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From the way the owl spoke, Lucien could tell that it was not a sorcerer's transformation, but a magic pet. Every apprentice could summon a magic pet after they started to learn magic, as long as they had enough materials to cast spells, and they could make a magic contract with it.
Depending on the spellcasting materials, the summoned magic pets would be different. There were common creatures such as owls, cats, crows, and so on, as well as magical creatures such as fairies and "dragons". After a magic contract was signed, every magic pet and its master would establish a close and mysterious connection, allowing the master to gain part of their own abilities, while the magic pet could also borrow some of the master's magic that was suitable for itself.
For example, if a cat was summoned as a magic pet, then the apprentice's agility would be increased to the level of a high-level Knight's squire, and they would also gain night vision. The cat could borrow apprentice-level spells such as "Forbidden Light", "Preserve Organs", and so on, as well as necromancy spells. Then it could also gain the ability to speak and think simply.
However, the number and number of spells that a magic pet could borrow depended on the number of spells that the master's spiritual power could continuously cast. When the master's spiritual power was not enough to cast two spells consecutively, the magic pet would not be able to borrow the spells. Moreover, the abilities that the master obtained from the magic pet would not increase with the level of the magic pet. If the magic pet died, or the magic contract was canceled, then the abilities that the master obtained from the magic pet would also disappear, and there would even be a certain degree of decline that could be recovered.
Therefore, Lucien had never made up his mind to summon a magic pet. Although in the long run, it was equivalent to having an extra clone of himself, and in the short run, it could increase his strength, but his situation was special. If he established this mysterious connection, it was very likely that his biggest secret would be exposed.
Looking at the strange owl, Doro, Lucien pretended to be very scared and replied: "No, really, no magician came to look for the witch. At least, I haven't seen any."
The owl flapped its wings: "Very good, you didn't lie. According to Lord Doro's observation, no other magician came to look for the witch. Now, the second question, when you and the church guards went down to look for the witch's magic laboratory, what did you see and what happened?"
"An owl also knows how to trick people with questions that it knows first …" Lucien cursed in his heart, and then he told the whole story, except for the fact that his soul broke through the boundary and Gary accidentally activated the Truth Sacred Emblem. As for the fact that the Library of the Soul recorded the magic books and notes when they were destroyed, no one would have thought that.
"This is really a tragedy!" The owl Doro sighed with emotion, and then flapped its wings: "Lord Doro is satisfied with your answer. Good night, young man."
Then it quickly flew out of the open wooden window.
Seeing the owl leave, the fear and panic on Lucien's face immediately disappeared. He directly blew out the candle, and then quickly changed into a black linen robe with a hood that he had just finished sewing. He quietly opened the door, went out, and closed it.
The night outside was pitch-black, and there were no lights in the slums of Aderon. Lucien spread out his spiritual power, and soon sensed a weak spiritual imprint that he had secretly left on the owl Doro. It was hard for others to detect.
Lucien had recently been unable to practice spellcasting, so he combined his previous knowledge of frequency, wave, and radar to create a variation of the spiritual imprint. It certainly had no effect on official magicians, but as long as magic apprentices and magic pets were slightly careless, it would be very difficult for them to discover that a spiritual imprint had been left on them.
"Fortunately, this owl isn't flying too fast. It's still within the range of my spiritual power. Judging from its level, its owner should still be a magic apprentice." Lucien let out a sigh of relief, and quickly ran in the darkness. Once he exceeded five hundred meters, Lucien's spiritual power would no longer be able to detect the spiritual imprint that was fluctuating with a special frequency.
Although the owl's owner was only a magic apprentice, Lucien would still be in some danger if he followed it like this. After all, he didn't know the situation over there, whether there were other magic apprentices, or even magicians, he didn't know.
However, there was a certain degree of danger. For Lucien, who wanted to get in touch with the circle of magicians and then find a place where he could openly learn magic, it was still worth the risk. He would wait and carefully observe before deciding on his next move. Moreover, he still had the level-2 magic ring 'Ice Avenger' on him.
The owl Doro didn't know that Lucien had left a spiritual imprint on it, so it didn't use its full strength to fly. On the contrary, in order to not attract attention to Aalto, which was under the control of the Church, it flew very carefully and furtively.
But even so, its flying speed was still faster than Lucien's speed, which he didn't dare to run at full strength.
Thus, after ten minutes of tracking, Lucien had already put a distance of four hundred meters between him and the owl Doro, and this was when it occasionally stopped to hide, or pretended to be an ordinary owl to fly.
But at this moment, Doro the Owl retracted his wings and slid into a window in the dark night without a sound.
After running closer, Lucien slowed down and quietly circled around to the side of the building. Then, with great surprise, he saw the signboard of the building:
"Copper Crown Tavern!"
"Could it be that there are magic apprentices mixed in with the mercenaries and adventurers?" Lucien thought to himself suspiciously. He noticed that the window was in the leftmost room on the second floor of the Copper Crown Tavern, which was a very convenient place to escape.
After wearing the Ice Revenger on his left index finger, Lucien circled around to the back door of the Copper Crown Tavern. In a low voice, he chanted a strange monosyllabic incantation. Without using any spellcasting materials, he left a faint shadow on the door.
"Silent Door", an apprentice-level illusion spell. It could cover the sound of opening and closing doors. It could last for up to an hour, but during this hour, Lucien could dispel it at will.
Then, Lucien waited for a few seconds and continued to cast "Opening Spell" that didn't require any spellcasting materials. An invisible ray of light shot out from his hand and hit the door. The sturdy wooden door silently opened a gap, allowing Lucien to sneak in.
After closing the back door, Lucien directly dispelled "Silent Door" in case someone else noticed the magic waves.
Even though it was a tavern, it was much quieter inside the Copper Crown Tavern at this time, especially around the back door. It was so quiet that Lucien could sneak up to the second floor while avoiding the passers-by.
Standing not far away from the room, Lucien could barely hear the voices in the room through the weak spiritual imprint.
After a while, Lucien smiled, pulled his hood lower, and walked to the door.
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In the cool room, Smail was leaning on a rocking recliner, carefully listening to the report of his magic pet, the owl Doro, with a glass of amber wine in his hand.
"Doro Sweet Wine", with a low alcohol content, could help him sleep well.
Smail was already used to the owl's strange narration, and it didn't take him long to figure out everything.
He closed his eyes and thought for a while. Then he asked about Lucien's reaction. After listening to the owl Doro's description, Smail rubbed his forehead, "It seems that he really has nothing to do with witches. But if that's the case, I won't be able to find the man who claimed to be from the headquarter of the Continental Magic Congress. Do I have to keep hiding?"
Just as he was sighing, there was a sudden knock on the door. "Dong dong dong, dong dong dong dong."
Smail stood up abruptly and asked in a gentle voice, "Who is it?"
As for the owl Doro, it immediately flew onto the bed and hid under the blanket. It whispered, "Who could it be? Who could it be? Is it here to roast Lord Doro?"
A strange, low, and hoarse voice came from outside the door, "I'm looking for Mr. Smail and the owl Doro."
"What?!" The owl Doro screamed in the blanket and almost flew up together with the blanket.
Smail's magic was ready to be unleashed, but the mysterious man outside the door made him hesitate. "I'm Smail. I don't know the owl Doro. Who are you?!"
"I'm a sorcerer. I met a witch by chance." The hoarse voice said calmly, "I've been secretly observing the witch ruins, trying to find the man from the headquarter of the Continental Magic Congress. Unfortunately, I saw your magic pet Doro today and heard what it said, so I followed it all the way here."
"What? You're here because of me?! "The owl Doro screamed in disbelief and then sighed with emotion.
"This is truly a tragedy!"
Smail relaxed a bit when he saw that the man did not directly break in. If it was someone from the Church, they would not be so polite. But when he heard that the man was a sorcerer, Smail naturally felt a sense of familiarity. However, he did not let his guard down. "Then you can cast the opening and closing spell to come in."
Although the previous popes had modified the basic part of the divine spells, the essence of the divine spells remained the same. They still came from the "gift of God". The change in the basic part of the divine spells was that the requirements for some divine spells that could only be acquired at a higher level were lowered. More new divine spells were bestowed, and some divine spells that required a long time to master were now easier to master. Therefore, it was easy to tell whether the person was a sorcerer or a priest.
A wave of magic surged, and the door slowly opened. Smail had to seize the opportunity when the man had just finished casting the spell and was still in the cooldown period. Smail wanted to catch the man first. Even if the man had good intentions, Smail had to take the initiative.
However, as the door slowly turned, there was also an extremely cold and terrifying magical aura. It was as if a very powerful spell was accumulating power and was deliberately being emitted.
"A formal spell?" Smail found that the magic aura was far more powerful than any of the apprentice-level spells he knew. "Are you a formal sorcerer?"
When the door was fully opened, Smail saw a mysterious man in a black robe. The man's face was completely covered by the hood, and the terrifying and cold magic aura came from him.
Lucien also saw that this apprentice was the gloomy man with a hooked nose and a tight black robe that he saw in the Copper Crown Tavern.
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