The old man drinking tea didn't see Heidi's expression, but he also noticed that Heidi's movements were not quite right, and frowned and said, "Heidi, be polite to the guests, you are a girl." If you're too rude, you won't be able to get married. ”

"Yes, Grandpa, I'll be polite to him. Heidi bit her lip and said, but her big eyes were still glaring at Richard, as if she was ready to kill him with her gaze. He looked at Richard viciously for a long time, then turned around sharply and walked away with the tray.

At this time, the old man looked over and asked Richard, "I don't know, what do you want to talk about when you come to see me?"

"Well, that's right. Richard put aside the trivial matters related to the girl Heidi, quickly took out a book from his bosom, and put it on the table, it was "My Autobiography - Moratos".

The old man glanced at the book and immediately recognized it: "Eh, is this book, I heard that it was written by a wizard, and there are some more evil contents in it, which are not very popular." In this White Rock City, the number of books should not be very common, the White Rock Tower Academy should have it, and the few private libraries should also have it, but I didn't expect you to have one too.

But...... What do you want to ask when you take it out? It can't be that you are puzzled by some of the evil content recorded in it, and you want me to answer it?"

Richard chuckled, looked at the old man and said, "Naturally this will not be the case, I came to ask you from Suradians University because of a strange pattern found in the book, I don't know where it came from." ”

"Weird patterns, what weird patterns?"

"This is it. Richard turned to the last page of the book and pointed out to the old man the black "triangular circles and vertical lines" on it.

The old man looked at it twice, furrowed his eyebrows, said to Richard, "Wait a minute", and stood up and walked to the side.

Walking to a bookshelf, the old man took out a wooden box from a lattice and opened it, containing something like a magnifying glass.

However, the lenses are made of crystal, which is extremely precious, and the grip is also made of elaborate wood, and there are ornate ornaments on it. This is similar to the medieval world, the more distinctive thing - the reading stone - to put it bluntly, is actually a magnifying glass.

Walking back to the desk with the reading stone, the old man carefully observed the black pattern on the page, his brow furrowed more and more, and finally wrinkled into a pimple.

After a long time, the old man stood up and shook his head at Richard, "I'm afraid I don't know where this pattern came from." ”

"Forehead......" Richard said, a little helpless, but he could only accept it. In fact, these days, he consulted a lot of information, but did not find any clues, before he decided to seek help from others. And since the university scholar in front of him didn't know, he had to try his luck and find someone else.

The old man spoke up: "Do you have any other questions?"

"Well, no. Richard stood up, ready to leave with his book, and bent slightly, "Excuse me, Suradians scholar." ”

The old man said apologetically, "I'm sorry I didn't help you...... Hey, wait. ”

Suddenly, the old man seemed to think of something, and stretched out his hand to Richard to stop him: "Young man, wait a minute, I really want to remember something." ”

"Huh?"

The old man got up from his chair and walked to the side. Walk up to a bookshelf, set up a wooden ladder, and slowly climb to the top of the bookshelf. He pulled out a book from a grid, flipped through it briefly, and shook his head: "No, not this one." ”

Then he pulled out another book, flipped through it, and stuffed it back: "No, it's not this one, but I remember seeing it, is it ......?"

As he spoke, the old man climbed down the ladder and carried it to the bookshelf on the other wall. Looking at the numerous books, I hesitated. After a while, he climbed the wooden ladder, pulled out one of the many books, opened it and flipped it over, his eyes lit up: "There it is, it's here!"

Richard raised an eyebrow.

The old man took the book and walked down the wooden ladder, walked to the desk, spread the book on the table, and said loudly, "Look at this!"

When Richard looked at it, he saw that among the pages of the book, there was a pattern identical to the last page of "My Autobiography - Moratos"—black, triangles, circles, and vertical lines.

"What is this?" asked Richard.

"Hmm, this seems to be a sign of the Black Spirit Empire. The old man said.

"Black Spirit Empire?" Richard's eyes flashed. He knows a little bit about the Black Spirit Empire: the other party was one of the several wizarding empires that existed before the East Coast, and later perished for some reasons, so the current situation on the East Coast is there.

But...... I don't know why, in the library of the White Rock Tower Academy, there are very few records of the Black Spirit Empire and several other wizard empires, only a few words and phrases mixed in a few books, and there are no specific contents at all. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been confused about where the pattern came from.

How much does the university scholar in front of him know?

Richard looked at the old man, and heard the old man say loudly: "The Black Spirit Empire is a wizard empire that existed in this land a long time ago, and I don't know much, but I heard that at first, he was developed by an organization called the Black Spirit Wizarding Society, and its organization is based on the black cat, which believes that the black cat represents the incarnation of the moon god Beth and is the secret messenger of the night spirit."

And the head of the Black Spirit Wizards Society, with the three supreme identities of the Wizards Society, the Church, and the State, calls himself the Guardian of Darkness, so that everyone calls him the Black Spirit King. His bloody and brutal domination of the East Coast and the nearby seas for a long time left a painful memory for all.

But later, when the Black Spirit King was ambitious to expand his territory, preparing to cross the Blocking Mountains on the east coast and attack the depths of the continent, he suddenly died violently. ”

"Died violently?"

"Hmm. The old man nodded and continued, "After his death, the entire Black Spirit Empire fell into chaos and war, and it took a long time before it slowly became what the East Coast is now.

And this black pattern should have been left over from that time.

The largest triangle should represent the three supreme identities of the Wizarding Guild of the Black Spirit King, the church, and the state, which are combined into one and the Trinity. In addition, it may represent the strength of a third-level wizard of the Black Spirit King - well, according to legend, he has the strength of a third-level wizard, so no one can compete with him.

The circle, on the other hand, represents perfection, represents the perfection and absence of flaws of the Black Spirit King, and also represents the perfection of the empire under his rule, which is supported by everyone. Of course, whether this is really the case depends on the people who were there at the beginning. Anyway, people now generally believe that the reign of the Black Spirit King is extremely dark.

As for the vertical line, I think it should represent everything, the supreme, and the only meaning, which is in line with the positioning of the Black Spirit King for his identity and the empire under his rule. ”

Richard listened and nodded thoughtfully.

"Well, by the way, there's another number here. The old man took the reading stone, and as if he had found something in Richard's book, he stretched out his hand and pointed, "Look here, there is a very small number, it seems to be nine." Well, 9.

Your book should have been copied and produced by someone when it was in the Black Spirit Empire, so it will have the logo of the Black Spirit Empire. And because it has some connection with the rest of the stuff, it's numbered - since there are 9, then there should be other numbers like 8, 7, 6, etc. ”

The old man looked at Richard seriously and said, "Young man, although I don't know what exactly you are studying, one of my suggestions is to find a way to find something with the rest of the Black Spirit Empire symbols and numbers, then you will also figure out what you are wondering about." ”

Richard nodded.