I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 311 Former Tower Master
"Bav...Mate?" Ganon was surprised at first, and then realized a possibility, "Are you the former owner of the Endless Tower?"

If this ghost is Baphomet, the former tower master, then there is an explanation for the Endless Tower's automatic activation of [Rebirth] permission - the Endless Tower will automatically resurrect the tower owner.

The owner of the Endless Tower is closely bound to the source array. If the source array is damaged, the tower owner will die.

But on the other hand, the root circle is still intact, and the tower owner can be resurrected by the Endless Tower even if he dies. There are risks and benefits. However, the [Rebirth] permission has been unable to be used before, so Ganon only took the risk. The root formation in the Endless Tower became a weakness for him.

This can also explain Tonganonon's previous calculation of the repair progress of the Endless Tower. The upper limit will exceed [-]%. The extra part may be the soul of the previous tower owner hidden in the Endless Tower.

This endless tower has two tower owners.

Although this hypothesis can explain some things, more questions will follow.

Why does the ghost of former tower master Baphomet remain in the tower?Why did the root formation only resurrect a ghost and not her whole person?
The most important thing is, if this guy is Baphomet, then who is the woman who calls herself Baphomet in the Principality of Xihe?

Ganon stared at the ghost, waiting for a reasonable explanation.

"I'm sorry, my lord, I only remember my name. I haven't remembered most other things." The ghost replied in an apologetic voice.

The content of this line is similar to what Shi Shi said in the past, but the wording is obviously different, and the tone also has some emotional overtones.

Shitou has always said that she "cannot retrieve relevant information." At that time, she regarded herself as a programmed tool made of clockwork and gears, but now, she says that she "cannot remember it."

She is already a self-aware "person".

"Are you really a stone?" Ganon confirmed again.

"Yes, I am your loyal steward. Stone is the name you gave me. I have complete memories of serving you." Baphomet replied respectfully.

"Then what are you? Since you have a soul, then you should at least be a human being, right?" Ganon asked carefully.

"In my memory, I should have had a humanoid body with flesh and blood." Baphomet replied.

"So when you were resurrected, why didn't your body resurrect? Shouldn't rebirth be a complete resurrection?" Ganon asked.

"In my memory, there seems to be a powerful curse that prevents me from regaining a normal life form, so rebirth only aggregates my remaining soul and repairs my personality. According to my speculation, I should not be able to regain my body. So I chose to be possessed in the Endless Tower and regard the golem that is one with the Endless Tower as my own body." Baphomet asked.

Then, I'm afraid this guy is really the former tower master.Ganouen already had a rough conclusion in his mind.

"Who put the curse on you?" Ganon asked the other party to elaborate.

If there is an existence that can prevent the rebirth of the owner of the Endless Tower in this way, it will be a huge threat to him now, and he needs to understand this.

But Baphomet shook his head again: "I'm really sorry, I can't remember..."

He loses his memory when it comes to key issues, which is indeed very similar to the original stone.

"Then what do you want to do by staying in the Endless Tower in this way?" Ganon continued to ask.

"The purpose I can think of is to completely restore the Endless Tower and help you complete your mission as the owner of the Endless Tower." Baphomet replied.

"So what is the mission of the tower owner? Is it the mission to restore the tower completely?" Ganon asked.

"I'm really sorry, I still can't remember..." Baphomet began to apologize again.

Seeing Ganon frowning, Baphomet quickly made amends: "But as I said before, the Endless Tower was a way for the gods to make up for their mistakes and save the world from a disaster. And now the Endless Tower is damaged. , its role should have been interrupted. According to common sense, the mission of the tower owner now should be to repair the Endless Tower first. Once the Endless Tower is repaired, my memory should be recovered again."

"You always say this when it comes to critical issues..." Ganon sighed.

Fortunately, this time, the Baphomet he faced was a ghost, and he had the means to verify the authenticity of what the other party said.

"All things die, but death is eternal." Ganon activated the power of "immortality".

"Master, you don't want to..." Baphomet seemed to realize something.

"I want to confirm it, please bear with me." Ganouen stretched out his hand.

"Please show mercy!" Baphomet's voice was filled with uneasiness.

Later, Ganon used his power on Baphomet. The power of "immortality" can be used to control the undead and produce effects similar to spiritualism.

He used this hand to obtain key information from Amanda's remnant soul, and now he wants to try to read Baphomet's soul.As he used his power, Baphomet's spirit body was pulled out of the golem and floated in front of Ganon's palm.

But he couldn't get much useful information, not because he couldn't read it, but because the content was too much and too complicated. The information contained in Baphomet's soul was broken and messy, like a book that had been torn into pieces. , the fragments are piled together, and most of the content is there, but I just can’t see it.

There are also relatively clear memory fragments that can be read, and that is the memory of her serving as the golem butler in the Endless Tower.

As she said, she really couldn't remember the key information. [Rebirth] only restored her personality and self-awareness. Only with the repair of the Endless Tower could her memory be restored.

Ganon paused and released his hold on Baphomet's soul.

"I will not deceive you, my lord." Baphomet said seriously.

Ganon looked at Baphomet's ghost and let out a sigh of relief.

In fact, he was not very wary of Baphomet. Whether it was observed by the watcher or read with the "immortal" power, he could feel that Baphomet's soul itself was not powerful, just like a very ordinary person. The undead posed no threat to him.He could not read any hostility from Baphomet's soul.

With his ability, he could even get rid of Baphomet or seal her away, but he didn't know what the consequences would be.

The soul of the tower owner is deeply bound to the root magic circle. This contract cannot be canceled naturally. The contract will only be lifted if the soul of the tower owner is destroyed or the root magic circle is damaged once. In other words, the cancellation will be accompanied by The complete death of the tower owner.

Baphomet seemed to be dead, but not completely dead.

Strictly speaking, she cannot be regarded as the tower master now. With the repair of the Endless Tower, Ganon's power continues to increase, but Baphomet has not gained any growth.

Her soul can only be said to have been preserved by the tower. Because of the remaining connection with the root circle, she got a chance to be reborn.

The authority of the tower is still in his hands now.Since he can interrupt Baphomet's soul summoning process with his will, his authority is still above Baphomet's.

But Baphomet is now in a state of amnesia, and her true purpose is still unknown.

"Baphomet, assuming you are really the former tower master, let's be honest, would you want to regain this position?" Ganon asked directly.

He himself felt that this question was very strange. To be honest, there was no answer to this question, but he still wanted to hear what the other party would say.

"No, I am already dead to a certain extent, and it is almost impossible to become the tower master." Baphomet replied.

"I'm not saying it's objectively impossible, but subjectively you think about it." Ganouen continued to ask.

"What I mean is that I don't have that idea at all. Master, this is just my speculation. I think it is because I accepted this reality that I chose to help you be the master of the Endless Tower. In the process of serving you , I can feel a strong sense of mission, maybe it is because I am no longer able to complete the mission, so I... put my hope in you." Baphomet said calmly.

"So it was you who asked me to become the tower master?" Ganon asked seriously.

Even his time travel could be the result of Baphomet's summons.

"I can't say for sure. After all, the above are just my guesses. I have no evidence. All I can say is that you please believe me."

"At least for now, I still believe in you. In fact, I should actually say thank you to you." Ganouen responded quickly.

In terms of personal feelings, Ganon did not want to be suspicious of Baphomet. It was too tiring to stare at the person next to him with suspicion.The other party did not harm him, but provided him with a lot of help.

If it was Baphomet who brought him to this world, he would also be grateful to him now. At first he really wanted to go back, but now he has completely integrated into this world and even started to enjoy it.

"I am the one, thank you for your magnanimity." Baphomet controlled the golem to salute him.

"But for the mission you mentioned, the gods built this tower to prevent a catastrophe. After the tower collapses and fails, isn't it likely that the catastrophe will break out again?" Ganon asked again.

"I'm sorry, this... I still can't remember. Maybe there will be an answer at the original location of the Endless Tower." Baphomet replied.

Ganon actually thought so too. The Endless Tower had been moved, and the clues about the tower's fracture and the secrets of the catastrophe were probably left at the original location.

But that place is occupied by the Blue Dragon King...

A possibility flashed through Ganon's mind.

The Blue Dragon King suddenly became weird. Could this have something to do with it?

(End of this chapter)