Chapter 778

"Wait, what's that?"

Old Eun's words suddenly eased the previously tense atmosphere, and old Eun's eyes moved from Maka's face to Maka's right hand.

No, to be more precise, it was actually the staff just taken out from Maka's right hand.

"Long wand," said Maka, while still keeping due vigilance, "although the short wand has become a mainstream since your time thousands of years ago, I think it is much more than now. What's the matter?"

"Of course I knew the long staff at that time," said old Eun, struggling to support the armrest of the wheelchair so that he could sit more straight. "I want to ask, what is engraved on the stone at the top?"

This staff is basically made from the materials of the snake monster. It has been with Maka for a long time. In fact, many changes have been made during its use. However, it was just an improvement on the rune array carved on the staff.

As for the pattern engraved on the stone at the top of the staff, it is naturally the same.

"Since you ask, I think you know it." Maka considered every word in her heart and carefully changed part into words.

But old Eun just shook his head when he heard it, but the magic wave that had been fully active in his body gradually settled down again.

"Ancient Runes symbolizing the rules of truth," the old man slowly said, "... Of course, I only know that loina calls them, and I almost know nothing else."

"Yes, that's the rule rune," Maka said as the other party said. "One of them."

Although he said so, in essence, he simply repeated the old man's words without mentioning any other information.

For Maka, the knowledge of regular runes is a secret.

If someone other than him gets the secret, knowledge is no longer just knowledge. They are more likely to become a great danger no less than those sources of disaster.

"So," old Eun nodded as if he had determined something, "you were indeed selected by Roy Na and her three friends..."

The old man didn't go on. He just looked straight into Marca's eyes when he said this.

Maka knew that the other party wanted him to complete that sentence.

"... candidate," Maka said calmly, "I entered the secret room of roina."

"Sure enough!" a flash of clarity flashed in Eun's eyes, but then there was more hesitation, "but in that case, you should also have been to salacha's secret room, and... Why don't you know salacha's successor for 'that man'?"

When the old man mentioned Salazar Slytherin's so-called "backhand" again, Maka was actually more confused than the other party.

He always felt that there must be something he had missed, but he couldn't think of any relevant clues for a while except Ernst's affair.

"In this regard, I can only say... It seems that there can be more than two candidates at the same time," Maka said casually, and then turned to ask, "what's the 'second hand' you said? What's the purpose of selecting candidates to guard against?"

It's rare to catch an insider, and it feels like an insider willing to say more. Maka naturally wants to ask more.

However, old Eun shook his head decisively.

"I don't know," he said frankly, "that was discussed by roina and her three friends. She didn't let me know too much... She only told me that it would be to solve a great disaster. If you have to, it's best not to try to solve it."

At this point, old Eun's face suddenly became a little darker.

"Once you blindly touch some truth," he said with drooping eyelids, "it will inevitably lead to disaster and lead things to the worst end."

"The worst outcome..."

Maka chewed this sentence and couldn't help thinking of the content mentioned at the end of the original book of sin. Although it is only a few unclear words, there is no doubt about the "loneliness" and "fear" contained in it.

"Yes, 'the worst outcome'." the old man repeated this sentence, "I don't know what that means, but I know that it must be much more serious than 'one person's death'

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this strange statement, Maka could not help frowning, but old Eun seemed to be immersed in some feelings, and there was not much expression on his face dissatisfied with the traces of years.

"Literally," he said faintly, "maybe you don't know, but I can tell you... Roy Na actually committed suicide."

This is obviously another big news.

As far as Maka knows, among the many historical documents in the magic world, the life of royna Ravenclaw is a controversial thing.

In the 11th century, the outstanding witch, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, died inexplicably early, and there was no official record from beginning to end.

It is said that she died of an unusual serious illness. It was the departure of Salazar Slytherin, who was best at magic medicine, that made her lose the hope of survival at the last point.

It is also said that she actually died of a heart disease. Her daughter Helena stole her golden crown and went away, but she lost her life together with barrow who was sent to find her.

But now, the "Eun Ravenclaw" in front of Maka told him that Roy Na's death was actually suicide.

"Let's not talk about this first," old Eun sighed after a long pause. "Since you are indeed a candidate, that's right... Maybe as you said, there may be more than one candidate, which is indeed in line with Roy's character concept of being prepared."

Anyway, it's what Maka wants to keep talking.

Seriously, he didn't want to be an enemy with the old man - at least he didn't want to fight each other too early. After all, he is still unable to determine the strength of the other party, and blind hostility is not desirable.

Of course, in the face of unreasonable guys like Haier Bo, the other side often has only the only option of "hostility".

Unless, standing in front of Haier wave is a fool without a sense of crisis.

"So?" Marca asked as she heard it.

"So, didn't you say it just now?" the old man said bluntly, "if Salazar's back-up failed to kill him, it's my turn to present this' backup plan '... Maybe it will inevitably make you feel ridiculous, but I have to say that when we can't find a second way, the absurd way will become our last choice."

Speaking of this, he sorted out a little, and then continued: "once 'he' is resurrected again, he will certainly look for the ancient mirror that belongs to him... In that year, salacha smashed it into pieces with the stone of bewitchment, while royna sealed the fragments at the bottom of the ground to prevent it from automatically assembling."

"And the first step we have to do now is to find it!"

When Eun said these words, Maka's heart was still very subtle. In other words, it is a subtle feeling with sporadic doubts.

He wondered that there was no discord between Salazar Slytherin and roina in Eun's words; What he feels deeply subtle is that the two things said by the other party are now in his hands!

However, the doubt was just a doubt. In the final analysis, Marca didn't fully believe whether the old man was really Eun Ravenclaw himself.

When a big unknown suddenly accumulates in front of you, you really can't let yourself have other thoughts except doubt.

"Didn't Roy tell you where she hid her things?" asked Marca casually as she pondered.

"Yes, I think it's mainly up to you," old Eun said frankly, "because although she didn't tell me the specific location... She once said that the clue is at Hogwarts castle."

What other clues can there be? Isn't it the "Eris mirror" that has long been broken? Although Maka didn't notice any trace of geographical location on it at the beginning, the fragments of the mirror are still in the bag around Maka's waist and can be studied again at any time.

"Yes," replied Marca quietly, "I'll look for it."

"Well, I hope the plan can go on smoothly. I've been waiting for this day... For thousands of years!" the old man said, coughing again, and his face became a little tired.

"Of course, the plan itself doomed us to be in a hurry..."

Just then, he suddenly glanced at the direction of the sentry tower not far away. As you can see, millian and seaman are already coming this way.

"One more thing I have to say --" the old man said immediately, "after leaving here, you and I will still be enemies. Don't underestimate 'that man', he may choose anyone he can control and try to revive! Whether it's coercion, inducement or deception..."

At the end, he said again, "remember, be careful of the people around you at any time."

Needless to say, Maka has been paying attention to this. Halbo is not Voldemort. That guy is a living fossil of the magic world that has lived for thousands of years. Marca won't be surprised if the other party uses any means.

He can kill each other once through the unequal amount of information, but he can't guarantee that it will be the same next time.

"It's a tough problem."

In Marca's eyes, there was a trace of fatigue.