The wizard is chasing the truth

Knock, knock!

There was a slight knock on the door.

The man outside the door seemed to be very nervous. Wang Ya could hear his heart beating faster and his body temperature rising as he tried to suppress his breathing.

"Come in."

The earth-gray wizard robe, Gagarin, once the chief of the Condor lineage, is now very old. With the permission of the Nightmare Wizard, he pushed open the door and walked in with his head down, only looking at the boots of the black-robed figure on the desk with his peripheral vision.

"Gagarin is honored to meet the Nightmare Wizard."

The old wizard's back was a little hunched, and his eyes became increasingly dim. After expressing his respect for the Nightmare Wizard, his originally bent back seemed to be about to break.

"I know why you are here. I can help you, but what price can you pay?"

The Nightmare Wizard looked at the old face expressionlessly.

Whether in the Heart of War or the Dark Land, the relationship between the two is not close enough to be free.

Wizards never ask for anything for free. His help, no matter how close the relationship is, must be paid for.

Of course, this price is determined by his subjective standards.

Gagarin's face, which was originally flushed with excitement, seemed to be in a state of last glimmer of light. When he heard the second half of the sentence, everything shrank back. His face was pale and wrinkled, and his brows were furrowed, and he was hesitant.

"Price!" Gagarin was confused. What else could he pay?

An old body, exhausted blood, increasingly weak vital signs, and a soul that was no longer pure.

He seemed to have no price that could match the help of the Nightmare Wizard.

So he was silent, not knowing how to answer this question.

Seeing this, the Nightmare Wizard said, "Well, I'll give you a choice."

"Your request is nothing more than the continuation of your family bloodline and descendants. Your body is weak and death is approaching, so you have to come to me for help."

"Now I can help your bloodline descendants and ask for a less excessive request, or I can reshape your body and give you fresh vitality and a pure soul."

In other words, it is a chance for Gagarin to impact a formal wizard and return to his youth.

If the impact fails, it will naturally be death.

In a sense, this is also a recovery from squeezing out his remaining potential, but compared with the broken and old body itself, there is not much difference.

As for the wizard's heart, Wang Ya has no way to create it out of thin air.

The choice given now is a test, and it is also a way for Gagarin to restore his past wizard's heart.

"The price you have to pay is what the other option target needs to pay after choosing one of them."

"That is to say, if you choose the family, then your existence itself will become my property. I will make you into a special specimen full of memories and place it in my nightmare collection."

The Nightmare Wizard raised a strange arc at the corner of his mouth, "If you choose yourself, then you will have the opportunity to break through the formal wizard again and return to a healthy and strong period; the price is that your family blood will become my property and become my experimental subject."

Gagarin's face turned extremely pale, and he stood there in a daze, with fluctuations and struggles in his pupils.

How should he choose?

Choose yourself.

Or choose the family.

Once the Nightmare Wizard makes a decision, there will be no possibility of change.

He is not qualified to ask the Nightmare Wizard to change it.

Gagarin was at a loss, and pictures emerged in his mind.

There was his youth, and he was strong and healthy when he recovered his heyday.

There were also familiar faces in the family, they were his descendants, his bloodline.

If he chose the family, he would die completely, disappear, and become a dead thing in the vault of the Nightmare Wizard.

If he chose himself, everything in the family would cease to exist.

‘What should I do, what should I do, teacher, if you were here, could you tell me how to choose? ’

Gagarin’s pupils were bloodshot, and he seemed to see the Condor Wizard sitting on the throne, staring at him coldly with a mocking look.

“Haven’t you made your choice long ago, stupid Gagarin, what are you still hesitating about? Ask yourself, has your wizard heart become so rotten and ugly?”

“Yes, has my wizard heart become so rotten and ugly?” Gagarin muttered to himself, his eyes gradually became firm from confusion, and he seemed to have found what he was pursuing in his heart.

"From the beginning, I came here for my family and for them, why would I hesitate and think about myself?"

"What's the use of recovering my health? Can I really be promoted to a true spirit wizard?" Gagarin smiled bitterly, as if talking to himself, "It's all in vain. For this, I have to sacrifice all the family members and completely cut off the road to the future."

"If the family can continue and more powerful wizards can appear, my bloodline will always exist; there will always be outstanding backs to take my wizard path to a higher level and witness the appearance of the door of truth for me."

Gagarin knelt on one knee and said in a deep voice: "Master Nightmare Wizard, I have made my choice."

"I am willing to pay the price of myself in exchange for giving the family a chance."

The Nightmare Wizard had no expression on his face. He did not comment on Gagarin's choice, but just nodded.

"Yes."

"Thank you, Master Nightmare Wizard."

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Inside the bubble world.

On the top floor of the Nightmare Tower, there is a rest room exclusively for the Nightmare Wizard. Various books are placed on the bookshelf. Each book is a rare treasure, a witchcraft, and a unique inheritance.

The inheritance place of the Nightmare Ancient Tree is also connected to this bookshelf.

Wang Ya often stands here to read. If he encounters some difficult problems or experimental troubles that cannot be solved, he will come here to read books to relax and relieve the symptoms of boredom.

Next to the bookshelf is a display cabinet, and each small grid is a special glass placed separately.

Wang Ya opened one of the empty cabinet glasses and put a small doll in it; the appearance of the doll is lifelike, just like a real person.

He wore a gray wizard robe, his face was stiff, but his pupils were full of human emotions, which was a kind of expectation.

"It's a pity. If it was a true spirit wizard, it would at least be ranked in the upper middle sequence in my collection."

Wang Ya wrote the serial number for the doll.

-- No. 314, lower grade.

Evaluation label: good blood, old body, full of hope and hope, carrying some precious memories.

"It's time to attend another special banquet. I've been delayed for some time. I hope that some old friends can comfort me."

Wang Ya smiled, picked up a few small gifts on the table, turned around and walked into the void.

Located in the commercial street of the upper house area of ​​the headquarters, the No. 1 private room of the wizard mansion is the most central area.

The wizard waiter carefully placed the food on the table.

The space in the private room is very spacious, and the space folding method is also used. The wizard guests inside can change the internal environment structure through spiritual power to obtain a larger space and some special environmental landforms.

At this moment, Room 1 is a slightly small room, just like a tavern room, with a few sofas and a tea table, and the plates on it are all relatively simple snacks and desserts.

"Dear guests, if you need anything, you can call me at any time."

The wizard waiter bowed slightly, then left the room, closed the door, and activated the magic array. A space atmosphere enveloped it, perfectly isolating the inside and the outside. Even if other wizards wanted to use magic to explore the internal situation, it would be impossible.

If space-related magic is used, the corresponding space atmosphere will be emitted, and the magic array center will receive it within one second and feedback to the management of the mansion; the special law enforcement wizard will come in the shortest time to deal with the relevant violators.

With such excellent service, the price is naturally very high.

It was so high that Matthew, who was sitting on the sofa, felt a little uneasy and very restrained. He held the expensive wizard drink, and his slightly turbid eyes reflected the luster of the red liquid.

He is also old. Compared with the past, his hair has turned gray and his face has wrinkles. This is the result of constant stimulation of particle energy, keeping his body active, and using some auxiliary means.

Matthew looked at his old friend who was still as pretty as a girl with emotion, and his heart became more complicated.

Even if he changed places, the status and support of the large Antun family, plus Mona's wizard qualifications are higher than his, the further he goes on the wizard road, the greater the difference between him and Mona, which is normal.

Although I heard that the Antun family is also declining and not living well.

But no matter what, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and it is still many levels higher than his family.

His wizard road stopped at the extreme wizard apprentice.

In order to continue the ideal of pursuing the truth, he chose to branch out and multiply a wizard family.

So far, his direct descendants have five people in the first generation, and the number of second and third generations will increase.

While enjoying the joy of family, he was also worried about how to develop the Tatsumi family.

After all, it is not just the number of people that can develop and grow, but also rely on powerful wizards as a stabilizing force.

He was also surprised to be invited to this sudden banquet, especially since the initiator was the Nightmare Wizard.

Since leaving the Dark Land, he has not thought about this kind of thing again.

The party was an experience that he had not grown up in his youth. As the wizards grew up, their identities and statuses were different, and it was often just a luxury to recreate some of the friendships and experiences of the past.

This is not a change in each other's hearts, but a result of the gap in strength and the different environment.

A powerful wizard's retreat is a long time.

It is very likely that the friends in the past are all gray-haired and old.

Isn't he the case now.

The topics of communication between each other are also different and not on the same level.

Sometimes not contacting is the best way to get along and keep the purity of friendship between each other.

Matthew is very open-minded and calm, and will not change his mentality and thoughts because of these things.

"Long time no see, Matthew."

Mona Antoun held the wine glass with both hands, her face flushed in the light, and her tone was gentle.

"Long time no see, Mona."

Matthew picked up the wine glass, took a sip, picked up some snacks on the table, and lay on the sofa, casually.

"So many years have passed, I didn't expect that we can get together again. The last time we got together was so many years ago that I can hardly remember."

Mona sighed, with memories and feelings in her eyes.

Matthew listened, and only put down the small plate in his hand after Mona finished speaking, and said with a smile: "I think you don't have as much to say to me as to that person. You should wait for that person to come, and then you can say it."

"After all, you have been waiting for so many years."

Matthew blinked at Mona, whose face was getting more and more rosy. Although his face was obviously old, his eyebrows and eyes reappeared the youthful spirit of the past.

Mona was stunned for a moment, then lowered her eyes unnaturally and pursed her lips.

He put his hands on his legs from the cup, as if holding something tightly.

"Sorry, I was delayed for a while and came a little late, but I shouldn't be late."

A cold voice sounded, and a young wizard in a black robe walked out of the void with a smile on his face. He was silent and even the breath of space fluctuations was smoothed, without causing any abnormal movement of the wizard formation.

"Master Nightmare Wizard." x2

Mona and Matthew stood up from the sofa and shouted together, looking particularly restrained.

"Today there are only three of us, just like in the past, just be casual."

Wang Ya inexplicably thought of an article he had read on Earth in his previous life, a story about a rich man named Zhou Shuren and a servant named Runtu.

How similar they are now.

The difference is that he will not change, no matter what kind of influence, he will always stick to his original intention.

As for whether the people in his memory and imagination have changed, this is not within his consideration.

"Yes, Master Nightmare Wizard." Matthew responded.

"I ordered your favorite frog legs, would you like to drink it?" This was the response of Mona.

"Frog legs!" Wang Ya was stunned for a moment, remembering the past in the Dark Land, when he often arrived late and was ordered a drink in advance; the taste and appearance were not to his liking, but Gray tricked him into ordering this style, and he was too lazy to change it, so he developed the habit of drinking frog legs at parties.

Looking at the drink in front of him, the liquid was not very good-looking, and the edge of the cup was a frog's thigh, with two eyeballs staring at him.

Wang Ya chuckled and said, "Of course."

He raised the cup of frog legs, whose name he almost forgot, and took a sip of it gently.

Now he remembered the name of the drink.

——Dark Red Witch Wine.

Every drink has its own story.

Wang Ya did not intend to understand the story.

Matthew watched from the side, smacked his lips, and said in his heart, "What a mistake, Matthew, Matthew, haven't you been mentally prepared, don't feel pressure, don't have any status differences, why are you starting again?"

After a cough, he took the initiative to say: "Wang Ya, it's been a long time since we last met. How are you doing recently?"

He opened his eyes and tried his best to press the turbidity in his eyes to the corners of his eyes, showing his bright and shiny side.

"A special experiment is being carried out. After completion, it is likely to break through from the mature stage to the flowering stage, that is, the True Spirit Wizard breaks through to the Star Wizard."

Wang Ya smiled and took another sip of wine.

Matthew: "."

"Are you a human being? I have just entered the Ultimate Wizard Apprentice, and I haven't even reached the Ultimate State or the Breaking Limit State." Matthew complained, and collapsed on the sofa with a helpless look.

"I can see it, and I can see that you are about to die." Wang Ya put down the cup in his hand.

"I'm about to die, don't you care? Why don't you extend my life or something and let me continue to live?" Matthew looked hateful, staring at him fiercely.

"If you want, I can extend your life and make you immortal." Wang Ya said seriously.

Matthew: "."

Matthew swallowed his saliva, "I'm a little tempted, what kind of immortality method do I need to pay you for."

"You don't have to pay me a price, just pay the price for the result of achieving immortality." Wang Ya's smile was particularly bright, and his black eyes were still a little expectant, "I have some ideas recently, I want to conduct in-depth reconstruction research on dream creatures; I already have a mature resurrection function, and you are a nightmare disaster. Although you haven't obtained enough disaster points to buy a resurrection opportunity, if you are willing to cooperate with my experiment, I can waive the cost of your resurrection."

Matthew was really cruel He moved and asked, "Be more specific, what kind of cost and consequence will there be for immortality? Or should I say, what kind of hidden dangers will there be if I cooperate with you in the experiment?"

Wang Ya thought for a while and replied, "If the body is gone, the soul will also change. The basic soul minimum unit starting from scratch, plus your consciousness and spirit, will be nourished by various resources and reborn in a special biological system wizard instrument; the definition of rebirth is to recreate and program you from both the soul and the body."

"After all, what you think of yourself is just your personality and memory; what we see in you is also the part of your personality and memory that you have."

Wang Ya promoted: "How about it, do you want to participate in the experiment and become my first experimental subject? Most of the previous parts of this experimental project have been completed, except for the final clinical experience; although it is impossible to complete the soul transformation in real life. It is too subtle and mysterious, but in the dream world, I can use some of my technical experience in studying the nature of dream creatures and add the power of nightmare to directly distort reality and achieve a deep interface that cannot be affected in reality. "

"In that case, even though your soul may no longer be a soul in a pure sense, but the original product of dreams formed by the interweaving of consciousness and the power of dreams, the chance of success in regaining a new life is as high as about 40%. ”

"It's only 40%. Just let me be your guinea pig. How can it be higher?" Matthew's eyes widened.

"Forty is on the high side, maybe even lower. After all, there is no real clinical experience. You may gain a new life, or you may collapse completely, lose your self-awareness and memory, and become a confused and chaotic dream creature all day long."

"Wait! You mean dream creatures?"

"Yes, the final result of the experimental transformation and programming is to turn you into a dream creature, a special dream creature with self-awareness. As long as you are in my bubble world, you can have eternal life; even if the dream creature's dream origin It is time-sensitive and will degrade and disappear into basic dream power after a certain period of time. I can continue to program and transform it at any time. "

When it came to the experimental courses he was studying, Wang Ya seemed very talkative and looked at Matthew with fiery eyes, as if he were looking at a precious object.

"Imagine that dream creatures do not have the physical weaknesses of conventional reality. As long as they are not fatally injured or affect the origin of the dream, they can absorb the power of dreams to recover from their injuries and continue to become stronger. Even if they die, they can be killed. I am resurrected.

It's nothing more than the connection between the origin of the dream and the core of the nightmare, which cannot be separated. Eternal life is right in front of you. As a mere native of the dream, you are a man who is about to gain new life and eternal life. "

Wang Ya smiled broadly and looked at the old man expectantly.

Matthew bared his teeth and said angrily: "Come on, I don't want to go into this muddy water without going through clinical experiments, and I don't know the essence. If you turn me into a monster, it will be more painful to live than to die." , that’s really painful.”

"Besides, living is meaningless. I have lived long enough, I have enjoyed all the things I enjoy, and I have worked hard to pursue the path of a wizard."

‘It’s just that there is no result and no future. ’ Matthew said this last sentence in his heart.

"Illusive eternal life is not what I pursue. I will die in reality." Matthew said very openly: "If I die, can you two visit my grave or talk to me about your feelings? , just let my undead, who may or may not exist, listen.”

Matthew stared straight at Wang Ya and said seriously: "I want to watch you go on and see how far you can go."

Mona didn't speak, her eyes were lowered, looking at the drinks on the table.

The atmosphere in the room became increasingly dull and serious.

Wang Ya smiled calmly and said, "I will definitely do it."

"That's good." Matthew raised the wine glass, and the liquid inside kept shaking, not a drop was spilled. Although he was very old and his condition had declined, the hand holding the wine glass was still secure, like steel. Normally; after all, this was the last drink in his life, and he was drinking with his old friends from the past.

"Well, long time no see, Wang Ya."

The three of them raised their glasses together, the sound of the glass colliding was very clear, and they drank in one gulp.

It seems to correspond to the three people from the past, how they looked like each other in their memories.

It's just like today.

"Long time no see, Mona."

"Long time no see, Matthew."

Matthew sneered, "This is the last meeting, you two can continue to see each other many times."

Put the cup on the table.

Matthew sat down on the sofa and sighed again, "The past is like the wind. It blows away when you die. The grave soil cannot hold the wind. You are still alive and still have hope and future, so you should live well and grow up." Keep more wind for a towering tree, go to the sky and see a broader scenery. "

"It's a pity that there were four people at the beginning, but one person is still missing."

The two of them also fell silent.

Matthew didn't speak any more and leaned on the sofa, seemingly drunk and sleepy.

"Wait a minute, I think the idea of ​​immortality is a good one. You can use my soul and body for experiments, but leave me a backup of my mental consciousness memory. It's better to be alive." Matthew pretended to be asleep. His eyelids opened, he suppressed his drunkenness, pushed himself up, and spoke in a weak tone.

"I hope your experiment really works and succeeds, you pervert who plays with the soul of a wizard."

Matthew raised his right hand tremblingly and raised his middle finger towards Wang Ya.

The old body leaned on the sofa and fell asleep. There was no movement, not even the sound of the heartbeat.

He would never wake up again.

——Matthew (S) G. Tazmi.

Today, in the reunion of old friends, I recall that death died at the youngest and brightest moment.

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