The Supreme Magic Throne

Chapter 7 Benefits and Temptations

Inhaling the pale-red blood mist around, Lucian's hands and feet weakened, his mind was chaotic, and the battle scene of Colaya and Hasen before his eyes turned into Colaya fighting the giant rat, then changed back again, again, it was as if illusions and reality overlapped.

"Wait, hallucinations." When Lucian thought about this, he had a rough guess in heart. He concentrated and left his mind centered so that the scene no longer changed, the red mist was no longer distorted, and everything was stable. And it turns out that it was Colaya and Hasen who fought it out. Blood continued to flow out from the wounds on their bodies. Their movements seemed extremely slow and tired, as if they had almost reached the limit.

"Whether it's the blood of a red-eyed mouse that has a hallucinatory effect, or because the blood is absorbed and altered by a strange plant that makes people hallucinate. What a cunning magic trap."

Lucian finally understood, that the disappearance of Hasen or the sudden attack of Gary was the influence of hallucinations, and this influence most likely began with the murder of the first red-eyed mouse. It was hard to tell since when their senses were completely blinded by hallucinations. Only Lucian dispels the hallucinations of being protected by a shield of light that simultaneously enhances a bit of spirit.

The shot of light from the cross not only vaporized Gary's right hand and part of his shoulder, but also penetrated upwards, hitting the top of the rock just above the secret chamber, creating a deep hole, so that pebbles and small rocks continued to fall, as if this entire secret room would collapse at any moment.

Gravel and dust filled the air, removing the reddish blood mist, which restored a little of Lucian's leg and hand power.

Lucian did not know if there were any other magic traps behind him. So even though he was temporarily safe, he did not dare to lower his vigilance, and quickly thought of a solution.

Other than the two remaining light spells, the sacred emblem could no longer cast any magic. Lucian did not have the maximum support anymore, coupled with his already extremely weak physical strength due to the crippling effects contained within the red mist.

Suddenly, Lucian saw that the strange plant was swaying due to the impact of the falling debris from above.

“The plant has no other ability to protect itself other than creating hallucinations.” Lucian immediately got up, stood up with his weak hands and feet, and walked towards the strange plant.

Due to the powerless legs, Lucian staggered. His walking speed was extremely slow, and he fell on the ground full of rocks and gravel several times, resulting in his entire body being scratched.

Lucian took a deep breath, endured the pain, and utilized his temporary calm to recover the strength caused by the pain from the wound, then walked over to the strange plant with great difficulty.

After experiencing the events up to this point, Lucian felt much calmer and did not hesitate. Without delay, he held his breath, extending his right hand carefully but firmly to hold the trunk of the strange plant

The nerves felt in Lucian's palm throbbed, as well as blood flowing profusely. Lucian felt that what he was holding was not a plant, but rather a living being, so he pulled firmly to the side.

"Aakhhhhh!"

All the branches and leaves of this strange plant shrank and let out sharp and shrill screams, like a dying person.

Unable to break it, Lucian continued to exert all his strength. The strange plant made a miserable scream, and spread out all its branches and leaves again to wrap around Lucian's body.

A wet, slippery and disgusting feeling came from his skin, and countless small thorns pierced into his body. Lucian forcefully endured the fear and pain to continue pulling with all his might.

"Huhu."

The crying suddenly stopped. A red liquid gushed out into Lucian's chest. The smell of blood began to spread, making Lucian's hands and feet even weaker. Lucian could only lean against the stone wall next to him so as not to fall.

As the plant was crushed by Lucian's pull, the pale red mist in the surrounding air became increasingly dense, almost condensing into liquid.

The three books glittering at the nearby table quickly corroded the instant it felt this rich, pale-red mist. consecutively, from the first page to the last page, it only took two to three seconds to completely disappear. It disappeared so quickly that Lucian and the people nearby could not see what was written in the book.

Of course, with Lucian's crippled state, it was definitely too late to stop him, and it was even difficult to take a single footstep.

The object on the table became empty, but strangely, there were no traces of corrosion except where the three books were. After a while, Lucian realized some key points, "It seems like it was another magic trap. When the concentration of the red mist reaches a certain level, the magic traps on the magic book will automatically activate, and destroy themselves, so as not to be obtained by the enemy."

“Darling once this magic book is gone.” Lucian sighed regretfully in his heart. It was a magic book that could make him learn extraordinary powers.

Suddenly, Lucian was stunned, as he realized that the library in his soul was emitting a strange glow of luster.

Out of curiosity, Lucian immersed his mind into the library, then his eyes widened as it appeared that a new bookshelf had appeared in the library. With the words "Magic Techniques" written on it, and on the bookshelf, it was already filled with three books. The three books were exactly the same as the three magic books Lucian had seen just now.

“Don't this library have the ability to collect books, but where does it come from?” Lucian was very surprised, “Or I should have seen the contents with my own eyes. Although these three books have rusted quickly, but if the entire rusting process is slowed down, it should still be seen page by page rusting in sequence. The strange thing is that libraries can write content from start to finish, so there are projections of these three books. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the library to make up all the contents of the book."

Lucian could only guess at this moment. He had to conduct some experiments with other books going forward to ascertain this guess.

Looking at these three magic books, Lucian who had just regretted, even hesitated: "If learning magic in this world, the, where are magic techniques so powerful and witches allowed to be burned alive in public, instead of being too dangerous?"

Unable to make up his mind, Lucian chose not to think about it for a while. After all, he and the others were still in a secret room and not yet completely out of danger, so Lucian began to gather manpower.

Since the strange plant was no longer there, the reddish blood mist was thinning even more. The hallucinations of Colaya and Hasen gradually disappeared. They looked at each other in shock, but it was too late, the two of them were already on the verge of death.

Benjamin above groaned as Lucian used a spiritual touch to touch the Sacred Symbol and made a light attack. Benjamin put down his right hand, and looked at the secret passage in surprise.

The guard named Paul hurriedly asked when he saw Benjamin's strange reaction.

Benjamin's expression became very bad under the silver moonlight, and he whispered, "There is a change below. My spiritual imprint on the sacred emblem has been touched. Damn it, even though it's just a magician's student, it's useless. Paul, wait for me here. If I don't get out in five minutes, you have to ask the bishop for help."

It is precisely because of the existence of a spiritual imprint on the sacred emblem that Benjamin confidently handed over the symbol of sacred truth to Lucian. Although the sacred emblem was still much weaker compared to the magic item along with its magic ability, he would not give the sacred emblem to others just like that. But who would have known his spiritual imprint was touched, and Lucian failed to prevent magic that should not have been cast at a critical moment.

Negligence and carelessness always come from pride and prejudice.

In Benjamin's heart, he had always had a deep prejudice against knights who relied on the power of the bloodline. He believed that they were rude and low, as well as incomparable to the noble spellcaster who explored the mysteries of the world like him. Even the other party was an evil magician though, they were not worthy of using magical objects at all. So he subconsciously handed over the symbol of sacred truth to Lucian, whose mental strength was higher than that of an ordinary person.

As one of the most powerful families in the Vaorite Kingdom, the descendants of the Lafati family. Although they also relied on the power of the "divine grace" lineage, but different from the knights, they relied on the power of the bloodline to cast spells, being true spell-seekers. But even though Benjamin is a member of the Lafati family but has a thin bloodline, so it cannot issue the power of the bloodline completely. He still managed to become a pastor thanks to entering the church to study hard since childhood.

But now, as a priest, this trivial matter alone experienced great neglect. Perhaps his position within the church would be affected in the future, so Benjamin hurriedly walked into the pit as well.

Paul was astonished, "With the existence of the sacred emblem still not working, it seems like there are other witches."

Lucian regained his strength slightly, and was about to lean against the stone wall to walk out of the secret room, when he heard footsteps, his heart lifted, and stiffened. Whether it was a witch or some other magical creature, it seemed like it would be difficult for him to escape.

When looking at the white-robed holy Benjamin, Lucian was half relieved, but still did not dare to let down his guard, as this secret room was a good place to kill someone.

"Lapland's blood tree." Benjamin glanced at the situation in the secret room, and as per the general knowledge of magic and plant knowledge he had learned, he quickly understood what was really going on. Why Lucian was able to walk with the help of the wall, and why Gary and the others ended up like this, "Fortunately, none of them died."

“This child is lucky. His mental strength had also increased slightly, roughly already reaching the level of a low-level training priest. It seems that this incident made him make a boundary breakthrough, so that it could touch my spiritual imprint, but unfortunately it is not the era three hundred years ago, where the church was very powerful, he said, and people could learn divine arts by relying on talent. Without systematic training and learning of the divine arts, one would be impossible to become a priest. It could be said that it was indeed the magic emperor who started the golden age, the rapid advancement of magic, and the divine arts."

As a member of the Lafati family, Benjamin knew more about the world situation than most pastors, and did not seem so obedient to his own beliefs. More precisely, Benjamin who was a member of the nobility, as well as a member of the church, there was a kind of dilemma in his position.

More importantly, after the "Highest Theological Conference" more than 300 years ago, the divided church, one south and one north, accused each other of being heretics. But even so, no matter which side, the acquisition of divine art not from God is not affected at all. This left many bishops and cardinals in doubt in their hearts as to whether or not God really existed, or whether this was a test for his followers.

Over the centuries this attitude directly affected every young man who had become a priest, including Benjamin.

In addition, in order to adapt to the era of rapid development, some church popes have introduced some of the knowledge gained by the great magic arcanists from different parts of the world to change the theological foundations. Although the goal was to accelerate the development of magic, and with the emergence of many powerful people, the southern church was able to maintain its position as the greatest power holder. But on the other hand, powerful enemies such as heretics, evil witches, dark creatures, and so on are also increasing in number, and causing cracks to appear in already unstable internal beliefs.

Benjamin's mood relaxed. Fine white dust fell from his hands. A strange syllable came out of his mouth and a strong wind blew, blowing away the pale red blood mist until it disappeared.

Then he did not cast a spell, nor wear any magic items, he simply pointed towards Gary, and a pale white light instantly fell on him, causing the charred black wounds on his body that were falling out to heal, and he saved her from a dying situation to a seriously injured situation.

He continued to perform magical healing techniques with pauses of up to two seconds. Benjamin saves Colaya and Hasen, and also heals Lucian's wounds.

After asking Lucian, Colaya, Hasen and Gary, about what happened, Benjamin looked at the table and made sure that they were not lying, then ordered: "Move all the stuff in the secret room to the church, hmm, including this rat corpse."

At the same time, Benjamin received the sacred emblem returned by Lucian, "Your sins have been erased, go home and rest, may the Lord bless you."

Initially, if Lucian succeeded, Benjamin would not be stingy with the prize money, and if there was a chance, he would secretly try to see if this Lucian had the potential to be trained. But due to today's events being so dangerous that Benjamin would naturally not encourage and praise Lucian anymore. After confirming that there were no items Lucian had hidden, Benjamin repatriated Lucian early. After all, Colaya and Hasen are fine, but Gary without his right hand would be even more troublesome. Regeneration of severed limbs was not a magic technique he could master.

Seeing that Benjamin had no intention of killing anyone, Lucian did not want to stay here. He hurriedly walked outside the secret room. When he reached the outer sewer, Lucian who had broken through a certain boundary, suddenly heard Colaya's conversation whispering to Haseb. This made Lucian feel a little heavy, "Gary would not be able to become a knight again without his right hand, probably going to be asked out of the guard team."

Lucian, whose feelings were mixed, walked out of the secret path and was immediately overrun with questions from the poor people around him.

“My little Evans, have you already purified his spirit?” Aunt Elisha asked from a distance.

Lucian nodded, "It's been purified by Mr. Benjamin and the guards."

Everyone became more relieved, and began to ask and communicate excitedly, "Lucian, what kind of spirit is that? Is scary?"

"Mr Benjamin deserves to be a priest."

"It looks like Lucian has been blessed by God this time, and can actually use the sacred emblem."

"Unfortunately Lucian is no longer a child and cannot be sent to church for training. Otherwise, it would be very honorable for us to have Mr. Lucian of Aderan in the future."

Hearing this statement, Lucian was a little confused, "I can't be a priest."

Despite his identity as a passer of time and space, Lucian never thought of becoming a priest. But after sensing the overwhelming and inhuman magic power, and being told not to be able to choose this path, he was involuntarily a little sad.

“My poor little Evans, look at your face. You must be tired, let's go home and rest.” Aunt Elisha said quickly as soon as she saw Lucian's face.

Lucian had many things on his mind and indeed needed to be pondered carefully by himself, so he nodded. He went home to his own hut, sat by the bed, listened to Benjamin and the others leave, and listened to the spectators leave, then the sense of peace returned. Calm down, suppressing the thoughts of the old man and others in the depths of my heart.

"I can't become a priest, and it seems like because I haven't practiced since childhood, and have no hope of becoming a knight relying on the strength of the bloodline as well."

"If you want to gain incredible power, it seems like you can only learn magic."

"But, once I choose magic, I will be at odds with the church, and most of the general public, including Aunt Elisha and the others."

"There may be another way."

"Part of that magic book is on my mind, just take a look. Well, this shouldn't matter."

Lucian who was hesitant, finally decided to look at the magic book first, so he entered the library and opened the magic book.

After a long time, Lucian's voice was low and heard in the room:

"What to do, I can't read."