The place 60 away from Buhe Village (note) is mivila, an important town in the north of Taran.
It was originally just a military castle built in the northern hills. After the civil war, although the town's geographical location was partial, it still became one of the important towns in the north because it was a training base for war wolves.
Early in the morning, a figure appeared out of thin air in the courtyard of the alchemy yard in the east of the city. Victor wood, who was mixed with blood, frightened many people who took a nap here.
Everyone sent him to the medical room. When the old Dean arrived, he saw his most proud disciple lying in the hospital bed. There was no blood on his face.
"Dean." Emma, the exclusive physician of the alchemy, reported to him with a heavy face, "the tongue has been cut off."
"What?!" Fisher was surprised and angry.
A magic genius has his tongue cut off. No matter how talented he is, he can't reach the highest level of magic. The honor of the mage has become a fantasy. What should the child who puts everything on magic do in the future?
I didn't expect Victor to die when he went back to visit the doctor. I knew this would happen. I should stop him from going back
The old man sat down beside Victor with pity and regret and clenched his pale hand. His fingers were not as cold as the body temperature of a living person. Just when Fisher was surprised, Victor opened his eyes.
Emerald's eyes have no previous resentment and extreme, but are replaced by indifference and calm.
The Lich Victor knew he had to 'wake up' or the mentor of the person it possessed would notice the difference.
The undead has no temperature. No matter how you look like an ordinary person. A body is a body after all.
The female doctor examined victor in detail. Fortunately. Except for oral wounds. Other places are just bruises and bruises.
No one expected it. The inner soul has been replaced.
Silence made the atmosphere in the ward a little depressed. Fisher tapped Victor on the shoulder. Comfortingly, she also tried to change this depression: "as long as you work hard, you can still become a * * teacher. My child. Don't be discouraged. Feel at ease and recover."
The Lich turned too far. Use silence instead of answer.
It projects its vision onto the portrait hanging on the wall. Avoid meeting the eyes of the elderly.
Although the puppet corpse can perfectly cover up the unique * * smell of undead creatures, its eyes can't disguise.
Unexpectedly, this caution was regarded as sadness and fear by the old man.
Fisher sighed and walked out of the ward. After the female doctor explained not to get out of bed and drink and eat, she also left. The only thing left in Nuo Da's ward was the Lich lying on the comfortable bed.
The first step of lurking has been successful. It begins to think and formulate future plans. Because the possessed human has the same name as himself, he uses his surname as a difference.
There is no doubt that the old man knows wood's identity.
As a tutor, I didn't ask why I was injured, and I didn't ask the origin of the murderer. Obviously, I already know what happened to the apprentice.
Poor wood, a fool, didn't know that even he became a mage was manipulated by others.
Although Fisher is old, he is strong. He doesn't look like a clumsy man who broke his leg to pick herbs. Moreover, an alchemist who is a Dharma practitioner can also use magic. How can he get injured and lie in the mountains and forests and be rescued home by him.
The only possibility is that the old man was entrusted by wood's biological father to look for the lost offspring.
Thinking of this, Victor took out the burden brought out by Buhe village and searched again. Finally, he found a diary among several old clothes and a lot of alchemy materials, which recorded some important events in wood's five-year study course. Based on these records, it is more convinced of its own inference.
From the brief meeting just now, Victor also saw that Fisher was not an ordinary alchemist.
There was a nobility in the old man's speech and behavior that could not be concealed. Only the rich family could cultivate such a natural rather than deliberately disguised temperament.
Although mivila is an important town in the north, it is dwarfed by the capital Jingyao. It can make noble nobles give up their luxurious and stable life and commit themselves to such a remote town... It seems that your father is not an ordinary nobleman, wood.
Although there is no object that can be investigated and traced, Victor calculated the identity of wood's father with various clues, such as living in Jingyao, the capital, a prominent aristocrat, an undisclosed illegitimate son, an aristocratic guardian and so on.
If not the elder of the magic association, it is the great aristocrat of the Principality of Taran.
Close the diary and the Lich has made a decision.
Unless necessary, it will not give up this identity.
In another ten years, there will be a round of light and darkness war every hundred years. If this time fails again, the light calendar will be superimposed to the sixth period. Even the great Lich who ignores time will feel unhappy. The undead belongs to the dark series.
Victor's thinking has shifted from the status of possessed person to its task.
Although it was only an accident to choose this boy at the beginning, I didn't expect that his life experience was unexpectedly suitable.
Lurking in human society, when an ordinary mage is far from meeting paglott's requirements, what the Lich wants is to get secrets about the battle ten years later. Ordinary mages are not qualified.
Entering the top level of the magic association requires at least the rank of a mage. This is an almost impossible task for a tongue less person.
For the Lich Victor, the noble blood that human Victor hates extremely is an indispensable part to complete the task.
Aristocrats, illegitimate children, family heirs, these things can become a smokescreen to hide the rapid climb.
According to wood's memory, Victor calculated that besides Fisher, there were other people in mivila who informed Jingyao of wood's every move, but... They belonged to the party who wanted to remove wood.
Although he was born from a concubine, as the eldest son, wood had orthodox inheritance rights, which was the reason for his death. Some people didn't want him to fight for their rights, so they paid a lot of money to the third killer organization in the principality.
Thinking of the killer who killed Victor, the Lich couldn't help grinning and showing a deep smile.
Just like the dead young mage, a novice will not pose any threat to it at all. The important task of assassinating the illegitimate son of a great noble was entrusted to a novice. The so-called Taran ranked third, but so.
Since Victor wood is still alive, frost wolf can't give up and will come back to remedy it. As a stage for removing the hired killers who return again and the behind the scenes, mivila town is obviously more suitable than Jingyao.
In the early stage of the fusion of puppet corpses, we should not use this newly obtained new body too much. Of course, the Lich will not choose to go to Jingyao at this time.
The smaller the city, the easier it is to control.
Whether it's people or situations.
"Squeak..."
The door of the lounge was pushed open. Victor heard the reputation and saw the doctor who had left earlier return with a steaming pottery cup in his hand.
"Drink this." the middle-aged woman named Emma handed over the earthenware cup filled with milky white liquid, with a caring look on her face: "you can only drink liquid things recently, and avoid hot food, which is not good for the demobilization of the wound."
Obediently, Victor frowned at the moment the liquid entered his mouth.
"What's the matter?" Emma immediately approached with concern.
[it tastes strange.] I opened my diary and wrote a line with the ink pen in my backpack. Its calm look made the female doctor stop bending over to explore.
"Oh ~ it's mixed with drugs with analgesic effect. It really doesn't taste very good. Although I've used analgesic magic, as a doctor, I insist that herbs can play a better role."
Taking the pottery cup returned by Victor, Emma was about to leave, but she saw the diary as a tablet raised again.
[the wound is all right. I want to go out.]
"This..." Victor's request made the female doctor hesitant.
[just go to the adventure guild to find a simple task to test how much strength I have left.]
"I don't mind if you want to go out, but not now! You must cultivate yourself for a day anyway. This is the advice of a doctor. If you must insist on going to the adventure guild today, I have to tell the dean and let him persuade you in person." Emma relieved her frown when she saw Victor nodding in agreement with her proposal.
"You fool!"
An angry low drink echoed in the deserted alley.
The failed killer hid in a dark corner and was being scolded by the leader.
"I entrusted such an important commission to you out of trust. I didn't expect you to be able to complete such a simple task!"
There is no excuse.
After returning to mivila Town, she found that the target figure who should have died in the remote mountainous area arrived half a day earlier than herself, and she was ready to accept punishment.
Killers can't make mistakes. Missing means death.
Fortunately, there is still a chance to remedy.
Victor wood didn't see his face. As long as the plan was successful, he could kill the deadly mage again.
"Cheng Jingyao hasn't got any news yet. Go and clean up the target. Don't forget, this is your last chance." the sound ring flashes and goes out after the last instruction, and the alley returns to its original silence again.
Notes——
Distance: (set by the author) the largest unit of measurement in the main material world. The utility is equal to miles.