As soon as he returned to the castle, Lucien saw Joanna coming out of the nearby corridor with a giant sword in both hands.
"Lord Evans, the corpse puppets in the castle lost control after you killed the evil necromancer, but we have cleaned them up." Joanna reported with lowered eyebrows and seemingly respectful eyes.
In her heart, in addition to the fear and admiration for the power of Lucien Knight, there is also a lot of dissatisfaction. A powerful paladin of his hired a team of adventurers such as herself to protect him. It was obviously to confuse the vision and hide it from Habei.
Baron Luo and the Necromancer conducted an investigation and raid. But in this way, he, his husband, and his sister had to be involved in a battle between the strong with their weak strength, and were almost killed by that damn, terrifying owl.
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Lucien looked around and asked calmly: "Is there anyone alive in the castle? Where are Simon, Betty, Wise and Mars?"
Joanna is not a girl like Betty. Even though she is mature and dissatisfied, she still answers very seriously when faced with the Lord Paladin's questions: "Except for Mr. Mars, there are no living people in the castle. They are all refined by the Necromancer."
The corpse puppets were found. Simon discovered that there was a commotion in Gray Mist Town and rushed over to deal with it. He suspected that it was a small number of corpse puppets that had not escaped. Mr. Wise and Mr. Mars had been hiding in the storage room and did not dare to come out; Betty was in
Vomiting in the bathroom.”
"Vomiting?" Lucien held the casting materials in his left hand.
Joanna's beautiful face also showed a disgusted expression: "When dealing with the corpse puppets, Betty found the ingredients for the dinner we were about to enjoy in the kitchen. They were all rotten pieces of human flesh, with eyes, tongues, and...
My fingers are covered with white maggots..."
As she spoke, she almost vomited. It was obvious that such a scene was unbearable to look back on.
Lucien nodded. It seemed that the baron was preparing to use rotten corpse poison and other tricks in the food so that he could deal with him more easily. However, with the death of Kailin and the others, those materials lost their bright appearance: "
Ms. Joanna, you don’t need to call me Sir, just call me Mr. Evans. I don’t have a title or title.”
Joanna raised her head with slight confusion, and happened to see Lucien's deep and charming eyes. She immediately seemed to be trapped in the vast dreamy starry sky and couldn't extricate herself, her eyes were blurred and admiring: "Okay, Mr. Evans."
Lucien slowly asked her about her memory of the previous battle, and after finding that there were no problems, he used hypnosis to slightly modify some details without causing Joanna's rebound.
"I have no problem. Joanna, go to Gray Fog Town to help Simon deal with it, so that he will not be in danger alone." Lucien released "Charming Humans".
Joanna suddenly woke up, her cheeks were red. She had just been in a daze at Mr. Evans. She felt that he was so charming. It was so embarrassing, like a girl who was not yet underage! But with Mr. Evans's powerful strength and handsome appearance,
, elegant conversation, gentle attitude, I think every woman will find him attractive, as long as you maintain an appreciative attitude.
"Mr. Evans, I'm going to Gray Mist Town right away." She felt her face was burning, so she walked quickly outside the castle.
Lucien watched Joanna leave quietly, then turned around and looked for opportunities to deal with the small details of Betty, Wise and Mars' memories as well as a few traces of the battle in the Baron's room.
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The dim candlelight swayed in the bedroom. Lucien looked at Simon, Joanna and Betty in front of him and said: "Thank you for maintaining the security of Gray Fog Town, and thank you for helping me during the battle, Baron Habero."
According to the adventurer's agreement, you can get one-tenth of the property in the castle. The remaining one-third, except for mine, will be handed over to Viscount Stanley and the church. Lock the room and do not give it to thieves.
Chance."
Lucien still wanted to maintain his apparent identity for the time being, so in order not to arouse the suspicion of the church and the nobility, he did not seize all the property of Baron Habero, just like a passing knight would deal with it after encountering such a thing.
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In fact, Baron Habero's property does not have much. What is really valuable is his castle, territory and manor. The cash is because he wants to buy babies and children, maintain a luxurious life, and manage relationships to avoid being betrayed by the bishop of Corser City.
He and the priests discovered that there was something wrong with the chapel in Gray Mist Town, so there were only a total of sixty golden tal coins left, as well as the family's second-level extraordinary weapon "Boulder".
Except for the few at the top, the nobles of the countries in the central and southern parts of the continent can hardly obtain at least one or two magic or magical items like the nobles with titles and property in Alto. Therefore, the title of the most barren area of the continent is very appropriate.
Moreover, Baron Habero's only set of extraordinary armor was paid to Hunter as a reward, and was then mortgaged by Hunter to purchase materials.
"Can we get twenty gold talers?" A shrewd and steady man like Simon couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, because one-tenth of the property is not only one-tenth of the coin, but also includes the extraordinary long sword.
The discount value of the sword. Only things with noble qualities such as castles, territories and manors are not included.
According to Lucien's common sense from Natasha, in Alto, apprentice-level extraordinary items cost less than ten gold thalers, and low-level items (level one, level two) cost dozens to hundreds of gold thalers.
It doesn’t matter. Intermediate items (levels three, four, and five) cost thousands to tens of thousands of gold talers. Extraordinary items above this are difficult to calculate in terms of money. They are all materials, items, territories, and ports.
, direct exchange of cities, medicines, knowledge, etc.
However, extraordinary items have always had a price but no market. Not only are they rare, but they have not entered the magic circle, aristocratic circles, etc., and they cannot be bought with a gold taller. If Natasha hadn't known that Lucien had the strength to be a quasi-knight, there would have been no way to buy it.
I won't talk to him about this matter. For example, Victor's annual income in the past was around one hundred gold thalers, but he had never even touched an extraordinary object.
"This two-handed giant sword is a second-level extraordinary item. It allows the user's power to be close to that of the three great knights, crushing the enemy like a boulder. Although it requires certain strength, the value is about one hundred and forty gold tales.
It's not expensive." Lucien was originally going to make up for Jintale and pick up this second-level two-handed giant sword, but it required the strength of a formal knight to pick it up, so he had to give up.
At the same time, Lucien also lamented in his heart that he did not give Baron Habero the chance to get the "Big Stone", otherwise things would be even more troublesome.
After Simon, Joanna and Betty heard Lucien's words, they looked at the pile of golden talers on the table with shining eyes, looking a little excited. Even if they had hiring tasks every day, the three of them would not eat or drink.
At the same time, there are only ten gold tales in a year. If you want to really save up to twenty, it will take at least four or five years of difficult adventure.
"Thank you, Mr. Evans. In fact, we didn't put in much effort." Joanna said modestly at first, and then hurriedly said, fearing Lucien would regret it, "But we all need money for formal knight training, especially Betty.
It’s too late, so I can only shamelessly accept it.”
Lucien saw them put away Jintaler and put the rest into his own purse, and then smiled and said: "Before arriving in Koser City, I will guide Betty to do some formal knight training. Haha, that arrow before
It’s so timely, you can also learn from it.”
On the one hand, Lucien is indeed grateful. On the other hand, when they are questioned by the church, the fact that he can carry out regular knight training will be known to the church, and the side evidence will be more powerful.
"Really?" Betty had an excited expression on her face. You must know that the knights trained by Corser City's instructors are all nobles who are close to bankruptcy, and they have not inspired the blood power themselves. How can they compare with a powerful paladin instructor like Mr. Evans!
Joanna and Simon also thanked you repeatedly: "Thank you so much, Lord Evans!"
Lucien waved his hand: "I am not a paladin, nor a noble, but just a quasi-knight of Her Royal Highness. I am powerful because I have many magical arts and magic items on my body. Please don't spread it everywhere."
Before Joanna and the others could answer, Lucien added: "By the way, I was eroded by the aura of decay and death during the battle with the Necromancer. I was seriously injured. I need to rest quietly tonight. Don't disturb me."
.And with such an injury, I can’t rush to Yelang Town in advance to report to the church. I can only ask you to keep a vigil tonight, and we can all set off to Yelang Town together tomorrow morning.”
Wild Wolf Town is the next town on this route. It also belongs to Baron Habero, but the trainee priest in the town's church should not have been refined into a corpse puppet yet.
"Yes, Mr. Evans." With the generous monetary reward and the promise of regular knight training, Simon, Joanna and Betty no longer had hidden dissatisfaction, and answered in unison with great excitement and joy.
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As the night gradually deepened, the castle with only a few people seemed increasingly quiet, deep, mysterious and gloomy.
Lucien was lying quietly in the bedroom, playing with the invitation letter Hunter had received in his hand. What he said before was corroded by the breath of death was just a lie. The real reason was that he still had something important to do.
Looking at the invitation letter in his hand again, Lucien carefully compared it with another one included in the Soul Library:
"The wording is the same, and there is no letterhead or signature, but there is a different mark on the two invitation letters. One is a black six-pointed star, and the other is a small part of the inverted tree of life, which seems to correspond to the recipient one-to-one."
"Well, it's very possible. The magician's death feast will definitely prevent the church from sending people with fake identities to mix things up. Only such an invitation letter only corresponds to a verified magician who has no problems to prevent similar things from happening.
This part of the inverted tree of life represents Hunter, and the black six-pointed star represents the apprentice. When the invitation he received did not match his identity, he naturally snatched it from the original owner."
"According to the magician's careful thinking, they will definitely guard against the danger of the church catching the person and interrogating him for the information and location."
"If that's the case, how do I get in?"
Lucien had already thought of a way in his mind, but it required a lot of risks and it was difficult to make a decision at the moment.
"After Hunter's story spreads, the time and place of the Death Feast will definitely change. After all, he is the official necromancer who was invited."
"Unless I stay for a long time, it will be difficult to contact the local magician. Where can I get the changed time and place? And staying for a long time means that I have missed it and it has no meaning."
"It seems like we need to take some risks!"
Lucien took out the morning light crystal ball and began to use astrology to divine.
The result of the divination was "unknown good or bad", which was blurry to a certain extent. Lucien shook his head helplessly, but he still opened the suitcase, put on a black robe with a hood, opened the window, and sneaked out quietly.
Although Gray Mist Town is still more than seven days away from Koser City, it only takes two or three hours to travel through the winding mountain roads, traversing mountains, cliffs and woods at the speed of a knight, and Lucien I’m planning to go directly to the Carenldia Castle tonight! (To be continued. Please search for Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)