Not far away, Lancaster Castle was rebuilt and renamed Dick Castle, and was run by a baron conferred by the kingdom.
The other party was a knight who was most active in suppressing Lancaster and had committed many bloody crimes in this area.
The nearby town of Yanan has also become the other party's territory.
Everything about the Lancaster family is being forcibly erased and has become taboo.
The tragedy is that, in just a few decades, these townspeople have forgotten their former lords and their hatred of being plundered and killed, and they have become obedient citizens under Baron Dick.
After all, the dead are dead, and the living still need to continue living.
Quasimodo wore a hooded robe, covering most of his face. Even so, others could still recognize his identity as a tombkeeper from the huge hump on his back, and they all retreated a distance, their faces
An unhappy expression appeared.
He has entered old age, which makes him even more ugly, the type that can make children cry when they see him.
If he hadn't come to the town not long after the disaster happened, rebuilt the cemetery, and volunteered to collect the bodies of all the dead, he probably wouldn't have gotten this job as a gravekeeper.
"Wow. Mom, I'm scared!"
A child was running by and when he saw his face, he was so frightened that he ran away, crying loudly as he ran.
In the town, a yellow native dog barked at him.
In the midst of the hatred and disgust, Quasimodo quickly bought some necessary daily necessities and then left the town.
This is his hometown. He was once the son of the lord here and he wanted everything he wanted from this place. But now the scene is like this.
However, Quasimodo is used to it.
The only difference is that he had sent a message to that organization as agreed some time ago.
The mysterious man who took him in did not contact him all the time, but asked him to contact an organization called "Shadow Spiders".
Over the years, he also obtained the antidote from the other party.
"This time."
Quasimodo clenched his fists and returned to the cemetery under the afterglow of the setting sun.
In the silent cemetery, there was a man in black robe standing in front of a tombstone.
Just by looking at the back, Quasimodo was convinced that the other party was not the contact person of the Shadow Spider, but the mysterious leader, the guy who planted the poison on himself!
"Quasimodo. You sent a signal. What's the matter?"
Aaron covered most of his face with a black cloth, turned around, and asked casually.
"Sir, I have always paid attention to what you ordered before. I just discovered something recently. Please come with me!"
Quasimodo shuddered, threw the debris on the ground, and took the lead.
The two of them came to the depths of the cemetery together. The original burial area of the Lancaster family had long been abandoned and overgrown with weeds.
In the shadow of a slanted tombstone, there are two small white flowers.
This little flower looks very similar to the wild flowers on the roadside, but if you look closely, you will find that there are faint lines on its petals, which look like a human face.
"Very good. How did you discover this flower?"
Aaron observed it carefully and asked.
"Since your Lordship ordered this matter, I have been paying attention to the flowers in the cemetery. During the day, there is almost nothing unusual. But at night, if there is wind, they will make a whimpering sound, just like a person crying."
Quasimodo felt excited: "It was only at night that I discovered that it is different from ordinary wild flowers."
"That's it"
Aaron stood up and looked at Quasimodo: "You have completed my mission, I will remove the poison from your body and you will be free!"
Quasimodo immediately knelt down: "Sir, I am already old and I don't want to break away from the Shadow Spider organization."
The so-called "Shadow Spiders" are actually a guild of thieves. Everyone is controlled by Aaron with poison and secretly do some dark things for him.
"So...what do you want?"
Aaron knew that Quasimodo, who was looking to die alone, actually bought women through the Shadow Spider and gave birth to several children!
After all, he is Jaeger's candidate to inherit the throne, and it is impossible for him to undergo the Witcher Trial.
"I hope to use this meager contribution in exchange for the organization's care for my family!"
There was a light of realization in Quasimodo's eyes: "I am already old and will die soon, and the glory of my family will soon disappear in my hands. But I at least hope that those descendants can live and live to have a future.
One day, a day to restore glory!"
The nobles of this era valued family and glory very much.
Even paranoid!
Aaron understands this very well.
Aaron was silent for a long time and sighed: "I promise you. I will take care of your family descendants!"
"Thank you, sir!"
A look of relief appeared on Quasimodo's face. He had no idea that he had made a lot of money from this promise.
At this time, he asked tentatively: "What are you going to do with this flower?"
"I suspect they are not fully mature yet. I will arrange for someone to come over and watch them. You will claim that they are your distant relatives."
Aaron made the decision directly.
The Wraith Flower is a very precious and rare material that even warlocks covet.
Such a good thing is only safe if you keep it yourself!
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It had been a year since Iris passed away.
After Aaron took care of Iris's funeral, he took Ellie to wander around the small town of Yanan.
Anyway, Ellie is an orphan adopted by Iris. She has no family ties at all, and she was entrusted to Aaron by Iris. Naturally, she can go wherever he says.
Then, I received a summons from Quasimodo and came over to take a look. Sure enough, there was a surprise.
Aaron came to a dense forest, and when he came out again, he turned into the middle-aged demon hunter Zorro and came to a carriage by the river.
"Uncle Zorro!"
Ellie, who was fetching water for cooking, exclaimed happily. "Yeah."
Aaron looked at the basin in her hand: "What are you going to do tonight?" "Mixed vegetable soup!"
The corners of Aaron's mouth twitched. There were no recipes in this era. They just stewed and eaten after cooking. "Forget it, I'll take care of dinner. You go and meditate. How is your progress today?"
He took the basin from Ellie's hand and asked.
At the mention of this, Ellie's face visibly dropped: "It's so difficult. I'm still trying to construct the third bloodline rune. There are no signs of condensing into a bloodline seed!"
After Iris died, his biggest legacy was an apprentice-level meditation method called "Blood of Darkness"! This meditation method can be practiced up to the high-level warlock apprentice level, and there will be no inheritance at any higher level.
According to what he said, he needs to go to Warlock Continent and look for the organization he once joined in order to find the follow-up. The training of Warlock apprentices is all about blood.
At the beginning, you need to sense the power of chaos in the void, and then attract it into your body to trigger blood resonance. After that, you can condense the blood runes!
At least nine bloodline runes must be condensed before the runes can be condensed into bloodline seeds, also called life seeds.
Once the bloodline seed is condensed, you will enter the entry-level warlock apprenticeship sequence, and your physical fitness will increase and improve in all aspects.
Then absorb the power of chaos, cultivate bloodline seeds, and enter the level of mid-level warlock apprentice. Then you can try to learn some level 0 witchcraft, also called sleight of hand spells.
Unfortunately, according to Aerys's notes, such witchcraft templates are quite rare, and he only left two of them.
The final high-level warlock apprenticeship stage is the limit of the incomplete meditation method that Iris has obtained, and he can completely walk sideways in the continent of Adson.
In fact, Iris did not expect Ellie to survive until the next hundred years of recruiting disciples.
After all, people in Warlock Continent also look at potential, and they may not accept an old woman in her nineties, even if she is a high-level apprentice.
But for Ellie, being able to become a warlock apprentice and live a happy life in the continent of Adson is already considered a gain.
"Only 3 runes?"
Aaron's eyes shot up: "Then when will you be promoted to Warlock Apprentice? Have you slacked off and failed to live up to Iris's expectations?"
"Where is it?"
Ellie grabbed the hem of her skirt and felt a little aggrieved: "Teacher Iris also said that the energy factor content in the air of Adson Continent is not high, and the power of chaos is too weak. If it were in Warlock Continent, I would have become a Warlock Apprentice long ago.
Already."
All right
Aaron also had to admit that what the other party said made sense.
This so-called continent of Aderson is actually a desert that even warlocks look down upon. This is true for Ellie, and even more so for him.
He also watched "Blood Without Darkness" and tried to practice privately. What was the result?
The effect is the same as nothing.
Fortunately, when the time span was extended to one year, coupled with the digitization of the attribute panel, Aaron reluctantly found that he had made progress.
At this rate, it will take about ten years to condense the first bloodline rune. As for the bloodline seed, it is even further away, because the bloodline runes become more difficult to construct as time goes by!
"Is this how difficult it is for ordinary people to become a sorcerer's apprentice?" Aaron glanced at the real genius and thought to himself.
He is actually in Jiwa!
After all, if he doesn’t work hard, or the result of his hard work is very small, then someone else needs to work hard on his behalf! Therefore, what else can he do without Ellie?
"Even so, you must become a warlock apprentice as soon as possible. This is Iris's expectation and last wish." Aaron encouraged him first, then comforted Ellie a few words, and played with the girl in his hands.
Then he said: "I took a look and found that the environment here is good. Let's settle down nearby in the future." "Here?"
Ellie thought for a while: "This seems to belong to the Rogge Kingdom, where a famous rebellion took place?" "Yes, more people died, but it entered a long period of peace."
Aaron responded this way.
Late at night. In a simple tent.
Aaron took out a witcher notebook and started writing and drawing.
He is still a master demon hunter with a second genetic mutation, which is not normal.
In fact, as early as three years after Yeager's death, he had developed the formula for the "Blood Hell Potion".
It's just that the third mutation of the gene is really dangerous, so the Shadow Spiders were formed to look for other experimental subjects.
Now, the conditions for promotion to the Demon Hunter Grand Master are ripe. But Aaron doesn't want to be promoted immediately.
"My warlock talent, like all ordinary people, is close to none."
"This promotion takes too long. We need to find ways to improve our talents."
"According to the records of Iris, the Wraith Flower has the miraculous effect of stimulating divine power and purifying blood. Although it is only effective for formal warlocks, it is also quite precious."
“But eating it raw is too wasteful!”
"Can it be fully utilized?" "For example, in conjunction with the Witcher potion?"
The more he studied the witcher's potion, the more Aaron felt that it was not groundless that the witcher was a defective product transformed by a warlock.
Even the most perfect form of a witcher should be a mutilated version of a warlock! Unfortunately, this plan later failed!
"However, there is nothing wrong with this idea of transplanting the blood of extraordinary creatures as a bridge to become a sorcerer's apprentice."
"I can also use this idea to add other bloodlines during the third genetic mutation of the demon hunter to stimulate the awakening of my own bloodline! Adding a warlock talent to even the tenth level will be much better than it is now!" "Although.
The Blood Crazy Bird's bloodline is useless! But no matter how useless the bloodline is, it is better than no bloodline at all."
"After becoming a formal warlock, there are naturally many ways to replace the powerful bloodline. Get closer to the so-called origin!"
"As a result, the recipe for the third mutation of the Demon Hunter that I originally planned needs to be changed."
Aaron was lost in thought.
He should use his own vision, experience, and knowledge to add a little talent to himself.
Otherwise, becoming a warlock apprentice will really be a long way off.
In the next period of time, Aaron's plan went smoothly.
First, I took Ellie to find a village near Yanan Town and settled down.
Ellie herself is not a weak woman, not to mention Aaron feels that the old guy Iris might have hidden some hidden cards, such as alchemy tools and other inheritances for Ellie, and he secretly ordered the people from Shadow Spider to protect her.
, there is basically no danger.
In other words, she herself is more dangerous than most people.
Aaron, the nominal uncle, can safely leave for ten days and a half a month, or even half a year.
And he himself changed his name, became a young man again, and went to seek refuge with the tombkeeper Quasimodo.
Due to his actor-level acting skills, Quasimodo did not recognize his true identity at all.
He also helped him get his identity certificate so that he could live near the cemetery, watch over him, and study the Wraith Flower.
After Quasimodo dies of old age, there is a high probability that Aaron will take over as the new generation of tombkeeper.
Although someone once felt eager to come back as a tombkeeper. Is it despicable?
But for the sake of the Wraith Flower, Aaron still had no choice but to be really fragrant.
Anyway, he is thick-skinned and it won't hurt if he gets slapped in the face.