Chapter 201 Through the Shadow of the Knot
The adult trial of gray robe was once simply considered an assessment to test whether the apprentice could reasonably apply the knowledge he had learned. However, after many years, he saw other trials of gray robes one after another, and he gradually had a new view on this trial. The Frost Guards stationed on Longji Mountain had an abolition of cruel tradition, that is, when children in the clan grow up to sixteen years old, they are only allowed to carry a spear and be sent into the dense forests in the mountains. He or she must return to the clan with a prey of no less than an adult boar to be recognized.
This extreme clan rule has been abolished for many years. Interestingly, the reason for the abolition was not that some people thought it was too cruel. It was simply because the valley began to trade with Longji, and the legion had enough resources to support more clan members. In an environment where there was no way to survive, there was never any warmth. Similar rituals or traditions could be followed in cultures in other regions. Children must prove that they have the ability to survive independently when they grow up to a sufficient age. Limited group resources could not support those useless people. This kind of tradition is often called the coming-of-age ceremony.
The adult trial of the gray robes is also a kind of adult etiquette. However, it is relatively gentle, because with the methods of the gray robes apprentices, if they don’t want to die, there are indeed not many things in the world that can kill them. But in addition to testing their survival ability, this trial also has a more complex meaning. The gray robes are not a settlement in a dangerous environment, and the gray robes do not need to undertake hunting or farming tasks in this group. They even leave the gray robes after they become adults. This is also the biggest difference between the trial and the ordinary adult etiquette. The adult etiquette is to prove that individuals can serve the group, and the trial is...
This was to let the apprentices leave the gray tower naturally. This sense of abnormality finally became clear at this moment. At this moment, Cheese understood what was wrong with the adult trial. The gray robe that passed the adult trial basically did not stay in the gray tower anymore, and even people like the sleeper were no exception. Rather than saying that this was the exam given to them by their teacher, it would be better to say that the Lord of the Gray Tower was pushing his apprentices out of the world in this way, deliberately putting them into a variety of worlds, so that they could penetrate into it and never come back. The Lord of the Gray Tower did not want his apprentices to serve him after passing the trial, just the opposite.
He wanted them to live for themselves. It was like he had already planned that he would disappear one day, so he began to let the young birds learn to be independent early. But he still didn't expect that the young birds who had left their nests were always looking at his back from the shade of the trees. When his back really disappeared, their panic began to appear. Teacher, did you expect this step? If you didn't, then you would have miscalculated. If you had, then you were really cruel. Compared with that nominal trial, this is the real coming-of-age ceremony. You want us to kill yourself as apprentices.
Thoughts stopped because they came to a conclusion. Of course, it was also possible that those arms had touched his ankles. Since Cheese had already destroyed the body of the God of Baccarat first, the other party seemed to have no reason to hold back. The arms that flew from all directions fell on their bodies and were torn into unhuman pieces through the gray robe. They were surrounded by unavoidable attacks, and their arms were powerless and could not cast spells. This was a desperate situation, right? Such a desperate situation should not appear too many times for a gray robe that was used to plotting and then moving. The last time it appeared, it seemed that it was because of a fire.
"This time, there should be no need to explain who should not look at my eyes." Cheese muttered to himself, and the magic light in his eyes gradually turned into another indescribable color. So the world became still in his observations, and the hands that were holding his clothes and flesh desperately seemed to float in the air. The chain-shaped tattoo appeared again, causing the mage to feel a pain in boiling water all over his body.
This pain was not there when the human body of the God of God was destroyed just now. Why? Is it because the too high emotions at that time that made the body forget the pain? No, it shouldn't be that it is really not easy to forget this pain. So why did these chains not work before, and the power that exploded at that time should be stronger than it is now. Unless, what I used at that time was not the power that it needed to limit. Is it? It seems that before I understood the external things, I really lacked understanding of myself. But that's right, who can really structure myself to the subtle?
The mage was thinking while walking out the door. In this state, no matter magic, arms, or wooden door, could really hinder him. And when he was about to walk out of this room, a vague sound came from the roots of the tree behind him, as if it was coming from deep water, "Do you want to escape? How many more times can you escape like this?"
Cheese continued walking without looking back, and replied calmly, "I came here to meet a man who was called Dionysian God by my fellow disciples. He is also a gray robe. Now, there is no such person here, only an inexplicable ghost thing that does not even have his own body. Finally, I will tell you something. Although I cannot use the source magic, I know that in the shaman world, there is no concept of self. Their deformation, traveling far away, and trance are not for themselves, but for the unconscious who follows the trend. You are different. You attach so much importance to yourself and devour other creatures. This is not a source magic at all, but just sew the things you picked up on yourself like a stitching monster. Just follow the worm and exist in such an ugly appearance until you destroy yourself."
When Cheese walked out of the tree hole, he realized that he had lost a fellow disciple in this world. If he lost his human body, the lack of consciousness of the Baccarat would not disappear. He would use his magic to flow between different bodies, but adapting to and assimilating those bodies requires time and energy, so he could drive bats and earth bears, but he could only possess the trees to command the broken arms. Maybe one day, the things in the tree hole would become a terrible monster that would harm the other side, but that would be a long time later. Cheese now doesn't want to worry about it. He witnessed the fall of a gray robe in that hole and destroyed everything that he had as a gray robe with his own hands.
The shadow of the knot was pulled in the afterglow of the sunset, casting a shadow like a gallows in front of the mage. Cheese took a deep breath and walked over. His robe rubbed against the grass leaves on the ground, and the dry grass leaves were instantly lit, turning into Mars and floating in the wind, falling on the knots. The knots on the side of the lonely wood turned into torches. Interestingly, only they were burning, and the fire seemed not interested in other things.
"Chir!" the goshawk screamed in the air, causing the gray robe to look up. He was sure that he had let the falcon return to its owner before, unless the latter sent it out again.
"They still have the energy to pay attention to me. Does this mean that the recovery of Nuisa is going smoothly?" The sorce appeared on Cheese's face. The contact with Baccarat made him feel mixed and he also made him sure of something. The one who spreads the power of worms in the Wolf Lord tribe was not the former gray robe. Baccarat only cared about himself. That means that Losa and the others might encounter some unexpected opponents.
"It's better to go back soon."
Chapter completed!