Chapter 253 The Will of the Stars
Union Towers.
In the executive conference room, figures flickered.
Everyone here is an arcane teacher, the difference is that some of them are shining with light, they are clone phantoms descending from the ring of projection, and some are real people.
"Duke is only a 2-ring arcane mage. If you open the will of the stars, you may not get any enlightenment. Instead, you will waste a once-in-a-century opportunity!" An arcane teacher frowned, with a firm attitude, "I firmly oppose, open the will of the stars to him!"
"Tom Xi, don't be so stubborn." Thursas said.
Tom Xi has two red eyebrows, and responded seriously: "I'm not stubborn. I don't have a bad feeling for Duke. On the contrary, I admire this young man. But the will of the stars is very important. A once-in-a-century opportunity does not allow any mistakes."
"I support Tom Xi's point of view. It has been more than 3,500 years since my ancestors received the enlightenment of the will of the stars and broke away from the Storm Empire to create the Federation of the Seven Towers. The limited thirty-five enlightenments of the will of the stars have helped the Federation of the Seven Towers survive many crises." Another arcane teacher said indifferently.
Then he asked back: "Every time the enlightenment of the will of the stars is initiated by the members of the meeting of the stars, and only the stars can accept the will of the stars. If Duke is allowed to open it, is this for a 2-ring arcane mage to join the stars?"
"You can't say that, Marcis, you may have guarded the flood domain for too long, and you don't quite understand the current situation." Lambert Raven said gently, "The enlightenment of the will of the stars is guided by the spirituality. In the past, our stars were most loved by the spirituality. Now the most loved one is undoubtedly Duke."
"Just a mere branded ring, can it be called spiritual love?"
"Isn't it possible? The branded ring is enough to change the world. After a long time, Duke may not be eligible to be selected into the Hall of Valor."
"This is too exaggerated!" An arcane teacher shook his head again and again, "The branded ring is indeed qualified to be called a 'ring', but it is far from being selected into the Hall of Valor!"
"The Light of the Erudite Tower is three times in a row, and this year's Light of the Erudite Tower has no choice but the Ring of Branding. In terms of the wind direction of the past few years, the spirituality gathered in Duke is unmatched." Madelong Hongditian said coldly.
But someone quickly refuted: "How can the light of the Learning Tower be used as a reference standard? The spiritual feedback is flashy, not the right way of practice!"
"I think you have never been exposed to the light of spiritual feedback. All things are born with spiritual nourishment. Spiritual feedback is nothing more than a way of spiritual nourishment. Why belittle it!"
Arguing among the instructors of the Austrian Law.
The meeting of the stars has been delayed again and again, almost until noon.
At this time, an old man who was sitting at the head of the round table in the large conference coughed lightly, and all the arcanists in the audience stopped arguing immediately.
His gaze involuntarily focused on the old man.
The old man's hair, beard, and eyebrows are all silver-white, without a single variegation, and the folds on his face can catch flies, but his eyes hide a look as deep as the stars, and no one dares to look at him.
"Spiritual mystery is an endless relay." The old man spoke slightly, his voice seemed a little weak.
But everyone listened to him carefully.
"The stars shine every night, and sooner or later, we will truly merge with the stars and gaze at this land." The old man said slowly, "I already smell decay in you and me, and the times have changed."
Finished speaking.
The old man suddenly fell silent, his eyes were no longer as deep as before, and became cloudy and lifeless.
After a full three minutes passed, there was an arcane tutor who gritted his teeth and said, "The Lord Speaker is confused again!"
"It may not be because of confusion." Another old man sitting next to the elder of the upper council looked at his old friend for hundreds of years with complicated eyes. "Andre has already touched the boundary of the 9th ring. Perhaps his words have already expressed his meaning clearly."
Then the old man turned his head to look at a female arcane teacher, and sighed softly: "Muse, as the chief director of the Stars Tower, we can't argue, so according to the rules, you can exercise your power alone and choose the person who will open the will of the stars."
Muse is a kind-hearted old lady who nodded slightly: "Okay, Lord Speaker."
Next.
Muse's eyes began to wander over everyone in the meeting of stars, and finally fell on a young arcane teacher: "Miguel, I should have chosen you."
Miguel frowned when he heard the words: "What made you change your choice?"
"You were born in the most difficult place in the gravel field, experienced hardships, and reached your current high position. As the chief executive of the United Tower of Gaohe City and the guardian of the gravel field, your qualifications are flawless. Spirituality loves you, but it is not enough."
"Not enough?" Miguel frowned.
"Not enough, you have been shaken, if not for being rescued, maybe there will be one more fallen demon in this world."
"That was an omission when I was young. Now that I have cleared the fog and witnessed the stars, how could I choose to perish!"
"But this has already made me exclude you, after I have a better choice." Muse smiled slightly, not caring whether she would offend Miguel, she looked at the two speakers, and then said her choice, "I choose Duke."
The Speaker of the Speaker is still in a daze, his eyes are in a daze.
The speaker nodded and said: "Then it's settled, invite Duke to open the will of the stars and accept the enlightenment of the will of the stars."
"This is too sloppy!" Miguel was not reconciled, and said in a cold voice, "The will of the stars is so strong. Don't worry, Mr. Speaker, the chief director of Muse. Duke can't bear the will of the stars, and he will be directly shocked into a fool?"
After a pause, he sneered again: "Maybe you won't become a fool, but become the chief director of the Muse, the fallen demon you fear the most!"
Muse smiled lightly, but did not respond.
The lower speaker said in a deep voice: "Okay, the decision of the star meeting has been decided, you just stop for a while... Tailar, announce the result of this meeting."
"Okay, Lord Speaker." Tailar stood up and responded.
The meeting of stars ended here, Miguel snorted coldly, and dispersed his phantom. More than a dozen other arcane masters who came in clones also dispersed their ghost shadows one after another.
The rest of the arcane mentors left in twos and threes.
Thersas and Lambert Raven walked together. The two waited for Muse specially, and thanked her: "Thank you for choosing Duke."
Muse shook her head: "If it wasn't for Miguel's flaws, I wouldn't have chosen Duke. The 2-ring Arcane Mage is too risky after all."
"Adventures are rewarding, and the enlightenment brought by the will of the stars is getting less and less, because we stick to the stereotypes and choose the safest candidates." Thursas said, "I always feel that the stars are the most spiritually favored, and we must know that we also consume the most spirituality."
"That's what I thought too. If Duke didn't turn out to be born, he would naturally choose from among the stars, but since there are new choices, why not give it a try." Lambert echoed.
Muse did not refute, but said: "The will of the stars will be activated at that time, and please protect Duke, so as not to be really caught by Miguel. Once Duke's twisted ring fails, not only will the opportunity to activate the will of the stars be wasted, but also lose a potential star."
"Don't worry about this, it's really an accident. Even if the old man is desperately shattering his soul, he still wants to protect Duke's twisted ring."
A group of people walked out of the Union Tower.
At the same time, on the big screen of the Tower of Offa, the decision of the meeting of stars also appeared.
"After discussion and approval at the executive meeting of the Union Tower, in view of the fact that the will of the stars is about to shine, Duke is officially granted the qualification to open it. I look forward to him bringing new enlightenment to all mankind."
…
Gaohe City.
A large city built on the desert Gobi, except for the city and the surrounding suburbs which are oases, it is surrounded by rolling yellow sand and rocky Gobi.
Occasionally there will be small oases dotted in the yellow sand, forming a market town, or building a mage tower.
Compared with forests and plains, the environment here is undoubtedly much worse.
But in the desert, there are still resources that arcanists cannot give up, not only the spiritual spring, but also other things that need to be grabbed.
Union Tower, soaring into the sky.
In the chief executive's office, on a big chair covered with a dragon skin, Miguel slowly opened his eyes.
The originally out-of-focus eyes gradually focused, and stared indifferently at the void in front of him.
Then.
Punching his fist on the desk carved from huge jade, Miguel let out a low growl: "Muse! Duke!"
On the jade desk, a crack appeared.
Miguel suppressed himself, and spit out a few words from between his teeth: "I'm bad for good things!"
He closed his eyes and looked inside the spiritual sea. In the middle of the depths of the spiritual sea, a spiritual core that shone like a bright moon was slowly rotating.
On the seven ring tracks around it, arcane wonders and arcane weapons are running in neat rows.
Wait for his thinking to pass through the ring track, rush directly into the bright moon-like spiritual core, and cross the layers of ring structures to reach the center of the spiritual core.
There.
There is a pyramid, towering in the void.
However, the surface of this pyramid has serious signs of weathering and erosion, and even the top corners of the pyramid have been worn away.
And.
This process of weathering and erosion has not stopped.
The wind and sand blowing from nowhere kept hitting the broken pyramid, stripping off more material from the already mottled appearance of the pyramid.
"Without the help of the will of the stars, I have to stop the damage of the twisted ring by myself, otherwise, my end..." Miguel's thoughts moved to the top of the pyramid in an instant, and he sat cross-legged on the damaged top, trying to repair the pyramid.
However, just as he started to use his power, there was a sudden gust of wind around him.
Immediately, a figure suddenly rushed out of the dark wind, turning into a gentle woman, exhaling like blue: "Miguel, you are here, you have come to see me."
"Get out!" Miguel scolded angrily.
The dark wind quickly shattered, and the woman's figure also dissipated. However, after a while, the dark wind struck again, and the woman showed her figure again.
"Miguel, don't lie to yourself, you just came to see me."
"Get out!"
The Yin Feng disappeared for a while, and then came back again: "How could you treat me like this, I died for you, so you can live."
"Go away go go!"
"You are really cruel, Miguel, it was you, you, you, you who pushed me into the abyss, you greedy man who fears death, do you know how painful I am in the abyss?"
"No, no, no, you did it voluntarily, you did it voluntarily!" Miguel's thought transformed the image and yelled at the top of the pyramid, "Go away, Melis, the spirituality has chosen you to sacrifice for me, why don't you stay in the abyss obediently, and come out to mess with my heart!"
"Spirituality chooses to sacrifice me, I am willing, Miguel, but you must not forget that it was you who pushed me into the abyss with both hands." Melis' figure quickly turned around Miguel.
Like a cloud of shadows, Miguel was shrouded in it.
Then.
Suddenly, Melis's figure changed, her skin cracked, countless maggots came out of it, and her voice became hoarse and terrifying: "Look, you pushed me into the abyss, and the scars of the earth grew on my face and body, look quickly."
"Look, Miguel, don't you like the developed muscles on my arm the most... Come on, touch it, kiss it, like before, like before you pushed me into the abyss... touch it hard, come on, Miguel, I can't help it!"
At the end of the hoarse voice, the gloomy tone echoed throughout the spiritual core.
Until the next moment.
Boom!
Melis' figure covered in maggots spread out in the explosion, Yin Feng was also destroyed by the explosion, and everything disappeared in the explosion.
On the broken pyramid, Miguel bowed his head in silence with tears in his eyes.
After a long time.
Exiting the internal viewing state, Miguel stood up from the big Yam leather chair, black shadows flashed in his eyes.
Walking to the window, the entire Gaohe City was crawling in his field of vision.
"Melise, why do you always haunt me? You have been with me for almost fifty years." Miguel muttered to himself, "I have become the stars and the biggest king in the field of gravel. Are you still unwilling to rest in peace? What an ugly woman!"
He lowered his head, looked at his right hand, as if grabbing something, and then squeezed it: "Do you want me to become a fallen demon, to fall with you? It's wishful thinking. If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time!"
Long time.
His voice was cold: "I promise!"
In the distance, a sandstorm erupted suddenly, and the yellow sand in the sky seemed to form a wall that swept across the world, slowly advancing towards Gaohe City.
The wind and sand in the air, even the arcane magic, could not stop it, crackling and hitting the glass.
In a short while, the entire Gaohe City and the oasis at the foot were swallowed by yellow sand. Miguel was indifferent to this, but silently watched the sandstorm sweeping the entire city, blocking the view of the glass windows, leaving only the gloomy yellow sand.
He turned around blankly and walked towards the office door.
At this moment, a female voice suddenly called him softly: "Miguel."
Miguel turned around abruptly.
On the glass window, the yellow sand formed a woman's face. While choking on the yellow sand, she spoke softly: "My love, you can't escape."
…
"Congratulations, Sage Duke, the stars chose you to activate the will of the stars, to listen to the teachings of the stars to mankind, and also to enlighten mankind."
The dean of the Knights' Abbey, Dunn Longqilance, rushed back to the Knights' Abbey immediately after the meeting of the stars.
And met Duke who had been waiting for a long time.
"Dean Dunn, I don't understand what you mean." Duke said in surprise. His debut time is too short, and he knows too little about the Seven Towers Federation.
Although I have read a lot of books in Offata, they are more about knowledge in various fields.
Dunn explained: "Just now, Chairman Thursas proposed that you activate the will of the stars that is about to wake up. Some people support it, and some people oppose it. In the past, the records were basically opened by the arcane master. You are the first 2-ring arcane mage."
Paused, he added: "At least the first 2-ring arcane mage to activate the will of the stars in the past thousand years."
In the early days of the establishment of the Seven Towers Federation, the level of the arcanists was generally very low, and the level of the arcanists who activated the will of the stars was also low.
After the arcane mages break through the 6th ring and enter the 7th and 8th rings, it is basically the arcane teacher who will activate the will of the stars.
"This...is there any point in opening the will of the stars?"
"You should know the function of the Tower of Stars, which is astrology, to find the enlightenment of spiritual mysteries from the astrology. But astrology is always too vague, and the revelation is also faintly visible. Only the will of the stars wakes up every hundred years, which can directly bring enlightenment."
"Direct to enlightenment?"
"Yes, more than 3,500 years have passed since the ancestors of the arcane masters found the will of the stars. Thirty-five revelations have helped us clear the fog of spiritual arcana, step by step to improve the level, and establish today's prosperous civilization."
At the end.
Dun En said: "All in all, being able to activate the will of the stars will also have a lot of benefits for you personally... It is up to you to experience the specific benefits."
Godivan · Storm Sword interjected: "Wait for the Stars Tower, I should pick you up to prepare for the activation of the Stars' Will."
"Yes, the Tower of Stars will pick you up, but for lunch at noon, stay in the Knights' Monastery for dinner." Dunn said with a smile, "On behalf of the old knights, I welcome Duke to join... I won't say anything else, I will practice "Duke's Leap" first."
As Godiva said before, Dunn is very excited about "Duke's Leap" and can't wait to start practicing.
Even at the luncheon, I simply drank a few glasses with Duke, then left in a hurry and continued to study.
"Master Dean has such a personality. The dean has practiced all the martial arts and fighting skills that have been circulated in the entire Federation. It can be said that there is no martial arts that the dean can't understand." Godifer put his arms around Duke, "Come, let me toast you again!"
"Eh..." Duke couldn't bear the enthusiasm of the old riders.
"Sage Duke, I also offer you a toast. Although I don't know much about the Will of the Stars, you can be chosen to activate the Will of the Stars, which shows that you are destined to be a member of the Stars in the future." Another vice president, Kang Bao Frostwolf, raised his glass.
Combo Frostwolf's family is not from the Stormwind Empire, but a traditional family of arcanists, but he himself has a special liking for the way of knights.
"Thank you for your kind words." Duke raised his glass and drank.
After a luncheon, he was so drunk that his eyes were hazy, but when the lunch was over, Duke immediately activated his grudge to refine the alcohol.
The whole person returned to his usual sobriety.
The staff of the Stars Tower also just rushed over: "Sage Duke, our chief director of the Stars Tower, Mr. Muse, invites you to go to the Stars Tower for discussion."
"Okay." Duke got on the reception shuttle.
Mulali, Vivian and the others took another shuttle and followed behind, leaving Pegasus Island City together and returning to the Holy City of Alfa.
not long.
Duke met the chief director of the Tower of Stars, the instructor of the 7-ring Huiyue Arcana, the sage of astrology, the chief sage of the Tower of Alpha, and Muse.
The first feeling is like a kind old grandma.
But the aura unconsciously emanating from her body made Duke deeply feel the power as if facing an abyss.
Every arcane teacher will emit this kind of aura called star abyss.
"I have met Lord Muse." Duke bowed and saluted.
Muse stretched out her hand to signal: "Please sit down, Duke."
Then he said: "You should already know that the meeting of the stars passed a decision, choosing you to start the next hundred years of the will of the stars."
"I see."
"Half of the arcane instructors agree to choose you, and half of the arcane instructors disagree to choose you. When they cannot agree, I will exercise the authority of the chief director of the Stars Tower and choose you to open the will of the stars." Muse said, "The reason is very simple, you are the most spiritually favored."
"Well, how does this relate to spiritual care?"
"The will of the stars is also a part of the real spiritual sea. Those who are most favored by spirituality can also deeply feel the enlightenment of the will of the stars. You are the youngest arcanist with 2 rings, the only light with three towers of knowledge, the youngest erudite sage, and now you have invented the ring of branding. There is nothing more spiritually favored than this."
Duke nodded in understanding.
This is like pulling a relationship.
Duke has the best relationship with spirituality, and the will of the stars is also a part of spirituality, so in theory Duke has the best relationship with the will of the stars.
"What do I need to do?" Duke asked, and then added, "Is there any danger?"
Although I feel that there is only one chance in a hundred years to activate the will of the stars. It is a great honor to be selected, but Duke must first ensure safety.
He is not a young man, and he will not be killed easily.
"The worst result is to become a fallen demon, but there are 35 recorded times when the will of the stars was activated, and there is no such extreme situation. When the early spiritual arcana was blank, the first-level arcanist also activated the will of the stars, and nothing happened."
Muse continued to explain: "Besides, now, there are arcane instructors guarding you, and the will of the stars can't affect you."
"But." Muse's words turned around, "Nothing is 100% absolutely safe. I can't deny that you don't have that one in ten thousand chance. You can't bear the influence of the will of the stars, lose yourself, and degenerate into a fallen demon."
She looked at Duke and said gently: "So, are you willing to accept this opportunity to activate the will of the stars?"
"Well, let me ask one more question, the influence of the will of the stars, what does it affect, does it affect my mind?"
"According to the existing records, the will of the stars will affect the spiritual sea, projected in your spiritual sea, and perform a thought enlightenment. You may not be able to bear this kind of enlightenment, and you will be affected by the will of the stars and forget yourself."
"Does it work in the spiritual sea..." Duke's eyes lit up.
Then nodded without hesitation and replied: "Since the stars have chosen me, Lord Muse, I am naturally willing to take on this sacred mission!"
His spiritual sea is not only protected by the mysteries of the three tree kings, but also the Jiuhuan Xiaoyi.
When it comes to the stalwart power of the Nine Rings, how could the will of the stars be able to influence it? With Xiaoyi protecting Linghai, there is nothing wrong with it.
Besides, there are also the guardians of the arcane teachers.
"I respect your choice." Muse nodded, "During this month, you will live in the holy city of Arcane, waiting for the astrological results to determine the time to activate the will of the stars. Don't go far, once there is a suitable opportunity, the will of the stars will be activated anytime, anywhere."
"Okay, Lord Muse."
"Then you can go to the library of the Tower of Stars and have a look around. There are many ancestors who opened the will of the stars and left behind experience."
"clear."
Duke left the Muse's office, and immediately a young female arcanist led him the way: "Sir Duke, please go this way for the library."
On the way, the female arcanist chattered non-stop: "Master Duke, you are really amazing. You are only 22 years old this year, but you already have two titles of sages, and you have also been selected to activate the will of the stars. You are simply omnipotent!"
"So-so." Duke smiled.
This female Arcane Mage staff member has an ordinary appearance, and she can't arouse his interest in chatting.
"You are not ordinary. You are destined to be one of the stars in the future. Almost everyone firmly believes that." The female arcanist said, "And you are also a great writer. I have read "Romeo and Juliet", novels, and phantoms you wrote countless times, and I cried so much!"
Soon arrived at the library.
The female arcanist rushed to say again: "Master Duke, what book are you looking for, let me help you find it. I am very familiar with the library."
"Uh, actually...no need." Duke pointed to the door, "Go and do your work, I'll just take a look here."
Looking for tickets~
(end of this chapter)