Throne of Magical Arcana

After leaving the "betrayer's end", Lucien and the sage quickly left Morning Star's house and merged into the darkness to avoid being blocked by the church.

In fact, the referees who have experienced the professor's behavior style are no longer unfamiliar and aware of it. Therefore, they doubted whether the professor deliberately showed up in the magic circle, so as to expose the spies they installed, and repeat the fire wolf incident. Even the Tribunal has planned to use several spies as bait to set up traps—the news of the headquarters of the Magic Council and the reappearance of the professor will spread to other magic circles through Mercury and others. Those circles also have spies, and they also pass similar information to the vigil people.

However, the referee did not expect the professor to be able to lock on Morning Star in the first place, and acted decisively just half an hour after he secretly passed on the information. Obviously, he had been monitoring him all the time. The person in charge of the referee believed that the object of the professor's trap was the clown, the night watchman who was chasing him, so his center of gravity shifted, and he didn't have time to set up the trap. He just arranged for two ordinary night watchmen to protect and guard secretly. Kill Morningstar.

Lucien and the sage made corners and turns secretly in the dark, passed through several blocks, and came to a secret hiding place arranged by the sage a few years ago.

"Professor, I didn't expect that you are also very proficient in necromancy besides being good at astrology and elements." The sage, who was really relieved until now, sighed, his body had not yet reached the level of a quasi-knight, and his tone was very serious after losing too much blood. weak.

When I witnessed Lucien use the necromantic magic circle trained by the human body to mix one-third of his own blood with the stumps and broken legs collected in the Black Forest to form a body that is indistinguishable from a real person, The sage was shocked from the bottom of his heart. This was completely touching the realm of the true god, which made him more and more fascinated by the mysterious magic as he got older, and strengthened his determination to go to the magic council.

Lucien still pretended to have a hoarse voice, and said with a slight smile, "It's still far from being proficient, and I just started to make up for this weakness more than a year ago, but the council's research on human body training has made great progress. For example, I The results of the cell memory used can give full play to the effect of your blood. Judging from the church's current magic effects in similar aspects, it is absolutely impossible to tell if it is a fake corpse, unless some cardinal uses "God", Backtracking scenes and other magic spells of level nine or above to check."

After more than a year of research, coupled with a solid foundation in arcane arts and magic, Lucien, who is already a four-ring magician, is no worse than Hunter, who practiced human body refining back then, in terms of necromantic magic. With the advancement of magic, human body refining is closer to reality.

"It's still far from being proficient? What about the real proficiency in necromancy?" Even though his body was weak, the sage couldn't help asking surprised questions, and then he thought of something: "More than two years ago suddenly Felipe Canelo, who rose from the bottom of the purification sequence to the ninety-first, is a necromancer, and he was only fifth ring when he ranked up, and he was promoted to a high rank later. Professor, sir Does it mean his level of proficiency?"

As the "former" consul of Alto City Hall, Viscount Klein the Sage is qualified to know the purification sequence in detail.

"As for necromancy, I have to admit that he is very proficient." No matter how tense the relationship between Lucien and Felipe was, he did not belittle him at will. He is indeed a rare genius in necromancy. Moreover, Felipe is already a high-ranking person. Even though many young magicians in the Magic Council compare themselves with him, he is still very aware of the current gap between the two.

The promotion of magic is more and more difficult, especially in several pass places. When the fifth ring is promoted to a higher level, the assistance of magic rituals is already needed. There is not enough arcane and magic accumulation, and the failure rate is extremely high.

Then, Lucien changed the subject: "Sage, I'm sorry to involve you in this matter without explaining in detail, and will the clown really kill you, and is the distance between the night watchman and him enough for me to rescue you?" , are all unknowns, which put you in great danger. For this, I am deeply sorry."

Because he was worried that the clown would be able to ask some details after taking control, Lucien did not mention the trap to the sage at all, but only hinted that he would be in great danger tonight, and he would save him.

"It's okay, Mr. Professor, I have always believed in your wisdom, and I want to escape from this dark and oppressive life and embark on a new path in life, how can I not pay a little price?" As Lucien had hinted in advance, the sage I also nodded thoughtfully at the time, and after seeing the clown, I probably understood what was going on, and took advantage of the opportunity to show the arrogance and hypocrisy of a nobleman, so I was more open-minded about it, and then he laughed and said, " Besides, I believe that Mr. Professor, you must have other arrangements at that time, so that I would not really die."

Lucien nodded slightly, and Camille was indeed nearby at the time: "No matter what, it is a bad thing to put you in great danger, and the items obtained from Morning Star will be left to you, the sage, as compensation. Don't refuse, this is the principle of my life. Well, you take a rest after taking the medicine, and then leave Alto as soon as possible."

"Okay, Mr. Professor. I feel a lot more relaxed now." After the sage became an official magician, the pressure was increasing. The status of consul and viscount not only failed to bring him glory and enjoyment, but made him He felt an indescribable panic, and as he was getting older, he had already had the idea of ​​​​abandoning everything to find the mysteries of magic. Anyway, the family already had successors, so this suspended animation helped him in a sense. .

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In Lataxia Palace, Natasha, with a gloomy and indifferent expression, gave a symbolic hug to Grand Duke Viorit who had heard the news, and comforted him: "Father, don't worry about me, I will recover soon. Don't worry , Have I experienced too many blows and tribulations? I think this is the Lord’s test for me. My mother and others will look at me lovingly in Heaven Mountain, so I will live well, live happily, and live for you .”

"Poor little Natasha, I believe in your tenacity, but don't hold yourself back too much." Grand Duke Violet stroked her hair lovingly. This child must be very sad, and she forgot her mother Magician, how could the soul go to Heaven Mountain? But little Natasha is really pitiful. She just came out of her closed heart, and her only two romances didn't end well.

However, the Grand Duke is relieved that at least the love between his daughter and Lucien Evans shows that she not only likes girls, but at most she has never had the chance to fall in love with men before, so don't force her too much in the future, lest she develop in the opposite direction.

"Father, please allow me to be quiet for a while tonight." Natasha raised her head and smiled "hardly", and she really didn't feel well. No one wants to lie to a loved one, but she was hurt too deeply in her last relationship. , and so far, the feeling towards women is better than that of men, so it is best to have a relatively long period of time to quiet and distinguish your heart.

Grand Duke Violet nodded and stroked her hair again: "Natasha, I believe you can come out."

Watching Natasha bring Camille and several guards back to the "War Gallery", Grand Duke Violet's face suddenly changed: "After she won't be hit, women and men won't like it, right?"

In the war gallery, Camille sat quietly on the sofa, while Natasha was in a bad mood and vented on the piano, and the passionate and pathetic melody echoed repeatedly.

"This is the best "Pathetic" I've ever heard you play, but can you stop and talk about what happened in the villa, did the clown and the night watchmen find anything?" A guard stood there without leaving the room. By the piano, and teased Natasha in a familiar tone, trying to make her feel better.

Natasha stopped her fingers, took a deep breath, and regained her composure: "Lucien, your puppet was refined well, and they didn't find any problems."

This guard was Lucien in disguise. After bidding farewell to the sage, he quietly joined Camille and sneaked into Lataxia Palace under the cover of her and Natasha, hiding in this seemingly dangerous place.

"I'm very confident in the puppet that used a quarter of my blood. What I care about is your performance, Natasha. If you suddenly laugh when you are mourning and saying 'love words', things will be completely screwed up .” Lucien understood that Natasha was in a bad mood because she cheated on the Grand Duke, so he made a joke.

Natasha snorted twice: "Am I such a person who can't control myself? I think I could go to an opera at that time! But that kind of role is not suitable for me, I should be like this..."

Before she finished speaking, Natasha swayed and appeared directly in front of Lucien, then pressed her right hand to her chest, lowered her head slightly, and looked closely into Lucien's eyes, using a masculine gesture "affectionate "He said authentically:

"Whenever you see the moonlight, you will think of me."

Staring with both eyes, breathing was audible. For some reason, Lucien and Natasha, who were usually used to making similar jokes, felt a little uncomfortable when they saw each other's beautiful and deep pupils.

Natasha backed away with a dry laugh, and Lucien also took the opportunity to take a step to the side.

"By the way, Lucien, why didn't you let me kill the clown with a sword, but let him run away with serious injuries? Although I am confident that he won't live long, things always have the possibility of accidents." Persevere in the clown Natasha does have some admiration for eliminating evil, but admiration cannot change her position when facing unruly and crazy people. What if the clown kidnaps Joel and other ordinary people to persecute them in order to eliminate evil? Therefore, Natasha was determined to kill the clown. If Lucien hadn't repeatedly warned her, she would not have been "angry" at the time, and she would not have been able to kill him with a single sword.

Lucien smiled mysteriously: "I'm waiting for his appearance."

"Him?" Natasha asked suspiciously.

Lucien chuckled, and said very vaguely: "Although I haven't met him this time, I think I should be able to guess what he's thinking. The smooth progress of this matter is thanks to his 'help'. "

"Can't you reveal it?" Natasha didn't have the idea of ​​stalking others to know other people's secrets.

Lucien shook his head: "You'd better not know, but I will tell you a result."

"Where did you know the result?" Natasha felt more and more that Lucien, who had returned from the Magic Council, had mysterious means.

Lucien smiled without saying a word.

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After arranging for Lucien to hide in an empty room in the War Gallery, Natasha leaned back on the chair with a gloomy expression, looking at the silver moon outside the window.

Although he and Lucien are good friends, in this incident, the faint gap between a magician and a nobleman who believes in the true God cannot be revealed by self-deception.

Camille, who didn't know when to go out, opened the door and walked in slowly.

"Aunt Camille, what new information is there?" Natasha asked without turning her head.

Camille's serious face showed a bit of weirdness: "The professor reappeared and left the 'betrayer's ending', so the night watchmen made a judgment that he killed the great musician, and then designed to frame the clown. Of course, the clown The act of violating the agreement between the church and the nobles should also be executed."

Startled, Natasha's expression softened.