Planeswalker My Plane War

Chapter 596 Mystery 9
As the terrifying sound came out, the illusory opening and boundary of the oil painting faintly showed signs of collapse.Antikus instinctively felt that something wanted to come out of the oil painting—to break through the boundary between the two-dimensional world and the three-dimensional world.In fact, it is faintly visible that there is something wriggling in the big hole in the oil painting.

Redstone is calm, but also turns to a slightly further position.The illusory arm clenched its fist again and hit the oil painting with a fist.

The creature hidden in the cave of the oil painting finally revealed its appearance. It was a shriveled and dehydrated boa constrictor that had turned into a mummified corpse, or it could be speculated that it was a boa constrictor based on its size. But always blocked by an invisible barrier in the air.

This time even the great wizard became more cautious. He pondered for a while, not knowing what he should do.If he continues to attack, it is likely to help the sealed snake break the seal.But doing nothing... doesn't seem too good either.

Also, what's up with this snake?This is clearly a supernatural presence.But before that, I had never heard any rumors about this art gallery.This is actually a very ordinary art museum. It must be said that there is something different, which may be that it covers a larger area and has more collections.

While the great wizard was muttering, the snake was not idle.It tried to get out of the oil painting again and again but couldn't get it, obviously angry.It opened its mouth and neighed inaudiblely.

Accompanied by this neighing, boundless chaos impacted people's hearts.Antikus staggered and fell down, his spirit seemed to be bitten by countless little snakes.He couldn't bear this kind of attack, his eyes were full of all kinds of grotesque and terrifying hallucinations, his ears were ringing, and he couldn't hear anything, but the tremor brought by the silent neighing pierced his forehead like a steel needle.

Dying, this is really dying.His five senses were confused, and he lay on the ground in pain, writhing and struggling in vain, and only this last thought remained in his remaining consciousness.

It didn't know how long it took before Antikus slowly woke up.

He found himself no longer in an art gallery, but in what could be called a "small meeting room."There was a long conference table in front of him, and a stranger sat at the opposite end of the table.And my teacher, that is, Hongshi, is sitting at the other end of the conference table.

The stranger had gray hair and obvious but not exaggerated wrinkles on his forehead.The facial features are the kind of passerby faces that are almost forgettable, but there is a majestic temperament all over the body.This kind of temperament usually only exists in those legal workers who can easily bankrupt people—that is, judges and prosecutors.

The old man and the great wizard sat opposite each other at the conference table, silently confronting each other.There are other chairs here, very ordinary office chairs.But when Antikus walked up to the teacher and wanted to pull a chair to sit on, he found that the feet of these chairs were glued to the floor and could not be pulled away at all.He could only stand beside the great wizard in his anxiety.

He has already noticed the weirdness of this place.Among other things, there is no door in this meeting room. Yes, the walls are all white, and there are no doors that can be discerned by the naked eye.

Not just the walls, but also the floor and the ceiling.Everything seems to be tightly sealed, this is a completely enclosed, incredible space.

"Mr. Great Wizard..." The old man seemed to have looked at him enough, and finally spoke. "Please allow me to call you that. First of all, I would like to welcome you. I am very glad that you can come. I have prepared black tea for you, and I hope you like it."

"Is this...the gathering?" said the great wizard. "only myself?"

"In fact, I prefer to say that this is a meeting," the old man said. "I and the invited people... meet one by one."

"May I ask, who are you?"

"You can call me Eric, but more people call me Duke." The old man said. "By the way, although this title does not have any special value for me, I am indeed a canonized duke, conferred by a certain Nordic king. Of course, for people like us, getting a noble title is just a matter of effort. "

"Then, Mr. Duke." The great wizard looked calm, but Antikus had been with the teacher for so long, so he knew that the teacher was far from being as calm as he appeared on the surface. In fact, he was very cautious at the moment. "What did you invite me for?"

"From what I know of you," said the duke. "You became a tribal wizard more than ten years ago...but at that time, you didn't show any extraordinary. Almost every tribe has one or two wizards like you. Not many, but definitely Not unusual. These are wizards who are recognized by most people in the tribe, at least by the chiefs. If they are self-proclaimed wizards, there will be more. Maybe you perform better among other wizards, maybe you are better at publicity, So some people call you 'the last great wizard'. But in fact, you became a great wizard not long ago... I heard that you finally became a great wizard through a kind of difficult wilderness practice. I don't know if these are lies Or the ingredients of rumors..."

"These are not lies, nor are they rumors. Because that is the truth," said the great wizard.

"According to what I know, this means that you have found the spirit of nature, and he has empowered you."

"You know our situation well. I never denied that..."

"So here comes the problem...according to our theory, this means that you found something that was not there. No, it should be described as such...you did something completely impossible."

"Why do you say that? I think you may have some understanding of our practice methods. But some understanding does not mean complete understanding. When you don't do some things, you don't understand. Even I did it after I did it. I understand. Finding the spirit of nature and gaining His favor is a... What I want to say is that it is a very, very difficult thing. Usually it cannot be done. And my difficult way of crossing domains is indeed It's like committing suicide. In fact, in my opinion now, the tempering between life and death is an indispensable condition for becoming a great wizard. If you don't have enough talent, hard work, or even bad luck, your life will be in danger."

"No, no, no... this, I'm sorry," the Duke said kindly. "Please allow me to speak freely - after all, an academic discussion must be so. Please bear with me if I offend - I want to say that there should be no natural spirits in this world."

"This problem...maybe we have a misunderstanding of the concept of 'natural spirit'."

"No, I mean what I mean. There is no supernatural being allowed in this world...this earth. There are no spirits of nature, and there are no gods."

"I have to point out that this is probably a misunderstanding, or your theory is flawed." The great wizard said. "I've come into contact with more than one spirit of nature. I'm not sure how many they are, but I can at least be sure it's plural."

"Can they give people strength?"

"Yes." said the great wizard.A dimly glowing, phantom hand appeared beside him. That hand picked up the cup in front of him, and the great wizard took a sip.This is very obvious.

The duke looked at the great wizard, then at Antikus. "Can you tell me the specific process when you concluded the contract with the spirit of nature?" His voice became full of curiosity. "I would like to know."

"Sorry, but there are some things I can't tell outsiders." Hongshi said. "These mysteries of master-student inheritance cannot be made public."

"Then..." said the Duke. "Let's trade it. I'll trade my secret for yours. I think it'll be a fair deal."

"That depends on the secret." Hongshi replied.

"For example, the Mr. Anticus you chose is the spy chosen by the United States. Don't you think he is very obedient and clingy? But the greatest use of him by your side is to spy on you. For example, this time you Coming here... did you think you were completely out of the way of the official United States? Unfortunately, they already knew. Because you let him drive, and he confessed this operation to those people while he was in the car. And as The price, he got a reward of [-] knives..."

Antikus could not hear the following words at all.The scene just now seemed to reappear.Chaos spread in his mind, his five senses were confused, and absurd and terrifying hallucinations changed before his eyes.The whole world is shaking and twisting.The great wizard sitting on the chair turned his head and looked over. His sharp and desperate eyes made him unbearable.

He subconsciously rushed towards the old man who claimed to be the Duke, but when he took the second step, his world spun.Antikus' feet went limp and he fell to the ground.He got up in a panic. "Wait, teacher..."

It wasn't until the words came out of his mouth that he realized that something was wrong, and he found himself appearing in another dimension again.Small, dark and shabby room.

There was already someone in the room, and it was someone he would never forget for the rest of his life—the dark wizard who called himself Mike.

The last time the black wizard hijacked him to escape... that memory is something he still cannot erase today.So although Mike has a face that is not distinctive, Antikus will never mistake anyone.

"Hey," Mike greeted him.Antikus was dazed and turned to look around, only to see an LCD TV hanging on the wall.It was nothing but Redstone and the Duke on TV.

This seems to be a monitoring room, monitoring the situation in the meeting room.

And Mike just said hello, and continued to watch the surveillance screen instead.

Antikus realized what was going on with him, he found a stool and sat down.

"I really...I really..." He buried his hands in his hair in despair.He didn't want to do that either, but there was nothing he could do.He can only cooperate with those government officials for the damn bills brought by his girlfriend.

Legally speaking, he was absolutely right.But morally they are two different things.Antikus felt that his original beautiful world had completely collapsed.He didn't know what fate he would have in the future, but even if he didn't think about it, he knew it wouldn't be a good result.It is impossible for Redstone to accept what Antikus did.

"Come on!" Mike seemed to be laughing. "You don't have to. Don't feel like the sky is falling. Besides, you haven't done anything wrong."

Antikus raised his head and looked at the dark wizard in front of him in surprise.He didn't understand what the other party meant.

"Don't think Redstone has any kindness for you," Mike said. "What do you think you are in his eyes? Are you really a disciple? Haha, don't laugh so hard! Think about it, you have been following him for several years, have you learned anything?" He snapped his fingers, and pointed A flame rose from within. "Even this kind of trick, you shouldn't be able to do it, right?"

"But...but..." What Hongshi was teaching him was common sense-level knowledge of wizards.It doesn't even involve those truly supernatural abilities.Redstone has been saying that Antikus is too young and hasn't even graduated from college.In fact, it is not unreasonable for Hongshi to say this. He himself did not embark on the path of wizarding until he graduated from university with a master's degree.

"What's the matter," Mike said. "Looking at your stupid look, let me tell you the truth. You, Antikus, are a person with talent." He said seriously. "You have a very powerful natural ability, but you don't know how to use it yourself. And by keeping you by your side, Redstone is slowly stealing your power from you. The power that originally belonged to you!"

"You... nonsense!" Antikus was shocked.

"Facts speak louder than words." Mike laughed.He took out a test tube containing a dark red liquid from somewhere on his body. "You can try to drink this medicine. This is an alchemy potion... Awakening potion, something secreted by our school. If it weren't for its limited shelf life, I would never give it to you. Drink it, and you will be a real spellcaster." the one."

"I do not believe you."

"Whatever you want." Mike didn't take the medicine back. "But if I want to kill you, or if I want to do something to you, do you think you have room to resist?"

Antikus' gaze stayed on the test tube, and he took it tremblingly.

In the conference room, the conversation between the two was still going on.

"I see... But, didn't the spirit of nature ask you anything?" The Duke's surprise was not feigned.Because according to Redstone, the spirit of nature will give wizards power unconditionally.

"As far as I know, the spirit of nature rarely asks people." Hongshi replied. "If he asked for anything, it must have been something very big. Usually nature was destroyed to make them angry. Before the white man came, some wars were born for this reason. The tribe will be guided by the wizard , to fight those forces that destroy nature. It may be an evil beast that violates the way of nature, or it may be a tribe that betrays the spirit of nature..."

"And the spirit of nature that you contracted hasn't proposed any mystery to you so far... Interesting, interesting. Then as you said, the spirit of nature has many faces... Can you ask whether he can make people live forever."

"It's impossible!" Redstone replied decisively. "No need to ask at all."

The Duke stopped, with a slight displeasure on his face that the conversation was interrupted. "I'm sorry, but it seems a bit unexpected." He turned his head and looked at the empty wall.But his gaze penetrated the wall, looking in a certain direction. "An impatient guest has come over on his own initiative." He pointed with his hand, as if he had done something.Redstone's Void Eye clearly saw him release a burst of energy into the distance.This feeling... It's not like an attack, but like turning on a certain switch, such as a kennel.

(End of this chapter)