Anton's gaze, which was probing the memories, did not linger on this scene for long, guided by the lucky pendant, it sped forward rapidly.
The 'moving figurines' drawn by his magic power did not have such a rapid ability to change.
Often, after demonstrating a segment, they would completely collapse, only to condense again in a jumpy fashion.
Thus, the several hundred years of grievances and affections between Pedro and Volcanova were more or less displayed before everyone.
That feeling...
Anton could only describe it as a 'public execution'.
To put it simply, it was the story of a top-student, queenly older sister type protecting a cowardly goblin sidekick.
Of course, both were scholars, and despite being of different races, they still had a considerable number of common topics. Although Volcanova the witch despised Pedro for being a coward who feared death, she greatly admired his academic insights.
An ancient goblin, an ancient witch.
Although they lived together for several hundred years, it was just living together for several hundred years, without even holding hands.
It was more like they were good friends with a shared ambition to explore the mysteries of knowledge.
Until one day.
"Haha, Pedro, come see what I've researched!"
Bang!
After a puff of smoke, Volcanova the witch turned into a giant python.
"..."
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Everyone looked at Anton.
Anton waved his hand, "It's different, her transformation is more magical."
Yes, it was truly different.
Volcanova the witch began to explain her latest research topic to Pedro, "Humans are simply a great treasure trove, the shadows of all species are hidden deep within our bloodline, did you know, Pedro, I feel like I've glimpsed the domain of divine creation!"
Pedro was clearly a little flustered, "Volcanova, what do you mean, all species?"
"Yes." Volcanova the witch's eyes seemed to hold a galaxy with countless planets orbiting, "All things originate from the primordial, Pedro, all species can be traced back to the most primitive single point."
She smiled with a pure expression, "Humans, goblins, can all be traced back to this point."
"In other words, I can become a goblin, and you can become a human."
"No!" Pedro said stubbornly, "We goblins are much nobler than humans, we are the earliest masters of this planet, you humans are merely a secondary intelligent species!"
This very sentence deeply wounded Volcanova the witch's heart.
The wizard and the goblin, who had maintained a friendship for several hundred years, had a falling out.
"..."
"..."
Everyone looked at each other in dismay.
"What goes around comes around," Anton sighed.
The wheel of time turns, let's see who heaven can spare, the words of the ancestors are indeed full of wisdom. Look, now the goblins have become the discriminated-against secondary intelligent species.
Volcanova the witch was definitely a super, super formidable wizard.
Of course, she was also an extremely petty witch.
As revenge, she turned Pedro into a human!
"Hahaha, Pedro, just be a human for the rest of your life, oh, if you don't want to be a secondary intelligent species, maybe you can end your own life, it's simple, isn't it, just stop drinking the Stubbornness Potion."
This was simply the greatest curse and humiliation Pedro had ever received.
To retaliate, he cast a spell, permanently fixing Volcanova the witch into the form of a viper.
Then, another hundred years of loving and killing each other.
But, it ended there.
Due to their falling out, Volcanova the witch no longer had a supply of the Stubbornness Potion, and she died.
When she died, she was still a snake.
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People are sometimes strange creatures, when we have something, we don't know how to cherish it, and when we lose it, it becomes heart-wrenching.
Pedro went mad and did something incredibly bold, something no one had ever done before.
This powerful 'Collector and Explorer of Time and Memory' toyed with time.
He returned to the past, with an ability that surpassed countless goblin predecessors, a sage who had spent hundreds of years integrating goblin and human knowledge, killed his past self, replaced him, and begged for Volcanova the witch's forgiveness.
He should have been happy at that time.
He willingly married the witch as a human and even had a child.
They also adopted many children, intending for them to inherit their wisdom.
And then...
Time forcibly corrected itself.
Pedro lost most of his memories and reverted to a goblin.
The witch completely dissipated from this world.
Their child also turned into a snake, wandering aimlessly in the corners of the world until it was captured by a circus.
And these human apprentices who inexplicably appeared in Pedro's life became the objects of his frenzied venting and revenge.
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Everyone was silent.
"This is the curse of time!" Pedro backed away in fear, falling into the mud.
Rosier frowned heavily, staring at Pedro, "I only have one question, and I only care about one question, can Nagini and Anna be cured?"
"It's impossible to cure them!" Pedro's face was full of sorrow.
"It's impossible. Even if Volcanova were resurrected, it would be useless, this is the curse of time!"
Rosier seemed to have lost all faith, knelt down, and hugged Anna tightly. The large snake slithered over, flicking its tongue and licking his cheek.
"Hahahaha." Rosier let out a crazed laugh, "My whole life is a joke, I've struggled so many times, nothing has changed, nothing can be solved."
Anna, on the other hand, was much stronger, gently patting her father's back, "It's okay, Father, maybe this is fate."
Even the old wizard was sighing with emotion on the side, "Toying with time and fate is truly terrifying."
"I say..."
Anton clapped his hands, "The matter of treating Nagini and Anna has always been my job, right, why has no one asked me?"
"!!!" The few of them looked over.
Pedro let out a strange cry, shouting in despair, "What other way could there be, it's hopeless, you understand?"
"I understand jack squat." Anton curled his lip, "Move aside."
Anton pushed Pedro aside and looked at Anna.
"Only one thing Pedro said today is correct, and that is that humans only have a lifespan of about a hundred years." Anton spread his hands, "To be precise, most don't even live to be over a hundred."
Anna nodded, and Rosier also paid attention to his words.
"Then it's simple, as long as you're not hoping to live for several hundred years like Pedro, we can actually not consider completely solving the problem of turning into a snake, but rather how to extend the time until one completely turns into a snake."
"A Maledictus initially involves a free transformation between a human and a snake body, and after a certain critical point, the person's consciousness, memory, and will begin to be devoured by the snake's shell, eventually turning into a snake."
Anton snapped his fingers, "In other words, if we do our best to delay the arrival of this critical point, dragging it to the moment a normal human lifespan ends, or even after..."
"The problem of the Maledictus would become a problem of the corpse turning into a snake after death."
"Is this an unacceptable situation?"
Anton could always find a solution when everyone else was in despair.
Anna looked at him with a smile, her eyes full of admiration.
Watching his confident appearance as he gave directions and spoke eloquently, "Originally, I didn't have the ability to delay this critical point, but in Pedro's memories, Volcanova the witch explained all the principles thoroughly and without reservation, and coincidentally, I am also researching in this direction, my Bionic Charm is most suitable for this theory."
Pop.
The lid of a large jar of potion was opened, Anton tilted his head back and drank it down, then recapped it.
"Thanks to the potion Rosier sent, I can now easily use the 'Goblin Eyes' secret technique." Anton beckoned with his finger, "Come on, cooperate obediently, let me dig out every word Volcanova the witch said from your memory."
Pedro swallowed, "It's not going to be torturing me tens of thousands of times again, is it? The feeling of having one's memory searched is very uncomfortable, like a bristle brush repeatedly scraping on the tongue."
"Gagaga." The old wizard gloated on the side, "It's hard to say, poor teacher, you did spend several hundred years with Volcanova the witch."