Chapter 47: The Alliance's Strongest Warlock
The garden behind the Tower of the Mages had been cleared, and Andomas and Margino Dumas were drinking tea with the black-robed men. The status of the three of them in the mage district was unmatched, and no one dared to offend and disturb them.
"Kanressad, old friend, try the chrysanthemum tea I brought back from Kalimdor, it will restore your spirits. Although it doesn't have the magical effect of the Red Bull Boss that has appeared recently, as a drink, I recommend it to you. Andomas said to the black-robed man with a smile.
The black-robed man named Kanressad took off his hood and revealed an ordinary middle-aged face, and he picked up his teacup with a smile and said, "Sometimes I really envy you mages, who can travel the world as you like, even in the most dangerous places. In contrast, we warlocks are too dependent on demons and neglect to practice our own skills. ”
Magino Dumas said without a smile: "Warlocks can borrow the powerful power of demons, which is actually no different from magic, it is all about the acquisition of power. There is only a difference in the way. As a warlock, you should know this better than we do. ”
"That's right! Kanressad is the strongest warlock ever seen by humanity and a member of the Council of the Six Blades. We are all laymen when it comes to understanding demons. Andomas echoed with a smile.
"It's over. That's just a name given by someone else. Kanressad shook his head with a wry smile and said, "If you really know the Warlock, you will know that this is a dangerous industry. Don't talk about that, let's get down to business. I'm here to ask you for help with some rune questions. I'm having some trouble carving out the circle, so I'd like to ask for it. ”
"Runes are Magino's specialty, and I'm sure he'll help you out." Andomas said with a smile.
Magino didn't speak, just nodded.
"That would be great. Actually, I came to look for it once a few days ago, but I found that none of you were in the tower. Your mage's whereabouts are erratic, and I finally caught you today. Kanressad said happily.
"I happened to be free today to help test the students' abilities. Magino only came back today. "Speaking of which, I met a very interesting person today. In the test, he has a lot of potential that I have never seen before! The intensity has never been seen before. ”
"But he's a waste." Magino said.
"Oh?" Kanressad asked with interest, "What happened?" ”
Andomas said in an emotional tone, "It happened before you came. During the potential test, the tester actually lit up all the runes. I've never seen anything like that. I'm afraid not even Medivan can do that. ”
"Actually lit up all the runes?" Kanressad looked surprised, "This is amazing! ”
"But the problem is in the back." Andomas sighed and continued, "Next, I'll test his mana strength. As a result, the wooden ball does not move at all. ”
"Huh, don't move? Do you say ......"
"You guessed it, his mana strength is zero. Usually we quantify mana in terms of mana, and I've never seen anyone with zero mana. Theoretically, this is impossible. Unless the person was born and raised in a place where there is no mana at all. Let's just say that this man surprised me more today than in the past few months. ”
As soon as Andomas finished speaking, Kanressad immediately stood up, grabbed Andomas, and asked, "This man, where is he now!" ”
Andomas could hear the excitement in Kanresad's tone, and he looked puzzled: "What's the matter, old friend, why are you so nervous?" ”
"This man, I want to meet him!" Sensing the gaffe, Canresard calmed down a little, but there was still a hint of excitement in his eyes.
"I can understand your feelings." Maggino Dumas said coldly: "This man has a lot of potential, he is a genius. But with all due respect, he doesn't have the slightest bit of mana. Without mana, you can't even do the most basic mana training. Without mana, no spells can be used. There was no way he could have become a warlock. ”
"No, you don't understand." Kanressad shook his head firmly and said, "You just need to tell me where he is." I'll go find him now. ”
"Very good...... Please feel free. Magino Dumas shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
"I'm sorry, old friend. But when you arrived, the man left. "I didn't pay attention to which direction he went." However, judging from the timing, he should still be in Stormwind City shortly after he left. ”
"I'll go find him."
Kanressad immediately walked out, not even caring about the purpose of his visit to the Mage Tower. He was now desperate to meet the man Andomus was talking about, a freak with terrifying natural potential, but no magic at all.
Perhaps, should the word be changed? Called a geek? Just like him, Canresard Eberlock, the most powerful human warlock of all time.
Li Quan didn't know that someone wanted to look for him as soon as he left. After watching the excitement, Li Quan left this sad place full of loss. He was full of hope to learn magic, but he was sentenced to death, not only could he not learn magic, but he could not use all the abilities related to mana.
Dejectedly wandering down the streets of the Mage District, Li Quan came to a street and found a bar across the street, with bubbling wine on the signboard of the shop. Li Quan walked in without thinking about it. The bar has a strange name, the slaughtered lamb.
As soon as he entered, Li Quan found that the bar was quite deserted, with only three or five drinkers sitting in a dark corner. Li Quan ignored this, sat down in front of the bar, and said, "A glass of dwarven ale." A handful of gold coins were thrown on the table by him.
The bartender standing behind the bar didn't look very old, he looked at Li Quan for a while, and asked with a smile, "Stranger?" First time in Stormwind? ”
"Yes." Li Quan mechanically replied. At the moment, he just wants to drink a few times more and use wine to kill his sorrows.
"Then you must try this." The bartender turned around to take the wine, and said to Li Quan with a smile: "Foreigners who come to me, drinking this kind of wine, will be 'forever' unforgettable...... his tone emphasized "unforgettable for a lifetime".
"Come on, then."
After a while, the bartender mixed a glass of wine in front of Li Quan and put it in front of him. Li Quan picked up the wine glass and looked at the wine inside, the color was black, put it under his nose and sniffed it, there was a smell of grass, and he didn't know what it was made of.
"Can you drink this thing?" Li Quan asked suspiciously.
"Of course. It's called the wine of eternal darkness. His method of concoction is very complex, requiring the use of several wild plants from Kalimdor. This wine is very popular there. The bartender explained with a smile.
"Oh, really?" Li Quan decided to give it a try.
Raise a glass and bring the wine to his mouth, smell it again, and say that the taste is really strange, and he will drink it when he opens his mouth. A hand held him down.
Li Quan turned his head, but saw a middle-aged man looking at him, pressing his hand on the hand holding the cup, and the middle-aged man said, "If I were you, I wouldn't drink this glass of wine." ”
"There's something wrong with this wine!?" Li Quan was not a fool and immediately came to his senses.
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded.
Li Quan looked at the bartender angrily. saw that the bartender just shrugged his shoulders and said lightly: "Kanressad, you ruined my business." ”
Kanressad smiled nonchalantly and said to the bartender, "Okay, Zare, I know him, don't beat his mind." ”
When the bartender heard this, he shrugged his shoulders again, motioned for the two of them to take care of themselves, and turned around to get busy.
Li Quan looked at the bartender whose name seemed to be Zare, and then turned his head to look at the middle-aged man standing beside him, a little unclear, what is the situation?
Kanressad smiled and said to Li Quan, "Come with me, I will explain to you." ”
Li Quan was unmoved, sat firmly in his seat and asked; "Who are you?" He was pretty sure he had never seen this guy before, dressed in a black robe, and looked middle-aged. This guy sounds like he knows himself, which is weird.
"I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Canresard Eberlock. It was Andromas and Magino who introduced you to me. I've been looking for you for a long time, but I didn't expect you to be here, it's really fate. Kanressad laughed.
High Mage Andromas? And that always cold-faced Margino Dumas? Middle-aged man in black robe...... Wait, is this person in front of you ......
Seeing the change in Li Quan's expression, Kanressad knew that Li Quan recognized him, and this was as it should be, and his name was known even to the farmers in Shining Gold Town. He's the strongest warlock in the Alliance, the greatest warlock in humanity! Kanressad himself had no aversion to these titles, and they brought him many conveniences.
"Follow me." With that, Kanressad turned and walked towards the bar.
Since he recognized the person who suddenly appeared, it was very likely that he had just seen him, the man who was said to be the strongest warlock in the alliance and was surrounded by the front and back, Li Quan had no reason to refuse to follow. Although he didn't know how the other party would find him, he didn't mind being close to this kind of character.
Li Quan followed behind Kanressad, and the two walked through the bar and walked all the way inside. There were very few people in the bar, and the surroundings seemed more and more empty. Li Quan was quite skeptical that this kind of bar would actually open.
Soon, they came to the innermost part of the bar and stopped in front of a wall. Li Quan couldn't help but ask curiously, "What did that guy give me to drink just now?" You won't let me drink it, so there's something wrong with the wine? ”
"It's the wine of eternal darkness." Kanressad stretched out his hand and pressed it against the wall seemingly casually, and replied with a smile, "I guess you're coming to Stormwind for the first time, at least for the mage quarter. For the average person will automatically turn away from the lamb that has been slaughtered. In this bar, there are often unsavory things happening, such as the eternal darkness wine that you drink. This is a very famous wine in Kalimdor, and it is famous for the fact that you will faint after just one sip. ”
I'll it! You actually drugged me in wine! Li Quan was immediately furious when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to go back and beat the bartender.
It's a shame that Kanressad came in time, otherwise eighty percent of himself would have been lying down at this time, and maybe they would have been chopped into meat fillings to make adult barbecued pork buns! Li Quan couldn't help but think of Zhang Qing, the vegetable gardener who opened a black shop in the Water Margin, and Sun Erniang, the dominatrix. Master almost fell on the road today.
At this time, I heard a "click", and the seemingly inconspicuous wall in front of me actually moved, and it was slashed to one side, revealing a dark passage. Kanressad looked back and smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Zare people are actually not bad. Just got the order to do something...... Well, there is something necessary. I've already said hello just now, and he won't trouble you again. ”
Li Quan was already stunned: "What the hell is this place?" ”
"You think it's a tavern? What you will see next is the true content of the lamb that has been slaughtered. ”
Following Kanressad, the two of them descended the dimly lit passageway.
The few torches on the walls on both sides of the tunnel do not serve any purpose at all. The people here don't seem to care about that at all.
The front of the passage suddenly opened up, and Li Quan noticed that there was light. He was well prepared, and if danger arose, he would be able to travel back in no time. Otherwise, he would be so bold to enter this kind of ghost place with a person who has only met once!
"Kanressad, you're here." In the darkness, with the sound coming, a black-robed man walked over. Li Quan followed Kanressad out of the passage and found that he had entered a rather spacious hall.
The hall is apparently underground, with a large bonfire in the middle as the only means of lighting. Li Quan also noticed that there were several people in the hall, and when he saw the two of them coming in, these people didn't seem to particularly care.
Kanressad nodded slightly at the black-robed man, and after the black-robed man walked away, Kanressad motioned for Li Quan to sit down, next to a wooden table with two wooden chairs next to him. It was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything but the campfire. It's a great place for a horror movie.
"I heard about you." After sitting down, Kanressad got straight to the point: "The testing methods of mages are usually very effective. They think you can't be a mage, and they're right. But if you say that you can't gain power without mana, I don't agree. ”
"You brought me here just to talk about this?" Of course, Li Quan really wants to gain strength, don't look at the fact that he can strengthen his physical fitness by 80% now, but when he really encounters danger, he is still a scumbag. This is the main reason for the desire to learn magic, and of course, the secondary factor has also been said, he is a fan of mages. The Lord is mighty!
"No, I just wanted to tell you that mana isn't everything." "There are many unsolved mysteries in the universe, and there are more than just those you know. If you crave strength, maybe I can help you. ”
"Now that you've heard about the test, you should know the results. It's not that I have low mana, it's that I don't have mana at all. Li Quan had already accepted the reality that as an earthling, he was born without the slightest mana in his body. He sighed and said, "I also want to learn, but the conditions don't allow it." I can't learn all the abilities that require mana. ”
"It's really a problem. Almost the vast majority of power is related to mana. This is a world built on mana, after all. Kamresard nodded, but he changed his mind and added, "But it doesn't matter. If I told you that you can be a warlock without even a shred of mana, would you believe it? ”
"Seriously?" Li Quan's eyes lit up immediately, he couldn't be a mage, but it was not bad to be a warlock.
"Since you're interested, let's give it a try." Kanressad got up and said with a smile.