The Crystallized Old Man hadn't been back to Los Rick since he came here, except for the occasional envoy from the Royal City or friends from the secluded church, and the interruption of some young mages from Perheim Academy, who was mostly immersed in his own research.

"Come on, let's eat something first."

On the table were some roasted and somewhat charred crabs, as well as unknown wild fruits, seeing that Zhang Lin did not do anything, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, although it looks a little unbearable, it still tastes good." ”

Saying that, the old mage used a knife to pry open the crab shell, skillfully picked out the meat inside and put it in his mouth, "Although those crabs have mutated, the meat quality is much better." ”

The crabs that have been radiated on the wasteland have all been eaten, and Zhang Lin doesn't have much concern about the same mutated product in front of him, but the way this old mage roasts things is too rough, and a flame goes down to directly roast the live crabs into charcoal, and there is no normal cooking process at all, even his daughter Hazel has a rather helpless expression.

As he was in the middle of an awkward fight, Hazel picked up a roasted crab from the table and went back to the room behind the bookcase alone.

"Don't you know anything about things in the city?" Zhang Lin broke off a crab claw and broke the crab shell, although it was still a little hot, but it smelled good, obviously the crystallized old man baked things simply and roughly, but in fact, it was just to save time, and it was probably a habit that he had developed when he lived alone for a long time.

From time to time, the brazier by the wall crackled with burning branches, and the swaying of the fire made their figures seem to be constantly shaking.

"It's been a while since I've heard from Lothric, and it stands to reason that the second prince's fire transmission should have been carried out a long time ago, why is the bell ringing now?" The old mage shook his head and threw the crab shell on the table, "I'm still quite familiar with Ima, she is very planned and measured, but now that the situation is so bad that she would let an outsider like you, who does not belong to Lothric, go to the secluded church with certificates and letters." ”

"It's a bit more complicated to say."

Zhang Lin picked up a piece of crab leg that had been cracked again, and dipped the meat on the table a small plate of condiments made of unknown plants, which had a spicy taste similar to mustard, which made him frown.

"Then you speak slowly, I hope you can be more detailed."

"In the beginning, it was just that the second prince of Lothric was reluctant to spread the fire, which had to do with his physical condition and the knowledge that the founder of the Great Library had taught him."

"The original sin scholar Andiel, his research is even more rebellious and unscrupulous than our mentor's research on crystallization magic, and he did express contempt for the matter of spreading fire, but he left a long time ago, and I didn't expect the second prince to be affected by him." With what Zhang Lin said, the old mage also recalled the original sage of the big library, "What about after that? ”

"After that, the sage of the Great Library launched a rebellion......" Speaking of the Great Library, Zhang Lin deliberately looked at the old mage's reaction.

Seeing this, the old mage also understood what he was afraid of, and sighed, "It's okay, you continue." ”

"I don't know if they started all this at the behest of the second prince, or if they started the coup d'état simply because the king was crazy, but at least the situation in Lothric is terrible now, so the priest of Ima wants me to walk through the forest to the dark church, and Lothric now needs outside support to turn the situation around."

The main reason is that Zhang Lin is not strong enough by himself, otherwise Zhang Lin would definitely choose a simpler and more rude way instead of running errands like now.

The old mage let out a long breath, "This is really bad news, in order to restrict the sages, the fact that we brothers who have become elders and forcibly let the two of us brothers who have become elders join the White Sect at that time has always made all the members of the Great Library angry, and my brother is even more resentful, no wonder he has come to this point." ”

However, the old mage's tone didn't sound like he really cared about what had happened, and he closed his eyes and was silent for a while before he continued, "Thank you for telling me this......

"Aren't you going to do something?"

"Forget it, I'm still not involved, I've done my best when the Flange Immortals passed the fire." The old mage shook his head and stood up, the feather weave at the bottom of the black robe swept the fallen leaves on the ground, but he didn't care, and then turned around, "By the way, I want to remind you and Ima of the war, that acting Pope of the Darkmoon Church of Irusil seems to be planning something recently, he also came to me before, and he said something about the resurrection of the man-eating Eldridge and the fact that the gods will be a thing of the past forever, I don't know what he is going to do, but it is certainly not a trivial matter." ”

The roasted crab on the table was already bare shell, Zhang Lin took out two bottles of wine, opened one of them and threw it to the old mage, without spilling a drop halfway, "Can you tell me why you let your daughter leave?" You should be strong enough to protect her, right? ”

"Wine? It's rare to see this thing in Lothric, there are too few crops here," the old mage took the bottle and sniffed, "As for letting Hezel go, it's nothing more than the danger of this forest because the flames are about to die, I don't want her to be in any danger when I'm not looking, not everyone is as talkative as you, she's just as competitive as her mother......"

"So you're going to send her away?" Zhang Lin looked at the old mage, "And you don't want her to learn your spells, after all, crystallized magic, a product derived from the White Dragon Hiss, is also taboo." ”

"Yes, Hezel is more like her mother, suitable to be a warrior or a knight, Klimt of the Dark Church is my student, he should be able to help me arrange Hazel's life, if she still wants to continue studying magic, I will find a way to send her to the academy in Biheim, after all, I used to be one of them. As for crystallized magic, it is true that it is not suitable for a human physique, and I don't want her to be affected by this power. ”

At this time, Hezel, who seemed to have been eavesdropping in the room, suddenly came out and said loudly: "Don't decide my life on your own, I will prove that your daughter and I are the most suitable heir for you." ”

"I'm doing this for your good!" The old mage obviously knew that his daughter was listening, so he deliberately said these words to Zhang Lin, and after leaving such a sentence, he disappeared in place as when he first appeared.

"Maybe he's really doing it for your good," Zhang Lin looked at the place where the old mage had disappeared, and then looked at Hezel, "You see you can't even beat me ......"

"Has anyone ever told you that you won't comfort people at all!" Hezel glared at Zhang Lin, then turned around and went back to his room, "Sleep, I'll leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Eh, where do I sleep?