As Zhao Xu walked towards Antinoya's office at the Obelisk, the astonishing "history" just described by Vivian kept echoing in his heart.
Mysterious appearances and mysterious disappearances.
It was beyond his imagination, especially the fact that "Ernest" might not be dead, which shocked him deeply.
If the other party appears, it means that the current power structure will definitely bring about changes. Even the current Sisilvina's status as the number one person in the magic field is bound to no longer be strong.
The most obvious impact is that the priesthood of magic and the power of the godhead will be greatly suppressed when facing Ernest.
But when Zhao Xu saw Antinoya, he found that she was in the reception room outside, discussing with four or five other male mages.
Several of them looked even more serious, and their voices were a little louder.
"People keep calling you eldest lady, so you think you are really the eldest lady and can do whatever you want?"
"That secret inheritance belongs to our Yiter family. You are just a guardian and are responsible for taking care of it for the time being."
The leading middle-aged mage even had veins popping out, and he accused Antinoya harshly.
As he spoke, the three or four people behind the middle-aged mage couldn't help but stand up.
The youngest one among them had a pale face and thin limbs. He didn't know whether he was drained by alcohol or magic research. He coughed lightly and said, "The new disciple you have accepted is called Zhongxia, right? Last time in the family, Someone recognized him, he was wearing the 'Star Cloak' from the family treasure trove."
"You once advised us, the younger generation of the family, to wait for the right time to come before we can uncover the hidden contents of the lost family legacy. But now, what you are doing is obviously not like this."
After the sickly man finished speaking, several companions beside him also looked stunned.
It can be said that Antinoya, who has reached the level of a legendary mage, has been the object of admiration for the younger members of the family since childhood. There are even many who feel admiration for her just by listening to her voice.
The title "Miss" is what some family elders call Antinoya. With the passing of these people, this name has been passed down, and has even become a broad term for Antinoya by the younger generation in the Floating City.
It’s just that three or four months ago, Miss Antinoya took in a player disciple.
These young people of the Ittel family discovered that everything had changed. Antinoya began to be absent from the family meetings that they originally attended every month.
You know, after the demise of the dynasty, the Yiter family was still able to be among the top five among the top 100 mage families in Mystra. It relied on this kind of collective cohesion. How could it be so casual
Even the legendary mage can't do it. This was also the original thought of the sickly man.
As the family elders recall the glory of the dynasty, they have always longed to regain the glory in their generation.
They also know and understand the reason why the family heritage treasure house has not been used.
Who would have thought that the other party would hand over the extremely precious "Star Cloak" to a novice mage without informing the family.
Completely leaving the family in ruins.
Do you really think that secret inheritance is her private property
At this time, Antinoya noticed Zhao Xu's arrival and waved her hand impatiently, signaling those people to leave.
Although the five people from the Ittel family who visited this time still had a lot to say in their hearts, they also knew the "meaning" of the obelisk itself, especially since the other party was a legendary mage, even if they could only rely on Clamp down in the name of the family.
So when he saw Antinoya's gesture indicating that everyone could leave, the leading middle-aged man snorted and turned around to leave.
It wasn't until they were far away that the fat mage who was following behind murmured: "The elder of the family has read the family tree. She is not the biological sister of our founding king and ancestor at all. What kind of princess is she?"
Zhao Xu also didn't expect that before he left, he actually witnessed the dispute between Antinoya and the younger generation of the Yiter family behind him.
"Mentor?" Although Zhao Xu knew he didn't have to worry about it, he still couldn't help but care about the other person.
Antinoya shook his head and said, "You are just laughing."
Zhao Xu felt relieved when he heard the other party's tone.
Antinoya's tone didn't care at all about what just happened.
If Zhao Xu hadn't heard the revelations from the succubus paladin Vivian next to him, he would have thought that Antinoya was really as accused.
But now it seems that it is not at all what the younger generations of the Iter family described.
"Mentor, what is the relationship between the Yitel family and you?"
At this time, Zhao Xu already knew that the title "Eldest Lady" came from the fact that she was the descendant of the arcane king Ernest.
This identity has not been denied by anyone in the entire floating city's senior management.
It's not that she was once a princess of the Yiter Dynasty.
It goes without saying that although the Iter Dynasty is so skinny that a camel is bigger than a horse, it is not enough for people like Leian to call her the eldest lady.
Even the first and last generation princesses still lacked status.
In particular, the treasury of the Yiter dynasty's heritage was the "fake treasury" of Ernest's original secret treasure.
The question is, how did this "fake treasury" become owned by the Ittel family, and even the young people in the family still care so much about it.
At this time, Zhao Xu also vaguely recalled that when he first called Antinoya, the other person's last name was indeed Iter.
At this time, Antinoya said with a hint of annoyance: "I have to look back and see how many people will jump out to oppose me this time, just in time to drive away these white-eyed wolves."
White-eyed wolf
Zhao Xu immediately skipped this word in his heart, and corresponding guesses arose.
"Zhongxia, guess who used the name Iter first?" Antinoya asked with a smile at this moment.
The era when Antinoya became famous can be traced back to thousands of years ago, and the Yiter Dynasty only happened a thousand years ago.
"It must be you, mentor." Zhao Xu answered without thinking at all.
"So."
Antinoya bit her lip lightly at this moment, "Those rookies don't want to think that the glory of this surname itself comes from me."
"The founding ancestor of the Eater family was once Ernest's coachman. Back then, he had no name and no surname. After he found the name Joey, Ernest said that he still lacked a surname, so he asked him to The driver's last name is my own, so he can still be considered a family member of mine."
"The coachman Joey in the back returned to his homeland thousands of years later, only to discover that after he went out to make a living, his childhood sweetheart had been waiting for him in his hometown and remained unmarried until he died of old age."
"That's why Joey tried his best to resurrect his childhood sweetheart who died of old age, then have a romantic relationship with him, and establish a dynasty and leave a legacy."
At this time Antinoya stood up and looked at the falling snow outside the glass.
"In the beginning, I lent the secret inheritance, the fake treasury itself, to Joey. Later, when the dynasty fell, Joey naturally returned the treasury intact to me, but he just didn't tell the Ittel family about it. "
Hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but open his mouth slightly.
Doesn't this mean that what those young people were thinking just now were all based on their own imagination.
From the very beginning, this heritage treasure house had no affiliation with Joey, the man who founded the dynasty.
That lost legacy, the Ittel family can really only lose.
Zhao Xu could not help but shake his head and sigh. I am afraid that the young people who provoked Antinoya just now have already divided up everything in the lost heritage treasure house on their own.
"Teacher, are you fishing?" Zhao Xu guessed.
Although the spearheads of several people just now were vaguely pointed at him, Zhao Xu didn't care.
Now that he knew that these members of the mage family named Iter had nothing to do with Antinoya, he didn't care even more.
But for the first time, Zhao Xu intuitively felt the power of Ernest.
Just by being his driver, you can live forever, and even thousands of years later, on a whim, you can rely on your shadow to become the founding king of a dynasty.
"fishing?"
Antinoya glanced at Zhao Xu lightly, "Innocent."
"I already have the strength to overturn the entire chessboard, so I don't care how the pieces are distributed. On the contrary, their provocation makes me very interesting."
"They couldn't even guess the time of my appearance, which means they have no access to the oldest gravekeepers of the Ittel family. They are just small fish and shrimps. They think they represent the new generation."
"And Zhongxia, don't you think you are too stable in this floating city? Wouldn't a few more people who cause trouble for you also promote your progress?"
Zhao Xu didn't expect that Antinoya would still have such thoughts.
If there wasn't a "succubus paladin" standing silently beside him who was watching the door intently, Zhao Xu would have had a bitter relationship with Antinoya.
Originally, this time he came to fight against the autumn wind and see if he could get another magic item. Who would have thought that he would get a reverse increase.
"Teacher, was this how you were trained at the beginning?" Zhao Xu asked, trying to gain some inner balance.
"How could it be? What my mentor did for me back then was to enrich me." Antinoya pouted slightly, with a proud look on her face.
As she spoke, she walked back to her spacious desk and pulled out a thick stack of parchment.
"Here, these are your appointment documents, as well as the next route and some key points."
Zhao Xu took it easily.
When the association paid him a "+6 intelligence headscarf" in advance as salary, if he failed to do a good job, the association would definitely confiscate it.
And Zhao Xu also knew that in the final stretch, he had to go forward in person. The association is also to let some nerdy mages understand the sufferings of the world.
"There is a letter inside that you need to deliver to the leader of the Northern Alliance. And the city of Lucca you teleported to is in the Principality of Shiloh, which is adjacent to the Northern Alliance. Currently, frictions between the two sides occur from time to time, and the border There are a bunch of homeless people online, so you have to pay attention when you turn around."
Antinoya told Zhao Xu that in ten days and a half, she would personally visit Zhao Xu in Falling Star Town to see how he was doing.
"Then mentor, if there is no more, I will go back and set off?" Zhao Xu asked.
"Well, actually you still have a reward that has not been settled yet. Now it is in my hands and I will deal with you."
award
Being called a reward by Antinoya, Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.
At this time, Antinoya looked at Zhao Xu with a smile,
"Didn't you take the initiative to deal with the succubus priest for the church before?" Antinoya said, and also looked at the succubus paladin who was also standing in the corner.
But Vivian's expression remained the same.
"You were able to put life and death aside, so the reward given to you is to allow you to avoid a life-or-death accident."
"This is a spell that is always waiting to be triggered, can you guess it?" Antinoya asked.
At this time, Zhao Xu couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Contract series?"
"Ha, you are quite smart. It seems that the previous scroll space was not in vain."
Antinoya admitted: "The eight-ring divine spell 'Death Contract' costs 1,000 gold coins in diamonds."
Zhao Xu was even able to react faster to Antinoya's routine spell introduction later.
Contract series spells are one of the few spells that exceed the original "minute" and "round" level spell limits, and directly last forever until triggered.
It can be said that once used, it will benefit for life. It is a real "waking up buff".
The only function of the spell is to automatically cast a "complete resurrection spell" on him when he dies.
So the temple rewarded Zhao Xu with an extra life.
However, this "death contract" is naturally inferior to the resurrection stone.
Losing two points of physical attributes is the price of having the "Death Contract" spell on your body.
"You can choose whether to accept this reward." At this time, Antinoya looked at Zhao Xu with a smile.
But Zhao Xu didn't even think about it, "I definitely want it, but I don't want it in vain."
With a constitution of 14, he can still afford to lose 2 points of constitution.
Hearing what Zhao Xu said, Antinoya simply snapped her fingers and cast a spell.
As warm energy penetrated one after another, Zhao Xu's panel information popped up directly.
[Adventurer Zhongxia, you have been cast by Antinoya with eight-ring "Death Contract", seven-ring "Restoration Contract", and five-ring "Brave Contract" spells.]
The first spell was okay, but the next two spells were somewhat beyond Zhao Xu's expectations.
"You are going to a war-torn place this time. Although you have the paladin to protect you, I still want to add two layers of protection for you. It's just a one-time thing anyway." Antinoya's tone was calm at this time.
For the eighth-ring "death contract", it can be said that it is completely beyond the scope of content to directly trigger the nine-ring complete resurrection technique.
As for the "restoration contract" that follows, when he suffers from more than ten negative states such as attribute damage or even poisoning, the spell is directly triggered and takes effect, removing the negative effects on the spot.
Zhao Xu is equivalent to getting an opportunity to automatically offset the negative status.
The "Brave Contract" is triggered when his health is less than half, and he will gain 5 HP of life recovery per level, damage reduction 5/magic, and saving throws will increase luck by 4 levels.
At this time, Antinoya walked over gently and put her hand on Zhao Xu's shoulder for the first time, "Zhongxia, come on, if you can find the secret under Falling Star Lake, I can grant you a wish."
I'm dozing off, I'll make do with 4K for now, I'll update it tomorrow
(End of chapter)