Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 132 [Tundra Frozen Soil], Ancient Ice Crystal Snake, Heavy "Maternal Love"

"It was originally yours."

The woman named Soraya was easier to talk to than Ronan had imagined. After taking the entire metal box in, her attitude towards Ronan softened at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

The woman opened the letter and read it carefully while sitting on a high chair. The girl in the painting next to her was clinging to the frame and also leaning closer to watch quietly.

Ronan could feel the fluctuations of the mental power and free energy particles in the room. Those were the woman's constant ups and downs in her emotions as she read the letter.

He stood there quietly and waited.

Gradually, sobbing sounds were heard in the room, coming from the innocent and romantic girl in the oil painting.

The sobbing sound gradually became louder and finally turned into loud crying. The beautiful girl in the oil painting was sitting on the grass full of irises, crying like a child without any restraint.

There are tiny pieces of ice slowly floating in the light, but these are coming from the corners of the eyes of the woman reading the letter outside the painting.

Even Ronan couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, which was caused by the infection of the mental power that was much stronger than his.

at last
Everything has calmed down.

The woman was distracted from the contents of the letter and seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

"Who is Hallowen to you?"

She asked Ronan in a hoarse voice.

Ronan had read the letter, more than once, and knew that the name Harlowen was the real owner of the metal box.

"do not know."

Ronan looked frank and answered truthfully: "Maybe my mentor's mentor, maybe he is even more senior."

Soraya sighed softly and whispered: "Time and fate are two things that no one in this world can resist.
May I have your name? "

“Linus.”

"Linus Lanster."

Soraya looked at him tenderly, her eyes full of gentleness and love as an elder would treat his direct descendant.

“Since you have condensed the [Frozen Earth], you are considered a member of the Lanster family.

The bloodline of Ice Flame Iris is continued in you."

"Uh"

Ronan didn’t know how to answer, but Soraya just sighed and said, “The blood of truly powerful wizards or families is passed down in the form of runes, and their will will be immortalized in power.

The meaning of bloodline is not as superficial as you understand.
You will know later.
This is just a corner of the southernmost part of the Upper Ring Continent. When you have the opportunity to go to the middle of the Upper Ring, or even the continent below the Middle Ring, you will truly understand the vastness and breadth of this world."

"Upper Ring Continent...Middle Ring Continent in the Far South
Bloodline passed down in the form of runes."

Ronan was stunned. The information revealed in Soraya's few words was like a storm to him. It caused him great shock and impact, as if a corner of the vast world was slowly unveiled to him.

"What should I call you?"

Ronan took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and asked Soraya respectfully.

"Just call me auntie..."

Soraya looked at him kindly, without any of the terrifying aura of the third-level wizard before. "Don't worry about seniority or anything like that. After all... the Lanster family may only have you and me left now."

"Aunt Soraya."

Ronan called out softly, but his heart was filled with complicated feelings.

If he had known that everything would develop so simply and smoothly after delivering the letter, he would not have had to deliberately disguise himself as "Linus" after entering White Stone Castle. He would probably have gotten similar results if he had confessed his true identity.

In preparation for this meeting, Ronan had already imagined and rehearsed the hypothetical scenarios countless times in his mind, taking all possibilities into consideration, and becoming "Linus" was also just in case.

"I see that you still have the aura of metal magic. Have you learned metal magic as well?"

Soraya waved to Ronan like a true elder, "Come here Linus, come closer...let me get a good look at you."

"Yes, after I was promoted to a first-level wizard, I joined the Silver Circle..."

Ronan responded in a low voice and walked closer to Soraya. He could feel the real and strong concern and love that Soraya had for him.

She wasn't just saying it, she seemed to truly regard Ronan as her only relative in the world who was related to her by blood.

And all this was just because Ronan condensed the [Frozen Soil]. Ronan always found it incredible.

The answer may lie in Soraya’s previous explanation of the word “bloodline”.

"No wonder."

Soraya gently took Ronan's hand and looked him up and down carefully, with a smile on her lips.

Next to her, the young girl in the painting frame was also full of kindness towards Ronan and had a very bright smile.

"I have heard of this wizard force. Their strength and foundation are quite good in this remote place. Their roots are in the central region and they are quite famous. Unfortunately, after this branch separated, it abandoned its roots and turned from a powerful all-round elemental system to an unpopular metal system."

Soraya shook her head in judgment, as if she knew a lot of things very clearly, revealing a vision and conversation that Ronan had never seen in anyone else.

Ronan felt like a rich girl who had fallen into poverty in a remote area? !

"Before joining the Circle?"

Soraya asked again.

Ronan lowered his eyes and answered "truthfully" according to Linus' identity: "The teacher who passed on the legacy to me died very early, and I spent most of my time wandering alone..."

"My poor Linus."

Soraya heard Ronan's answer, called out softly, stretched out her arms and gently embraced him.

Ronan was caught off guard and his body was a little stiff at first, but then he slowly relaxed.

He began to gradually get into the role of "Linus", although he basically talked about his own experiences.

The fact that the inheritance of the metal box had been interrupted for several generations gave him the perfect cover. He didn't need to lie at all, because all the secrets about the "Lanster" family were hidden in the box, and no one knew about them before opening the box.

Soraya kept asking him various questions, and Ronan answered them one by one. He could feel that in this process Soraya's feelings for him were growing stronger and she was becoming closer to him.

It was unknown how much time had passed. When Soraya had completely accepted the existence of Ronan, her "relative", she stopped asking and looked at him lovingly, "Do you plan to follow me in the future, or continue to stay in the Circle of Law?"

"An ancient secret realm will be opened in a month. I will participate in the exploration as a member of the magic circle. I don't want to miss this opportunity. After the secret realm trial is over, I will come to see my aunt again..."

Ronan replied meekly.

Soraya was quite satisfied with his answer and nodded, saying, "It is a good thing for you that you did not grow up under the protection of anyone during your apprenticeship. You have the strong and courageous qualities of the true Lanster family bloodline... Only severe cold and strong winds can create a truly brilliant flower...
If you want the Ice Flame Iris to bloom again in the North someday, you really should go through more hardships alone.
but"

Soraya paused, then changed the subject and said calmly: "It's okay to hone your skills, but you can't let others bully you when you are outside." Ronan was stunned when he heard this, and then he saw Soraya take out a few rune stones.

"You're going to be promoted to level 2 soon... just in time for the first upgrade of the [Frozen Earth] talisman.

This is the rune of [Tundra Frozen Soil]. After you are promoted to level 2, you only need to make some optimizations and supplements based on the original [Frozen Soil].
The effect of [Tundra Frozen Soil] can greatly increase the coldness of the area, and make ice spikes grow in your [Frozen Soil] area. Anyone within the area will not only be eroded by the cold air, but also be attacked by the ice spikes. "

"It shouldn't be difficult for you to get ordinary second-tier ice spells. Here are a few second-tier ice spells that our Lanster family created. They are more powerful than ordinary second-tier spells."

"This contains the Ice Flame Rune, which is another core rune inheritance of our Ice Flame Iris Lanster family in addition to the Frozen Soil Rune.

You should first familiarize yourself with it, and when a new position for the symbol is vacated in your soul, it won’t be too late to condense it…”

"The [Ice Flame] rune can condense your cold air into fire, the effect is..."

Soraya glanced at the Frostburn bracelet on Ronan's wrist and said, "It has a similar effect to the rune [Frostburn], but it is much more powerful than [Frostburn]. It is an extremely cold flame that can freeze everything."

Ronan's chest was filled with great surprise.

Finding Soraya was like finding the complete inheritance of the "Ice Flame Iris" lineage. He had considered the issue of the subsequent inheritance of ice magic before, and now...all of this was solved.

"I have some unused second-level magic tools here, keep them for yourself."

Soraya then took out a number of second-level magical tools with ice attributes from the space ring, including rings, pendants, staffs, and even a complete set of magical equipment including shoulder armor, chest armor, belts, etc.

Ronan felt surprised at first, but gradually he began to feel a little numb.

"...Too many, Aunt Soraya, I may not be able to use all of this."

Soraya never stopped moving, she bought one thing after another, like a merchant who wholesales ritual implements.

"Is it a lot? Not at all. I even think it's too little.

Linus, you never know what kind of opponent you might run into. Every extra piece of magic equipment you have will give you a better chance of winning."

Soraya took out more than a dozen second-level magical tools and placed them in front of Ronan. Finally, she put the "Allis Ice Ring Necklace" that she had "taken" from Ronan back on Ronan herself.

Soraya hid the necklace back under Ronan's neck, smoothed the wrinkles on his collar with her hands, and said to him softly: "Linus, you are the only hope for the rise of the Lanster family.

Before that, you can't have any accidents happen.

You have to remember

Soraya looked directly into Ronan's eyes, and the blue of each other's pupils was reflected in their eyes.

Soraya's tone suddenly became firm and cold, and she said to Ronan word by word: "Your opponent is in the far north, on the permafrost that never melts.

Their name is 'Frost Leaders', they are a group of natural ice controllers, with the coldest and most powerful blood flowing in their bodies.
You are far from strong enough to fight against them now.

You have an ice ring on you, even if you don't go looking for them, they will find you sooner or later."

There was a gleam in Ronan's eyes, and he nodded slowly to Soraya.

Soraya showed a relieved and satisfied smile on her face and patted his shoulder lovingly.

Ronan sighed in his heart, he knew that benefits were not so easy to get... Perhaps when he chose [Frozen Soil] as his first soul symbol, his fate was firmly tied to the so-called "Ice Flame Iris" Lanster family.

Ronan quietly put away everything Soraya gave him, and the latter asked him: "When do you plan to be promoted?"

Ronan replied: "The instructor of the Ring of Magic instructed me to come to Whitestone Castle to find a suitable 'talent' for transplantation, to make final preparations for the opening of the Ancient Secret Realm in a month and a half. This is also the real purpose of my coming to Coldstone Manor. I didn't know you were here beforehand."

"'Talent Transplantation' is indeed a good way for you to temporarily improve your combat power at this stage. What monster have you chosen as the transplant target?"

Ronan was about to answer, but Soraya waved her hand and said quickly, “Forget it, the previous choice doesn’t matter anymore.

Since the goal is to improve combat power, we naturally have to choose the best.

The bloodline of the second-level monster is a little lacking after all."

In the dim light, Ronan saw Soraya's eyes flashing rapidly, and whispered: "It just so happens that several major wizard families in Baishi Castle are preparing to hunt a third-level cold-scaled python that has awakened a trace of the blood of the ancient ice crystal demon snake. I will help you get a portion of the essence of this third-level cold-scaled python.
The bloodline of the cold-scaled python that possesses the bloodline of the ancient ice crystal demon snake is worthy of the genius of my Lanster family."

Level 3 Frost Scale Python.. Bloodline of the Ancient Ice Crystal Demonic Snake.
Ronan opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say.

He used to think that Kosti treated him very well, with love and care like a "real mother".

But now, compared with Soraya, he finally knows what true love from a "real mother" is.

This "maternal love" is so strong that it almost suffocates people.
Ronan felt that something on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.
"Let's go out, it's too stuffy here."

Soraya stood up from her high chair and casually called out to Ronan.

She was very thin and extremely tall. When she stood up, Ronan realized that she was only half a head shorter than him.

This makes her look older than her actual age.

However, after Soraya stood up, her whole body seemed to be rejuvenated with new vitality. Her skin was glowing slightly, and a girlish aura emanated from her body.

At a certain moment, Ronan seemed to see her figure overlapping with the figure of the girl in the long skirt in the oil painting, indistinguishable from each other.

"I almost forgot how many years it has been since I left this room. Since..."

Soraya looked around the studio, with a hint of nostalgia and recollection in her eyes.

The girl in the painting smiled and lay on the frame, waving at her, as if saying goodbye to her.

"Let's go."

Soraya turned around and was the first to step out of the studio.

Ronan followed behind Soraya, his eyes twinkling, and asked softly, "Why did Aunt Soraya come to Whitestone Castle in the first place?"

"It was so long ago that I can't remember it anymore."

Soraya paused when she heard Ronan's question.

“It seems... it’s because of a man.

I cut off all ties with my family and came all the way here from the Far North. Carlos, who left you the "Frozen Land", is my brother and the one who helped me escape from the North.
When people are young, their hearts are always easily captured by something that breaks into their lives unexpectedly, and they follow it unconsciously.
Maybe it was destiny's arrangement.
When the short-lived happiness is gone, when I look back, I realize that such a long time has passed.

Soraya's voice was as calm as water, but it stirred waves in Ronan's heart.

He pursed his lips and could roughly imagine what kind of story it was.

Ronan turned around and saw the girl in the painting in the studio still staring at the direction they left, standing on the grass full of irises until she was swallowed up by the darkness bit by bit.
"crunch-"

The closing of the studio door seemed to represent that some of Soraya's memories were completely buried.

The two stood in a bright and softly lit corridor, with a slight chill breeze blowing through the hall.

Ronan remembered something and couldn't help asking Soraya in front of him, "Madam Livi mentioned to me before... Cold Stone Manor seems to have mastered the means of real blood transplantation?!"

(End of this chapter)