Meet the principal

"Teacher Claire, why are you here?"

Alymiya had some doubts. She originally thought that Claire had left with Reiner, but she didn't expect that she was still in the school.

"I am hungry."

Claire didn't bother to lift up the fallen shoulder strap, staring at their dinner, drooling.

"You haven't eaten all day, have you?"

Amelia asked Claire to sit down, took two bites of bread, and drank a large mouthful of soup before breathing a breath as if she was alive.

"Saved, I thought I was going to die here!"

Claire said, it was only at this time that she felt a hint of chill, and she hurriedly wrapped herself in a quilt, and now she turned into a quilt star with only two long bare legs and head exposed.

"Didn't you go out with Mr. Reiner, Miss Claire?"

Fina asked. Reiner left in a hurry the day after learning about Sauron's alien invasion. He only had time to arrange the next arrangements for the school. She naturally understood that as a high-level mage, there should be more arrangements when disaster strikes. He was needed, but Fina originally thought that Reiner would take Claire with him, but now it seems that he still left Claire here.

"Liner didn't let me come with him. He said he was going to a very dangerous place, so he asked me to stay here."

Claire explained, not feeling dissatisfied, only slightly worried.

"This is the first large-scale invasion of Sauron's alien species in so many years. Reiner and the others should be able to repel these monsters."

She asked, but Fina and Alymiya couldn't give an answer.

"Let's just wait here for him to come back."

Alymiya glanced out the window. The snow was getting heavier and heavier. This was the biggest snowfall that Priest had experienced in so many years.

The dark night sky was dark purple, the color of the thick dark clouds and white snow. The forest had long been covered with a layer of gray, and Crescent College was in silence, as if it was about to be submerged in the dark night.

Only the light in the lounge brought a glimmer of hope in the deep night. This light was weak and swaying, but it was real and tenacious, just like the hope of mankind.

"We have to take care of the school and wait for Reiner to come back."

Claire drank a cup of black tea in one gulp,

Somehow I suddenly felt motivated.

"Yes, but let's rest today. It won't be too late to work hard again after the snow stops tomorrow."

Emilia nodded, with a smile on her face.

"Will it stop snowing tomorrow?"

Fina looked at the flying snow with some worry and asked.

"It will stop."

Claire said firmly.

"It will definitely stop."

...

Somewhere in the world.

The sky was gloomy, as if ashes were scattered, and the whole world fell into dead silence, without any movement of any living thing.

On the charred earth, there is a huge crater. This crater looks like it was left by a meteorite impact, creating a desperate restricted area on the cracked earth.

Reiner stood on the edge of the pit and looked into the middle.

In the center of the huge pothole, there is a twisted and weird building. This building is like a tall tower, but it does not face straight towards the sky, but winds and twists, full of indescribable malice.

The material of the building is not masonry, but some kind of amethyst-like crystal. Its surface is smooth and stain-free, and it is translucent. It seems to be the product of high temperature and high pressure.

"Is this the place of origin that Mr. Hohenheim said?"

Reiner murmured to himself, he stretched out his hand forward, and his arm entered the field of potholes. Soon, a familiar feeling came from his fingers, and he retracted his hand.

Then, a charred stone next to Reiner floated up and flew towards the pit, but when it entered the pit, it suddenly lost power and rolled to the ground.

Looking at the stone, Reiner sighed softly.

"Sure enough, it's a dead zone."

Yes, this pit is an area where magic cannot be used, that is, the Death Zone. According to Mr. Hohenheim's introduction, this is the trace of the fall of a legendary mage from the ancient magic empire during the modern magic revolution. He was killed by the Sage. Attacked by Shi's power, he was finally killed after resisting for three days. His body fell to the ground, creating this dead zone.

The tall tower in the center of the pit was the original mage's tower. In the explosion that destroyed everything, this tower survived and formed such a twisted appearance.

"Your Excellency Hohenheim said that this mage may hide the secret of the origin of magic, but not everyone can enter this dead realm."

Reiner looked at the southern sky. There was a vast ice field that was permanently frozen, but here, it was scorched earth.

The place where he is now is located at the northernmost tip of the continent, farther away than the great ice sheet. From a geographical point of view, this place should be near the North Pole of this planet.

"If we can find the secret of the origin of magic, can we really save the world?"

Reiner glanced at the twisted tower and said softly.

Due to the incompleteness of quantum theory, although Reiner received some feedback from the world, it was far from enough compared to his current level. General relativity requires further experiments to prove, and it is also not possible to directly become Reiner's for the time being. combat effectiveness.

In order to seek a breakthrough, he wrote to Lord Hohenheim, who had been living in seclusion, for help. After exchanging some speculations about the behavioral patterns of Sauron's alien species, Lord Hohenheim told Reiner this place. This was Lord Hohenheim falling into madness. The secret realm that I accidentally came to when I was there. In fact, the wind and snow outside blocked everything. Even the Rainbow Tower had not yet set foot here.

"Definitely. I can feel there's something special here."

Behind Reiner, a woman wearing a black and white maid dress with blond hair and crimson eyes answered. Although her voice was cold, it was a little more humane than before.

This is the alchemy doll, Hellaison, made from the prototype of Lord Hohenheim's daughter.

"Are you okay?"

Reiner asked. Helena was once in a state of near death because she was unable to absorb magic power in the Dead Realm. Thanks to Reiner's supplementary magic power, she survived. Now, she will follow Reiner into the Dead Realm again. , so Reiner asked with some worry.

"Definitely, the source of my magic power now is Master Reiner. As long as Master Reiner is still alive, I can move freely. This is one of the reasons why Master Reiner brought me here."

Hellaison replied. She took two steps forward, passed Reiner, and entered the pothole. However, she was not affected at all and could still move freely.

"It seems there is no problem."

One of the reasons why Reiner brought Hlaison is that she can still move in the Dead Realm and can be used as a certain combat effectiveness. There is another reason that you need to wait until you see the real thing to know.

With a sigh, Reiner also took steps.