Chapter 207: Seeing in the Dark
That is exactly the case.
During the horrific and painful torture that lasted for more than half an hour, Gothe's thoughts became clearer than ever before.
He figured out a lot of things at once.
First of all, the opposition between him and Quincy Urser actually existed after Jose's death, regardless of his choice.
Regardless of whether the rune structure exists or not, it is the legacy He Xi left to him.
Since Quincy Urser chose to seize such a precious thing, he would not take any chances and think that Gothe would not dare to hate him.
Especially after Gothe has shown his talent.
What would you do if you became an enemy of someone with such a talent?
The answer is obvious.
Therefore, even if he cooperates with Quincy Usher and discloses the things that Jose told him to keep secret and the St. Sean City branch of Oakenley Chamber of Commerce, the final outcome will not be much different from the current one.
The man in front of him is obviously sent by Quincy Urser, which undoubtedly further proves this point.
Being able to use the method of "torture to extract confessions" from him without hesitation, Quincy Urser's attitude towards himself is very clear.
From the beginning to the end, he had no intention of letting himself go, so he didn't mind offending himself to death.
Secondly, the college is no longer suitable for me.
All he needs is systematic basic knowledge.
Under the competition for credits in the first year of the academy, he has actually mastered all the basic knowledge required for a mage.
Continuing to study step by step is not the path that suits him.
Having the wind spirit and moon shadow, he is suitable for a wider and freer world.
Also, since you have chosen the [Aoki Immortality Sutra], you are destined not to stay in the academy for a long time.
Not to mention that there is no land large enough for him to "plant trees" in the college.
Given the rotten situation within the college, planting trees in the college is undoubtedly equivalent to handing the control into the hands of others.
"As long as you can escape this prison sentence, you should leave the college." Gothe had a rough plan for his future arrangements.
But the point is, how to escape from the prison in front of you?
While Gothe was thinking, the figure under the hooded robe was also thinking.
Is his spell malfunctioning, or is there really someone whose nerves are so strong that they can ignore the torture of [howling in agony]?
"Did you not eat? Keep going!" Seeing that the figure no longer cast spells, Gothe grinned and showed a winner's smile.
The sullen figure snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Since he knows that [howling in pain] is useless to Gothe, if he continues, it will be in vain and will only fuel Gothe's "arrogance".
As the figure left, deathly silence returned to the dungeon.
Gothe's legs weakened and he sat on the ground, breathing heavily.
Indeed, later on, after his pain tolerance increased to a high enough level, he was almost immune to [howling and severe pain].
But in the past nearly ten minutes, Gothe had to endure the pain by relying on his willpower.
It is impossible to say that I am not out of breath.
On the top floor of the mage tower, Shere Ian, the dean of Sires Academy, sat calmly on the green wood chair.
"Uncle Sher." Below, Jelika saluted.
Shell Ian’s wife is from the Haynes family behind Jelika, more precisely, she is Jelika’s aunt.
So she called Shel Ian uncle.
"Jelika, why are you here, do you have anything to do with me?" Shel Ian asked gently.
In front of the juniors, he seemed to be very friendly.
"My friend was taken away by people from the college this evening. I would like to ask about the specific situation. Did he commit something?"
"Oh?" Shel Ian asked in surprise. He raised his eyebrows, he really didn't know about this.
"What's your friend's name?" he asked.
"Gaode." Jelika replied.
Gaode sounds familiar.
After thinking for a moment, Shel Ian's excellent memory reminded him of who Gothe was.
"Wait a minute, let me ask about the situation. There are many things in the academy, and not everything will be approved by me." He said softly, keeping a gentle look on his face.
After a while, a mage knocked on the door and came in. He walked to Shel Ian and softly reported the situation.
Xiel nodded, dismissed him, and said to Jelika with a smile: "It was the vice chairman who escorted the person back because he suspected that he deliberately damaged important facilities of the college."
“This is not a small crime. If convicted, you will have to go to jail for several years.”
"How could it be?" Jelica frowned and asked: "What facilities in the college did he destroy?"
"It was the rune workshop."
"Uncle Schell , please be aware of this matter. I believe Gaode would not do such a thing."
"If he really did this, I have nothing to say. If not, please don't. Let someone with intentions frame him," Jelica requested.
"Don't worry, I can't say anything else, but at least in the academy, I will not allow this kind of thing to happen." Shel Ian said with a solemn expression.
"Sorry for bothering Uncle Schell," Jelika thanked her, and then said: "I was born as a noble commoner, but I was able to be promoted to a first-level mage at the age of fourteen a year after entering the academy. My potential is unlimited.
And he is trusted by Director He Xi, so he must be very talented in runes. I even doubt that he has the possibility of becoming a rune constructor."
"I had already worked with him before he was promoted. After reaching an investment relationship, he will definitely become a help to the Haynes family in the future."
"I understand." Shel Ian nodded.
After Jelika left, Shel Ian frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
A quarter of an hour later, the vice chairman walked in eagerly.
"Dean, are you looking for me?" he said respectfully.
"I heard that you sent someone to escort that Gothe back?" Sher Ian said straight to the point.
The Vice Chairman was startled. He didn't know how Sher Ian knew about this matter and why he cared about such a trivial matter.
But in front of Shel Ian, he would never dare to lie, so he quickly reported the specific situation:
"When Master Quincy was cracking the magic circle in the rune workshop this afternoon, the magic circle in the workshop exploded unexpectedly. Then Master Quincy did not find the rune structure in the rune workshop."
"He suspected that He Xi had placed the rune structures elsewhere, but after He Xi's death, only his student Gao De might know the whereabouts of these rune structures."
"That's why he was suspected of In the name of deliberately damaging the college's facilities, he was brought back for interrogation."
"Have you found out the result?" Sher Ian said indifferently.
"He insisted that he did not know about the rune construction." The vice chairman said.
"Then what do you think?"
Hearing this, the Vice Chairman's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He thought carefully and then said bravely: "I don't know whether it is true or false, but Master Quincy said that this matter is extremely important to you, so I thought I would rather be wrong. Don't let it go, otherwise it will be a big mistake for you."
Shell Ian said casually: "I don't care what means you use or how you do it, don't do it in the academy. The impact is not good.”
As for Jelica’s request, Shel Ian did not consider it.
His interests are always the highest priority.
Let alone Jelika, even if Jelika’s father came to beg him personally, he would not be able to make him give up his own interests.
"I understand." Here, the vice chairman responded.
Everyone has his own shortcomings.
The shortcoming of Shel Ian, in the opinion of the Vice Chairman, is that he is too famous.
It is obvious that his acting style is completely opposite to his reputation in the outside world, but he still works hard to maintain his image.
In the opinion of the Vice Chairman, this is completely unnecessary.
As long as you are strong enough, what's the use of a false reputation?
If you are not strong enough, what’s the use of having a good reputation?
Of course, he just thinks about this in his heart and never dares to say it out loud.
After working under Shel Ian for so many years, he understood very well that if he wanted to satisfy Shel Ian, he had to do what he wanted.
"What a pity for a genius." The vice chairman couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it hadn't been for this, based on Gothe's current talents, he would have become a powerful mage again a hundred years later.
But now, I can only become a victim.
And this ending seems to have been doomed since Gao De became He Xi's student and gained He Xi's full trust.
No matter what choice Gaode will make in this process.
As a chess piece in the hands of a big shot, you are at the mercy of others.
This is the fate of little people.
Early morning on the 22nd of the Frost Moon.
A carriage drove out of the quiet college and drove along the mountain road of Seres Mountain towards the city of St. Sean.
The destination is the prison in the royal capital.
Gaode squinted his eyes and looked at the scenery outside through the occasionally raised curtains. He was calm on the surface, but a little depressed inside.
He knew exactly what this meant.
There is no doubt that Jelica either failed to take action or could not save him even if she took action.
Gaode did not feel disappointed.
After the torture last night, he had already figured it out and knew that he could not escape this time.
Now it seems that He Xi actually harmed Gaode by leaving his inheritance to Gaode.
Because He Xi did not expect that his inheritance would be closely related to the battle for the throne.
If he knew this, maybe He Xi would have a better way.
Of course, the old man cannot be blamed.
How could an old man who had only a short time and spent all his remaining energy on deriving and verifying interference constants and teaching virtues be so keenly aware of these undercurrents?
He just followed his inner feelings and left everything he had to Gao De, whom he regarded as a close disciple.
Gothe's hands were tightly tied.
It is not an ordinary rope, but an alchemical item.
Gaode can feel that under the restriction of the rope, the flow of mana in his body is like being filled with lead, stagnation and astringency.
You really think highly of me. Gothe glanced at the two mages on the carriage who were responsible for guarding him.
Although I don’t know the specific level, there must be more than one link.
He was a newly promoted first-level mage, but he was still able to escape, and even gave him extra alchemical items.
Moving forward, passing one block after another, the carriage finally arrived in front of the mage prison in the royal capital.
In the world of mages, there are two types of prisons.
One is an ordinary prison, and the other is a mage prison specially set up for mages to prevent mages from escaping from prison.
Gaode was pushed out of the carriage.
"This is the person the second prince wants. Watch carefully." The mage responsible for escorting told the prison staff who were already waiting at the door.
"Received."
Subsequently, Gothe was taken into the depths of the mage's prison.
It's very dark here, it's extremely humid, and there's no sunlight all year round.
Walking along the way, the cells held in one cell after another were all mages. Before being imprisoned, they were all of the same character.
Even the level of a Gothic first-level mage is already at the bottom among these prisoners.
However, he was treated harshly.
Not only did he use alchemical items to restrict him, but he was also specially sent to the strongest cell deep in the prison.
Bang!
The cell door was opened, and with a bang, Gothe was thrown directly in, and his body hit the floor hard with a muffled sound.
Then the cell door was closed again.
The prison staff left.
This area was completely quiet, very quiet.
This place is already deep inside the prison, with very few prisoners being held, and the light is so weak that it is almost invisible.
Gaode was silent.
Ever since he was pulled out of the dungeon of Master Siris Tower and brought to the King's Master Prison, Gothe has been silent along the way and said nothing.
He opened his eyes wide and tried to look around.
This prison is very large, and a faint layer of black light and some dense lines can be vaguely seen on the walls.
"Rune." Gothe immediately understood the construction principle of the mage prison.
Still inseparable from runes.
Use magic-guiding materials as the raw materials for prison construction, and then draw corresponding runes to form a rune prison that even mages can do nothing about.
So Gaode is also helpless.
Even if the shackles on his hands don't exist.
He could only lie silently on the floor.
"I have no ability to resist at all." Gothe sighed in his heart.
The more clearly I see it, the more desperate I become.
It can be said that after experiencing this time, he had a clear understanding of the world.
The soul of a college student who has not yet entered society and has been "other people's children" since childhood suddenly comes to such a world.
Even though the beginning was a "life and death crisis", it actually did not allow Gothe to truly change his role and adapt to the rules of this world.
Until now, he really understood the so-called rules and principles.
“What a fucked up world.”
He looked at the dark roof in a daze.
Staying in such a dark place without seeing the sun is already a punishment in itself.
A living person can only look at four walls. Over time, silence will become the most terrifying torture.
And this kind of torture cannot be avoided even by [Adaptive].
Gothe looked helplessly at the walls of the roof.
When he thought that he had no means or power to change his ending, his eyes became a little dim.
In the silence and silence, he looked at the faintly visible lines of runes on the roof walls, and somehow he suddenly became interested.
He tried to see the runes clearly.
But the light in the prison was too dim.
But Gothe was still watching hard.
Some things cannot be changed, but some things can be.
As expected.
[.Your ability to see in the dark increases by 0.1%].
Adaptive is allowing Gaode to quickly adapt to this darkness.
The current situation is very desperate, but Gothe does not sink here.
In such a dark, depressing and quiet environment, if you have nothing to do, it is easy to have psychological problems.
In this case, it is better to change your mentality and treat it as a "leveling place".
First improve your ability to see in the dark through [Adaptive], and then learn the runes of the Rune Prison.
(End of this chapter)