Chapter 120 Salem Past
Before leaving the apartment, Salomon summoned three invisible servants to continue his unfinished supper. He also told the Cheshire Cat not to steal food. After that, he immediately followed Wu Guiyue into the portal and returned to Kamataj. The Venerable summoned a group of secret mages at the headquarters and assigned tasks. Most of these secret mages were deacons of the New York Temple.
When Salomon arrived at the martial arts training ground at the headquarters, the New York Temple Mage Daniel was leading the team to open the portal and go to every corner of New York. When Salomon saw this large number of secret mages dispatched, he was suddenly a little nervous, afraid that he would delay or miss something. After seeing Salomon's expression, the Venerable waved his hand to signal Salomon to relax.
"It's the Merlin School." The Venerable said to Salomon standing beside him, "I know what you are thinking, but there is something wrong with Barsazze. It's not long after you leave. You should bring your phone with you. Barsazze has notified you."
"Sorry, teacher." Salomon bowed his head and admitted his mistake. He asked quickly, "What happened?"
The Supreme Master told the general story without any tension, including the love-hate entanglement between Valsazer, Hoffas and Veronica. The plot is quite bloody and cliché, such as Van Ronika chose Valsazer, how Hoffas made hatred for love, how Veronica sacrificed herself, sealed Morgan Leffield, and how Balsazer wandered around the world for more than a thousand years, just to find his heirs in order to seek relief. This plot is like an eight o'clock soap opera, which can earn a large amount of tears from a middle-aged woman, which can be called a bloody anecdote of Camelo back then - if it weren't for the Lancelot incident, the little thing between Merlin's three apprentices would have been enough to make the whole city talk about it for a whole year.
Compared to the magic called "Spiritual Calling" obtained by Morgan Lefy, the Supreme Mage is more willing to discuss the love, hate and hatred of the three of them in the Merlin Wizard Group. You should know that at that time, the Venerable was busy fighting and sanctioning chaos, marching and chopping people, so he missed many interesting things. The current Supreme Mage is more like an old man, often taking the past to the present to taste. This made Salomon a little confused, because in this case, the Supreme Mage was still chatting about gossip very leisurely - although Salomon also liked to listen to gossip very much, no one didn't like it, but now is not the time to talk about this.
It seemed that he could see the anxiety of his disciples. The Venerable smiled and comforted Salomon. "Don't worry, Hoffas was not wholeheartedly thinking about Morgan Lefie." The Venerable said, "Why do you think I should say those things? Hoffas helped Morgan Lefie just because of his love rival with Balsazer. Moreover, Veronica also sealed Morgan Lefie's clone with her body, that is to say..."
"In other words, that 'spiritual ritual' is not the ultimate goal of Hoffas?" Salomon suddenly realized, "It is not to release Morgan Lefie? His ultimate goal should be to free Morgan Lefie from Veronica's body?"
"That's right!" The Venerable nodded, "This is Hoffas' ultimate goal. Releasing Veronica and allowing Morgan Lefe to perform the 'spiritual ritual' is only one step Hoffas wants to take. As for how to expel Morgan Lefe from Veronica's body... this is his plan."
Salomon subconsciously stroked the ring. If what the Venerable said was Hoffas's idea, then Hoffas was the most determined dog-licking dog he had ever seen. He spent more than a thousand years to save his beloved, and he would plot his allies into it.
The Venerable seemed to have used the Eye of Ago Motorcycle to watch all the possibilities, so he became so leisurely after assigning the secret wizards of the New York Temple to perform their missions. But when Salomon asked how Hoffas would calculate Morgan Lefy, the Supreme Master asked a very basic question.
“What do we rely on to cast spells?”
"Soul." Salomon answered. This basic question is a compulsory course for every spellcaster. Without a strong soul, you cannot cast powerful magic. This question can be answered by a newly-entered secret mage. The Supreme Mage slowly walked towards the library at the headquarters, and Salomon followed behind him.
The Venerable asked again, "So, what about the result of the failure to cast spell?"
"The soul was backfired by magic..." Salomon immediately understood Hoffas's plan.
The soul strength of Morgan Leffield's clone is far greater than that of Veronica. After Veronica seals the clone with his own body, Morgan Leffield's soul quickly gains the upper hand, so Barsazze chooses to seal Veronica. But if Morgan Leffield fails when casting an extremely powerful magic, the subsequent magic backlash will be enough to hurt the soul of the clone. At that time, even if Morgan Leffield cannot be completely expelled from Veronica's body, Veronica's soul will become the dominant again.
"Teacher, you see the end of things again, right?" Salomon asked, "that's why the secret wizard of the New York Temple was asked to ensure the development of things and guide them to the end you imagined. Just like you sent me to investigate the Book of the Dark God, the result was to ensure the complete killing of Jubilus."
"You have to understand that some things will not happen if they say them." said the Venerable, "just like prophecy. After hearing the prophecy, the parties took measures to avoid the verification of the prophecy, which led to the results of the prophecy. If I inform you in advance that your goal is not the Book of the Dark God but Jubilus and Behonita, the next thing will not happen. I did not tell the whole story of the Secret Master of the Temple of New York, but only divided it into many tasks and assigned it. Some people's tasks only ensure that one person does not fall, or throw a can into the trash can. But when countless variables gather together, we can guide what we expect in the right direction."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You have told me the result of this matter, so it is definitely not for me to participate in the Hoffas plan." Salomon asked, "Why are you asking me for?"
"Balsazer landed on the American continent from New England." The Venerable suddenly raised an irrelevant topic, "and you have been there too."
"I've been to Maine, to Massachusetts, and the people there all look like Truman," Salomon said. "Well, I admit it's a joke. I think, you mean, did Balsazer land in Massachusetts or Maine?"
“He went to Sailing Town in Massachusetts and participated in the then-Salem Witch Trial.”
The words of the Supreme Master reminded Salomon of his impression of Salem many years ago. There were ancient buildings with black tiles and gray walls everywhere, and the pace of life was extremely slow. However, the one who impressed Salomon the most was the candy shop called Ye Olde Pepper Candy Campanie, was the lingering stench of alien magic (see Chapter 8 for details).
"The magical item of Balsazze is imprisoned with many dark wizards, one of which was captured in Salem. However, if Hoffas wants to release Veronica, he must release the dark wizard. In fact, this black wizard is much more dangerous than the other dark wizards captured by Balsazze. He does not know the identity of the witch. The Salem witch trial case was also caused by her - she turned everyone there into a madman, but Balsazze did not kill her because he did not know what it was. You only have one target." The Venerable stopped in front of the library door, turned to look at Salomon, with a very serious tone.
"Finding Abigail Williams and kill her!"
Chapter completed!