Wizards of the North

In the dark prison, Stan, who gave up struggling, sat quietly. Outside the prison door, his proud disciple McGrady was nagging.

Seeing McGrady like this, Stan couldn't help but sigh secretly—it's over! He always thought that McGrady was the most promising person who stepped into the magic sea with his own strength.

But it was no longer possible, his will had been destroyed.

Just when Stan was upset in his heart, McGrady suddenly stopped nagging and retreated far away in horror. Stan then discovered that someone was sitting close to him at some point.

"Who?"

The person here looks very Bran, but his breath is completely different. Who is this, what do you want to do?

The man ignored him, but looked at McGrady, who was hidden in the darkness, and said softly, "Not bad!"

"who are you?"

The visitor still ignored his question, "Do you want to change to a more spacious place?"

"Are you--, Bran?" Seeing that the other party acquiesced to his guess, Stan tentatively asked, "Is your previous proposal still valid?"

"The jailer? There is already."

"It's always easier to clean by one more person."

Bran chuckled a few times, "The jailer is too conspiratorial for you."

Stan didn't seem to understand the sarcasm, and replied very seriously: "Unyielding talents, making the best use of everything."

"Heh! Why do you want to open it?"

Stan pointed to the next door, "They have always been honest and patient. Before, I despised them. Now, I despise myself."

"Oh?"

"I thought you wouldn't dare to kill me until death passed me by, just like them." Stan exhaled imperceptibly, "I just want to live now."

"Will live, come with me." Bran said, got up and walked out.

Stan followed behind him and asked carefully, "Then, the jailer?"

"I've said it, it's too bad. Your disciple is just fine."

Stan secretly glanced at Bran's back and asked carefully, "Is that my disciple okay? You won't be going to eat him, or..."

As if to hear something funny, Bran couldn't help but laugh, "You believe it too? It's just a kid's joke and scare people."

"But, I heard McGrady say..."

"As I said, it's just a kid's trick to scare people."

Stan shook his head slightly, "I was also surprised when I heard him, but I didn't dare to think about it."

"Yeah, who would have thought that they are already great wizards and are so childish." Bran paused before continuing. "If you talk about eating, I'm the only one who can eat. Don't look at them to scare people and keep going. , I really let them eat instead of going down.

Speaking of which, you are lucky. When you first caught you, there was an amphibious person in your stomach. At that time, I still felt that your taste was not bad. Now, it's disgusting to watch. "

This caused Stan to shiver involuntarily-really hanging!

He decided that he could no longer continue around the issue of eating, so he asked: "Meddie, what are you going to do with it?"

"Don't worry about him, we really need a jailer here. Moreover, he may be used in Double Wing City. Most importantly, our purpose is not to kill, but to learn."

Stan hurriedly answered, "What do you want to learn? I can leave it to you all I know."

"No hurry, we can take these things slowly, after all, observation is part of learning. Even if you refuse to hand it over, we will not do anything to you.

Just like that disciple of yours, although his strength is a little weaker, it seems that he has lost its use, but have you ever thought about it, in fact, being alive is his biggest use. "

Bran paused for a moment, "Speaking of this, I don't want you to be suspicious and able to complete your work with peace of mind."

"What job?"

"Re-establish your cycle here." Bran tilted his head slightly. "Perhaps you will like this place in the process and never want to go back."

Stan was silent for a moment, "What do I need to do?"

"Here, this is it." Bran suddenly stopped. "Look, are you satisfied? I have prepared everything for you and will try my best to meet your reasonable requirements in the follow-up process."

Stan only noticed that a huge underground square had appeared in front of him. But not right! The appearance of this square is too abrupt. He has been paying attention to the changes around him. He was walking in the long corridor a moment before, and suddenly entered here the next moment.

So he was surprised: "Where is this?"

Bran was a little proud, "Still in the dark prison, it's far wider than you think."

Stan noticed that Bran's term is vast, but he has more concerns in his mind, "Is that the power of space?"

"It's not just the power of space, otherwise you will definitely discover the anomaly in advance." Bran smiled, "Don't worry, there is no isolation here. If your disciple still has a little bit of courage and curiosity, he will definitely find it. Here."

Stan looked at the empty square and sighed, "If you can, can you tell me-your real purpose?"

"Circulation, a larger circle that can contain everything."

Stan subconsciously asked: "including us?"

"Yes, including you." Bran raised his hand to the center of the square. "This is just the beginning, and you won't be the only person in the dark prison to build a cycle."

Stan suddenly understood that what the boy in front of him wanted was the whole world.

This made him couldn't help but take a deep breath. Although he didn't think he would succeed, what if he succeeded?

Maybe it will really be like this boy said, he will like it here. Because by then, the world will turn into a huge cage. Where is the difference?

wrong! If it fails, what happens if there is a conflict between the two cycles?

An unpleasant feeling rose from his heart, making him a little lost. But this lack of consciousness was interrupted for only a moment, and Bran's unhurried voice sounded in his ears: "From today, this square belongs to you."

Seeing Bran leaving, Stan hurriedly asked the question that worried him.

"I don't think we will fail, because magic will find a way out. Even if we fail, we will start all over again.

You should see these things more thoroughly than me. In the endless years of the past, in your cycle, moments of success or failure have been staged.

Nowadays, failure or even death shouldn't touch you, because they are the most common part of the cycle. "

...

Bran was gone, and Stan still stared at the empty square in a daze.

Failure and death are not the most common part of the cycle, but the most important part. Moreover, they are the nourishment for the growth cycle.

Bran would not be ignorant of all this, but Stan took it for granted, because he had said similar words. To his students, to humble mortals.