Chapter 901: Life Is Worse than Death (Please Collect, Recommend, Vote, Subscribe) Please Vote!!
Kai stood in Camelot, looking up at the crystal sky. Read
"I didn't expect this to be the core of the Great Guardian." He had always felt that this crystal sky was a little abnormal, but he didn't think much about it. After all, this is the inner world, a world completely different from the surface of the earth. Any strange things can be explained. I didn't expect this thing to be the core of the entire Great Guardian.
"Yes, the entire inner world is wrapped in this layer of magic crystal." Gu Yi stood beside Kai and looked up at the crystal sky. "I can't imagine how the immortals did it back then..."
Speaking of this, Gu Yi shook his head with emotion: "The immortals back then were so powerful, so how powerful their enemies must be."
Indeed, although the immortals are great, all they do is to protect the earth in the final analysis. From this aspect, we can explain a problem. If they were sure to defeat those invaders back then, they would not use such a negative policy.
Thinking of this, both Gu Yi and Kai felt heavy in their hearts.
"Supreme Mage, we are ready." Carl Mordo walked to the side of Ancient One and whispered.
Kai asked in surprise: "So fast?"
Mordo shook his head: "No, it's just a large-scale detection spell to analyze the structure of the spell crystal, and then find out the problem from it, and then repair it. This is a very rigorous and complicated process."
Mordo respected Kai very much, but this respect was more for Kai's identity, rather than awe of Kai's strength. It seems a bit contradictory, but it is not contradictory at all. In the cognition of mages, pure power is not something worthy of praise. Only knowledge, and only knowledge, is what mages value and desire most.
Knowledge is power, and this is not just in the world of science and technology.
You know, many enemies faced by mages are actually stronger than them in terms of power. The reason why they can deal with those enemies is knowledge!
Obviously, Kai can't agree with Kai on the knowledge.
Kai also knows this, but he has no opinion. In his previous life, he was taught that knowledge changes destiny.
So he actually has awe for people with knowledge.
Just like Ancient One, according to seniority, Ancient One is his junior's junior's junior. But Kai never dared to look down on her. On the contrary, Kai always respected her very much.
"Is it so troublesome? Then I'll trouble you."
Kai is not good at magic. Just like being a soldier, he only needs to use weapons. As for the principles and manufacturing methods of weapons, that is not his concern. So don't look at Kai's strength, but in the profession of magician, his status is actually the same as that of a soldier.
Ancient One did not move: "The host of this ceremony is left to you, Mordo. This is good for you."
There is no need to say that Ancient One's strength can be said to be the strongest on earth. If exploration is needed, there is no need for such a complicated ceremony. She is training those magicians. After all, she will die one day, and the burden of the great guardian will be handed over to future generations. It's time for them to start to get in touch with the true meaning of the great guardian. Only in this way can they better protect the earth in the future.
"Yes! Supreme Mage!" Mordo was obviously very honored, and he responded loudly with excitement.
After all, the host of such a large-scale ceremony is not just anyone. This means that the Supreme Mage is cultivating him. Moreover, the crystal of magic itself represents knowledge!
Kai looked at Ancient One. He was different from others. He could feel the strangeness of Ancient One's body. Although Ancient One is very powerful now, in fact, her body and soul are old.
This old is not old in the general sense.
It is a state, a state of being about to enter extinction.
If you use vernacular, it means living enough.
Yes, Ancient One is in this state.
People live, generally want to relax and enjoy, this is human nature. No one wants to live in depression.
But Ancient One's state can't be called relaxed.
This woman needs to pay attention to the great guardian at all times in hundreds of years, and she can't relax at all. She needs to face countless alien space creatures that are malicious to the earth. There are countless powerful enemies outside the earth, and she needs to deal with them.
A person must be vigilant at all times during hundreds of years, without holidays or relaxation.
Many people think that 996 is inhumane, but Ancient One has been 007 for hundreds of years!
In this case, it is a miracle that he did not go crazy.
So Ancient One's soul can be said to be overwhelmed.
She is old, not because of her physical function, nor because her soul has really reached its limit. She has simply lived enough, after all, this kind of living is more terrifying than death.
After all, if it is really based on strength, any Supreme Sorcerer can basically live forever as long as he is not killed. But why are there still so many generations of Supreme Sorcerers? It is not simply because every Supreme Sorcerer has lived enough.
What's more terrifying is that even if you want to go crazy, you can't go crazy. After accepting the duties of the Supreme Sorcerer, you can certainly manipulate the Great Guardian and have powerful power. But correspondingly, the Supreme Mage is also subject to the control of the Great Guardian, who will protect the Supreme Mage at all times and keep him in the best condition... This is certainly a benefit, but if the time span is extended, coupled with the constant pressure and mental tension, it would be complete torture.
This is also the reason why every generation of Supreme Sorcerer will hand over power when they are overwhelmed.
Many people envy the power of the Supreme Sorcerer, but how many people can understand the hardships after taking this title?
"Are you going to train a successor?"
The Supreme Sorcerer is a lifelong system, and no one can deprive the Supreme Sorcerer of his title except death. Training a successor means that the Supreme Sorcerer will die.
Ancient One didn't care about this: "I have this plan, but I don't have much time."
She is not afraid of death, and can even be said to be looking forward to it.
The mages of Kamar-Taj are like a combination of Buddhism and Taoism. They pursue spiritual satisfaction and tranquility. The more powerful the mage is, the more he will look down on everything. In the eyes of the mages, pursuing the most thorough tranquility has never been a terrible choice.
This is even more true for the Supreme Sorcerer.
"But it is unknown whether it will be Mordo in the end. Destiny cannot come to Earth, let alone Kamar-Taj. Anyone can be the Sorcerer Supreme, Mordo or anyone else, as long as he can take on this responsibility. You can too."
No one on Earth can peek into the future. This is the most precious thing that the immortals have fought for for mankind. For this, the immortals have given everything.
Even Ancient One cannot be sure who his successor is. (I really don't like the fatalism of the Americans and the bloodline theory of the Japanese. The Japanese like to talk about bloodline, such as Naruto and One Piece, while the Americans like to talk about fatalism, such as Doctor Strange, which is full of fatalistic tones. Because Doctor Strange must become the Sorcerer Supreme, he becomes it. In short, it is a strong capitalist foolish tone)
Ancient One enjoys this kind of freedom very much. After all, she has endured hundreds of years of torture for it, isn't it just to enjoy this moment?
If the future is arranged, then is that thing still the future?
Kai admires Ancient One's open-mindedness very much.
"Have you really made a decision?"
"I don't know."
"I don't know?" Kai asked in surprise. In Kai's mind, this woman is wiser than anyone he knows, as if everything is in her hands. She is the kind of person who, at first sight, will feel like Zhuge Liang, as wise and almost demonic. Unexpectedly, Gu Yi gave such an ambiguous answer.
"I'm waiting, waiting for a qualified successor to appear." Gu Yi smiled and said, "This is not easy. My mentor waited for more than 600 years before meeting me. My mentor's mentor waited even longer before meeting my mentor. I'm only 500 years old. Who knows how long I have to wait? After all, selecting a qualified successor is one of the most important responsibilities of the Supreme Sorcerer. It's not that I can choose whoever I like. He must be able to bear everything that the Supreme Sorcerer has to bear."
Although Gu Yi was laughing, Kai felt extremely sad.
I can't even choose when I die... This kind of life... is comparable to hell.
The world is not peaceful because someone is carrying the burden for us.
"Well... In this situation, I don't know how to bless you, Ancient One." Kai said helplessly.
Ancient One smiled, this time it was a serious smile.
"Don't worry about it. Bless me seriously, whether it is to find an heir or to continue to linger, I will accept it with gratitude."
"Hehe, talking to you, I always feel that I will become a monk in the next second." This was said in Chinese.
"I like talking to you." Ancient One also replied in Chinese.
Ancient One's mentor is a Chinese.
The inheritance of the mage pays more attention to fate (the fate here does not include the meaning of fate), and does not care about things like race and gender.
While the two were chatting, Meila was also looking at this dream city hard.
Meila likes this city very much. It has a kind of... how to say, innocent feeling. Yes, the whole Camelot is like a city in a fairy tale, extremely dreamy, as if all the beauty is in it, clean and pure.
The same is true for Kingsman's ace agent.
Compared with Mela, they have a pilgrimage mentality.
This is the city guarded by the Knights of the Round Table, and it is also their root. After all, their power comes from the Holy Grail, and the Holy Grail comes from the Kingdom of Camelot.
"Hart, will this really become our secret base?" Eggsy asked his mentor, Harry Hart, in a low voice. He was really shocked, whether it was because of the inner world or because of this holy city. So until now, he couldn't believe it.
Harry Hart looked at the city and compared it with any architectural style he knew. The indescribable shock and pride filled his heart.
"Well, the king said so."
Kai did say so. With the Chalk Shield, Kai can grant his "knights" the ability to enter the holy city.
This is why Kai needs them to sit at the edge of the round table.
"But the premise is that your majesty needs to find a power that can teleport us back."
In the early days of the establishment of the inner world, when the Great Guardian was the most complete and powerful, Merlin did not have the ability to open the shackles of the inner world and return to the surface. This also led to the fact that the Chalk Shield only had the ability to teleport people to the center of the earth, but not to teleport people out. You can't always go to the bottom of the sea to go out, right?
After all, the Neptune Trident is the artifact of Atlantis. You can borrow it for use, but you have to return it.
Buzz buzz buzz!
As they were talking, a spell ceremony composed of a group of mages was also launched!
Waves of orange-yellow light began to rise from the ceremony and into the crystal dome!
Then the entire crystal dome began to buzz, which made people panic. They were afraid that the crystal dome would resonate and shatter directly. Who knew what would happen?
But what made them relieved was that no fatal situation occurred in the end.
But just when the ceremony was about to end, a beast roar suddenly spread throughout the inner world! ! !
Gu Yi and Kai's faces changed, and the two interrupted the ceremony as quickly as possible!
A group of Kamar-Taj mages turned pale, thinking that they had messed up something.
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In the outside world, the members of the Monarch Organization and a group of SHIELD agents that Phil had never seen or even heard of were controlling various aircraft to besiege a huge gorilla over a hundred meters long. It is a bit inaccurate to say gorilla, it should be an ape!
That huge gorilla was very huge, so big that it was daunting.
But at present, these gorillas seem to be... drunk?
In short, he doesn't look good, walking staggeringly, facing the attacks of countless aircraft in the sky, he can only clumsily parry, and can't even fight back.
"Everyone, increase the dosage! King Kong can't bear it!"
Nick Fury commanded excitedly, as if he was a rookie without any scheming.
It's not Nick Fury's fault that he is so excited.
Professor Serizawa next to him was even more unbearable. He waved his fists excitedly and made some meaningless howls from his mouth, maybe Japanese?
No wonder they were so excited, their last expedition... but they lost all their companions.
Those people were their colleagues, partners, and friends.
Nick Fury's best comrade fell on this continent.
Capturing King Kong was their original dream, but it was completed decades later. For this, they prepared too long. For example, in order to capture it, it took decades just to study anesthetics that could be effective against it! This is also thanks to the ecological data on the island left by those companions back then. That’s why they made a powerful anesthetic.
Phil was a little confused.
In fact, according to his real thoughts, since this giant beast stayed quietly on Skull Island, let it stay there.
Why provoke it?
What’s more, this may be the only giant gorilla in the world.
If something really happened to it, it would not be good.