Just as Lu Yu guessed, Selier's defeat in Blue Water City caused an uproar in the country of Selier. The Selier people who were excited when they attacked the city suddenly entered a worried mode.
Not only that, the people also began to criticize Bedelis's decision. After all, many sources proved that Bedelis was commanding the army heading to Blue Water.
Bidelis, who was eager to establish his authority, faced more doubts, which made it difficult for him to get off the ground.
If you find a reason to cease the war, maintain the territory you currently occupy, and choose to give up when things get better, with Blue Water's disastrous defeat ahead, the nobles in the country will only despise him even more, and the people at the bottom will probably think that he is an incompetent monarch.
I miss the late emperor even more.
But if the war continues, if there is a change in the frontline battle situation in the future, and there is another disastrous defeat, the pressure he will face will probably be even greater.
Therefore, Bidilis needed a big victory, and then before the official start of spring plowing, the conquered territories were consolidated, and these territories were given to the noisy nobles to appease them.
This is where Orkus' troubles come from. Bidelis's orders are unreasonable. Not only does he lack basic knowledge of flesh and blood summons, but he also knows nothing about the summons itself. He often gives absurd orders.
.
Including but not limited to "Any magician can become a summoner", "There are several summons that can be used", "Overpayment, sounds good."
As a summoner, Lu Yu's blood pressure went up after hearing this.
It feels like you are working hard, and Party A is pointing at you, and then telling you, "You don't seem to have any technical skills," and "If you have nothing to do, just work overtime and help me finish it..."
Probably because he left Serel, Orkus' suppressed desire to express blossomed. He laughed when he saw the sympathy shown by Lu Yu.
"Sure enough, the summoner can understand the summoner."
Lu Yu: "I can only say that I deeply sympathize, but I have a question. What will happen to the family members after you defect?"
This was also the reason why Lu Yu was wary. If Orkus defected without making corresponding preparations, it would give him the feeling that he could return to Serel at any time.
Orkus hesitated for a moment and covered his left shoulder with his hand, an indescribable sadness appearing on his face.
"They will be fine...and my daughter will be fine too. After all, everyone saw it. She stabbed me with a sword."
Orkus, who was disappointed with Bidelis and did not want to continue to be involved in the dispute and was unable to study the summoning technique, made full preparations before escaping.
First, in the name of conducting a summoning experiment, he took out all the books and summoning experiment manuals in the basement of his home and transported them to the Western Front.
After confirming that there were no hidden sentries following along the way, he unpacked the books and hid the real summoning books in the border city of Serel.
On the night of his escape, Orkus called his daughter Kalani and told him bluntly that he was about to defect.
"Originally I thought she would pull out the sword without hesitation, but I waited for a long time and she didn't."
"She was at a loss, her hand was on the sword, but her body was trembling... I always thought that she really hated me, hated me for being addicted to summons, and never took good care of her since she was a child."
"It turns out she didn't...she just didn't know how to face me, but I foolishly thought that she really didn't like me."
Lu Yu recalled the scene when he was singing on the piano and said: "It turns out that the person you rescued that day was your daughter."
Orkus recalled: "When she was a child, she wanted to go to the market and watch the clumsy magicians conjure doves and flowers in front of her, and pull out ropes with blades from their mouths."
"I don't think highly of these craftsmen. You know, magicians are always arrogant. I was just a young man back then, so I told her, there's nothing good to see. They're all lies.
Just some deception."
"She cried loudly and made noises with every servant and elder in the house, saying that I was a bad father. I was still obsessed with calling, thinking that these were just angry words of a child and would soon be forgotten."
"It turns out that I was right. She quickly forgot about the bad dad she said and still asked me to take her to play." Orkus was crying, "But I still refused because I was still studying the summons.
."
"Time and time again, I don't know when, she stopped coming to my side... No one made noise around me anymore, and no one came to pester me to go out. I just spent every day quietly... Then
Following an explosion, I covered my bloody eyes and suddenly realized that Kalani had grown up."
Orkus said: "You can't understand that kind of panic. It's like being trapped in an infinite loop of dreams for a long time. Those ordinary days pass like water. Day after day, you fall into a dream.
I have long been marked by time, but I don’t know it...I don’t know when, she grew up and I became old..."
Lu Yu opened his mouth slightly, intending to say a word or two of comfort, but closed his mouth after feeling the weight of these words.
He didn't know whether to praise Orkus for his obsession and concentration on summons, or to lament that people like him chose to get married and have children.
He is a qualified summoner, but he is not a good husband or father.
Lu Yu said: "You forced her to chase you and let everyone see this scene, so that even if Bidilis had doubts, she would not be able to touch her."
Orkus nodded.
"Why don't you take her with you?" Lu Yu asked.
"I have never been a good father, so how dare I dictate her life again."
"What about your family? What will they do?"
Orkus chuckled: "I separated my family a long time ago. You know, even in a country like Serel, the summoning art is despised among the nobles. When I resolutely embarked on this path
After that, I have been ridiculed and ostracized by my family. They felt that I wasted my talents on useless things."
Lu Yu moved the chair to the opposite side and sat down.
"How do you plan to live in the future?"
This question was asked on behalf of Le Lin, they had to confirm Orkus's plan.
"Provide me with a quiet place to live, so that I can study the calling with peace of mind."
"I can't completely make the decision, but this doesn't sound too difficult. You can talk to Le Lin and the others, is there anything else?" Lu Yu asked.
"I will not participate in any war, whether it is against Serel or the conquest between the various tribes in Mostana, so don't expect me to contribute."
I really just want to do research seriously and don't want to be distracted anymore.
Lu Yu nodded: "I can help you fight for this, is there anything else?"
Orkus hesitated for a while and said: "If you encounter my daughter in the war against Selel, I hope you can..."
Lu Yu knew what he wanted to say and reminded him: "This is war, magic, guns and swords don't have eyesight, no one can help you keep an eye on your daughter."
Orkus was a little depressed. He sighed and said nothing for a long time.
Lu Yu clapped his hands, breaking the silence in the crypt.
"We've finished talking about your affairs, now it's time to talk about our affairs."
Orcus's somewhat gloomy eyes gradually brightened, and the summoning spell was like a switch that awakened another soul in him.
"Actually, I also have questions to ask you, but you should ask them first. After all, you are a summoning scholar, and you still come here in this way. I must respect your professionalism."
Orkus took a deep breath and couldn't wait to ask the question he wanted to know the most.
"You have been to that strange world where the sky is vast and covered with summon bubbles, right?"
Lu Yu nodded without hesitation.
"I want to ask you something. After you visited that world, could you immediately see a black vortex emerging near the summoning ceremony during the summoning, or could you see it after a long time?"
Lu Yu began to remember.
It was the first time he went to the world of white light after summoning the flesh and blood chariot. After that, he did not see the black vortex during the summoning process. It was not until the last time he summoned the piano that he discovered the strange vortex.
This vortex just quietly emerged near the summoned object that had not yet arrived, constantly absorbing the magic power released from his body.
"It must have been a long time, at least half a year... Do you know what this whirlpool is?"
Orkus said: "There are speculations, but I am not sure. I need to get back the summoning manual and books to answer your question."
Lu Yu interrupted Orkus. He also had a question that he was really unhappy about.
"I heard someone say that your most famous summon is the Dragon Slayer. The Dragon Slayer is derived from a dragon-slaying warrior in the history of Selel. According to the classification, it belongs to the heroic spirit summon... In other words, this summon,
It's not something you created, but it has an actual prototype?"
Orkus felt that Lu Yu's question was paving the way for why, so he answered readily: "There is indeed an actual prototype, but after my personal investigation, he actually only killed two dragons in his life, and the dragon's strength is also
Not strong, not impressive in terms of record, he is a typical example of someone with a good reputation and average strength."
"Are you sure you didn't make any special changes to the Dragon Slayer?"
"Change, change?" Orkus was confused. "Although the summoned object can obtain strange powers by modifying some descriptions, the price paid will also undergo subtle changes. In most cases, the summoner will not change the summons at will.
The contracted ones care more about safety than stronger power, and no one wants the Morlock incident to happen to them."
"The Morlock Incident?"
"Oh, it's a summoner named Morlock on the continent of Kelai. On a whim, he decided to add some details to a water elemental summon that he often summoned, trying to strengthen its power."
"No one knows what kind of changes he made. During the summoning process, Morlock suddenly became cold and called for help to his companions. When his companions looked over, his body shriveled up rapidly. Within a few seconds,
It turned into a mummy."
"Even so, Morlock did not die. It seemed that something was breathing in his breath... According to his own description before death, he felt that his body had become a transit station, and the magic power he absorbed was quickly swallowed up.
Empty."
"In the end, Morlock died in pain after maintaining his appearance of neither human nor ghost for nearly half a day. According to the results of the autopsy performed by the local Magicians Association, all the blood in Morlock's body was missing... To be precise, the water disappeared.
Already."
"Not only that, there are traces of magic overload everywhere on his body, and some of his bones have experienced a 'brittle' phenomenon similar to what occurs when catalytic plant growth is used."
Lu Yu's forehead was covered with cold sweat.
"Just changed the description?"
Orkus said: "No one knows, but generally experienced summoners will also modify the contract content when they modify the description. Maybe it is a problem with the contract template, or maybe it is the bad news caused by the change in the description. Only Morlock himself knows.
"
"In short, the summoning template, which includes the composition description, the depicted magic lines, the arrangement order of the contract text, the magic injection speed, and the rhythm frequency all need to be adjusted. It is cumbersome and requires constant exploration...but groping often means unknown things.
It is dangerous, so the previous summoning schools would inherit a set of useful summoning templates. However, with the decline of the summoning school, a large number of summoning templates have been lost, and new summoners often need to explore on their own... To be honest, I don't understand why.
The preparation process for summoning is so complicated that it is comparable to refining medicine and exploring pharmacology next door."
"By the way, a lot of things happened to Morlock, and they happened in every continent. Therefore, the disdain and rejection of summoning in many continents is also due to safety concerns. After all, no one can explain why these problems occur.
, is like the eternal mystery of summoning—why the summoned object is not exactly what it is supposed to be.”
Lu Yu had encountered the oolong incident of incorrect goods several times. He was really confused. He didn't know what the world had done wrong to allow such oolongs to continue for more than a thousand years.
As for the summoning template...
Lu Yu's summoning template was provided by Lulutis, which can be said to be very easy to use.
He also asked Lulu, wanting to know who created and perfected this template. After all, according to her, she didn't have many friends at all, and there were no decent summoners in Solon or even the entire Mera continent.
So the question becomes, where did she get the template?
You can't just dig out some ruins from the soil, pick it up casually, and throw it over as a gift package when you hear that Lu Yu wants to become a summoner, right?
With Lulutis's rigor, she must have ensured its safety before letting Lu Yu use it.
Without communicating with Orkus, he really didn't realize that the template he had been using was such a useful treasure.
"Lulutis, where did you get so much magical knowledge? You can't explain it by saying you are a genius this time, right?"
Lu Yu decided that when Lulutis wakes up this time, he must hold her and ask her clearly.