Wizard From Afar

"We found... the grandmother of the Holy Cross, did we really find it?!"

Under the snow mountain shrouded in darkness, an incomparable gigantic, The entrance with obvious traces of artificial chiseling stands tall in the blizzard, and is completely covered by the surrounding ice and mountains under the snow. Even if you are nearby, it is difficult to find the exact location here.

More importantly, the rock on the side is also carved with traces of the already fuzzy Zackland Cross, and a short inscription from the "Old Scriptures" of the Holy Cross.

"May the light of the Holy Cross penetrate the darkness, so that the sinners on the road to hell will be redeemed..."

Isaac with a dazed expression and muddy Isaac slowly turned his head and looked. towards the gray-eyed teenager who was ten times worse than him, squatting on the side and gasping: "What do you think this is?"

"The traces left by the first wizard." Lu Sien tried to breathe. Then, frowned: "And... Gusacland Cross?"

"Yes, thank you so much for telling me this." Isaac rolled the eyes with a flat mouth, pointing directly to himself Behind him:

"Please, do you want me to make it clearer—tell me, what do you see?"

This time he rolled his eyes and replaced it with Luz Well, I helplessly spread my hands:

"We found the entrance of the giant dragon king city Niederhogg..."

"Niederhogg--!"

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Excited Isaac clenched fists over his head with excited hands, and smiled like a child with muddy, blood-stained, frostbitten cheeks: "Hundreds of years lost, the legendary giant dragon king city, in the Sacrament Empire The thirteen generations have seen the sky again, and the genius Isaac Grantham is her discoverer——!"

"And..." Seeing the unhappy Lucian on the side, "glorious eyes" "Isaac" dragged a long ending: "There are also two of his friends who happen to be accompanying him-from the same Academy, Junior Brother who is less intelligent; and a certain Eller who is too precocious and can beat 48 of him. Smelly brat!"

Hearing this sentence, the tired Lu Sien lightly snorted, slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

"Enjoy this moment, and we will find a way to celebrate the rest when we reach the gate of Niederhoog-I really hope that Loren’s package will contain two bottles of Eboden wine. Although I don’t drink, it seems good to watch the sunset on the giant dragon city wall and have another drink by the way."

"Wine? Even if I bring it, it’s impossible to still have it."

"Ah, that would be a shame."

Some disappointed Isaac shrugged, and then re-excited to run to the entrance with joy, lovingly stroking the icy closing door Stone:

"Yes, it's just behind this—this must be where Logan entered Niederhogg back then, but time has passed, and the stones on it have fallen down;

Lu Sien, come and see what I found. This is the cross-section of the rock fracture; it looks quite new...probably it has happened in several decades? Because of the changes in the glacier. The beam has lost the point of support;

Can you come and help move this big thing away? It’s not humble, I think I’m really not suitable for this kind of physical work; It’s more suitable for you to hit 48 of mine. What do you think is Lucien?

Lucien, huh? Lucien...what are you doing sitting there?"

Isaac, who had been talking to himself for a long time, didn’t respond. Then I noticed it. When he turned his head, the gray-eyed boy was still sitting on the spot. He gasped softly, he just silently looked at his feet, and his blurred eyes lost their original in fatigue. color.

"Is it too tired? Uh...It's not incomprehensible, after all, I ran such a long way." frowned, Isaac, who was still talking to himself, sat beside him:

"Should we take a break? Of course it's not because of understanding you or something, I'm tired too, really; and this is just the entrance, there is nothing at worst, you don't need to be so excited..."

"...I was supposed to be the bait."

The gray-eyed teenager with a depressed expression silently opened the mouth and said.

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"Fauda...the Evil God apostle of the'Dead Man', it is too powerful-if even Eckhart II His Majesty the World has not been able to destroy it. His Excellency Loren alone is absolutely impossible."

"So...he just didn't want me to die in vain, so he took the initiative to become a bait and said "plan". Kind of deceptive words."

The more I continued, the more depressed Lu Sien's expression became, and the blood was dripping from the biting lower lip.

"Um...I understand." Blinking his eyes, Isaac straightened up and opened the mouth and said: "You feel that you are too weak, so Loren doesn't want you to be a bait, lest you You were caught too quickly so that we can’t even run away?"

Lu Sien opened his mouth, his slightly trembling body made his voice a little choked:

"Isn’t it...Isn’t it? "

"Of course, otherwise?" Isaac as it should be by rights looked towards him.

A bitter but self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of the gray-pupil boy's mouth:

"Yes, otherwise..."

"But...are we? Isn’t it all like this?” Isaac changed the conversation and continued: “Monsters, ghosts, apostles, avalanches, Evil God... not just you, but in front of these terrifying ghosts, we humans are all small and weak. And it’s not worth mentioning."

"But it is us who are weak, not worth mentioning, incompetent to the inferiority creatures that dominate most of the known world. Drive these damn gods and monsters into this World of Ice and Snow; do you think we can do this because we are harder than their fists?"

Lu Sien froze After a while, looked thoughtful and bowed his head.

"There is no doubt, of course, because we are harder than their fists, otherwise?" Isaac pouted and shrugged: "I can't think of anything other than this anyway."

A staggered, gray-eyed teenager almost fell to the ground; looked towards Isaac with a broken face:

"What are you trying to say?!"

"I want to say, 'Power' is a very vague concept, and your understanding of it is too narrow." Isaac continued: "What is power-is it to move something to the other side to call it power?"

"Does knowing more knowledge and being smarter count as strength?"

"Can command an army, or defeat 48 people, count as strength?"

"... This is definitely power." Lu Sien interrupted.

"Well, does it count as power to make others laugh like a fool?!"

"Uh... shouldn't this count? Wait! Should it count? Me? I don’t know anymore..."

"All in all-it doesn't make much sense to calculate your so-called'power', because in this world there is no so-called'absolute', even if it is'truth' It’s also a constantly changing existence. There is nothing immutable."

Isaac waved his hand: "Of course, except for the Knight novel that a fool alchemist likes to read—the protagonist in it will definitely win all of them. Duel, sleep over all the female characters in the book, and then marry the second most beautiful but richest Princess and the like, Balabala...something not, but this is absolute anyway."

"..."

"So instead of sighing and complaining, let's continue to follow Loren's plan-anyway, we don't have a better plan right now. "

After a moment of silence, the gray-eyed boy who slowly raised his head looked towards him calmly:

"...You said this to let me help you remove those blocks. The stone at the entrance, right?"

"What else could it be?" Isaac suddenly laughed, holding his shoulders with an indifferent attitude: "Or are you still ready to continue to blame yourself? It doesn't matter," As long as you don’t bother me, I can continue talking until some precocious and old-fashioned kid is willing to start working!"

"Really...you can't do anything!"

Road Stern chuckled lightly, and the dim silver-gray pupils re-emerged with a strange luster, looking towards the direction of the entrance as if being reborn:

"Then we will follow Lord Loren's plan to see together. See what Niederhogg really looks like!"

The cold wind was getting colder, and the two tired people stood in front of the entrance again in full condition.

Until...some "unfamiliar" voice interrupted them.

"It turned out to be here, really...

Thank you so much!"