Beauty and the Python

67.

Elaine received a letter early in the morning.

So he came to the roses in the woods alone, looked left and right, there was a breeze blowing, countless leaves in the woods rubbed against each other and rustled, and the fine spots of light sifted through the shadows of the trees moved along with it. Birds chirping, insects chirping, and the fragrance of roses... Other than that, there was nothing.

A withered yellow leaf swirled and fell lightly. He reached out to take it, and looked up, and saw a man in a white robe sitting high on the tree, looking down at him silently.

Seeing that he was discovered, Edgar jumped down lightly, and a little bat on his shoulder fluttered its wings.

He walked up to him and smiled slightly, "Your Highness, we meet again."

Elaine looked at his smile and felt very kind again.

Edgar's smile quickly dissipated. He gently held his arm and frowned, "Are you injured?"

A red mark on the white arm was extremely glaring.

Elaine withdrew her hand uncomfortably, trying to pull down the cuff.

"It's nothing."

Edgar sighed softly, "Sure enough..."

He hesitated to speak, and held something in front of him with both hands, and said abruptly: "It's gone."

It was a red wooden box. Edgar opened the lid of the box in front of him, and there was nothing inside.

Elaine asked in confusion, "What's missing?"

Edgar said in a deep voice, "The source of disaster."

"It escaped and returned to its owner."

Edgar turned his gaze to the ancient castle not far away, and asked in a low voice, "Is the curse lifted?"

Elaine nodded. He was woken up by the movement outside before dawn today, and then saw Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Theodore Bessie Hannah...and met Adrian when he came out just now.A lot of people, except that one.

He was quite puzzled by this, "Why?"

Edgar understood this, "You mean to say that you didn't fall in love with the Duke, so why did the curse be lifted overnight?"

Elaine was noncommittal, so to put it this way...it's okay.

"So you already know who the person who cursed Dylan is?"

Elaine said, "It's the Son, isn't it?"

"That's right." Edgar patiently explained to him, "There are actually two traps in the Holy Son's curse. The curse can only take effect if spoken in the Holy Son's mother tongue. He told Dylan that it is not until a human being falls asleep. Since falling in love with him from the bottom of my heart. As the Son said in his mother tongue, until Dylan truly understands how to love another human being as a human being..."

"The Holy Son said that he was as proud as Dylan, and he would not accept that he fell in love with a human. It doesn't matter if a human falls in love with him. After all, he can make this person disappear from the world at any time after the curse is lifted."

"But I don't quite understand this curse." Edgar looked at him, "Do you understand?"

Elaine thought for a while, "It seems...a little bit."

He took the initiative to ask, "Why did you come to find me today?"

"If I still make the suggestion last time, Her Royal Highness will be angry." Edgar observed his expression.

Elaine said, "Ask knowingly."

Although Dylan made him angry last night, it was impossible for him to kill him because of it.

"I wonder if the princess will change her mind a little after hearing the last story?" Edgar tentatively asked.

Elaine was about to say "no" decisively, but Edgar said to himself: "Anyway, a story has to have a beginning and an end, the princess should be patient and listen to me."

He acquiesced.He was indeed full of curiosity about the story in his mouth.

"Then let's start with the seventh tower again." Edgar said in that melodious voice.

"At the beginning, the six first-generation dukes entered the Titan Tower, not for anything else, but to study the magic circle left by the six gods. They were great magicians in the jungle era, but now more than half of the new era, most of them have become white magicians. For the old and dying, the appearance of the gods gave them another kind of revelation at this time that became more and more clear-that is, eternal life.

In order to pursue vain eternal life, people can do anything, and the more powerful people can do, the more terrible things they can do. In the end, they are... crazy. "Edgar twitched the corner of his mouth, full of sarcasm.

"It is difficult for them to find out the mysteries in the magic circle, but they have come up with a way, that is, to transform the magic circle and plunder the magic source. It's just that this plan is lacking in the process of implementation, and the power of mortals cannot make up for the magic circle. For the strength they needed, they prayed to God at first, but even if there were gods, how could they listen to their hearts full of desire and venom?

So they thought of another method, that race is often easily attracted by these souls full of desire and ugliness..."

Elaine frowned, "Could it be..."

Edgar nodded his jaw, "Yes, they summoned the devil."

He appropriately lowered his voice a bit: "And Dylan was chosen by them.

Select the sacrifices offered to the devil. "

Elaine's eyebrows were already wrinkled until a notch almost appeared, "Sacrifice?"

Edgar said: "At that time, the devil will possess him and come to this world."

"This...is ridiculous." Elaine murmured.

"But all of this did happen." Edgar smiled wryly.

"Dylan was in that tower for three years and nobody knew what happened.

Only in the third year, those six mages suddenly jumped down from the magic tower one by one.

When the people in God's Capital woke up that morning, they not only saw six shattered corpses on the ground, but also saw the Titan Tower leaving the ground with an earth-shattering sound and slowly flying towards the sky. "

"Since then, there is only one mage left in the Titan Tower, and that is Dylan Ludwick."

"But soon people discovered that Dylan would make him the only mage left on this continent."

"The reformed magic circle was successfully formed under the power of the devil. This is a devouring and nibbling magic circle. The other six towers, and even the magic energy from all corners of the world are continuously pouring into the center of the mainland, that is, the Titan Tower. The reason is that it was just like this at first... Later, the suction of this tower became more and more terrifying, and even sucked the magic power and life force of people...

That magic circle has been in operation for a whole year, and countless people died on the mainland.

Dylan Ludwick has undoubtedly become the most powerful first mage on this continent. Like the Titan Tower, even after the tower fell, it has been the most terrifying shadow hanging over the continent for a long time. "

"This has brought about a series of follow-up effects. After the collapse of the seven towers, the mages were seriously injured, the magic circle was destroyed, and the magic energy became even more scarce than in the jungle era, almost exhausted. At this time, they took advantage of the situation and took over the mainland. They burned books and books, hunted and killed wizards all over the world, and started a bloody and suppressed "witch hunt", eager to erase all traces of magic from this world.

Their minds were dominated by hatred and fear, and they slaughtered regardless of whether they were enemies or friends. They actually condensed into an unshakable and powerful idea, and even the Holy Son could not persuade them to put down their butcher knives.There was no other way, the Son had to build this city on this desolate land. Styx was named by the people in the city later. In fact, this city was the last ark of the wizards.

The Holy Son first built an ancient castle with the remains of the Titan Tower, imprisoned Dylan and his followers in it, and then built Styx with the remains of the remaining six towers, because the tower itself bears the original With the magic power concentrated by the six gods, the Holy Son redraws the magic circle on it, so the magic continues in Styx. "

"In the past hundred years, Dylan may not have tried to attack the curse left by the Holy Son. It is not fruitless, but it is difficult to shake the fundamentals. In the end, he had to follow the curse obediently and found you, Your Highness."

"This is the general outline of the story." Edgar ended the story with a sentence.

"You want me to kill Dylan," Elaine looked straight at him and asked a question, "Then why didn't the Son of God kill him?"

Edgar was startled, and said, "He was going to kill him..."

"But he read his memory at the end."

"So he withdrew his hand and just gave him a curse."

Elaine asked, "What did the Son see in Dylan's memory?"

Edgar said: "It's probably what I told you. Dylan's experience was told to me by that adult."

He pondered for a while, "Only the memory of Dylan in the Titan Tower, he didn't tell me."

Elaine thought: I know.

Maggie told him last night.

The girl in white came out of the mirror to comfort Dylan immediately after he left the room. She introduced herself as Maggie Ludwick, and she was Dylan's sister, so Elaine quickly understood—this The sister had come to beg his forgiveness for her brother.

"Everyone says he's a devil. But I know he's not..."