NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1120: 783
At the center of the Anti-Magic Steel, a mirror-shaped Mechanical Magic Device was bound by layers of Magic Power Chains.
It was like a mirror, yet it took the form of a hexahedral cube.
The space within each mirror surface twisted as if countless tormented souls were swirling about, while multiple Barriers moved around the mirror, barely visible.
With just a glance,
it was clear that this was an extraordinary Magic Device.
A forbidden artifact capable of overturning the common sense of the world.
"Lanci, wait."
Talia called out to Lanci immediately.
Lanci also grabbed Tamisha's hand, preventing her from getting any closer.
Golden hues began to emerge in Lanci's green eyes as Magic Power operated within, while Talia tried hard to identify this Magic Device.
[Mirror of Tiberius]
[Category: Magic Device]
[Grade: Red Legend (Damaged)]
[Attribute: Divination/Illusion]
[Class: 9]
[Effect: Each consumption of a Ninth-order Great Demon's Soul Carving can activate it once, transforming the current timeline's future for oneself. There is a chance of instant death when paying the activation cost. Due to the Magic Device's damage, it requires the energy of Hell's Territory and the Demon Ancestral Land to be utilized.]
[Current number of usages available: 3.]
[Note: For you who know nothing of eternity, it is time to reveal the answer to you, head towards the spiral that extends towards fantasy, and bet everything you have on me...]
The results that Talia slowly identified were also shared with Lanci's mind.
His expression gradually became one of surprise.
A legendary Magic Device, he had only seen once before in Floral City Pariel, which was the Magic Guide Book named [Parlony's Grudge Record].
He did not expect to encounter yet another item of the Red Legend grade in the Shadow World of tens of thousands of years ago.
Lanci stared intently at the [Mirror of Tiberius].
Tiberius was the demonic craftsman who built the Purgatory Corridor Academy, known as the Inverted Lord.
And this Magic Device, hidden in the deepest part of Purgatory Corridor, appeared to be the highest masterpiece left by the Inverted Lord Tiberius after exhausting his life.
"What in the world is this ghostly Magic Device?"
Talia had never heard of a Divination system Magic Device of such degree in her own time.
Not to mention the conditions for its use, the mere "instant death" side effect made Talia not even want to consider touching this Magic Device.
Every shattered Soul Carving would cause irreparable serious damage to oneself. Even a Ninth-order Great Demon could fall into extreme weakness in the short term, and their strength would be permanently impaired afterward.
The price for foretelling the future was to gamble against Destiny, wagering one's own soul.
"It's quite fitting for the Inverted Lord's trial, isn't it?"
Lanci clearly remembered the Great Demon trial on the minus sixth floor of Herram Prison, known as The Suspended Road of Reincarnation, which had to be crossed over life and death without fear to pass.
The Inverted Lord did not favor the faint-hearted; on the contrary, he only appreciated those creatures brave enough to stake their lives.
"But someone has already paid the activation cost so many times?"
Talia noticed that, it seemed the Magic Device could be activated three more times without any cost.
In other words, someone had sacrificed three Great Demon Clan Marks before their arrival and gambled their lives three times, winning three activation opportunities.
"..."
Lanci said nothing.
The answer to who could help him pay with a Ninth-order Great Demon Clan's mark was quite obvious.
"..."
"Calila, before she died, did she use it once herself and then left the remaining three opportunities for you...?"
Talia, listening to Lanci's thoughts, realized the truth, calculating that it probably was the case.
Calila was a Seven Seals Great Demon. She was supposed to leave three Marks for future generations of demons to pass on the new Great Demon trial inheritance. To maintain her Great Demon status, she would need to retain at least three Marks.
But she had long been fearless of death, having already given her Life Soul to a friend.
In her final moments, she gave all that was remaining in her life to fill the [Mirror of Tiberius] four times, then died completely, turning into the Fallen Wonderland.
"I believe so."
Lanci's voice was calm and emotionless.
Talia, residing in his heart, couldn't read his thoughts.
"What exactly did Calila see?"
Talia was still puzzled.
Calila must have seen a possible ending for Lankros.
Even so, Calila left the opportunity to Lankros.
She didn't make the choice for him.
"Let's find out with the Mirror of Tiberius."
Lanci sighed in relief, smiling aimlessly as he looked towards the mirror in front of him.
He was also curious about why all this was happening.
For what.
"Tamisha, could you wait for me over there? Don't get close to this mirror. There are three layers in the lunchbox that you haven't touched. You can finish them all; don't worry about me."
Lanci squatted down and spoke to Tamisha with a tender voice.
"Alright."
Tamisha nodded,
"Be careful on your way."
She seemed to have realized something and said to him.
"See you in a bit."
Lanci waved to Tamisha reassuringly.
He turned and walked towards the abyss-like deep purple mirror Magic Device.
The air around the mirror's edge rippled in layers due to the faint ripples of the Void Force, and Magic Power began to dance gently on the calm surface of the mirror.
As Lanci reached out his hand toward the mirror, he gradually discovered that the mirror could be passed through; he moved forward slightly and his figure stepped through the mirror surface, eventually merging completely into the void surrounded by deep purple light.
In an instant, Lanci and Talia both felt as if they were rapidly falling from the sea of stars, experiencing a strange sensation of weightlessness, as flashes of light and color wove together, forming twisted pictures.