Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 309 Anomalies
"Lucert would like to thank Your Highness for everything that has happened recently..." In the reception room with only two people, Lucert bowed deeply to Lucia.

"Originally, I should have come to visit you after the duel tournament to express my sincerest apologies and gratitude to Your Highness. However, when I was crossing the Storm Sea, I was completely focused on studying the cause of the Yog mutation, and it was difficult for me to extricate myself. I also encountered many unexpected events afterwards, so I have been delaying it until today."

Lucia held Luther's arm with her hand and smiled gently, "Master, you are too kind. If you want to apologize, I remember that after the battle with Yug, you and Master Yazle apologized for it. If you want to thank me, I have never done anything deliberately. I was just protecting myself in the duel competition. The battle of Selia is also the responsibility of the three dynasties. Why do you need to thank me?"

Luther stood up with his help, and looked into the ice-blue pupils with his deep eyes. He felt as if he was facing a bottomless icy lake, and for a moment he felt an indescribable fear.

With his knowledge, he certainly understood that it was not the dragon might that Lucia deliberately released, but the kingly aura that naturally emanated from the ancient dragon quasi-king, which was not angry but shocking.

Lusert exhaled slowly, lowered his head slightly, and said, "I am not talking about just these two things. After the duel competition, His Highness never pursued the matter of Yug. After the incident in Selia, His Highness repeatedly defended the Origin Faction. Even when His Highness Latan lent a helping hand in the Hall of Darkness that day, it must have been in response to His Highness's will, right?"

"Although I am old and frail, my mind is still somewhat clear. At the beginning of this conference, it seemed to be aimed at the dilemma of the three princes of Kalia, but in fact it was a killing game against my Origin School. If it were not for Your Highness, and a demigod was in your position, such as the Origin School of Stonewell today, I am afraid that everyone would have condemned him."

Having said that, 80% of the disguise has been torn off. Luther made a special trip today to thank Lucia for repeatedly protecting the Origin Faction since the Magic Conference. In fact, he was expressing his loyalty in return for a favor.

In the previous life, the Origin Faction clearly possessed strength and foundation far superior to other classrooms, but in the end it became the loser in the internal strife of the academy. Azrael was exiled to the volcano, Luther was trapped in Ceria, and Serlian's body was imprisoned in the Weeping Peninsula and tortured. Only his soul escaped and lingered on in Nimgfu. Why was that?
The suppression by the Kalia royal family represented by the Full Moon Queen might be part of the reason, but Lucia knew it very well. Although her mother-in-law was wary of the origin magic, she was more wary of some radical and dangerous research methods in the origin theory, such as the attempt to transform the magician's flesh and blood into a pyroxene body that was close to starry sky life.

In a sense, isn't this one of the impacts of the forbidden war on future generations?

The Kalia royal family and the origin lineage can all trace back to the descendants of the Stars and Moons, and both have deep memories of the powerful Star Evil God Esti, but the former are wary of this, while the latter try to discover the power contained in the body of the stars. This is a dispute of ideas, and it is not at all a life-and-death fight.

The most obvious evidence is the "discussion room" in the previous life, where the portraits of Queen Reinara, Cerlian and a group of predecessors of the academy can be placed side by side on both sides of the auditorium. In reality, the academy still worships the queen as the dean and holds her in awe. If they only stand in awe of the strength of the Kalia dynasty, then the countless magic courses in the academy based on the queen's academic theories cannot be false, not to mention the existence of a faction like the Razli classroom that specializes in Kalia magic.

On the other hand, although my mother-in-law imposed various restrictions on the development of the School of Origin when she was in office, she never over-oppressed it. Obviously, she knew very well that not all mages had the same innate talent as her. The pyroxene bodies like Azrael and Lusert were the tangible destination of the path for the mages of Origin.

Therefore, what really forced the Origin Faction to death must have been some important node later. So after the fall of the Origin Faction, where did the other forces in the academy go?
The two leaders of the Double Sages Classroom - Servis sneaked into the royal family of Kalia and became Lani's magic professor, and Miriam seemed to be highly regarded by the royal family. When the Faded Ones arrived, she was in charge of the Upside-Down Tower of Kalia's Study. The mages Hammer and Razli were still able to move freely in the academy until Queen Renala was imprisoned in the Great Library, and they even served as the backbone of many important places.

What about Selia? Master Lusert's hometown is Selia, but when he returned to Selia, he was not only not entertained by the people of his hometown, but was imprisoned in a secret cave in the back mountain.

What is even more intriguing is that the cave's guardian is not the Night Mage, but the Rhea Lukalia Mage. Obviously, by this time, the relationship between the two magic holy places of Rhea Lukalia and Selia has long gone beyond the superficial relationship of mutual assistance and kinship, and there is no telling how many shameful connections and cooperation there are in private.

When did this connection begin?

When the magic sailing fleet arrived at Torrens Harbor, Victor and Selina, the young and strong leaders of Selia who came out to greet them, had not appeared in recent days. However, their residence had long been secretly controlled by Anacia's guards, and their background information appeared on Lucia's desk even before they first met.

Ceria is the apparent successor of the next generation, but he has a clear background in the Golden Dynasty, and he has a close personal relationship with Selvis in private. Thus, an invisible network spanning the Golden Tree, Kalia, the Magic Town and the Academy is slowly unfolding in front of him.

In the timeline of the previous life, the Ancient Dragon Dynasty, which had no magical talent, was isolated from the chess game from the very beginning. After the Origin Faction was defeated and eliminated, Kalia got the academy and the Golden Dynasty got the magic town - at least on the surface.

So apart from the Origin Faction, where did the former rulers of Ceria, the three elders Cassius, Inovius, and Euoris, as well as the Black King and White King of the Hall of Mysticism go?

The sword tablet of Gaelid reads: "Latan became the shield of Ceria, stood up to the enemy alone, and shattered the stars."

The only chance in the world to completely bring down the Origin Faction and bury all the powerful men who truly hold power in Selia is the Battle of Sealing the Stars, which earned Latan the name "Star Shattering", right?

After the Starshattering War, Gaileyd ended the situation of each city-state acting independently and was legally completely under the rule of the Golden Dynasty. However, the ruler became the eldest prince of Carlia, Latan. It is self-evident that there was some compromise between the moon and the tree in this.

But in this life, amidst the chaos, there is an anomaly named Lucia.

Lucia looked at Luther and smiled. "It seems that we don't need to test each other anymore. Frankly speaking, I have been waiting for you to have this conversation with me. Since you are so slow, I believe that you - or the School of Origin - must have gone through a long period of weighing and struggling."

"Putting aside the empty favors just now, what I want to know is, what prompted you to choose me in the end?"

(End of this chapter)