Knight and Wand

Chapter 140 Not a Human at All

Hawke was driving the carriage, and on the cart behind him, his two guards were guarding the important "cargo".

Leon rode his horse in the front, and the carriage beside him kept running and stopping.

The forest path opened by the Thorn Flower family is almost completed. Since the surrounding undead have been periodically cleared out by patrolling soldiers, they have not encountered the wandering zombies of the past along the way. After the horses' hooves stepped onto the stone-paved ancient road, everyone's speed increased.

In the afternoon, after crossing the col, Leon once again arrived at the city in the forest which he now named "Avalon".

I walked through the inner and outer city gates with ease. Compared to the previous times I came here, there was now a lot more life in Avalon.

Although Baron Elliver led his troops south and took away most of the men, the hundred or so men left behind to support logistics and guard Castle Avalon prevented the ancient city from becoming as lifeless as it had been in the past.

After arriving at the military camp in the city, Leon informed the remaining Farolis officer and asked him to send the report letter of the Battle of Longca to the Baron, and then stayed in the temporary residence with the guards.

After instructing the guards to keep an eye on the important "cargo" and not allow anyone to open the wooden box on the carriage, Leon pretended to be strolling and came to the fountain square which was rarely visited by people.

There are only a hundred people stationed in Avalon Castle, which covers an area of ​​about ten hectares. Most of them are still active in the military camp and around the city walls. There is no need for Leon to wait until night to avoid being seen.

However, after climbing up the stairs where the Mage Tower was located, Leon looked back at the city below and felt a little distressed. If more people lived in the city in the future, it would probably become more and more troublesome for him to sneak into the tower.

Passing through the magic that obscured the truth, I walked into the circular hall of the Mage Tower again after nearly half a month.

As soon as he entered the gate, Leon heard the whistling magical wind.

Look up.

On the wizard's throne right in front of him, the white light of Neti card was shining brightly, and the dazzling magic light almost condensed into shape immediately.

The white-haired girl slowly opened her golden eyes, holding the magic wand, and her exquisite robe floated down onto the throne.

Seeing Miss Lola, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Leon greeted her happily.

"Laura, I'm back. What a coincidence! Are you just getting up?" he greeted jokingly.

Laura sat firmly on the throne with her light body and raised her eyes.

Looking at the person in front of her, a barely visible hint of annoyance flashed across her usually indifferent eyes.

"I'll try to be brief so as not to delay the magic power of the earth veins. I came here this time to ask you a question." Leon didn't notice the strange atmosphere. He just stood under the throne, trying to seize the time to express his intention, but he saw the wizard lady on the throne stretching out her hand.

"Don't be in a hurry, come closer to me." Laura smiled and stopped the other person from talking, then bent four fingers and beckoned him forward with her little hand.

"?" Leon didn't understand, but he followed the instructions, stepped onto the throne steps, and walked quickly to the white-haired girl.

"What's wrong?" he asked blankly.

"Lower your head and close your eyes," Laura instructed gently.

He didn't know what the wizard lady meant, but looking at the friendly expression on her face, Leon still bent down in trust, lowered his head and closed his eyes.

"Is that so?" He asked curiously with his eyes closed, thinking, is Laura going to give him some kind of magic buff?

As he lost his vision, Leon's overactive imagination couldn't help but run wild.

How does this feel?
It seemed exactly like the first time Olivia and I kissed.
Could it be that Laura also wants to give herself a kiss?
No way? How come someone likes me? There is no sign at all? My luck with love suddenly exploded?

But how can this be possible? I already have Olivia, how can I be unfaithful to my lover! Leon spoke righteously in his heart, and with mixed feelings, he closed his eyes and waited for the other party's unknown purpose.

Laura narrowed her eyes, clenched her wand in her little hand, and raised the sturdy head high.

She held the staff and measured the best angle for the strike.

A series of extremely complex formulas and effects flashed through the ancient Dharma King's mind.

But after a while.

The wizard lady sighed silently and let down her guard.

I can't be too childish. This guy didn't mean to offend me. He didn't know he was there.
Besides, he is a man full of vigor and vitality after all.

In the beginning, he took my existence into consideration and endured for so long. Now it is only natural for him to be intimate with his lover.

On the contrary, I was the one who accidentally peeped, so I was in the wrong.

Of course, this is true.

But she was still so angry!
For many years, I had only looked closely at things in life science manuscripts and biological materials, but now was the first time I saw something so lively. Even from a first-person perspective.

The overly powerful memory quickly outlines its shape and posture. The more I don’t want to think about it, the more I can’t help but think about it.

The white-haired girl's cheeks felt slightly hot, and she covered her eyes with a sigh inwardly.

If her body was still there, she could at least seal this memory, but now that she was a spirit made of magic, even if she erased it, she would remember it again the next time she reconstructed it, and I'm afraid the impression would be deepened.
Sorry, teacher, Laura is not clean anymore.

With a sigh in her heart, the wizard lady put down her hands that were covering her eyes, her eyes flickering. For the first time in a thousand years, she felt an emotion called "grievance" appearing on herself.

This guy had better be as expected.
Otherwise, you will.
Well, even if it wasn't, she wouldn't have the heart to do anything, because the other person was essentially a good kid after all.

However, when it comes to bullying girls, he is an absolute bad guy.

Putting down the staff, Laura reached out and pinched Leon's earlobe, pulling it up hard.

How could this lecherous villain have so many shameful ways to torture people? It was really hard for Olivia to cooperate like that.

Come to think of it, the last time he hugged me, was it not that he was taking the opportunity to take advantage of me?

"Hiss! Ouch, it hurts! You're too strong, Laura, why are you pulling my ears? I didn't provoke you, did I?"

Leon opened his eyes and took a breath of cold air in pain. He was only waiting for an ear-pulling punishment that was even more ruthless than when he was playing with Olivia. Facing the sudden action of his benefactor, he could not resist, and he was even more confused, not knowing how he had offended the wizard lady who had always been gentle to him.

Looking at the other person's painful expression, Laura calmed down a little.

"Le Ang, I am teaching you magic now, so I am your mentor. Is it okay for me to teach my disciple a lesson?" The wizard girl smiled unkindly, but the force of her right hand, which was used to punish him, was slightly lighter.

"It's not too much, it's not too much, but may I ask my teacher Laura, what did I do to make you unhappy? Was it because I didn't take the right foot first when I entered the door?" Leon tilted his head, allowing his earlobe to be pulled by the little teacher in front of him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"I am angry at your laziness! It's such a waste of talent. It's been more than ten days since you started learning, but your magic power is almost the same as the last time you came. Could it be that you haven't even mastered the high-temperature attachment technique I taught you?" The wizard lady questioned seriously.

She naturally knew that the other party had been busy dealing with conflicts recently and had no time to practice, but she was too embarrassed to tell the real reason for her anger, so Laura could only find a random excuse to vent her anger.

"Listen to my explanation, Teacher Laura, I don't want to slack off either."

Feeling his earlobe loosen, Leon covered his left ear as if it had been pinched by a pair of pliers, and helplessly recounted what had happened during the past few days.

Laura, who knew his experience very well, had to pretend to be ignorant and patiently listened to it from the beginning.

"How is it? Is there any way to revive Canis?" Leon asked while rubbing his ear after telling what happened.

"As long as the soul is still intact, in principle, it is not difficult for me to resurrect the dead. But do you know why most of the necromancy magic is listed as different levels of taboos in the magic book given to you?" Laura, who had gotten rid of her annoyance, leaned back on the throne and asked as if she was teaching a student.

"Because calling back the dead goes against the law of life and death created by the Dead Sea Dragon 'Yinnie'." Leon replied to Laura, recalling the introductory knowledge in the magic book.

I don’t know if it’s accurate, but the magic of Lorelit contains content that’s like a creation myth.

According to the magic book translated by Laura for him, the entire world in our perception was born from a battle between three "ancient dragons" at the end of unrecorded time.

The so-called ancient dragons are "Epedo" who rules the void, "Omros" who rules all things, and "Yine" who rules the Dead Sea.

In Leon's opinion, if the description is true, then they are more like the "gods" in his understanding, rather than Miss Lola, who was simply misunderstood due to historical transmission.

"That's right. Anyone who tries to interfere with the laws of life and death will inevitably suffer backlash from the Dead Sea. Even Aphrodite's great magic has paid a heavy price for it." Laura nodded.

“Of course, if we use ordinary necromancy or summoning spells that are not taboo to call back the souls from the Dead Sea, as long as the method is correct, the careless Lord of the Dead Sea will not pay special attention to it.

Because the souls temporarily called back in this way have not escaped the state of death, their memories and consciousness are confused, their rationality and wisdom are gone, and they cannot return to their appearance before death, just like those life-loving and violent zombies you have seen.

This is obviously not a true resurrection, and when the time comes, the soul drawn by the law of life and death will fall back into the Dead Sea."

Leon shook his head. This was not the method he needed right now. Simply turning the knight named Canis into a zombie would not only fail to solve the problem, but would make his father even more furious when he saw it.

Laura paused and continued, "Since you remember the warning in the book, what you really want to ask is the power of the Neti card, right?"

"Well, I think Garron's appearance and rationality are no different from those of the living. If we can use the Neti Card to summon Canis's soul back to the world, as long as they can communicate, I think even if we can't completely resolve the conflict, we can have some room to deal with Baron Gunnar. At least I can prove that the murderer who killed his eldest son was not me or someone from the Thornflower family." Leon said, thinking of the female assassin that Larian repelled last night.

“You can try. Although Aphrodite’s magic has signed a contract with the Dead Sea and can bring the souls of the deceased back to the mortal world relatively intact, unlike Garron and I, Canis is just a young ordinary person after all.

The trace of his death left in the River of Time is barely visible. If you want to accurately locate his soul among the countless dead throughout history, the possibility of failure is very high. Moreover, he was your enemy when he was alive. Even if he feels the call, he may not respond to your call.

In addition, the warehouse in the tower lacks some core materials, so I can only make another black card that I tried to make. It should be enough to hold the soul of an ordinary person, but if you need it in the future, remember to collect enough materials for me." Laura stood up and walked to the upper level.

Leon quickly followed: "What do you need?"

"I'll make a list for you later, but a thousand years have passed, and it's hard to say whether they are still called these names in Feru language. I will try my best to write down the characteristics of each material." Laura replied.

As they were talking, Leon and Miss Mage came to the warehouse, took the materials for making Neti cards as instructed, and then helped her get them to the top floor of the tower.

He put the materials down and did not disturb Laura from casting the spell. He stepped aside and watched in silence, feeling a sense of awe as she constructed the complicated spell patterns.

Without the help of any equipment, it only took about half an hour for the surrounding materials, which were either melted, decomposed, or combined with each other, to be reshaped in the magical light flow controlled by Laura.

The black crystal card condensed in the dazzling white light.

It fell gently into the hands of the white-haired girl.

Laura turned around and handed over the Neti card: "It's done, here you go."

Taking the card, Leon asked, "Speaking of which, do we have to summon the dead souls in the tower?"

"There is no such restriction. I am performing the ritual here because I cannot leave. Now with your magic power, it is no problem to independently summon the souls of ordinary people. As long as you remember the seal carving technique of the summoning array, prepare the ritual materials, and find a place with a stable elemental environment, you can perform the ritual anywhere." Laura replied.

"That's good. I don't want to let people I can't trust know about the existence of you and this tower." Leon felt relieved.

Of course, whether it would be possible to successfully bring Canis' soul here was still a matter of debate.

After putting away his third Neti card, Leon was not in a hurry to leave. He wanted to chat with Lola, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Lola stayed in the tower every day, and maybe there was no one to talk to, so she was uncharacteristically irritable when they met just now.

Especially thinking of Larian and others whom he met yesterday, he asked the knowledgeable Miss Saint Prophet in front of him with a try-it attitude: "I was too busy before and forgot to mention it. Laura, do you still remember the Goliad we met in Dragonmaw City and Westport Castle when he was with me?"

"Remember." Laura hugged the wand, recalled the pretentious fake poet, and nodded.

Leon pondered, "Now that I think about it, Corvis mentioned that a spellcaster broke the warning magic in the embassy. Could it be him who did it?"

Then he asked in confusion, "With your knowledge, can you see the background of that man? Why does he beat around the bush to help couples in trouble and victims like Ms. Elena?"

In response to Leon's question, Laura shook her head.

"I don't know why he did this, but I have to correct you. That Goliath is not a human being."

Leon raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said in surprise: "Not a human? You mean Goliad is not a human? Then what is he?"

Laura spread her hands and replied without any surprise.

"A real dragon. A full-grown dragon."

(End of this chapter)