167. Ignaz's diary
Twenty kilometers north of Mount Antia lies a great river called Galloping Horse, the water of which is fast and cold, and is called Galloping Horse in the territory of the city of El. The www.biquge.infoGalloping Horse River flows from Quarry Rock into the White Elephant River, flows through the northern hinterland of Sloitt City, and flows southeast into the sea.
All belong to the temperate mountains and jungle areas, and the natural environment is not much different. The whole of Antian Hill is covered with black pine trees, but near the manor behind the temple, golden apple trees surround the hills, row by row, layer upon layer, lush green. In the depths of the apple grove, you can see the manor on the top of the cliff, with red tiles and white walls, and chimneys towering. Bald eagles glide high in the air along the stream, leaving a cloud of smoke in its wake. It looked at the blue sky and the earth from afar, and showed its rich beauty to the knights.
The rocks in the pass ahead were finally removed, the horse team could move forward slowly, the chaotic criticism finally stopped, the knights quickly put on their mounts, Su and I also followed the whole team slowly, Evan saw me walking forward along the side of the road with Su on his back, frowned, probably couldn't bear us to climb the mountain so hard, the companion next to him immediately came to his side and whispered a few words, Evan touched the back of his head with some embarrassment, his brows furrowed into Sichuan characters, he took a deep breath, drove his horse over the large army and ran backwards。
I carried Sue on my back, and the hooves of the tall horses that passed me kicked up a cloud of dust, and the three of us were surrounded in the dust, very embarrassed. The companion of Evangel motioned for us to wait a moment.
Sure enough, there was not much time, Evan led a knight in delicate full-covered armor to rush over the horse team from behind, I saw at a glance the two scrolls of fire gathering in the pocket of the big knight's horse, it seems that the honest Evan has also learned this invincible little trick - "gifting"! The big knight looked at me carefully for a moment with a calm face, his eyes stayed on the magic badge on my chest most of the time, he held the reins of the horse in one hand, hesitated for a moment and finally nodded and said: "You are an apprentice of the El City School of Magic?" ”
I saw him with the family badge of nobility pinned to his chest, and knowing that the great knight was also a nobleman, I saluted him and said respectfully, "Yes, Your Excellency." My teacher is Heidi, the magic tutor of the water class of the Academy of Magic, and I am a new student of the Academy this year!"
"Oh, I know! Heidi is a very famous water mage in our city of El. Since it is her student, then please sit in the logistics vehicle later, and go up the mountain together, I will order you to go down and send someone to find your sister, you don't have to worry, now the mountain villa has been controlled by our forward battalion!" the big knight said in a deep voice.
I hurriedly thanked him, he didn't continue to be polite to us, nodded directly to the entourage beside him, and then drove the horse on.
Evangel stayed behind and whispered to his companion, and they rode on their horses as they followed the procession as they walked farther and farther away.
Then, the logistics cart finally drove over, and we were placed in the carriage by the accompanying officer, who had been silent.
As soon as the pass is passed, it is a different scenery. Sitting on the sacks of the carriage and watching carefully, we clearly felt that we were already on the cliff road of the manor. The ridges are high and steep, and in some places there are sudden fractures, and below are rocky abysses. Both sides of the road are covered with shrubs and bamboo forests, and thatched thorns and vines are coiled with each other, which is impermeable to the wind.
There were already buildings on the top of the cliff that were already on fire, and the cavalry began to march faster on the mountain road.
"Hurry up and put out the fire, boys, those are the property of our Order!" shouted the knights in front to the team behind.
The sound of swords colliding can be faintly heard, the fighting in the manor has not stopped, and the witchers have begun to withdraw from this battlefield smartly, and now it is time for the knights to fully receive the results of the battle, and those who have benefited from the witches know how to accept it when they see it, otherwise they will be caught by the knights of the guard battalion, if they don't get it right, they won't get any benefits, and they still need to break the bank and avoid disasters.
Cindy couldn't have imagined that she had just fled the manor in a hurry, but at this time, she actually changed her identity and returned from the main gate in a grand manner, and she whispered to me with some concern: "Jijia, if those people in the manor recognize us, will these knights also arrest me?"
"It's okay, we're hiding in the material warehouse, it's the rear, and basically we don't have a chance to meet the prisoners in the manor. I said to her.
Cindy was relieved, we sat quietly in the carriage like this, Sue has been silent, it seems that she has not been doing well in the past two months, although she has not been physically tortured, but the most fatal thing is the addiction of 'demon blood', if you want to quit, it should be very difficult. And her priest apprenticeship status is suddenly gone, she can't get divine power when praying, she can no longer use divine attribute spells, but she has obtained a disgraceful 'shadow body', which is beyond the scope of my cognition, I don't know what that situation is, but the powerful power she burst out before is actually able to summon a vampire in elemental form, and the power of this terrifying magic even exceeds all the first-level magic skills I know!
Whether it's fireball, water ball, lightning arrow, ice arrow, wind blade, or tulcoid is probably not as terrifying as the so-called 'vampire's embrace', Su didn't say where she learned the skill, and I didn't ask more, especially at this time, since she didn't say it, I don't want to ask more, I'm afraid that she can't tell some secrets, and it will be too embarrassing.
It's okay to sit in the carriage, and a good girl like Sue sits very quietly beside me, even if her heart is full of worry about Anne, she doesn't write it on her face at all. I took out Ignaz's diary and flipped through it, a research-oriented magician like him, although he has strayed into the evil path, but he still has his own knowledge, for example, he is very good at potions, and in order to be able to open the 'door of demons' by himself and summon creatures from hell, he should also be very familiar with the magic skill of 'summoning the door of demons'.
Well, in fact, what I care about most is the knowledge of magic ink.
I opened Ignaz's diary, and there were many trivial things on it, but there was very little written description of magic ink. Turn one of the pages:
...... Beautiful Dividing Line......
Ignaz's diary
Legislative year of the Roland Empire, 23 May 9821.
It was an extremely frustrating day, and the last of the Imperial Blood Plants was thrown into the cauldron, but unfortunately the experiment still failed, is it true that the 'Demon Blood' material cannot be crafted?
I decided, to find the true demon's blood.
Well, Jimmy told me it was hard, but I had been completely conquered by the recipe of the potion, and I couldn't imagine how great the potion would be, but I knew that it would give people more power, a power that existed independently of the elemental power of the wizarding world, and should belong to the shadow power of the hellish world, and I was eager to see what it was like!
August 17, 9823.
I've been busy preparing a bottle of Shadow Body, a forbidden magic potion I saw in a 'Demon Book', and I'm a potions master who can't resist the temptation of this potion formula.
Today I finally got some demon blood in the largest auction house in Haiyinsi, in order to get these demon blood, I almost studied the whole hell world, I want to refine and synthesize some potions from some magic herbs that can replace demon blood, but unfortunately it is really difficult.
However, I was able to buy a small bottle anyway and was finally able to continue my research.
April 1, 9827.
Those low-level creatures in the Hell Realm, I will open the 'Demon Gate' to summon them, and I even got some plants in the Hell Realm, but unfortunately there is still no way to get more demon blood, I think it's time to collect those auxiliary materials.
I should make some potions and send them to the auction house, so be it tomorrow!
I need a lot of magic crystals, there are too many damn sheep's heads, should I sell them in the slave market?I need a bigger laboratory, the laboratory of the Naval Shield Gardan School of Magic and Magic can't meet my requirements, I'm going to quit tomorrow, my blood is already boiling.
April 29, 9827.
It's a bit chilly in the north, but my friend Oya Joe is such a generous man that he lent me his private cottage for academic research, and I'm very grateful to him!
The daily necessities have been prepared, but the test equipment will still be shipped from Haiyinsi, maybe it will be back next week, and I really can't wait to do the experiment.
He also introduced some friends to me, these people seem to have very unique opinions about magic, but I think their arguments must be difficult for the Magic Guild to accept, just like this forbidden potion I developed, if the magic guild or the temple people knew, I would definitely be pushed to the gallows or the cross, but I am not afraid, they don't seem to be afraid, we are a group of like-minded people.
I love attending salons like this.
December 2, 9829.
It turned out that they were members of the Dark Arts Order, and they invited me to finally join the organization!
These magic materials can be obtained so easily, and it was really a waste of time before.
It looks like I should have more Hellhounds, which is a new way to get rich.
November 30, 9830.
I didn't expect that after researching the 'Shadow Body', I began to worry about the lack of a suitable bearer, I tried to let all kinds of creatures take the Dark Body, it seems that the potion is like a poison, as long as you drink it, you will be killed by the explosion of the dark element, I bought some strong slaves and vagabonds from the slave traders, but it still doesn't work!
There is only a little bit of it, although I still have a lot of poppy juice in the flower garden, but the demon's blood is not something that can be found on the Roland Continent, just a little demon's blood took me countless efforts to get it, I have to save a little.
December 26, 9830.
I think I'm probably crazy, that girl is a priest's apprentice, and the divine power in her body is so pure, I wonder what will happen to her if she drinks the 'Body of Shadows'?
Simon's kid shouldn't be angry, anyway, the person she likes is the girl's sister, and if the experiment fails, maybe I can tell her that the girl is sick and dead. He shouldn't blame me.
If I fail, I'd like to leave the last of the 'Shadow Body' potions to me, maybe the recipe for this forbidden potion was originally a joke.
December 29, 9830.
Oh my God, it worked, and the girl was in normal condition after taking the 'Body of Shadows'.
Could it be that the divine power in her body canceled out the shadow power......
...... Beautiful Dividing Line......
I turned to the last page and saw that Ignaz hadn't finished writing the last few sentences, it turned out that he was hiding here to study the potion of the 'Shadow Body', and it turned out that Ignaz was also in the process of experimenting with the magic potion of the 'Shadow Body', and he didn't have any more experience in using it. But what worries me the most now is that Sue has a great dependence on the 'Shadow Body' and has become addicted.
There is no record of how to get rid of the 'Shadow Body' in the whole diary, which is the ultimate purpose of reading the whole diary, but unfortunately I didn't get the answer.
I was a little surprised by the mention of the Dark Arts Retreat in my diary, and I thought that before that, the crazy alchemist might have been a member of this organization, and in such a small border town, which is also the place where those obscure forces gather, but being able to set up such a stronghold under the nose of the temple made me admire Ignaz very much.
Sue sat beside me, looking absentmindedly at the manor in the distance, waiting for Anne to return safely.
It was almost dusk, half of the sky was dyed burgundy red, and the fire in the manor was extinguished, but it was still billowing smoke.
Squad after squad of knights had begun to drag the loot out of the manor. The knights of the guard battalion cleaned the battlefield thoroughly, and everything that could be moved was loaded on wagons, and the hardwood furniture and decorations in the room, including dining tables, cupboards, weapon shelves, carpets in the bedroom, etc., were not left as long as they could be moved.
Watching the cartloads of booty pass by us, the knights with minor injuries also sat in the carriages, and enthusiastically discussed the situation and harvest of the day, which was obviously not very satisfactory to them.
The knight who was driving the cart had a whip and a piece of wheat cake in one hand, but it seemed that the cake was a little hard, and he gnawed it with a little difficulty.
The knight sitting beside him frowned and said, "CTNND, where did you say that the lord of the manor could run, didn't you hear that he was shot and injured by that demon hunter, why did he let him run away?"
The rider probably choked, took a large sip of water, and stretched his neck hard to get the wheat cake into his stomach. Then he said regretfully: "I can't say if I can't run or not, there are so many demon hunters here today, maybe someone will block them in the secret room and kill them, and then quietly get the most valuable things and sneak away! Only a bunch of rags are left for us, and this cart of things can't be exchanged for a good drink!"
There are no materials in the basement, dungeon, or cave on these carriages that drive by, and I think that no matter how stupid these knights of the guard battalion are, they will never miss these places, probably because they are full of smoke and can't get in for a while!
Hearing the two knights talk about the most valuable things in the manor being hidden in Ignaz, Cindy looked at me a little nervously, and no one paid attention to us three children who were honestly sitting in the carriage, otherwise they would have found some clues in Cindy's strange expression.
That's right, Ignaz's magic belt is already tied to my belt, and as a magic apprentice, having a magic belt can only be described as a bit of a luxury, but it is not eye-catching. No one knew that the magic fanny pack around my waist contained the most valuable things in the entire estate.
A group of young men helped each other out of the manor, and Anne carried an unconscious young man on her back, and led them eagerly out of the manor.
Little Evan followed the side at this time, and whenever someone wanted to stop him, he stepped forward to say something, so although along the way, there were always people who wanted to stop the young man, in fact, those people didn't want to deliberately find trouble, but they didn't want to let the fat in their hands be divided like this, and the ghost knew that these young boys and girls had found something good in the manor, and they ran out so eagerly.
Anne was not injured, and at this time she was carrying a magic sword in her hand, and the blade of the sword was spitting red flames.
It seems that after a fight, he finally came out of the manor with his friends, and rushed to me eagerly...... (To be continued.) )