Mage's Secret

As Trafael expected, DeWitt didn't keep him and Murphy waiting long.On the third day after they spoke, DeWitt brought Amos to the Mage Tower in Traphael.

Due to various reasons that could not be disclosed, Traphael barely stepped out of the room in the past two days, but he still finished the work that needed to be prepared before the arrival of the two of DeWitt.So when DeWitt took Amos into the mage's research room at the top of the mage's tower, what he saw was the magic circle covering all the walls, floors and roofs of the entire room.

"How sure are you of sending them back safely?" DeWitt finally said the first words after entering the mage's tower.

"If there is no interference, ninety percent. The risk is relatively low. It is quite rude for you to ask such a question to a space magician." Traphael said, leaning on his staff in one hand, while the other One hand was supporting his lower back, which was still extremely sore at this time, without any trace.

DeWitt frowned and looked at the mage, shook his head and said, "I'm very sorry, I'm just a little worried."

"It's unnecessary to worry," Murphy, who had been standing behind Traphael, sneered. "I don't think there is anyone on the entire continent who is more reliable than Raphael for doing this."

"You're right." DeWitt sighed, he looked down at his adopted son in his hands, the doubts in his eyes turned into tenderness, and the aura around him also softened.

Amos also raised his head to look at DeWitt at this time, the two eyes collided, and the boy laughed: "Dede!"

DeWitt frowned, looking at his adopted son's well-behaved appearance, who would have thought that he would be a demon... The former paladin touched Amos's head, raised his head and looked at Murphy firmly.

He led Amos to the front of Murphy. Although it was only a few steps, he seemed to have walked for half a century.

DeWitt looked down at Amos again, and the boy looked at him inexplicably, with complete trust in his eyes.The former paladin was full of reluctance, but in the end he put Amos's hand into Murphy's.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end nothing came out.As a demon, Amos is naturally right to be raised by the demon.He actually raised a demon in the temple, and now thinking about it is really ridiculous.

Taking Amos' soft little hand from DeWitt's hand, Murphy felt as if something hit him in the heart at that moment.In fact, from the time he learned that Amos was his younger brother until the moment before, he had no real feeling about the identity of Amos' "brother".And it wasn't until this moment that the rigid concept of "brother" really filled up in his heart.

The power of the blood is incredible. Thinking of this, Murphy squatted down and looked at Amos's eyes: "Hello, Amos. I am Murphy, and I am your brother."

Even the ignorant Amos finally felt that something was wrong at this time, and his good upbringing forced him to say "Hello" before he hurriedly turned his head to look at DeWitt: "Dede, what happened? who is he?"

DeWitt couldn't help but patted the boy's head again: "He is right, he is your brother, and he will take you...home next."

"What about you? Are you going home with me too?" Amos asked.

The former paladin was dumb for a while, and said after a while: "No, I won't go, your home is too far away for me."

"Then if you don't go, I won't go back either!" Amos said without thinking.

DeWitt naturally wouldn't let him stay on this continent where you are too dangerous for him, so he straightened his face and said in a rare and severe tone: "Be obedient! Amos, leave with him. "

"No!" The well-behaved boy was extremely rebellious at this time, tears of grievance overflowed from his eyes instantly, "I don't want to be separated from you!"

Even Murphy felt a little tricky seeing such a scene. He stood up and looked at DeWitt: "In your current situation, it may be safer to go there with us."

But neither Murphy's persuasion nor Amos' expectant eyes made DeWitt change his mind.He shook his head slowly but firmly: "I still have some things to deal with here, so..."

His last refusal disappeared in the wet eyes of Amos. DeWitt sighed, bent down and put his hands on the boy's shoulders, and said in a soft tone: "When I'm done, I'll go find How are you? If I can't come over, you can come to me when you're older. You know where to find me."

Amos rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand: "Really?"

"Indeed, have I lied to you?" DeWitt said, pointing his finger at him.

The boy stretched out his hand and hooked DeWitt's with his little finger earnestly, as if he had concluded a contract by doing so. After the two thumbs were printed together, Amos finally burst into tears.

Traphael stood not far from the three of them, watching the strange father and son bid farewell with a calm expression.He knew that this was a white lie from the former paladin to his adopted son, and everyone present except Amos and the demon knew it well.When Murphy and Amos returned to the Demon Realm, they might never be able to come back again.At this time, the reluctance in his heart was no less than that of Moss or Devitt, but—he looked at Murphy, the young demon was staring at his younger brother intently, and did not even turn around to make a formal speech to him. farewell.

But soon, even Traphael felt ridiculous at his reluctance at this time.He has been waiting for this day to come, but at this moment he hopes that everything in front of him is an illusion. When he wakes up again, Murphy is still by his side, and there is still no progress on the news about his brother.

Trying to suppress these useless sentiments, Traphael forced himself to turn his attention to the magic sundial on the wall.

The time was [-]:[-] in the afternoon, which happened to be the best time to cast a spell.

While regretting, Traphael couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - if this touching farewell between father and son continues, even he himself will start to feel sad.

The mage cleared his throat and broke the sad atmosphere in the room: "Gentlemen, I think we have to start the teleportation circle."

Traphael commanded Murphy and Amos to stand in the center of a rather complicated magic circle in the middle of the room, while DeWitt, who did not intend to leave, stood a little further away.

Traphael took out a fist-sized purple spar from his arms, and smashed it hard under his feet.Then, he held the staff with both hands, raised it high, closed his eyes and began to chant the mantra in a very low voice.

As the incantations were continuously uttered, the spar powder under his feet began to vibrate slightly, emitting a faint light.This light was like sparks, lighting up the smaller magic circle under the mage's feet.The light continued to spread to every magic circle in the room along the line connected to the magic circle, and the whole room was illuminated. The magic circle under the feet of Murphy and Amos was the last one to light up.

But at this moment, all the lights suddenly went out at the same time, and then a brighter light blue light lit up from the center of the magic circle under Murphy's feet, covering Murphy and Amos in it.Dots of white light emerged from the light blue light curtain, revolving around the two demons like stars in the night sky.

The spell seemed to be at an important moment, and Traphael's tone suddenly rose, and his speech speed also increased.Sweat dripped from the mage's forehead, but the hand holding the staff up did not tremble at all.

But at this moment, Amos suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart. He had a premonition that his reunion with DeWitt would definitely not be as easy as DeWitt said.In his heart, those family members he has never met are definitely not more important than DeWitt-in fact, in the heart of the young demon, the only family he has is the former paladin who raised him.

At this moment, Amos regretted it. He pulled his hand from Murphy's hand, turned around and was about to rush towards DeWitt not far away.

It was totally beyond Murphy's expectation that Amos would break free suddenly, but perhaps out of the intuition he developed in battle, he reflexively grabbed Amos by the back collar.After spending four years with Traphael, a space department archmage, even Murphy knew that if he moved randomly in this teleportation circle, he would probably fall into a crack in space.If so, they might never find Amos again.

The boy's reckless move made the light curtain tremble, and Traphael's figure swayed as if he had been hit suddenly, and his face instantly turned pale.But his spellcasting was not interrupted, he finally opened his eyes, and slammed his staff on the ground heavily.The original light blue transparent light curtain gradually darkened, completely covering the two demons.

"Dede!" The boy's terrified voice came from behind the light curtain, and it took a lot of effort for DeWitt to suppress the urge to step forward and pull Amos out.He clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

The light curtain gradually went out, and the room returned to darkness, only the candles inserted on the wall were the only light source.The figures of Murphy and Amos disappeared at the same time as the light curtain.

The demon who strayed into the mainland finally returned to the Demon Realm.

After casting the spell, Traphael panted heavily, his face was pale, and his hair was almost completely wet with sweat.At this time, he was almost out of strength, and he needed to support his staff to stabilize his figure so that he would not fall to the ground.But physical fatigue is far less uncomfortable than the emptiness in his heart.

After a while, Traphael finally came to his senses.He looked at DeWitt, the former paladin was still standing there expressionless, his eyes fixed on the place where Murphy and Amos disappeared, and his whole body exuded an air of lovelessness.

"Where are you going next? I mean, after leaving here." Traphael asked first.

"No matter where I go, it's the same to me." Anyway, there is no place for me here.DeWitt looked at Traphael, and said, "Don't worry, mage, I won't tell you about your deal with the devil."

"Are you going to... take your own life?"

DeWitt's eyes widened suddenly, his face was full of surprise, but he didn't deny it.

"You don't have to look at me like that, I don't know how to read minds, but don't think that I will believe what you say, there are still things that need to be done to coax children." Trafael said, looking at DeWitt's eyes very complicated.

Traphael felt he could understand him.The fact that he had to leave the temple was a big enough blow to DeWitt, not to mention that as a paladin who grew up following the guidance of the God of Light, he became the dirtiest and most filthy paladin in the teachings overnight. The existence of evil, DeWitt's acceptance of this matter will definitely not be as high as he has shown.

What he thought was not wrong, even a powerful Paladin's inner endurance is not infinite.And what DeWitt has experienced is far beyond the bottom line he can accept.But he didn't collapse, or he has persisted until now, all because of Amos.But he didn't go to the Demon Realm with Murphy and the others. In the final analysis, it was because in his bones, he was still the paladin who wholeheartedly served the God of Light.The corruption of his blood was not his own choice; he sent Amos away because of his deep love for Amos.But if he took the initiative to go to the Demon Realm, it was his active choice to fall into the filth.

DeWitt's thoughts at this time were also very simple. He lost his glory as a paladin and betrayed his own beliefs. For DeWitt, the only important thing was Amos.And now that Amos has left, he has nothing to worry about anymore.Next, as long as this sinful bloodline is terminated, he will be completely freed.

But Traphael didn't just let him go, the mage staggered to the only stool in the room and sat down, saying: "I can understand your thoughts, but there is one thing you definitely don't know. "

His words successfully attracted DeWitt's attention. Although the former paladin didn't respond, his eyes were full of doubts.

So Traphael went on to say: "I have also been with Murphy for several years, so I have a little understanding of the spells of the devil world. One of the spells is like this, it can resurrect the corpses of other creatures, and even the soul Call back into the body. But the resurrected party will no longer be a living creature, but a corpse that is more depraved than a devil. But this is not the most evil part of this spell, the resurrected corpse will completely obey the resurrection It is a demon, but at the same time it will have its own consciousness, but it can no longer command its own body, and can only watch itself perform mechanical behaviors following the instructions of the caster—whether these behaviors are Against their will."

DeWitt understood the hint in Traphael's language almost instantly, but it wasn't enough to shake him: "How can such a completely unreasonable horror spell exist?"

Traphael shrugged his shoulders: "Perhaps this kind of spell is horribly evil to us, but demons are evil after all, so it's not surprising to come up with this kind of spell. This kind of spell may not be for every demon Both, but since Murphy knows about it, Amos must have a chance to come into contact with it."

DeWitt was still not convinced: "Impossible, when Amos grows up, I'm afraid he has forgotten me, and he will never treat me like this."

The mage chuckled and said, "It seems that you don't know much about the Norber family—that is, the family of Murphy and Amos—as far as I know, they are very familiar with the people or things they identify. Persistence, Murphy's eldest brother has been searching for the seeds of the flowers he saw in the picture album when he was a child, and he has been searching for more than 100 years in the devil world. And when Amos becomes an adult, it will only take less than 20 years. Do you think Will he really forget you completely by then? Also, why do you think that Amos will not treat you like that, he is a devil after all, how can he understand that you sacrificed for your faith?"

A shaken look finally appeared on DeWitt's face, but he still struggled and said, "No, no, even if Amos is an adult, he won't be able to come to the mainland to find me..."

"No way?" Traphael didn't let him go at all, "Don't forget, Murphy and Amos just left. If the demons really can't come to the mainland, how did they appear here? What about the one in front of you and me?"

At this moment, DeWitt finally seemed a little panicked, but Traphael heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that even if DeWitt still couldn't think about it, he would not commit suicide.

In normal times, for Trafael, DeWitt is free to do whatever he wants, and there are countless cases of choosing to die for his beliefs. Just one more name to add to an endlessly long list.But at this time, perhaps out of some sympathetic thoughts, Traphael didn't want DeWitt to give up all hope of survival in this way-in the eyes of the mage, all the crimes imposed on him by DeWitt were all It wasn't his fault and he didn't deserve to be punished for it.

But in fact, what Trafael just said were all lies to scare DeWitt.He didn't know if such spells really existed, and he didn't know the character of Murphy's elder brother.

And Murphy or Amos may step into the mainland again, this is just his inner wish, and it can't be taken seriously.