From the grammar of the owl's speech, Lucien judged that it was not transformed by a magician, but a magic pet. After every magic apprentice starts learning magic, as long as he has the materials for casting spells, he can summon it and sign a magic contract. magic pet.
Different spell-casting materials lead to different familiars. There are ordinary creatures such as owls, cats, and crows, and magical creatures such as fairies "dragons". After signing a magic contract, each familiar will establish a close relationship with its master. , The mysterious connection can allow the master to obtain some of his own abilities, and he can also borrow some of the master's magic that suits him.
For example, if a cat is summoned as a magic pet, the magic apprentice's agility will be raised to the level of a high-level knight attendant, and he will also gain night vision ability. The cat can borrow apprentice-level magic similar to "Forbidden Light", " Preservation of organs" and other magic, as well as necromantic magic, and then you can also gain the ability to speak and simple thinking.
However, the number and number of spells that a magic pet can borrow depends on the number of magic spells that can be continuously cast by the master's spiritual power. The acquired ability will not increase with the level of the familiar. If the familiar dies or the magic contract is terminated, the acquired ability will also disappear, and there will even be a certain degree of decline that can be recovered.
So Lucien has never made up his mind to summon a magic pet. Although in the long run, it is equivalent to having an extra clone of himself, and in the short term, it can improve his strength, but his own situation is special, and establishing this mysterious connection, Chances are your biggest secret will be revealed.
Looking at the strange owl Doro, Lucien pretended to be very scared and replied: "No, no magician really came to find a witch, at least, I haven't seen one."
The owl flapped its wings: "Very well, you didn't lie. According to Mr. Doro's observation, no other mages have come to look for the witch. Next, the second question, you and the church guards went down to find the witch's magic experiment. When I was in the room, what did I see, what happened?"
"An owl also knows how to use what it knows to deceive people first..." Lucien cursed inwardly, and then changed what he encountered at that time, except that his soul broke through the limit, to taking advantage of Gary's accidental arousal. Except for the Sacred Emblem of Truth, he told the truth. As for the matter that the soul library recorded the magic books and notes at the same time as they were destroyed, no one would have thought of it without mentioning it.
"This is really a tragedy!" Owl Doro sighed emotionally, and then flapped its wings twice, "Very well, Master Doro is very satisfied with your answer, good night, young man."
Then it flew quickly through the open wooden window.
Watching the owl leave, the fear and panic on Lucien's face immediately disappeared, and he blew out the candle, then quickly changed into the black linen robe with a hood that he had just sewn successfully, and opened the door silently , go out, close up.
It was dark outside, and there were no lights in the slums of Aderang. Lucien spread his spiritual power, and soon sensed a faint, hard-to-detect spirit that he had quietly left on the owl Doro. force imprint.
This is the situation where it is impossible to practice spellcasting recently. Lucien combined his previous knowledge of frequency, fluctuation, and radar to use a variation of the imprint of spiritual power. If you are a little careless, it will be difficult to find that you have been imprinted with spiritual power.
"Fortunately, this owl doesn't fly too fast, and it's still in my spiritual sense. Judging from its level, its owner should still be a magic apprentice." Lucien breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly moved in the dark. Running on the ground, once it exceeds 500 meters, Lucien's mental power will not be able to sense the mental power imprint that fluctuates at a special frequency.
Although the owner of the owl was only a magic apprentice, Lucien was still in danger if he followed him like this. After all, he didn't know what the situation was over there, whether there were other magic apprentices, or even the magician.
However, this certain danger is worth taking for Lucien who really wants to get in touch with the circle of magicians, and then find a place where he can learn magic openly. There is the second-level magic ring of "Ice Avenger".
Owl Doro didn't know that Lucien had imprinted his mental power, so he didn't fly with all his strength. On the contrary, he flew very carefully and secretly in order to attract the attention of Alto, who was not under the control of the church.
But even so, its flying speed is still better than the speed that Lucien dare not run with all his strength.
So after ten minutes of tracking, Lucien had already been pulled away by nearly 400 meters by the owl Doro. This was because it occasionally stopped and hid, or pretended to be an ordinary owl and flew.
But at this moment, Doro the owl folded its wings and slid into a window without moving in the dark night.
After running close, Lucien slowed down and quietly walked around the building, and was very surprised to see the signboard of the building: "Bronze Crown Tavern"!
"Could it be that there are magic apprentices among the mercenaries and adventurers?" Lucien thought suspiciously, and noticed that the window was the leftmost room on the second floor of the Copper Crown Tavern, which was a very convenient location for escape.
Putting the Frozen Avenger on his left index finger, Lucien walked around to the back door of the Copper Crown Tavern, and whispered a strange monosyllabic word without using any spell-casting materials, leaving a faint shadow on the door.
"Silent Portal", an apprentice-level magic of the illusion department, can cover the sound of doors opening and closing. The effect lasts up to one hour, but within this hour, it can be released at Lucien's will.
Then, Lucien waited for a few seconds, and continued to cast the "opening and closing technique" that did not require any casting materials. A transparent and invisible light shot out from his hand and hit the door. The solid wooden door opened a gap without any sound. Let Lucien dodge in quietly.
After closing the back door again, Lucien directly unlocked the "Silence Portal" to prevent people from discovering the fluctuation of magic.
Even in the tavern, at this time, the inside of the Copper Crown is much quieter, especially near the back door, which allows Lucien to quietly dodge the occasional passers-by and walk to the second floor.
Quietly stopping not far from the room, Lucien barely listened to the voices in the room through the faint spiritual imprint.
After a while, Lucien smiled, pulled his hood lower, and walked to the door.
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In the cool room, Smile leaned on a recliner that could rock back and forth, listening carefully to the report of his pet owl Doro, holding a glass of amber wine in his hand.
"Duolang liqueur" has a low alcohol content and can significantly help sleep.
Smile had grown accustomed to the owl's oddly grammatical narration, and it didn't take long for things to be fully understood.
He closed his eyes, pondered for a while, and asked about Lucien's reaction at that time. After listening to the description of the owl Doro, he rubbed his forehead: "It seems that he really has nothing to do with witches, but this way Come on, I won’t be able to find the gentleman who claims to be from the headquarters of the Continental Magic Council, hey, should we continue to hide…”
Just as he was sighing, suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the room.
Smile stood up abruptly, with a solemn expression, and asked in a calm voice, "Who?"
And the owl Doro flew onto the bed, hid in the blanket, and whispered: "Who could it be, who could it be, is it here to barbecue Mrs. Doro?"
A strange, deep, hoarse voice sounded outside the door: "I'm looking for Mr. Smile and Doro the owl."
"What?!" Doro the owl yelled in the blanket, almost flying up with the blanket.
Smile's magic is ready to go, but the mysterious and strange person outside the door makes him dare not act rashly: "I'm Smile, I don't know Doro the owl, who are you?!"
"I am a magician, and I met a witch by chance." The hoarse and deep voice said flatly, "I have been secretly observing the ruins of the witch, trying to find out the whereabouts of the gentleman from the mainland headquarters of the Magic Council, unfortunately , I saw your pet Doro today and heard its question, so I followed it all the way."
"What? It turned out to be because of Master Doro?!" The owl Doro screamed in disbelief, and then sighed with great emotion: "This is really a tragedy!"
Seeing that the other party did not directly call in, Smile relaxed a little. If someone from the church came, how could he be so polite? Hearing the identity of the other party's magician, he naturally felt a little familiar, but he did not relax his guard because of this. : "Then you can use the switch technique to come in."
Although successive popes have modified the basic part of divine arts, the essence of divine arts has not changed. It still comes from the "gift of God". The change in the basic part is to reduce the requirements for some divine arts that previously required higher levels to obtain. , more new divine spells are bestowed, and some divine spells that take a long time to master become easier to master. Therefore, it is clear from the casting of spells whether it is a magician or a priest.
A burst of magic waves came, and the door slowly opened, and Smile wanted to seize the opportunity that the other party had just finished casting magic and was still in the buffer period, cast magic, and catch the other party first, even if he had good intentions, he had to do it himself. Take the initiative.
However, as the door slowly turned, there was also a burst of extremely cold and terrifying magical aura, as if a very powerful magic was gaining momentum, and it was deliberately released.
"Formal magic?" Smile obviously found that this magic breath far exceeded any apprentice-level magic he could get. "Are you a formal magician?"
The door was completely opened, and Smile saw a mysterious man in a black robe and a hood that completely covered his face in the shadows, and that terrifying, cold magical aura emanated from him.
And Lucien also saw clearly that this magic apprentice was the gloomy man with a hooked nose and a tight black long coat that he had seen in the Copper Crown Tavern before.