crown of stars

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"Your words enlightened me." The half-elf tried hard to calm himself down, and thanked Ariel in white, but the flames from his soul still made him unstoppably think about taking revenge on Edwin.

The girl with crystal-clear hair shook her head imperceptibly, and her hazy eyes seemed to see his deeper essence through the limitations of the flesh.

"Your mind is powerful, but it is as violent and unruly as a flame. Once it burns violently, it will greatly damage yourself, and even turn your body into ashes. This is why I think your talent is not high. Like this As a special case, I have only seen one case from the eye of prophecy. It is a powerhouse that is unparalleled in the world, and can even fight with gods. I tried to simulate such a state, but failed. Maybe I haven't found the right way to control it. Methods."

The bearded old mage coughed and interrupted the girl's chatter.

"Nigel, are you going to go home next?"

Come back home?

Nigel thought of the ever-changing lights and shadows on the journey in childhood, the prison carts mixed with various smells, the vulgar yelling and cursing of slave traders, and the most unforgettable thing was the rope deeply embedded in the flesh and blood.

Only at the end of the memory, there is a vague impression, and it is only an impression.

"I have no home," replied the half-elf, as indifferent as a spectator.

"I'm sorry." Kerwin said, his gentle eyes showed sadness at the moment, "Too many people lost their loved ones in the disaster decades ago, and many people have been separated from their loved ones since then... Then can I ask you Come to my house as a guest? In a few days it will be Xie Dong Festival, my family has a child who is about your age, maybe you can talk."

Even though Nigel knew that the old mage was only out of kindness, Kerwin's attitude of giving alms inevitably hurt the self-esteem of the half-elf, as if it was pity that he was homeless, so he invited him to sit in the house.

"No, thank you." Nigel refused bluntly. Although he tried his best to conceal it, there was still a glimmer of melancholy in his eyes. "At least I still have a place to go, so I won't be wandering around like a ghost."

"It's a pity." The mage said regretfully, "That child is good-looking and has red hair. He looks a bit like you. He is also an orphan without father and mother. Maybe he is your brother."

The half-elf suddenly remembered a dream he had in the Underdark a long time ago. In the dream, there was also a boy with red hair.Will there be any connection between the two?

impossible.

He dismissed the idea.If there is something to do with him as long as there is red hair, then all red hair in the world has something to do with him.

"Your Excellency the Eye of Prophecy." Nigel stood up from his seat, and said goodbye politely and distantly, "If there is nothing important, can I leave?"

After sending a letter, he received bad news. He needed a time and place that was absolutely quiet and far away from the crowd, to carefully sort out the chaotic emotions.

"Come to my house as a guest when you have time!" Kerwin said loudly to the rolled-up cloak at the door, the latter kept walking, and he didn't know if he heard it.

"I can't see that child clearly." When the footsteps of the sorcerer's apprentice faded away, Crystal Dragon's usual ethereal voice rang out, "He has a big secret in him, and I can only see a cloud of mist shrouded in him, faintly revealing it. A shadow of a flame."

"Ariel, don't just peep at the essence of others." The old mage said solemnly, "This is too rude!"

"But none of them can beat me." The crystal dragon Alinell put on an innocent expression.

Messiah looked up at the towering building in front of him.

Compared with the temple, which always tries its best to build a magnificent temple, although it occupies a vast area, it looks more unpretentious, and each piece of stone has no trace of carving, just like a child's work.In the vision of the silver-haired youth, this building is far more dazzling than the aura around the gorgeous Temple of Love in Winter Castle.

This place was originally just a cemetery, and only a few night watchmen of the god of death guarded the bones from being destroyed by tomb robbers.On the eve of the Battle of the North Wind, countless people fled to the south, hoping to escape the disaster by taking advantage of the severe cold in the north, but their calculations were all in vain.At this time, this small cemetery has become the last refuge, where desperate people crowd and beg for death.Jacob, the god of death, answered the prayers of believers.Therefore, after the Battle of the North Wind, the reborn people built the cemetery of the God of Death as large as possible. If it weren't for the prosperity and beauty that violated the teachings of the God of Death, perhaps this would be the largest and most magnificent temple in the Northland.

Although it's almost the same now.

The messiah and the priest stopped in front of the temple gate, and the halflings and dwarves walked anxiously through the hedge at the temple gate, entering the room that always smelled of spices and linseed oil.Beatrice, as a follower of Mirwin, suppressed her fear and prayed to the goddess because of her devout faith.

The silver-haired youth condensed his magic power on the blue-green cat pupils, and the scene in front of him was distorted and transformed.The outline of the priest disappeared, turning into a cloud of pink mist, exuding an ambiguous atmosphere all the time.Brilliant aura surrounds the stone building in the dark, heavy, indifferent but not burning the eyes.The aura is dim yellow, very similar to the clouds when the sun sets, and it is the last brilliance when everything in the world is dying.

Messiah quickly closed his magic vision. The temple gave him a feeling that was more dangerous than everything he encountered, even Rose, the Queen of the Spiders, could not compare.Just take one more look, and you can feel that you are getting closer and closer to extinction, and then your body and soul are also annihilated.

Beatrice finished her prayer, clutching the holy emblem with lingering fear.Inadvertently broke into the battlefield of the Great War, and the dwarves were seriously affected by it, which made her terrified.There is no Temple of Cupid here, and it will take some time to rush back to Cold Winter Castle temporarily. The priest of Milwin decided to build a simple altar here in order to have a deeper communication with the goddess.

After making up his mind, the pastor subconsciously followed the silver-haired youth.

"What are you looking at?" Beatrice asked curiously, she didn't think there was anything interesting about this stone temple.

The Messiah turned his head immediately, and the pastor of Milwin could not help but shudder.

Those eyes were barren, hollow, and brutal, with animal-like pupils erected, devoid of human emotion at all.

The Reverend's Quarry quickly returned to normal, as if the glimpse had been a hallucination.Beatrice watched every subtle expression on his face, and approached cautiously, lest he suddenly explode and kill her.

Fortunately, the silver-haired youth just glanced in this direction, and said coldly:

"Nothing to see."

Eichburg is one of the important towns in the north. Not only does it have the Temple of the God of Death, but the Mage Association has also set up a branch here.Standing in front of the temple, Messiah could still clearly feel a huge magical power, and the archmage was as eye-catching as a human torch.

The Messiah withdrew his breath, and all the spells and prophecies in the world could not detect him.He is not going to provoke the other party in the lair that the great mage has painstakingly managed. He is not a warlike existence. Since the other party's breath is peaceful, there is no reason to go to war.

The half-elf sprinted down the street full of resentment, carrying his spellbook and material bag with him.He spent a lot of money to study with his mentor, but because of the interference of his mentor's nephew, he only stayed for two years, and was almost kicked out by his mentor and graduated early.Fortunately, he was talented enough to pass the apprenticeship threshold before that and meet the requirements to become a full-fledged mage.

If he can have enough strength and status, the world will only fear and respect him, not humiliate and despise him.

A mysterious feeling flashed in the hearts of both of them at the same time.

Both the half-elf and the messiah raised their heads, their eyes crossed in mid-air.Nigel's anger mixed with fear and helplessness suddenly calmed down. He changed direction and walked straight towards the Death Temple.

"Long time no see." Messiah said, his eyes softened unconsciously.

"Indeed." Nigel squeezed his sleeves, and finally swallowed the desire to complain, "I just left the teacher and chose the red robe."

Messiah was silent for a while, put his hand into his pocket, and groped for a while before he found the congratulatory words from the auxiliary brain.

"……Congratulations."

"...There is nothing to congratulate." Nigel looked uncertain, and took out a small cloth bag cut from velvet from his pocket, "I made something, but I don't know if it's useful, test it for me. "

The ring was in the bag, and Messiah sensed his presence before it was exposed to his eyes.There is a calming force in the ring, which can easily soothe a person's mind, although for him, the effect is very weak.

A strange feeling arose in Messiah.

He has never received gifts from others, and even if he often gives gifts to half-elves, it is just to announce his existence to him.

A gift from the half-elves, however, disrupts this status quo.

"This is yours." Messiah took out a clay bottle from his pocket, which contained a sticky auxiliary brain.Most of the important knowledge has been absorbed by him, and what is left is only some scattered knowledge, which is better as a gift from the half-elf this time.

Nigel reached out to take it, and felt the slight tremor of the auxiliary brain inside hitting the bottle wall, and couldn't help being a little curious.The things that this powerful and beautiful alien creature gave him were always very useful, but this time it was unknown what it was, like a living thing.

The priest watched the two interact with some jealousy.The messiah's complete ignorance of her presence, and the indifference of the new mage to her, made her wonder if she was attractive enough to be a priest of Mirwyn.

The author has something to say:

The pastor's sister ate a catty of dog food.After working overtime, I found that the work income has increased by one, what a favorite!