The Thornton family was once a small lord on the southeastern border of the Kingdom of Gambis, and the Emerson family has served the Thornton family for generations, and his grandfather and father were both the hunting directors of the Baron Thornton. The eldest son of this vassal family, Imerson would inherit the position of chief of hunting, and he began to learn about various animals from an early age, assisting his grandfather and father in managing the lord's cattle and sheep, treating sick livestock, training hounds and horses, and inspecting the wild resources of the barony.

From an early age, Emerson was clever and showed a talent for taming animals, and the hounds and horses he trained were full of spirit and knew how to cooperate with their masters. With these excellent hunting dogs, the Thornton family has always been able to shine in the hunting activities of the nobility. As a result, Emerson was so highly regarded by Baron Thornton that at the age of 20 he replaced his father as the head of hunting for the Barony of Thornton.

In the internal system of the lord, the position of the chief of the hunt was second only to that of the lord's steward. Emerson became the head of the hunt at the age of 20 and immediately became a hot figure in the Thornton family. In the same year, the baron's butler married his youngest daughter to the young and promising Imerson.

The marriage to the butler's daughter was the most beautiful moment of Emerson's life, the resident priest Pike presided over the wedding, the Baron Thornton personally witnessed their marriage, the leading vassals of the family sent their blessings to the newlyweds, and Thornton's father's face was full of pride, because his son was the best hunter, the best veterinarian, the best animal trainer, and the best hunting master.

At the time, no one knew that Emerson was a wizard.

At the age of 14, Emerson realized that he could comprehend the meaning of various animals, and he immediately realized that he might be a legendary wizard. After all, Imerson, who had received an acolyte's education, was not an ignorant farmer's child, and he kept this secret in his heart and did not confide in anyone.

For a period of time, Emerson was burdened with heavy psychological pressure, and he no longer dared to approach the animal, became in a trance, depressed, and became emaciated, and finally fell ill. The heir to the hunting master is afraid of animals, and Emerson has become the laughing stock of Thornton Collar. In order to save the family's reputation, my grandfather spent 400 gold soles on the priest when ordinary herbal medicine was ineffective, and asked the priest to perform magic for Imosen.

The effect of the magic was surprisingly good, and Emerson was able to walk in the field at that time, and the next day he went out with his father to take care of the lord's livestock, and gradually showed his extraordinary talent for taming animals. Rumours of the hunting steward's family were swept away, and Imerson's parents thanked the priest and donated money to the church.

In fact, magic is good at healing wounds, and the healing effect on diseases can only be regarded as ordinary, and sometimes it is not as good as herbal medicine. The real cure for the resident priest was a heart disease, and Imerson was completely relieved to find that the priest who had discovered the Lord of Radiance was not aware of his wizard status.

Since then, Emerson has become more and more emboldened, and has begun to use his abilities to train hounds and horses, becoming the greatest trainer of the Thornton family.

If it weren't for an accident, Emerson might have been able to live like this forever.

It was the third year after Bale was born, and Emerson accompanied his wife to her parents' home with her three-year-old daughter. At noon that day, Bell was taking a nap, and Emerson obeyed his wife's instructions to go into the room to take care of his baby daughter, and while he was wiping Bell's sweat, he suddenly awakened the third witchcraft - wisdom guidance. It was a high-level sorcery, and Imerson's hand on Bell's forehead directly embodied red runes, which happened to be seen by the maid. The woman thought Bell was a wizard and screamed loudly.

Bell's uncle barged in, and he saw the runes spinning on Bell's forehead, Emerson trying to cover it with his hands, and the maid yelling at Bell. So, he quickly closed the door and killed the maid on the spot, at which point Imerson also controlled the rune and caused it to dissipate.

But it was too late, and the appearance of a wizard's heir would be disastrous for the vassal family, and in order to retain their position of power, both parties unanimously decided to secretly execute Bell. Emerson acquiesced, but his wife fled with Bell overnight. Emerson and Bale's uncle caught up with the mother and daughter in the wild, and Bale's mother died at the hands of her brother in order to protect her daughter. His wife's dying pleas and Bell's cries touched Emerson's conscience and fatherly love, and he killed his wife's brother and fled with Bell and several hounds.

Emerson has a wealth of knowledge about survival in the wild, and with the help of alienated hounds, they wander day and night, and finally enter the Centaur Hill, where they have never been far away from the human world. However, the Centaur has a strong aversion to the Aliens, killing all of Emerson's Alien Hounds and banishing the father and daughter to the Lizard Swamp before migrating.

The lizard swamp is full of dangers, and Imerson relies on more than 30 alienated rats to survive, and it is not until he successfully alienates a swamp dragon lizard that he can be considered to have a firm foothold. Later, the alien dragon lizard Itugos swept through the ogre tribe, and Emerson finally took a territory in the Swamp and formed a relationship with the Half-Dragon tribe. At the prompting of the half-dragonman, Emerson avoided the ant tide and was eventually captured by Jack.

Emerson tells the story brilliantly, and with his old face, gray hair, and occasional choking, his experience is simply a tear-jerking movie, and people can't bear to question the veracity of the story. Unfortunately, Victor still found many loopholes, but now is not the time to debunk them.

"Communication will, alienated creatures, wisdom guidance, these three types of witchcraft of yours, only wisdom guidance needs to manifest runes, and the other two will not attract the attention of the priest?"

Emerson wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and whispered, "Yes, my lord." ”

"Then you can alienate a creature for me now. Victor said with interest.

Alien creatures are of great value to their lords. Victor's request made Emerson secretly happy, but he was currently mentally weak and could not use alienated creatures, so he had to explain in fear: "My lord, my injuries are not healed, and I am afraid that it will be a few days before I can perform witchcraft." ”

"So, can the flesh and blood of the alienated creatures you created with sorcery alienate other creatures?"

"This ...... It seems that it can't. ”

Emerson hesitated, he didn't dare to lie on this issue, and said honestly: "The creatures I have alienated are not natural alienations, and their flesh and blood are ineffective against ordinary creatures. ”

"Is that useless?" asked Victor deliberately.

"My lord, I can control the alien creatures, as long as you give them time to grow, they are definitely stronger than your ferocious wolves. Emerson struggled to defend himself, hinting at his worth to Victor.

Alienation is rarer than ferocity, and most of the alienated beasts are insect-like low-level creatures, while intelligent species will never be alienated. Alienated creatures have strange forms, but they always develop in a direction conducive to killing, and their bodies become extraordinarily large, and their strength and agility increase exponentially, making them much more dangerous than ferocious animals.

Alienated beasts have low intelligence, have strong bloodthirsty instincts, and are unable to reproduce. However, the flesh of the Alienated Beast causes other creatures to become alienated, but this alienation contagion will gradually weaken, and eventually an entirely new species will be formed.

In the time of the Chosen One, wizards used the flesh and blood of alienated creatures to breed powerful war beasts, a method that has been passed down to this day. The Swift Dragons of Gambis, the Unicorns of the Rand Empire, and the Sword Spiders of Neville are all war beasts cultivated by the method of alienation, and the knights formed by them and the knights are the strategic forces of each kingdom.

The physique, strength and endurance of the alienated war beasts are not inferior to the ferocious animals, and the combat effectiveness is even better, and their offspring are equally powerful, but their intelligence is slightly worse than that of the ferocious animals, and they do not have a keen intuition to see the danger, in addition, the alienated war beasts only eat meat, and the cost of raising is surprisingly high.

Imerson's alien creatures can't breed alienated war beasts, so they lose their greatest value, although he emphasizes that they can be controlled and strengthened, which is exactly what Victor doesn't need.

Victor will never cultivate uncontrolled power, and the stronger the power Imerson wields, the more he will not tolerate it. What's more, with the Alchemy Dragon Lizard, Victor didn't have much interest in the Alienated War Beast.

In Victor's opinion, the only value of this sorcery is to provide strong alien beast leather, but it also depends on the cost of feeding and the quality of the leather.

Victor is more concerned about Immerson's relationship with the lizardmen than the alienated creatures.

"You can communicate with the lizardmen?"

"What's the relationship between the lizardman and you?"

"Do you have a deal with that lizard tribe?"

"How big is that lizardman tribe and how strong is it?"

Victor asked very carefully, and Emerson answered them one by one, and also introduced some habits of the lizardmen, but he didn't know that the alchemy militia knew more about the lizardmen than he did.

Lizardmen are amphibious, fishing and hunting for a living, raising snake demons as war beasts, and the members of the tribe are close, but the tribe is very indifferent to each other, and there is even a blood feud. The Hydra Lizard is a totemic beast worshiped by the lizardmen, in order to get close to the territory of the Hydra lizard, there are often fierce battles between tribes, and the powerful lizardman tribes can serve the Hydra lizard and reproduce under the protection of the giant beast. The weaker tribes can only be driven away, struggling to survive in the dangerous swamp, and fend for themselves.

The lizardman tribe that Emerson is good friends with only has more than 500 members, raising 13-headed snake demons, which can only be regarded as a small tribe, according to the 30 to 1 ferociousness ratio of the lizardmen, this small tribe has a maximum of 20 fierce lizardmen, and its strength is very average.

In fact, this tribe of lizardmen has regarded Itugos as a totemic beast that thrives in its territory. Now that Itugos has lost control and become a true alien creature, the tribe is a bloody mustard that will be questionable if they will survive, let alone trade with them.

The recent lizardman tribe was finished, and Victor was in a bad mood, he glanced at Emerson and said coldly, "Imerson, I hate being deceived the most. ”

Imoson's face turned pale, he did hide something, but it was also for Belle's safety, at this time he could only bite the bullet and say: "My lord, I will never dare to deceive you." ”

"Really?" Victor said lightly, "You said, you and Belle have been in the Everglades for more than ten years. As he spoke, Victor pointed to Belle with a confused face and asked in a cold voice, "Are you blind to me?"

According to Imerson, Belle fled at the age of three, spent twelve years in the Swamp, and is now at least 15 years old. A 15-year-old girl can already get married, but Victor sees Belle as a 7 or 8-year-old girl.

"My lord, I don't know why, Belle...... She's just growing up so slowly. ”

Emerson stood up, bowed to Victor, and explained, "Belle may have eaten too little salt when she was young, she grew up very slowly, and she couldn't speak. During this time she has grown a lot taller, and there are ..... There are so many. Imerson gestured a gap with his finger and said with a sad face: "My lord, I really didn't lie to you!"

Looking at Imerson's anxious sweat, Victor was silent, there are also people on earth who are stunted and even not developed, which is a congenital disease.

Thinking of this, Victor also agreed with Imerson's explanation, but there was still a doubt.

"Have you ever been kidnapped by an ogre, and the next day, you rescued her?"

"Yes, sir. ”

Victor sneered, "After a day in between, the ogres didn't eat Belle?

It's a fact that after the ogre catches Belle, the tribe members get into a mess to decide how to divide the little one. Eventually, the tribal leader proposed to fatten up the little ones and divide them again, and the ogres applauded. As for what fat is, the clan members refer to the Ogre Chief's standard, as it is the fattest. If Emerson hadn't rescued Belle, she would have been able to live in the ogre tribe.

Don't say that Victor doesn't believe in this kind of thing, Imerson is also confused, he smiled bitterly: "I really don't know why." ”

Victor always felt that Emerson was hiding something, but he didn't want to push too hard, this wizard's ability was very valuable, and Belle was his weakness.

As long as Belle is in his hands, Victor is not afraid that Emerson will be able to turn the tables.

Victor instructed the four fully armored barberry militiamen, "Take Mr. Emerson and Miss Belle down to rest." ”

When Emerson and his daughter left the hall, Victor turned to Jack and said, "Three days later, you quietly took Emerson to the hill camp.

"I want to see if he can communicate with the fishman!"