The afternoon sun shines into the warm and empty library, leaving a long and narrow light grid on the red paint floor. The floor near the window pane has been exposed to the sun all day long, and there are faint traces of fading.
It snowed heavily from noon to early morning yesterday, and the entire city of Halanza was covered in silvery white.
The snow has stopped and there is no wind. People are clearing away the thick snow on the streets in the city.
In the library of the Knights Academy, the trainee knights do not like it here. These young people prefer outdoor activities.
Nearly half of the books in the library are textbooks on various subjects, and these textbooks are prepared for borrowing by trainee knights.
Apprentice knights studying at the Knight Academy do not need to prepare various books in advance. All the textbooks they need for class can be borrowed from the library with the academy badge.
These books are open to students free of charge. In principle, as long as they are not damaged, there will be no additional costs for purchasing the books.
The remaining books in the library are mostly related to the history of the Grimm Empire, and of course there are also some biographies of knights and knights on their adventures.
Some ranger biographies are recorded in the form of diaries, which are very realistic. Of course, some are memoirs or add some exaggerated fictional stories, which provide a better reading experience. For example, some ranger biographies will say that they passed through a certain
Living in a rift in time and space, he entered the kingdom of dragons and became a dragon-slaying warrior.
Of course, today, after the Dragon Knight has disappeared for nearly a hundred years, the Dragon Knight has become a legend in the eyes of the Empire. However, every trainee knight has a dream of becoming a Dragon Knight in his heart.
In some books, there are often plots about encountering the Night Elf Queen in a forest and spending three unforgettable nights with her. After reading too many such adventures, people will feel that the Night Elf Queen is more like a
She is a street girl, and she can do whatever she wants without giving her any money. Before the final separation, she will also get an epic weapon made by an elf craftsman, etc. This kind of ranger biography in the library has almost been turned over by the trainee knights.
The library seemed very deserted on weekends, with only a few female students sitting in the corner of the library.
They are frequent visitors in the library. Suldak often sees them when he comes to the library to borrow historical materials. However, Suldak has no idea about underage girls who are nearly ten years younger than him.
The young magician Lance revealed some information to Suldak. According to the information obtained by the Magic Guild Law Enforcement Group, there are a total of six black magicians hiding in Grenfell Manor to conduct research on black magic. In addition to Mrs. Grenfell,
Except for Margaret, the other five black magicians are all on the run. However, the magicians of the law enforcement team do not yet know that Cyrus Hickok, the black magician who robbed Suldak, has died.
In the red pine forest.
Cyrus Hickok's magical notebooks are placed in front of the square table in the reading room.
Surdak was taking out a book of Grimm Empire dialects from the bookshelf. This thick parchment book was covered with thick dust. Surdak blew it gently, and the dust filled the entire bookshelf. Su
Erdak quickly walked out of the bookshelf area with the book in his arms.
He searched for information in the library for most of the day. Unfortunately, he was still at the preliminary stage of understanding the magic notebook of the black magician Cyrus Hickok. The magic notebook in this book contained a large number of records about Cyrus.
Magician S. Hickok’s experience in black magic. There were many incomprehensible words in the notes. Suldak checked them in the reading room for a long time before he figured out that many of the words recording magic were not in Imperial language. Su
Erdak could not find any books about these words in the Knight Academy library.
Therefore, for this magic notebook, Surdak could only understand a very small part of the content. He tried to break down some unintelligible words and copy them on a blank parchment, and prepared to ask if he had time.
Lance, in the Green Empire, every magician has received a very good empire-style education. Young magicians who can join the Magic Union Law Enforcement Team are all top students in previous magic academies.
Of course, there are some contents in the magic notebook that Suldak can still understand, including the detailed records of several magic herbs by the magician Cyrus Hickok.
Let him finally figure out the specific names and functions of the magic herbs in the magic pocket. Surdak was ready to find an opportunity to send these magic herbs to the auction house. Magic herbs are now in such short supply in the magic market that he should be able to sell one.
At a good price, it is best to be able to exchange for the magic materials needed by Ferdinand the magic scholar. He currently has very few sand wolf heads left in his magic pocket. Once he loses the buffing effect of the Divine Blessing Body, he may not be able to suppress it on his own.
The black curse on the leg.
Originally, Surdak had planned to hunt sand wolves in the wild, but a sudden heavy snowfall completely gave up his idea. He had to start making new plans and prepare to try his luck at the auction house in Helensa City, even if he couldn't buy it.
Those magical herbs may also be able to buy cheaper sacrifices.
As for the strange magic materials in the magic belt bag, although there are related records in this magic notebook, there is no specific description of the appearance characteristics. Surdak is a little unclear about what these magic materials are.
Turning to the back of the magic notebook, the black magician Cyrus Hickok recorded a magic circle in the notebook. Suldak vaguely felt that the pattern of this magic circle was originally in the cave behind Grenfell Manor.
The magic circle I saw was only more detailed in the magic notebook. There were some annotations written by Cyrus Hickok in many places, and there were several pages of text at the back, all explaining this magic circle.
array.
There is a paragraph in the notebook that records the whole story of how several black magicians lived in seclusion in the city of Halanza.
The mission of these six black magicians is to recreate the magic circle of the Dark Summoning Gate. According to the guidance of the astrologer, the six of them came to the city of Helensa to look for some clues. In order to find a secret hiding place,
Six people chose the red pine forest outside the city of Helensa. They used black magic to kill the wife of a baron, and one of the six, a female magician named Margaret, married the baron.
The Baronet is officially Baron Greenfield.
Since then, the manor of Baron Grenfell has become the hiding place of the Priory of Dark Arts, and they have also successfully developed Baron Grenfell into a peripheral member of the Priory of Dark Arts, Cyrus Hickok
The magician didn't think this was Margaret's credit. He felt that Samoa should be thanked for this. If Samoa hadn't successfully slept with Baron Grenfell and wanted to persuade Baron Grenfell to join the Black
The Magic Hermitage may not be easy.
At the end of the magic note, there are these words:
Only by borrowing the Dark Goddess to break the constraints of the world's laws can the door of darkness summon be reappeared. The horrors in the flaming hell are repulsed by the power of the world's laws, but the Dark Goddess has successfully brought the apostles into the world. The dark apostles must control the world of Roland Continent.
The secret of the law.
On the last page of this black magic notebook, there is a portrait of Selena as a girl. This portrait is lifelike, except that there is a crescent moon-like magic pattern tattooed on her forehead, and her eyes also reveal a strong and confident look.
, Surdak stared into the eyes of the portrait, his gaze seemed to be attracted by the profound gaze of the portrait, and just one portrait made him immersed in it, almost unable to extricate himself.
He saw endless darkness in those eyes. Just when he was about to sink into the endless void, a ray of divine light shone from the bottom of his heart, completely waking him up.
The moment Surdak regained consciousness, he quickly closed the magic notebook. The moment the page of the magic notebook was closed, Surdak felt that the portrait no longer looked like Selena.
Then the inexplicable power full of darkness finally disappeared from his spiritual world. He gasped for breath and touched his forehead, which was covered with cold sweat.
He closed the magic notebook, pinched the corners of his eyes with his hands a little tiredly, and finally understood the reason why these magicians from the Black Magic Priory tried every means to find Selina, and until now, these members of the Black Magic Priory
He didn't give up looking for Selena, and it was actually related to the Dark Summoning Gate.
After closing the magic notebook, Surdak remembered that he still had to rush to the guard camp.
Getting up and leaving the library, he walked to the stables behind the college, took out his ancient horse and left the college through the side door.
Although the snow on the street has not been cleared away, all the sidewalks for people to walk have been opened.
Surdak rode his horse through the wealthy area of Helensa City. There was a homeless man lying on a bench not far away. The homeless man got up from the bench and wanted to come over to Surdak.
Ke begged, but when he saw the knight's badge on Surdak's chest, he immediately limped into a narrow alley, not even daring to look back.
Suldak was a little speechless, thinking: This is probably the intimidating power of the knights in the guard camp. After all, the title of Lord Knight is not for nothing.
The death of the aristocratic boy Vic made the nobles of Helensa City deeply hate the Black Magic Monastery. The living space of black magicians in Helensa City was further compressed, and they may only have to hide in the sewers where homeless people live.
, so as not to be discovered, some noble councilors have proposed more than once in the parliament that they want to clean up some homeless people in Helensa City, so that the remaining power of the Black Magic Hermitage may be completely eradicated.
Ivan Baruch is currently imprisoned in the Magic Guild's prison. Even Lance doesn't know what the young knight confessed to the magician in charge of the interrogation.
According to Karl, the Baruch couple are raising money everywhere to find ways to get Ivan Baruch out of prison, but there seems to be no progress in this matter.
The snow in the guard camp has been cleared. Surdak stored the horse in the stable. When he walked to the door of the main building, he stopped and adjusted his light leather armor before entering. He happened to see him on the way upstairs.
When Gwendolyn ran downstairs with a thick stack of reports, she was still wearing a skirt and uniform in such a cold weather. When she saw Suldak, her face immediately changed.
With a smile on his face, he said to him: "Suldak, good job!" before passing him by.
This sentence confused Surdak, but he didn't think much about it and walked directly to Captain Sauron's office on the second floor.
Knock on the door and enter the room.
Captain Sauron stood at his desk and flipped through the parchment filled with words. His thick eyebrows were almost twisted together. When he looked up and saw Surdak, he nodded to him, motioned for him to sit on the chair opposite, and said directly.
: "I'm calling you this time..."
Captain Sauron said to Suldak: Although he did not receive any reward for the Grenfell Manor incident last time, his achievements were recorded.
This time, members of the Black Magic Priory were discovered in Christie Castle and rescued Miss Hoyle. Their performance was very outstanding and was praised by Bernard, Marquis of Christie, the consul of Helensa. Although Suldak
It had just been a month since he joined the Guard Battalion Support Squadron and he was not eligible for promotion. However, due to his outstanding performance, Surdak was promoted to deputy squad leader of the support squadron.
Of course, since Suldak is still studying at the Knight Academy and does not belong to any of the ten teams of the support squadron, this deputy team leader is only a false position. In addition to being able to receive ten more silver coins every month,
In addition, some benefits and benefits have been slightly improved, that's all.
Captain Sauron held the quill awkwardly and said to Suldak: "You need to go to Ms. Flora later to re-register the guard camp badge. If nothing happens, you can leave."
“Yes, Captain Sauron!” Suldak straightened his back and walked out of Captain Sauron’s office.
…
Suldak walked into a noisy tavern and saw Karl and He sitting at the bar, smiling and chatting with the proprietress inside the bar.
There was a familiar figure sitting behind Karl. It was the Tax Collector Byrd who sent him to Wall Village. However, Tax Collector Byrd looked drunk at this time, and his body was already leaning a little.
His hand was supported on the bar, holding half a glass of ale in his hand. His huge beer belly was almost touching the bar. This made Suldak a little worried about whether the stool under his butt could support his heavy weight.
Body.
Suldak sat next to Karl and saw that Tax Collector Bird's face was red from drinking, and his tongue was a little unruly when he spoke.
"Don't look at me like that. This has nothing to do with me. When I came here, I happened to see Bird sitting here drinking alone. He had already drunk a little too much." Karl raised his innocent hand and said to Suldak
explained.
“What benefits did Sauron...give you?” Karl asked casually.
Suldak told Captain Sauron's reward, and Karl couldn't help but curled his lips and said: "Captain Sauron is good at everything, but he squeezes too much in terms of merit..."
Karl didn’t say much.
The landlady handed over a glass of ale, and the two of them raised their glasses and clinked them.