above the ring

Chapter 36 What is legend and what is greatness

Touching the blessing, Lear left the round table hall.

In the round table hall, the people who have been quietly watching Lear have no idea what Lear is going to do, and they don't even know what kind of greatness Lear is about to face.

He is going to find another like-minded friend.

Perhaps, in the current borderland, he is still sticking to his ideals.

With this thought in mind, Lear teleported back to the blessing point that appeared after defeating Greco, and walked along the avenue into the place where the Throne of the Storm is located. From the path next to the throne, he entered a room similar to the Storm King's bedroom. place, where he encounters a ghost of despair.

From the side of the ghost, Lear found the eyeball of a patient named "Ciapolilli's Grape" who was suffering from overheating.

Holding this thing, I still felt a little uncomfortable, but that strange sense of suppression still prevailed, which made him unable to help but carefully observe the eyeball of the sick person.

If it weren't for this disgusting and weird yellow color, Lear would really think that this thing is a grape, with a skin, and the meat wrapped under the skin looks a little tender.
No wonder Irena's Miss Heda ate so happily afterwards, and she still had some longing feelings when she described it. It's no wonder that sometimes it's a good thing to not be able to see.

Who is the ghost? It is no longer possible to investigate. It is probably a person who was humiliated and tortured by Geraker like the doorman Gotok, which led to despair from the bottom of his heart and suffered from a fever. The grapes were given to the witch, so that she could find the light on the other side.

But your witch was kidnapped by me.

Thinking that Irene was in the basement station street, Lear felt a little relaxed, so he went down the ladder step by step, and finally, through the back door of Stonewell, he came to the edge of the cliff by the lake. superior.

In the distance, the huge college and the distant golden alpine woodland are shrouded in a white mist, mysterious but magnificent.

Thousands of words can be reduced to one sentence, "There is a magnificent view ahead".

Green water and green mountains are mountains of gold and silver.

How many fruit trees can grow here, and how much fruit can it bear!
Lear, who was born in a rural area, couldn't say any particularly admirable rhetoric, and the thoughts in his heart were mostly like this.

Take a look at such a large lake. There are no fish, shrimps, and hairy crabs here. It is said that there are strange-shaped large octopuses at the junction, which can drop things called white meat slices, which is not very good. okay.

However, life is not only about the present, but also poetry and the distance.

Lear's mood became more and more excited and turbulent, and suddenly a very serious thought rose in his heart: "Why not create a legend and conquer this great land under the sea of ​​stars?"

People in the border land are living in dire straits. If, one day, a king who does not live for God and the law ascends to the peak of the border land, who loves the people like his son and puts the people first, what will happen in this world? , will it become better?

Lear will not jump to conclusions, people-oriented, the focus is still on people.

He thinks he doesn't have this ability.

But there is this man in the borderlands.

She is not a god, but she has a heart of love like a god.

Although she is an ordinary person, she has the arrogance of a king.

If there is no damn love in the world, she might stand at the top of the world and have an arm wrestling with another queen.

Well, the picture of the two girls who are not short in height and not small in size as they wrestle their wrists seems a bit nice.

Lear's eyes seemed to penetrate the almost endless white mist. He saw the great Real Lucaria College, saw the concepts that are still shining today, and also seemed to see the world that would lead academic discussions. Era to the top.
In all fairness, although the Queen of the Full Moon, Renara, and her teacher Selian are not the same way, she even expelled the magicians of the source school, and prohibited them from exploring the origin of the starry sky.

Such behavior will inevitably arouse the jealousy of others, and even many people criticize her.

But at that time, only the Queen of the Full Moon could understand that she wanted people to stop looking for the past, but urged them to look forward. She also used her ability and talent to guide the magicians to look into the depths of the future. The other side of the sky.

From an academic point of view, it is a new world that is wider than tracing the origin.

However, tradition and progress are the issues of exchange and competition in academic circles in any era.

Perhaps, Renara's insights are loved and pursued in some respects, but she also made some irreparable mistakes—blindly looking up at the stars is far worse than doing something down-to-earth.

The queen learned to look forward, and she also worked hard to guide the magicians to pursue forward, but she forgot to look at her own feet, to see how many people under her command were willing to follow her footsteps.

Later, the queen fell into a love net and couldn't extricate herself. Radagon came with enthusiasm but left coldly and relentlessly. The talented magical girl disappeared, replaced by a crazy and sad second half of her life.

In this "queen contest" between position and law, the god named Eternal is even better.

Radagon's departure and Renara's madness ignited the long-standing and deep-rooted contradictions on the land of Lienia—the war between the Kalia royal family and the Academy of Magic finally broke out.

This is a war that has lasted for a long time, and the duration is even unimaginable.

During the war, Lienia split into three factions, the Kalia royal family, the Academy of Magic, and the cuckoo knights known for their betrayal. The gate was closed, and the cuckoo knight was wandering in the woods outside the lake, fighting the final battle with Kalia's remaining magical summons.

Perhaps, in the protracted war, the morals have already collapsed, and the academic system originally established by the Queen of the Full Moon and the emerging viewpoints that followed seem to have been buried by the war.

From the research on the origin and expansion of pyroxene magic, the magicians have almost completely turned to the application of magic in war. No one pays attention to those theoretical things anymore, and the theoretical viewpoints put forward by the queen are also forgotten by them A corner of the college.

However, the idea of ​​forging ahead left behind by the Queen is still silently influencing future generations.

Although most magicians are still doing some old-fashioned and traditional magic research, there will always be a unique star that begins to shine.

The queen and most magicians are used to following the ancient etiquette of stargazers, looking up at the starry sky and the poetic distance.

But not everyone has her powerful talent, and not everyone can stand on the peak from the beginning.

Lear walked down the cliff, and a long-abandoned church appeared in front of him.

The golden tree spread golden light, shining through the distant clouds and mists to this place.

This is a place called Elis Church, a small church hidden in the woods, behind the city of Stonewell, but it faces the majestic and magnificent scenery in the distance.

Sitting in the middle of the church was an ordinary bald man with an ordinary appearance, sitting decadently on a chair in the corner of the church, with his hands on his knees, frowning, staring at the ground of the church.

A dung beetle is walking comfortably in the church pushing a ball of dung with gray mist.

The smell inside the church was very good. Queen Malika was enshrined here, and in front of the stone statue of the queen, Lear found a new dew drop from the golden tree.

The pleasant aroma in the church is emitted from here.

"It's really interesting that there is a person who pursues pyroxene magic sitting here in a small church dedicated to Queen Malika."

Lear turned his head and said to the man who had been looking at him since just now.

"Uh, huh? Yeah, yeah? I, I didn't notice this before"

"It's not something you and I can mention about the Queen? You look downcast, wearing college clothes, but there's so much dust and dirt on your body, it's hard to imagine that you're actually a student at the Magic Academy. "

"Hey, don't underestimate people!" Not only did the man not feel excited or ashamed, he smiled gently, "As the saying goes, people should not be judged by their appearance. I have also studied magic in the academy, although I know It’s not much, but it’s more than enough for an adventure trip outside!”

"Then what do you know?" Lear sat beside the other party carelessly, and laughed himself.

He felt he had found the right person.

"Haha, I actually don't know much, only Pyroxene Magic Gravel and Pyroxene Bending Arc, both of which are not on the table, but judging by your appearance, you probably belong to the kind of people who can't learn too complicated spells just like me. type."

"Hey! What are you talking about?" Lear pretended to be arrogant, but the other party still maintained a humble and gentle smile, which made Lear a little embarrassed, so he continued, "I really can't learn any powerful magic. , my teacher Selian has determined that I have no ability to learn magic."

"Have you ever studied magic with Cerlian? Oh, it's a big deal!"

"Eh? You actually know her?"

"Of course I know her. She is the most talented woman in the history of the academy. A little-known person like me would never have anything to do with her. However, she was expelled from the academy because of the suspicion of the 'Block Witch'— —She was suspected of killing a large number of magicians. To be honest, I really can’t believe that such a lovely woman could do such a thing.”

"Eh? Didn't you say that you didn't have any intersection with Teacher Se Lian? How can you still say that she is the type that attracts people to fall in love with?"

"I have seen her from afar, and I have heard her lecture in the classroom. Alas, that is all in the past."

"Oh~ I see. Now, let me introduce myself. My name is Lear, and I am a traveler."

Lear held out his hand.

"I, my name is Tops." Tops curled his bald head with one hand, and reached out to shake Lear with the other hand.

He was thinner than Lear imagined, and Lear could even touch the bones when shaking hands.

It seems that handshakes are not popular at the border. No matter whether knights or magicians meet each other, they bow slightly when they meet each other. Only those who are close to each other will have physical contact.

So, Lear began the remedy.

"Okay, from now on, you and I are like-minded friends!"

"What, what friend?"

"Of course they are like-minded friends."

"Well, actually, if you worship Selian as your teacher, then you and I can't be friends. After all, I'm a student of the academy, and the academy still holds a hostile attitude towards the witch of the block."

"I said, why are you so rigid? Can you go back to the academy now?"

"Go back, can't go back"

"Will the old scholars from the academy come out?"

"Big, most likely not"

"Then what camp are you in now?"

"I am a student of Rhea Lucaria Academy of Magic"

"Can a person who believes in the stars and seeks the magic of pyroxene pray, chant, or even explore the stars in front of the stone statue of Marika safely?"

"Okay, it seems."

Tops was taken in by Lear, he thought about it for a long time, and found that this was indeed what he meant.

Although there is still Radagon. However, Mr. Radagon is the husband of Queen Reinara, and now there is a deep grievance between the academy and the Kalia royal family, and she even imprisoned Queen Reinara.
In this way, the contradiction between the stars and the golden tree is irreconcilable!
And he, a magic school student who belongs to the camp of stars and night, should be tolerated by the eternal queen of the golden tree according to common sense. He began to recall the things he had done in this church and the things he had done pray.
He really wanted to go back to the academy again to study the power of those stars!

A person with such obsession is actually praying to the stars in front of the stone statue of the Eternal Queen, this, this is simply...
Tops was frightened by his brain supply, and broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly knelt down in front of the stone statue, and began to chant silently, repenting for his mistakes.

Although it is a bit feudal and superstitious, people in the borderland seem to be quite fond of it. The so-called telepathy, the gods may not be able to hear it, but believers don’t know if the gods can hear it, so there is There are a lot of feudal ethics and sacrifices, and Tops is a cowardly and humble person similar to Roderica. After being abducted by Lear, he is a little confused.

"Okay, okay, you have stayed here for so long without any accident, which means that the Eternal Queen doesn't blame you at all, maybe she appreciates you."

"This, how dare you."

"Look what this is? I just got it from the foot of the Queen's statue. It's the dewdrop of the golden tree. Don't you think it's strange that this dewdrop appears here? There is no small golden tree nearby."

"It seems, it's very strange."

"Think about it again, when you first came to the church, did you see this dew drop?"

"Probably not, I, I don't remember much"

Tops thought about it carefully before responding a little vaguely.

"Then there is none." Lear continued his flickering, and grasped the initiative in the conversation between the two, "The queen is an enlightened person, even though she is in charge of the eternal golden law, she still hopes to have A person who is determined to forge ahead has developed enough power to shock the world."

Lear looked at Tops with burning eyes, and he said, "So, what exactly do you want to study? The Chosen One."

The words "The Chosen One" came out, and it was like a nuclear bomb exploded in Tops' brain.

"I, I, God Chosen. Not, I, Star, That"

He was a little incoherent, and felt deep fear at what Lear said.

How can he bear the title of God's Chosen One!
"I, I can't be the Chosen One!" Tops yelled with all his strength, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"Why can't you be the Chosen One?"

Lear walked up to Tops and put his hands on his shoulders.

"I, I study the stars, and I also believe in the stars. The power of pyroxene from the stars is my foundation. How could I be?"

"Who said you are the chosen one of the Eternal Queen?"

"Uh, ah" Lear's words completely confused Tops.

The dewdrops from the golden tree were in front of him, and Lear actually said that he was not the chosen one of the Eternal Queen. So which god in the current borderland could send her the chosen one?

"Tops, you have to understand that 'God's Chosen' does not mean that a certain god has chosen you, but that a stronger and nobler supreme will has chosen you. When you are doing research, are you ridiculed and bullied?"

"Yes, it is."

"Is it because your research is not respected, and they laughed at you and ridiculed you, so they didn't give you the pyroxene key, so that you had to live and sleep, and didn't get the chance to return to the academy?"

"Yes!"

"Hey, brother, you are exactly like me!"

"what?"

"Come on, look into my eyes."

Lear activated the power of fire in his body, causing the golden light of blessing to appear in his eyes.

"Brother Tops, think of me, Lear, who was once a blessed person, but I didn't expect that I was born with a disability, with low intelligence and weak beliefs. I couldn't learn pyroxene magic, and I wasn't even allowed to pray. I guide."

What he said is indeed true. On the attribute panel, the attributes of intelligence and faith are locked, which is basically exactly the same as what he said.

"This"

"But bro, look at me, do you look a little mentally retarded?"

"No."

"Do you think I have a weak faith?"

Topps carefully looked into Lear's eyes, and said seriously, "It's not like that."

"Think about yourself, is your intelligence really lower than the magicians in other classrooms? Is your firm belief in doing a certain research really lower than them?"

"no!"

Lear and Tops spoke in unison.

"Brother, come, come with me! There are a few dead people over there, let me show you."

Lear took Tops to find those dead men holding machetes and polearms in their hands, and showed Tops his proud rebounding skills, three times, five divisions, two, Just solved these few dead people.

"You, your skills."

"Brother Tops, this is the combat skill that I have devoted endless efforts to research, practice, and faithfully pursue. I named it, 'Bounce'."

"Bounce back."

"Yes, brother, you see, although our experiences are different, our experiences are somewhat similar. I was spurned by both faders and blessings, and they were unwilling to accept me. I had no choice but to call myself a traveler and start the long journey. And a lonely journey. I call myself a rebel, and my genre, until now, has been alone.

"They laugh at me for being crazy, laugh at me for not knowing what it means to be handsome, laugh at me for not being able to use combat skills, laugh at me for only knowing how to hold a shield, laugh at me for not being able to use it to single-handedly attack the entire junction! But I just want to do this One point, I just want to do what no one can do, this is my persistence, even if this road is extremely lonely.”

Lear no longer looked at Tops, he turned slowly, looked at the towering golden tree, and at the magnificent mountains and rivers shrouded in mist in the distance, his voice was lonely and solemn, and his back stood tall!

Suddenly, Lear heard heavy breathing behind him, and he heard the man crying.

"Eh? Brother, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"

Unexpectedly, Tops grabbed Lear's arm, and he said with a trembling voice but extremely firm: "You said that the art of rebounding is what you have been pursuing all your life, isn't it?"

"Yes, it is the skill I have pursued all my life. In my eyes, it is the best combat skill."

"But do you know that your combat skill can only flick the opponent's weapons, and once you meet those who are good at magic and prayer, you will be helpless?"

"I know, so, I need someone, a like-minded friend, who can help me solve this problem!"

Come on, Lear looked at Tops, the sense of anticipation was pressing on Tops.

"I can."

Lear finally waited for this sentence, all the previous foreshadowing was for this moment!
"I've been researching a magic. Brother, you know, the war has devastated the entire borderland, and the war between the Kalia royal family and the academy has been protracted, causing serious disasters to this land.

"Those big men attacked each other and killed each other, they never knew that it was ordinary civilians who suffered throughout the war.

"That day, I saw countless civilians in the town died under the indiscriminate bombardment of magic. They were wailing, angry, and suffering, but it was still of no avail. Therefore, I decided to embark on a road, a road from front to back, There is absolutely no way for anyone to walk.”

He grabbed Lear's hand even harder, and tears flowed from his eyes.

"I want to study a magic for them, a magic that even ordinary people can use. That magic is not for offense, nor for harm, but for protection." (Note 1)

"Did you succeed?"

"No, I haven't succeeded yet, I just came out to get some materials haha, people like me are not valued by the college, so my research has no funding, and I don't have any support, I can only come out to pick some materials, I bought those magic items with my own money. However, after I came out this time, I couldn’t go back to the academy. They closed the gate, and I didn’t have the qualifications to go back. I haven’t been awarded the stone hat yet. Those props, I’m still that waste rock, I can’t study anything.”

"Trust me, you can do it. Brother, you wait here for me, brother, when I kill the magic academy and return with the materials and equipment you want, you will be here, and you will study your magic here .”

"I have to go back to college"

"No, brother, we are already heretics. You are to the stars, and I am to the golden law. We may be born to be unpopular, but so what? In this era, with you and me, we are together Pursuing a single skill, we are never alone."

"We are never alone."

Topps took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Okay, brother, I'll listen to you, I'm here, I'm not going anywhere, I'll wait for your good news, but, do you know how to get in? Besides, it's still very dangerous inside the magic academy."

"I know."

Lear laughed and raised his hand, and Greck's big rune lay quietly in his palm.

"This is."

"This is the fragment of the Great Rune. I killed the demigod and obtained it."

"Brother, you are not, you, you are a hero!"

"If your research is successful, you are the real hero."

After comforting Tops and getting his response, Lear decided to leave first.

The big bald Tops is not handsome, just like his nickname, he is like a useless waste rock on the side of the road. In addition to telling the faded people how to enter the Real Lucaria Academy, he also Only the most basic magic can be taught.

"Pyroxene Magic Gravel", "Pyroxene Curved Arc", and the handful of "Starlight" that witnessed the miracle.

If he hadn't gambled his whole life to research the force field spell that could deflect everything, probably not many faders would know this middle-aged man who no longer has long hair.

Naturally, no one will remember that he was cast aside and ridiculed for researching new theories, and despite being ridiculed, he always insisted on his ideals and beliefs in his heart impartially.

He was kicked out of the classroom, and in a dark corner, he painstakingly studied the magic that was left at the moment of his death.

The magic that was named after the researcher by the faded one who accepted the gift.

"Topps' Force Field".

If Lear has witnessed the completion of this theory and the birth of this magic that only requires an intelligence of 9, he must use this magic to challenge the golden tree, the destined death, the fire, and the dragon thunder , and then shouted in front of those so-called gods and so-called strong men:
"What is legend, what is greatness!"

PS: Change first and then change.

Note 1: In the original plot, Tops should be regarded as a fanatical researcher, and the magic of "Tops' force field" itself was born just to prove his genius theory.

Artistic processing is carried out here, mainly to highlight the theme of the book.

Finally, a seven thousand word chapter, please collect it~
(End of this chapter)