Chapter 485

"R... really? Are you the God of Knowledge?" Tiguli asked with a trembling voice.

The male mage was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously: "Tiguli, who are you talking to?"

Tiguli waved a hand to stop him, knelt down, and said piously: "Is it really you, omniscient God of Knowledge? Please bestow your name upon me. I am willing to believe in you forever and piously. May your glory be endless and shine upon all directions..."

Then Tiguli nodded repeatedly as if she had heard something: "Oh, oh, oh, is that what it's called? Okay, I'll go open the passage immediately and inherit your legacy. Thank you for the God of Knowledge's grace."

Tiguli scrambled up, pulled the male mage, and ran toward the passage.

The male mage was still a bit confused: "Uh, no, the food, what happened?"

Tiguli didn't say a word, dragging him along as she ran forward.

Negris said excitedly: "Follow, follow, someone cast an Invisibility Spell."

Anthony was just about to act, but Ge Lei had already said: "I'll do it, Light Mirror."

A smooth barrier was seen covering them. The surface of the barrier was extremely smooth, reflecting the surrounding scenery, and the group of them seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Under the cover of the Light Mirror, the group followed. Upon entering the passage, they still heard the male mage's questioning: "Tiguli, what happened? What are you muttering about for no reason? You don't even want the food anymore; we went through so much trouble to cook it."

Negris laughed in a low voice: "These children are too easy to fool. They fell for it just like that. Do they have no vigilance at all?"

Anthony coughed, hesitating to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't. Ge Lei, however, was displeased:

"They haven't been out in society, and they are kind-hearted, which is why they fell for your tricks. Actually, when they graduate, we have some training courses to teach them how to increase their vigilance and not trust others easily, especially the God of Knowledge, hmph."

"La la la la, the God of Knowledge doesn't lie. Didn't I tell her my name? As long as she knows Dragon Language, she can recite it," Negris said shamelessly.

Kubada, Ge Lei really wanted to punch him in the eye, but unfortunately, Negris was currently in a projection state.

How could a human possibly speak Dragon Language? Dragon Language requires a resonance chamber. Without a chest cavity and vocal tract as long as a dragon's, it's fundamentally impossible to produce Dragon Language.

However, Negris's happiness came to an abrupt end. Tiguli, who had almost reached the end of the passage, suddenly shouted: "Everyone, be careful! There's an undead! It whispered in my ear, tricking me into thinking it was the God of Knowledge!"

"Pfft—" Ge Lei laughed, and Anthony couldn't help but smile. Only Negris was hurt: "She didn't fall for it? She acted so well! It made me think she believed it." If Negris were truly an undead, he wouldn't have stopped her from coming back, but if she had expressed disbelief on the spot, she might not have been able to return.

There were three more mages at the end of the passage, one of whom was a Great Mage. At this moment, they were setting up tables, lighting magic lamps, and taking out a large number of books to bury their heads in, trying to find clues about the God of Knowledge's name.

Now, hearing Tiguli's shout, they jumped up immediately. The Great Mage even grabbed a magic lamp and twisted the knob at the bottom forcefully, as if switching a mode. Holy light shone into the passage like a beam, hitting Tiguli.

Tiguli covered her eyes and rushed through the light. The male mage also rushed over.

When they hid behind the magic lamp, the light beam shone into the passage. As if touching something, a beam of light reflected back, hitting the Great Mage holding the lamp.

The Great Mage squinted slightly and said urgently: "It's a Light Mirror."

As soon as the words fell, a terrified shout came from the passage: "Ah! It's Holy Light, it's Holy Light, it's so uncomfortable, as if flames are burning my soul. Ah, it's Holy Light, it's Holy Light, I'm going to evaporate! It's the nemesis of darkness, the death knell of the undead—"

When they first heard the shout, Tiguli and the others were happy, but upon hearing the rest, everyone's faces turned black. Are they singing an opera? It was clear they were perfectly fine and were just teasing them.

The Great Mage grabbed his staff and slammed it on the ground. A fire dragon surged into the passage, quickly blocking the passage into a sea of fire.

However, immediately after, they saw a scene that horrified them. In the passage, the flames were extinguished bit by bit, extending outward silently, as if something was moving forward, dispelling the flames.

"I... I..." The Great Mage couldn't speak. Of course, he knew how difficult it was to reach this level. It was the silence that made it difficult. If it were dispelled using magic, that would be fine, but now it was clearly not dispelling, but deprivation...

Depriving him of his control over fire elements was what caused this situation to appear. There was at least one mage among the people on the other side whose strength was higher than his.

He was a Great Mage; those higher than him were only Mystery Practitioners and Truth Practitioners. Was the person who came a Mystery Practitioner? They were dead for sure.

"Hmph, know to be afraid now? What is your level? You dare to bring so many children out to adventure? It doesn't matter if you get yourself killed, but it's troublesome if you get everyone else killed. Are you worthy of the parents who raised them, the teachers who taught them, and the farmers who worked hard to plant crops!"

A stern voice came over, scolding everyone until they were stunned. It felt like they had suddenly traveled from a dim adventure site back into a classroom. This tone, this manner, was exactly the same as their school teacher, wasn't it?

A patch of flames suddenly shattered, revealing the group of people inside. The leader, who was masked, wearing a robe, and leaning on a staff, walked over step by step. The flames split in two under her feet and gradually extinguished.

Tiguli and the others looked at the logo on the other party's robe in panic, subconsciously wanting to cover the logo on their own chests. There was a sense of panic in their hearts like being caught skipping class by the dean.

Ge Lei slammed her staff, and a wave of magic power rippled out, extinguishing the last bit of flame. However, along with the flames, the light also vanished. The other party's magic lamp also didn't know when it had gone out. It was pitch black, and the atmosphere was a bit off.

Anthony hurriedly closed and opened his eyes. Two beams of light shone on the Great Mage, making everyone else feel panicked.

"Hmph, you must be a teacher. What's your name?" Ge Lei snorted and asked sternly.

"Du... Du Er, a teacher for the eleven-year-old Fire Interest Group," the Great Mage Du Er replied obediently. Although the other party was masked, that surging magic power and tone couldn't be faked. Du Er could even tell who it was from the voice.

"Your strength isn't weak, but you alone dare to bring five children to a place like this to adventure? Who approved this activity for you?!" Ge Lei questioned.

Du Er had a mournful face: "No, no one approved it. This isn't an activity; it's just curiosity. Tiguli suddenly thought of an interesting hypothesis, so they wanted to verify it, so they found me. We came over, then were blocked by the scarecrow, and while hiding, we didn't know how we hid our way in here."

"Do you think I am..." Ge Lei was so angry she slammed her staff and was about to lecture them, but was interrupted by Negris: "Alright, alright, do you think this is school? Just say a few words and that's it."

Ge Lei was a bit unwilling, but she couldn't ignore Negris's face. She glared at them fiercely and retreated to the side.

Du Er, Tiguli, and the others all breathed a sigh of relief, wishing they could hug the owner of this voice and kiss them.

Because according to the rhythm, if Teacher Du Er were lectured along with them, it would usually take more than half an hour, then the students would be driven away, and Du Er would be lectured for another half hour.

"By the way, Du Er, is it? What is the interesting hypothesis?" Negris asked.

However, at this moment, Tiguli reacted and said loudly: "This voice is the undead that spoke in my ear. It said it was the God of Knowledge and told me to pray."

Du Er and the others became vigilant again.

Ge Lei slammed her staff and said impatiently: "Alright, Lord God of Knowledge originally wanted to tease you, but we came out because we were afraid of scaring you. No one lied to you; that really is the God of Knowledge's name."

"What name?" Du Er and the others looked at Tiguli, confused.

"A piece of Dragon Language. He said it was the God of Knowledge's name. Lord Ge Lei, are they really not undead?" Tiguli asked solemnly.

Recognized? Ge Lei took off her mask in surprise and asked: "You know me?"

Hiss—except for Du Er and Tiguli, who had already recognized her, the remaining three mages couldn't help but gasp.

Because it was linked to cracking the Silence Array and even attracted the Warlock Alliance to air-drop into the Magic Star City, it could be said to have caused a sensation across the entire plane. Ge Lei's current popularity was even higher than those duchesses having affairs.

It was just a pity that no one knew where she had gone. There were rumors that she had become disabled after being captured, but looking at her now, she was perfectly fine. Where did she look disabled?

Tiguli hurriedly saluted: "I am an outstanding student of the year at the Truth Research Society. Of course I know you, President. I saw you at the meetings in the past two years."

As long as they had met, they wouldn't treat Negris as an undead anymore. Tiguli also explained her hypothesis:

"I saw some legends about the scarecrow Wuga and the Undead King in a bard's notebook and found that their relationship seemed very close. Wuga is like someone raised by the Undead King. I was thinking at the time, if the Undead King disappeared, would Wuga go looking for its king?"

"Hiss—you're saying, the scarecrow Wuga came here to look for the Undead King? Why would it come here to look?" Negris was shocked.

Du Er explained: "Because in the legend, this Temple of Knowledge was built by the Undead King. So if Wuga came out to look for the Undead King, it should go to a place it's familiar with to look. To verify this hypothesis, I brought them over. I originally wanted to apply for it as an extracurricular activity, but the current situation..."

Du Er didn't continue. The situation at the Truth Research Society was indeed not very good.

This so-called Truth Research Society, whose full name was the "Why is Truth Like This Seminar," was essentially just an extracurricular interest group, or rather, an extracurricular training class.

It mainly attracted students who had extra interest in magic and hoped to conduct in-depth learning together to conduct research and gain some extra achievements.

For example, the Fire Research Group had the "Fire Explosion Group," "Fire Cooking Group," and "Using Fire to Burn Butts to Accelerate Group."

The Water System also had the "Does Water Boiling Bubbles Count as Water or Wind Group," "What Temperature is Best for Washing Clothes Group," and "How Many Cups of Water to Drink a Day for Health Group."

Of course, there were more various crash course groups for hugging thighs before exams, such as "Key Points for Level 4 Exams" and "Pre-exam Sprint Motivation Class."

This originally loose organization gradually expanded into a behemoth because of Ge Lei. Especially after she awakened the ability of Truth Negation and defeated a Truth Practitioner in public, the development of the Truth Research Society became somewhat uncontrollable.

An extracurricular training interest group developed into an organization larger than many magic academies, but there were no professionals to change the entire organizational management, making it chaotic.

In the end, Ge Lei couldn't stand the harassment and ran away, which led to the series of events that followed.

Without Ge Lei's support, many of the Truth Research Society's assets in Magic Star City were annexed at low prices, and the organizational structure became even more chaotic. Du Er wanted to apply, but didn't know how to apply.

However, being loose also had the benefits of being loose. A few people could get together and find a mentor to form an interest group. The only problem was the lack of funding.

But mages were never poor. By pooling together, or even Du Er paying out of his own pocket, they could come up with enough funding, so they came over.

Upon arrival, they verified Tiguli's guess. The Starburst Canyon used to be full of undead creatures, but now they had disappeared, as if they had been scared away by something.

Du Er and the others were overjoyed and immediately followed them in, carefully maintaining their distance from Wuga, and arrived at the very center.

The Temple of Knowledge, which had the most undead creatures, was now empty. They entered without any effort and figured out Wuga's wandering pattern. As long as Wuga didn't leave, they were safe.

Even if Wuga left, this place would be filled with undead creatures again, and they could just run away then.

It was just unexpected that Ang and the others would come in.

"By the way, Teacher Ge Lei, didn't you encounter the scarecrow Wuga when you came in? Did it leave?" Tiguli introduced their situation and then asked a question.

Ge Lei said: "Wuga was captured by us."

Tiguli and the others widened their eyes with a ghostly expression. The scarecrow Wuga, raised by the Undead King, a powerful undead creature with a real domain, was actually captured by them? Are they bragging?

Is Truth Negation really that powerful?

"Do you think I'm lying to you? No, it's just that you have little experience. Even just now, Lord God of Knowledge didn't lie to you; that really is its name." Ge Lei could tell what they were thinking and couldn't help but provoke them.

These guys didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth; they needed to be taught a profound lesson.

Du Er and the others looked at Tiguli. Tiguli hurriedly said: "It was a piece of Dragon Language. Knowing that we humans can't speak Dragon Language, he deliberately spoke Dragon Language, so I suspected he was lying to me."

"Did you remember it? Why don't we try?" One of Tiguli's seniors said eagerly.

Tiguli nodded and began to rummage through her spatial bag, pulling out something like a magic phonograph. Several people gathered around and fiddled with it.

Du Er watched them fiddle and explained: "After Tiguli shared her guess, she also made a detailed activity plan, which included this Dragon Language phonograph, because if the God of Knowledge is really a dragon, it's very likely that Dragon Language needs to be used in some places."

"Dragon Language phonograph? You invented it?" Negris was amazed. Dragon Language could be simulated by a machine?

"No, they made it themselves. It hasn't been verified yet, but the idea is very novel and worth encouraging," Du Er said proudly.

After some fiddling, the phonograph emitted some unit-byte sounds, which indeed sounded very much like disassembled Dragon Language.

Tiguli listened word by word, then picked them out one by one, and finally connected them into a string: "If I remember correctly, it should be this sentence."

After speaking, she pressed the switch, and the phonograph emitted a low sound: &￥#*@...

Negris was shocked: "It was actually restored? Amazing, except for the lack of magic oscillation, the sound is exactly the same."

"Really? Wow! Success, we succeeded! This Dragon Language phonograph has never been used since it was invented. We found it all from books, and we didn't know if this was the pronunciation. We couldn't find a dragon to calibrate it for us," Tiguli jumped up excitedly.

Anthony also had to admire: "This is amazing. They don't know Dragon Language, yet they can restore Dragon Language from books. Students these days are truly incredible."

Tiguli hurriedly ran to the end of the passage, activated the thing on it, and let the phonograph make the sound: &￥#*@...

However, there was no reaction at all.

"Ah? No reaction? Is it wrong? Didn't you say the sound was exactly the same? This is Dragon Language. Could it be that the God of Knowledge isn't called this name?" Tiguli turned her head and asked.

Negris was embarrassed now. Could it be that this temple wasn't built for him?

Anthony suddenly stood out and said loudly: "Negris!"

As if something had been activated, the end of the passage was slowly opened.

Anthony said with a smile: "Your Majesty, doesn't understand Dragon Language."