What a bad day... ugh!
No, it was already the next day.
Griffith resisted the suffocating smell and slowly moved towards Karius' body. There seems to be some special breath or energy scattered in the air, which is being absorbed by the bone ring.
That is the lost essence. The dead Extraordinary will precipitate crystal-like properties, but Minos can still collect some of the lost information and elements, and accumulate and transform them into knowledge that can be used by Griffith.
The extraordinary property of Karius is a crystal that shines with golden brilliance, making it impossible to imagine the cruelty and cunning of its original owner.
Griffith didn't have time to get curious, so he grabbed the Extraordinary Characteristic and stuffed it into his pocket. A few minutes have passed since the battle with Karius. He must clean up the battlefield and leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, mutated creatures attracted by the blood will come one after another and eat all the flesh and blood present.
What's more serious is that it has probably been more than 6 hours since he entered the Whispering Forest, and the pollution from the darkness has caused irreversible mental damage.
However, all this is not for nothing.
Although he was covered in bruises and was very weak, the severe wounds had largely healed and did not affect his movements. After obtaining the powerless Philosopher's Stone, Griffith mastered the method of drawing blood runes. From now on, he can condense the blood runes through Minos, store his mental power in it, and use it to activate the two magic spells of flesh puppet and blood bat storm when needed.
Counting the frost runes he has mastered through Minos, Griffith can now create two series of runes and store 6 at the same time, using four powerful spells.
The corrupted feather fencing sword seized from Baron Anselm was also recovered. Karius has been holding this weapon carefully and protecting it well.
Griffith's mood improved a lot, and he continued to search for the equipment and supplies carried by Karius.
The black shadow controlled by this demon hunter combines attack and control, which is a very powerful ability. Griffith really wanted to take this ability as his own, but no matter how he searched, he could not find similar sealed objects or equipment on Karius's body. Minos didn't respond either.
Is it some kind of ability rather than equipment? Griffith continued to rummage, and finally found a black cloak flowing with magical energy from Karius, an axe, 7 poison sacs of corrupted wolf spiders, a roll of first aid bandages, two bottles of life potion, Some coins, food and spirits.
This cloak is very tough, but when you touch it, you can feel a sense of sadness, despair, and pain. Even with Griffith's shallow knowledge of magic, he could identify the characteristics of this dark magic item.
After becoming a Sequence 8 Beyonder, Griffith has been able to discover certain magical equipment. He unfolded the cloak and found that there was also a simple record engraved with psychic energy on the lining. It was truly extraordinary.
"Item: Darkblood Cloak.
“Origin: Eric’s Enchanting Workshop, Mingluo Street, Old Town.
"Materials: Shadow Spider Silk, Vampire Blood, Wrong Soul Essence, Shadow Dust Crystal.
"Special effects: Improve the wearer's ability to dodge arrows and other long-range attacks; slightly increase movement speed and agility.
"Special effects: After injecting mental power, the wearer will gain visual and breath hiding effects for 15 seconds.
"Remarks: Due to the addition of vampire blood during the manufacturing process, the concealment effect on the magic wolf is weakened. In addition, don't expect too much to use this thing to hide the keen elves.
There is an additional line of notes left on the record, which seems to have been added by Karius himself, seemingly for future visits:
"It was found from the mountain monster's lair deep in the Black Mountains west of Old Town. The original owner was caught and eaten by the monster. This makes me doubt the effectiveness of concealment."
The rest of this fierce witcher's equipment appears to have been lost in the earlier battle.
The trainee knight regretfully washed away the blood on his body with strong liquor, put on his cloak and prepared to escape. Just when he stood up to leave, he found an inconspicuous little pocket beside Karius.
There were some receipts and tickets inside, mainly receipts for accommodation and bar consumption in Baltimore.
Griffith took a cursory look and was about to throw it away when suddenly something moved in his heart and he began to read through it hurriedly. Soon, he held a small ticket and his expression became solemn.
This is a receipt for consumption in the lobby of the famous Prancing Pony Hotel in Baltimore. Karius had dinner and drank two glasses of butter beer. The time is October 16th, at 8pm.
That day was the day when Griffith and Galadia went out to eat hotpot. On the way back, he saw someone hand something to Aaron in the bar.
…
Suddenly, a flowing shadow appeared under Karius's body, gathered towards the corner, and then squirmed.
"Hoho, that's a very interesting ability."
Along with the low and mocking words, a young man with blond hair and red eyes slowly appeared in Karius's shadow. He's hiding in the shadows!
"You can condense a sharp ice spear without casting a spell. It seems that you have a holy weapon made of a spell caster."
Aaron Lentilus appeared within a stone's throw of Griffith.
It’s Aaron! ! ! When did Aaron hide there? He saw our fight. I didn't feel any breath or trace? What is he going to do? What is the goal? Griffith felt a chill go down his spine and couldn't help but take two steps back.
"Isn't this the breath of the Philosopher's Stone? According to legend, it is a treasure that turns stone into gold and is omnipotent." Aaron pointed to Griffith's pocket containing the red stone. "Although the actual situation is not so omnipotent. But it’s also an extremely valuable sacred weapon. It’s a pity that yours has lost its spiritual power.”
"..."
Griffith didn't know what to say. He thought of many things in an instant.
Aaron was looking at him with blood-colored eyes and said in a magical tone:
"What, are you speechless? Griffith Blanton, I know you.
"You ruined my plan, how should I punish you?"
"Plan? What plan?" Griffith stammered, "Did Velonus instruct the goblins to attack us? I was forced to fight and got to this place."
"Hahahaha! You know nothing about it. This is really inappropriate." Aaron took out his wand and played with it on his fingertips. "It has nothing to do with Velonos. The goblins were sent by me. As for the plan you hindered , although it’s not a big deal, it’s not easy for Karius to transport a mountain monster and keep it in the forest. I expected it to find some trouble for Tiberion, but I didn’t expect it to be killed by you and a few bastards. "
So that’s it! Griffith understood.
However, there are still doubts. Aaron is the boy who defeated that man, the prophecy's banner against black magic. The school pays close attention to him. Why would he do this? How did he get here?
Moreover, Lundyrus's family suffered a heavy blow more than ten years ago, so much so that when Aaron reached school age, he would go to a second-hand bookstore to buy books. Where does he have the financial resources to drive a witcher? Not just witchers, even. Karius's power can't deal with the mountain monster at all, there must be other powers serving Aaron.
Griffith slowly asked:
"Excuse me, Your Excellency, who are you?"
"What? Didn't you think of it yourself? Didn't the answer already appear in your mind?"
Griffith was sweating profusely. He murmured. The answer was on his lips, but he could never say the key words.
"Your Excellency, yes, yes...could it be..."
Aaron's beautiful eyes were filled with smiles, and he seemed not to care about wasting time in this crisis-ridden place.
"Griffith Blanton, I give you a chance to make amends for your mistakes.
"Go to that mirror."
"But, I've tried it, and the mirror doesn't respond at all," Griffith said.
"Get over there, idiot." Aaron yelled.
When Griffith stood in front of the mirror again, the smooth mirror surface suddenly produced ripples like water ripples. At the same time, a powerful magic power was emitting from Aaron's body.
It turns out that the mirror requires the caster to charge it to activate.
"Look in the mirror! Think of the Philosopher's Stone!" Aaron ordered, "It's not the piece you picked up, it's the Philosopher's Stone full of powerful magic and vitality! Do you understand?"
I see! At this moment, Griffith understood Aaron's intention.
This teleportation mirror must really be able to materialize the object it is thinking of, just as Pepelanci said. Aaron was plotting to find the real Philosopher's Stone. Perhaps he didn't want to leave any traces, so it was me, or maybe Karius, who carried it out.
Can it really succeed? What if a racing carriage comes out like at Pepperanchi's?
Ah - not good! What have I been thinking!
A racing carriage really appeared in the mirror, roaring toward Griffith.
"Did you see it? Tell me, did you see it?" Aaron shouted, "What did you see?"
"Well, uh, I saw a speeding racing carriage."
Aaron, who was not far away, was stunned for a while, and his fair face was quickly enveloped in anger.
"Deathly whipping!"
A powerful force of magic shot out of the wand without the need for formation or chanting, just by calling the name. Griffith screamed and flew to the side.
"Idiot, do you think you can deceive me like this? Come back to my feet and give me the real Philosopher's Stone!"
The hall suddenly fell silent.
Griffith slowly stood up from the ground and gasped:
“A question occurred to me, Aaron.
"Although you are possessed by a powerful will, in the final analysis, your body is just that of a relatively powerful first-year magic student."
As soon as he finished speaking, Aaron saw the ferocity and unruly ferocity of a beast in Griffith's eyes. He immediately raised his wand, intent on delivering another lash.
However, Griffith suddenly disappeared in front of him. Disappeared from before him without a trace.
"What? This," Aaron quickly came to his senses, "isn't it just Karius's poor cloak? It's a trick, let me catch you!"
Powerful fluctuations of magic energy filled the hall, and Aaron's attack was imminent. This will turn out to be a large-scale attack spell!
Griffith appeared and rushed towards Aaron from the blind corner of his vision.
"Bastard! Tremble under the power of magic! Lethal lashing!"
"Bang!"
Griffith was wiped out under the whip of magic. This unexpected effect did not surprise Aaron, and he quickly realized that he had been deceived.
"it's here!"
Aaron turned quickly and found Griffith who appeared from another direction. However, just when he was about to use the magic spell, a dizzying blood energy rushed towards him.
"Damn Spellbreaker, too close!"
Griffith's eyes were bloodshot, and he struck with a decisive charge, and the sharp corrupted feather sword pierced Aaron's heart.
"ah!"
Aaron screamed. But Griffith's inevitable blow hit the transparent shield and deflected to one side. Despite this, Yu Fengjian still tore through the shield and stabbed Aaron's arm, and the shadow energy tore his flesh.
Griffith had no way out. He took out the dagger with his left hand and stabbed Aaron in the heart again.
Hit!
Griffith's left hand feels good. A hole opened in Aaron's chest, and blood spurted and flew backwards.
