Rise of the Dark Witch

In the silent passage leading underground.

嘘, 嘚, 嘚——

The flickering light of the torch shone on the faces of Rojahard and the others, making their faces glow red.

Roja followed Hader while gently stroking the surrounding walls engraved with ancient patterns.

After walking along the spiral staircase for more than half an hour, they finally stepped onto the flat ground.

This underground space is very vast, many times larger than the winery on the ground. Judging from the lines on the walls and the stone statues beside the road, it was definitely built by a wizard.

only--

The walls are riddled with cracks.

All the stone statues were broken.

There is no sense of magic in the entire underground space.

This should have been an important stronghold of the Bumons family, but unfortunately it has been destroyed, destroyed by the Mandolin Wizard.

"She really hates the Bumons family!" Roja said with emotion.

Roya and Harder searched everywhere in the underground space, but unfortunately found nothing.

There were no books, no utensils, no witch marks, nothing. Everything that could be taken away was looted, and everything that could not be taken away was destroyed.

"You don't have to do it so brilliantly, do you?"

Finally, Roya and Harder came to the deepest part of the underground space, a room that seemed to be used to perform some kind of bloody ritual.

Of course this room was also destroyed.

However, through the traces left in the room, Roja saw the purpose of this room.

"A ritual to summon the devil and sign a contract with the devil to gain power?"

"Isn't this the method of the red-robed wizard of the Blood-clothed Temple?"

"The previous Bumons family should have signed a contract with a certain demon god, and it was a long-term contract, so they were able to produce two official wizards in a row."

"I wonder which demon it is?"

"Don't you know what the price of the contract is?"

Although signing a contract with the devil can quickly gain power, a heavy price must be paid accordingly.

The cost is smaller, such as enduring the pain of being burned by flames forever.

The price is medium, for example, sacrifices need to be offered on time, and the number of sacrifices is doubled each time. In the end, the soul, or spiritual body to be precise, will be taken away by the devil because he cannot offer enough sacrifices.

The cost is high, for example, you need to sacrifice something more important than your own life every time. If there is no thing more important than your own life, or if there is something more important than your own life, or even though it exists but the sacrifice has been completed, then you will always become the slave of the devil.

By making a deal with the Demon God, you may be able to get some of the Demon God's wool for a while and feel that you are making a lot of money, but in the end, without exception, you will die in the hands of the Demon God and be enslaved by the Demon God forever.

Therefore, among the black, white, green, and red wizards, the red-robed wizard is at the lowest end of the contempt chain.

But the red-robed wizard's strength increases the fastest among the four-color wizards, and he is the strongest among the four-color wizards at the same level. Therefore, although he is despised, there is still an endless stream of people who become red-robed wizards.

There is nothing wrong with it for the sake of strength, but Roja is absolutely unwilling!

The white-robed wizard's grasp of the truth, the black-robed wizard's analysis and imitation of the devil, and the green-robed wizard's specialized research on the origin of life, all make Roja yearn for it.

Only Roja, the red-robed wizard’s path, doesn’t want to touch it at all!

Roja turned on the dual soul certificate and scanned the room. He didn't expect anything at first, but he actually made a discovery!

A strange energy that was neither magic nor spiritual power, so weak that it could not be sensed at all, and even the use of the Two Souls Certificate almost missed it, was actually floating in the room.

"The power of the devil?"

Roja suddenly became excited.

I don’t know how many second-level wizards have gone crazy trying to obtain a ray of demonic power, because the demonic power is related to the advancement of second-level wizards to the third level.

And there is actually a trace of demonic power here?

Although it is very weak, so weak that even the Mandolin Wizard, who is a first-level wizard, cannot sense it, the power of the devil is the power of the devil!

"Did it overflow when the Bumons family signed a contract with the Demon God?"

Roja wanted to collect that little bit of demonic power.

It's a pity that it can't be done at all!

No matter whether he used magic power, mental power or vitality, even if he tried to use the magic power of Yan Dou, it had no effect on the power of the devil at all!

"A discovery is a discovery, but in fact it is equivalent to discovering nothing..."

When Roja sighed regretfully, he suddenly remembered something.

The fragments of witchcraft on him!

This fragment of a witchcraft once hosted the spiritual body of an official wizard, so what about the power of the devil?

Roja didn't think it would work, but with the mentality of giving it a try, he still took out the fragments of the witchcraft and stretched it towards the power of the demon floating in the air.

"Um?"

Looking at the fragments of the witchcraft tainted with the power of the devil, Roja was a little confused.

"Really?"

"You actually collected the power of the devil?"

Roja, who just had the attitude of giving it a try, never thought that he could succeed.

Roja stared deeply at the witchcraft fragment in his hand that was stained with the power of the devil, "I'm afraid this witchcraft fragment is not as simple as an ordinary witchcraft fragment!"

"Fernanda casually gave me this fragment of a witchcraft weapon. When his teacher wakes up from his slumber, will he beat him up?"

Roja carefully observed the fragment of the witchcraft in his hand that was contaminated with the power of the devil, wanting to see what wonderful changes would happen to the fragment of the witchcraft with the addition of the power of the devil.

But no.

"Um?"

"Is it because the demon god has too little power?"

After all, it was just a trace that was so weak that even a formal wizard couldn't detect it. It was just the power of the demon floating in the basement that hadn't caused anything strange for hundreds of thousands of years.

"Although it is inconspicuous and useless now, it may have unexpected effects in the future."

Roja put away the fragments of the witchcraft that were contaminated with the power of the devil.

"Lord Roja, have you discovered anything?" Hader asked curiously.

"A little bit, but it's of no use." Roja replied.

"That's it."

Hader lowered his head, feeling disappointed.

After that, Roja wandered around the underground space for several hours, using the Two Souls Certificate to look inside and outside. After confirming that there was nothing of value, the two left the underground space.

Walk out of the aisle.

When they were about to close the door to the passage.

call--

An unknown dark wind suddenly blew from the depths of the passage.

This sudden cold wind made Roya and Harder's hearts tremble.

The underground space is sealed, how can there be wind?

If it was windy, why didn't they encounter it after wandering around the underground space for several hours?

"Lord Roja, what happened..." Harder had goosebumps all over his body for some reason.

"close the door!"

Roja gave a low shout and quickly closed the door forcefully.

Boom!

The door was instantly closed.

On the way to close the door, Roja felt as if he encountered a resistance, but it seemed that there was no resistance.

Roja stared at the door with his eyes as sharp as a knife.

Harder stood at a loss and didn't dare to speak several times.

Roja stared at the door for a long time, and then used the dual soul evidence to check. After confirming that there was no problem, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord Roja, underground space?"

"Seal the door tightly from now on and don't go down again."

"yes."

When Roja turned to leave, he heard laughter coming from behind the door.

After Luo Ya paused, he pretended not to hear anything and continued walking.

…

"Gulu..."

Roja was drinking red wine and felt a little depressed.

Although he has gained the power of the devil, what is going on with the weird wind and laughter behind him?

Roja, who couldn't think of an answer, suppressed this doubt in his heart for the time being.

"Hard, you came to me specifically. In addition to asking me to help explore the underground space, there should be more important things, right?" Roja stared at Hard and asked.

"..."

Harder was silent and did not speak immediately.

However, from his constantly flashing eyes and ever-changing face, we can know that he is constantly struggling and entangled in his heart.

Roya didn't rush Harder, he just drank and smiled and waited for Harder to make a decision.

Harder hesitated for a long time.

Having made the decision, Hader put down the wine glass in his hand, stared into Roja's pupils and asked, "Lord Roja, do I have the qualifications to become a wizard?"

Hard's family members were almost all killed because of the wizard, and the entire river area was almost reduced to a dead place because of the wizard. For the wizard, Hard had nothing but hatred in his heart.

If he were to think rationally, Harder would never want to become a wizard!

He never wants to have any contact with wizards again in his life!

If he had a choice, he would kill every wizard in the world!

Want to create a beautiful world without wizards!

Yet he is a rational man.

He only needs some rational thinking to come up with the answer. With his strength, it is impossible to be an enemy of the wizard!

There is absolutely no guarantee that we won’t encounter something similar in the future!

When he thought that he might lose everything again, be used by the evil wizard again, and send the people he valued most into the devil's cave again, he couldn't sleep at night and woke up from nightmares every night.

He wants power, he wants to be strong!

If you want to become stronger, you can only...become a wizard!

Plop!

Hader knelt in front of Roya, "Lord Roya, I want to become a wizard, please help me!"

Roja put down the wine glass in his hand.

"You have the blood of the Bumons family running through you, so you might actually have the qualifications to be a wizard." Roja flicked his hand, and a thin book with only nineteen pages fell in front of Harder.

This book was an ancient meditation scroll given to him by his old teacher Barney, the witch doctor. Although he no longer needed it, he always carried it with him.

"Open it and take a look." Roja ordered.

"Basic meditation method?"

Hader was not the same Roja who knew nothing about the wizarding world. The moment he saw the book Roja took out, he immediately reacted.

If you want to become a wizard, mental talent is the most important thing.

Without mental talent, it is useless no matter how good your bloodline is.

On the contrary, as long as you have enough spiritual talent, you can become a wizard even if you don't have blood.

Harder knew whether he could become a wizard or not. He would find out later.

He was looking forward to it, and he was fearful.

He was looking forward to having a wizard's talent, but he was afraid... In fact, he was also afraid that he would have a wizard's talent.

He wants to gain power, but he hates wizards in his heart!

Driven by the ambivalence of not wanting to be a wizard but having to become a wizard for the sake of power, Harder stretched out his trembling hand and slowly let go of the meditation scroll.

First page.

Staring at the first page of the ancient meditation scroll, Harder's face suddenly turned pale, as if he had been frightened in some way.

His face turned pale, but Harder smiled.

The second page.

Hader clenched his teeth suddenly!

His head seemed to be under attack from some invisible force. Severe pain came from the depths of his head. Veins popped up on his face and his eyeballs were bloodshot.

Harder shouted, suppressing the severe pain in his head, and opened the third page of the meditation scroll.

"Hahu——"

Harder felt his body light up, and the discomfort in his body receded like a tide.

It’s just that Harder’s face became even uglier than before!

Because he couldn't see anything at all on the third page of the Meditation Scroll, which meant that his mental power could only see the second meditation rune.

To become a wizard apprentice, seeing three meditation runes is the minimum requirement.

Although there seems to be only one difference between the two meditation runes and the three meditation runes, there is a huge gap between the two!

People who can only see two meditation runes practice the primary meditation method. The time required to get started with the meditation method is several times longer than that of people who can see three meditation runes!

Back then, Roja was able to see five meditation runes, and his mental qualifications were at an above-average level. Normally, it would take three to five years to get started with the basic meditation method.

The three meditation runes are those that have just passed, and the time to get started with the meditation method is fifteen to twenty years.

As for the two meditation runes…

It takes at least fifty years to get started with the elementary meditation method!

It’s been fifty years since I started practicing basic meditation and you still want to become a wizard?

Stop wishful thinking!

If you have this time and energy, it is better to sleep with more women and have more children. The probability of giving birth to offspring with wizard qualifications is higher.

No need for Roja to speak, Hader already knew that he had no wizard qualifications at all.

Looking at Harder who was struck, Roja shook his head regretfully, "I really wanted to help you, but it's a pity."

Luo Ya moved his hand, and the meditation scroll flew back into his hand.

It is a definite fact that Hard does not have wizard qualifications. Let alone a poor wizard apprentice with no family background and no background in Roya. Even if a first-level wizard tries his best to help him, he can only use resources to pile him up to the first level. apprentice.

There are more and less things that can increase physical qualifications. Although everything is precious and rare, formal wizards can still get it.

Treasures that can increase spiritual qualifications?

Each one is more precious than witch bones!

Even if it does exist, how could it be used on a waste?

The cruel truth has been placed before Harder's eyes, and he has to accept it even if he doesn't want to accept it.

However, Hader still didn't get up. He was still kneeling in front of Roja.

"Even if you kneel until you die, there is nothing you can do about anything you can't do." Luo Ya said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"Lord Roja, although I don't have the qualifications to become a wizard, I still want to become stronger!" Harder clenched his fists and said.

"Oh? How to become stronger?" Roja asked curiously.

"Lord Roja, as a noble and great wizard apprentice, have you ever heard of the Magic Swordsman?" Hader said in a deep voice.

Roja's hand holding the wine glass paused slightly.

Boom.

He put the wine glass back on the table and stared at Harder with squinted eyes.

Of course he knew about the Magic Swordsman.

In the Six Kingdoms, for those knights without wizard qualifications, there are two main ways to become stronger.

One is to continue on the path of knighthood and eventually become a first-class paladin whose strength is comparable to that of a first-class apprentice.

As for the second-class paladin and third-class paladin, don't think about it, because the second-class paladin and the third-class paladin also need to cultivate spiritual power, but they don't value it as much as ordinary wizard apprentices.

Roja's ability to break through from a great knight to a second-class paladin with three flowers of life in one breath has a lot to do with the fact that his mental power is already at the second-class apprentice level and he does not need to spend extra time cultivating his mental power.

It’s just that the journey to Paladin is too difficult!

If you want to become a Paladin, you must have a threshold of 500 units of vitality. You must know that even many third-class apprentices cannot reach 500 units of vitality.

Even wizards with bloodline concentrations as high as 30% and third-class apprentices are still unable to have 500 vitality, let alone ordinary knights?

How can an ordinary great knight cultivate 500 units of vitality?

In the six countries where Seed of Life technology is not as popularized as in the Holy Tree Kingdom, it is impossible for an ordinary knight to become a paladin!

Hader also knew that the path of the Paladin would not work, so he wanted to take the second path——

Magic swordsman!

The wizard can transplant the flesh and blood of the monster into the knight through weird and magical means, allowing the knight to gain strength and vitality beyond the limits of the human body.

People call this kind of knight who has been transplanted with the flesh and blood of Warcraft and becomes stronger as a magic swordsman!

Roya has a book called "Secret Records of Different Branches", which introduces many methods on how to transplant the flesh and blood of Warcraft into the human body.

When he first got the book "Secret Records of Different Branches", Roja was just a trialist undergoing the Green Grass Trial. He couldn't understand the advanced magic and spiritual power application techniques described in the book. Can't do it either.

It's different now.

After becoming a second-class apprentice, he is already able to use the technology in "The Secret Record of Different Branches".

only--

After becoming a magic swordsman, while gaining powerful power beyond the limits of the human body, you have to pay a huge price!

After the World of Warcraft flesh and blood is transplanted, depending on the type and intensity of the transplanted flesh and blood, it will cause severe pain of uncertain duration and uncertain pain level to the body, which will last a lifetime.

Moreover, even wizard apprentices will suffer severe overdraft and damage to their bodies after experiencing the Trial of Green Grass and the Trial of Blood, resulting in a greatly reduced life span. If they do not find ways to extend their life span, many wizard apprentices will not survive until the age of fifty.

A wizard apprentice is like this, a magic swordsman transplanted with the flesh and blood of a monster?

After becoming a magic swordsman, people generally live less than ten years!

If the transplant technique is poor, or the transplant recipient is not strong enough, he may die from side effects in two or three years.

It can be said that the magic swordsman is a road of no return where life is exchanged for power!

It is understandable that ordinary people are willing to trade their lives for power.

But noble?

And he's still an earl?

Except for those madmen who have extraordinary obsession with power, I can't think of any count who doesn't enjoy a good life and actually wants to become a magic swordsman.

Other earls would certainly not do such stupid things.

Hud?

Considering Harder's experience, it is not incomprehensible that he would make this choice.

"Hard, why bother? Even if you become a magic swordsman, what will you change? You are still young, and the bloodline of your Bumons family has great potential. Why don't you have more children in the future? Look? Can you come up with a few people with wizard qualifications?" Roja kindly advised.

"Descendants? Wizard qualifications?" Hader laughed, the laughter was so sad, "As long as that person is still alive, do you think this kind of thing is possible?"

Roya was silent.

The Bumons family has not had a wizard apprentice for three hundred years.

It didn’t come out before, but it will come out in the future?