"Alicia, it's rare to see you bring a guest here." A gray-haired old man in black robes walked up with a black wooden staff, "Especially at this critical moment."
Alicia glanced at him, and then said: "President Jesmin, this person is the favored one of Laxius."
Jasmine observed Brutus for a few seconds and said thoughtfully: "Then this makes sense."
"Wait a minute, what is going on now?" Brutus asked.
"Come with me, Mr. Brutus." Jasmine turned and walked towards the center of the hall. "Although time is tight, we still have enough time to let you understand the current situation."
He walked at the front of the three people and introduced without looking back: "The dozen or so people here are the main members of the black magic training group in this viscounty. There are many people who study black magic, and we are among the more
The lawful one."
"So what are you dealing with here?"
"Some barons in Tatto Town did some experiments on black magic on the shores of this lake and created some evil species." Jasmine waved the wooden staff in her hand and moved a large purple crystal cluster in the hall.
Light up. "There is a lot of black magic left at the bottom of this lake. Our main purpose here is to deal with these remaining black magic to prevent them from spreading out and endangering the safety of Tatto Town."
Brutus asked in confusion: "So what is appearing in the town now?"
"One of the products of their successful experiment, Baron Brandi and Baron Belair, became the leaders of this skeleton army."
"Does Administrative Officer Papyria know about this?"
"Of course, as a member of the Papyria family, he has some secret information."
Alicia continued following Jesmin's words: "So the current situation is partly controlled by him. It is precisely because of his deliberate indulgence of these situations and signing the order to mobilize citizen soldiers that the situation became so bad.
."
"Is there any evidence? You should also know that there is no basis for what you say."
Brutus took the two papyri that Jesmin took out from his arms. He scanned them quickly, his eyebrows furrowed more and more.
"Of course we also have some intelligence networks. This official document was signed by the Administrative Officer of Papilia. I think you should have no objection to this."
"Yes." Brutus returned the official document in his hand to Jasmine.
He had just seen the administrative officer's handwriting and official seal, and the handwriting on them was the same. Of course, he could also think that this document was a forgery, but at this time, if the black magicians really wanted to cause more damage, they would have succeeded long ago.
Instead of still talking nonsense to him here.
The first official document was an order from the political officer approving the mobilization of citizen soldiers recruited this year to station at the provincial border for one month, and it also had the signature of Viscount Raphael.
But this is not the key. The key lies in what was mentioned in the second copy. The citizen soldiers who were stuck in the town of Taterto tonight, as well as other garrisons from the Wilson Province who arrived with them, were mobilized.
The reason is to suppress possible riots.
"Although it is difficult for us to understand what the Administrative Officer is thinking, his attitude in this matter is undoubtedly quite ambiguous." Jesming pointed at the crystal cluster, "The higher the proportion of the glowing parts of this crystal, it means that here
The more dark magic exists."
"The result of our treatment here for half a month is that the magic concentration here has been reduced to half of its original value."
Brutus took a look and saw that two-thirds of the crystal was still glowing: "What does this mean?"
"Abuse of black magic will cause irreparable bad situations, such as desertified land, dry lakes, dead forests... Of course, these are the least severe situations that can be restored."
"What is more common is the appearance of land filled with the smell of decay, lakes with dead green water, and black forests all over the mountains and plains. Then there are skeletons, ghosts, rotten corpses emerging from these places, and maybe some hellish beings can jump out.
biology."
It sounds serious.
"Then what is the purpose of your research into black magic?"
"The main idea of our seminar is to master black magic and extract the good aspects that can be used to transform the existing magic system." Jesming paused, "Of course, this is the main purpose. In some cases
Next, we don’t mind abusing it.”
"But one thing that's clear is that we as humans want to master it, not be mastered by it."
"What should we do now?"
Jasmine asked back: "What else do you think we can do in the current situation?"
Brutus was a little surprised at first, and then fell into deep thought.
The situation is undoubtedly clear now. Even if nothing is done, the unrest in Tatto town will be quickly quelled when the army arrives. The skeleton army will probably still be vulnerable to the well-trained and equipped human army.
of.
But what is the price of this?
"If I want to save the civilians of Tatto Town as much as possible, what other cards can I play?" Brutus put his hand into his pocket and touched the leaves of Laxius.
It seemed like he had nothing else.
"If you want to save those civilians, I can only say that it is difficult." Jasmine said, "But if you want to save yourself, then just wait until the situation is over."
"I choose to save civilians."
Jasmine stared at Brutus, and it seemed like a long time passed before he said: "There is a black forest by the lake. I will teleport you there later. What happens after that depends on you."
Chosen."
"Is it useful to go there now?"
"I don't know, but if there is such an opportunity, it can only be there." Jasmin motioned to Brutus to follow him, and then let Alicia continue to do the work they should do.
The two of them walked in front of a complex magic circle.
"You will stand in the magic circle later. When the magic circle is completely illuminated with blue light, you will be transported to the set destination. This process may be a bit painful."
"I can't guarantee what you will encounter there, but I need to tell you some reminders." Jasmine took out a pendant, "Be sure not to lose it, otherwise you may be lost in the black forest forever.
In the thick fog, not even the soul can escape."
Brutus accepted the pendant solemnly: "Is there anything else I need to remember?"
"Don't forget your name, and don't trust the people you meet." Jasmine waved her wooden staff, and the center of the magic circle began to glow with blue light, followed by the entire magic circle glowing.
Brutus felt like he was being cut into pieces by countless light blades, and a pain that penetrated his soul erupted from his body. Then his whole figure seemed to be completely reorganized, and he appeared in a dark forest.