Game of the World Tree

"Before the madness, the mentor told me that the stars will be translocated, and the whole world will probably usher in a huge catastrophe..."

"However, no one thought that the catastrophe actually started from the ice castle."

"The fallen mage is crazy and ferocious, and has a strong pollution force. In order to prevent the pollution of the ice castle from spreading, I followed the teacher's order to activate all the magic barriers of the ice castle to isolate it from the outside world..."

The magic fireplace shone brightly, and Adrian told everyone what had happened in the ice castle since the Cataclysm.

His expression was determined, as if he remembered the experience of the cataclysm, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

After listening to his words, Poles and others also showed a sad look.

They also remembered what happened in the cataclysm, what they had experienced, and all the tragedies they had seen.

"And then? What about the monsters? And...what about the other surviving mages?"

Athos asked again.

"Dead, all dead."

Adrian sighed softly.

"Before it became the Imperial Academy of Magic, the Ice Castle was a fortress that resisted the invasion of foreign enemies. It was also used as a prison for felons for a period of time, so the entire fortress has an extremely perfect magic barrier system."

"Sealing magic, confinement magic, weakening magic, purification magic, attack magic... The most important thing in the entire ice castle is the magic barrier and curing magic."

"It is precisely by relying on these barriers and magic that we, the surviving mages, can resist the pollution of the fallen mages while fighting against the powerful..."

"The monsters degenerated by mages are very strange. Although we rely on the magical barrier to weaken them under the mentor's forward-looking order, they become stronger and stronger by swallowing each other, and some even gradually regain their wisdom..."

"Finally, it is the surviving mages of us who cast forbidden magic at the cost of our lives, and finally die with the monsters..."

Having said this, Adrian sighed lightly, and there was a hint of complexity in his eyes:

"I still can't forget the moment when the teacher who was devoured by pollution was purified by us, he recovered the expression of relief when he was clear for a moment, and he looked at us with relief before his death..."

"Although I didn't hear what the instructor said at the last moment, I know that he wants us to stifle the danger of the ice castle in the cradle and prevent the spread of pollution here..."

"More than a year has passed, and we have paid huge sacrifices to finally wipe out all the fallen mages."

"However, when I killed the last monster and was about to share the joy with my companions excitedly, I discovered silently that the survivors of the entire ice castle... I was the only one left."

"Those former friends, those companions who fought against monsters after the upheaval, are all dead..."

At this point, Adrian paused.

He reached out and stroked the old magic book on the bookcase, looking sad.

"Adrian, since it's all over, why don't you leave here? Don't you know how worried your fiancee Elvie is? She's been waiting for you to go back! She's been waiting for you to go back...you Have you forgotten her?"

Athos said excitedly.

At the end, he was even more choked up.

I saw him looking at Adrian with red eyes, his eyes didn't turn, and his body trembled slightly, as if waiting for the other party's explanation and answer.

Adrian gave a wry smile and apologized:

"Sorry...Father, I have never forgotten the promise, nor Elvie..."

"I also want to leave here, but unfortunately, the seal of the ice castle is for all the existences in the ice castle when the seal is opened, that is to say, our surviving mages are also included."

"Monsters can't leave here, and we are the same. The monsters have been suppressed by their strength, so are we, but because our strength itself is much weaker than the monsters, we don't have much sense of strength suppression..."

"In order to prevent the contamination of the ice castle from leaking, the instructor completely rewrote the rules of curing magic before the magic barrier was activated. After the entire ice castle's magic system is activated, the imprisoned existence will not be able to close the entire ice castle's magic system... "

"So, I'm stuck here until you come."

After listening to his remarks, everyone was a little surprised.

And Athos looked at him with more complicated eyes.

Having said this, Adrian breathed a sigh of relief, and he smiled a little lightly:

"Father, it's great to see you all."

"I thought I was destined to die here, but when you come, you can completely open the seal of the ice castle."

"By the way, father, what's going on outside now? Ever since the Ice Castle accident, the empire hasn't sent anyone to investigate. Did something happen?"

"How is Sister Vivian? And my two lovely little nieces... Oh, I promised to take them to learn magic last year, but I broke my trust..."

"They... don't blame me, do they?"

Looking at the young mage's sunny smile and expectant eyes, everyone froze slightly and couldn't help but look at Atos.

They hesitated, their eyes complicated.

Tony was also nervous.

Vivienne... was the name of Athos' dead daughter.

However, Athos was silent for a moment, but squeezed out a smile:

"Fine...they're all fine..."

"When you go back this time, you can continue to teach them magic."

"Adrian, they like you so much, how could they blame you?"

Looking at Athos' gentle smile, everyone was slightly taken aback.

Tony was even more stunned, not knowing why Athos deceived his son.

"Really? That's great!"

Adrian showed a happy smile.

Athos also showed a gentle smile.

However, the next moment, his eyes showed a hint of surprise, and he looked towards the back of the hall:

"Huh? Adrian, why does that sculpture look familiar?"

"Um?"

Adrian tilted his head and turned his head slowly.

However, just as he turned around, Athos suddenly drew the long sword that Ramis stood aside, and pierced into Adrian's back in the eyes of everyone's astonishment.

With a long sword drawn, blood splattered everywhere.

Adrian fell to the ground.

"Father...Father?"

He turned his head slowly, looking at Athos with a look of amazement.

However, Athos's gaze towards Adrian was no longer gentle.

There was only seriousness and anger in his eyes.

"Ados!"

Miller couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

However, what was exchanged was a roar from Athos:

"Back off!"

Immediately afterwards, I saw that he threw Ramis's long sword to the opponent, picked up the staff in the other hand, aimed at Adrian who fell to the ground, and said solemnly:

"Elvie is just a name I made up, Adrian doesn't have a fiancée at all..."

"You're not Adrian, who are you?"