Volume 1, The Witcher's World Chapter 100, The Curtain Call Begins
In the wilderness of Duke City, the grass and trees were exposed to the scorching sun above their heads, and their branches and leaves were drooping, as if they were about to wither.
Suddenly, a huge bat stained with blood flew past from a distance, and the unintentional strong wind caused everything along the way to temporarily escape from the scorching heat.
But what’s strange is that bats are nocturnal animals and never appear during the day. At this time, they are hanging upside down on the top of the rock wall to rest. This makes people wonder why there is a bat that goes against their nature.
Not far away was a farm. The owner of the farm just went out and only his daughter stayed at home.
The girl is twelve or thirteen years old, which is the age when she is innocent and romantic. Today, her parents went to the next town for business, so she had to play with her puppy.
Suddenly, the puppy barked without warning, raised its tail, and headed in a certain direction as if it was facing an enemy.
The girl was confused for a moment. She thought something was wrong with her pet. So she quickly went over to comfort her: "Bones, what's wrong with you?"
The puppy named Bones couldn't answer, he just kept barking.
The next moment, a bat fell from the puppy's head and suddenly transformed into a handsome young man in mid-air, knocking the puppy unconscious with a thud.
"Hey, you, who are you? Why did you come down from the sky?" The girl looked above and saw that the roof of the shed was intact, and she suddenly felt scared. But the young man's appearance was so good that she had the courage to talk to him.
But the young man did not respond to her. Instead, he glanced at the back of the house. His eyes seemed to have penetrated the walls and boards and saw some kind of great horror.
"It turns out that turning into a bat will reduce the concentration of blood and lead to degeneration. Damn it." The young man was shocked and angry, and then he understood why the master gave such instructions.
Degradation is a disaster for a vampire. Once a vampire is degenerated, the difficulty of being promoted again increases exponentially. This is absolutely intolerable for young people.
But the top priority right now is not this. Excessive blood consumption is the most fatal. Under the condition of blood loss, they will become weak and fall into some crazy and terrifying fantasy. If the situation does not improve for a long time, then he will soon
It will turn into an irrational, bloodthirsty monster.
No, it absolutely cannot become like that.
The young man turned his head ferociously, knocked the girl unconscious with a hand knife, and then exposed his fangs and stamped on her delicate neck...
Ten minutes later, two men in black robes followed them to the farm. The young man had disappeared, and the girl was lying on the ground, looking pale.
One of them knelt down, stroked the tooth hole on the girl's neck, turned to his companion and said, "What happened in half an hour, you shouldn't have gone very far yet. Do you want to continue chasing?"
The companion thought for a while, nodded and said: "Go after him. He has sucked blood and his physical strength should have recovered. Although we have killed most of his bat clones, he has sucked the blood of so many people along the way.
out of control.
The instructor's intention should be to force him on the verge of losing control, so chase him."
"But the direction in which he fled...do we really want to let him escape in that direction?"
The direction in which the young man fled was exactly the direction of Appleton, or rather the direction of Norton Mountain.
It is the home base of one of the most powerful wizarding groups on the peninsula.
The companions obviously also know the stakes. The further west they go, the more dangerous their situation will be.
But how could one disobey the instructor's order?
Finally, he gritted his teeth and said with determination: "Just be careful...we still have a trump card anyway, right? If we are discovered, we can just run away. There is no way that our mentor will blame us for this."
…
"Okay, let's clean this place up first to avoid being found by the tribunal."
"Clean up? Isn't this girl not dead yet?"
Poof, the short blade was inserted into the girl's chest, only a very small amount of blood seeped out, but the faint breath that had been there before completely disappeared.
"Dead now."
…
Without asking for a detailed explanation, just for memory, Ian quickly turned to the last page of the book. Tomorrow he could go to Roger to exchange. It was exciting to think about it, and he didn't know what good thing Jacques gave him.
The material on the last page of the first explanation of the formation is a little different. It has a metallic texture when touched, which is completely different from the hard and rough leather texture in the front.
What is recorded above is no longer the magic circle, but Alison's words. It is roughly a postscript, which is generally meaningless.
But Ian still liked to see this senior's venomous tongue, so he looked down with interest.
"Since you have scrolled here, whether you casually scrolled through it or actually saw it, in the words of that boy, we are destined. Since we are destined, let me give you something. It can also be regarded as my gift to the younger generation, so as not to miss Mei
That guy always said I was stingy.
By the way, the thing is on this page mixed with mithril alloy, take it if you can."
The font is beautiful and full of ladylike qualities, not at all like the wild style of this poisonous-tongued senior.
"What could it be?" Ian became interested immediately.
He knew that mixed mithril alloy was a third-level magic material composed of three-tenths of mithril and seven-tenths of copper. It was a very high-quality conductor and was a must for high-level magic arrays.
However, this amount of mixed mithril alloy is not even enough to draw an array angle, and its value is greatly reduced.
The pages of the book are silver-gray, with a flat and smooth surface. There are no traces on both sides except Alison's paragraph.
He turned the pages of the book up. The pages were not thick, and he did not find any gaps.
Using mental power to scan, it can easily penetrate the pages of the book, and no clues can be seen.
This made Ian extremely frustrated. His mentality was really the style of this senior, without any hint at all.
But the more secretly Alison hides things, doesn’t it mean that the better the quality and the more precious it is? In this way, Ian will be less likely to give up.
"The first solution to the formation, the first solution to the formation." Ian stared at the page and kept mumbling. Finally, at a certain moment, an idea flashed and he started tinkering with the pages of the mixed mithril alloy book.
"Okay, success or failure depends on this." Ian blew into his hand nervously, his eyes fixed on the page.
And the smooth and flat pages have been drawn by Ian with many lines. They seem chaotic, but in fact they are patterns found based on the characteristics of Alison's handwriting.
What no one expected was that after being connected together, it turned out to be a magic circle.
Now Ian was completely convinced by Alison. He was able to depict the magic circle on a small page and hide it with handwriting without leaving any trace. He was truly a genius.
He took out a fourth-level energy stone, carefully cut it into twenty-four small pieces with a hunter's dagger, and placed them one by one on each joint of the book pages.
Finally, he injected spiritual power and connected the energy of each energy stone fragment to connect them into one.
The next moment, the light lit up and the magic circle was activated.
Before Ian could react, a ball of light suddenly flew out of the page and merged into his mental power at lightning speed.
The next moment, the meaning of that ball of light appeared in his mind, and then the light exploded, illuminating Ian's dim spiritual world like fireworks. Countless lines emitting faint fluorescence scattered, and finally outlined a huge and complex pattern.
It's dazzling and makes you dizzy just looking at it.
"ban"
It represents the meaning of ban and confinement.
This is the foundation of all sealing magic arrays and the highest achievement of the array master's study of the rules of magic arrays.
This is the spiritual manifestation of the forbidden rules mastered by Alison. This is spiritual witchcraft.
Now, this "forbidden" character, which represents one of the advanced mysteries of the magic circle, is lying quietly in his spiritual world and has become his property.
It's simply an unimaginable thing.
Ian was stunned for a moment. He never expected that Alison would play such a big role and give away the true meaning of a character casually.
This was something he had never heard of or seen before.
Not to mention the gifted, even Jacques would not be able to resist snatching such a treasure. For an array mage, there is nothing more attractive than the true meaning of the characters and their manifestation.
This... I don't know what Jacques will think if he finds out. He will definitely be so angry that he vomits blood.
Ian felt a little secretly happy, but he soon realized that he must not mention this to anyone, otherwise there would be a catastrophe.
"Bang!"
He was feeling happy when the door to the room was suddenly violently pushed open, and a man staggered in. Then his body fell to the ground like a solid piece of wood, kicking up dust on the ground. At that moment, it hit Ian Guang.
It hurts just looking at it.
"Will, it's you, what's wrong with you?"
After seeing the appearance of the person clearly, Ian immediately screamed in surprise. This guy's current situation is very bad, he looks like one of those vampires who have lost too much blood and can lose control at any time.
This is Appleton, and there is a dense population around the church. If Will loses control and goes on a killing spree here, not only the people from the Inquisition will deal with him, but Shirley next door will probably be the first to kill him.
"Blood..." The tone was anxious, but weak.
Ian glanced at Will who was curled up on the ground and shivering. After thinking for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and handed Will his wrist: "You owe me a second life." He muttered.
The next moment, Will, who had fallen into extreme weakness, bit his wrist with agility that was completely inappropriate for his current state, and his two long fangs instantly pierced Ian's skin.
"hiss!"
Vampires suck blood very quickly, and the rapid loss of a large amount of blood makes the strong Ian feel nauseated and dizzy for a moment.
"Enough!"
He frowned and scolded, knowing that he could not let Will go on like this, as if he continued to smoke it, Ian's life would be endangered.
If Will doesn't know how to behave, he will let magic teach him how to behave.
But fortunately, Will knew what was going on, so he immediately retracted his fangs, raised his head and said gratefully: "Thank you!"
Then I saw him casually wiping the wound on Ian's wrist, and the tooth hole that was still leaking with blood healed instantly and was intact as before.
These are the little tricks of vampires, but Ian didn't care about them. He nodded to accept Will's thanks, and then asked doubtfully: "Why is it like this? Are you being hunted?"
When Will heard this, he became very angry. He cursed angrily: "It's not the fortune teller who caused the trouble. Damn it, the Holy Light Mercy Society is here."
"Soothsayer? Holy Light Mercy Society? Where is it?" Ian immediately straightened up, grabbed Will's arm, and asked anxiously.
At this time, he also remembered the time when he besieged and killed the talented person. Was he still found? Ian's heart sank, and he immediately decided to return to Norton Mountain tomorrow.
When he killed the fortune teller, he participated in the whole process. If the other party followed Will's whereabouts and came here, he had no confidence in dealing with him.
Not long ago, Kong Xuergang had a fight with the Holy Light Mercy Society. At this time, the other wizard entered Devon County and was looking for death. But since he dared to chase Will, he must have the confidence. He is not a wizard like this at all.
If you don't dare to provoke him, it's better to stay away.
As for Will, I beg your pardon that he is helpless.
"have no idea."
The wizard's blood is rich in negative energy. Will only drank a few mouthfuls of Ian's blood, and it was already as good as the dozen or so ordinary people he had sucked before.
It's just that he was injured too badly, and Ian's blood was only a drop in the bucket.
He is still very weak now.
"I don't know?" Ian was stunned, and then asked, "How many people are on the other side, and what are their strengths?"
Will spread his hands and showed a bitter smile: "To be honest, I really don't know. At first there were three, but then the most powerful old man disappeared, and there were only two left."
"But who would have thought that I can't defeat either of those two... I'm a vampire. As for sending out two people with light talents to hunt down me?"
The more Will talked, the harder it became to suppress the anger in his heart, but he also felt more powerless and desperate.
The Holy Light Mercy Society sent two gifted people to hunt him down. It was clear that they wanted to capture him alive, so he had no choice but to escape.
But every time he escaped, the other party would catch up quickly, as if there was a pair of eyes behind him that were always watching him.
Squeak!
Before Ian could say anything, the door was pushed open again, and two men in black robes filed in.
At the same time, an old voice came from one of them, full of surprise: "It turns out to be you."
"It's them, the Holy Light..." Will exclaimed, broke through the wall in an instant, and fled outside the house.