blogombal Chapter 469-478: The Intersection of Time and Space 4
Chapter 469-478: The Intersection of Time and Space 4
Chapter 469-478: The Intersection of Time and Space 4
perhaps.
At this moment.
Saruman then realized what kind of being the wizard fighting in the city was. It was nothing like the many possibilities he had imagined; it was a legendary wizard still alive!
Accompanied by that announcement that seemed to come from the depths of the underworld.
Countless streams of dense, surging, and roaring green magical energy, like living things, erupted from the most distorted and massive building complex in the city center. It was like a fountain of death that had been suppressed for millions of years finally bursting forth, or like a self-aware cloud of destructive plague sweeping across the heavens and earth.
The overwhelming green light instantly illuminated and engulfed large swathes of non-Euclidean geometric structures.
The green hue, combined with the dark sheen of the stone itself, creates an indescribable and nauseating visual pollution, making them appear like a ghostly realm.
That light was not a static, inanimate object.
Instead, it was surging, churning, and spreading wildly. Saruman could clearly feel an energy with extremely high infectivity and absolute destructiveness proliferating and spreading rampantly within it!
Its sheer scale is so vast that it almost covers half of the city's skyline; its magic is so powerful and so pure...
The terror was like a vast sea of death pouring down.
The power he wields is on a completely different level from that of ordinary wizards!
"How could it be a legend?!" Saruman suddenly raised his head, his eyes reflecting the terrifying scene of the city churning and roaring like a green hell.
He felt the terrifying magical fluctuations that, even from such a great distance, swept over him as if they were real, threatening to annihilate all life and freeze all souls.
At this moment, Saruman's brain was in a state of absolute shutdown.
All the wild thoughts, all the guesses, all the messy rational analyses in my mind were completely shattered and evaporated by this absolute power at this moment!
"How can there still be legends in this era!"
After a long while.
He gasped in shock.
Saruman's shrill cry was like a stone thrown into a still pool, creating invisible ripples in the dim and oppressive atmosphere.
It's not just the disbelief in the sound.
It was the weight of the word "legend" that instantly snapped Kag out of his awe of the battle in the city and plunged him into a deeper state of bewilderment.
"Legendary?" Kag repeated the word, as if his tongue was tied in knots. As a top warrior, he had a clear understanding of the wizard's power system.
The title of Grand Wizard is already a peak that ordinary wizards can hardly reach in their lifetime, and those who touch the threshold of Legend, such as Saruman, are extremely rare and are regarded as possible leaders of the next era.
But the true "legend" is a living legend, someone who can influence the continent's landscape single-handedly, whose name is worthy of being written into epics and sung by bards for thousands of years!
There are no more legends in the world; this is a consensus worldwide!
Kag was no less shocked than Saruman.
He abruptly turned to look at Saruman, his rugged face filled with the same shock and bewilderment as Saruman's. "How is this possible? Saruman, are you sure? You can sense it from this distance?"
obviously.
Even though Kag was just a warrior, he was well aware that legends had become extinct. In fact, anyone in this world who was involved with extraordinary beings was well aware of this.
After all, the end of the legendary era does not only mean the tragedy of wizards, but also the tragedy of everyone. After all, warriors are also a profession that can prove themselves as legends.
Just like the legendary King Arthur.
Without legends in the world, warriors naturally cannot become legends either, which means their situation is the same as that of wizards, so they are also shocked by the sudden emergence of a legend.
"I understand perfectly! I'm completely clear-headed!"
Saruman's face was frighteningly pale. He stared intently at the still surging, life-like green magical tide within the city of R'lyeh, his voice trembling slightly: "There's no mistake, Kag!"
The sheer scale of magical output, the almost primal mastery and manifestation of the rules of death—"
"Avada Kedavra Plague? This is no ordinary curse; it spreads and reproduces the very concept of death in the form of a plague! This transcends the realm of magic, touching the very edge of authority! This is a power characteristic that only those who have truly entered the legendary realm can display!"
Saruman's understanding of legends surpasses that of ordinary wizards, after all, he truly possessed the potential to become a legend, but was simply constrained by the era in which he was among those who could not achieve it.
He took a deep breath of the scorching air, thick with sulfur and dust, trying to calm his wildly beating heart, but to little avail. "I was just wondering how someone with such a youthful voice could possess magic far surpassing mine—if he's a legend, then it all makes sense! But—this is even more unbelievable!"
Saruman exclaimed in amazement.
Kaggle processed this information, his brow furrowing deeply. He wasn't entirely ignorant of the wizarding world's current state; in fact, that made the situation all the more absurd. "But—Saruman, as far as I know, this era is no longer one of legendary figures! The last legends should have been the four leaders of Hogwarts, who appeared in the Western lands over a hundred years ago!"
"Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff—these four are considered the last wizards in the last five hundred years to be confirmed as Legendary. And legend has it that they used up almost all the known Legendary Tokens in the world that could help break through the Legendary barrier."
"Since them, no new legends have been born in the magical world, which is almost a consensus among everyone!" Kag's voice was still full of astonishment.
Saruman certainly understood what he was saying.
Saruman nodded heavily; what Kag said was exactly what he considered "common sense." As a genius who had touched the threshold of becoming a legend, his understanding of the "Proof of Legend" was far deeper than Kag's.
It is not a specific object, but an opportunity, a rare chance to resonate deeply with the fundamental rules of the world. It could be an epiphany, an ancient relic containing fragments of rules, or a great feat accomplished at a specific place and time.
The rise of the four great masters of Hogwarts is said to be closely related to their discovery of several ancient secret realms in the British Isles and the special inheritance they received.
They almost exhausted the potential of the "proof" that the region had accumulated over thousands of years.
That is, the final dragon.
However, people in Africa are not very clear about this kind of thing.
"Yes—a consensus—" Saruman murmured, his gaze still fixed on the green cloud of death. "After the Four Great Masters, the tides of magic seem to have entered a slump, with no new legendary proofs being confirmed or discovered. That's why, although I've touched the threshold, I always feel that the fog ahead is thick, as if I'm missing the most crucial key—"
His tone carried a hint of bitterness at his own blocked path, but more than that, it reflected extreme bewilderment at this phenomenon that defied common sense.
The two fell silent, with only the muffled rumble of green magic colliding with some invisible barrier faintly echoing from within the city of R'lyeh, and Lina's unintelligible, wet, bubbly groans of pain emanating from her unconscious state, reverberating in the deathly still air, sounding somewhat abrupt.
Kag struggled to process the possibilities, his mind more suited to tactics than macroscopic magical theory: "Could it be—there are still undiscovered proofs of legend?"
"For example—in the lair of some extremely dangerous ancient dragon? Or, like this ghostly place we discovered, in some secluded and forbidden land, where ancient opportunities still remain?" He had heard some legends about dragon slayers breaking through their limits by using the core power of the dragon.
It must be said that Kag's guess is not without merit.
however.
Saruman slowly shook his head, dismissing the conjecture: "It's not impossible, but the probability is too low. The birth of a 'Legendary Proof' is inextricably linked to the world's underlying rules and magical pathways. Since the era of the Four Greats, the magical activity of the entire world has been declining—this is an undeniable fact. Even if undiscovered 'Proofs' exist, their quality and the resonance they evoke might not be sufficient to support the birth of a new legend—and..."
He paused, then pointed into the city.
"Did you hear that voice? So young! Even if he managed to find some rare certificate," to achieve such advancement at such a young age—that talent is simply astonishing, unheard of!"
Saruman's voice was filled with an escapist mentality of not wanting to believe the truth. Geniuses are all like that; they don't easily accept that there are people in the world who are more talented than themselves.
Kag scratched his coarse hair, another thought popping into his head: "Then—could it be that the one in the city isn't some newly risen legend at all? He's actually—one of the four great masters of Hogwarts? Maybe they didn't go into seclusion or—that—as rumored, but came here?"
This idea gave Saruman a jolt of energy! Yes, if it was those four who had already achieved legendary status, then everything made sense! He immediately pulled out a thick biographical collection from his storage bag, with the Hogwarts Castle emblem on the cover—"The Immortal Foundation: A Study of the Lives of the Four Great Founders."
Ordinary people certainly wouldn't collect these things.
but.
Saruman was no ordinary man, after all.
He yearned to become a legend, so he collected information on all the legends from various continents, hoping to gain inspiration from studying these materials.
Although the objective was not achieved, the information has now come in handy.
He flipped through the pages quickly, searching for descriptions of the voices of the four legendary wizards, while recalling the childlike voice he had just heard.
"Gryffindor, according to records, has a loud, passionate voice, like the roar of a lion—"
"Slytherin, a voice cold and slick, with a serpentine hiss—"
"Ravenclaw, the voice was clear and ethereal, like a whisper of wisdom—"
"Hufflepuff, with a gentle, resonant voice, as steady as the earth—"
There is no record of any of them possessing such a youthful, clear voice, like that of a teenager. Moreover, the four giants were active a hundred years ago. Even if legends have long lifespans and can maintain their youthful appearance through magic, the characteristics of their voices, especially that pure youthfulness that seems untouched by the passage of time, are very difficult to completely fake.
Unless polymorph is used.
Human body transformation.
That's certainly a possibility. However, legends are transcendent in this world, and Saruman couldn't fathom why a legend would disguise themselves and operate outside.
and.
Transfiguration can hinder the effects of magic. In such battles, unless absolutely necessary or there is no other way, no one will maintain the operation of transfiguration to fight.
All of this left Saruman utterly perplexed.
"No—nothing's right—" Saruman closed the book, his face even more confused. "The voice characteristics don't match at all. Besides, the four giants have long since disappeared, supposedly having founded a magic academy. They have plenty of things to do, so why would they suddenly appear in this forbidden place called 'R'lyeh'?"
"Still engaged in a fierce battle with some unknown entity? That doesn't make sense." Saruman offered a rational analysis; he clearly knew a great deal about the situation of the four giants.
Even the people who created Hogwarts knew about it.
Kag had actually heard about Hogwarts from him; in this era of limited information, such news wasn't widely disseminated.
"Is that so?"
Kag was also somewhat deflated. He plopped down on a nearby black rock, kicking up a small cloud of dust. "That—could it be a legend from a very, very long time ago, even older than the Four Great Rulers? Didn't you say legends live a very long time?"
Saruman leaned against the cold stone tablet, his thoughts in turmoil. "Theoretically, legendary wizards do indeed live far longer than ordinary people; living for hundreds of years or even longer is not impossible. But—according to reliable historical records and archaeological discoveries, in the known history of magical civilizations with written traditions, those famous ancient legends from earlier periods, such as the first Speaker of the Magic Council of Atlantis, or the Haotian Dharma Lord who unified the Eastern alchemist system—"—they were all ultimately confirmed to have perished, or disappeared while exploring the unknown, never to be heard from again."
"Legends are not invincible; the long passage of time can erase too many things, even their names are mostly reduced to myths and legends. A legend that has survived from ancient times to the present day, yet has never left a trace in any records—the possibility of it being a newly created legend is even lower."
Saruman sighed.
The two were once again at an impasse. Various speculations were raised, only to be refuted one by one by their existing knowledge and logic. The reality before them—a being with a childlike voice, capable of wielding legendary-level death magic—clashed violently with the rules of the world as they understood them.
This sense of cognitive dissonance is even more disheartening and terrifying than facing physical danger.
At this time.
Lina's eating sounds seemed to become more hurried.
She writhed unconsciously, her scales scraping against the rocks with a sickening rustling sound. The girl uttered a few indistinct syllables, sounding like…
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"Breath—", or like "—door——open—"