Super Dimensional Wizard

Laplace: "The first memory I saw related to the Panic World was a memory illuminated by a bloody light."

Dox was stunned for a moment: "Memory illuminated by blood light?... Blood light?"

Laplace didn't want to answer Doakes's words, but seeing the doubts in Angel's eyes, he pondered for a moment and explained the reason: "This involves the rules of the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors..."

The rules in the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors are roughly divided into: birth and death.

Life represents the memories reflected by all "mirrors". In the pan-plane and countless worlds, as long as there is a "mirror", the images recorded in it can flow to the sea of ​​empty mirrors in the form of "memory".

This kind of mirror surface can be water surface, glaze surface, or even a distorted surface reflected by firelight. As long as it can reflect an image, it can be accommodated by the sea of ​​empty mirrors. Among them, the picture reflected by the water surface is the clearest and longest lasting; the picture reflected by the light is the shortest.

The bloody light belongs to the latter. It may be the reflection of some kind of sharp weapon during the battle, but it is only for a moment, but it is still recorded by the sea of ​​empty mirrors.

The above is life.

Just talking about "生" means that as long as you are near a "mirror", you will have no privacy.

But that’s not the case, for two reasons.

First, the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors is quite large. Even though many places are broken, it still connects countless worlds with mirrors.

What you do in front of the mirror may flow into the distant sea of ​​empty mirrors, or directly into the broken sea of ​​empty mirrors, turning into bubbles and dissipating.

Secondly, in the rules of the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors, in addition to "life", don't forget that there is also "destruction"!

The so-called "annihilation" means to fundamentally "annihilate" the memories flowing into the sea of ​​empty mirrors from the outside world.

This is like the Quest world. Every once in a while, there will be a tide of souls, bringing the remaining souls and undead spirits left in the world of the living into the world of the dead.

This is a rule, a rule under the great will.

The Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors also has such rules, but the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors will be more rough. The soul tide will at least give other intelligent souls other than the undead a certain choice. They can go to the Quest world or stay in the world of the living.

But the Sea of ​​Empty Mirror cannot do that. The surges and tides it overturns will directly wipe out all memories within the range.

And the tide of the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors... is everywhere all the time.

In other words, many memories that flow into the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors from the outside world may not even last a second before dissipating.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about "privacy" issues at all.

Even if you are posing in front of the mirror, you will be treated equally by the sea of ​​empty mirrors.

What's more, living people entering the Sea of ​​Hollow Mirrors will only become "hollow people" without memories. Shinichi will accidentally see some memories and forget them after a while.

There are countless "mirror creatures" in the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors, but not many of them are interested in human memory.

Laplace can be said to be an exception.

But if we really look into it, Laplace is not interested in human memory. She just looks at whatever memory she has. She doesn't feel sad about things, nor does she feel happy about things. The only thing that concerned her slightly was the shadow memory in the two faces of the Shepherd.

But even though she was a little concerned, she just gave it away anyway. It can also be seen from this that she doesn't care about gains and losses.

Closer to home, because the memory reflected in the sea of ​​empty mirrors is not limited to the mirror, so the "bloody light" she mentioned can still record the scene... even if it is only for a moment.

The scene recorded by the bloody light flowed into the sea of ​​empty mirrors, and was captured by Laplace before it was washed away by the tide.

This is all the cause and effect.

After a rough explanation, Laplace continued: "The picture reflected in the blood is a girl kneeling on the top of a mountain of corpses."

As Laplace spoke, he stretched out his white fingers and tapped the mirror in front of him.

In an instant, the mirror seemed to turn into a light screen produced by Sky Mechanical City, displaying a panoramic picture of light and shadow.

The upper part of the picture shows a red sky, with a huge swirling blood cloud constantly circling.

In the lower half of the picture, the background is a dark forest and distant rolling mountains. Nearby, there are countless corpses. Some of these corpses are human-like and some are demon-like. They are all fresh corpses. There is a stream of blood flowing on the ground.

In the center of these piles of corpses, there is a "hill" made entirely of corpses. At the top of the hill, a girl is sitting on her knees on the corpses, looking around blankly. Next to her, there was a bloody sword stuck in the corpse.

The girl was crying, and the expression on her face was one of great sorrow, as if she had encountered the most painful thing in the world.

And above the girl's head was the swirling blood cloud.

This is a picture with a sense of story. Although it is not clear what the story is, and we do not know who the dead person is, the rich sad atmosphere conveyed from the picture can be felt by everyone. arrive.

"Is she...a demon? An awakened demon? Or a bee-winged person?" Doakes asked.

And this question is also a question for everyone.

Among the other dead people in the picture, you can see butterfly-winged people, bee-winged people, and cicada-winged people, as well as demons and awakened demons, but this living girl is different.

She has obvious characteristics of a bee-winged person: there are thin transparent bee wings under her arms.

But she also has the characteristics of an awakened demon. There is an inconspicuous little red flower in her long, messy black hair.

It has five small round red petals, with a golden stamen in the middle, and a green stem that is connected to her head.

This little red flower is the most obvious feature of the awakened demon.

But the awakened demons will almost never maintain their human form. They are ferocious, evil, and murderous... and they will never show such sad expressions.

Therefore, this girl has a very strange sense of contrast. Especially when the little red flowers swayed in the wind and she cried silently, the contrast was extreme.

"A sane awakened demon?" Angel thought for a moment and said.

Doakes: "Does the Awakened Demon have sanity? Why have I never heard of it?"

Vai said angrily: "We just saw a picture of a Butterfly Wing and an Awakened Demon living in harmony. Now a rational Awakened Demon has appeared. Isn't this very logical?"

Doakes: "But the mural doesn't show that the awakened demon has reason? Maybe the butterfly-winged man controls the awakened demon in some way, just like Angel can control Ermi."

When Vai heard this, it seemed to make sense, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

At this time, Angel looked at Laplace behind the mirror and asked softly: "Is this the demon who has awakened again?"

Laplace did not reply, but stretched out his hand again and tapped the mirror.

The picture changed instantly, but the background did not change, but the corpses on the ground disappeared. Instead, there were many living people around. If you look carefully, you will find that these living people are actually the corpses from before.

In other words, the current picture is actually the picture when they were alive.

These people who are about to die are angry, fearful, irresponsible, desperate... all their emotions are aligned in one direction.

——A pure white demon under the swirling blood cloud.

This monster has an extremely flawless pure white shell, and its streamlined body is both beautiful and has an unconcealed sense of power. It stood up high, with a pair of equally white wings behind it.

Just like the legendary snow dragon, but more elegant and flawless than the snow dragon.

But the face of such a flawless body was full of ferocity and cruelty, and even the pale golden eyes were filled with cruelty.

These cruel emotions are all directed at the living people around them and... similar, awakened demons.

These are just the expressive qualities of the picture, but the detail that shocked everyone the most was the small red flower on top of the pure white demon's head.

The same little red flower as in the previous picture. Because of the difference in body shape, this little red flower appears smaller and more inconspicuous.

But just such an inconspicuous little red flower made everyone's expressions suddenly change.

"Is it the girl from before?" Angel asked.

Laplace nodded: "Yes. The demon form is in front, and the human form is in the back."

In other words, one second she was still an awakened demon, but the next second she transformed back into a wasp-winged person. It is wrong to say that she is a pure wasp-winged person. She still retains the characteristics of the awakened demon, but her memory may have recovered and her sanity has recovered, otherwise she would not be crying in such grief.

"Will the awakened demon wake up one day?" Doakes had not yet recovered from the news, he just murmured in a low voice.

Vai next to him: "Maybe?"

Doakes let out a long sigh: "That's really...a tragedy."

Yes, tragedy.

Even if they are not from the panic world and just watch as spectators, they can all think of what a tragic human tragedy this is.

From ancient times to the present, humans in the panic world—let’s call the aborigines of the panic world “human beings” for the time being—have been shrouded in the dark clouds of demons.

They are like wild beasts in the forest. Facing the monster, they can only tremble and pray that the monster is full and can let them go.

Days like this, year after year, day after day, finally one day, someone who can resist the monster appears.

However, when this person who resisted the demon received cheers and glory from everyone, he did not know that he had opened Pandora's box.

He taught humans how to use the flesh and blood of demons, gain their power, and transform into demons.

In order to defeat the demons, batches of demons were born.

It was really effective at first, but when the first demon used more energy than the limit and became an awakened demon, things began to go out of control.

Awakened demons are more terrifying than demons. They have completely lost human emotions. They have become a new generation of demons. They kill, they are ruthless, they do not like to eat animals, and only feed on humans.

From this day on, although the demons are still the guardians of every city, they are also shackled. From a hero that everyone admired, he became a monster that everyone avoided.

But in order to prevent more humans from dying under the attacks of demons, demons are still fighting on the front line. They are lonely guardians, and they are also lone fighters. They are looking for a trace of inner peace in the battle with demons every day. Peace...until awakening, or death.

Awakening the devil is the most terrifying ending, but it is also the fate of the devil. The more they fight against powerful demons, the more they have to use power beyond limitations.

After the demon awakened, the former guardian became a nightmare for all mankind. They kill, they devour, even if they encounter former acquaintances, it will not affect the efficiency of the awakened demon's devouring. There is no distinction between acquaintances and strangers. In their eyes, they are all food.

So far, this is the story of the awakened demon known to the wizarding world of the Southern Region.

The story ends here, which is pretty good.

However, the ending of the story is much more than that.

What will it be like when the awakened devil has the opportunity to become a human being again, possessing reason and emotions?

This is illustrated in the first image Laplace shows them.

Indescribable grief, the sorrow that can flow from the picture.

Just imagine, the girl in the picture has regained her intelligence. She should be happy, but what will she think when she discovers the corpses around her?

Among these corpses, the girl saw her past companions, her relatives, and her former lover.

What would she think?

When her memory as an awakened demon was restored, she discovered that she had killed her companions, her lover, and devoured the parents who had given birth to her.

What would she think?

Everyone didn't know, and it was difficult for them to empathize. The only thing they knew was to sigh as a bystander: "This is really... a tragedy."

…

The gloomy atmosphere spread for a long time, and finally Laplace behind the prism broke the silence.

Laplace's eyes were still on Angel: "You are right, this is the second awakening of the awakened demon."

"A second awakening can restore their sanity?" Angel asked.

Although the second awakening seems not bad, from a certain perspective, it is not necessarily good. It may be better to let him live his life in ignorance than to wake up and face the cruel truth.

However, these factors are not considered for now. Although Angel sympathizes with the demons in the panic world, there is no need to worry about others after countless time and space.

But... Earl's fan is around, and Earl's fan has shown some signs of emotion. Angel still needs to listen carefully to what Laplace has to say.

"Perhaps, or perhaps not." Laplace said: "What I saw was just a moment of memory, and what I can interpret is only what I saw from the memory."

After a pause, Laplace suddenly said: "However, you wizards should know this information better than me."

Angel frowned, hadn't the information he knew already been told?

Laplace: "I have received memories from the Panic World twice. You have seen the first memory. As for the second memory... I saw several wizard cities rising in the Panic World. rise."

"The wizard's city?!" Doakes exclaimed.

You know, there are not many wizard cities in the abyss. Most of them are just outposts. There is actually a Wizard City in the Panic World. This is really the first time I know about it!

"There are wizards in the city, which means that wizards are stationed all year round, which means that wizards have research on awakening demons..." Angel muttered silently: "The most important thing is that the Panic World is not barren. It has wizards. Resources needed!”

Previously, everyone's perception was that the panic world was very barren. The same goes for the Black Earl. Even though the Black Earl asked them to look at the problem dialectically and not to believe in public opinion, the Black Earl did not deny that the panic world was barren.

But now it seems that they were all wrong.

The world of panic is not barren, it is even rich in resources!

Otherwise, with the wizard's character of being unwilling to do anything early, it would be impossible to set up a wizard city in the panic world!

You must know that the Panic World is a powerful world with an energy level comparable to the Wizarding World. This world is full of dangers and is very far away from the Wizarding World. Under the premise of the above multiple obstacles, if there is no overwhelming benefit, how can wizards spend time and energy to build Wizard City?

Now they finally understood why Laplace said those words——

“Human beings always think of themselves as smart, but in fact, when prejudices are deep-seated, they are often unaware of them.”

Because from the moment Angel opened his mouth, she knew that Angel's information was fundamentally wrong.

Angel and others' intelligence was based on the poverty of the panic world. In fact, it was all the opposite.

They were deceived, even the Black Earl was deceived.

Is this done by the Frost Moon Alliance?

Or, there is a deeper reason here. Some people don't want them to know the intelligence of the panic world.