#219 - Guess why it glows?
#219 - Guess why it glows?
Night fell, and the sky was gradually adorned with stars.
Horn stood on the marble floor of the third level of the spire, looking at Hilov, who was sitting in a wheelchair, with anticipation and curiosity.
The ten-day period had arrived, guiding the return ofAether.
Horn had been waiting for this day for a long time. The astral world and Aether are too high-end in this low-magic world.
A civilization that is still engaged in feudalism has already produced cross-space spells?
Regarding Aether, Horn later asked Pasrik, who told Horn that.
At the beginning of the birth of the Faculty School, a question has been bothering them, that is, what does the mana pass through?
A wizard from the Order of the Scales put forward the hypothesis of Aether. They believe that the reason why the witches who are capable of shaping energy have stronger spells is because they use Aether to guide the elements when casting spells.
However, because the existence of Aether has not been discovered, and the witches who are good at divination have not found the existence of Aether through divination, it is regarded as a hypothesis.
But now, the real Aether, and even the application of Aether, has been shown in front of Horn.
On the ground are eight-pointed star patterns with large circles nested in small circles, in which the crescent-shaped yellow crescent moons embrace five connected stars like hugs.
Not far from the base of the obsidian obelisk, Hilov directed Afu to arrange various alchemy instruments around and install them one by one in appropriate positions.
For some reason, Horn always felt that the spire was shaking.
Looking up at the ring wall of the towering spire, it was covered with spirally distributed fluorite, which emitted a soft, white light.
The starlight spilling through the top of the tower and the tall windows illuminated Hilov's focused face, her furry ears perked up slightly, turning from side to side like radar antennas.
"Horn, bring me that star chart," Hilov's voice broke the silence, and Horn pulled out a star chart and handed it to her.
After carefully comparing the star chart with the celestial phenomena and confirming that the stars had returned to their positions, she said in a low voice, "Get ready to start."
Listening to Hilov's voice suddenly becoming hoarse and deep, Horn swallowed and protected Jana, Pasrik, Bonnerd and others in front of him.
"Your Majesty, stand behind me." Victor raised his small shield and stood in front of Horn.
Directing Afu to adjust the telescope to the correct position, the brass frame of the telescope reflected a faint golden color in the light of the fluorite.
As Afu continued to turn the winch, the telescope hanging above everyone's heads began to travel along the brass track in the rattling sound of the gears meshing, while Hilov used the other handle to control the direction of the telescope.
"Ding——" Horn heard a crisp sound, but when he looked around, he once again found that no one around him seemed to have any abnormal movements.
Could it be that I'm really going crazy? Horn blinked his eyes with some guilt.
At the same time, Hilov suddenly shouted: "Stop."
The lens of the telescope was aimed at a specific star in the sky. The next second, Horn found it difficult to describe the scene in front of him in words.
Starlight, endless starlight came galloping from the distant astral world and gathered above the spire.
The tall windows of the spire were like a funnel, and countless starlight converged along the telescope and finally flowed to the base of the obelisk.
"Wan Wan Re Ai Ruo Re Ai Ruo..."
Chanting unintelligible Elvish spells, Hilov drove the wheelchair and stopped in the center of the eight-pointed star.
Under the influence of magic, Hilov's pupils lit up with a circle of rings, and the fluorite lamps on the wall lit up with purple light, spiraling upward one by one.
As Hilov chanting faster and faster, her voice gradually became ethereal, as if she was speaking in a huge theater, and each time it was reflected countless times.
"Wan Wan Re Ai Ruo Re Ai Ruo..."
Holding his breath, Horn watched the pouring starlight. In the starlight, the base of the obelisk trembled slightly, and the light of the fluorite lamps began to flicker continuously.
As time went by, the starlight became stronger and stronger, almost turning into a dazzling white beam of light. He could even hear the "buzzing" sound as if a lightsaber was waving.
" thump......" Everyone present seemed to have their throats grabbed by a big hand, locking their breathing.
A focus gradually lit up in the white beam of light. It was a purple-black spot, and in the blink of an eye it devoured the starlight and continued to expand until it became the size of a fist.
This focus tore through space and was a completely two-dimensional plane with no thickness.
"The Rift of the Astral World!"
This was the first time Horn had heard Pasrik scream like a little girl, but he couldn't bother to laugh at Pasrik and just stared at the purple-black spot with his eyes.
His pupils shrank, and a strong palpitation surged into his heart.
Why did he feel a suction force? It seemed that something in the rift was attracting him.
Unconsciously taking a step forward, Horn stretched his head and continued to look into the rift.
The starlight penetrated this purple rift and turned into indigo light, which shot into the first-floor moon pool through the small holes in the base.
In the first-floor moon pool that no one could see, the water wave rippled slightly, surging with indigo light, and the large and small star-cast gears absorbed these blue lights like sponges.
Stopping chanting, Hilov's complexion became much paler. She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief and shouted to Horn, "Aether is entering the moon pool. Wait a moment and the ritual will stop naturally."
Seeing that Hilov had succeeded, Jana immediately turned her head to look at Horn: "Brother, look... Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Without knowing when, Horn had taken several steps forward, and his face had become even paler than Hilov's.
Staring straight at the purple-black rift, his lips kept opening and closing, but he didn't make even a single sound.
"Brother, brother, talk to me."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty? Quickly help Your Majesty outside."
"Wait, why is Your Majesty's neck bleeding?"
In the clearly visible starlight, everything was covered with a faint fluorescent light, so everyone could see that the stigmata on Horn's neck was slowly oozing blood.
"Don't move him." Pasrik kicked Victor, who was carrying Horn and preparing to run outside, away. "The farther he is from the astral rift, the more blood will flow from his neck."
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"Hilov, stop the ritual quickly."
Hilov turned the wheelchair and ran over, saying helplessly, "I, I don't know how to end it. I only know how to start."
"Hilov, stop it."
Seeing that the blood flowing from Horn's neck was actually suspended in the air, and then flew towards the astral rift, Jana grabbed Hilov's shoulders and ordered.
"I don't know how to end it..." Hilov said, while turning the wheelchair to the side of the telescope's controller, struggling to crank.
But as the ritual progressed to this point, no matter how Hilov turned the telescope, the starlight continued to pour into and tear at the astral rift.
"This, this, idiot ritual, idiot, stop, stop." Seeing Horn's abnormality, Hilov knew that something was wrong with the ritual, but no matter how she fiddled with it, changed the telescope, or even extinguished the fluorite lamps, it had no effect.
" gurgle——" Horn's throat made a sound like he was stuck with phlegm.
It was at this time that Jana horrified discovered that the stigmata on his neck actually showed signs of tearing.
A drop of blood seeped out from Horn's neck, streaked Jana's chin, and rushed into the purple-black rift.
"Damn it."
Biting her teeth, a touch of madness jumped into her eyes, she let go of her arms holding Horn, and bright gold quickly covered her hair.
"Wait." Pasrik immediately tried to stop her, but it was too late.
"Stop it for me!"
In her eagerness, Jana went all out, and a bucket-thick lightning blasted out and heavily hit the astral rift.
" hum——" Everyone, even the people in the town, heard something vibrating.
"Lie down!" Pasrik shouted.
In an instant, a violent white light swallowed everyone's vision, and countless large and small purple electric snakes danced wildly on the walls and base. Many chains were directly heated red and melted.
Several large mechanical structures and brass components fell from the sky, smashed to the ground, rolled into a pile, and a series of sparks darted on the metal until the white light gradually dissipated.
After I don't know whether it was three minutes or five minutes, the people who gradually woke up from the shock and dizziness crawled up from the ground.
The night wind poured in from the broken stained-glass windows, blowing up a cloud of burnt dust.
On the base of the obelisk, the astral rift had disappeared, as if it had never appeared. Hilov was lying on the ground in a disheveled manner. She was also knocked down from the chair by the shockwave.
Fortunately, Afu pounced on her back and blocked part of the impact for her.
"How is Your Majesty?" Swaying and standing up, Victor discovered Horn, who had been pressed down by Pasrik.
Jana, with a bruise from the fall on the corner of her mouth, staggered over, turned Horn over, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the blood scab coagulated on his neck.
"Send Your Majesty to the bedroom." Jana once again picked up Horn in the form of a princess hug, "Call Sesi, and all the physicians in the town, come here."
"No." Horn barely opened his eyes, "Just call Sesi. If all the physicians come, it will cause panic."
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