Chapter 11 The Land of Wizards - Greenriel (2 in 1)
The sudden question made Lynn stunned for a moment.
After several figures gradually approached, Lynn recognized the leader at a glance, and it was the target he was looking for this time—Jonny.
The girl wrapped under the black robe is about twenty years old, with a peculiar silver-gray long hair, and bright sapphire blue pupils.
Probably due to running around all day long, Jonny has lost a lot of weight compared to the last meeting, and his face is morbidly pale.
"I don't understand what you mean, Jonny!" Lynn's tone was extremely firm, without the slightest wavering. With all the memories of his predecessor, he was very sure that Carl had not committed any betrayal.
At most, I just think about it in my heart, otherwise I don't need to worry about hiding in the slums.
"Where is your sword?" The gray-haired witch continued to question.
Lynn noticed that Johnny's eyes had been staying on the long sword he was holding. After thinking about it, he instantly understood what was wrong.
"You are holding a weapon commonly used by witch hunters!" Buck, a tall and strong apprentice wizard, said emotionally.
"Of course, this is my trophy. Is there any problem? Buck?" Lynn replied calmly, but cold sweat broke out on his back.
I have been carrying such a time bomb these days!
Of course, he can't be blamed for not being cautious enough. After all, his dagger has been left in a slum house. It's not easy to throw away the ready-made weapon in front of you, right?
The most important thing is that Carl does not have any information about [witch hunters are equipped with standard weapons] in his memory.
Judging from the fact that I have not encountered any trouble these days, there should be very few people who know this information, but this obviously cannot be hidden from Old York at the [Drunkard] Tavern.
No wonder when I bought Guro wine, the other party would shirk the temptation for various reasons. The information that I had the witch hunter's long sword should have been passed on to Johnny and the others by Old York.
"The spoils?! You mean you killed a witch hunter and took his sword?" Buck said with a sneer. "Carl, if I remember correctly, you can't even master the most basic part of magic [Ice Blade]... You might as well find a more suitable reason."
As the running dogs of the Holy See, those who can be selected as witch hunters are the elite among the elite. Their skills are far superior to ordinary people. They usually act in small teams.
For apprentices like them, it is lucky to escape with their lives.
"Sometimes strength doesn't mean everything, Buck!" Lynn shook his head, "Besides, the last time we met was four months ago, right?"
While speaking, Lynn stretched out his hand, and the hydrogen and oxygen in the air around him were stripped out, and then quickly cooled and condensed into shape.
Almost instantly, a rhombus-shaped ice blade appeared in front of everyone's eyes, with a strange shape but full of strange beauty.
The several wizard apprentices present couldn't help being stunned for a moment. This was not because they were surprised by the unprecedented shape of the ice blade, but because Lynn's casting speed was too fast!
You must know that before becoming an official wizard, it is impossible to burn the corresponding spell bits in the brain, so how to quickly complete the complicated casting steps and increase the casting speed has become a big problem.
After all, in a real battle, the enemy will not wait for you to finish casting a spell. An ordinary wizard apprentice who can complete the preparation for casting a spell within two seconds is already qualified.
However, Lynn compressed the whole process to about one second, probably in pursuit of pure speed. The shape of the ice blade is not the perfect Koru configuration, but it is enough to make everyone present look sideways.
"Also, I don't think the Holy See will let a wizard become a witch hunter, and issue corresponding weapons to the other party..." Lynn retorted again before everyone recovered.
Buck was completely at a loss for words. The Holy See has always killed wizards like them. It is a blasphemy to God to let a wizard who has been "corrupted by the devil" become a witch hunter...
The rest of the wizard apprentices obviously understood this truth, and their hostility towards Lynn subsided somewhat.
Jonny did not let down his vigilance, but looked at one of them and asked. "Have you checked everything nearby? White pigeon?"
"No one surrounds this place..." The man who spoke shrank his body into the black robe, and replied timidly.
After getting an accurate reply, Jonny turned around and said to Lynn apologetically. "Sorry, Carl, it's an emergency and we have to be careful."
"So, you are just suspicious of me, and are planning to kill me without evidence?" Lynn asked.
"I assure you, the magic just now was just a test, no one would want to hurt their companions!" Jonny explained solemnly.
Lin En stared into the girl's blue eyes, and didn't see evasion or lies from them, but when he was attacked before, he really felt the danger.
However, considering that his suspicions have not been completely cleared up, and his perception is not 100% reliable, Lynn did not confide this information in public.
Compared with other apprentices, he has the shortest time with Kelu, and he is also the most untrustworthy one!
After a pause, Lynn temporarily suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and asked again. "Did something happen? I need an explanation..."
"Come with me first, this is not a place for chatting, the battle just now may expose our whereabouts!" Jonny gave Lynn an apologetic look, and then called everyone to return to the station in the dark.
When the full moon hangs high above the head, a desolate and dilapidated village appears in front of Lynn.
"This village was slaughtered and wiped out by a group of mercenaries sneaking in during the Duke of Nordland's last conquest war. Now, apart from us, there are only a group of wild beasts left here." Johnny sighed, and then said softly Soliloquy. "These damned nobles, the damned Holy See, the damned war!"
Lin En looked at Jonny with a little surprise, and was not surprised by the girl's words, but everyone present was probably of noble origin. Is it really okay to say that?
Although he has an inexplicable aversion to nobles, Jonny still chooses the location of the temporary residence in a noble manor.
Experiencing the ravages of war, the huge manor has long since lost its former glory. The entire main house looks crumbling, with ruins and broken walls everywhere.
The interior of the house was not much better, the dilapidated walls were covered with cobwebs, the overturned seats were covered with thick dust, and there was a decaying smell.
But this is the residence of the nobles after all. In order to deal with the war, the huge main house is almost a small castle with several sentries and even an independent drainage channel. worry about problems.
Entering the manor, Lynn soon saw the wizard apprentice who stayed in the castle—Barton!
Compared with his burly brother Buck, Button is almost another counterexample. He can only be described as skinny, as if he can be hung upside down with a gust of wind.
Jonny carried the sundries to the door with everyone, sealed the door again, and then spoke proactively before Lynn asked.
"Kent is dead!"
Who is Kent?
Lin En froze for a moment, searched his memory, and realized that Kent was the third apprentice of Kelu, and the only wizard apprentice who was not present. Unexpectedly, this guy had already died.
"On the same day that the teacher was arrested by the Holy See, Nordland guards raided Kent's hideout, and then Buck, Patton, and Will were all hunted down, and only the white dove had special abilities to escape the attack in advance. "Johnny explained.
Special abilities?
Lin En subconsciously looked at the wizard apprentice named Baige.
She looked too young, about thirteen or fourteen years old, not as tall as his shoulders, with sparse freckles on her yellow face and messy hair. She was squatting in a corner feeding a few gray cats. crow.
Lin En's thoughts changed, and he quickly thought of the crows he heard in the tavern, and then guessed that the other party should have some kind of magic that can control animals.
"I suspect that someone betrayed our information, and the Holy See was able to find our hiding place so accurately." Jonny said worriedly.
"Then how many people know where our hiding place is?" Lynn asked the most critical question.
As wizards hunted down and suppressed by the Holy See, it is absolutely impossible for them to disclose their whereabouts at will, which means that there must be very few people who know the truth, and they only need to do the elimination method.
Johnny was silent for a while, then shook his head. "Normally, only a few of us know about it."
"Could it be the teacher..." Buck on the side asked hesitantly.
"Impossible!" Jonny cast his eyes away, and rebuked firmly.
Buck shut up immediately.
Lin En didn't dwell on this question too much, but asked the second question he was most concerned about.
"Then what's our plan next?"
Lin En faintly regretted his move to find these wizard apprentices. He thought that although Johnny and the others were hunted down, at least they were stable internally.
However, it now appears that this is not the case.
If Johnny doesn't have a reliable enough plan to get rid of the pursuit of the Holy See, then he will only look for opportunities to break away from this group.
For Lynn, acting alone is safer than following a group of pig teammates.
Buck and Will also looked at Jonny in unison, even stopping the action of feeding the white dove to the gray crow.
During the time when they were being chased by the Holy See, they asked the same question more than once, but Jonny avoided it without exception, and would not reveal it until all of them arrived.
Jonny did not hide this time, and responded freely. "Afterwards, we will take a boat across the sea of mist and go to the land of wizards-Greenriel!"
"Does the Land of Wizards really exist?" Will, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked. "But I once heard that the outside of the sea of mist is a land of death, and those who go out to sea will never come back."
"Yes, I went there with my mentor. It is a territory exclusively for wizards. There is no power of the Holy See or witch hunters. Everyone can freely study magic there!" Jonny said firmly.
"This sounds as wonderful as Ayla's Holy Land." Barton murmured softly. He really couldn't imagine a world where wizards were not hunted down and could cast spells freely. It could only be described as a dream.
It is like the Holy Land of Ella described in the Bible, a place that only the most devout believers can reach after death.
There is no sickness and aging there, everyone can live in a spacious manor and enjoy the meticulous care of the dream elves.
In the Holy Land, the river flows with mellow wine, the wheat field will automatically bear full ears of wheat without self-cultivation, and every branch of the tree is covered with fat and juicy steaks...
"Ella doesn't like wizards..."
The white pigeon squatting in the corner said something weakly, interrupting Barton's fantasy.
"Then how do we get there?" Will asked eagerly.
Johnny hesitated for a moment, but responded truthfully. "The town of Ur is very close to the harbor in Nordland, where we can take a boat. I think... lame Lauder should help us."
Lauder?
Lin En couldn't help but be a little surprised. Old York, the owner of the [Drunkard] tavern, also mentioned this name to him before.
It is rumored that lame Lauder was a pirate for several years when he was young, and he made a name for himself until he was broken in his leg while robbing a merchant ship, and he escaped by pretending to be dead.
However, it was this experience that changed Lauder's luck. After the great battle, the leader of the pirate gang died seven or eight times, and Lauder, who was lucky enough to stay, became the leader of the pirates very smoothly.
However, this guy was uncharacteristically. He did not continue to engage in plundering business, but started a serious business. Now he controls the wine trade between the town of Ur and the seaport.
Reminiscent of the various rumors in the market, Lynn immediately realized that the so-called wine trade operated by the other party was just a disguise, and the real main business should be to maintain the connection between the land of wizards and the outside world.
"In short, we must hurry up. The road to the wizard's land will only be opened for a short time on Sunday." Jonny pulled out the long sword at his waist, and simply drew the location of the town of Ur and the harbor on the ground. , and marked the course of action with sword marks.
"We will set off early tomorrow morning and circle around Mount Codeso. It should not attract attention. Judging from the astrological indications, this year's Sunday will last for five days, so it's completely in time!"
Jonny told the general plan, and seeing that Lynn and the others had memorized it, he fired a fireball to destroy all the depicted images.
"Let's end here tonight!" In the light of the burning fire, Jonny looked around at the crowd, and finally added. "White Pigeon, I will leave the night watch to
you, and let Karl carry you on the road tomorrow."
why me?
Lin En, who was named, touched his nose, extremely depressed, really bullying newcomers, right?
(end of this chapter)