As soon as Lucien returned to the castle, he saw Joanna walking out of the corridor with her greatsword in her hand.
"Mr. Evans, after you killed that evil necromancer, the zombies in the castle went out of control, but we've cleaned them up," Joanna reported to Lucien respectfully.
In her mind, other than her respect for Lucien's power, she was also dissatisfied with him. He was a powerful Paladin, and he hired a team of adventurers to protect him. It was obvious that he wanted to confuse Baron Habearo and the Necromancer to investigate and launch a surprise attack. However, in this way, she, her husband, and her sister had to get involved in the battle between the two powerful beings, and they were almost killed by that damn owl.
Lucien looked around and asked calmly, "Is there anyone alive in the castle? Where are Simon, Betty, Wise, and Mars? "
Joanna was not a girl like Betty. Although she was dissatisfied, she still answered seriously, "Except for Mr. Mars, there's no one alive in the castle. They've all been turned into zombies by the necromancer. Simon discovered that there was a commotion in Fog Town and rushed over to deal with it. He suspected that it was a small number of zombies that had not escaped. Mr. Wise and Mr. Mars had been hiding in the storeroom and did not dare to come out. Betty was vomiting in the bathroom.
"Vomiting?" Lucien held some spellcasting materials in his left hand.
Joanna's beautiful face also showed a look of disgust, "When we were dealing with the zombies, Betty found the ingredients for our dinner in the kitchen. They were all rotten human flesh. There were eyes, tongues, fingers, and white maggots crawling all over them …"
Joanna was about to throw up. She did not want to look back at the scene.
Lucien nodded. It seemed that the baron was going to use some kind of poison in the food to make it easier for him to deal with Lucien. However, after the death of Katherine and the rest of the people, the food had lost its glamour. "Ms. Joanna, you don't have to call me lord. Just call me Mr. Evans. I don't have a title."
Joanna raised her head in confusion and saw Lucien's deep and charming eyes. She felt like she had fallen into a vast, dreamy starry sky. "Yes, Mr. Evans." Joanna nodded, "Of course, Mr. Evans."
Lucien asked Joanna about her memory of the battle and found that there was nothing wrong with it. Then he used hypnosis to slightly change some details.
"I'm fine. Joanna, you go to Fogtown and help Simon, in case he's in danger." Lucien deactivated Charm.
Joanna suddenly woke up and blushed. She was just staring at Mr. Evans in a daze. She felt that he was very charming. It was so embarrassing! She was like an underage girl! However, with Mr. Evans's powerful strength, handsome appearance, elegant manner of speech, and gentle attitude, every woman would find him attractive. As long as they maintained an appreciative attitude, it would be fine.
"Mr. Evans, I'll go to Fogtown right now." Joanna's face was burning, so she walked out of the castle as fast as she could.
Lucien watched Joanna leave quietly. Then he turned around and looked for a chance to change the memory of Betty, Wise, and Mars, as well as the traces of the battle in the baron's room.
…
Under the dim candlelight, Lucien looked at Simon, Joanna and Betty in front of him and said, "Thank you for keeping the peace in Fog Town, and thank you for helping me during the battle. According to the agreement between adventurers, you can have one-tenth of the treasures in Baron Habearo's castle, and the rest will be given to Viscount Stanley and the Church, except for one third of mine. Lock the room, and don't give any chance to the thieves. "
For the time being, Lucien still wanted to maintain his identity, so in order not to arouse the suspicion of the Church and the nobles, he did not loot all of the baron's belongings, as if he was just a knight who happened to come across something like this.
In fact, Baron Habearo did not have a lot of valuables. The most valuable things were his castle, domain, and manor. As for the cash, Lucien only had 60 Thales and his family's level-two extraordinary weapon, the Giant Rock, because he needed to buy babies and children to maintain his luxurious lifestyle. Lucien had to make some connections in Korsor in case the bishops and pastors in Korsor found out that something was wrong with the church in Fogtown.
Unlike the nobles in Aalto, most of the nobles in the countries in the middle and southern part of the continent could only get one or two magic or divine items. Therefore, the continent was called the most barren place on the continent.
Also, Baron Habearo's only set of extraordinary armor was given to Hunter as a reward, and Hunter later mortgaged it to buy more materials.
"Can we take twenty Quintal?" Simon was a smart man, but he still could not help but swallow his saliva. A tenth of the baron's belongings was not only a tenth of the coins, but also a tenth of the extraordinary sword. Only castles, territories, manors, and other items with the characteristics of nobility were not included.
According to what Lucien learned from Natasha, in Aalto, the value of an apprentice-level extraordinary item was around ten Quintal. Low-rank items (level one and level two) were worth dozens to hundreds of Quintal, and middle-rank items (level three, four, and five) were worth thousands to tens of thousands of Quintal. As for the extraordinary items above that, they could be directly exchanged for materials, items, territories, ports, cities, potions, and knowledge.
However, Extraordinary items had always been priceless. Not only were they rare, but they had never entered the circle of Mages or nobles. Even if one had Thales, they couldn't be bought. If Natasha did not know that Lucien was almost a Knight, she would not have told him about the extraordinary items. For example, Victor's annual income was around a hundred Quintal, but he had never even touched a single extraordinary item.
"This two-handed greatsword is a level two extraordinary item, which can make the user as powerful as a level three Knight. Although it requires a certain amount of strength, it's not expensive at 140 Quintal, "said Lucien. Originally, Lucien wanted to take this level two double-handed greatsword, but it required the strength of a Knight, so he had to give it up.
At the same time, Lucien also regretted that he did not give Habearo the chance to get the stone, or things would have been much more complicated.
Hearing Lucien's words, Simon, Joanna and Betty all stared at the pile of Thales on the table excitedly. Even though they had missions every day, they could only earn ten Thales a year. It would take them at least four or five years of hard work to earn twenty Thales.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Evans," said Joanna humbly. Joanna said modestly, and then she hurriedly added, "But we all need money for our knight training, especially for Betty. So I have to accept it." "Of course." Lucien nodded, "But we all need money for our knight training.
Lucien smiled, "Before we go to Korsor, I'll teach Betty some proper knight training. You guys can learn a lot from her." Lucien nodded, "Thank you, Betty. I'll teach her some proper knight training before we go to Korsor. Thank you for your help."
On the one hand, Lucien was indeed grateful. On the other hand, when they were interrogated by the Church, the Church would know that he was able to do the regular knight training, and the indirect evidence would be more powerful.
"Really?" Asked Betty excitedly. Most of the Knight trainers in Korsor were nobles who were close to bankruptcy, and none of them had awakened their Blessing. Therefore, they were not as good as Mr. Evans, who was a powerful Knight.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Evans!" said Joanna and Simon.
Lucien waved his hand, "I'm not a Knight, and I'm not a nobleman. I'm just a Knight of Her Royal Highness. I have a lot of divine spells and magic items, which is why I'm so powerful. Please don't tell anyone about it. "
Before they answered, Lucien added, "By the way, I was seriously injured by the smell of death and decay when I was fighting with the necromancer. I need some rest tonight, so please don't disturb me. Also, I can't go to Wild Wolf Town to report to the Church in advance, so I have to ask you to keep watch tonight, and we'll go to Wild Wolf Town together tomorrow morning. "
Wild Wolf Town was the next town on the route, and it also belonged to Baron Habero. However, the apprentice pastor in the church had not been turned into a zombie yet.
"Yes, Mr. Evans." Joanna, Joanna, and Betty answered at the same time. Hearing the promise of money and formal Knight training, Simon, Joanna, and Betty were very excited.
…
The night gradually deepened, and the castle with only a few people seemed to be even more quiet, deep, mysterious and gloomy.
Lucien was lying quietly in his bedroom, playing with the invitation letter that Hunter received. Lucien had lied about being corroded by the smell of death. The real reason was that he still had something important to do.
Lucien took another look at the invitation letter in his hand and compared it with the one in the Library of the Soul.
"The same wording, the same lack of title and signature, but the two invitations have different markings on them. One is a black hexagram, and the other is a small part of the inverted Tree of Life. They seem to correspond to the recipients."
"Yes, that's very likely. The Feast of Death of the Sorcerers would definitely prevent the Church from sending people to fake their identities. Only such an invitation letter would correspond to a verified Sorcerer and prevent such a thing from happening. The part of the inverted Tree of Life represents Hunter, and the black hexagram represents the apprentice. When the invitation letter does not match the identity of the apprentice, he or she must take it from the original owner. "
Lucien thought to himself, "Also, the sorcerers must be careful to prevent the Church from getting the information and location out of the apprentice."
"If that's the case, how can I sneak in?"
Lucien had already come up with a plan, but it was too risky for him to make a decision right now.
"After Hunter's identity is spread out, the time and location of the Feast of Death will definitely be changed. After all, he is an official necromancer who was invited."
"Unless I stay here for a long time, it will be hard for me to get in touch with the local sorcerers. Where can I find the time and location after the change? And if I stay here for a long time, it means that I have already missed the chance.
"It seems that I have to take some risks."
Lucien took out the crystal ball and started to perform Astrology.
The result of the divination was that the future was too vague. Lucien shook his head helplessly, but he still opened his suitcase, put on a black robe with a hood, opened the window, and snuck out.
Although Gray Fog Town was still more than seven days away from Korsor, it would only take him two to three hours to cross mountains, cliffs, and woods at the speed of a Knight. And Lucien planned to visit the Carendia Castle tonight. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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