Chapter 784: Dangerous Manor
From the beginning of entering the manor, everything you see in your eyes is a strong architectural style of the Elven Kingdom era, and when you arrive in the center of the manor, when you see this main building, you see a house with a strong Nilfgaard style, which makes anyone, even those who don't understand architecture, have a strong sense of disobedience, and in the eyes of those who are picky, they will want to tear it down and rebuild.
Although the builders of the manor were also aware of the sensory discomfort caused by the difference in style, they deliberately added some elements of the elven kingdom when building this Nelfgaard-style house, such as the statue decoration of the eaves, the shape of the doors and windows, and the overall color of the house, etc., but even this modification could not completely eliminate the sense of disobedience in the style gap.
Just like the style of the main building, the ancient elven inscriptions on the floor have also been artificially changed after spreading here, changing into another pattern, a magic array pattern that belongs to the warlock.
These warlock magic array patterns are very cleverly hidden in places that ordinary people can't detect, and they are covered with various decorations, enveloping the entire house in it.
At this moment, Leo is already completely sure that Josh Manor is a conspiracy from beginning to end, although he doesn't know what the other party is doing this for, but he can be sure that the other party's target is definitely not suitable for Baron Josh's family, otherwise the other party actually understands the ancient elven language, and even perfectly integrates the magic array of the ancient elven language and the magic array of the current warlock to make a new magic array, the other party's strength is extraordinary, and he is definitely the top person in this world of warlocks.
If such a powerful person really wants Baron Josh's life, he doesn't need to waste time playing this kind of trick at all, and as a direct result, Baron Josh's family can't waste much energy, he secretly manipulated Baron Josh to build this manor full of magic arrays, obviously there is a deeper level of intentions, but what makes Leo wonder is whether he has achieved this layer of intentions.
Because judging from all the circumstances, the purpose of this man behind the scenes does not seem to have been achieved, because if he had arranged such a big game, once he succeeded, it would naturally cause a great commotion in the whole of Tousente, but now it was only the death of the family of the Earl of Josh and the family of the vintner's family and their servants, and this casualty and the identity of the dead man obviously could not cause any commotion to Touscent, and the only adverse effect was that it became a forbidden place in Touscent folklore.
"Now that such a large layout has been completed, it is impossible to abandon it without doing anything, unless ......" Leo looked around and muttered to himself, "unless he was no longer here at the time, or perhaps there was something more important waiting for him, which was not so important to him." Or maybe something happened that held him back. ”
Thinking of this, Leo's mind began to search for all kinds of major events that had happened in this world in the past two years, and finally locked on one place, Senid Island.
If there is anything related to warlocks, and has a huge impact on all kinds of warlocks and mages in this world, then the Sunnid Island incident is definitely the first and last, after that incident, whether it is a female warlock or a male warlock, the influence of both female warlocks and male warlocks in this world has weakened to the extreme, and many warlocks died in that conflict, and the warlock who set up this game may also be one of the victims, and it is more likely that he was injured and could not appear.
"Vigo Fortez!" Leo quickly thought of Geralt's enemy, this person seemed to fit the identity of this mastermind very well, and this person was also capable of doing so, plus his status in the Nilvergard Empire, it was not impossible to know Baron Josh, and the timing was just right.
The discovery in front of him also made Leo more interested in this place, because the night god sighed that if the fragments of that book were really in the hands of Wigofortez, then he and Wigofortez would definitely have a battle, and if he could now pass through the magic array of this manor and have some knowledge of Wigofortez's overall strength in advance, then he would also occupy a part of the opportunity before the battle.
After discovering the secret of this manor, Leo did not continue to walk to the main building of the manor, because he did not know much about the magic array of the warlock in this world, obviously the power that caused him to hallucinate just now should be related to this magic array, and he was inevitably hit again, he decided to withdraw for the time being, and then come back after understanding the magic array here, or finding a few assistants.
As for the stone pillar carved by the monster, he didn't move, because this stone pillar happened to be the center of the entire manor magic array, once this stone pillar was moved, then the entire magic array would produce unpredictable changes, after a year or two of accumulation, I am afraid that a lot of energy has been gathered inside this magic array, if it bursts out at one time, something bad may happen.
Leo, who had made the decision, exited the manor the way he came, and when he re-opened the gate, he stood at the top of the gate and used his vision to look in the direction of the main building of the manor.
In his vision, the manor returned to its original splendour, the garden was manicured, the guests walked through the garden, and the laughter came from the manor, and people couldn't help but feel the urge to join in.
Leo carefully felt the effects of the illusions in the manor, and remembered the various reactions of his body to this effect, so that he could more easily break free in the future when he encountered the same situation.
After leaving the estate, Leo rode back to Frigilla's residence.
At this time, Sylvia had not yet left, she was discussing with Friengira where to build a temple of the fairies of the lake next to Lake Seravi, Geralt may have sensed that the conversation between the two was a little boring, and had left a long time ago, and it seemed that he should have met with his friends at Beran Manor.
When the two people in the house saw Leo return, they both got up one after another and asked if they had brought the stone pillar back.
Leo shook his head, and then, under their bewildered gaze, told them everything he had found in the manor and the inferences he had made.
Hearing Leo's words, Sylvia was nothing, and Friengira was completely stunned, and it took a while to come back to her senses, and asked a series of questions: "Really? Is that manor really a large magic array? You can't be mistaken, right? Why didn't I see it?"
Leo didn't say anything to explain, then walked over to the desk, picked up the pen on the table, and quickly drew on a piece of paper, and soon a well-positioned overlook of Josh's Manor appeared on the paper, and then he drew some ancient elven scripts, connecting each small garden square with the large expanse in the center of the manor.
Now looking at Josh Manor, a simple magic array appeared in front of the two of them, but there was something missing in the center of the magic array.
"Damn!" Frigilla's face became very ugly, as the Duchess's advisor, although she was ostensibly assisting the Duchess in handling some government affairs, she was actually more in charge of some special people in Touscent.
However, now that someone is so close to Bowcrane, quietly arranging such a large circle of demons that cannot be discerned, if this matter spreads and reaches the ears of the Duchess, then she will face the guilt of dereliction of duty, and even if she is a relative of the Duchess, I am afraid that she will not want to stay in the position of the Duke's advisor any longer.
In addition to being annoyed, Friengira quickly calmed down because she heard Leo's speculation about the mastermind behind the manor, and fell into deep thought, and after a while, she slowly said: "Your guess may be right, that manor may indeed have been designed by Vigo Fortez and then built by that idiot Josh." ”
Sylvia asked why she was so sure, and she went through what she remembered.
It turned out that Wigolfertz had tried to buy a manor here three years ago, although it was nominally for vacation, but in fact for what purpose, no one knew, and Fringira was well aware of the danger of Wigofortez, so she secretly blocked the deal.
Just a month after Wigofortez left, Baron Josh moved to Touscent, and the manor he bought was not far from the place that Wigofortez fancied, and there were rumors that the relationship between Baron Josh and Wigofortez was also extraordinary, and Frigila also felt that something was wrong at that time, but the manor transaction had been completed at that time, and Baron Josh was also very honest, without any abnormal actions, just concentrating on building the manor, so she didn't think about anything else.
Now after listening to Leo's words, Fringira found out that she was fooled by Vigo Fortez, and almost became a victim of Wigo Fortez's conspiracy, plus she was already very angry with Wildertez for using the Night God Sigh Fragment to control her emotions, so now it is even more new and old hatred, and if Wick Fortez is in front of her, she may have already made a move.
"What now?" Sylvia saw that Fringira was in a bad mood and said distractedly, "Are you going to tear it down?"
"No! Leo shook his head.
Frigila's attention shifted from her anger at Wigo Fortez to the topic, and she asked puzzledly, "Why? If that manor is hiding the conspiracy of Wigo Fortez, do you want to keep it there and wait for it to break out one day?"
"Forcibly demolishing it now will only make things worse. Leo patiently briefly explained the effect of the elven magic array arranged in the manor, and then said with a serious expression: " Since the day this manor was built, it has been constantly accumulating the surrounding power, and the events of a year or two have accumulated to an extremely large extent, and the surrounding birds, beasts and insects instinctively feel the danger there, and they all fled, if you forcibly demolish it now, it will only release the power accumulated there in an instant, and what kind of disaster will happen at that time, I think you should be able to predict it. ”
Frigila's face turned a little pale, and she still looked at Leo in disbelief, and said, "What you said is true, is there really such a danger there?"
"You can take a look now," Leo didn't explain, but raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Josh's manor, "After you've experienced it yourself, you shouldn't have this kind of question." ”
Fringira didn't respond to Leo's proposal, just kept her head down and didn't know what she was thinking.
Seeing Frigilla's expression, Leo seemed to guess something, and said, "You said before that you went to Josh Manor to investigate, so you must have encountered that kind of vision, right?"
Frigila's face became more and more ugly, obviously what happened at Josh's Manor made her a little reluctant to talk about it, so she changed the subject a little stiffly, and said, "What are you going to do now?"
Leo directly prescribed: "I need to know about the knowledge of your warlocks, whether it is a spell or a magic array, I want to understand." ”
Fringira thought for a moment and asked, "What are you willing to pay in exchange for this knowledge?" ”
Leo smiled, "How about helping you settle the affairs of Josh Manor?"
Frigila glared angrily, glared at Leo and said, "You don't have a bit of chivalry in doing this. ”
"You forget, I'm not a knight. Leo shrugged his shoulders and said.
Fringira turned to Sylvia and said, "Aren't you going to say something?"
And Sylvia shrugged her shoulders like Leo and said, "I won't meddle in his affairs, and he won't meddle in my affairs." ”
"You two are a perfect match. Fringira gritted her teeth, her eyes swept back and forth over Leo and Sylvia, and finally took a deep breath and said, "I can't pass on my knowledge to you without the consent of the Sorceress's Guild, but the person who will come tomorrow is Aalto of the Blue Mountains, he is not a member of the Sorceress's Guild, and he has no other organization to bind, so he can pass on his knowledge to you." With that, she paused, then added, "I can pay Aalto for you, but I have one request. ”
"What request?" asked Leo.
Fringilla thought for a moment and said, "Whatever you've researched from Josh Manor, copy it to me." ”
Leo frowned and said, "The magic array in Josh's manor is mainly composed of ancient elven languages, even if I copy a copy to you, can you understand it?"
"I really can't read it, but someone can read it. Fringira said in an accentuated tone, "Even if you can't understand it, that's my business, you don't need to care about it at all." ”
Leo thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Yes, I can agree to your request." ”
Fringilla may have felt that she had pulled a game back from Leo, and her face looked a little better, and then she led Leo to the study, specially selected some books from the bookshelf and handed them to Leo, telling her that these books were the most basic knowledge, and it would be good for him to read them before Aalto of the Blue Mountains came tomorrow, and then pulled Sylvia out of the study and continued what they had not finished talking about.