A strange world

Chapter 1410 Chapter 44. Ancient Secrets

“Your teacher’s teacher’s teacher died in that world…?”

"No, he's back."

"oh."

Annan thought the story would end with the death of the ancient wizard.

They walked near the theater and saw a long queue in the square in front, with many parents leading their children.

It is true that Annan invented magic images, but when it comes to promoting and developing the art, the credit goes to his imitators.

Although the saying "Annam products are high-quality" is deeply rooted in people's hearts, people still prefer adapted magic images, such as "The Seventh Night", "The Warlock's Life", and even "The Sky of Magic".

Moreover, Annan was not the protagonist in three consecutive magical films. Without the biggest gimmick, the film was only supported by excellent production. However, the adaptation by the Burt brothers was equally excellent, with Annan running in front and the Burt brothers chasing behind, occasionally even touching Annan's butt.

But "The Truman Show" is an exception. It's not that its idea is better than "Bettar Redemption" or that it is more profound than those masterpieces, but that it has the ability to be light-hearted and make people laugh that no other adaptations have.

After all, the source of the adaptation - a literary work, is not funny.

We can't just shoot a collection of jokes, can we?

"The Truman Show" fills this gap. Its light-hearted, cheerful tone and the protagonist's funny actions are very suitable for watching with the whole family - children laugh at Truman, and adults see themselves in Truman.

So much so that when people discovered this, they said with jealousy that it would not be an exaggeration to say that Annan was the illegitimate son of the goddess of wealth just for the way he amassed wealth.

While those imitators were still thinking about which book would attract more people to the theater, Annan was already thinking about taking money out of a family's pocket.

"Move forward a little, let me see the poster hanging there."

Annan pushed Archbishop Tomac to the square.

Losi, who was following secretly, blocked passers-by who wanted to approach, so that Annan and Archbishop Tomac could continue their conversation in peace.

"Do you want to know what happened next?"

"Could it be that a wizard secretly brought a monster back to do research, but ended up letting it escape, causing a major crisis..."

"What I said before is correct, but the Alan world is not that fragile. The monsters I brought back were easily destroyed."

"So the Allen World later encountered the Withering World?"

"Yes... The wizards did not expect this to be the beginning. In the previous thousand years, they had not encountered a Withered World once. But only eighty years later, they encountered a Withered World for the second time. The third time was thirty years later, the fourth time was ten years later, and the fifth time was five years later..."

More and more Withered Worlds appeared, spreading like a plague, and then the Wizard Council unanimously decided to stop the Great Crusade.

"Are they willing to do so?"

If the inflated desires were to shrink back to their original state, Annan didn't think the wizards, who were used to luxury, could go back to living a hard life.

"I can't bear to do that, but there's nothing I can do about it. After studying the worlds invaded by monsters, the Wizard Council came to a terrifying conclusion."

Archbishop Tomac didn't say anything else. He waited for Annan to guess without asking.

"Withered Worlds are spreading?"

"Almost. The Wizard Council discovered that the existence behind the weirdness is looking for the coordinates of Allen's world."

Even though it was a sunny noon and hundreds of people gathered in the square, Annan still felt cold all over.

He didn't know that the continent of Allen had such glorious days. It was even harder for him to imagine that such a group of fearless wizards would actually become cowardly.

"The Wizard Council plans to invade one last world before calling it quits."

"Well...if nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is going to happen."

"The Wizard Council carefully selected a fertile world for wizards to plunder to their heart's content."

"The school sent to lead the charge was very careful, but still failed to discover that the world was actually a trap set by the monsters."

Annan took a deep breath and said, "What happened next..."

"Later, as the gods were conquering, they suddenly discovered that the 'people' in that world were unable to muster the power of faith... They realized that all 'people' were just monsters in a disguise."

Archbishop Tomac said slowly: "Later, the anchor point was destroyed, and no one knows what happened to that world... The Wizard Council speculated that the gods and wizards who went to plunder did not want to bring disaster to Allen's world, so they unilaterally destroyed the anchor point and cut off the passage between the two worlds."

"The Wizarding Council has been worried for hundreds of years and has made sufficient preparations for this. Fortunately, nothing has happened until now."

Annan couldn't help but ask, "Since you knew how terrible the Withered World was, why didn't you do anything when something strange happened in the Strange City? You just watched the princess sacrifice herself and closed the portal."

"Because they have more important things to be responsible for."

"Something more important?"

"You want to know?"

"You won't have to take any oath after listening to this, will you?"

Annan still had a question, and asked with a bit of solemnity: "Do you think the loss of contact with the gods... could it be a sign, a bud..."

"I have no idea."

"That……"

Archbishop Tomac looked at the people in line and said, "The good news is that, based on the scale of human life, almost none of us will be able to see that scene, even if it is a sign."

The bad news is that Annan is an immortal.

"Our world is not always peaceful. Occasionally, there are creatures coming from other worlds."

"Is... is that so..." Annan felt inexplicably guilty.

Archbishop Tomac didn't seem to notice and continued, "For example, green orcs and ratmen are not native creatures of Allen's world."

"Aren't they ratmen? I remember they called themselves the origin Wilhelm..."

"That's because the ancestor of all ratmen, the Horned Rat, came from a lich's laboratory, and it escaped by accident."

"Where's the lich?"

"Someone found his life box and beat him to death."

After all, he was the instigator of the current chaos, and he deserved to be put to death after his box was opened.

"What about the Warlock Protection Society? Are they really from another world?"

"Well, their world is not far from us, and they use the same magic as us, so they can find us."

"Why the 'Society for the Protection of Warlocks'?"

"Because you warlocks have unique abilities."

Annan lowered his head and took out two summoning crystals: "A senior suggested that I use one of them quickly, and then never use it again, and never come into contact with them..."

"He didn't lie to you. Don't get too close to the Warlock Protection Association."