It is impossible for the girl to find the evil god in the textbook

Ella frowned and asked,

"Since this is the case, why did you kill me? I remember you said before that everything happened after you got Sibyl's treasure house—so you still saw something in the book of the future?"

The old man looked at Ella's direction with his white eyeballs,

"Yes, I extracted some of the remaining power from the destroyed mural, so I can briefly glimpse some fate."

Recalling the scene at the time, Ayla believes that Sibylah used some method to steal part of the timeline.The girl couldn't imagine how the ancient prophet did such a thing, at least she didn't have such means at all now.

"Wizards like me have vague premonitions about fate... You are the same now, we all know that "a certain day" is coming. "

"With the help of these revelations, I quickly locked in the future and destiny that I wanted to peek into, including the volcanic eruption of Sambava Island, part of Ulysses' plan and even this divine descent event."

Kleist is indeed the strongest wizard. Even when Ella watched the complete Book of the Future with the help of alchemy props, she only saw a few short abstract pictures.But the former sees more with the help of a few remaining fragments.

"I searched for every possible catastrophe, trying to find the cause of the doomsday. I could see the fate of none of them, but even what Ulysses brought was only a certain degree of disaster .My conclusion is that the existence of those people will not make the world come to an end."

"Only you are different."

Faced with this statement, Ella originally wanted to smile disdainfully, but she found that her cheeks became stiff, and she couldn't even squeeze out the most forced smile.

"You mean I'm the cause of the end?"

The old man sighed,

"No, I do not know."

Chapter 34 The Star Without Light

"what does that mean?"

Ella heard a voice, and it took her a long time to realize that it belonged to her, but it was so dry that she couldn't recognize it herself.

"I can't see your destiny—it's a completely disordered darkness that cannot be interfered with, observed, or accurately described. It is like a lightless star that exists in the depths of the universe , distant yet daunting..."

This statement evoked Ella's distant memory, and she recalled the scene she had seen in the book of the future.Different from other characters who appear on murals in the form of stick figures, her position is always represented by dirty and messy black lines, just like ink blobs accidentally dripping on a clean white canvas.

At that time, she attributed this to the special perspective of the observer, and believed that every user of the Book of the Future would appear on the mural in this image.

But now it seems that this is obviously not a normal phenomenon.

"So from then on, you were ready to kill me."

Ella nodded, probably understanding Kleist's thoughts.

The old man's eyes passed through the thick wall, and cast his gaze towards some distant place.

"Yes, after excluding all the possibilities that I think exist, only your completely unknown fate frightens me. A person who can't be observed and described at all, who is outside the long river of fate-this It's really too dangerous. Although you were not powerful at the time, in my eyes, you were a more deadly threat than Ulysses, an existence I would never allow."

"But you are Howard's student after all. I don't want to kill you and I can't kill you. I can only arrange a reasonable accident during the execution of the mission... After all, I have read some of the future, Ulysses' plan It is the most suitable opportunity."

"No matter what kind of existence you are, after all, you are not strong enough to fight against that lunatic. Ulysses Philip will treat you as a special son of God or a family member, use your life to create a chaotic environment, and banish that lunatic The existence of you. You will die, and he may lose his threat because of one or two curses, this is the most perfect ending."

Is this Kleist's plan back then...

After thinking for a while and realizing a chilling fact, the girl felt that her whole body was getting cold.

She asked in a trembling voice, her voice getting louder unconsciously.

"Shadow and Hyde were also with me on that mission, not only them, but also the residents near that island. If your predictions are wrong, maybe thousands of people will die in the first volcano. A second outbreak... Even so, do you think it doesn't matter?"

"Can you still call yourself an executor like this?!"

Ella's scolding made the old man laugh.

"Howard said the same thing as you, when he said that mere suspicion was not enough of a reason to sacrifice his students."

"And my answer has not changed to this day - enough."

The aura of the dying old man had undergone a certain change. At this moment, Ella seemed to see the shadow of the strongest wizard in the past in him again.

"It's all about protecting this dangerous world on the ice floe, and it's all worth sacrificing anyone, whether it's you, Howard, others, or myself."

But this kind of momentum only appeared on him for a short moment, and then declined again.

"Despite this, I have tasted the consequences of my own arrogance. After you were buried in the volcano, changes appeared. When I realized that the footsteps of the end were approaching again, everything was irreparable."

"After you came to the material world, I made a new plan, but this time the attempt still ended in failure. Your growth rate far exceeded my expectations. More drastic changes made me realize that I was heading towards Some misunderstanding."

"Ahem... Just like I thought at first, your existence is indeed related to the doomsday. But killing you will not prevent the doomsday from coming, and what's worse, it will even have the opposite effect effect."

With some emotion, Kleist turned his head to the exclusive balcony of the principal's office.

"Although it's a little blurry, I can still feel the warming sunshine in spring. This will be a season suitable for drinking mead. This year's white roses are growing very well, and they are still healthy even without my care. Occasionally, children's noisy voices can be heard in this location, which makes people recall the past many years ago."

"When we were ordinary students, we would travel together in this season, fall in love or indulge in the ocean of knowledge."

He no longer mentioned those heavy topics, but said some irrelevant and confusing words.

Ella suddenly didn't understand what the other party was talking about, so she could only stand beside Kleist and look in the same direction.

From this angle, you can see the sea of ​​flowers and white stone avenue in front of the castle, as well as the lively town at the end of the road.Before this, even though she occasionally came to the principal's office a few times, she had never paid attention to the scene near the balcony.

And Albert Kleist may have been sitting on that old oak high-back chair, looking at it tirelessly for nearly a hundred years.

"There are a lot of darkness in this world but it is still beautiful. If there is no doomsday, this beauty will continue like this in the future."

"I am already a dying person, as you said just now, you and I have no value to be deceived by you... Ella Williams, I want to ask again, about your existence Do you really know nothing about yourself and the hopeless future?"

The silver-haired girl was silent for a moment. She had never seen Kleist, the legendary wizard, begging for an answer like an ordinary and cowardly old man.

The girl couldn't bear to turn her face away, not looking at the expression on the other's face, and took a deep breath to suppress the emotions in her heart.

"Sorry... I really don't know."

Before the other party became more desperate, Ella added:

"But this is temporary, I will try to unravel this answer, using my own method."

A gratified smile appeared on the old man's face.

"That's... just fine."

"I apologize to the people I hurt for my arrogance, I'm sorry... But I don't ask for your forgiveness, if I go back to the past, I will still make the same choice, because that's who I am."

"This may be the last time we see each other. After this conversation, I will fall asleep again."

"You can kill me to avenge your teacher. Since you can come to see me, it proves that you have the qualifications for this position. You can use all the resources here as you like, as long as you like—"

His words were interrupted somewhat rudely by Ella.

"Don't throw your responsibility on me, did I just say that? I will find the answer, but only in my own way! After making a mistake, want to throw everything on others and die? What There is such a simple thing!"

After taking a breath, Ayla made a decision that she never thought of before coming here.

She took some of the paper materials she carried with her and used a quill to record the backup transcripts, and then spread them out on the desktop.

After doing this, Ella turned her face away.

"This is the research record left by Ulysses Philip, and there are some my personal guesses in it."

"Professor Kleist...I'm afraid of you. A guy like you who throws everything on the balance scale doesn't look like a living human being at all. You are too scary."

"Nobold asked me to give his method to every wizard who has a god-like you should not be a god, but I would rather let you go than let that madman benefit alone. in front of him."

"I want you to make a magical oath to the Silver Banner, if we can solve the end, you will leave the material world and go drifting somewhere I can't see-just like you did to Teacher Yusef, this It is a sincere apology and the most suitable ending for you."

Her actions made the old man stunned.

"I agree."

"If everything can be resolved, my personal fate is insignificant. It's better to say that this is a little too kind to me-you haven't changed at all from before, and you are still the girl who is a little too soft-hearted."

"If these things hadn't happened, I would really like to have you take my place - I seriously think about it."

Having said that, Ella could feel that Kleist's magic vow had been formed under the witness of the alchemy tool underground.

"Forget it, the days when I was the chairman of the student union really made me feel very uncomfortable. I probably don't fit in that position at all. Isn't Michelle Hebrew doing a good job? She seems very He listens to you, and is also very capable."

Ella clapped her hands and released the fire chains she was using to restrain Michelle.The latter fell to the ground because of the unrecovered magic power, and tried hard to climb into the principal's room to protect the frail old man.

"You're right...she's like my daughter."

"If you're interested in her source, you can go to the darkroom behind my bookcase. What I said just now is still valid. You can use all the resources in this place, as long as you like."

Ella could vaguely feel that there was a huge amount of magic hidden in the direction behind the bookcase, and there should be many things in it that felt familiar to her.

But Ella is not in the mood to stay in this place for the time being, and she doesn't have much interest in how the blonde girl was born.

Maybe she'll come back later, but not now.

"Goodbye Professor, I don't think you will disturb my life anymore, right?"

"No, it's enough to taste the evil fruit just once."

The girl nodded, turned into gray-white sparks, and left the upper floor of the castle flickering.

Chapter 35 Kleist's Death

Not long after Ella left, the old man who had been sitting quietly in the oak chair suddenly coughed violently.His body was bent like a dry prawn, coughing up rotten pus from his mouth from time to time.

The yellow-green pus dripped onto the ground and wooden furniture, quickly corroding the latter into small black holes, and the irritating white smoke quickly rose upwards, making people unable to open their eyes.

These liquids are as corrosive as some kind of strong acid, and even stones and some metals will quickly oxidize and turn black. This is not something that can coexist with the human body.

At this time, Michelle Hebrew had barely regained his ability to move.She stood in front of Kleist a little dazedly, trembling all over, completely at a loss.

Michelle is a near-perfect creation, whether it is posture or physical coordination, or strength and magic talent, they are all close to perfection.

But from the beginning of her birth, everything she was granted was the skill of fighting, the technology used to destroy life.Michelle had never learned how to care, to save a dying old man.

"My lord—father!"

Kleist barely stopped coughing, and used his left hand to cover the dripping rot from under the bird's beak mask, and thick white smoke rose from the place where the latter touched the skin of his left hand.

"Go and light the incense... Cough, read the fifth chapter of the hymn to life."

Obedience to orders has become a habit of hers. In the rare free time, this always blank girl occasionally thinks—if there are no more orders in this world that need her to complete, by that time, she will have another What is the value of existence?

She quickly lit the oil lamp in the corner of the room, and the burning essential oil turned into lavender smoke, which instantly filled the not-so-spacious room.This relieved and neutralized the acid mist that would burn the lungs to a certain extent.