Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 360 Prophecy from Samael
  "Suzuran, Suzuran, Suzuran-sama of the Wind!"

In a daze, Alina felt like she heard someone's call. She subconsciously wanted to respond, but she found that the voice was getting farther and farther away from her, as if she and the voice were not in the same world.

She has encountered this feeling before, but she knows very well that this situation is different from the situation where she used [Time Stop] magic without authorization, because she was not disturbed by the law, and her soul was not separated from her body. The feeling of being out.

So, what exactly is this?

Alina tried to think, but at this moment, a dazzling light that was somewhat similar to her purifying fire suddenly appeared in the field of vision that should have been chaotic.

The moment the light faded, what appeared in front of her was no longer the darkness that she could not see, but a desolate open space that looked a little desolate.

In the open space, a young man in black clothes with brilliant blond hair and a pair of firm eyes of the same color stood there quietly, as if waiting for something, and also seemed to be contemplating something.

Lord Earth?

Looking at the slightly vague memories in her mind, Alina made a preliminary judgment.

So is this the second time I've been dragged into the past?
  Without directly pointing out the facts, Alina just curled her lips helplessly, and then continued to watch this memory fragment as if nothing had happened, which might bring her some gains.

As if he had seen through her emotions, the moment she made this guess, the young man who was suspected of being the Earth Sage raised his hand to collect the light nearby, and pointed his staff at the dark figure in the center of the altar in front of him. With a solemn expression, he spoke his first words after the silent confrontation: "Stop, you have already lost, Samael."

"Stop, no, I will never! Aren't you very strong? Come on, kill me and let me be reborn with new obsessions, the great elemental lord -"

In the center of the altar, the black figure, whose whole body was shrouded in a layer of darkness, remained unmoved at all and shouted hysterically at the sage in front of him who was bathed in the sun.

"I said, I am not qualified to kill you."

Ignoring the black figure's provocation, the [Earth] Sage, who was suspected to be the strongest elemental magician in the second era, just maintained an extremely calm expression and pointed his scepter at the center of the altar.

"Qualifications?" The black figure in the center of the altar sneered, "Oh, stop looking for high-sounding reasons for your cowardice. I know that you just don't take the responsibility. You just don't dare to take the risk of killing us in advance. !”

"In that case, why are you still resisting now?"

Without denying Samael's statement, the [Earth] Sage just kept pointing his scepter at the center of the altar, his expression as compassionate and solemn as ever.

"No, you are wrong. As long as I can bring the master back to this land, everything I have done will not be in vain."

As if infected by the solemn and peaceful state of the [Earth] Sage, Samael, who had been hysterical and constantly struggling to resist, also became quiet and solemnly but enthusiastically refuted the other party's words.

"You should know better than me. Your master is no longer here." Without giving the other party a chance to promote his great faith, the [Earth] sage gently closed his eyes, took up the scepter again, and walked toward the altar where the altar was. A new round of flames was released from the front.

"No, the Lord has always been there. He just cannot return to this continent temporarily due to some reasons. As long as we keep our faith devoutly and offer sacrifices to him devoutly, he will return one day," said At this point, the black figure in the center of the altar couldn't help laughing heartily, "At that time, you damn blasphemers will wait to be baptized by the law and accept the judgment of the great master."

"This future does not exist in the prophecies I know of."

Glancing at the figure shrouded in black mist in the center of the altar, the [Earth] Sage just calmly controlled the surrounding flames, completely isolating the confrontation between the two in a special field called flame.

"Prophecy?" Samael in the center of the altar seemed to have heard a big joke and couldn't help but laugh out loud again, "Okay, very good, since you believe in the elf's prophecy so much, then I will also make one Prophecy, let’s see whose prediction is more accurate in the future!”

As he said that, without giving the sage time to stop him, the black figure whose appearance could not be seen clearly in the center of the altar couldn't help but take off the dark black ring in his hand and burned it and the center of the altar before he had time to do so. All the bones were thrown together into the bottomless abyss behind them: "In the future, I will grandly welcome the return of the Lord at the end of the dance, and you, the damn blasphemers, are just waiting for that day. Come and destroy yourself—"

As he spoke, the black figure in the center of the altar raised his hands, opened his arms, and threw himself into the increasingly turbulent golden sea of ​​fire around him...

As the black figure fell, the scene in front of Alina changed again. What appeared in front of her was no longer the vast sea of ​​​​fire, but a mottled staircase spiraling down, as if there was no end in sight.

This is…?
  The moment she saw that set of stairs, Alina remembered that these were the steps she saw the second time she sneaked into the altar at the bottom of Lake Selia.

Is Samael still sleeping here?
  No, it's impossible! If Samael was really still sleeping here, the altar wouldn't have been so quiet when she used the Purifying Fire just now!
  Therefore, this is a scam and an illusion.

So, what is the significance of this spiraling down the stairs?
  This was her first reaction. But soon, she gave up the above thought and thought about the meaning of the steps appearing in front of her.

[This is not a question you should explore, descendant of the ‘world’. 】

In a daze, she heard a gentle, low sigh, as if it had spanned a long time.

The owner of the voice is not unfamiliar to Alina, because she has already heard it in the previous memory fragments.

"Lord Earth?"

So, without any hesitation, she responded to the owner of the sigh quite firmly.

However, before she could get a response from the owner of the voice, a black square box similar to the one in Qiaocelin's memory appeared on the steps where nothing should have been visible.

Alina subconsciously raised her hand to pick up this evidence that could be used as a direction for investigation, but just halfway through the action, the picture presented to her suddenly shattered, replaced by a fiery red sky dotted with rays of light, and a night background , Ives' anxious and worried face...

(End of this chapter)