Chapter Twenty-Three: Opportunity
A horse-drawn carriage drove by, startling the sleeping wild dogs on the side of the road, and they barked incessantly, drawing loud insults from nearby residents.
Andrew drove the carriage and whipped the two sturdy red horses with a whip and shouted loudly.
Inside the carriage, Liam sat cross-legged, the colorless shield enveloping him, and little Harpy sat outside the shield, two blue ghost fires burning silently in his pitch-black pupils.
The shield blocked out all sounds, and the violent jolting of the carriage was not even felt inside, "Is this a special spiritual space made of angel bone powder?" Liam finally understood why he had asked little Harpy to give some bone meal for the first time, and the other party glared at him with extremely resentful eyes.
It's more wasteful than wiping your ass with gold paper, and it's a waste of heaven.
Although Liam was a little heartbroken, fortunately it was not a one-time consumable, and when he was promoted to Magician (level 4) next time, little Harpy would grow up again.
Exhaling a breath and throwing away the cluttered mind, the spirit and spirit were completely united at this moment, and the consciousness spread to the body, and in the darkness, two golden runes were slowly rotating around the heart.
Liam condensed his consciousness into a pen that traced the intricate and obscure runes around the heart, in the dark space.
Every rune comes from the Grim Reaper's lineage, no one teaches it, no one teaches it.
From the moment he became the heir, all this knowledge was imprinted in his mind.
The process of depiction is the process of inscription, and each failure will consume a lot of spirit and magic, and three failures will make even Liam's mana storage more than ordinary people a little unbearable.
Liam was hesitant to make a fourth depiction, the three failures brought a lot of experience, and he already knew a lot about the third rune, how to draw it from what angle and direction, and how to inject magic and mental power into the final pen so as not to interrupt the cycle.
Check your own condition, you must pay attention to the physical condition of the inscription rune, if the body is very weak and forcibly inscribed, it is very likely to cause the body to lose control, the probability of this danger is linked to the level, the higher the level, the greater the probability.
The mental power is enough, and the magic power can only be depicted barely once, and if it fails again this time, it will only have to wait for another three days.
Liam made the decision, and the spiritual power carried the magic to carve a complex and obscure rune in the dark space.
Hold your breath and concentrate throughout the whole process, not daring to slack off in the slightest, the magic power is under the control of spiritual power, and the amount of usage is exactly the same.
Unconsciously, the control of magic is on a higher level, simple low-level magic, you don't even need to start, you can release it directly (as for why you don't need to chant a spell to release magic, because magic is directly activated with runes in the body, as long as you learn magic, you can release it, but some magic needs to start).
Time passed minute by minute, and the rune was nearing its end, the tip of the pen condensed by the spiritual power calmly and forcefully outlined a thin line, the thin line passed through the center accurately, and stopped in the center of the semicircle at the beginning of the pen, this pen connected the entire rune into one, forming a perfect closed body, and the magic inside was at one point from beginning to end.
"Little loop, done." Liam was completely relieved, and in this way, the preconditions for promotion to mage were finally completed, three runes, three small cycles.
As expected, golden energy gushed out from that rune, flooding the entire sea of consciousness in the blink of an eye.
Liam opened his eyes and exhaled a breath, the surging energy in his body was completely absorbed by the spirit, the empty magic was full, and the energy was also expanded, and in a few seconds, a young level 3 magician appeared.
Little Harpy's body has become larger, his bones are more delicate and white, some cracked bones are healing rapidly, missing bones are growing rapidly, and the faint small flames in his pupils have become more vigorous and the color has become more profound.
The spiritual space was lifted, Liam stretched, and the "curtain" was silently activated, and the surrounding colors were in full view.
"The consumption of the "curtain" has become smaller, and at this level, it can last about an hour and a half, and if you use the ability to modify your thoughts and emotions, I am afraid it will only be five minutes." Liam made a rough estimate and turned to look at little Harpy standing guard.
"The color of black and gray is heavier, tombstones appear in the black mist, skulls appear in the gray mist, and it seems that little Harpy has also become a level 3 lich mage." Liam confirmed the other party's status, and had some conjectures in his mind about the former king of angels.
Raman said that each king of angels has their own abilities and grows in different ways.
Judging from the performance of Little Harpy, it should be a "young" angel, and the growth of strength is linked to me, just like the characters and pets in the game.
Thinking of this, Liam inevitably thought of the classic line, "A dog at the beginning, all the equipment depends on grabbing".
Although the beginning did not crush the strong strength of the novice village, the growth is still remarkable, hey.
Liam reluctantly comforted himself in his heart, after all, who doesn't want a big guy who flies with him.
Suddenly, the "Veil" perceives a different color that had never been seen before Level 3, "Cloudy Silver." β
Liam lifted the curtain along the curved silver and looked up.
The turbid Milky Way stretched out of the darkness like a zigzag canal, looking for the source, the dark mansion sat quietly not far away, the open iron door was like an open mouth, and the silver canal drilled down from the pool in the center of the courtyard.
"There's something else hidden underground." Liam didn't know what the cloudy silver represented, but the color was only visible at level 3, which was telling.
What does the color that cannot be seen until the three runes are inscribed...
The letter from Sean wrote that the Joshua family had existed for a hundred years and was a very strange family, and the first patriarch believed in the dark will, which was a terrifying existence hostile to the creator god.
"What Sean said is true, this Joshua horror is not just a simple believer, what is hidden under this mansion, is it related to this "shadow"? Liam wondered why Joshua became a viscount, and history records that Joshua excelled at the Battle of "Bronch", killing the imperial general "Bronch".
"The History of Baoqi Yano records this general, regardless of his grandeur for the time being, his strength alone is the Golden Knight (Level 8 Sage)."
"A few words are written in 'Berg's Song of Fire and Sword' about the first Joshua, a handsome, brave, wide-ranging, and extraordinary gentleman, who had a beautiful wife, who was a brilliant black pearl, an unfortunate man favored by darkness, and a powerful black-feathered angel."
Black Pearl, an unfortunate man favored by nature, a black-feathered angel.
A bold guess appeared in my mind, and the truth buried in history may lie beneath this mansion.
The carriage drove into the courtyard and stopped in front of the house.
Liam sat down, a few dim lamps illuminating the corridor, and rows of armor were replaced with oil paintings at some point.
Walking in, the sound of clattering footsteps echoed in the deep corridor.
Coming to the living room, Liam subconsciously looked up at the study, and in the "curtain", the study did not have any color.
Liam was stunned for a moment, then understood.
The old viscount was not in the study, and he actually left.
"He's goneβ" Liam chanted a name in his mind, and in the darkness, a small figure slowly appeared.
"Harpy, do you have a way to check the entire mansion and make sure the old viscount is not there."
Little Harpy nodded, raised his hands and pressed them to the ground, the burning ghost fire suddenly brightened, and an invisible dark energy spread outward with this as the center.
The energy was silent, moving only through the ground and walls, and the location of all living beings was outlined in Harpy's mind.
Little Harpy shook his head, indicating that the other party was indeed not in the mansion.
"It's a rare opportunity." Liam immediately made up his mind and hurried towards the study on the second floor, followed by little Harpy.
Arriving at the door, Liam took out a scroll and unfolded it and stuck it on the door.
Because he had just been promoted to level 3 magic apprentice, he had not had time to depict magic in the runes, so he could only use ready-made scrolls now.
Each scroll is white silver, but the situation is urgent, and I can't care about it.
The magic was infused into it, and the scroll ignited a flame, which burned a silver vortex of water on the door.
Level 3 magic "Water Wall Over Stone".
Liam stepped inside, and little Harpy stepped in.