Chapter 95: The Duke Was No Ordinary Man in His Youth

Chapter 95: The Duke Was No Ordinary Man in His Youth

"Druja?"

Cocotte's hand hung in mid-air as she stared at Erica, lost in thought, feeling the rich natural energy on her body, unsure of how to respond.

This level of natural energy, she had only felt it on the Wood Calamity before.

For a moment, Cocotte felt as if she had returned to that alternate space covered in dense forests, with flowers bursting and wild grass dancing.

"Cocotte, Cocotte."

With a call, Cocotte suddenly snapped back to reality.

She turned her head towards Lia, who was calling her name, still in a daze.

"What Druja?"

Druja was the name of the Wood Calamity, actually told to her by Viktor.

The Calamities had their own names, which was something Cocotte had only just learned.

She didn't answer Lia's question, instead turning to the Duke and saying:

"Duke Levi, don't worry, Erica isn't in any danger for now."

"Maybe you'll sleep tonight, and she'll wake up tomorrow."

Hearing this, Duke Levi's brow relaxed a little.

If even a former council member said so, perhaps Erica really was fine.

He had done everything he could.

The Duke sighed, bowed to the two of them, and said:

"Thank you both."

Cocotte hated these formalities the most, even forgetting that she was still Lia's hired employee, and waved directly at the Duke, saying:

"Since there's nothing else, we'll be going now."

Lia also nodded to the Duke.

"Alright, let me see you out."

Levi closed the door, and the three slowly left.

But no one noticed the unusual black color that appeared on the windowsill buried in green grass.

A crow stood on the windowsill.

Its single eye stared at the delicate girl lying on the bed, a strange light flickering in its eye.

[Natural protector under the dark night sky, remove the last curse of life from the world—]

[Gaiusthea, strip away the life that has escaped the control of chaos and order—]

As if speaking from its abdomen with a heavy tone, the crow's voice slowly echoed in the room.

In an instant, a black formation was constructed out of thin air behind the crow, white patterns constantly swirling on it, converging on the dagger-shaped rune in the center.

Black mist sprayed out from the center of the magic array, spreading throughout the room.

The lush plants withered and shriveled the moment they touched the black mist, gradually dissipating into dust.

The flower clusters on Erica's body quickly withered and disappeared, and a faint green color appeared in Vega's eye.

Vega slowly spoke:

"Power that you can't control yet shouldn't be released carelessly, little girl."

"Let me keep some of it for you for now."

With that, it flapped its wings and flew out the window.

Only a black feather was left on the windowsill.

.......

Erica seemed to have a dream.

She dreamed that she was in the midst of chaos.

Six huge lands floated around her, each filled with immense magical energy.

Wind, Fire, Earth, Wood, Thunder, Water.

The six elements on these six continents were as chaotic as newly born planets.

Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning raged incessantly, and the six continents suddenly fell into silent darkness.

One continent began to flicker, and Erica was drawn to the brightening land.

The moment she approached, she felt as if she had sunk into a lush primeval forest, surrounded by countless vines and waist-high wild grass.

Tall, thick cedar trees completely covered the sky, not a ray of sunlight visible.

Erica instinctively began to explore this forest, moving forward in the deep mist.

Strange 'woo-woo' sounds echoed around her.

The deeper she went into the mist, the more pronounced these sounds became.

After walking for a long time, the sound gradually subsided.

As the mist slowly cleared, a huge black object appeared before Erica.

Viktor nodded to Gwen and turned to leave.

Gwen understood, standing in place to see Viktor off, but suddenly noticed his shoulder and felt a bit confused.

Where had that crow gone today?

......

Viktor walked out of the Delin mansion alone, standing on the street waiting for a while.

A black crow flapped its wings and flew onto his shoulder.

Only then did Viktor continue forward.

"Do you know about a place called the Inheritance Temple?"

After a while, Vega on his shoulder asked.

Viktor didn't look at it, but walked directly towards the carriage not far away.

He climbed into the carriage, pulled the curtains, and with a wave of his finger, the carriage started moving automatically.

Viktor didn't answer Vega directly, but instead asked:

"Why are you asking about this?"

"I saw this place in a little girl's dream, and I'm a bit interested."

Viktor cupped his chin, thinking.

Inheritance Temple.

In the game's setting, mages' magic included the six major natural systems.

But strictly speaking, the six major natural systems didn't refer to the six attributes of magic.

Instead, they referred to the six forms of existence of natural energy.

And the Inheritance Place belonged to the end of this mysterious energy.

It existed at the six borders of the continent, within the void rifts.

Any player could enter it, go through trials, and obtain the inheritance of the corresponding power.

But few players could grind through all six temples consecutively, and Viktor was one of the few top players who had ground through all six temples back in the day.

"I know the place, what about it?"

"Good, I'm now interested in Duke Levi."

Vega narrowed its eyes, its cunning eyes rolling in their sockets.

Viktor immediately understood a lot and said calmly:

"So you left just now to find Erica."

"Let me guess, the resurrection of the Wood Calamity caused some anomaly in her?"

"It's more interesting than you think."

A green light flashed in Vega's eyes, and faint green vines climbed up inside the carriage.

Viktor didn't seem particularly surprised. This power, which even this useless evil god could use, had already roughly explained something.

"The inheritance of the Wood Temple."

"This is a stolen power. Duke Levi must have stolen something for this power to manifest in Erica."

"How about it, isn't this power very similar to the Calamity?"

Vega giggled.

Viktor looked at it expressionlessly.

When a player completed the inheritance quests of all six temples simultaneously,

A deity of the Inheritance Temple would appear as the final boss for the player to challenge.

Viktor fell into deep thought.

In his mind, it was a deity emanating divine light like the sun, but its appearance...

Was like a combination of a butterfly and a moth.

Six transparent, glowing wings constantly vibrated, its body and head fused into one, with two eye sockets also bursting with golden light.

Below were a pair of floating tentacle-like tails.

Could Erica's mother, who had never appeared in the plot...

Be that thing?

"Duke Levi was no ordinary man in his youth."

Viktor sighed.

This was the first time he felt some admiration for someone, and it was an NPC from the game.

"By the way, the academy has been rebuilt, and in a few days it will be the start of the new semester."

"But my teaching assistant has become an associate professor, and there's no one to write lesson plans for me anymore. Do you have any ideas?"

Vega, who had been laughing just now, suddenly blinked.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"What do you mean?"