Chapter 768: Gifts
Sylvia was also stunned on the spot, she didn't remember that there was a similar plot in the materials she had seen, it was obvious that this was an abnormal change outside the ritual, and it should be related to the fairy in the lake, which made her look at Leo.
As Sylvia had guessed, this was indeed an extra-ritual mutation, and Leo understood what the Lake Fairy was trying to do through the mark of the Lady of the Lake, so he said to Sylvia, "Put your weapon in the pool." ”
Hearing Leo's command, Sylvia did not hesitate, and put the sword and shield on her back and the dragon hunting spear in her hand into the pool.
However, a surprising scene happened, after these three weapons were put into the pool, not only did they not sink to the bottom of the water, but floated on the water, and were pushed by a force to slowly move to the center of the pool, and then the light in the pool instantly dispersed like broken glass, becoming countless points of light, and then the points of light were like fireflies, and the weapons floating on the lake converged, and soon they were all integrated into the weapons, and these three weapons also emitted a faint light, there was an inexplicable sense of sacredness.
"The fairy in the lake, this is the manifestation of the fairy in the lake!" a nobleman couldn't help but cry out in strong surprise in his heart, and the person next to him immediately covered his mouth, obviously not wanting the nobleman's voice to defile the miraculous scene in front of him.
The light of the three weapons began to retract until it was gone, and the weapons moved back to Sylvia's feet on the shore, propelled by an invisible force.
Sylvia bent down to pick up her weapon, relocated it to her body, and then bowed very respectfully towards the pool in the middle of the lake according to the etiquette of the Holy Lady of the Orthodox Court.
Although she is not a believer in the fairy of the lake, she has grown up listening to the stories of the lady in the lake since she was a child, and her admiration for the lady in the lake is no less than that of the believer.
After retreating from the edge of the lake into the crowd, Sylvia said to Friengira Vigo, "I'll go to Bowland tomorrow." ”
"Anna will be pleased. Frigila Vigo nodded.
Now that the ritual is complete, there is no need for everyone to stay here any longer, and they turn around and prepare to leave.
"I'll stay here for a while, and you go back first. At this time, Leo said to Sylvia.
The others had puzzled expressions on their faces, while Sylvia looked thoughtfully at the pond in the lake, nodded without asking more, and walked straight back.
When the others saw that Sylvia had left, they were curious about what Leo was going to do when he stayed, but they didn't want to ask, and they followed Sylvia with him.
When he came to the lake and saw that there was only one small boat, Geralt couldn't help but ask, "We drove the boat away, how is Leo going to leave?"
"It's okay, he'll have a way to leave. Sylvia signaled Geralt not to worry and boarded the boat.
At the same time, Leo was already standing next to the pond in the middle of the lake, looking at the deep water in front of him.
At this time, the center of the lake began to churn outward, as if there was a spring under the water, and it was not long before a green-skinned woman was seen rising from the lake.
Except that this woman was not wearing any clothes and her skin was green, her appearance and temperament were no different from the ladies of the lake he had seen before.
However, his spiritual net felt that the strength of this lake fairy was weaker than that of the lake lady, and the energy fluctuations emanating from her body had only reached the level of an eighth-level psionic at most, so the life suppression she formed on Leo would not cause an irresistible impact like other gods.
I saw that the fairy in the lake stepped on the water surface like flat ground, walked in front of Leo, looked Leo up and down, and said: "I really didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to see people in that world, and I can still feel this familiar imprint, are you her believer?"
"It's not. Leo replied truthfully, "She's just curious about me." ”
The fairy in the lake was slightly puzzled when she heard Leo's words, and then walked around Leo, looking at Leo carefully as she walked, and after returning to Leo's front, she also showed an interested look, and said: "No wonder she is curious about you, it turns out that your body is so interesting, it can hold so many divine imprints at the same time, and there are no side effects, this is too amazing, it doesn't look like a natural product." ”
Faced with the words of the fairy in the lake, Leo just smiled and did not make a more specific response.
"Let me see what's in her sigil?" said the Lake Fairy, holding out her hand to Leo's chest.
Then, he saw a burst of green light shining from the hands of the fairy in the lake, penetrating Leo's body.
The power and psionic energy contained in the blood of Leo's body were all reacted by the First Family, wanting to squeeze out this external energy, but he suppressed his own power and instead took the initiative to channel it into the mark of the Lady of the Lake.
Soon the Fairy of the Lake obtained the information that the Lady of the Lake had left in the Seal from the imprint, and her originally calm face was instantly surrounded by surprise and confusion, and then she did not withdraw the power that had been integrated into the Lady of the Lake's imprint, but forcibly cut it off, withdrew her hand from Leo's chest, and said to herself: "I didn't expect it to succeed!
Seeing the lake fairy so out of shape, Leo was also curious about what the lake fairy saw in the mark of the lake lady, but he still resisted his curiosity and did not ask.
After her mood returned to normal, the fairy of the lake looked at Leo with some surprise and asked, "Don't you wonder why he did this?"
"I'm curious!" Leo replied, "but I also know very well that when my abilities are not met, I will only hurt myself by touching this knowledge, and I will not gain anything." ”
"Yes, a very clever thing to do. The fairy in the lake nodded, and said, "I also left something in that mark, if you reach the strength of the point, take a look! ”
"Okay. Leo nodded.
The fairy of the lake retreated to the surface of the water and said, "You have brought me important news today, and I should give you something in return." ”
Leo said in a deep voice, "You have already given me something in return!"
"No, that's not a reward, I like that knight a lot, give her a reward, and at the same time be able to spread my reputation, isn't it?" As she spoke, a thoughtful look appeared on the fairy of the lake, and after a while, as if she had thought of something, she asked Leo, "You should be a wizard, right?"
"Yes. Leo admitted.
"I have something here that would be useful to you, a powerful mage left me here from the past. As she spoke, the fairy of the lake crouched down and reached into the water to fumble for a moment, and then saw her take out something like a crystal ball.
The crystal ball itself is not peculiar, the peculiar thing is that there is a flame burning inside the crystal ball, and if you look closely, you will find that there is a ring in the flame.
The moment she saw this crystal ball, the look on Leo's face became serious, because she felt the breath of the end of everything in the crystal ball, or in the flames in this crystal ball, it was a very special dead silence, a dead silence without any hope.
Obviously, the flame with the black ring in the crystal ball should have come from the place where it all ended.
"Do you know what this thing is?" the fairy of the lake immediately asked, seeing the change on Leo's face.
"I don't know. Leo lied, "I just feel that this thing is evil, and looking at it makes it feel like all hope is being swallowed up." ”
"It's evil, indeed. The fairy of the lake also nodded in agreement with Leo's words, and then threw the crystal ball in her hand to Leo very casually, and said, "However, now it's yours." ”
Leo took the crystal ball into his hand, looking at the smiling fairy in the lake, he couldn't help but cry and laugh, he now understood that the fairy in the lake was not a gift at all, it was simply a trouble, judging from the action that he couldn't wait to throw the thing to himself, this thing had obviously become a big trouble in her hands.
However, Leo does not refuse such trouble, he is interested in anything in the End, and the black ring flame inside the crystal ball may hide the secrets of the End.
"Thank you for the gift! I am very satisfied with this gift. Under the slightly surprised gaze of the fairy of the lake, he took the crystal ball into his pocket and asked, "Can you tell me who gave this thing to you?"
"A nasty mage!" Although the fairy of the lake was curious about Leo's crystal ball in such a happy hand, she didn't ask much, and after hearing Leo's question, she immediately replied: "It seems that his name is Azulie, and his teacher Cosimo is also a nasty fellow." ”
"Azulie, Cosimo?" Hearing these two names, Leo felt a little familiar, and he suddenly remembered the history of the witcher mentioned by Geralt, the mage who created the witcher was called Azulie and Cosimo, and it was a master-apprentice relationship.
Thinking of this, Leo was about to ask the Lake Fairy for more details, such as where the crystal ball was obtained by the two mages, but he found that the Lake Fairy had disappeared from front of him without knowing when, and the Lake Pond returned to its original calm, and Leo could no longer feel the location of the Lake Fairy through the mark of the Lake Lady. It seems that if it wasn't for the Fairy of the Lake who did something in the imprint, then he had blocked the connection with the Imprint of the Lady of the Lake.
Seeing that he could no longer get any news from the fairy in the lake, Leo turned and left the pond in the middle of the lake, and when he came to the island in the middle of the lake, he used his psionic energy to attach to his feet, and then stepped on the water as if he were stepping on flat ground, and walked forward.
Because the lake is very calm, he walks very fast, from a distance it looks like someone is gliding on the lake, and this scene happened to be seen by some people who came to play in Lake Seravi, but because of the distance, the water vapor on the surface of the lake, and the color of Leo's armor, etc., they saw only a figure walking on the lake, and they could not see the more specific form.
However, even this was enough to arouse the reverie of these people, some of whom were also believers in the prophet Rebioda, and when they saw this scene, they immediately thought of something, and exclaimed in unison, Rebioda.
Later, word spread in Tousent, and Lake Seravi became the new sanctuary of the Rebioda faith, where many devotees came to worship and even discussed the possibility of building a shrine here.
However, more people thought that this was another Pregmontian hoax, in order to support the abnormal climate of Touscent to absorb some believers, so they ignored the matter.
The news of Lake Serravi reached the Beran Manor that night, and Sylvia, who heard the news, came to ask Leo if he had done it, because according to the time at that time, and the figure moved its position, it was obvious that someone had stepped on the surface of the lake and left the island in the middle of the lake by some means, and only Leo was able to do so at that time.
And, in the face of Sylvia's inquiry, Leo just smiled and didn't explain much.
Leo was not at all interested in the commotion caused by the misunderstanding at the moment, and his current mind was nothing but the black ring flame that he had put into the storage space except for the ruins of the underground elves.
When Leo returned to Belan Manor, he put the Black Ring Flame into storage.
However, the moment it was stored in the storage space, the crystal ball outside the black ring flame instantly dissipated because it touched the crystallized magic book, and the black ring flame also touched the crystallized magic book.
The moment the two touched each other, the entire Crystallized Magic Book burst into flames, and the Black Ring Flame was also integrated into the Crystallized Magic Book.
This abrupt change happened so suddenly that Leo had no time to organize when he found out, and even the flames had already enveloped the other objects around him.
Just when Leo thought that the materials he had prepared might burn, he found that everything was intact, as if the flames were hallucinations.
Leo had the urge to take the burning crystallized spellbook out of storage, but he suppressed the urge because he felt that taking it out now might trigger a series of unforeseen changes or disasters.
So, he quietly observed the changes in the crystallized magic book, and even after nightfall, he rested with Sylvia, and most of his spirit was still in the storage space.
About ten more than ten hours have passed, there are still a few hours before dawn, the servants in the manor have already gotten up and started to prepare breakfast, the crystallized magic book in the storage space has also begun to change at this time, the flame attached to it has begun to weaken, and finally disappeared, the overall change of the crystallized magic book is very small, only the color is slightly dim, and there is a black ring flame mark on the surface.