893 Darkness and Dawn (2/2)
Struggling to the edge of the siege despite the wounds, Fernando saw the old fox hit by the silver sword just as he was about to cast Chaos Teleportation.
In his mind, the old fox was an extremely cunning old man. Whatever he said, there might be a scheme behind it. He was always at ease, and everything was under control.
Shouldn't he have more backup plans and more reinforcements? Was he dying just like this?
A dagger pierced out of the darkness into Fernando's back.
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Below the ground near Rentato…
Douglas sat at the center of the square in a daze, fully concentrated on the problem that was of paramount importance.
After working hard for a while, he raised his head in exhaustion and looked at the remaining sorcerers.
At this moment, a few little kids ran and played with each other. One of them accidentally threw away the apple in his hands.
In a parabola, the apple fell to the ground of the square.
The curve struck Douglas' head like a lightning and illuminated all the darkness. Everything he accumulated in the past was gathered into an answer.
”That's the case!
”That's the law of the motion of celestial bodies!”
As if he were crazy, Douglas picked up his quill and wrote on the paper next to him quickly.
All the fires in Allyn suddenly died out, and dull explosions came from the earth.
The sorcerers who stayed in this place looked at each other in bewilderment, having no idea what had happened.
It was night, and Rentato was supposed to be covered in darkness. However, a scorching sun hung in the sky and released light and heat.
Behind it, a vast and boundless universe appeared, and the stars functioned in both apparent and mysterious patterns.
”What happened?” The guards of the city who hadn't slept yet were astounded.
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Near his death, Arnold suddenly saw the rising sun in the direction of Rentato, which was a major contrast to the darkness on his side. He struggled to put on a smile.
”Am I having an illusion?
”Or has he truly succeeded?”
In vague consolation, he was ripped into shreds by the Sword of Truth.
Fernando also saw that. Trying to prevent himself from being affected by the stunning effect of the dagger, he disappeared through Chaos Teleportation.
”It's daytime in Rentato? Douglas' cognitive world has half solidified? A feedback from the real world?”
They were the last thoughts before he passed out.
In the meantime, ”Ceaseless Wind”, the legendary knight of Cocus, joined the battlefield and blocked everybody else who was trying to escape.
The ivory ocean of holy light consumed the sky. The Liege of Death's body turned transparent irreversibly.
Sensing the changes in Rentato, he smiled with complicated feelings. ”The succession of magic never stops.”
Pope Gregory seemed twenty years older all of a sudden, and his hair turned gray. He looked at the sun in Rentato and coughed. ”It's only the half-solidification of the cognitive world. He's a new legend at most.”
He needed quietness after God's Arrival and did not want to attack again, so he said to Hoffenberg, ”You go and take care of it.”
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The people he was familiar with collapsed, the old fox's blood spilled on his face, enemies were everywhere in the darkness, and it was impossible to escape… Fernando suddenly woke up from his nightmare, feeling pain all over his body.
”Huh.” Somebody next to him sniffed.
Fernando looked in shock, only to discover that he was inside a spacious wagon, which was riding steadily without any bump. Inside the carriage, a most beautiful girl was staring at him expressionlessly.
She had a pair of clear and cold eyes.
”Hathaway?” Fernando recognized her although they hadn't met for ten years. He couldn't help but feel that the little girl had grown into a gorgeous woman.
Hathaway was wearing a common red court dress. She nodded her head as acknowledgment. Then, she thought for a long time, only to come up with nothing to comfort Fernando, so she simply said, ”The obstacles to Douglas' legendary level are no more.”
Fernando was back to reality all of a sudden. He roared in frustration and depression, ”How is that going to help? The Liege of Death is dead, old fox is dead, Nielson is dead, everybody is dead!
”How is a new legend going to help anything?”
With her eyes glimmering, Hathaway stared at him for a while. Then, she picked up a thick, black-covered book nearby. ”Douglas asked me to give it to you.”
”A book?” In his desperation, Fernando took over the book and looked at the cover, only to be briefly stunned.
It was ”Mathematical Principles of Magical Philosophy”!