Chapter 6: Spider Silk
David Orbis frowned when he heard this, not because of the contempt for him in the other person's words, but because he accurately stated the type of moon monster behind him.
Eight hundred years ago, the great sage Yeats formulated the Law of the Stars, which divided magic into nine levels and thirteen series according to the arrangement and distribution of the stars, completely reshaping the magic foundation of Vic Continent.
Moonland magic, which has always been in a gray area, has since been excluded from the new system and has become synonymous with taboo.
Today, eight hundred years later, the operation of the Star Law is still as solid as a rock, and the ban on lunar magic has never been loosened.
Throughout the continent, except for the ascetic monks who sit in the Demon Burial Institution and the living dead in the Tower of Annihilation who are specifically allowed to study the taboos from the Moon Realm, all those who study Moon Realm magic privately will be labeled as heretics.
He was expelled from the University of Offa for this reason, even though he was the leading genius of the University of Offa for fifty years.
The man in front of him can distinguish the type of ringworm at a glance, which shows that he knows a little bit about lunar magic.
So is he also a heretic mage?
Thoughts were running through David's mind, and he asked tentatively.
"May I ask what your name is?"
"I'm not sure what my name means to this era, so I don't plan to state my name for the time being. Please forgive me."
What's the meaning?
What does "I don't know what it means to this era" mean? Is his name very important to this era?
Although the other party's incoherent answer made him confused, the original purpose of asking for the name was to give the other party an impression that he was willing to communicate. Since he couldn't figure it out, he should just continue to advance the conversation.
"Then Mr. Unknown, I have a proposal. If you act like you didn't see anything and leave now, I will promise not to harm you or the lady hiding behind you."
"Why?"
The other party didn't look at him, but kept looking at Bai Zhen who was going through the anchoring ceremony.
"You and I are both so-called heretics who have abandoned the laws of the stars. Since we are the same kind, it is naturally better to be friends than enemies."
After speaking, he stared at the other person's expression closely, trying to get some clues from it.
He was not afraid of confronting the man in front of him. Even if Bai Zhen could not take action at the moment, dealing with a mage who needed to forcefully blast away the shielding barrier with magic power was not even a trouble for him.
But at the moment, White Ringworm has not completed the anchoring ceremony, and its only connection with the real world is the statue of the Hungry Lady. If the other party is really a heretic mage who has a certain understanding of moon monsters, if the statue is directly attacked to cut off White Ringworm's connection with
If there is no connection in this world, then all his efforts this year will be in vain.
So even though David didn't intend to spare the lives of these two people, he had to look generous at this time.
It wouldn't be too late to kill these two people after the ritual is completed.
After listening to his explanation, the man did not express any other expression except reciting the "Law of the Stars" in a puzzled tone. He even never moved his eyes away from the anchoring ceremony.
"Sir? What do you think of my proposal?"
Seeing that the other party had been paying attention to the ceremony and ignored him, David couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he asked again. This time there was a hint of threat in his voice.
"oh……"
The other party finally turned his attention to himself.
"You two are both going to die today."
For a moment, David thought that the other party had guessed his plan, so he said this sentence to expose the proposal that he did not intend to fulfill.
But he soon saw from the other person's eyes that that person was just expressing his intentions.
The other party also had no intention of sparing his own life.
A sense of humor surged into his heart, and then turned into a smile that couldn't be concealed.
"Hahahahaha...you really dare to say that."
He looked at the man with a big smile, unable to hide his murderous intention any longer.
"I don't understand, why are you so anxious to seek death if you don't want to let yourself live a little longer?"
David said as he slowly pointed the lead-colored staff in his hand at the person in front of him, and then pointed at the woman behind him.
"Is it because of the lady behind you? Is she a survivor of the previous archaeological team? Or is it because you are too confident, thinking that just killing one or two sub-demons and breaking the barrier outside will be enough..."
"What barrier?"
The other party suddenly asked, with confusion in his voice.
"It's the shielding barrier you used to break through with the magic flow before coming here. Don't you remember?"
David's tone was also confused.
"Is there such a thing?"
The other party's expression was full of doubts, and he didn't look like he was lying.
This made David really wary.
Could it be that he was not the one who destroyed the shielding barrier outside the Scar of Sorrow before? Was it someone else?
Is that person hiding nearby? Is the clown in front of me just a decoy?
David asked while looking around carefully.
"The shielding barrier [Wall of Shadow] was set up outside. If you didn't break it, how did you find a way in?"
After hearing his question, the other party finally showed an expression of realization.
"Oh, that's it... That thing has no effect on people below level 80... well, it has no effect on people with strength above a certain level. I guess I just walked in without noticing it. As for breaking it, probably
It must have been the enchantment effect on my armor that automatically broke the barrier."
David was unable to digest the information in his words at once.
What do you mean? Was the barrier that could block magic casters below level 5 broken by him without even noticing?
It was as relaxed as if I accidentally broke a few spider threads when I went out.
Bluff...definitely a bluff.
David thought, but for some reason a chill ran down his spine.
An extremely ridiculous idea appeared in his mind,
The opponent is very strong, stronger than him.
But this shouldn't be possible.
He looked back at Bai Zhen's ceremony which was coming to an end.
While he was in the etheric realm, he could clearly feel a pale and dirty comet falling into the depths of his soul.
This shambling demon from the Moon Realm will soon be anchored in this world through his soul.
He must buy some more time.
But this time it was no longer because he was worried that the other party would destroy the altar and make all his hard work for the past year go to waste. It was because he was a little unsure whether he could kill the magic caster in front of him who couldn't see the depth.
You need to wait for the white tinea ritual to be completed before taking action with it.
As a dependent of the Hungry Lady, if the Shambling Demon can successfully descend into the world, then even if there are strong men in the master field here, they need to avoid its edge.
Thinking of this, David planned to continue to delay time through dialogue.
"Then I would like to ask again, what is the reason why you came here to be our enemy? It is because..."
"I know you're stalling for time."
The magic chanter with white hair and silver eyes interrupted him.
"You want to wait for the Shambling Demon's anchoring ritual to be completed. It doesn't matter. I'm also waiting for its ritual to be completed."
The other party's words made David take a step back unconsciously.
"If it is not anchored in the soul of the evoker, then it can only rely on that disgusting statue to appear in the world. But the movement on my side may be a bit loud later. If I accidentally break the statue,
That shambling demon must go back to its home in the Moon Realm."
This is not good.
Said a man who didn't want to give his name.
"As for your question about the reason why I am against you, although I know you just want to delay, I think it's okay to answer it by the way."
Seeing the other person's eyes staring at him, David swallowed involuntarily.
"Because you are an evoker, it is a lunar monster, and the ruins not far away are Dusk Fortress. As a reason, this is enough."
When the other party finished speaking these words, the pale and filthy comet in the ether realm completely submerged into the depths of David's soul, and the raging magic power began to surge in his blood.
A strange feeling of hyphae growing inside my body also began to emerge.
The anchoring ceremony is complete.
Bai Zhen roared behind David, and the rusty dagger in his hand was quickly covered with dark green lines.
The distorted balls of flesh on its body also began to grow and separate, and when they fell to the ground, they squirmed and deformed. Abnormally long limbs and huge heads grew out of them, and eventually they turned into new sub-demons.
Bai Zhen stepped forward, holding the short knife that exuded the aura of decay, looked down at the magic chanter and said in a deep voice.
Chapter completed!