The Collection of The End

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Junction area, Nimgofu.

"Hmm...why do I feel that this place looks familiar?" Sherlock rode "Carrot" and looked around beside the giant meteorite crater, "What was this place originally?"

"[Hmm? It seems to be an unknown roadside ruin? At least there is no record of it in Stonewell City.]" Melina, who refused to show up at the big pit because of fear of heights, replied.

"Come to think of it, isn't this the 'roadside ruins' where I rescued Teacher Ser Lian?" Sherlock looked at the surrounding environment for a long time, and finally found a landmark: "If I hadn't rescued Teacher Ser Lian, I would have been there." Going directly to Red Lion City to challenge General Broken Star may cause her to..."

"[I think not,]" Melina analyzed seriously: "[Lord Faded One, the meteorite staff, rock balls, destruction meteors and other spells you used in the Galede star were all under the guidance of Ms. Serlian. Got it, without her you wouldn't have been able to defeat General Starshatter and cause the stars to fall.]"

"Hmm." Sherlock nodded.

"[And if you go to Lienia first, she can be exiled from the Magic Academy. There must be relevant records. After reading the records, you will still come to save her in order to obtain powerful spells, unless...]" Melina paused Moment: "[Unless Lord Faded One, you approach the battle route, cut all the way through, and defeat General Star Breaker without relying on magic or miracles, causing the stars to fall. But in that case, a 'magic teacher' seems to be useless to you." Not that important?】"

"But when you take the pure melee route, you will get stuck with Greg... Heh, I seem to understand a little bit how 'destiny' works." Sherlock shook his head and nodded.

A person's experience determines his character, and this person's character is his destiny.

He has "foreknowledge" and "Sherlock's uncertainty" and can make completely different choices at key nodes when external conditions remain unchanged. However, ordinary people cannot even detect the existence of nodes. As long as his past experiences and thinking There is no change in logic and actual ability. No matter how many times you experience a specific "node", you will definitely make the same choice.

If you want to change this, it is completely useless to only change the "current node". Even if the change is successful at the time, things will be returned to the original track because the character of the person remains the same. It must be done earlier and more quickly. The previous "node", or even the daily life of the person who is not a node, is changed to change his experience so that he will not form a corresponding character, and when he really reaches the critical node, he will naturally make different choices from before.

This should be the "butterfly effect" in the time dimension. The predecessor of the [Ministry of Magic], when the [Time Variation Administration] still existed, it should have operated similarly.

Well... I finally have some confidence as the "Deputy Minister of Magic", and the guilty feeling of being forced into a key position just because I hold the Time Stone has disappeared a lot.

Wait, it seems that the people running the Ministry of Magic are a group of "half-blood princes"? ...Forget it, it’s better not to use this little insight into your class.

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Huge pothole.

"[It's so dark, so narrow, so scary——]"

When Sherlock rode a carrot and stepped on the jagged landing points on the edge of the crater to descend step by step, the least dangerous person, Melina, who was in a spiritual state, was startled.

Fortunately, only she could hear her voice after she transformed into a spirit body, otherwise she would be in trouble if she frightened Carrot so much that she stumbled.

"Don't worry, Blaze has already jumped down first to find the way for us," Sherlock tried to comfort us: "If there is a cliff that cannot be jumped directly, he will leave a mark to remind us."

"[I, I was very negligent in my duty as a guide,]" Melina calmed down a little, her voice a little apologetic: "[I didn't even know that there was another country underground at the junction.]"

This is normal. Although "witch" and "witch" can be used to refer to the same type of people, they are completely different in terms of etymology. The former is more "human", while the latter is more "devil".

When it comes to the junction area specifically, the witch is responsible for the "main line", while the witch only appears in the "side line". It is normal for each other to not understand each other's business.

Well, of course it's a branch line. The main line only requires him to defeat the seven "Fragment Kings", collect "Fragments of the Deathly Hallows", become the "Supreme Mage", and explore the large hole punched by the meteorite.

However, as a professional "falling out of the world", he will basically not refuse any opportunity to explore the "inner world". It does not matter whether there is actual gain or not. He collects information about the "nature of the world" that others don't know. That's what he really wants. Otherwise, what's the difference between him and those confused living corpses?

call--

Having reached the bottom of the crater at this time, Carrot's feet fell into the air and fell into the thicker and deeper darkness below.

"[Ahhhh--I'm really going to fall--]" Melina exclaimed again.

Um? Where are the Blazers...the wolves?

Not sure whether the carrot would come back to life after being dropped to death, Sherlock first put it away with his whistle, and then looked around at the surrounding environment.

At first, there was only darkness around him. Sherlock couldn't even see his raised arm clearly, as if it was obscured by a thick curtain. After a moment, this "curtain" suddenly disappeared. It was not bright, but only scattered dim stars. The "starry sky" of stars immediately filled his entire field of vision.

Underground... the starry sky?

Sherlock checked up and down based on the direction of his fall, and found that the starry sky was "above", but he had clearly just penetrated an extremely deep underground...

He turned his head and looked "downward", and then saw the ruins of a huge city that occupied the entire "land" in his field of vision and extended far to the end of the "horizon" with no boundaries visible.

Its architectural style is completely different from that of Nimgolf and Galede. The architectural style of the castles and villages on the surface is basically towards the European Middle Ages. The materials are also a mix of wood, earth and stone, but the buildings underground are basically built and carved from stone. The style also leans towards ancient Greece. When Shylock is looking down from a high position, he can clearly distinguish the gorgeous temple decorated with stars and the moon, the elegant aristocratic district with elegant environment, the low and complex civilian district with chaotic layout, and the towering canal running through the city, but among them Most of them are only slightly structural ruins, with only dim starlight and some sporadic braziers burning green flames providing illumination.

Sherlock didn't notice Blaze. He seemed to have landed first, and the position he was falling towards was a circular building that looked like a Colosseum.

There is no doubt that you will encounter an ancient trial after landing. Combined with what Blaze said...

"[Be careful, someone has launched an invasion!]" Melina suddenly said: "[Huh? Lord Faded One, you launched it yourself?]"

Oh, that's it. Sherlock first used the Slow Falling Technique to reduce the falling speed, and then cast a series of spells on himself in the air that could greatly increase the strength, agility and physical attributes. Then, he used his entire set of wizard equipment. Replaced with the turtle suit that had been used for some time before: knight suit, straight sword and turtle shell shield. Finally, after these temporary strengthening spells expired, the slow fall spell was canceled, and the whole person landed with a bang.

Almost at the same time, new information emerged:

[You have been invaded by ‘Stephen Strange (Bionic Teardrop)’. 】

A "person" with a strange silver-white body, whose appearance and weapons and armor were exactly the same as Sherlock's, slowly appeared not far away in front of him. It seemed to want to salute first, but it had already deformed halfway through the movement. , then staggered and fell to the ground.

"I'm so sorry." Sherlock, who took the opportunity to change back to the mage suit, returned the favor gracefully, then raised his staff and summoned three purple-light rock balls: "The total weight of this set of equipment exceeds my It’s about double the maximum weight, so you can’t stand up.”

Boom boom boom——!