The mage arrives

"Welcome. No matter where you are from, what your identity is, what purpose you have, I always welcome new faces." The Blue Moon Witch said slowly, and then made a gesture to welcome in.

After a while, she looked at the surprised expressions on the faces of the visitors, and suddenly said: "Yes, no one has been here for many, many years, so I have forgotten what my appearance is all about. It's really sad You know, I used to be a beauty-loving woman, and I was called 'Livia's Moon Flower'."

After finishing speaking, the witch waved her hand and gently caressed her, and the withered and aging half of her body disappeared immediately, and a complete and beautiful woman appeared in front of everyone.

Well, although I know this is just a small illusion, at least it looks much more pleasing to the eye.After all, even if it was Gordon, it was impossible to ignore the terrifying and strange appearance of the witch Faleitan just now without changing his face, and have a calm conversation with her.

The mage recalled the demonstration that Bailong gave to everyone with a small tree not long ago, and secretly speculated that the blue moon witch might have accidentally entered the place blocked by the blue barrier when she first arrived at this place. area, it ended up like this.

Although Emmonis was not a frequent visitor to this witch's hut, he had obviously been there a few times.He walked into the living room first, and then unceremoniously sat in front of a large table with a diameter of four or five meters, which was sculpted from the whole tree root.Gordon and Vinya who was beside him exchanged glances, followed behind Bailong and sat down one by one.

After everyone was seated, the witch commanded two wooden puppets to serve tea to the first batch of guests who did not know how many years ago.When the girls were attracted by the extraordinary aroma of the green tea, Gordon noticed it.On the back of the blue moon witch's neck, there was a familiar tattoo pattern.

A dead tree in a swamp under the light of a silvery moon.

"Isn't that one of the witcher's many girlfriends. Does Triss the witch also have that mark?" Gordon thought.

He recalled the first time he met the Northrengardians in the city of symmetry.In the team of Countess Zebella.There is a beautiful red-haired woman, the witch Triss, who is under strict guard.On the back of her neck, she also has the same tattoo pattern as Faleitan.

The Nesser Magic Empire created the arcane system of the eight schools, and also created a set of strict and efficient education methods, which are still in use today.However, the witches of Livia have been using a more private method to ensure their inheritance.

A witch and her apprentices will form families of various sizes, such witch families.Regardless of blood relationship, as long as they are recognized and have the same tattoo design, they are members of the family.Gordon didn't have a lot of research on this special group structure of witches, but he at least knew that although the witches of Livia, except for a few mavericks, most of them would use the dead tree of the swamp. The biggest environmental feature of the region, to describe your own tattoo pattern.

But even if all the witches use dead swamp trees as tattoo designs.The specific details of each family pattern fertilizer are still different and will never be repeated.So Gordon can be sure, this Blue Moon Witch.Comes from the same witch family as Geralt's girlfriend.

"The group of Northengardians came all the way to the endless abyss. Apart from forming an alliance with the demon lord Ironhoof Balar, their main purpose is to obtain the eternal orb 'Anzera Lucent'. And the reason why they Don't take too much trouble, I want to bring Triss, a witch captive. It's also related to the Eternal Orb..."

Gordon connected a series of clues and came to a conclusion: this family of witches marked by the dead trees in Silvermoon Swamp.I'm afraid it has a very deep connection with that Eternal Orb.

While Gordon was thinking in silence, White Dragon Emmonis had already told Faleitan all the reasons why the group came here.After this guy has spent nearly ten thousand years in solitude, it seems that there will be a period of eloquence, with endless topics to talk about.

"Oh, it turns out that some of you are guests from Freyton and Antoria. Speaking of which, I, a witch from Livia, can be considered a Freytonian... After spending thousands of years alone , It's really a comforting thing to meet guests from my hometown." Faletan showed a soft smile, as elegant as a lady from the imperial capital, not a lonely witch living in the wilderness swamp.

"Wait..." Gordon frowned, "Ms. Faletan, you said you have lived in this place for thousands of years?"

The witch nodded and said, "Yes. To be precise, it is four thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven years, ten months and five days."

"But if you are from the year 4000, you probably have never heard of Freyton and Antoria, right? That was still in the third era, and these two kingdoms didn't exist at all."

Faleitan said unhurriedly: "Mr. Mage, you are right. But I am not lying. I have indeed lived here for more than 4000 years. The reason for this contradiction is related to it. "

The witch raised her white fingers and pointed to the night sky outside the round window, the high hanging blue moon.

"Although Emerys called me the 'Blue Moon Witch', he just invented this title. I am Faleitan from Livia, and I am usually called Faleitan of Silver Moon. And in this place The blue moon in front of me is not only not my symbol, it can even be said to be my enemy. The reason why I am reduced to today's half-human, half-ghost situation is inseparable from it."

Seeing the expressions of the audience getting serious, the witch paused for a moment before continuing: "That round of blue moon is the Eternal Orb 'Anzella Lucent', the legendary supreme treasure that can manipulate time and space."

"Everyone here is shocked" is the most appropriate way to describe the reaction caused by the witch's words.

In addition to the abstruse saying of "being able to manipulate time and space", what made Gordon even more concerned was that the huge blue moon hanging high in the night sky was actually the Eternal Orb.This is completely different from his previous cognition.

He also possesses an Eternal Orb.Although that treasure has very magical effects, its mentality at least lives up to its name, it is a bead.And now another Eternal Orb appeared in front of his eyes.It was incredible that it was this huge blue moon overhead.

And here comes the problem.If you want to get this Eternal Orb, how should you take it away?

I'm afraid there is no dimensional bag that can hold such a huge object.

not to mention.Even gods don't necessarily have the power to reach out and pick up stars.

Faleitan didn't stay on the topic of the Eternal Orb for too long, but began to slowly talk about her own experience.

She is a member of the witch family "Silver Moon", and she has shown extraordinary talent in magic since she was a child. It is said that she is the most promising genius to become comparable to the founder of the Silver Moon family - the Everlight Witch Simenas .

The Eternal Light Witch Simenas, the legendary great witch, has the ability to control the passage of time and even go back in time.The ability to change history.Legend has it that she fought against the great arcanists of the entire Neisser magic empire almost by herself, and finally reached an agreement with the other party to preserve the witch family and its cultural heritage.

Most of Gordon did not believe this statement.The power to manipulate time cannot even be achieved by the highest and most powerful gods. How can a mere mortal witch have this ability?And, since this witch.No one can learn time magic either.The power that could make the entire Neisser Empire terrified disappeared.

This is the same as the clichéd plot in martial arts novels that "the seniors created a magical skill that can dominate the martial arts, but the juniors are not qualified enough to learn it, which eventually leads to the decline of the school".

So even if the Eternal Light Witch is really as powerful as in the legend.As a mage with an orthodox background, Gordon didn't think much of him.

The so-called magic is the technology of another world.under the inheritance of the system.Later generations constantly create new peaks through the continuous accumulation and summary of predecessors.That is the healthy development process.If it weren't for the sudden death of the Nesser Magic Empire due to natural disasters, the entire magic inheritance would have been interrupted.Otherwise, the fourth era will have a more brilliant magical civilization than the third era.

And the magic system of the witch family, which has poor anti-risk ability and lacks vitality and growth ability, can only gradually die.

But no matter how much he looked down on the group of witches, at least Gordon still respected the Everlight Witch herself.After all, she can be regarded as a powerful magic user who left history.Moreover, even if the legend that she can manipulate time is just an exaggeration, at least the Silver Moon Witch's research on time, even if it is only in theory, has gone a step further than other mages.

Even the Arcane Federation, the largest mage organization on the mainland today, admires the time magic research of the Silver Moon Witches.

Faleitan chases the idol in his heart—the Witch of Eternal Light, and wants to explore the mysteries of time.By chance, she found the legend of Se Anzu and the trace of the eternal jewel "Anzella Lucent" from the yellowed and dusty ancient books.So she decided to find this ancient orb to truly gain the power to manipulate time.

Gordon also needs to learn of the existence of Se'anzu from a few evil gods.But Faleitan determined the location of the Eternal Orb just by divination.

Of course, the witch's divination is a wonderful, difficult and incomparably brilliant prophecy spell, which even the most brilliant mage cannot understand.Not like those witches who fool fools with crystal balls and tarot cards.

And it was only ten years ago that Faleitan left Livia and went to the endless abyss.

But the length of "ten years" is only for others.For Faleitan himself, it was far more than this time.She followed the guidance of prophecy and divination smoothly and entered the endless abyss.At that time, Se'anzu had not yet appeared, just wandering between the gaps in the abyss level.However, the witch still found the city by virtue of her own magic and a little bit of luck, and finally arrived at this place where the flow of time was disordered.

"At that time, the joy in my heart was hard to express in words. So after I stopped for a while, I started to explore this area shrouded in blue moonlight. And I was the same as that mage mr. , I found that magnificent floating city floating in the sky at the first glance."

"Is there a floating city in the sky?" Bai Long was shocked.

Following his exclamation, others also turned their attention to Gordon, forcing the latter to explain.

"Yes, there is a floating city in the sky. It's just that it is shrouded in a very clever and powerful illusion. Ordinary people can't detect it at all."

"Hmph, isn't it just a different way to praise yourself for being unusual..." Ji'er whispered.

Gordon directly ignored the young lady's dissatisfaction.Said to Faleitan: "Ma'am, you must have explored that floating city, right? Can you share with us any discoveries without any scruples? Your wonderful house that can fly. I think it is related to the floating city." related."

"Yes, this hut was made by me based on some inventions of the Neissers, and then I removed some materials from the floating city. It can be regarded as an ultra-miniature floating city, and it is only for me. A small castle in life. However, that trip to the floating city was not very pleasant, it could even be said to be very painful, and I will always remember it in my heart."

Due to the influence of the power of the Eternal Orb Anzella Lucente, there are many areas in this place where the speed of time is completely different from the normal world.This area is blocked by a mysterious blue barrier.It is called the "time turbulent zone" by this witch.

On the ground, because it is far away from the Eternal Orb floating in the air, there are relatively few such time turbulent areas.But the farther you go in the air, the closer you are to the Eternal Orb, the denser and denser the time turbulence area, and the more manic and unstable it is, changing all the time.

If Faleitan wants to enter the floating city, it is inevitable that he will have to go through the obstacles of the turbulent time zone before he can reach his destination.After unremitting efforts.Faleitan succeeded, and finally boarded the majestic and huge floating city of Nesser.But before she had time to celebrate, she was horrified to find that she had fallen into the turbulent time zone.

In the time turbulence zone that Faleitan first entered.Time passed a thousand times faster.The outside world has only passed ten years, but this witch has spent thousands of years of loneliness in the floating city.However, it is different from the turbulent flow area that Gordon and his group witnessed before, which can speed up the flow of time and make creatures age instantly.Faleitan has not aged in the floating city, and has always maintained her youth.

later.She finally couldn't bear the status quo and became a lonely prisoner.So he made up his mind to break through that powerful barrier and escape from the floating city.

Now that the witch can sit in the cozy hut and talk slowly with Gordon and his party, it means that she succeeded in the first place.But unfortunately, in the process of escaping, she strayed into another area of ​​time turbulence.Although it was only a few seconds, half of the witch's body began to age rapidly just because she accidentally inserted half of her body into the blue barrier, like a dead leaf.

With such a serious physical injury, Faleitan was no longer able to leave this place, so he had no choice but to settle down.Afterwards, she happened to meet Emmonis who strayed here, and helped him set up a teleportation circle for escape.After another period of time, the arrival of Gordon and his party cast ripples on her stagnant life.

"This is my story..." After talking in one breath for more than an hour, Faleitan finally stopped and made a summary of his journey to the endless abyss.

She looked at Gordon who was in deep thought, and said to him: "Mr. Mage, if you are interested in that floating city, or want to study the Eternal Orb hanging high in the sky, I will not stop you. It's just that You'd better think carefully before taking action."

"Thank you for your warning. I admit that I am very interested in both the Floating Void City and the Eternal Orb. However, my curiosity and possessiveness cannot overcome my cherishment of my own life. So I will wait until the conditions are ripe before taking Action." Gordon nodded to the witch.

Gordon received the task from Bahamut, the platinum dragon, to retrieve the invincible legion "Gold and Silver Wings" that disappeared that year.Now, he has found this legion.It's just that the upper and lower members of the legion fell into a deep sleep because of the power of the Eternal Orb, and then the illusion formed by the consciousness was sleepwalking in the city below, carrying out a futile reincarnation of war.

So if he wanted to accomplish the mission, he obviously had to remove the influence of the Eternal Orb on the legion.How to do this has to be studied slowly.

After a long conversation at night, everyone was tired, so they went to rest.

Gordon was sorting out the various scrolls, potions and other supplies left in the dimensional bag in the hut he summoned, when he heard someone knocking on the door outside.

He thought it was his fiancée who couldn't bear the loneliness, and wanted to take advantage of the temporary safety to make out with him quietly.It turned out that the person who arrived was not Venia, but the witch Faleitan.

Well, although this Silver Moon Witch is a first-class beauty, it is based on illusions to cover up.He wasn't crazy enough to be interested in her.

As for Faleitan, who came to Gordon in the middle of the night, it was naturally impossible to have a tryst with him.

"Mr. Master, how about we make a deal?"

transaction?

It was a word Gordon liked to hear.Because trading is meant to be profitable.

"Mr. Master, I see that you and your group are obviously not here for tourism. So sooner or later, you have to leave here, right?"

"Yes. But we haven't found a way yet." Gordon said frankly.

"Don't worry, I can help you leave." The witch looked directly into Gordon's eyes. (to be continued..)