Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 301 Cassius
After listening to Latan's righteous questioning, Lucia was in a trance for a moment, secretly applauding in her heart.

Normally, my brother-in-law looks like an honest man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his methods of confusing people and diverting conflicts at critical moments are really amazing!
When the public's condemnation of the Origin Faction became so intense that it was close to getting out of control, any suppression in the conventional sense was ineffective. Even if Lucia stood up and used her status to shut everyone up, and even took the lead in forcibly initiating the investigation process, there would be no good results in the end.

The reason is very simple. The forty-nine magic organizations present here basically represent the most authoritative elite group in the magic world during the Golden Age. It is not difficult to suppress them temporarily by relying on personal authority or even the power of the three dynasties, but what about in the future? Can you still cover up everyone's mouth for the rest of your life?

The Twin Sages Faction has achieved its goal of undermining the authority and credibility of the Origin Faction through a series of events, and has planted the seeds of suspicion deep in everyone's mind. As long as no results are found in a short period of time, the Origin Faction will be doomed, and he will get into trouble for nothing because of his blind intervention.

But it was different when Latan took action.

As soon as he started, he threw the dissected monster corpse in everyone's face - the fear from the unknown can indeed breed anger, but stronger fear will in turn temporarily suppress the anger.

The impact of those bloody scales, tentacles and contaminated crystals is more terrifying than any words. Isn't everyone scared to the point of losing their minds and starting to bite randomly? It would be better to be more scared and see what the threat is so close at hand, and then think about what the purpose of this meeting is.

When they realized that forcing Lusert to death would not help their personal safety at all, the boiling emotions of the group temporarily cooled down, and Latan took back the initiative.

What followed was another perfect combination of defense and attack. He directly presupposed that the mutation of the two Origin magicians was not due to problems with the Origin magic itself, but was secretly framed by outsiders using some unknown means, thus shifting the core of the conflict to the stage of finding the murderer and the murder weapon.

What? You suspect that this is to help the origin faction to get away with it? Open your eyes and see who is standing in front of you!

The eldest son of Queen Reinara of the Full Moon, the legitimate heir to the Kalia Dynasty! Considering the strict restrictions imposed on the Origin Faction by the Queen during her tenure as Dean of the Academy, what qualifications do you have to doubt that her son is leaning towards the Origin Faction?

At the same time, it was Latan who arrived at the scene first, the first to fight against the Falling Star Beast and the mutant wizard, and who presided over the entire autopsy and identification work after killing them personally. Do you dare to say that you, a group of bystanders who talk nonsense in the conference room, have more say than him?

With the combination of many factors, it would have been fine if the brother-in-law hadn't spoken, but once he opened his mouth he successfully killed the game.

In this way, all Luther needed to do was to come up with a reasonable guess about the matter, without even having to provide evidence or a direct suspect, and the demigods could naturally start the investigation process in the name of the three dynasties.

At that time, Lucia and Latan would shoulder the responsibility of refereeing the contestants, and since they had absolute initiative, whatever they said would be the final word.

The crowd calmed down and focused their attention on Lusert. The old man, who was over a thousand years old, stared at the monster's remains not far away in silence for a long time. Finally, he raised his head and said in a calm voice with a hint of hoarseness: "There is no problem with the origin magic, and there is no problem with the two dead children."

He stretched out a hand with most of its skin corroded by dark blue pyroxene, and explained: "Humans are not born children of the stars. Every origin magician who wants to transform his body into a pyroxene body must go through a long time and unimaginable efforts, of which the former is particularly important." "Because this erosion is from the outside to the inside - we use our own magic power as a beacon to attract free star energy from the universe. This energy helps us use origin magic, and at the same time subtly transforms our bodies, making it evolve into a form that is more suitable for the storage and use of star power. This is the basic principle of the way of origin."

"So the erosion of the power of the starry sky on the origin magician will first occur on the surface of the body, and then gradually penetrate deeper into the body during day-to-day training, gradually transforming the muscles, blood vessels, bones and internal organs, and finally the brain and heart. It took me a thousand years to reach this stage that you have seen."

People's eyes were focused on the palm. The fact was just as he said. The direction of the growth of pyroxene was clearly from the skin surface to the inside. Although the palm was almost transparent, several remaining bones and fine blood vessels deep in the pyroxene could still be clearly seen.

"But for those two children, their alienation process was the result of an instantaneous explosion from the inside out."

Lusert changed the subject and looked at the bodies with a look of sorrow. "You can see that their hearts have completely turned into pyroxene. Then the surging star power exploded outward along the main arteries, and the muscles and bones along the way were severely crystallized. On the contrary, some tissues close to the body surface retained the form of flesh and blood."

"This powerful and out-of-control star power cannot be cultivated through origin magic. Even if it can be cultivated, they will only become another me and Azle. It is impossible for the pyroxene erosion phenomenon that is completely contrary to common sense to occur."

The crowd began to discuss in low voices again. After a moment, the president of the Twelve Seats Federation of Gaileed, who was well versed in Origin Magic, raised his hand and said, "I can basically accept your explanation, Master Lusert, but like everyone else, I still want to know how this pollution happened and whether it is likely to continue to expand in the future."

"Because Esti will be revived soon--"

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

An old figure in a black robe and a rapier on his waist strode in. He glanced at the monster's remains on the ground, then looked deeply at Lusert, who was hunched over. He sighed and said, "Blindly enduring may not bring good results, old friend. This matter is no longer something that the Origin School can bear."

"Everyone!" The old man turned to look at the panicked crowd as if they were struck by a thunderbolt, and said in a tone as sharp as a sword, "I believe most of you have seen me - Cassius, the chief elder of Selia. You just heard it right. The ancient evil god Esti who destroyed the Star-Moon Era is reviving in a completely uncontrollable way, and His power has begun to be projected into the real world."

"Today's fallen star beast was drawn here by his power. In the coming days, more and more evil gods' followers will respond to the call from the deepest part of their consciousness and descend from the vast starry sky to the land of Gaileid until their 'god' returns from the seal. As for the two unfortunate origin magicians, heh, perhaps it was the result of careful planning by some of the people present here."

"Now I give you two choices - if you don't know the name of the evil god or you don't dare to face him, there is no need for you to attend the next meeting. Please leave the venue immediately, gather your family and apprentices, stay as far away from this land as possible, hide in the bottom of the Mage Tower and pray for the disaster to end soon."

"Or stay here and join us in emulating the great deeds of our ancestors and defeat the evil god once again for the survival of civilization."

(End of this chapter)