Chapter Thirty-Four: Analyzing the Ring

  At least half an hour after the dark shadow left, a residual shadow swept over from the other end of the corridor, its faint black light rippling like water waves, with a violent and destructive flavor hidden in the calm and quiet.

  The figure stopped in front of the iron fence, with a serious expression checking around.

  This was a man in his thirties, dressed in a black waistcoat, black tailcoat, black trousers and black patent leather shoes, with a black bow tie around his neck. His whiskers were neatly trimmed and his black hair slicked back - this was the new fashion that had just been learned by the upper nobility of Altor from other kingdoms.

  This gentleman looks like a person who attaches great importance to dressing up and social status.

  Unfortunately, he is not a nobleman.

  He is Long Xiang Ru Ai Lun

  In the Aaron gang, those who often came into contact with Long San knew that beneath Aaron's elegant and noble appearance, he had a raging fire of unknown origin burning in his heart, emitting endless venom, resentment, and anger, making people deeply fearful.

  Long Sang? Aaron, was actually a knight who had awakened the power of his bloodline, even on the verge of breaking through some limitations of the mortal body to become a great knight. However, the tragedy was that the power he had awakened was dark in nature. As a result, not only could he not become a true noble and receive a manor, enjoying a life of luxury and beauty, leaving behind an earldom for his descendants, but he also had to evade the church, like a rat darting through sewers, afraid to run under the sunlight.

  Due to the ancient magic empire, which ruled over the sky, land and ocean, and conquered many alien spaces, at that time, knights, priests and other professions with superhuman powers were unconsciously referenced by magicians in terms of strength division.

  The three-ring spell "Flight", the six-ring spell "Spell Trigger", and the numerous powerful nine-ring spells brought about a qualitative leap in the strength of mages. At these three levels, the mage's soul and spiritual power would also undergo mutations, resulting in a certain increase in lifespan. Therefore, in ancient magical empires, first-ring mages were called primary mages, second- to fifth-ring mages were called intermediate mages, sixth- to eighth-ring mages were called advanced mages, and ninth-ring mages were called grand mages.

  According to this division, the knights linked their four ranks with greatly enhanced blood power to the three, six, nine, and legendary levels of mages. Then they compared and divided the levels with less terrifying strength enhancement. Thus, after becoming a knight, level one and two are commonly known as knights, levels three to five are great knights, levels six to eight are heavenly knights, level nine is golden knight, and above that are epic knights.

  The division of the ranks of pastors is similar, but after becoming a mid-level pastor, most of them become bishops. The third to fifth levels are also called bishop levels, and high-ranking pastors often take on the role of cardinal bishops. As for the ninth level of pastors, there is no special title. If they can enter the College of Cardinals, they will be together with those "pastors of the Holy Spirit" as a cardinal, otherwise, they will still be cardinal bishops.

  The entire Valoric Kingdom, not counting the hidden and dark powers, has more than 400 knights, only over 50 great knights, and fewer than ten heavenly knights.

  And these knights, more than half of whom were members of the Violet Knights, were stationed at various strategic locations.

  As a second-class knight, as a strong man who is about to break through to the rank of Grand Knight, how can Longsang Airen not be angry and resentful of his situation, so he willingly became the black hand of some big shot, specializing in handling some shady things for him.

  "A faint smell of sulfur, blood, and some other smells." Aaron's nose twitched as he sniffed the lingering scent, and amazingly, from the mixture of countless smells in the sewer, including filth and stench, he picked out the most distinct smells of sulfur and blood.

  After triggering the power of blood vessels, not only can you obtain "divine grace", but also the abilities of various parts of your body will be greatly enhanced without conflicting with the power of blood vessels.

  Unfortunately, Aaron didn't arrive until much later, after Jackson and others had been gone for a long time, and only came to investigate in the sewer after catching a whiff of something off about the danger. By then, it was too late; whether it was corpses, ice shards from frost rays, or most of the smell, everything had been ruined by the dark river, garbage smells, etc., and he could only find some unimportant clues, such as the smell of sulfur, bloodiness, and the intentionally cleaned-up bloodstains, brain stains, and a little bit of charred black stains that were visible to his eyes at a glance.

  Aaron furrowed his brow: "Brain pulp, could it be a water ghost? Hmph, would a water ghost know how to handle traces? Acidic liquid, sulfur... It seems to be some clumsy magic apprentice. Unfortunately, I arrived too late, he's been gone for a long time, and many scents have probably dissipated already. As long as he was careful, I wouldn't be able to track his trail, and it's possible that he's already found a way to alert the church or some nobles."

  If he were a formal magician, Aaron believed that those ordinary followers who added "Silver White Horn" like Jackson didn't even have the power to leave a mark on their opponents.

  Considering the time it took, enough for the other party to do a lot of things, and the other party was an apprentice of magic, who would not be indifferent to what the "Silver White Horn" church did. Aaron's thoughts became simple: "Although we can find the priest of 'Silver White Horn' to cast spells to track him down, after all, it has been too long, the possibility of success is not high, and most importantly, if he has already alerted the church, the next period of time will be the key to our escape. Do we want to waste it on tracking him?"

  It's not a difficult choice for this kind of thing. Long Sang wouldn't risk his own life, and it's not worth the risk anyway.

  He turned around, his black leather shoes kicked off, and the whole person was like a black shadow rushing towards somewhere in the sewer.

  …………

  Lucien lay in bed, feigning sleep, highly vigilant, listening to the quiet night outside for any inexplicable sounds, until after two or three hours, feeling that the cult and gang would not come after him, he fell asleep drowsily.

  Before falling asleep, Lucien was trying hard to decipher the magic ring, so that even if the enemy found himself, he would have some strength to resist.

  The structure inside the magic ring is a three-dimensional model, but it doesn't have complex surfaces or curves yet. Plus, its internal construction principle is also within Lucien's understanding. So, Lucien spent an hour reviewing his high school math and physics results, and with the calculations in the Soul Library, he roughly analyzed it and tried to imprint his spiritual power on the core of the magic array.

  Lucien's soul injury caused his spiritual power to spread out, making him feel a splitting headache and unable to focus. He almost failed to imprint the spell, but fortunately, leaving a spiritual mark was much simpler than casting magic, so he barely managed to complete it. However, Lucien judged that "in two days, casting magic will become extremely difficult. Soul injuries are really troublesome."

  After leaving a spiritual power imprint, Lucien obtained the information left by the creator sealed in the magic ring:

  "'Ice Snow Avenger' ring, it is a magical apprentice who was betrayed by friends, with all the wealth he obtained to invite powerful alchemists to refine the object of revenge. The cold touch can make people like most formal knights always keep clear and calm, and once a day, the second-ring magic 'Palmela's Frosty Flying Blade' can make the betrayers feel both the pain of blood flowing and the chill of ice and snow."

  The alchemist left no name of his own, only providing the reason for the casting and the ability of the "Ice Snow Avenger" ring.

  Its magical effect should be to raise one's willpower to the level of a first-class knight, as well as granting a second-circle magic "Palmera's Frostbite Slash" once per day. According to the classification of magical items, it should belong to mid-second grade. The water ghost seems to have undergone variation, apparently mainly due to the effect of the first magic. Lucien put the "Ice Snow Avenger" ring into his pocket, ensuring that he could touch it at any time.

  This is because Lucien's status and position cannot afford to wear such expensive items, which would arouse suspicion. Moreover, Lucien is still in a state of spiritual trauma and his mental strength is difficult to spread out, so he can only rely on friction to stimulate and enhance the magical effect of boosting willpower, which requires direct skin contact to take effect.

  …………

  At dawn, Lucien forced himself awake with a throbbing headache, his head still spinning and his forehead burning with what felt like a fever.

  "A wounded soul can also lead to physical weakness and chill." Lucien sighed, mustering up his spirit, changed into another linen short shirt, didn't even have breakfast, and headed out of the city.

  The sun was near the horizon, and the sky was still quite dark. The cool fresh air invigorated Lucien, who shook off his discomfort slightly, and after walking for about forty minutes, he finally saw the estate of Lord Vain.

  Vain is a second-class knight from the Violet Knights, who left the knights due to his old age and no longer guards the fortress near the Dark Mountains. However, when Vaoulter was still the Count of Violet and the commander of the Violet Knights, Vain became friends with him, so he often enters the palace as an advisor for the Grand Duke to consult on military matters near the Dark Mountains.

  The manor is surrounded by a high wall, with facilities such as arrow towers, which can be seen in the iron-blooded style of Lord Vayne.

  Outside the wheat field, many farmers are working hard. The gate has been opened and two young men wearing gray knight uniforms are leading seven or eight soldiers to guard them. One has dark yellow hair and pupils, and the other is the most common brown-haired blue-eyed in Alto.

  "Who are you? What brings you to Lord Lucien's estate?" The young man with dark blond hair glared at Lucien as he approached.