Chapter 615: Fusing Peach Bow Thorn Arrow! Demon-Slaying Great Sun! The Arrow Shot Toward Truth!

Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

With a wave of her hand, Witch Yekaterina immediately transferred all the furnishings in Locke's living room into the spirit realm. The entire living room was temporarily empty.

At the same time, she extended her left hand toward the air. Immediately, a peach wood bow and arrow appeared in her left hand, and countless righteous energies gathered toward her palm.

Simultaneously, Witch Yekaterina's Grand Magic appeared. Beast Tide Ecology separated out a jujube tree branch that fell upon her peach wood bow. Then Witch Yekaterina suddenly aimed the bow and arrow at Locke's brow.

Locke was startled. His entire body stiffened, and he instinctively summoned Myst's Power to protect himself.

"Teacher?"

Yekaterina released her fingers. The next moment, a jujube tree branch arrow fell toward Locke's brow.

The magic seemed to ignore Locke's permanent defensive field and, at an inconceivable angle, directly hit his brow.

Locke panicked for a moment, then suddenly discovered this arrow wasn't composed of magical energy, but purely spirituality.

In other words, true magical energy didn't actually exist.

At least for First Circle wizards this was so. First Circle wizards didn't have the ability to contact the imaginary number world.

Instead, this arrow forcibly caused Locke's spirituality and the spirituality on the arrow to enter a state of assimilation.

Witch Yekaterina said, "If you hadn't reached your current level, I wouldn't dare do this. I just judged that you now have the qualifications to receive my arrow."

"This is my inheritance, from my teacher... a teacher in the Star Domain Sea who once transmitted it to me. So far, I've only passed this inheritance to four people."

"You're the fifth."

"This part of knowledge cannot be described in words or magical text, or rather it's inefficient. I'm using a spirituality arrow to forcibly bring you into merging the [Peach Bow] and [Thorn Arrow] two parts of power into one."

Witch Yekaterina watched Locke close his eyes, his spirituality turning inward. She then walked out of the living room and entered Locke's study. With a bit of curiosity, she glanced at the furnishings in Locke's study, then casually picked up a book from the desk and sat down to read.

According to expectations, in just half a night, Locke would obtain the inherited magic of their lineage.

However, if he failed, external force would be needed to awaken him from his inward spirituality state.

So she still needed to wait here.

Otherwise, with the slightest carelessness, an accident could easily occur.

At the same time, Locke sensed his spirituality entering a special state. His spirituality was forcibly entered into a fixed fluctuation, then connected with a more ancient existence.

First, he saw that in a certain dark age of darkness and obscurity, countless evil forces were summoned because this dark, fallen, ignorant age suppressed civilization's own potential, causing these evil forces to infiltrate this society.

The scene brought by spiritual power was extremely realistic.

Locke quickly realized this should be the Dark Age mentioned briefly in the fragmented history of archaeologists.

Currently, no one knew the Dark Age's specific position in the entire wizard civilization era, whether it came after or before the Empire Age and the Age of Stars, but the entire wizard civilization had experienced this era.

No one knew why this age was triggered, but the wizard civilization of that era experienced serious ideological rigidity, complacency, and authoritative thought that made all wizards in the world adopt a faithful attitude.

Thinking the mainstream thought was wrong meant this wizard had strayed from the path.

Those with opposing opinions would be suppressed.

Without reflection, wizards' aggressiveness was castrated. Perfect academic thought ruled that world.

It was a dark age that didn't need competition, where every wizard stayed in their place.

It was a thoroughly ignorant age, cold and lifeless. An entire age actually produced not a single related academic article.

According to archaeological speculation, wizards at that time seemed to believe ancient things were good things, so no wizard was qualified to write new research articles.

Moreover, magic popularization reached a new low in wizard civilization history. It was even suspected to possibly be the early stage of wizard civilization, but various archaeological fragment data showed this wasn't the case.

In short, because too little historical material remained from that entire period, it was difficult to verify specifically.

But why could Locke recognize it?

Because archaeologists discovered this era's typical characteristic through archaeology—the entire wizard civilization, by excessively suppressing its own creativity to maintain a certain order, excessively pursuing order and stability, lost the ability to resist many external forces.

In this age, a large amount of evil forces from the endless void were summoned.

Disc beings wantonly invaded the wizard world.

And many other evil forces.

In that age, wizards whose thoughts were suppressed not only didn't have simple thoughts, but their hearts were even more evil. If these evil thoughts appeared for long periods, they would attract the attention of certain existences in the void.

Those existences entered this wizard world.

Therefore, the Dark Age's typical characteristic was the abundance of demons and monsters.

And Locke perceived from this spiritual change that the age from which this spirituality originated should be the wizard world's Dark Age.

Locke saw a city. The entire city was filled with statues of various 'great wizards of the past.' Every word these great wizards said in the past, any fragmentary understanding of magic they left behind.

All became the most precious classics in this age.

These past great wizards' statues were worshipped as divine images in this city. Every wizard worshipped them.

Although not deities, they were no different from deities.

In this city full of 'divine statues,' Locke saw a scholar's statue in the city center.

That statue looked down at all wizards.

Countless wizards didn't conduct research but instead worshipped divine statues here. Locke saw a wizard having a dispute with others here. The cause was unknown, but it seemed this wizard proposed a different view.

So the other wizards in this city tried to guide him toward the correct path.

But that wizard used the ancient Peach Bow Thorn Arrow magic and, day and night, crafted a bow and an arrow.

This day, he drew the bow and nocked the arrow, aiming at that statue before everyone.

All the faceless wizards in the city were shocked.

'Stop! That's a statue of the former Wizard King, a statue of a high-level wizard. Do you think you're better than those high-level wizards?'

'Your theoretical foundation is still too weak, which is why you produce extreme views! The Wizard King is the embodiment of truth for us. You should study well with him. The Wizard King is our teacher. How can you disrespect your teacher?'

'You need to stay rational! Don't be arrogant!'

At this moment, Locke discovered he seemed to have become that wizard, subjected to universal condemnation, misunderstood by everyone.

Receiving looks from everyone thinking he was crazy.

Locke sensed that spirituality seemed to be letting him choose whether to shoot or not shoot, and his spirituality was increasingly converging with Yekaterina's spirituality arrow.

Locke frowned. If it was just shooting an arrow, that wouldn't matter.

What was the big deal about that?

He picked up the peach wood bow and jujube arrow. Those wizards' eyes panicked.

But the next moment, Locke froze, because the statue's appearance changed. From the statue of an unfamiliar middle-aged man, it actually became Witch Yekaterina's statue.

All of Witch Yekaterina's previous teachings to him instantly appeared in his heart.

Moreover, among those wizards trying to stop him, the leader also became Witch Mason. She looked at Locke in shock, "Locke, are you crazy? You dare aim an arrow at a Throne Wizard's statue!"

"Do you have any rationality left? Look at yourself. Do you still look human? You've already entered the wrong path. Quickly put down the magic in your hands."

Witch Mason said, "Correct your heart and mind."

"You can't be influenced by the chaotic spirituality here. You need to maintain respect for truth. If even a wizard like you cannot maintain respect for truth, then who will maintain respect for truth?"

Witch Mason said, "Truth's greatest enemy is stupidity. Those stupid people are arrogant, so we need to use respect for Throne Wizards to maintain the world's respect for truth."

"Quickly put down the arrow." Witch Mason said, "Only then can you fuse the two spiritualities."

"You need to find reverence for truth."

"What you need to shoot isn't this statue, but your own ignorant heart!"

Locke began to hesitate. He looked at Witch Mason.

He began thinking about the correctness of the other party's words.

Which one to shoot exactly?

At the same time, a second statue appeared behind Locke. That was himself intensely debating with others and proposing views.

Witch Mason looked at Locke and said, "Locke, listen to me. This is the last chance. Don't make the wrong choice. You must reflect on yourself with respect for truth. Now you must make the correct choice."

"Your choice will be confirmed by the Sacred Dragon [Cassiodrak] originating from the Dark Age. If you make the correct choice, your arrow will receive the spiritual blessing of Sacred Dragon Cassiodrak. This blessing will rise somewhat each time you increase your power."

Witch Mason said, "Sacred Dragon Cassiodrak is also the guardian of order, the guardian of truth, the wizard who maintains truth."

"If you make the wrong choice here, you'll lose the blessing of Sacred Dragon. Sacred Dragon will forever detest wizards who defile truth."

Just then, a wizard suddenly walked up behind Locke, looked at him and said, "Locke, shoot that arrow. Shoot that arrow at that Throne Wizard's statue."

"What Throne Wizard? Not worth a single hair of yours. You are the greatest wizard. You possess the greatest insight in this world. You must shoot that arrow. Everyone else is stupid. You're the most clear-headed!"

Witch Mason glared at him angrily, "Shut up. You madman."

That wizard sneered, "Still better than someone who just echoes others like you."

The wizard looked at Locke and said, "This is the test of the truth challenger originating from the Dark Age, the human wizard Cassiodrak. Only if you shoot that arrow at that Throne Wizard's statue can you obtain Lord Cassiodrak's spiritual confirmation."

Locke frowned.

He discovered that fusing the Peach Bow Thorn Arrow power, passing this test, and obtaining certification from an ancient historical wizard was more difficult than he had imagined.

Both choices had merit.

And it seemed he couldn't rely on luck, because Locke was beginning to suspect that no matter what he did, it would be wrong.

Shooting either side would be wrong.

Then not shoot?

Locke began thinking whether he should make that choice.

Witch Mason and that wizard started arguing. "Stay non-extreme. Only then can you be eternally correct."

That wizard said angrily, "Only I am the sole correct one! You're all liars."

Locke looked at the two, frowned, and under their gazes, picked up the peach wood bow, drew the bow and nocked the arrow, then aimed at Witch Yekaterina's statue.

Locke looked at 'Witch Mason' and said, "Truth's greatest enemy shouldn't be ignorance, but the arrogance of thinking one has grasped truth."

'Witch Mason's' face turned pale, "If you shoot this arrow, I'm not lying to you, you'll absolutely fail."

Locke looked at 'Witch Mason' and said, "Ancestors are insufficient models. Today's matters, people of the past may not necessarily understand. My problems, the doctrines of past people may not necessarily solve."

"You want me to submit to authority, but I believe authority is not truth."

Under that wizard's excited gaze, Locke shot an arrow at Witch Yekaterina's statue.

Immediately, that arrow was like a great sun emerging.

A sun fell into the distance.

Witch Mason shook her head slightly, as if regretting something.

And that wizard laughed heartily.

But the next moment, his laughter abruptly stopped, because Locke deliberately shot so that the arrow passed over the statue erected in the city, destroying the peak of a mountain behind the statue, forcibly leveling it.

That wizard's expression immediately became gloomy.

At the same time, both statues began to tremble and crack.

The wizard looked at Locke and said, "What have you done?"

Locke said, "I'm just experiencing what that wizard back then thought. If I need to receive his spiritual blessing and need to fuse with his spirituality, then I need to consider how he thought back then."

"I don't believe that wizard in history really shot an arrow at his mentor's statue out of resentment and destroyed that statue. But he did indeed shoot an arrow in the direction of the statue at that time, expressing his true respect for truth and reasonable questioning of authority."

Locke looked at 'Witch Mason' and the unfamiliar wizard, "Shooting down the mentor's statue and leaving only one's own statue—what difference is that from not shooting? It's just that the authority representative changed from the mentor to oneself."

"Others' authority became one's own authority."

"And destroying one's own statue while leaving the mentor's statue would be equivalent to completely becoming the mentor's vassal. If I'm not mistaken, this Dark Age wizard had a considerable status in that era. He was originally one of the authorities of this age... which is why he was qualified to decide here whether to shoot or not."

"And pursuing singular correctness is itself submission to authority, merely falling into past cycles again and again. Eventually, it will lead to the Dark Age descending again!"

At this moment, both statues began to collapse.

Witch Mason's image disappeared.

That unfamiliar wizard's lips curved up. At the same time, where Witch Mason disappeared, a massive white dragon appeared—a Sacred Dragon. Its body was enormous. A single dragon scale seemed to be a demiplane.

The dragon had four claws, but its middle body was relatively long. It seemed to be a true dragon variant, very different from ordinary dragons in appearance.

The wizard said, "Locke Augustine, you're right."

The wizard and the dragon spoke simultaneously, "Cassiodrak is both human and Sacred Dragon, and also one of the Dark Age's authoritative scholars."

"Equivalent to a Third Circle Throne Wizard of your era!"

"In past history, he launched the first challenge to Dark Age authority. But his ending wasn't good... Time passed, history swallowed many things, making Cassiodrak's history also disappear. Many wizards no longer understand him. But his spirituality still remains in past time."

"Since that's the case, I'll grudgingly acknowledge you and let your arrow receive a trace of Cassiodrak's spiritual blessing."

"May Cassiodrak's spirit shine forth again in the distant future."

"From today, your arrows will receive a trace of spiritual blessing from Sacred Dragon."

Locke seemed to see in past history, in the Dark Age, the Sacred Dragon who expressed that people should abandon mindless worship of authority was ultimately exiled by those wizards into some terrible dark forbidden zone.

Locke's Suzerain’s Book automatically manifested and began absorbing this historical material.

This was also a piece of historical material.

The negative energy particle field information contained within this spirituality was even extremely precious historical material. This precious historical material came from the internal inheritance of that faction in Golden Crown Mountain's Academic Committee. It was something that original black wizard archaeologists absolutely could not touch.

So although it objectively existed in this world, because archaeologists couldn't access it, it still counted as sealed history.

No one could read it.

And today, as Locke inherited this magic, this segment of history was recorded by him in his capacity as an archaeologist into the Suzerain’s Book.