Volume 3 New World Chapter 87: Mage's Notes
Half an hour later, on the third floor of the spiral staircase, Marvin was breathing slightly. Behind him were a series of miserable corpses of magical beasts and more traces of traps.
He dodged most of the traps.
There was only one lightning trap that was activated too quickly for Marvin to dodge.
The shadow clone had already been used in the first deadly trap. What frustrated Marvin the most now was that although he possessed the skill of origami, which allowed him to create infinite clones, he was still unable to fold an army of paper figures out of thin air like the Shadow Thief Owl because of his lack of skills.
He took a lot of damage himself.
Fortunately, he has finally reached the third floor.
Although the black tower is towering into the clouds, it actually only has three floors.
The wizard towers constructed by ancient wizards were relatively simple, with a dungeon, a hall, the second floor being the apprentices' residence and laboratory, and the top floor being their own private residence.
It is not as complicated as the current wizard tower structure.
Ma Wen's success was also due to luck.
He didn't know the secret spell and simply forced his way in. If he had been left in the Mage Tower when it had sufficient energy, I'm afraid there would be nothing left of him now.
In this regard, thieves are much stronger, with a variety of methods to eliminate traps. Marvin now has skills and experience but no relevant skills.
Although his storage device was full of props and he didn't need to remove traps with his bare hands, he still suffered a lot of losses.
This is because the tower has been abandoned for a long time, so Marvin dared to do this.
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Black Tower Valley is where the Mikansi wizards live.
The tallest towers among them are the guardians of the secret garden, the more powerful of the Mikansi wizards.
As far as Marvin knew, the seventh tower was built by the most powerful wizard among the Black Tower wizards.
Only in this tower are there some good things. The others have become waste or disappeared inexplicably.
Marvin couldn't tell the specific reason.
But when he stood on the wooden floor of the third floor, he felt a gust of cold wind.
There was an evil feeling coming over me.
There were no monsters around, and the six eternal lamps lit up automatically. The ancient wizards were still very frugal. Some rooms were empty, and only the master bedroom and meditation room were relatively exquisitely built.
"What's going on with this feeling? Am I under an illusion again?"
After the previous events, Marvin became highly wary of this world.
He checked the data panel and saw no sign of any Willpower roll.
He calmly began to search the rooms one by one.
After the dangers of the spiral staircase, these rooms are relatively safe.
After all, no one would put a bunch of inexplicable traps in their home.
Marvin came here only for the fragments of the Earth Crystal. If it wasn't for the purpose of synthesizing a complete Earth Crystal, he would have already headed to the third area to find Eevee.
He searched quickly and soon found a box in the master bedroom.
The box was hidden under the bed, and there were faint magical fluctuations inside.
Marvin opened the box carefully, but there was no mechanism inside.
As a result, there was nothing in the box except a pile of straw.
Ma Wen sneered: "You think you can fool me with this little trick?"
He reached his hand right in.
The straw began to vibrate. Marvin grasped it slightly, and the next second, a bright yellow piece appeared in his hand.
“Finally got it.”
Marvin couldn't wait to take out the other two pieces of earth crystal fragments.
The first piece came from the lair of the Terrorclaw, the second piece came from the ruins of Saluha, and now the third piece is in the secret garden of the Dead Realm.
Of course, there are many fragments of earth crystals left in various corners of Fenan's world, far more than these three.
However, it was not easy for Marvin to collect three fragments.
The crystal fragments of the earth have an attraction to each other. No other rituals or procedures are needed. Marvin put them all together and they began to merge automatically.
The fusion process would take about fifteen minutes. Marvin had nothing to do, so he began to look around the bedroom.
When he was frantically rummaging through things before, he was only paying attention to the earth crystal fragments and didn't notice anything else.
However, after so many years, most of the things here have turned into dust and ruins.
There was only an ancient notebook on the table, which seemed to be still intact.
Ma Wen's heart moved, he walked over and took the notebook in his hand.
"Animalskin... maybe the skin of some kind of Asian dragon..."
Marvin was a little surprised.
Only notebooks made of this material can survive the ruthless passage of time.
This appears to be a diary.
"Could it be that the original owner of this tower left it here?"
Marvin couldn't help but feel curious.
He began to leaf through the notebook.
Because it is not a formal spell book, the original owner of this book did not add too many seals and spells to this notebook.
And some simple little tricks have long become nothingness with the passage of time.
Marvin flipped through the pages one by one, and many of the words on them had begun to blur.
I guess in a dozen years or so, this diary will almost turn into dust.
Time is merciless, and except for the gods, no one can be truly eternal.
Marvin watched and paid attention to the fusion process of the earth crystal fragments.
However, the contents of the diary made him feel a little uneasy!
He guessed correctly. This diary was indeed left by the owner of the wizard tower. This guy's name seemed to be Olikai. He claimed to be the leader of the Black Tower wizards and one of the seven members of the Supreme Council of the Mikansi School.
This guy is very powerful. Even when there was no Cosmic Magic Pool, he easily became a legendary wizard.
He is different from ordinary Mikansi wizards. In addition to potions, this Orika wizard seems to have a lot of research on the soul field.
In this diary, he mentioned several times in a vague way his interest in necromancy and soul-related wizards.
At first he could still restrain himself, but later on, he began to secretly use his authority and started conducting experiments on living people.
Until the star beasts invaded.
As the leader of the Black Tower Valley, he naturally needs to fight against the star beasts.
In the final battle, he and the others defeated the star beast and sealed it.
However, the diary vaguely revealed his anxiety.
"This guy actually survived by selling out his teammates."
Marvin felt disgusted with his self-defense in the diary.
After that battle, the Wizard of Mikansi was seriously injured, which was not unrelated to the fact that Olikai sold out his teammates and survived.
He himself survived, but the entire school of wizardry was completely weakened.
As a result, he gained more power in parliament and began to study the art of immortality.
At the end of the diary, Marvin could sense that the old man didn't have much time left and had gone a little crazy.
And at this time, the enemy came.
The idea of releasing star beasts to fight the enemy was proposed by Olikai himself.
Many people disagreed with this, but at that time, Orike had too much power in Parliament.
Coupled with the failure of the final battle, the wizards finally agreed to release the true form of the star beast.
This caught the enemy off guard. The star beast fell, and the enemy was also seriously injured.
In fact, the third area of the secret garden is the [Star Beast Remains]. Marvin knows this.
However, what made him feel creepy was the description in the old man’s diary!
[The plan is about to succeed... They finally agreed to release Durunia...]
[Hahaha, tomorrow, I will take the most crucial step on the road to immortality . I will have more time, time, I need time! I am the most powerful genius of all time, how can I lose to time? ]
[It’s the last battle—of course it is so for them, but for me, it is the beginning of glory.]
The diary ends here.
Then there is a large blank space.
If Marvin guessed correctly, the last page was written by Olikai himself the day before the wizard Mikansi released the star beast.
What exactly is his plan?
Did he succeed?
Marvin didn't know.
He vaguely felt that things might not be that simple. If Olikai survived that battle, then there would be not one but two surviving Mikansi wizards in the secret garden!
The wizard apprentice Eric and the legendary wizard Ollie Kai!
Eric was devoured by the King of Potion, and Olikai seemed to have disappeared from then on.
Was he also devoured by the King of Potions?
This is almost impossible.
You know, at that time, the power of the King of Potions was very weak, and it took temptation and bluffing to devour a little wizard apprentice.
The legendary wizard is completely powerless against it.
"Did this old man's plan for immortality fail? What exactly was his plan? Why is it related to releasing the star beast?"
Marvin frowned.
He couldn't figure this out at all.
But anyway, it happened many years ago. Even if the old man's plan succeeded, he could not truly gain eternal life.
Without the Stone Tablet of Destiny, one cannot be deified; without being deified, no one can achieve immortality except for a few professions such as the Cloud-Climbing Monk and the Lich.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the King of Potions to control the entire secret garden, right?
Marvin put down the diary and put these things behind him for the time being.
At this moment, the earth crystals finally completed the fusion.
What appeared before Marvin was a crystal with clear edges and corners.
It exudes powerful energy, which, in the hands of a legendary wizard, can almost change the world.
Earth crystals combined with the legendary spell [Changing Worlds] can permanently change the terrain of an area!
You can turn mountains into plains and oceans into snowy mountains!
This is the power of earth crystal!
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After dealing with the earth crystal, Marvin did not stay and immediately left the seventh tower.
There is nothing worth reminiscing about in the ruins of the desolate tower.
Marvin turned on stealth and ran at full speed. He had the ability of [Stealth Master], which allowed him to run at full speed even in stealth.
If he encounters a magical beast with keen perception, he can simply escape at super high speed.
He ran all the way and finally left the ruins of the deserted tower.
In the distance was a plain. On the plain was a huge skeleton, about a kilometer long, and one could vaguely see what it looked like when it was alive.
This is the terrifying star beast. This is even a smaller one among the star beasts, and it almost destroyed a prosperous wizard school.
However, what made Marvin even more excited was that there was a person standing next to the star beast's corpse.
Ibrahimovic!
Marvin rushed over excitedly.
The Elf Prince had a heavy expression on his face and was very surprised to see Marvin appear, but his first action was to keep silent.
Marvin was slightly surprised.
"Keep your voice down, it's still alive!"
Ibrahimovic's words were like a bolt from the blue!
