On the long table, a puddle of broken paper rolls sat in front of two red robes and a quasi-red robe, the surface of the paper rolls was tattered, the leather edges were littered with moldy burrs, and patches of rot were scattered in the leather paper rolls, so that most of the handwriting was blurred.

However, Penny knew very well that the age of these leather paper rolls would only be more distant than they looked, and they could be preserved until now and had not completely rotted, most of them were special leather that had been enchanted.

"Our job is to decipher the records on these things. Rekita handed Penny a fragment of a leather scroll that was guarded under a piece of glass, "Don't underestimate them. ”

"It turned out to be a magic word...... Penny looked at the scroll of paper, frowning and muttering, just now he was still puzzled why the two red robes didn't use spells like 'fluent language' for translation, and when he saw the magic script on the scroll, he understood.

The magic language is the code of magical power, the mage recites this language to inspire the magic power, it is not a language, but a movement that conforms to the rules of the multiverse, the casters of different times and civilizations have compiled the magic language into words, on the one hand, it is convenient for magic research, and on the other hand, some information is preserved in magic script, which can achieve a certain degree of secrecy.

Such a text cannot be deciphered with the 'Literate Language' spell, but it can be deciphered by a contemporaneous mage with magical knowledge, note - it is 'contemporary'.

The magic rules of the multiverse are constantly changing, and this change is rooted in the movement and growth of the multiverse, so the goddess of magic cannot grasp it - as a certain manifestation of the magic rules, the magic web is also constantly changing, so the magic language has a timeliness surname, and the ancient magic language is used to guide modern spells, and the results are mostly cups......

However, some high-quality magical artifacts have a relatively stable connection to magical energy, and the internal coding will change as the rules of magic change, so adventurers do not have to worry about a wand dug up from an ancient ruin going out of the wand - unless the wand is made of broken material or shoddy and defective.

But it also determines the fact that the ancient magic language is extremely difficult to decipher - the magic language of the same era, there may be several civilizations compiled into more languages to record - such as the ancient elf magic language, Imaska magic language, Nether magic language that appeared successively, due to different regions, there are several subspecies of a magic language, and some bad guys also like to use the code to protect the content of the magic record, this double secrecy makes some later archaeologists headaches.

In a word, deciphering the ancient magic texts is a chore.

"Yes, the database doesn't have a very good record of the Imasca's Magic Language...... These things have just had a clue, and they seem to be a piece of history that has been encoded in magic, but only half of it can be read, and the second half is too damaged, and the record is scribbled. Hughes touched his bald head and said with a sigh.

"This means that the noble mage who recorded these scrolls was tracked down by a group of enemy [***] teams...... The place where the ruins were, and then recorded this thing in order to leave a message for the reinforcements and his companions......" Penny frowned and flipped through a few pages of this leather scroll, and then said, "It seems that he did not wait for the reinforcements to arrive. ”

"Wait, you know the language of Imaska?" Hughes looked slightly startled when he saw that Penny read naturally and without the help of any information.

"Well, these records are relatively hasty, so although they are sloppy, they are not covered up with a code, otherwise I can't do anything. Penny spread his hands at the two formal red robes with surprised expressions: "I've studied some in the academy. ”

Of course, this is nonsense, if it weren't for the gift of the wizard, he would not have been able to recognize this kind of ghost drawing in his next life.

Hughes and Rekita were strange at the same time, knowing that being able to study an ancient magic language clearly, although it is not a fantasy, but the time consumed will not be less, and in the red-robed mage association that advocates reality, it is rare for a mage who is willing to do this kind of research seriously.

"Oh~ Should I say that the atmosphere of your academy is too harmonious or you are too idle, you actually have time to study these useless things. Rekita frowned, but immediately relaxed, "But it's always good news, thanks to you, our mission can be over soon." ”

"Yes? I'm honored. Penny smiled.

"This is the undeciphered part, you can see if you can get it done quickly. As if sensing the hope of a quick sleep, Hughes pushed several of the most tattered pieces of vellum down in front of Penny, who nodded, and carefully identified them for a while:

"They say that a group of traitors opened the ...... Uh, the Empire's space-time gate closed in the astral plane...... Those otherworldly monsters were released, probably referring to the gods of Mulholland...... Why does this legend sound so familiar?"

Penny gradually frowned as he spoke, some gossip about the history of the Red Robe Mage Guild also seemed to say that the Red Robe Mage originated from the Imaska Empire, and lost a political battle before the collapse of the Empire, so he joined the Mulholland camp and indirectly caused the destruction of Imasca.

There seems to be a lot of information that leans toward this hypothesis, but there are still many members of the Mage Society who scoff at it, because the name 'traitor' is despised in any orderly organization.

Another influential hypothesis is that the red-robed mages originated from a group of people who were more interested in magic among the Mulhollanders, but this theory is equally flawed - there is a clear distinction between the two styles from the days when the red-robed mages had reliable historical records to the time when they parted ways with the Mulholland Empire.

[***], violence, terror, and slavery under repression, these seem to be in the same vein as the colonial policies of the middle and late Imaska Empire.

Hughes raised his eyebrows: "Oh! Great discovery of history, it seems that some literary and historical experts who support the Moore-Holland faction can shut up." ”

"I don't think it's interesting, it's too boring to discuss history, and 'betrayal' is not new to the Mage Guild anyway, and then?"

In fact, due to some not-so-glorious antecedents in the history of the Red Robe Mage Society, history is indeed not the focus of research, so the attitude towards many excavated historical materials is very casual, sometimes just to find clues to some ancient treasures, but the strength to bet is not great.

Therefore, the status of the research history department in the Mage Society is not high.

Penny guessed that the two red robes opposite him must have been very depressed when they were sent here to study historical materials, because once the official red robes were promoted, most of them would hold some important positions in politics or arcane research, and the historical research and archaeology departments were actually cold benches.

Thinking of this, he thought that these two red robes were very interesting.

Through the previous conversation, we can get a glimpse of Hustrofidi's casual style, which is indeed non-mainstream in the red robe, and it seems that it is not difficult to understand in this non-mainstream position.

And Rikita, who originally thought that she was just a fledgling general prophet, but Penny listened to Hughes's words, and when she faced this female red robe again, she felt a little strange disobedience in her heart.

Such a quiet and peaceful female mage is actually a murderer with a strange surname?

Although it is not surprising that such a character appears in the Red Robe Mage Society, Penny always feels uncomfortable, and always feels that things should not be like this.

But these things had nothing to do with him after all, Penny just thought for a moment, and then looked down again and began to read the text on the parchment: "Next, he said...... Well, they're desperate to recapture the energy converter that the betrayer stole - well, as if to say that this thing is an important device to close the astral portal...... Absorb all kinds of energy in the astral plane and convert it into the power of the enclosed device...... They were about to send this thing back to where it came from...... And then the enemy came...... What kind of spell did they unleash...... And then...... And then. ”

"What's next?" Penny ended, and Rekita and Hughes asked together.

"There's no more down there. Penny had a strange feeling when he said this, but it was fleeting, and then he pointed to the last scroll: "That's all I have to say, but the handwriting below is too sloppy and the scroll is half rotten, and I can't do anything about it." ”

"That's the job done. Rekita sighed, then put the scrolls away: "According to history, it seems that they did not complete their task in the end, and Imaska is still finished." ”

"Heh, your name is Sean, are you interested in coming here after being promoted? Hustrofidi's eyes rolled and he smiled at Penny, "We're missing someone like you who can decipher the magic language. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, slacker. Rekita unceremoniously said to Hughes, "What's so good about the work here?"

"What's so bad?" Hughes suddenly stood up excitedly: "Work is leisurely and quiet, you don't need to take any responsibility, and no one will think about harming you every day, I really don't understand why some people are so good, but they like to live that kind of life of suffering." ”

These words entered Penny's ears, and he immediately shook his stomach, and if he had been before, he might have been a confidant, but now that Penny had decided to work on the great ambition of 'changing the world', the negative attitude of escapism was no longer desirable to him.

As far as Penny is concerned, the pursuit of greater power and greater power is the only way to achieve his goal, and he will no longer shy away from it, so although Hughes's words sound pleasant to Penny, he has lost his sense of identity.

"Oh...... Negative escapism, and don't forget that we are red-robed mages, my dear colleagues. Rekita raised an eyebrow, and Penny was surprised to see that the female mage seemed to be dissatisfied with the status quo, but why was she in this deserted department?

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Hughes shook his head and turned to Penny, "Let's talk about it, you're here to certify, who are you looking for?"

"Uh...... Actually, I'm a little weird. Penny thought about it, and felt that the relationship was a little closer, and it seemed that he could ask questions to dispel the doubts in his heart: "Why do I, a spell mage, want to go to the prophecy department for certification?"

"You don't know?" Hughes and Rekita stared at each other for a moment, then turned to Penny and reacted in the same way as Justyriosya, "Your mentor didn't tell you anything?"

"Not bad. Penny nodded, "I don't know much about the procedures for promotion. ”

"You really need to educate yourself. Rekita sighed: "Hughes, you have always been helpful, so come and explain the reason to this future colleague, and I will go to sort out the information." ”

The female red robe walked away with a pile of materials, Hughes patted her forehead, and then turned to Penny: "Dear junior, you really don't know anything?"

Penny nodded wordlessly.

"Forget it, your mentor is really irresponsible, although these words should be kept secret from the informal red robe, but the quasi-red robe should always be properly revealed...... Let's put it this way, the reason why you came here to certify......" Hughes considered his words, "Actually, for us Red Robes, factions are not the biggest differentiating condition. ”

"Isn't faction the biggest distinguishing condition?" Penny was speechless for a while, this really subverted the perception of the Mage Guild in his heart, because the education he received in the academy was all based on factions, and the growth of a red robe should be closely related to the school to which he belonged, but now someone actually told him that factions were not the biggest distinguishing conditions?

This really sounds a little awkward, but since Penny was brought here, he felt that the organization of the Red Robe Mage Society was a bit strange, so he didn't express any opinion, and could only ask, "Why?"

“...... This, Sean, tell me who has been ruling Ser since the end of the Imasca Empire?"

Penny's eyebrows furrowed, and he began to recall this history: "After the destruction of Imaska...... It was supposed to be a lord sent by the Mulhollanders, and around 1000 BCE, it was the Lord of Celde who rebelled with some wizards, who were also the original founders of the Mage Society...... This was followed by the Battle of the Orc Gate...... The main god of Mulholland was killed, and his influence in Salem began to wane, and then some of the Mulholland nobles recaptured Cel with the secret help of the Wizarding Society, only to immediately have a disagreement with Mulholland...... Then there's the Battle of Sazaha, and so on, you mean to say—"

Penny was reminiscing, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "The six Mulholland nobles who supported the Wizard Guild to wage the Reading Power War still exist?"

"You're so smart. Hughes glanced approvingly at Penny: "Let me tell you the truth, the current Searle, although the red-robed mage will be the holder of power, not all power is in the hands of the mage guild. ”

He looked at Penny's pensive expression and continued, "Those six nobles have always been in control of Serge. ”

"That's not right. Penny suddenly frowned, "Why are most of the Searles I've seen unaware of the existence of these six families? ”

"They haven't gone away. Hughes's expression suddenly became serious, and he pointed to his chest and then to Penny, "but with us." ”

He looked at Penny's more puzzled expression and continued, "Since the rebellion in the north four hundred years ago, every official mage of the Red Robe Mage Guild has been a member of those six nobles. ”

"No, it won't. Penny was shocked and looked at Hughes in disbelief: "I'm from a civilian background. ”

"It doesn't matter, you've been certified by Master Justeri - she's the Grand Elder of the Flas family, and with her certification, their family will soon choose a daughter to marry you, and you'll officially become a nobleman of Serre. Hughes suddenly smiled slightly ironically: "Congratulations, it's not easy to stand out from such a large group of apprentices, the recognition of the six nobles is not so easy to get, and there are not so many children that these families can use to absorb fresh blood every year, think about those unlucky apprentices who are slaughtered by their mentors in the low-level academy every year, hahahaha!"

Penny Thean could no longer hear Hustrofidy's chattering at all, so he sat blankly on his stool, his mind in a state of confusion.