Kingdom Kindergarten

10.

The situation in the palace became more and more out of control, and it didn't take long for Samus to learn that several people had suddenly turned into children.He feared that if it continued like this, there would be some dire consequences.

— A few children were enough for him.

Samus decided to go deep into the ruins to find out what black magic was all about.

As for black magic, he can be regarded as a well-studied expert, but the rest of the knights and mages in the palace are not. Samus was worried that they would be in danger if they went with them, so he decided to go in and see by himself.

He has long been used to being a "lone ranger", so he doesn't think there is anything wrong with it.He walked along the dilapidated old marble stairs into the stone corridor, and illuminated the surroundings with magic.

The stone wall of the tunnel was carved with weird and hideous murals. Samus looked carefully one by one, and he could only roughly guess that this was a strange sacrifice to the gods in the old days. The content was absurd and beyond his knowledge. knowledge reserve.

He couldn't understand what was going on more and more, and he found that he had reached the end of the corridor, and in front of him was a huge stone door, on which were carved two giant beasts full of fangs and roaring. The black magic that he has never seen is hidden in the carvings of his body, which seems to be the "key" guarding the door.

The malice revealed by this black magic made him unbearable, and he began to feel a little dizzy and almost nauseous.Based on his rich experience in dealing with black magic... the black magic on this door is not enough to cause death, but it is also powerful enough to be terrifying.

He didn't dare to touch the magic on the door rashly, so he wanted to use other methods to unlock the spell on the door. He looked at the spell for a long time, and based on the runes and lines, he guessed that it was a triggered magic. After it realizes that someone wants to break in, it should make the two giant beasts on the stone gate come true to attack the intruder. If so, he can first cut off the connection between the magic circle and the carved giant beast.

He has always been very confident in his inferences, so he raised his hand, intending to test his thoughts, when he was about to say a spell, a pale hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.

Although Samus is an excellent mage, he is almost afraid of all undead spirits. A few years ago, he left the kingdom to travel around, crossed the endless sea, accidentally strayed into the dark forest, and saw most of the corruption in the thick fog. The walking corpse almost fainted on the spot.

At this time, he was in a dim ruins, and a bone-like cold hand grabbed his wrist!Samuel screamed in fright, and chanted the almighty spell of light at his fastest speaking speed, but the hand was faster than him, and his mouth was forcibly covered, and Samuel opened his eyes wide, suddenly Thinking of it... the dead spirits don't cover people's mouths.

Someone sneered softly: "Thank you, your welcome ceremony is really exciting."

The hands let go of him, and Samus took a breath, turned his head, and looked at the man wrapped in black robes behind him.

He said in surprise, "Cecil...why are you here?"

11.

"I think you need me." The black magician Cecil smiled and said to himself, "What's more, shouldn't you thank me for stopping you first?"

"The black magic on the door is very powerful?" Samus blurted out, but soon felt that something was wrong, "Why did you come out of the dark forest?"

Cecil said casually: "It's not the first time."

Samus was speechless for a moment, but he couldn't help but said, "You shouldn't be like this, if someone recognizes your identity..."

Cecil is a notorious black magician. Samus still remembers the scene he met with Cecil many years ago. He was frightened by the walking dead in the forest, and there were so many corpses that died of undead magic. , This made the maliciousness he observed almost break through the peak, he was seriously injured, but fortunately Cecil appeared to save him - this black magician was not as scary as in the legend, at least he never hurt Samus.

But people in the world cannot accept the existence of a "monster" who manipulates black magic and donates his soul to the demon god. Cecil was also an apprentice of the Mages Association. After rebelling, the Mages Association established a guard station outside the forest where he lived. Xuancheng and the others have "imprisoned" Cecil in the forest.But Samus knew that those mages couldn't detect Cecil's movements at all, and the guard station was just a fake.

While recuperating in Cecil's cabin, Samus and Cecil became friends.Samus was gentle, and he had many strange friends, but Cecil never met anyone who was not afraid of him.

He began to leave the forest frequently, and secretly followed Samus to travel and adventure, but was caught by Samus every time and sent back to the forest——Samus was always worried that he would expose his identity and attract the association's pursuit. Syl didn't care. He winked at Samus and said, "If you cut off the magic connection on the door, you might turn into a frog...or a goat, a mouse, a rooster, or something."

Samus was at a loss for a moment: "...what?"

"Don't tell me you didn't realize that this is the Temple of the Old Gods." Cecil pointed to the strange writing on the outer edge of the mural, and said, "It says here, Peleua—God of Absurdity."

12.

Samus read the name softly.

It was one of the twelve old demon gods that people believed in in the first and second centuries, but the historical materials left at that time were almost destroyed. Samus didn't understand the disposition and situation of this old god, so he looked at Cecil, waiting for the explanation from the black magician.

Cecil gained endless knowledge from the soul trade with the old demon gods. He knew the characters at that time and was very familiar with the twelve old gods. He is not pure evil, he behaves absurdly, but he is very powerful."

Samus thought of the black magic on the king and the others. They just became smaller, but they didn't suffer any other curses or injuries. He could see that the old devil didn't have much malice towards them.

But what is his motive?

Cecil took the initiative to answer him: "He probably did it for fun."

Samus: "..."

Well... fun?

"Think about it, the elite ministers have all turned into children, a child's court." Cecil smiled, "It's really fun...Will the king pee his pants when he is in court?"

Samus asked, "Is he your deity?"

Cecil denied him: "I let you down."

Samus laughed dryly: "You can try to get to know him, I think you must be very suitable."

Cecil smiled: "He and my owner are against each other."

"That's a pity." Samus turned his head away and concentrated on studying the magic marks on the door. "What's going on with this door?"

"Peleua likes to fool self-righteous people," Cecil said. "This door is actually very simple. You just have to push it open."

Samus thought Cecil was talking nonsense, he couldn't help frowning at Cecil, and Cecil stretched out his hand and pushed the seemingly extremely heavy stone door - the door opened, and the door on the door The giant beast opened its mouth like a living thing, and yawned, as if ruthlessly mocking Samus' speculation just now.

Samus: "...very unique."

Behind the door, like all the temples Samus had seen, was a large altar with the image of Peleua.

Standing here, Samus felt at a loss in his heart. He thought that there would be some strange monster hidden in the ruins. He only needed to defeat the monster, and the black magic on the king and others would naturally be released.But behind the stone gate is the Temple of the Old God, and it is impossible for him to kill the Old God.

"He was just playing a prank," Cecil said.

Samus asked him, "Then how do I unravel this prank?"

Cecil: "Sacrifice."

13.

Samus looked at the list of sacrifices that people offered to Peleua in the old days, and felt complicated for a moment.

What are these things, the bubbles on the surface of Bale Lake in the morning, the tears that flowed from the 380th eye of the thousand-eyed monster, the ashes of the dryad's tentacles after burning, and the fairy's... leg... leg hair?

Samus slammed the checklist on the ground and said angrily, "He's playing tricks on us!"

Cecil responded flatly: "Yeah, he's just kidding us."

Everything that happened in the palace was a prank. As long as the old god can see more interesting things and be better pleased, he will naturally lift the curse on the king and others.

Samus was indignant for a moment: "Where should we get these things!"

"The territory of Peleua is on the shore of Lake Bale. The ancestors raised thousand-eyed monsters and dryads themselves, and occasionally made deals with fairies in the forest." Cecil said, "But that was a few epochs ago. It's over, it's really difficult to collect these things now."

Samus angrily said, "He's just fooling us!"

Cecil was quite calm: "Other than this, we have no other options."

Samus took a deep breath. "Okay, where do we start?"

14.

They planned to teleport through the magic circle early the next morning, go to the shore of Bale Lake, take the air bubbles from the lake surface, and then look for the thousand-eyed monster.

Samus made up a new identity for Cecil, calling him an expert in the Dark Arts from the Mages Guild.The two returned to the palace together, only to realize that the palace was already in chaos.

More people turned into children, the whole palace was noisy, and everyone panicked, causing Samus a headache.

Cecil stared at the children running around in amazement, and said in amazement, "This is too scary."

Samus sighed and said, "That's why I want to dispel the magic as soon as possible."

They went to meet the king together. For some reason, the knight commander wrestled with Bligh. You pulled my hair, and I bit your arm. His Majesty the king cheered excitedly. Priest Al opened his eyes wide in fright, and his eyes were red. , seems to be on the verge of breaking down and crying.

Senal was quite calm, sitting on the side holding her doll, not wanting to mess around with these stupid boys.

Samuels asked her, "What the hell happened?"

Senal answered him in a childish voice: "Bligh snatched the priest's cake, and wanted to grab the knight commander's cake. His Majesty coaxed them to fight, and they started fighting."

Samus: "..."

Cecil couldn't help but said, "Your king is so naive."

Samus strode forward, picked up Bligh and the knight commander one by one, and said angrily, "None of you are allowed to eat cake this week!"

Bligh covered his mouth, his mouth was bulging with the knight commander's strawberry cake, and he was trying to swallow the cake.And the knight commander looked aggrieved, and reluctantly twisted his body, kicking his short legs that were nearly a meter off the ground, trying to break free from Samus's hand.

"It's not my fault!" he yelled. "It's Bligh!"

His Majesty the King also pouted: "I didn't do anything!"

Samus didn't want to pay attention to them, he turned his head to look at the tearful Priest Al, his tone softened, and said, "Of course, the priest and Senal can eat."

After finishing speaking, he put Bligh and the knight commander on the ground, and walked out while holding the small hands of Priest Senal and Priest Al, ignoring the pranksters all over the floor.

"Lord Samus." Senal asked in a low voice, "Have you found a way to break the curse?"

Samus remembered that Senal had said that she would hold a wedding next month, and her parents, relatives, and her fiancé would definitely not be able to accept that she had become like this.

"I'll find a way." Samus promised, "Definitely."

15.

In the early morning of the next day, Samuel and Cecil went to the shore of Bale Lake, and successfully got the foam on the lake in the morning. Cecil used magic to store the foam in a glass bottle, and then took Samus to find it. That thousand-eyed monster.

"It doesn't seem to be as difficult as I imagined." Samuel said, "Maybe we can gather all the materials today."

Cecil smiled and didn't want to say anything.

It was already noon when I found the thousand-eyed monster. It was a huge strange-looking thing, like a huge ooze monster full of eyes. It had a good temper and didn't actively attack them. Ignore it, limp on the ground basking in the sun.

Samus couldn't help but turned his head and covered his mouth, saying, "It's so disgusting, I'm going to vomit..."

Cecil was quite calm. He stared at the thousand-eyed monster, frowned, and asked, "I have a question... Should I count from top to bottom, or from bottom to top?"

Samus: "..."

He thought about it carefully and said, "There should be no difference, right?"

"Don't talk!" Cecil was a little annoyed, "I just counted to where..."

Samus: "..."

16.

It took some effort to extract the tears of the thousand-eyed monster, to be exact, it wasted their entire day.

They finally found the eye, and it was very difficult and disgusting to make the thousand-eyed monster cry. Samus didn't dare to look back the whole time. He didn't know how Cecil got the tears.

In order to calm himself down, Samuel decided to go to the forest to find those little fairies with transparent wings and ask for their... er... leg hair.

Fairies have always had a good relationship with humans, helpful and immaculate creatures, and Samus thought the journey should be much easier.

They found two lonely little fairies in the early morning of the next day. Cecil is a black magician who has signed a contract with the devil. All feel uncomfortable.

Samus greeted the fairies politely and explained the crisis that the kingdom was facing.

"I need your help," said Samus. "I beg you to help us."

The fairies agreed with great joy: "Of course, poor strangers, what do you need?"

Samus said awkwardly: "Uh...I need...need the fairy's leg hair."

Fairy: "..."

Samus: "..."

The fairy was furious: "Shut up! We little fairies have no leg hair!!!!!!"