Lord of Hyranza

Chapter 368 Rewards for the Guard Battalion

The afternoon sun shines into the warm and empty library, leaving long and narrow light grids on the red-painted floor.The floor near the window panes has been exposed to the sun all day long, and there are faint signs of fading.

The heavy snow fell from noon to early morning yesterday, and the whole city of Hailansa was covered by a piece of silver.

The snow stopped, and there was no wind. People in the streets of the city were clearing the thick snow.

In the library of the knight academy, the apprentice knights don't like it here, these young people prefer outdoor activities.

Almost half of the books in the library are textbooks of various subjects, and these textbooks are all prepared for borrowing by apprentice knights.

Apprentice knights studying at the Knight Academy do not need to prepare various books in advance. All the textbooks they need for class can be borrowed from the library with the academy badge.

These books are open to students free of charge. In principle, as long as they are not damaged, there will be no additional costs for purchasing books.

Most of the remaining books in the library are related to the history of the Grimm Empire, and of course there are some biographies of the adventures of knights and rangers.

Some ranger biographies are recorded in the form of diaries, which are very realistic. Of course, some are memoirs or some exaggerated and fictional stories are added, which have a better reading experience. In the rift of time and space, entered the kingdom of dragon and became a dragon slaying warrior.

Of course, now that the dragon knight has disappeared for nearly a hundred years, the dragon knight has become a legend in the eyes of the people of the empire, but every trainee knight has a dream of becoming a dragon knight in his heart.

In some books, there are often plots about meeting the night elf queen in a certain forest and spending three unforgettable nights with her. After reading too much of this kind of adventure, it will make people feel that the night elf queen is more like a She is a street girl, and she can do whatever she wants without giving money. Before the final parting, she will also get an epic weapon made by an elf craftsman. The biography of this kind of ranger in the library is almost ruined by the apprentice knights.

The library seemed very deserted on weekends, only a few female students were sitting in the corner of the library.

They are frequent visitors in the library, and Suldak can often see them when he comes to the library to borrow historical materials. However, Suldak has no idea about underage girls who are nearly ten years younger than him.

The young magician Lance revealed some information to Suldak. According to the information obtained by the Magic Union Law Enforcement Team, there are a total of six black magicians hiding in Grenfell Manor to conduct research on black magic, except Mrs. Grenfell. Except for Margaret, the other five black magicians are all at large. However, the magicians of the law enforcement team don't know yet that Cyrus Hickok, the black magician who robbed Suldak, has died in the In the red pine forest.

Cyrus Hickok's magic notes were on the square table in the reading room.

Suldak was taking out a "Compendium of the Grimm Empire" from the bookshelf. This thick parchment book was covered with thick dust. Suldak blew lightly, and the dust filled the entire bookshelf. , Suldak quickly walked out of the bookshelf area with the book in his arms.

He checked the information in the library for most of the day. Unfortunately, the magic notebook of the black mage Cyrus Hickok is still at the preliminary stage of understanding. There are a lot of Cyrus in the magic notebook. Magician S. Hickok's experience in black magic. There are many incomprehensible words in the notes. After searching in the reading room for a long time, Suldak found out that many words that record magic are not in the imperial language. Su Erdak found no books on these texts in the library of the Knight Academy.

Therefore, for this magic notebook, Suldak could only understand a small part of the content. He tried to dismantle and transcribe some unintelligible texts on a blank parchment, and prepared to ask questions if he had time. Lance, in the Grimm Empire, every magician has received a very good imperial education. The young magicians who can join the law enforcement team of the Magic Union are all outstanding students in the previous magic academy.

Of course, there are some contents in the magic notes that Suldak can still understand, including the detailed records of several magic herbs by magician Cyrus Hickok.

Let him finally figure out the specific names and effects of the several kinds of magic herbs in the magic pocket. Suldak is going to find an opportunity to send these magic herbs to the auction house. Now that the magic herbs are in such a tight demand in the magic market, they should be able to sell a few. It’s a good price, and it’s best to be able to exchange for the magic materials needed by Ferdinand’s magic scholar. He has very few sand wolf heads left in his magic pocket. Once he loses the buff effect of the “Blessed Body”, he may It is difficult to suppress the black curse on the leg.

Originally, Suldak had planned to hunt sand wolves in the wild, but a sudden heavy snow completely dispelled his idea, and he had to start re-planning, planning to go to the auction house in Hailansa city to try his luck, even if he couldn't buy it. For those kinds of magic herbs, maybe you can buy cheaper sacrifices.

As for the weird magic materials in the magic pocket, although there are related records in this magic notebook, it just doesn't describe the appearance characteristics in detail, and Suldak is a bit confused about what these magic materials are.

Turning to the back of the magic notes, the black magician Cyrus Hickok recorded a magic circle in the notes. Suldak vaguely felt that the pattern of the magic circle was the same as the one in the cave behind Grenfell Manor. The magic circle seen in the book is just a more detailed drawing of the magic circle in the magic notebook. There are some notes written by Cyrus Hickok in many places, and there are a few pages of text behind it, all explaining this magic circle. A magic circle.

There is a paragraph in the notes that records the whole story of several black magicians living in seclusion in Hailansa City.

The mission of these six black magicians is to reproduce the magic circle of the "Dark Summoning Gate". According to the guidance of the astrologer, the six of them came to Hailansa City to find some clues, in order to find a secret hiding place. Therefore, the six people chose this red pine forest outside the city of Hailansa. They used black magic to kill a baron's wife, and one of the six people named Margaret married the baron. The baron is officially Lord Greenfield.

Since then, Baron Grenfell's manor has become the hiding place of the Black Magic Priory, and they have also successfully developed Baron Grenfell into a peripheral member of the Black Magic Priory, Cyrus Hiko Magician Ke didn't think it was Margaret's credit. He felt that he should thank Samya for this incident. If Samya hadn't succeeded in sleeping Baron Grenfell, he wanted to persuade Baron Grenfell to join him. The Black Magic Priory, I'm afraid it will not be easy.

The following words are recorded at the back of the magic note:

'Only by borrowing the Goddess of Darkness to break the constraints of the laws of the world can the Gate of Dark Summoning be reproduced.The horrors in the Flaming Hell were repelled by the power of the world law, but the dark goddess had successfully let the apostle come into the world, and the dark apostle must hold the secret of the world law in Roland Continent. '

On the last page of this black magic notebook, there is a portrait of Selena in Girls' Generation. This portrait is lifelike, but there is a crescent-like magic pattern tattooed on her forehead, and her eyes are also powerful and confident. , Suldak stared at the eyes of the portrait, his gaze seemed to be attracted by the deep gaze of the portrait, just one portrait made him immersed in it, almost unable to extricate himself.

He saw endless darkness in those eyes, and just when he was about to sink into the endless void, a beam of holy light shone from the bottom of his heart, making him completely awake.

At the moment of waking up, Suldak quickly closed the magic notebook. The moment the page on the magic notebook was closed, Suldak felt that the portrait didn't look like Selina anymore.

Then the inexplicable power full of darkness disappeared from his spiritual world. He panted heavily, and touched his forehead, which was actually covered with cold sweat.

He closed the magic notebook, pinched the corners of his eyes wearily, and finally understood the reason why these magicians of the Black Magic Priory tried their best to find Selina, and until now, these members of the Black Magic Priory He didn't give up looking for Selina, and it turned out to be related to the Dark Summoning Gate.

After closing the magic notebook, Suldak remembered that he had to rush to the guard camp.

He got up and left the library, walked to the stables behind the college, pulled out his ancient horse and left the college through the side door.

Although the snow on the street has not been cleaned up, the sidewalks for people to walk have all been opened up.

Suldak rode his horse through the wealthy area of ​​Hailansa City. A homeless man was lying on a bench not far away. The homeless man got up from the bench and wanted to come over to Suldak But when he saw the knight badge on Suldak's chest, he immediately limped into a narrow alleyway, not even daring to turn his head.

Suldak was a little speechless, thinking: This is probably the deterrent force of the knights in the guard battalion. After all, the title 'Master Knight' is not called for nothing.

The death of the aristocratic boy Vic made the nobles in Highlandsah hate the Black Magic Retreat. The living space of black magicians in Highlandsard City was further compressed, and maybe they could only hide in the sewers where the homeless lived. , so as not to be discovered, some members of the aristocrats have proposed more than once in the parliament that they want to clean up some homeless people in the city of Hailansa, so that the remaining power of the Black Magic Priory may be completely eradicated.

Ivan Baruch is currently being held in the prison of the Magic Union, and even Lance doesn't know what the young knight confessed to the magician in charge of the interrogation.

According to Karl, the Baruchs were trying to raise money to get Ivan Baruch out of prison, but nothing seemed to work.

The snow in the guard camp had been cleared away. Suerdak stored the horses in the stables. When he reached the entrance of the main building, he stopped and tidied up his light leather armor before entering. When he went upstairs, he happened to see When Gwendolyn ran down the stairs holding a stack of thick reports, in such a cold weather, Gwendolyn was still wearing a dress and uniform. After she saw Suldak, her face There was a smile on his face immediately, and he said something to him: "Suldak, you did a good job!" before passing him by.

This sentence made Suldak confused, but he didn't think much about it afterwards, and went directly to Captain Sauron's office on the second floor.

Knock on the door and enter the room.

Captain Sauron was standing at his desk flipping over the parchment full of words, his bushy eyebrows were almost knit together, and when he looked up and saw Suldak, he nodded to him, motioned him to sit on the chair opposite, and said bluntly : "I'm calling you this time..."

Captain Sauron said to Suldak: Although he didn't get any rewards for the incident at Grenfell Manor last time, his achievements were recorded in the book.

This time, he found members of the Black Magic Priory in Christie Castle and rescued Miss Hoyle. His performance was very impressive, and he was praised by the Marquis Bernard Christie, the consul of Hailansa, although Suldak It has only been one month since he joined the support squadron of the guard battalion, so he does not meet the promotion requirements, but due to his outstanding performance, he made an exception and promoted Suldak as the deputy captain of the support squadron.

Of course, since Suldak is currently studying at the Knight Academy and does not belong to any of the ten squadrons of the support squadron, this sub-captain is only a vain job, except that he can receive ten extra silver coins every month. In addition, some benefits have been slightly improved, that's all.

Captain Sauron clumsily held the quill, and said to Suldak: "Later, you need to go to Ms. Flora's and re-register the badge of the guard battalion. If there is nothing else, you can leave."

"Yes, Captain Sauron!" Suldak straightened his back and walked out of Captain Sauron's office.

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Suldak walked into a noisy tavern, and saw Karl and He sitting next to the bar, smiling and chatting with the proprietress inside the bar.

There was a familiar figure sitting behind Karl, it was the Byrd tax officer who sent him to Wall Village, but at this time the Byrd tax officer seemed to be drunk, and his body was already leaning a little. With his hand propped on the bar, holding half a glass of ale in his hand, his huge beer belly almost touched the bar, which made Suldak a little worried, whether the stool under his buttocks could support his heavy body.

Suldak sat next to Karl, and saw that Bird's face was flushed from drinking, and his tongue was a little out of control when he spoke.

"Don't look at me like that. It has nothing to do with me. When I came here, I happened to see Byrd sitting here drinking alone. He had already had a little too much by then." Carl raised his innocent hand and said to Suldak explained.

"What benefits did Sauron give you...?" Karl asked casually.

When Suldak told Captain Sauron's reward, Karl couldn't help curling his lips and said, "Captain Sauron is good everywhere, but his achievements are too hard..."

Carl didn't say much.

The proprietress handed over a glass of ale, and the two raised their glasses and bumped into each other.

Chapter 369 White Elephant Trading Firm

The tavern was a bit noisy, and the large trays above the heads of the girls were filled with ale, and they shuttled nimbly among the tavern guests.

Only near the bar counter is a bit more orderly. The barmaids put the empty wine glasses on the bar counter, and the proprietress behind the bar quickly brought the wine glasses filled with ale, put together a large tray, and chatted with the barmaids for a few minutes. If you want to have a drink with these ale girls, you will not only have to pay double the price for the drink, but also buy the glass of wine that the ale girl drank. , is considered a treat.

Apparently no one in the bar intentionally poured alcohol on Bird Tax Officer. Suerdak glanced at Bird Tax Officer, and saw him lowering his head and smirking at the glass of ale in front of him. He had obviously drunk too much.

Suldak likes to drink with a plate of nuts, preferably charcoal-grilled and coated with salt.

The tavern proprietress saw that Karl had a friend coming, so she stood aside to clean the wine glass, and stopped chatting with Karl.

Carl will go out of the city with the support squadron tomorrow to inspect the villages and towns and noble manors around Hailansa City.

After the heavy snowfall, some bandit groups would often emerge, taking advantage of the heavy snowfall to inconvenient transportation, they took the opportunity to plunder some fringe villages and towns, and the guard battalion support group would be busy for a while at this time.

If it wasn't for Suldak who still needs to attend classes at the Knight Academy, he would also like to go out of the city with Karl. After the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, some monsters hidden deep in the mountains will also come out. At this time, some demon hunters are the most Best time to hunt.

The door of the tavern was pushed open by two attendants, and Mrs. Christie walked in angrily from the outside. Even the drunk drinkers, seeing Mrs. Christie's strong aura, would avoid and silence.

Mrs. Christie walked up to Karl and sat down on the high stool in front of the bar. The proprietress of the tavern skillfully poured a glass of golden cider and sent it to Mrs. Christie.

"Why did he drink so much?" Mrs. Christie looked at the dull-looking Byrd tax collector and asked Carl suspiciously.

In her impression, although this obese tax official likes to drink, he is usually very self-disciplined and rarely drinks like this.

Karl also rubbed his forehead in distress, and explained to Mrs. Christie with an innocent face: "Who knows...he has been in a low mood since he came out of Christie Castle. We haven't sat here for long, and he got himself drunk gone."

"How was today's lunch? How do you see that you are in a bad mood?" Karl asked Mrs. Christie.

At this moment, Suldak is completely transparent. The proprietress of the tavern next to her turned around and pushed a plate of dried fish to Suldak. The plate was small, and the dried fish looked very delicate. There was half a lemon in the narration. Suldak looked at the tavern proprietress suspiciously, pointed to his nose, and asked suspiciously, "Is it for me?"

"Please try the newly added appetizers in the tavern." The proprietress said to Suldak with a smile.

Her voice is soft and approachable.

Suldak quickly replied 'thank you', no wonder the tavern was full in the afternoon, it seems that the proprietress in the tavern is very good at business.

Mrs. Christie, who was sitting on the other side of Karl, was also complaining to Karl at this time: "Today is really terrible, a group of self-righteous guys, Bernard should drive them all out, those guys! Uh... really!"

The proprietress of the tavern seemed to be very familiar with Mrs. Christie, she couldn't help but turned her head and asked, "What happened? It made you so angry..."

Mrs. Christie rested her arms on the bar, holding her glass in both hands but not busy drinking.

"What else is there? In the past two days, Hoyle has been in a low mood. In order to cheer up Hoyle, Bernard specially invited some young nobles to the castle. Who would have thought that those young people would Running in front of Daqy, he tried his best to show off his talent and knowledge, but left Hoyle aside. Bernard's original intention was to make Hoyle happier, but unexpectedly, it made Hoyle's mood worse. I didn’t make it to the end of the luncheon and left early.” Mrs. Christie complained.

The proprietress of the tavern said sympathetically, "How could they do this?"

Mrs. Christie sighed softly, and said: "It may be that Hoyle is involved in the Black Magic Priory. If we marry her home, it will bring disaster to their family."

Carl asked with a look of surprise: "So... Even if Hoyle has a rich dowry and title, no one wants to try to associate with her?"

"Hmm!" Mrs. Christie looked at Suldak at this moment, raised her glass to him and said, "... Suldak, I haven't expressed my thanks to you yet."

"It's nothing, it's just a coincidence." Suldak smiled modestly.

Mrs. Christie asked: "I heard that you want to participate in the auction?"

This is also the reason why Suldak gathered in the tavern in the afternoon.

If not, Karl will be traveling soon. At this time, he must be living a two-person world with Mrs. Christie.

Usually only nobles can participate in some high-end auctions in Hailansa City. Karl rarely participates in such auctions, so he has no way to give Suldak any good advice, so he asked Mrs. Christie to recommend it.

Suldak said directly: "I want to buy some kinds of magic herbs. I have searched almost all the magic herb stores in Hailansa. I can't buy those kinds of magic herbs anywhere. I can only find a way to go to the auction house to try my luck. .”

Suldak wanted to ask Ferdinand Scholar to prepare the magic potion that could suppress the black curse, otherwise the sacrifice of the sand wolf's head would not last long.

Mrs. Christie frowned slightly. Her eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Darcy Christie's. She had a strong character, and she was usually not too tactful when talking with familiar people. She said to Suldak: "Now the auction house It is not easy to buy magic herbs here, and many magic pharmacists are staring at the auction house, as long as magic herbs appear in the auction house, no matter how expensive they are, they will definitely buy them at a high price in the end."

Apparently, what Mrs. Christie said was the current situation of Hailansa City. The current magic herb market in Hailansa City is controlled by several magic pharmacists, so that several potion shops in the city cannot continue to operate and have closed down one after another.

Mrs. Christie didn't say something clearly, but Suldak already understood the meaning of the words. Even if she spent a high price to snatch those magic herbs in the auction house, it was useless. If she offended those magic pharmacists, no one would be willing Suldak concocts a magic potion.

Suldak smiled slightly distressed, thinking that he could buy some low-level sacrifices such as sand wolf heads, or simply follow Karl's support squadron to the wild, and maybe he could hunt other monsters .

Seeing that Suldak was silent, Mrs. Christie said again: "I know that there is a special trading firm that can accept entrustments to purchase magic items. Although the commission is a bit expensive, you can order a lot of rare magic items from him. goods, and the most special thing about that trading house is that it advocates bartering, if you have some rare magic materials, I suggest you try your luck there."

"Where is that trading house?" Karl also asked Mrs. Christie curiously.

Mrs. Christie looked at Suldak and said to him, "It's in the underground trading market. If you decide to go, I can be your recommender."

Suldak thought that there were still some magic herbs of the black magician Cyrus Hickok in the magic pocket, which might be able to exchange for the magic herbs he needed, so he said, "I want to try my luck, Mrs. Christie."

Mrs. Christie said to Suldak: "You can call me Mary or Mariana."

Now that he decided to go to the trading firm, he was ready to leave immediately. Carl looked at the drunk Bird tax officer, and said with some distress: "I have to send this guy back first, you take Suldak to trade first. Commercial Bank, I will rush over to meet you later."

Karl's entourage carried Bird tax collector out of the tavern and boarded Karl's carriage.

Mrs. Christie's attendants led Suldak into a magic caravan on the side of the street. Mrs. Christie sat in the carriage and gave instructions to the coachman. The carriage drove slowly on the street that had not completely cleared the snow. In the underground trading market, the ancient Bolai horse of Suldak was tied behind the carriage and walked slowly with the carriage.

It was very calm in the carriage. Mrs. Christie was sitting opposite Suldak, but her eyes kept falling on Suldak, and she kept looking at him. After a moment of silence, Mrs. Christie was the first to ask: "You How did you meet Darcy?"

Suldak knew that Mrs. Christie would find an opportunity to ask this, so he said frankly: "I served in the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment of the Bena Corps, and our infantry regiment happened to be stationed in the Southwest Forest Camp of the Hilly Grassland. Darcy Christie The swordsman academy where the lady works organizes a plane training group..."

There's nothing to hide about these things, either.

Mrs. Christie seemed to be hearing this for the first time, and her mouth opened into an 'O' shape. Based on her understanding of her niece, Darcy Christie was definitely not the kind of character who would not revenge. She asked Su with a surprised face. Erdak: "So...although you and Daxi knew each other before, they weren't friends, and instead formed some grievances?"

Suldak continued: "It's almost like this. Before leaving Handanar City, I took the initiative to teach Norton a lesson..."

Mrs. Christie suppressed a smile, and said to Suldak: "Ha! I have heard about Daxi's experience before. She decided to return to Hailansa City and teach in the Knight Academy. It is more or less similar to that incident. Something matters."

Then he said with emotion: "I didn't expect you to meet again in Hailansa City, and you also successfully resolved the previous grievances."

"..."

Suldak suddenly felt that Mrs. Christie's eyes had changed, and she looked more like an amiable elder when she looked at him, which made a layer of cold sweat break out on his back.

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Fortunately, the underground trading market is not too far from the tavern. Although the streets in Hailansa City are not very smooth, the crest of the Christie family is hung on the outside of the carriage, and they have the right of way no matter where they go. The carriages on the road have to avoid it , so it didn't take much time to reach the gate of the underground trading market.

Suldak had been to this underground trading market more than once, but he didn't know that there was a trading company here.

The magic caravan stopped, Mrs. Christie got out of the magic caravan, and walked into the gate of the underground trading market with Suldak. The burly janitor saw Mrs. Christie, put his fist on his chest respectfully, and acted like a standard warrior. present.