The lobby of the tavern was buzzing with people, but the room by the stairs on the second floor was filled with an ominous atmosphere.
Necromancer Heisong sat slumped on the ground, cold sweat slowly condensed on his forehead, and water spots slid across the pale foundation.
"I'm sorry, I... I didn't know you were... an ancient undead demon dragon!" The elf has apologized three times, and even forgot to pretend the ancient elf accent, "I thought you were just an ordinary warlock, and you are also looking for my mentor. Asking for money…”
The Skeleton Lord eliminated the human appearance, revealing the black scaled skin and the horns of the devil. At this time, his face was not in the shape of a human skeleton, but in the shape of a miniature dragon skull. Like the miniature version of the dragon wings before, this is part of his own power. They have nothing to do with dragons, and they are shaped into a dragon style entirely out of Maharaja's hobby.
The Skeleton Lord disguised as the "ancient undead demon dragon" sneered: "You elves are really shameless, you are already old, and you have the nerve to ask for money from humans who are only in their eighties... Well, maybe your mentor is I don't care if I want to support you, but your actions have already disturbed my... my Koref, this is beyond my tolerance!"
Clive is Burris's current pseudonym. Heisong didn't deliberately memorize this name, but he still immediately thought of the young human mage in the tower.
"I'm sorry!" Heisong apologized for the fourth time, "I was wrong! I shouldn't have revealed his identity to outsiders! But... the rumors about him and the princess are really not what I said! I didn't think in that direction at all!"
"When your mentor is not in the tower, Koref is the acting master of the tower. If you worry about Koref again... Heh, at that time, it will be useless even if Boris comes to plead for you!"
"I understand, I understand, I will explain the truth to my friends, and strive to restore Mr. Kreve's reputation... Do you think this will work?" Will do it! Please... please let Odile go, she's innocent, she doesn't know anything, she and I just met..."
Lord Skeleton was very satisfied. He bowed down, approached the elf with his dragon head exuding an evil aura, and said in a low and menacing voice: "Elf, it seems that you still don't understand the seriousness of the matter. If you only revealed Kolev's life experience, then At best, it is just adding some troubles to Boris, but if you reveal my existence... you will bring destruction to that tower!"
Heisong certainly didn't want this to happen, he still wanted to go back and ask for money. "I understand! I understand completely!" He kept nodding, "Of course I don't know your identity! I only know that you are just a great and wise warlock..."
Lord Skeleton snorted coldly, turned around and opened the wooden door. When he turned his back to Heisong, his face had changed back to a human appearance.
"Very good, remember your promise. I still have to protect my Kolev, so I won't waste my words with you anymore. Your girlfriend is in the back street of the tavern, go."
After slamming the door, Lott hurried downstairs, pulled up Odile who was sitting in the lobby, and came to the back street of the tavern through the small door leading to the back kitchen. Odile looked at him blankly, and he pointed to the firewood pile by the wall: "Lie there."
Odile quickly comprehended the master's meaning, and immediately entered a trance-like and pitiful state as she huddled beside the firewood pile. Lord Skeleton nodded in satisfaction, and disappeared around the street corner.
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Tarina gradually woke up, and Boris' physical strength was almost recovered. He went downstairs to go back to the guest area with Master Haida, but just as he walked into the garden, Charles chased him out. Hedda walked far away wisely, leaving the prince's son to talk to Burris.
The tall young knight bowed his head to the mage: "Your Excellency! I'm here... to apologize."
"You didn't do anything wrong, why are you apologizing?"
"I must be honest. Not only to be honest with others, but more importantly, to be honest with myself. I want to confess to you. I listened to the rumors before and thought that you were His Royal Highness Estelin's... lover. I don't think necromancers It may be of noble character, it is impossible to be willing to help others for free, and think that Her Highness Estelin asked you to handle this matter out of personal reasons... Your Excellency, I was wrong, you are an excellent and upright mage , you saved my sister's life..."
Boris smiled and waved his hand. Of course, I am not helping you "for free", it's just that I didn't reach out to ask you for money in person. No matter what Charles was thinking before, as long as he doesn't say it, others will never know, and Charles came here to apologize... It's been a long time since I saw such a simple child. Burris wanted to reach out and touch the young man's head, but Shire was too tall, and he knew he couldn't touch it, so he didn't do it.
"My reputation doesn't matter, but this rumor hurt Her Royal Highness too much," Burris said, "I only met her a few times because of my mentor Burris, other than that, we have no personal relationship. I heard that Her Royal Highness Estelin was seriously ill when she was young, and it was my mentor who saved her. She still remembers this kindness, so she often visits her elderly mentor. Although I don’t know that she usually What a personality, but based on this alone, I think she must be a very kind princess."
Charles nodded frequently: "Yes! Yes! You are right! Such a noble princess should not be hurt by vicious rumors! Although I can't control everyone... But if someone tells me rumors in the future, I will I will definitely refute him with facts!"
Burris nodded with a smile, and was about to leave when the young knight stopped him again: "Well... Your Excellency, can I ask you something in a personal way?"
"Speaking."
"This may offend you, please believe that I am just looking for answers, not trying to sarcasm you."
"Excuse me, I won't misunderstand."
Ciel took a few seconds to organize his words, and his face was a little red: "It's like this. I had a history teacher when I was a child. He used to be a priest of the Otarot Temple. He has always taught me to stay away from spellcasters, especially Necromancer. Later, my father cooperated with spellcasters during the Battle of Luoyue Mountain, and one of them was an elf necromancer; my brother is now a civil official. In fact, he went to Hilda Academy for two years to study. It's a place full of mages..."
Burris nodded silently. Of course he knew about the Hilda Academy, which was located on the east coast of the mainland, named after the founder, and was one of the only two arcane academies in the Ten Nations Confederacy. Burris is not only a named visiting professor of that college, but also one of several trustees.
The boy said: "My brother is not a mage, he just learned a little bit of basic principles of magic. But this training experience seems to have changed him. Once, I went to visit the history teacher with him, and I didn't expect them to chat. After all, the teacher is an elder, and my brother didn't insist on his own ideas to the end... In short, my brother thinks that mages are no different from soldiers, and he can't help defending necromancers, and our history teacher can't tolerate this .”
Your brother's name is Norad, he is ten years older than you, and he is very popular... Boris remembers that noble kid, he didn't teach him, but he heard about the kid's deeds in the academy—Norad didn't come here at all A student of magic, he is here to influence other people's learning. During the two years of his training in the academy, he was attracted by others, and caused several stupid fights, resulting in five apprentices, three women and two men, fighting each other. Fighting with jealousy... It seems that two or three of these five people specialize in necromancy. Norad would defend the necromancer, mostly just to defend his ex-girlfriend and boyfriend.
"I just want to ask you," at this moment, Charles continued, "why do you want to be a mage? Especially... you are a necromancer... It seems that you are about the same age as me, how did you come to this road …”
Burris thought for a while and asked, "You should have heard your brother mention something about necromancy, right? Even if your brother defended it, he must admit that there are many things in necromancy that are disgusting, right?"
"Yes… "
"Such as nettles in the cemetery, burned bats, human blood mixed with potions, unborn fetuses, even corpse oil and bones hundreds of years ago..." When Burris was talking, Shire was already full. His face felt uncomfortable, "Leave that aside, let's take a look at what necromancy can do. Some spells can kill enemies quickly, some spells can create lifeless and fearless warriors... and some are even more ingenious. Sir Charles, has anyone in your army been injured in combat or training?"
"Of course there is."
"Like falling off a horse and breaking your front teeth?"
"It really happened! Someone in my squad had a broken tooth in the last month, although it wasn't from riding a horse..."
Burris smiled and said: "You should know that once an adult's teeth are lost, they can never be restored. And now there is such a necromancy spell, which can give birth to new bones and shape them. A well-trained The necromancer can make people grow teeth again, and then use spells to shape the new teeth into a shape suitable for the current oral structure. This new tooth is a real tooth, not a metal denture or an illusion, and the whole process of casting the spell will not hurt the victim. any pain and danger to the caster...isn't this spell handy?"
"Indeed..." Ciel recalled that teammate's mouth, it was so distressing to lose his front teeth at the age of seventeen.
Burris added: "However, this spell is not just for teething. If it is cast in a different way, it can also be used in combat and in assassination. The necromancer can make the enemy Swell and collapse the bones, or let them puncture arteries, penetrate flesh…”
The young knight froze all over. He couldn't help taking a step back. The mage in front of him, who was not much older than himself, had always had a gentle temperament, but now he suddenly became very scary.
"Don't worry, no one casts spells like that these days," Burris said, "actually the Killing usage is the basic version of the spell, and it's used to give deer antlers, give teeth to people, and recreate people with legs of different lengths." Development... These are all new usages developed by necromancers in the past hundred years. The Arcane Federation banned its killing version, and a certain material necessary for the killing version was embargoed, and regular necromancer teachers did not Will teach students how to use the killing version. Sir Charles, if you have the opportunity to re-grow your friend's front teeth, would you like it?"
"This...of course I am willing." The boy said hesitantly.
"If an enemy invades Sago in the future, and you are powerful, you can gallop to kill the enemy, sweep the battlefield, guarantee your own retreat, and prevent the enemy from attacking again... Are you willing to use this strength to fight?"
"I would."
"Then, if the Luoyue Mountain Range maintains peace, and the orcs and barbarians will never cross the Luoyue Mountain Range again, then someone tells you to break into the Beastman's village and kill all men, women, children, and even newborn babies. What will you do?" do it?"
"No!" Charles said loudly, "Soldiers defend their home and country, but never kill innocent people indiscriminately. I also know that some troops will indeed do some depraved and unhonorable things in war... But I am sure We won’t do that! Whether it’s a knight of the territory or a knight of the temple, we won’t!”
Burris looked at him with admiration: "You asked me why I became a necromancer, and you wondered why your brother defended the necromancer. Don't you already know the answer?"
The author has something to say:
The maharaja is scaring the children, the mage is educating the children...
Incidentally, the Luoyue Mountain Range will be a dungeon in the future...