What did you do with the dice?

Not only was there no stamp on it, but even the format for aristocratic letters was incorrect. The heading simply read "Cyril Matildas, personally addressed to Rusalka", which looked very informal. It was also possible that it was written in a hurry, so in order to ensure that Rusalka would take it seriously at first glance, it was deliberately written in this incorrect format.

The first sentence in the letter was a simple apology, without any fancy words, but the straightforward word "sorry" made Rusalka, a rebellious person by nature, feel a little unhappy.

If every villain could admit his mistakes frankly, how could the protagonist slap him in the face?

Although Cyril was his opposite, compared to most nobles, his stupidity was due to information limitations, but he was actually honest and loyal to the kingdom.

The letter mentioned that after he discovered the Grand Duke's secret, he wanted to leave, but found that his entire family had been placed under house arrest and surveillance. It was too late for him to regret at this moment. Feeling that something was wrong, he decided to risk his life to write down all the secrets he knew, and placed an order with the guild in the form of a life and death commission, asking them to help deliver the letter to Rusalka, hoping that he would avenge him for his loyalty to the Kingdom of Sinidi.

In fact, on the day when Alice City fell, the eldest prince did not die, but was rescued by Anthony, the "real wizard" supported by the royal family. The one who died was just a substitute.

In order to prevent their identities from being exposed, the two secretly fled to Anthony's friend, Marquis Banner, with whom he had exchanged magic experiences in the past, and tried to seek his protection as a royalist.

However, Marquis Banner is also an old nobleman, well aware of the dangers of aristocratic struggles. Although he does not want to be involved in the internal struggles of Sinidi for no reason, he is willing to disguise himself as a loyal royalist for the sake of the guidance he received from the great wizard in the past, and by the way, provide a cover for the two of them and hide the eldest prince in the secret room.

However, the news still leaked out. After the Grand Duke learned of this information, he did not want to get rid of Marquis Banner immediately, just as he did not deal with Rusalka. Marquis Banner's geographical location determined that he could advance or retreat. If he was forced too hard and he directly rebelled, then Grand Duke Delai would be in a state of chaos in the rear, and he could basically declare that he had lost the right to compete.

So he reached a secret agreement with the Elf Queen, letting the Rangers carry out a secret mission to assassinate some of his "loyalists", creating the illusion that "the negotiations failed and broke down, so the Elf Queen planned to forcibly abduct or kill the second prince, and then find a substitute to establish a puppet regime."

Then, they deliberately and secretly passed on the information that "the second prince was hidden in the Moon City of Marquis Banner" to the El Empire. The Elf Queen came forward and hinted at temporary cooperation with the El Empire, hoping that they could help kill the second prince. As a deal, the Queen agreed to temporarily unlock the fog maze and let part of their army come to Snidi to meet with the Church of the Seven Sins.

Everything had gone smoothly as planned, and it could also explain why there was a rune in the secret room of Marquis Banner's house that required ten Fox warlocks to spend a day to decipher it, because it was not set by Marquis Banner at all, but by the great wizard Anthony.

Sanitieta rested his hand on his chin and thought, "He's a bachelor. I never thought that your humiliation would give us such useful information."

Rusalka: "You see, I never do anything that has no benefit. This is the wisdom of PL."

He was lucky again, but considering that Rusalka spent 78 points to buy luck, with these points she could have maxed out her intelligence long ago, and also gained a magic pool, it made more sense. It would be strange if the luck bought with 78 points had no effect, and her intelligence of 5 would still be the same as before.

However, for the three of them, knowing this secret was of no use. After all, in their opinion, the El Empire had already killed the unlucky prince first. The most they had done was to confirm the fact of the dirty deal between Grand Duke Delei and the Elf Queen.

But even if they didn't know, they would eventually go to war with each other, so this letter only made Grand Duke Delai very nervous and wanted to get rid of Rusalka, the guy who was most likely to know the truth and had a certain influence after he controlled Mingyue City and the City Lord's Mansion.

So the reason why the two marquises wanted to kill him was found. This was definitely the will of the Grand Duke: it is better to kill a group of people by mistake than to let one go. As long as Rusalka has the slightest suspicion that the eldest prince is still alive, he cannot be left alive.

However, after thinking for a while, Sanitieta said, "I think the eldest prince may not be dead, but is in a state of uncertainty."

Rusalka: "The Great Prince of Schrödinger?"

Phoenix's ears twitched, and she looked at Rusalka with a puzzled look. It was obvious that she really wanted to ask what "Schrödinger" was.

But this was also difficult to explain, so Rusalka began to give Maomao a Rusalka-style explanation: "It is the unobservable survival state of the quantum state."

This made the doubt in Phoenix's eyes even more pronounced.

Sanita: "You can understand it as a synonym for 'uncertain'."

Phoenix nodded to show that she understood.

Sanita: "From now on, when Rusalka says something strange, you don't have to think he's very profound, because his level is obvious. He just has a weird brain circuit that makes simple words complicated, and he has no ability to simplify things."

Rusalka was upset: "What are you talking about? How can you slander me like this in front of the cat? Phoenix, don't listen to him."

Phoenix didn't say anything, but her averted eyes hurt Rusalka: "Are you serious about taking a half step back? How can such a small action cause so much damage? I can only play a role..."

Sanitieta snatched the microphone away: "Only a moron can talk to you?~"

Rusalka: (You actually seduce me!)

Sunitaita: (I'm praising your RP. Look at other people's group play. They always make a moron to be the team's analyst, a great detective, driving the key players crazy one after another. They don't act like it. But you, my friend, are different from them. You are a little too immersed in the role. It doesn't seem like you are acting.)

Rusalka: (Japanese)

Sunny Tower: (Phoenix.)

Rusalka: (This is better not...)

Sanita: (Asleep.)

Very good, in the quick reaction chain session, Rusalka was completely defeated.

Although Phoenix didn't quite understand what they were singing about, nor did she know what outrageous things they said in the PL channel, she thought the interaction and singing between the two seemed very interesting, so she tried to join in, and the tail behind her began to shake.

Just at this moment, the maid knocked on the door and told them that the meal was ready as requested. The three of them planned to get up and eat. After eating, they would take the lunch boxes and go to "interrogate" Alice to see what evil ideas the Elf Queen and Grand Duke Delai were planning behind the scenes.

It would be even better if we could find out what the Great Elder Huafalin of Sagittarius is thinking.

----

However, what they didn't know was that the story was far from over.

After the time went back to the El Empire and the ban was opened, the Vulpix Warlock quickly discovered that the person inside was not the second prince they wanted to capture alive and then threaten the Elf Queen. At least the person in front of them did not have elven blood.

"However, Master Nine-Tailed's prophecy cannot be wrong. In this case, although he is not the second half-elf prince, he is indeed the one we are looking for." The six-tailed fox looked at the black-haired man bound by her spell and asked, "So, who are you? I will only give you one chance. If you try to deceive me, I don't mind killing you."

After a brief inquiry, the eldest prince frankly told the other party his identity.

And the six-tailed sorcerer had never decided to kill the eldest prince from the beginning.

This was not only because of the "prophecy" of the "Nine-Tailed Council's" President, but more importantly, for them, the losses in this battle were huge. If the final outcome was to kill this guy who was already "dead" to vent their anger, it would mean that they were completely used as a pawn. This was something that every believer in the God of War in the El Empire, an empire that respected the law of the jungle, could never tolerate.

Tooth for tooth, blood for blood, this is the principle of the believers of the God of War.

With this purpose in mind, they captured the eldest prince alive and took him away, intending to send him to the El Empire and hand him over to the Nine-Tailed Council, to puppet him with curses and secret techniques, and then return to the Kingdom of Sinidi in his name, to expose the truth of the power struggle in Sinidi and to undermine the attitudes of the loyal ministers of Sinidi towards Grand Duke Delai.

By the way, I will find an opportunity to backstab the allies of the Church of the Seven Sins, capture the City of Alice, and use the bloodline of the Great Prince to see if I can activate the secret hidden in the divine key.

However, this carefully prepared transmission went wrong, and the transmission location shifted to the northeastern border between Esdi and Sinidi.

It is common for the transmission position to be offset due to the failure to arrange the fixed transmission gate in advance.

However, such a long coordinate offset was obviously abnormal. The Vulpix Warlock had already shouted the alert order after the teleportation was completed, but he was still a step too late.

A golden shield quickly expanded around her body, but a transparent sword pierced her neck.

A head with wide-open eyes fell to the ground with a thud, and the headless body of the Vulpix fell to the ground.

The high-level magic released at close range, the Sword of Damocles, was a magic that had a killing effect at first sight, and it was also used at an unexpected timing to directly kill the six-tailed fox cleanly and efficiently.

As everyone nervously drew their weapons, the surrounding scenery suddenly distorted and changed drastically.

Everyone found themselves surrounded by walls of floor-to-ceiling mirrors, hindering their movements and cutting off their connection with their comrades.

Under the reflection of these countless mirrors, one's own image was copied hundreds and thousands of times, and reflected in the mirror walls that reflected each other. For a moment, it was difficult to tell the direction of progress and where the real road was.

"Perseus' Mirror Maze", after the entire maze is unfolded, it can cover all the people within 200x200, or 40,000 square meters, and teleport them into the "Mirror Maze" space, and randomly distribute them in various places in the center. You only need to find the outermost exit, and one person walks out, the entire magic effect will immediately stop and everyone will be sent back to their original place.

The entire maze is soundproofed. In addition, the mirror wall itself has strong durability and magic resistance. Of course, if you want to break the mirror and walk in a straight line, it is possible, it just takes time and effort.

The duration of magic ranges from 30 minutes to 8 hours, with the maximum duration determined by the magic power invested when it was created and whether the caster maintains concentration. Destroying and attacking the mirror walls in the maze can also reduce its duration.

However, the caster had no intention of trapping them to death. He had only one goal, which was to kill the warlock who was most likely to solve the maze quickly, and then try to slow down the pace of everyone else.

Finally, a transparent claw grabbed a black-haired man who was bound by symbolic chains from the maze, threw him next to the white-haired old man, and slowly dissipated.

Bigby's Claws: Capable of grasping across space.

The white-haired old man frowned slightly, but soon he showed a relaxed smile. He stroked his beard, took out a crystal from his arms and slapped it against the chain on the man's chest. The chain and the crystal turned into ashes at the same time.

The black-haired man was freed from the chains. When he regained consciousness and saw the person in front of him clearly, he smiled and said, "Teacher Anthony, your magic level is still so superb."

The white-haired old man waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "How difficult is it to defeat a group of orcs who only know how to inherit the power left by their ancestors but have no idea how to learn and develop new magic? Before those damn guys use prophecy spells to calculate your life, death, and location again, find a place to build a shielding formation, and then consider the next step."

Obviously, the one waiting for their remnant army at the other end of the passage was the Archmage Anthony, who had planned everything long ago, distorted the teleportation coordinates, and had prepared two high-level magics. He was also the first person to receive the blessing of the Lord of Arcane.

Chapter 144 Ending

After Antony and the eldest prince Siloxus walked along the path for a day, that night he looked up at the starry sky, frowned, and took out a bottle of powder he carried with him.

After sprinkling the shimmering crystal powder on the ground, he drew a few runes in the air. The powder slowly floated up under the pull of the runes, and finally turned into a thin line, surrounding his body.

The end of the thread was pointing directly at his chest. Anthony moved a step to the left, and the end of the thread swayed along with it.

After seeing this, he smiled bitterly and canceled the magic, and the powder flew away with the wind: "Sure enough, that six-tailed fox is a discarded child."

So the next day, he handed the eldest prince, Siloxis, a map and pointed him in a direction. "Once you've teleported to your destination, find the directions. Follow this path through the woods for about a week, and you'll reach the explorer town at the border. Don't linger there for long. Find the guild there and post a gathering quest, specifically requiring 16 crystal matchwoods. Then, find a place to stay overnight in the guild hall. Someone will contact you soon. Don't ask any other questions. They'll take care of everything, including arranging a new identity for you to avoid all eyes and quickly sneak back to Snidi."

Anthony paused and continued, "This process will take about a month. During this time, you just follow him and don't ask or say anything. You can only move freely after he tells you that he has completed everything and left you.

This is all I can do for you. You are already a capable person. Since the death of the old king, you are the prince with the most potential and the greatest hope to become the new king. Although the three dukes have betrayed the royal family, there is enough power in Alice City for you to restore the royal family. You must take it before the other princes.

I still have some things to deal with in Esidi, and I'm afraid I won't be back for a long time. Maybe you won't see me again in the future. The rest of the journey depends on you."

Xiluo Xisi was stunned and asked, "Teacher, didn't we just successfully escape by faking our own death as planned? Without your help, I'm afraid I would..."

Anthony waved his hand, interrupting him: "Go find my successor, he will definitely help you."

"Your successor?"

"Like me, he has received the Lord of Arcane's blessing. He is also within the territory of Snidi," Anthony replied calmly. "He passed the test of the gods in just one day. He is a mage far more powerful than I am. Although I have never met him, I can be sure of one thing: after accepting the gods' gift and what I have entrusted to him, he will definitely choose to stand by your side."

Siloxis said nothing more, but nodded silently.

Anthony activated the teleportation magic and teleported Siloxis away.

After doing all this, he turned around and slowly walked in the opposite direction.

----

Time, pull back to the present.

Anthony slowly removed the magic, and the thin threads made of crystal powder floated away again.

Half a year has passed since we parted ways, but the result of the magic has not changed at all.

The curse on his body was getting stronger and stronger. Although it could not cause any harm to him, the feeling of being watched by someone in the dark and constantly testing him became clearer and clearer.

Anthony felt helpless at the power of the spellcaster. His only regret was that he was not proficient in the spells of the "School of Prophecy" and the "School of Divination". The only prophecy he knew came from the revelation of the god, the Supreme Lord of Arcane.

[When new firewood is born, when firewood is burned out]

This prophecy had troubled him for a long time, but it was not until half a year ago that he suddenly sensed the birth of the second person in the world who was blessed like him. Now, combined with the fact that he had been infected with the "Fate Peering" curse that could not be eliminated after killing the fox from the Nine-Tailed Council, he realized the meaning of this sentence.

In the past six months, I have tried every possible means to remove this strange curse on myself, which probably increases the probability of being predicted, but I failed without exception.

Normally, as a transcendent's strength grows, their fate becomes increasingly uncertain, and spells from the prophecy school find it more difficult to accurately discern a transcendent's information. However, this curse can weaken this natural protection.

In other words, he was being targeted by a very strange existence. Although the other party was not a god, it was targeting him from the beginning.

He had lived safely in a hotel in the small town of Esdi for half a year. The calmness during that period easily gave people the illusion that "it seemed like nothing big", but Anthony knew that the prophecy was getting closer to him day by day.

The first thing he did every morning when he got up was to cast a "divination line" spell on himself, but the result was the same every time - he was still being spied on in some way.

Then, the next person who comes to me on his own initiative will be the guy who wants to attack me with malicious intentions.

Even the prophecy of God was not enough to make a true great wizard sit and wait for death. After dealing with the affairs of the eldest prince and letting them go, he had no more worries.

In this state, there are only a handful of people in this world who can kill him openly.

Today is destined to be an unusual day.

For the first time in half a year, the door, which had never been knocked on by the waiter at his own command, was knocked on by someone.

With the help of the Mage's Eye, Anthony observed that the people standing at the door were not powerful enemies, but just two fledgling paladins.

I can kill them in a moment, so it can't be them.

"Who? What do you want from me?"

Still with a touch of youthful voice, mixed with a bit of hesitation and hesitation, one of the two paladins asked in a very uncertain tone, "Uh, hello, are you Master Anthony?"

Anthony was startled, but not surprised at all. He thought the other party would meet him soon. "It's me. What's going on?"

"Respected Master, the Saint Lady wishes to see you. Please allow us to lead the way."

Saint? Anthony recalled that the only one who could still be called a saint in Esdi was the Great Saint Theresa.

"Isn't she at Wright Cathedral?"

"Indeed." The two young paladins were also very excited when they mentioned the Wright Cathedral. After all, it was a pilgrimage site in the hearts of every believer in the Holy Light. "Although the journey is indeed a bit far, please rest assured. We will protect you and escort you there safely."

Anthony paused and then asked, "Did she just say she wanted to see me?"

Paladin: "Oh, I almost forgot. She also asked someone to tell us that she has a way to resolve your current distress of being spied on, as well as the matter of the mage's heir."

----

The carriage bumped along the way for a month before arriving at the main city of Esdi, the City of Light, where the Wright Cathedral was located.

The road to the cathedral was smooth and the surrounding paladins did not stop the two creaky, dilapidated wooden carriages. It was obvious that Theresa had already informed Anthony of his coming.

In the square in front of the Wright Cathedral, there is a huge statue of a sixteen-winged angel holding a sword and shield. With the ingenious combination of magic and architecture, most of the angel statue is illuminated regardless of day or night, and only the shield in his hand is in the shadow for a long time.

There is a line of small words engraved under the angel's feet: "Remember the darkness, and turn your heart to the light"

The young knights' mission ended here, but it also meant that they could move around a little freely and visit this holy place that they might not be able to visit again in their lifetime.