonah's hand, but couldn't see what it was.

"This person really has a problem." She said in her heart.

After checking that all parts of the machine were assembled correctly, Jonah took off a small cloth bag on his belt, and poured a bag of rusty copper coins inside from the funnel above.Lu Ning could also hear the tinkling sound here, of course she wouldn't think that the other party came here to burn some metal pieces, Book Burning Officer, the name can basically guess what he is going to do!
Jonah folded his hands on his chest, bowed slightly, and then stretched out his hand to turn on the mechanical switch. In an instant, golden-red flames gushed out from behind the funnel, and at the same time, there was a burst of painful and distorted screams and Neigh!
The sound made people feel extremely uncomfortable, and Lu Ning even shivered.And at the same time, Jonah suddenly turned his head and looked at the tree where Lu Ning was hiding!

At this moment, Lu Ning stabilized her body and did not make any other sounds.Jonah stared at the tree for about a few seconds before turning his head to look at the machine that was spouting flames.It now looks like a giant torch, and Jonah slowly closed his eyes, as if he was praying.

Lu Ning frowned. The initial discomfort of that voice gradually became nothing after a period of patience. She was sure that what was thrown into the machine and burned must be the magic book, but Ewa Lang had another Has the magic book been stolen?Or is this the same batch as the previously lost magic books?
She had doubts in her heart, but she began to retreat quietly. If she could be arranged to destroy the magic book, then this person must have a firm will or the power to resist the magic book. Either way, it means that he must be difficult to deal with.

"There are indeed people."

The sudden voice behind her made Lu Ning stop, she turned around and saw Jonah.

"Illusion?"

"It's just a spell that leaves the soul out of the body."

Jonah, who was behind him, spoke flatly. His body was indeed brighter than the one standing in front of the machine, as if coated with a layer of soft white light.However, this made him even more sacred. If he used this appearance to preach, he would probably be able to attract many people just by his appearance.

Lu Ning put her hands on her waist, but Jonah didn't seem to want to do it.

"Since when did you notice me?" he asked.

"I have seen people who were killed by you." Lu Ning knew that she couldn't hide it, so she simply started to delay, "The scars are very consistent with the weapons on your back, unless these two weapons are very common, otherwise they must be I can't get away from you."

Jonah was stunned for a moment, turned his gaze behind him, and quickly retracted it again.

"So you came to see if it was me?"

"I doubt you very much."

"Even if you know it's dangerous?"

"If I fail to catch you this time, don't I always have to worry about your existence? Looking at your actions, I'm afraid you have some conspiracy?"

"It's not a conspiracy, it's just destroying things that shouldn't exist." Jonah shook his head slightly, "You're just an apprentice, far from the time you should understand this."

"I don't think so. Anything that happens in the magic world directly determines our future, doesn't it? And what you have done is obviously not small, it is actually closely related to each of us."

"...Well, indeed." Jonah actually nodded, "Although your magic knowledge is still relatively inexperienced, you do have a relatively far-sighted perspective. If we are really successful, it may really affect every magic learner. thing."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"Destroy the magic book and stop the current way of learning magic." Jonah said calmly.

"Why? Magic books can improve the knowledge of high-level magicians, and the popularity of magic now allows more people to have access to this kind of knowledge. What's wrong with it?"

"Very bad." Jonah said, "You are an apprentice, and you don't seem to be from a noble family, so you should know that learning magic is not easy."

"That's why I cherish this opportunity even more! Isn't it? It's hard for me to get in touch with something that can change a person's life. How many people like me are there? If it weren't for the popularity of magic today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have any chance to get in touch with it !"

"You're a profiteer—don't worry, I approve of people with talent learning magic."

"What do you mean?" Lu Ning frowned.

Jonah paused, and said in a low tone: "But many people don't have the talent for magic, or in other words, they just have the most basic aptitude to practice magic. So far. There are actually many such people in the world, and there are countless people like you who came from ordinary families.”

"..."

"But everyone knows that magic is a way to reach the sky. Even if they are told that the child may not have much future in magic, many families still choose to give their all to let that child receive magic education, even if it is a child who does not even have a name." Magic school, even a wandering magician. However, those who have really dabbled in magic know how high the death rate on the road may be after getting started. If they are truly talented, they can get enough time to grow under the protection of the teacher But many of those who came to learn magic just because they could perceive magic power easily died from common problems such as experimental accidents." Jonah said in a low voice, he didn't say a lot of reasoning, but expounded his own Seeing and hearing, expounding the facts of today.

"The popularization of magic has given many such families illusory hopes. With the development of magic perception inspection methods, it is very normal for a family to have one or two children who can learn magic, but these were all unqualified in the past. In this family After the only "hope" is cut off, how many families can return to normal? I can tell you—one out of ten."

"So low?"

"A magician, any magic system, the cost of learning in the early stage is enough to exhaust the savings of most ordinary people's families. The damage caused by the loss of all these savings, and the impact on a family from various angles such as reputation and psychology The impact is huge. Even if it can be restored, it is far from what it used to be. Not to mention, these children could have developed the skills they are better at, business agriculture, fishing and mining, craftsman art... All of these, all because of a 'magic' and gone."

He was right.

Lu Ning knew that Lilian was in a state of embarrassment in learning magic. It can be said that Lilian remained in a state of poverty before coming to Ewalang.And alchemist is a profession that can make some potions in exchange for money in the early days, and being so poor can explain some problems, but Lu Ning has never focused on thinking about these problems.

At this moment, she realized that she didn't know what happened to the rest of the people in the book burning officer, but the person in front of her might have eyes that were different from those of this era.

"So... do you see why? Why?"

Seeing the facts and drawing conclusions is something that everyone can do, but if Jonah can really give the reason and the process of his thinking... maybe this person has really understood the intention of the Book Burning Officer that person.

"too early."

When Jonah said these three words, Lu Ning's eyes suddenly changed.

"There is no doubt that it has attracted so many people, all because magic represents 'power'. People's thirst for power is blind and endless, at least for most people. However, while popularizing magic teaching, But they didn't give everyone the correct plan to pursue this power. Even Ewalon's attitude towards graduates is to let them develop, and the entire magic world has never deviated from the idea that "magicians should develop themselves through experience". Magicians Death during this period is also seen as a tragedy, and no one ever thinks about the tragedy behind it."

He clenched his fist slightly.

"If the vast majority of people in the world can afford the initial cost of magic education, and if the magic world has a complete plan for the education that magicians should receive at all levels, then the popularity of magic is undoubtedly a good thing. But no! Now The popularization of magic is just to tell everyone in the world about the dreams that belonged to a few people in the past, and then let more people embark on the road of chasing hopeless dreams to death!"

Lu Ning remained silent and did not answer his words.

"The magic guide book is another arrogant product from the magic world. The serious pollution and disastrous consequences allow many magicians above the great magister to easily obtain the production method. These freedom-accustomed How many people will tell their descendants to keep their magic books well? Or like a dying joke, just write them down and leave them for later generations to discover? No matter how Ewalang recycles them, the pollution incidents of magic books that break out every year are always It will happen because these people wrote irresponsibly and left behind their own souls. But does the inheritance of knowledge really need magic books? Need the dead in the past to guide the living today? How many people have never been exposed to magic books in their lives? Guishu, still reach the position of emperor?"

Jonah's voice went from being a little excited to calm again at the end.

"After I think about it, I'm sure that the current magic world is wrong, and the leader of the magic world, Avalon, has set a wrong example."

(End of this chapter)