Like a ghost.

When Bernardino turned to leave, about to go to find the tower owner, a distorted "human form" suddenly appeared in front of him.

- That's a monster that looks a little reluctant to use the word "humanoid".

He had no hair, not even hands, and could only tell by "he was standing" that he had legs.

He wears a faceless black mask, which has a "Alpha" symbol drawn with a red pen. The symbol was glowing red. His overly slender and slender body, dressed in a pitch-black cloak, resembled a ghost, bundled into a long strip by a tightly shrunken cloak.

It's like a living pillar rising from the mud that dots the Black Tower.

And when he saw this figure, the young Bernardino raised the corners of his mouth.

He squinted his eyes and bowed deeply to the man, and uttered a slow, polite and contrived voice: "My Lord Hugo...... Long time no see. ”

“…… Long time no see, Bell. ”

Somewhat unexpected.

After a moment of silence, a young voice came from under the black mask: "I haven't seen you for about ten years." ”

"After all, you've produced a lot of amazing young people."

Bernardino squinted his eyes and said calmly and melodiously.

With his brown shoulder-length curls, he looked like a noble son if he didn't look at the terrifying tattoos on his skin made up of countless alchemical runes.

Who would have known that he was the son of a fisherman?

A despicable person of humble status and unscrupulous means to achieve his ends.

A fool who lost all the tokens given to him by Father Ludwig, his teacher, father-in-law, and benefactor, and the money he had saved up for many years as travel and tuition fees.

A person who can't do anything well and can only sell his soul in exchange for a chance to change his fate...... Disease-free moaning waste. It has been over 100 years since he finally officially began to explore the path of transcendence, the undoubted "laggard".

And standing in front of him, who had lost his body, was the young and promising son of the tower, who was less than half his age back then.

The pride of the sky that everyone is looking forward to.

A genius wizard who successfully advanced to the silver level at the age of seventeen.

It is to save himself from the unfortunate hell...... My only friend.

Of course, it starts with the forty-three-year-old Bernardino meeting the seventeen-year-old Hugo...... He has never been able to look directly at the brilliance of Hugo.

Hugo was his only friend.

- but he was not Hugo's only friend, and he didn't even know if he was a friend of the other party. Or is it just ...... Mercy at hand? Or is it a charity to the wretched?

Now, everything is reversed.

What kind of creature is the "Tower Master"...... He had already understood.

It's like a pitiful worm like a hermit crab.

The tower owner still exists, but the tower owner leaves the tower...... How many years will you live?

In Bernardino's view, that is undoubtedly unfree.

- Not to mention not being free.

It was simply a voluntary sacrifice.

The mission of each generation of tower owners is to train the next generation of heirs, and it is also a contract formed between the tower owner and the tower. After the heir is qualified to inherit the [tower], the tower owner will put all his soul and curse into the inheritor's body and become one with the soul of the other party.

It's not so much one person as "a group".

The twenty-four wizarding towers, brought by the mysterious lady from the East, have always been like this for generations.

Like the "old face", the monster's lair.

Now, Bernardino is about to break that cycle.

He wants to directly dismantle and abduct the soul that belongs to Hugo, and put an end to the inheritance ceremony of the wizard tower!

Hugo, on the other hand, could do nothing about it.

Did you really escape hell?

Probably not.

– because he is hell itself.

The corners of Bernardino's mouth rose: "How do you feel when you see me here?" ”

"To be honest, it's not good."

Under the mask, Hugo emitted a young, cheerful and gentle voice like a teenage poet.

"I feel it, this is Sir Isaac's [inert refining]...... You dug up his grave too? ”

"This is for you, Hugo."

Bernardino said flatly: "You said it to me yourself. Isaac is the founder of the School of Transformation, the greatest Transforming Wizard and the last alchemist.

"All transformation spells that use Isaac's model, that is, the underlying framework of concepts such as 'transforms' and 'pre-transformers', are extensions of Isaac's elements, and none of them can escape the fate of being denied by him. And now at least ninety percent of the transformation spells come from his inventions.

"Even if you're a fire stealer of the Promethean school now, you're still a transforming wizard after all.

"Give up, Hugo...... You have no chance of winning. If you're willing to surrender, I'll stop attacking your students. Even if I don't attack them, as long as we fight, the other creatures in the tower will die here. ”

He didn't come for the many spines in the wizard's tower.

Of course.

If too much power is lost here...... He doesn't care about replenishing his reserves here.

But Bernardino didn't expect it.

After a short silence, Hugo suddenly asked:

"-Are you in a hurry?

"Are you running away from the bell ringer? Or Silver Jazz? ”

Hearing this, Bernardino's face suddenly became gloomy.

He gave Hugo a deep look, then let out a long exhale.

Unexpectedly, he replied, "There's no way the Silver Sir can attack me. He will even help me stop the bell-ringer...... for I cannot die at their hands. ”

"Why?"

"—because I'm [the mirror]."

Bernardino replied slowly, "I am the fifth egg sheath of the Seventh Light. ”

Hugo paused for a moment.

The red symbol on his face flickered suddenly.

“…… Is the Seventh Light coming? So the Void is about to invade? ”

"He has come, but the mirror has not yet been broken, so he has not yet awakened."

The corners of Bernardino's mouth slowly raised, but the smile on his face began to dissipate.

- [Fate is the wheel of the chariot]. The crane has not yet traveled, and my destiny has not yet been decided...... So why can't I fight my fate?

"I went with the flow for forty years, only to be awakened by a nightmare. I know that this is the fate that should not be fought against, and that the Seventh Light is a heavenly chariot...... But I just want to do it, even if I can't sublimate it for the rest of my life, so what?

"If I can complete the sublimation before the fourth mirror shatters, my fate can be changed.

"Once in a lifetime or not, I want to fight against my fate. Even if it could affect the whole world this time...... It doesn't matter. ”

He looked at the monster with the voice of "Hugo" and said slowly: "The one standing in front of you is not the 'Spiritual Monk' Bernardino. It's the future god of death, Bernardino.

"I am God, or the Destroyer of the world. There is no other option. ”

Now I am different from before.

I'm a big guy.

He's an amazing guy.

He is a man who decides the fate of the world.

- At the same time, it is also a rebellious pawn.

Bernardino looked at Hugo and declared, "To accomplish my great deed...... I must get your flame.

"Resist me as best you can, Hugo."