The unique afterglow of late autumn shines on this narrow sea plain.
Villages and towns, large and small, are distributed in an orderly manner like the stars in the night sky.
Countless little people are either working in the fields or fishing in the lakes on the plains.
Coupled with the golden wheat waves that are constantly rising and falling by the sea breeze, it perfectly shows the world a rich rural picture.
Everything seemed so quiet and peaceful.
At this time, Waterdeep is still busy.
As the economic center on this sea plain, a large number of business opportunities gather here, countless transactions are born here, and tens of thousands of imperial gold coins flow every day.
Under the prosperity, the darkness of human nature also gathers here.
Robbery, extortion, seeking wealth, killing...
In a society governed by the rule of law, these incidents, which would inevitably lead to seven or eight years in jail, are not uncommon in this city.
People living here are even more accustomed to corpses floating in the smelly ditch the next day.
Not to mention the bottomless bottom of the seaside pier.
No one knows how many human corpses are lying deep under the sea.
However, as the ruler of Waterdeep and the Earl of the Empire, Andre Edward, who is eighty-six years old this year, believes that his city is good enough.
As a blood descendant who was born from an incestuous marriage and had some physical defects, Andrei experienced various conspiracies and intrigues in his life.
In addition to intrigues and deceptions.
It took him a full sixty-six years to rebuild this city that had been reduced to ruins to its original appearance.
It's even better than it was sixty-six years ago.
To this day.
That terrifying night sixty-six years ago still appeared in his sleep from time to time.
Blood and thunder.
A legendary monster that has been rare for tens of thousands of years - the Thunderwing Bat Dragon attacked this remote seaside city.
Until now, no one knows why the legendary monster appeared in Waterdeep.
Those who survived only remember.
That night, the entire city, or rather the entire sea plain, was bathed in lightning and thunder.
Even if all the strong men in Waterdeep City were put together, they would not be able to match the legendary monster with legendary strength.
All ability users with advanced abilities and above have become dinner in the belly of the Thunderwing Bat Dragon.
Naturally, this included the head of the Edward family at the time, the only high-level bloodline person, and Andre's father, Honasan Edward.
As one of the few bloodline nobles in the empire today, the Edward family has always been passed down with strong bloodline abilities.
Like most bloodline families, bloodline awakening is not an easy thing.
Except for those geniuses who awaken naturally at birth, most bloodline users need to take a special potion - bloodline awakening potion if they want to awaken their bloodline.
Of course, this does not mean that as long as you take the awakening potion, you will definitely be able to awaken successfully.
There are two other factors that affect success: concentration and luck.
Concentration refers to the blood concentration of the bloodline person.
Needless to say luck.
This ethereal thing is simply beyond the control of humans.
Therefore, in order to increase the success rate, the bloodline family focused on increasing bloodline concentration.
Marriage between close relatives has therefore become inevitable.
This also resulted in the fact that most bloodline families not only have a small number of members, but also have some genetic problems.
In addition, every bloodline person only has one chance to try it in his lifetime.
Because failure means death.
Harsh conditions have also contributed to the strength of today's bloodline people.
As long as they can successfully awaken, a bloodline user can easily possess the strength of an intermediate ability user.
In addition, if you practice hard and spend some money and take more potions, it is not very difficult to reach the strength of a high-level ability user.
This is a realm that many capable people may not be able to reach in their lifetime.
that's all.
Andre, like most of the surviving noble descendants in Waterdeep, is afraid of the horrific consequences of failed awakening.
I took over the huge property left behind by my elders.
A city in ruins and a decent title of nobility.
However, it was this man who could be said to be "a man with a disability but a strong will, who made his fortune from scratch" who was troubled by an incident at this time.
…
"Would you like to add anything?"
A confused voice sounded from the dark room.
"Oh, by the way, let's try this!"
As a spoonful of white powder was poured in, the self-talking began to become relaxed and comfortable.
"shake!"
"shake!"
"shake!"
"shake!"
As the flask shook, the originally turbid liquid in the bottle began to react violently.
A large number of bubbles began to rise uncontrollably from the bottom of the bottle and surge towards the mouth of the bottle.
in the dark.
A pair of bright eyes stared at the bottle in his hand.
No matter how much these waves of bubbles roll around, they just can't get out of the bottle.
There is an invisible force that tightly binds them in the flask.
As time goes by.
The bubbles in the bottle began to decrease and gradually returned to its original calmness.
Looking at the freshly baked "reagent" in his hand, the owner of the voice showed a satisfied smile.
But before he could be happy for a while, the door of the house he was in was violently opened from the outside.
boom!
The wooden door flew backwards into the house with a strong impact.
Just when we thought chaos was inevitable, another invisible force appeared.
Very similar to the force that seals the flask.
It forcibly restrained the door that had rolled in mid-air, successfully smothering the upcoming bad scene in the cradle.
The scene didn't last long.
When this invisible force dissipates.
The wooden door that was originally floating in the air fell to the ground weakly.
Bang~
As the sunlight from outside the house shines in, the scenery inside the house appears to our eyes for the first time.
The dark room is not as grubby as imagined.
Although most of the spacious room is occupied by curved consoles, the orderly placement makes them look less crowded.
It was filled with all kinds of weird bottles and cans.
Both in terms of quality and quantity, it is more high-end and classy than the alchemy laboratory established by Sauron's predecessor.
The only free side of the room is occupied by a book wall composed of four fifteen-story bookshelves, which are filled with various books about alchemy.
same.
The owner of this room also showed his appearance for the first time under the sunlight - a very handsome young man.
Her long blond hair was tied into a ponytail on the back of her head.
The sharp face gives people an indescribable perseverance.
A slightly pale complexion due to lack of sunlight.
Facing the dazzling sunlight shining into the house, the young man had no intention of hiding. Instead, he opened his arms, closed his eyes, and stretched out comfortably.
Looking at the young man in front of him who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed, Andre's wrinkled old face couldn't help but flash a hint of helplessness.
The delicate crutch in his hand kicked the ground hard.