Returning from the abyss

Chapter 491 The Disaster Begins
Jonah is not an idealist who shouts slogans. On the contrary, from his narration, Lu Ning can hear that he has really visited countless places, and has also dealt with several incidents of contamination of magic books.

"Perhaps...you are the real 'Book Burning Officer'." Lu Ning sighed, "But you may be the only one who thinks this way, because your companions seem to be just a group of people using this slogan Crazy for profit."

"I have no way of knowing how many evil things they have done." Jonah took two steps forward, "I only know that the interior of the Book Burning Officer is different from what I expected when I joined. But I have no choice, Because only the philosophy here can accommodate me. Thank you for listening to what I have said. I don't expect you to understand, and I don't hope you will change your mentality because of it. For an apprentice, You get the benefits of being here, and then you should grow from that, to the point where you can think about this kind of thing."

His body surrounded by white light walked past Lu Ning and walked towards his own body.

"Leave, don't tell anyone what happened tonight. Burning books—I will do my duty like this, but it doesn't mean that others will do the same."

At this moment, two large crossbow arrows suddenly flew from another oblique angle, one aimed at Jonah's soul, and the other flew towards Jonah's body!

The sudden attack did not make Jonah panic. The light on his body became even more dazzling. The two crossbow bolts shattered in the air after touching the light released by him, and fell to the ground powerlessly.

"Hold still! Guard!"

A few black shadows rushed out, and the two artificial life rushed to the front, bright magic circles shone on their bodies, and powerful beams of light blasted from their bodies.But Jonah had already returned to his body in an instant, took off the sickle from behind with his backhand, jumped up to avoid the light beam, threw the sickle away in the air, and two bundles of charms woven with charms hung down from the handle , rolled up a pure white flame.

"go."

With a clear groan, the two flames rushed towards the artificial life. The protective magic circle drawn on them did not play any role, and the core was burned through the core by the flame in an instant, and stopped running.

At this moment, Lu Ning also heard Jiefuni's voice.

"Lilian! Great! You're fine! Let's get out of here quickly! That guy is a dangerous person!"

Lu Ning nodded, turned around and quickly left the battlefield with Jie Funi.

She has some sympathy for Jonah. Although the other party is much stronger than herself, she has a goal that can be achieved, but the other party has no possibility of realizing her ideal at all.Now that he has done so much thinking, he must have noticed that unless he can grasp the supreme power in the world, it is impossible for him to change all this.Maybe hundreds of years later, Jonah will be praised by later generations as a great man or pioneer, but this cannot change the fact that he is powerless now.

Therefore, she still narrowed her gaze and put it in front of her eyes.It is impossible for all book burning officials to be like this. Their notoriety is not a rumor. Even Jonah himself said that other people might not do the same.

What exactly is the principle of burning books?

"Jeffnie, this place may not be the only place where the Book Burning Officer operates."

"what?"

"Before you came, I had a short chat with him. He said that there will be book burnings in many places tonight... Do you know what is going on?"

"I don't know! I haven't even heard of this name! But it must mean that something bad is going to happen?" Geoffrey looked a little panicked.

"It must be something very bad." Lu Ning nodded, "Jeffnie, we need to sound the alarm—oh, damn it."

When Lu Ning and Jie Funi just ran to the same road, they saw several monsters appearing in the ruby ​​area in the distance.

They are all made of rocks, and their heights range from five to seven meters. They become very conspicuous when they stand up.Coincidentally, Lu Ning really knows the origin of these monsters——

[These little giants who grew up by devouring minerals are called "Usga" by the locals, which means "active mineral lode". 】

This is the record in the magic guide book "Chaos Cauldron". Now it seems that even if it is not that book, there is a similar magic guide book that has been burned.The emergence of these monsters is the result of the book burning not being strictly enforced.

But... After what happened just now, the guards must still be working. Can a monster released in a book really cause any chaos?
Lu Ning continued to walk for a while with Geoffrey, and saw the door of the Crow Hotel.The store door was open at this time, but all the underground partners gathered in the store were summoned by Pierre, and the black and white roses were also here.

"Lilian!" Bai Meigui waved immediately when she saw her.

"White Rose? I heard that you went to investigate a problem of abuse of transformation, and the matter is over?"

"I lost it." White Rose shrugged, "I'm only sure that the person is Eli. This guy somehow got a magic that can change shape at will, and took advantage of the chaos of the shop where he was working. After killing the original shopkeeper, he played different roles during the day and night. Through the shopkeeper's network resources, he contacted many famous guys in Ewalang. Then he disappeared, probably because he was too lazy to play the shopkeeper. He must have a better identity. "

"Like a traitor?"

White Rose snapped her fingers.

"But the situation outside is not very good now. I met the book burning officer..."

"Book Burner?" Pierre yelled, and everyone's eyes immediately focused on it.

"No...why are they attacking all of a sudden?"

"To be precise, they burned books. Pierre, do you know the details?" Lu Ning asked him directly.

"I don't know everything." Pierre shook his head. "The book burning officials have always remained mysterious. Few people have witnessed the scene of their actions."

"But I've seen the endgame." Someone said.

Most of the friends that Pierre summoned were people who did not see the light of day. Most of them, like Black and White Rose, were not permanently stationed in Evalon, but they had to stay here this time.But this means that these half-thieves and half-bandits who roam around are actually quite knowledgeable.

"I have seen a place after the burning of books. Anyway, there is no living thing in the area of ​​about one kilometer around it. Even the soil has been severely eroded by magic power, and it is difficult to grow ordinary crops." That The magician seemed very happy to show off his knowledge, "There is a black circle in the center, about one meter in diameter. I can feel that the concentration of magic power there is hundreds of times higher than normal. I asked some people in the surrounding villages to know I'm a day late."

"Did you see the death of the people there?" Lu Ning asked.

"Death? Of course I saw it. They were shredded by the bones growing under their skin, and they died very miserable."

Jefni's face turned pale when she heard this.

"However, I'm sure it wasn't caused by pollution. After all, the creatures produced by pollution don't have this habit of suicide. It's the death caused by external forces. How? I can provide so much information, can I get any useful conclusions? ?” The magician grinned and looked at Lu Ning.

"That's enough, thank you." Lu Ning nodded, "Then everyone, please pay attention, the attack caused by burning books is a short-term and lethal attack. If I were to make an irresponsible guess, it should be by burning books. The host makes the inner soul berserk, completely liberates the magic power in the magic book, and drives the soul to release the magic that it was good at in life. But after all, the soul cannot last for a long time without a support, so it will lose its power within a day, but the huge The magic will still remain in that land."

"Hey, that's going to be a lot of trouble."

After the magician said this, everyone suddenly felt the ground shake.

"Hey, hello! Pierre! We won't be able to sit here with peace of mind like this!" Someone yelled, "Evalang has even controlled that kind of scene, can't this kind of problem be controlled?"

"External hidden dangers are external after all, and it is easy to find a countermeasure for the defense of the Evalang. But this time is different." Pierre said.

"What do you mean?"

"You can go outside and take a look at the library."

After hearing this sentence, everyone walked out one after another, and soon there was an exclamation: "Light! Why is the light gone?"

"It's not a light, it's just the magic flickering caused by the constant gathering of magic power of the Eternal Stone at the top of the Violet Library." Pierre walked out, "It's not so conspicuous in the night, as if it's just a part of the starry sky, But when it disappears, something is wrong in the library."

"Internal? Something happened to the Magic Council itself? This is...too ridiculous, right?"

"Pierre." Lu Ning said, "The stone of eternity you mentioned, how many people can touch it?"

"I think you have the answer to this question yourself. The Twelve Councilors." Pierre sighed, "Now, they are attacking at the same time, and these people inside the Avalon are the enemies who really understand the weakness of the Magic Council."

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"The burning of books has begun."

Heinz sensed the magic power that was beginning to fill up around him, and said to the magician beside him: "It seems that the first step has been completed, and Gascoigne is indeed a trustworthy ally."

"Your Excellency, according to the news from the front, the medical team that was brought into the Diamond District as a medical team has lost its way. They didn't realize it, and they are still treating the wounded."

"Very well, this matter has nothing to do with them, there is no need to involve them."

"But..." The magician hesitated for a moment.

"speak."

"Your Excellency, the burning of books will still cause the death and injury of many innocent people in the Avalon. Is this really okay?"

"This is what I have to pay in exchange for the help of the Book Burning Officer. Although I know they have ulterior motives...but the external problems are easy to solve. The Stone of Eternity no longer shines, and Violet has fallen into darkness. It is time to wake us up The 'books' that have been prepared for a long time."

Heinz untied a pendant from his neck, and threaded fifteen copper plates with names inscribed in ancient characters on a thin silver thread. He began to chant something in a low voice, and soon, fifteen A blue flame ignited on the copper piece, and after the copper piece disappeared in the flames, Heinz dropped the silver thread and raised his head.

"There is someone..."

"Heinz!"

A mage in purple robes stood a street away, accompanied by his squires.The mage naturally saw what Heinz did, and he was knowledgeable enough to understand what Heinz did.

Pablo, the magician that Lu Ning met just by chance the night before the library was opened, is famous for his love of learning about all kinds of magical things. Of course, he will not miss the matter of Eva Gallery.But now seeing Heinz's behavior, he immediately scolded.

"How many people do you want to die? I didn't expect that you, who usually don't like to talk to people, hide such deep ambitions! No! It's a devil! Have you thought about how many people will die because of this? Is this the justice and courage you expected in your youth?"

"People change, Pablo. If you were in my place, you would change too. This is for the sake of Evaron, and for magic to flourish."

"I think it's good as it is now! And your prosperity is only to push yourself to the top! I get it! You just don't think the current situation is right! Durham is not iron enough! Do you people who practice martial arts Is it just exercising the muscles into the brain?"

"Pablo, I don't want to talk nonsense here, get out of the way."

"Sir...now is the best..." The attendant also advised from the side.

"Wumeng, get out of the way! Heinz, I knew that those people would not be able to cause any big disturbances, but you! If it was you, even the Magic Council might be severely damaged! Your so-called prosperity , is it to let the magic go back a hundred years before starting?"

Heinz rested his hand on his sword.

"Very good, is it time to use force? Heinz, let me tell you plainly, I'm just standing here scolding you, and if you kill me, it will prove that you are just a hypocritical careerist! You can only plan one Conspiracies to satisfy your own desires, not for some high-sounding justice! You can't even be a ruler, because you can't even listen to anything against yourself!"

"you're right."

Heinz's figure disappeared in an instant, and then returned to the original place a second later, slowly pointing the sword at the scabbard, blood was dripping from the tip of the sword.

Pablo lowered his head and glanced at his cut abdomen, the internal organs mixed with blood were flowing out.

"I am well aware that I am not qualified, and I have no intention of being a ruler. I am a warrior, just to clear the way. When this is all over, I will naturally find someone who is enough to take the position, but Pablo, you It really made me recognize myself, thank you."

"You bastard..." Pablo collapsed with a distorted expression, and the flames engulfed his body.Heinz sighed, but suddenly realized that he couldn't find the attendant.

"Forget it, let's continue."

He walked through the flames.

(End of this chapter)