Stephen pondered for a moment and said, "Because I know a shadow mage. ”

Dylan asked incredulously, "You mean, in the city of the North Wind City, there is a shadow magician?"

Stephen nodded: "Yes, and you know this person!"

"I know?" Dylan was completely confused, he knew a shadow mage, how could he never know?

As if seeing the doubts in Dylan's heart, Stephen added: "Because the mages of the Shadow Department are now the public enemies of the Wizards Association, once discovered, it is very likely that they will be sentenced to death by the Wizards Association!"

Dylan asked, "And who the hell is this man?" Dylan was curious about this.

"He's your Green family's Steward Max. ”

"What!" Dylan was shocked, because Max had always been a member of the Lion Knights, how could a knight be a shadow mage?

Stephen then recounted the previous events.

It turned out that Stephen once went to the wild to look for herbs and was targeted by a fierce leopard. The spotted leopard seized the opportunity of Stephen's back and pounced in an instant.

This scene happened to be bumped into by Max, who recited a very strange incantation, and the leopard screamed angrily, and fled in a hurry.

In order to express his gratitude, Stephen wanted to give all the herbs he had picked to Max, but Max refused.

After learning that Stephen was an orphan, Max would visit him from time to time and bring him some food or clothing. However, Stephen had promised Max that he would not tell anyone else about dark magic.

But at this time, seeing that Dylan was also a shadow magician, and Max himself was the chief butler of the Green family, it was impossible for Dylan to tell this secret to others.

Dylan thought to himself: I wonder if my father knows Uncle Max's identity as a shadow mage.

Stephen said with envy: "I really didn't expect that your talent for magic cultivation is so high, no one has taught you how to use spiritual power to release magic, but you have already comprehended it yourself." Also, I've heard Max say that shadow magic is the most difficult to master, and shadow magicians are the rarest. ”

"First of all, there are very few people who can have a sense with the Shadow Magic Stone, and secondly, if you don't have a high enough talent and later hard work, it is impossible to become a qualified Shadow Mage. ”

"You must know that most magicians have to go through a long period of training before they can actually cast magic. Especially for the requirements of mental power, it is extremely high. ”

"By the way, the Empire does not allow magicians to cast magic without permission before entering the academy. So you'll try not to show it in the future, especially your dark magic. ”

Dylan nodded: "Well, Emperor is not better than North Wind City, where there are a lot of fish and dragons, and I know how to measure it." ”

Just as the two were talking, a shout suddenly came from Yuanchuan: "Captain Wren is awake, he asked you to go over!"

The two looked over and saw that it was Jim who was shouting.

Returning to the alchemist's home where Wren cultivated, everyone gathered around the bed to discuss the next trip.

Although the toxins in Wren's body have been basically removed, the terrifying scar on his chest has not yet healed. At this time, he could only barely sit up.

"Stephen, thank you so much this time. If you hadn't stopped the further spread of the toxin in time, I wouldn't be able to speak here now. Wren said with a pale face.

Stephen touched the back of his head: "Actually, the situation was urgent, and I wasn't completely sure, so I had to take a risk and give it a try." But I also know that if you let it go at the time, you won't make it to dawn. ”

Wren endured the pain caused by the pulling of the wound, and squeezed out a smile: "Anyway, half of my Wren's life is saved by you." In the future, when you arrive in the City of Light, if you have any trouble or need any help, you can come to me in the Knights of the Wolf Fang. ”

Stephen nodded in agreement.

Wren straightened his face: "Okay, let's get down to business! To tell you the truth, you all saw that night, that black mutant wolf was by no means an ordinary species, it seemed to have been eroded by some mysterious force, and it had undergone a huge mutation. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but get nervous.

"I must report the situation here to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible, although I have just sent a letter, but to be on the safe side, it is better for us to rush back to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible. For my sake, we've been here for two days. So let's set off tomorrow and continue on our way. ”

Since even Rennes, who was physically injured, said this, then the others naturally did not have any opinions.

After returning to the room he had temporarily borrowed, Dylan closed the door and retrieved the Codex in his arms.

He had always wondered why every incantation in this code was not followed by a commentary. When I used to learn magic knowledge from that junior magician in North Wind City, every legal book I had read had many explanations on it.

It's just that most of the related knowledge I have seen before is an introduction to the five systems of magic and theoretical knowledge, and rarely involves real magic spells.

On the top of this code, most of the contents recorded are some strange shapes of magic circles. Since there were no annotations, Dylan didn't know exactly what these drawn circles did.

"It seems that I can only find a way to go to the imperial capital and see if I can find a hidden shadow magician and let him teach me how to use these magic spells and magic circles. ”

At this time, Dylan had already made up his mind, and when he arrived in the imperial capital, in addition to learning casting from the dwarven foundry, he also had to practice shadow magic by heart. In any case, in this world of the jungle, one's own strength is always the most reliable dependence.

As for whether others will notice that his magic is different at that time, Dylan can't care so much at this time.

For some reason, since he began to learn the shadow magic of this codex, he seems to be much more sensitive to everything around him than before.

As he was now, he was lying on the bed, but he could really feel that on the railing outside the window, there was a nightingale standing around, even if it didn't make any noise.

And in the corner under the bed, a cunning rat has just come out of the burrow, thinking that it is about to go out to find food.

Such a change made Dylan feel extremely comfortable, at least a lot more secure.