Rise of the Dark Witch

Roya walked on a dirt road in the lush woods.

The closer you get to Tallinn Empire, the taller and more lush the trees become, as if you are walking in an ancient forest.

As long as the road is not used by people for a month, it will be covered by forest erosion, overgrown with weeds and small trees, and it will no longer look like it once did.

Roja carried the package on his back and a big sword on his waist, walking slowly and slowly.

Holding the unknown wild fruit that I just picked from the roadside in my hand, I took a bite, the juice overflowed, and the sweetness filled my entire mouth.

Luo Ya was not in a hurry. After practicing hard for so long, it was time to relax.

He enjoys this leisurely feeling.

Unfortunately, the pleasant silence was soon broken.

The branches around Roja swayed, and several men with sharp blades and malicious intentions rushed out of the forest and surrounded Roja.

"Boy, take out everything you have on you!"

"He looks like a noble young master. Let's take him back, shall we?"

"I didn't expect to meet a fat sheep?"

Looking at the sharp sword pointed at him, Roja raised his hands.

"Can you wait a moment before taking action?" Roja said.

When the bandits were confused, they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from a distance.

Listening to the sound of horse hooves, the robbers' spirits suddenly became tense.

"He has a partner?"

"Is that the escort he brought?"

"I guess the young master disliked the guard being in the way, so he ditched the guard and ran to the front to play, right?"

"Catch him before the guards arrive!"

Listening to these words and looking at the other party's actions, Roja shook his head slightly with regret.

Buzz buzz——

Crackling——

Several oscillations of power shot out from the roar of the Holy Sword Lion's Heart on his waist, hitting each of Roja's robbers with precision.

In an instant, the robbers were like balloons filled with water that had been punctured by a needle, turning into a puddle of meat sauce and exploding, leaving no pieces larger than a soybean.

After killing the robber, more than ten seconds passed.

Call——

A group of ten cavalrymen stopped beside Roja, and the man leading them was none other than the Earl of the River, Harder Bummons.

After not seeing each other for a year, Harder has become much older than the last time we met. He is obviously only in his early thirties, but he looks the same as he is in his fifties.

Hader jumped off the horse and knelt down in front of Roja.

"Lord Roja, there is one of my wineries not far ahead. If you don't mind, you can go to the winery and have a drink." Hader said.

"Okay." Roja nodded in agreement.

In the winery.

In front of a long table that could accommodate more than ten people at the same time, Roya and Harder sat face to face. There were only two of them in the entire vast hall, not even a serving servant.

"Lord Roja, now that you have come out of the Forest of Knights' Steles, do you think you have become a Holy Knight?" Hader asked.

"So be it."

Roja nodded while eating.

"Paladin? Alas, I used to just want to be an ordinary knight. When my strength reached the limit of a great knight, I would go to the Knights Stele Forest to try my luck..." Harder looked gloomy, "This is fate."

Having become the earl that countless people dreamed of, Hader was not happy at all.

"So many things have happened in the Hejian area, there must be a lot to do, right? I think you seem to be quite leisurely?" Roja asked.

"The plague killed a lot of people. After the plague ended, a lot of survivors fled. There are only tens of thousands of people left in the entire river area. The number of residents in the territory is not even that of the viscounty territory. How can we not be leisurely?"

Harder took a big sip of wine, "And I have passed on the title of earl to my son. I am just a knight now."

"Knight Harder, as a count family, your Bumons family should have produced many wizards, right?" Roja asked tactfully.

Roja's words were equivalent to asking, how could the earl family members be so miserable?

And as far as Roja knew, there were two official wizards in the history of the Bumons family.

With the inheritance and connections of two official wizards, no matter how evil the Mandolin Wizard did, he would not dare to directly kill the Bumons family until there were only three or two big cats and kittens left?

Roja didn't know much about the wizarding world, and he couldn't compare with those from wizarding families, but for ordinary knowledge that didn't involve wizards, he could be said to be at the level of a great doctor. There were not many people in the entire Six Kingdoms who could compare with him.

Especially the knowledge within the Shenglan Kingdom.

Roja knew who Earl Hejian was, who his wife, children, etc. were.

But he had never heard of Hud Bumons before.

There could only be two, one, Harder is fake. Second, Harder is an unrecognized illegitimate son born to his mistress.

It's unlikely to be fake.

Then it can only be the illegitimate child of the mistress.

Many nobles have a bunch of mistresses and a bunch of illegitimate children. There is no need to understand the illegitimate children born by these mistresses who have no inheritance rights.

However, Hader can actually take the position of Earl of Hejian, which means that almost all the people with inheritance rights above him are dead, and those who are not dead dare not inherit the title of Earl of Hejian.

In a plague, it’s normal for civilians to die and their entire families to die, right? Or a count? An Earl family that had two official wizards in its ancestors?

It can only be someone who kills me!

It doesn’t take much to figure out that that person is the Mandolin Wizard!

So back to the original question, why do mandolin wizards dare to have so many? Will you do this?

What is the background of the Earl of the River Bummons family? What about connections?

Roja was very puzzled, and he expected Hader to answer it for him.

"After I became the Earl of Hejian, I read those secret scrolls that only the Earl of Hejian was qualified to read... In fact, the Mandolin Wizard was once the illegitimate daughter of the then head of our Bumons family." Harder said in a low voice. .

"...That's it." No need to continue, Roja could already guess what happened.

Roja has already imagined a story about the illegitimate daughter's counterattack in his mind.

If you include the Mandolin Wizard, then the Bumons family has actually produced three official wizards?

"I wonder if there is anything left related to wizards in the Bumons family?" Roja asked.

Roja was willing to stop heading to the Root of the Earth to drink and chat with Hard, a stranger whom he had only met once, because he took a fancy to the identity of Earl Hejian.

In this world where the strong are respected, who doesn’t need strong strength to obtain a title?

Without the strength of a knight, the most you can do is use money to buy an honorary knighthood that cannot be hereditary and has no territory.

If you want to become a baron, the barons in the back can be weaker and have the strength of a knight.

The first generation was either a high knight, or had a relationship with the viscount count, such as marrying the viscount's daughter.

And want to obtain the title of earl.

Either they have produced formal wizards, or they can continue to train wizard apprentices and make great contributions to the empire.

As an earl family that has produced three official wizards, the Boumons family has declined due to the revenge of the mandolin wizard. It has not produced even one wizard apprentice in three hundred years, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse. , maybe there are still some wizard items to collect?

If you don’t have wizard props, how about wizard knowledge?

Under Roja's gaze, Harder frowned, "As the illegitimate son of my mistress, I have never been exposed to things and knowledge related to wizards since I was a child."

"After I became the Earl of the River, I looked through the books collected by the Bumons family. Unfortunately, many of the books were lost. There are no books related to wizards at all."

"As far as I know, the only one that has something to do with wizards is probably the Boumons Winery."

Hader stepped on the floor under his feet, "Thousands of years ago, when the Boumons family was still a baron, this was the location of the Baron Castle of the Bumons family."

"Although he later became a viscount and an earl, this place is still of great significance to the Boumons family, and there is a huge space underneath the winery."

"I've been exploring there for many days, but unfortunately I haven't found anything."

These words made Roja's eyes light up, "Take me to have a look!"

The reason why Hader brought Roja here was for this purpose, so after Roja made this request, he nodded in agreement without hesitation.