Throne Steps

Five years later.

Near noon in the Samuel Forest, the testing site of the Black Swan's secret experiment.

The bow is bent like a full moon, the fingertips holding the arrow tail contain magical energy, and the arrow is burning with flames.With a light release of the finger, there was only a "swish", and the arrow carried sparks through the air, and hit a thick wood with a "boom" - to be precise, it was a thick wooden door.

However, the preparations seemed quite poised, but the door that was smashed seemed to be trembling, and even the trembling might be just an illusion.And the entire stone hut where the wooden door was located remained untouched.The flame that was originally wrapped around the arrowhead was directly extinguished by the strong wind and wood.

The black-haired man who was watching the excitement touched his chin and accidentally let out a "poof".

The archer squinted at him, slowly lowered the bow with his left hand, and snapped his fingers with his free right hand.

Snapped.

--boom!

Accompanied by the sound of an explosion, the door was instantly blasted through by the magic power erupting from the arrow!But this is not over yet, it's just that the hut whose door was blown suddenly seemed to have its foundation taken away, and the whole thing began to shake, even crumbling!

—Boom!

Smoke and dust flew, and the hut collapsed completely!

After a while, the dust gradually sank, and the onlookers walked towards the collapse site.The black-haired man who watched the excitement also stepped forward, raising his hands to fan the wind, and squeezed to the front row.

"How about it?"

"It seems to be going well." The man squatting next to the wreckage grabbed the ground and gestured to the black-haired man who asked the question. Something like fine sand leaked from his fingers.

Not only the edge, where a hut was originally standing, the entire collapsed site, now only dust remains.

This place has been razed to the ground, so flat that it cannot be flattened.

"Although it seems so, we still have to confirm it." The black-haired man nodded, then turned around and asked, "Who is going to rush?"

As soon as the words fell, the water magic circle flashed above the collapsed site, and then a jet of water poured down from midair, quickly washing away the accumulated dust in just a few seconds.I believe that as long as there is another heavy rain, these traces that once existed will disappear without a trace.

But when space is gone, time will still remember it.

A magic staff suddenly appeared in the palm of the black-haired man.The wooden cane is not exquisite, but the wood grain is very natural; the magic crystal inlaid in the middle is not a pure color, and some dull blue, green and gray are intertwined with each other; although the wooden stick and the magic crystal are also not regular, they match very well Pleasing to the eye, it is also a precious gift.

This is not his main staff, but it is enough for normal use.

The black-haired man switched the staff to his left hand, moved the fingers of his right hand again, and a reagent tube rolled into the palm of his right hand.Holding the things in his hands, he walked in and said, "Turn off the lights."

The sound insulation spell, the peeping prevention spell, and the low light spell were all fired in unison, and all the visible light in a small area was immediately suppressed.While the magicians were doing all this, someone pulled out a pocket watch.

The black-haired man stood in the middle of the original house, opened the cork of the reagent bottle, and poured it on the ground around him; then, while muttering something in his mouth, he quickly slid his fingertips towards the ground, and the light path Following his fingertips, a formation gradually formed.

His speed is already faster than when he used it for the first time, but he still can't support it with his own magic power alone.The magic crystal inlaid on the staff shone faintly, and the green and blue mixed in it slowly turned, rolled, and simmered.

The drawing of the formation is finally completed.

The moment the magic light on the tip of his right finger disappeared, the man gently lifted the staff with his left hand and threw it on the ground.

"Time reappears!"

The light arrays of weak light, anti-peeping spells, and soundproofing spells flashed by, followed by the water magic light array that attracted the water column before, and then the energy light cluster that exploded on the original door.Time is going backwards, or in other words, the time in the image is going backwards.

Then, a house composed of light and shadow stands in front of people.

"Success...!"

The people standing outside the House of Light and Shadow murmured, staring intently at the surreal scene presented in the dim space.Some of them are watching it for the first time, and some of them have experienced more magnificent scenes before, but all of them are still shocked by this.Among them, the person holding the pocket watch was in a trance for a moment, then subconsciously glanced at the time.

The man standing in the room of light and shadow was very calm.

The light of the magic crystal on the staff is still flowing, and the magic power is still flowing from the magic crystal.This pure power was transmitted to the man through the staff.This huge, ancient and complex formation is still devouring mana continuously from the man. Without the magic crystal, he cannot continue.

Soon, a light and shadow of a teleportation array flashed at the feet of the man in the room.

The man with the pocket watch glanced at the time again.

Various light arrays continued to flash under the feet of the black-haired man in the room, some were simple, some were complicated, but most of them were easy to identify.Ambilight, very dazzling.Magicians are obsessed with this kind of dazzling light and shadow changes, but they are thankful that this is only the effect of the formation blessing, and it will not be so eye-catching when used normally, and they will not become passive because of it.However, what they didn't expect was that in the eyes of the black-haired man, they usually used magic as they did today.

Unlike the first time, the construction duration this time is relatively short.When the roof and walls made of these lights slid down like fading, and finally gathered in a conspicuous light array under the feet of the black-haired man, people knew that their investigation had been completed.

The moment the light array under the black-haired man's feet disappeared, the watcher quickly recorded the time, and the black-haired man completely stopped "Reappearing Time".

He relaxed, his body shaking involuntarily.

"Li Chen!"

A black swan rushed over and supported him, and the power of light came from the black swan, instantly making Li Chen's tired body feel better.

"How are you?"

"I'm fine." Li Chen took two deep breaths, then walked towards his black swans, and said steadily, "Have you marked down the time?"

"Don't worry, it's fine."

"Well, this way we can calculate the flow rate ratio more accurately." Li Chen wiped his face, "'Time Reappearance' is going to reverse 'Time Wandering', it's really terrible."

The black swan captain standing in front raised his eyebrows: "Do you mean you need a human 'mount'?"

"No, thank you, let me exercise for a while." Li Chen replied, "Have you already located Menzel's teleportation location? We have to go back as soon as possible, and we can start comparing the data as soon as he arrives."

"Are you sure you can go back 'as soon as possible' by yourself? Are you okay?"

"Shut up, don't ask a man if it's okay!"

When Li Chen and the team returned to Black Swan's station in the town under the jurisdiction of Vermavia, Menzel was already waiting for them.

He is nearly forty years old, has good magical talent, and has made some achievements in alchemy.It was precisely because of his stable performance whether he was a magician or an alchemist that he was directly mentioned to the inner circle shortly after joining Black Swan.This speed is beyond the reach of many other Black Swan members.

But the core of the black swan did not make this decision hastily.Such a seemingly lucky Menzel also went through a lot of rigorous screening and comparisons with many opponents, and finally managed to get into Li Chen's eyes.This cannot be blamed on Li Chen being too tricky. After all, this experiment was carried out in secret. Of course, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Li Chen even originally planned to experiment in person and secretly.But Akeye firmly disagreed, so he tried every means to find a suitable, no, it should be said barely qualified candidate to replace Li Chen in the experiment.

However, it was precisely because Menzel was not completely in line with his own wishes that Li Chen dispelled some doubts about him.If at this juncture, a person who fully meets his needs suddenly appeared in front of Li Chen, Li Chen would really doubt the origin of this person.

Now, if the relationship is based on the contractual relationship, Menzel can definitely be regarded as Lichen's confidant.

Akye doesn't have as many "dog leashes" as he does.

"All the materials and experimental items have been handed over to the alchemy team you named." Menzel poured Lichen a cup of tea, "They asked me if they still couldn't teach them 'time wandering'."

"Oh." After traveling for several days, Li Chen's spirit was fine, but his body was a little tired.He leaned lazily on the back of the sofa, glanced sideways at Menzel: "How do you answer?"

Menzel put the teacup on the table near Lichen: "I said, no."

"It's really not, I'd be bored enough to teach you one." Li Chen picked up the teacup, "You'll have to be tortured for several months just for the spell... Oh, it's so hard!"

"It's specially made, it's specially made for refreshing the mind, but the taste is a bit mature." Menzel seemed to be pleased by Li Chen's disgusted expression, smiled, and then continued to reply earlier, "The spell you taught me is absolutely useless. You can’t expect me to master it quickly if it’s regular and the pronunciation doesn’t conform to the common language of the alliance.”

Li Chen didn't care that the other party implied that his taste was like that of a child: "Yes, I don't have such expectations for you, nor for others. The spells are taught for a few months, and the formations are also taught for more than a month. Lots of practice to get up to speed...I don't want to go through it again just yet."

Menzel laughed: "So, this is still a secret between the two of us for the time being?"

"What?" Li Chen raised the teacup in his hand, "Could it be that you still want to poison me to death, and then hold this secret by yourself?"

Menzel glanced at him, stood up suddenly, stepped in front of Li Chen and knelt down on one knee.

"Don't doubt me, my dear master." Menzel stretched out his hand, held Li Chen's hand holding the teacup, slowly moved the cup of tea to his lips and took a sip, "My chain is in your hand, My life and death are in your hands, do not doubt my loyalty, my master."

"...shut up and get the hell out of here. Menzel, you're disgusting."

Ever since he met Menzel, Li Chen has subtly felt the feelings of Saenz when he read the lines of the drama to him before.

"Okay." Menzel shrugged and sat back with a certain feeling, "As long as you are willing to continue teaching me those legendary magical formations."

Li Chen glanced at him, and said mockingly, "A crazy alchemist with dark colors."

Menzel glanced at him and said, "Everyone, Black Swan's little necromancer."

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