Chapter 132 [Tundra Frozen Soil], ancient ice crystal snake, heavy "maternal love"
"It was originally yours."
The woman named Soraya was easier to talk to than Ronan imagined. After taking in the entire metal box, her attitude towards Ronan softened almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The woman opened the letter and sat on the high chair to read it carefully. The girl in the oil painting next to her was holding the frame, and she was getting closer and watching quietly.
Ronan could feel the mental power and fluctuations of free energy particles permeating the room, which were the constant fluctuations in the woman's heart as she read the letter.
He stood there quietly and waited.
The sound of sobbing gradually sounded in the room, coming from the innocent and romantic girl in the oil painting.
The sobbing gradually grew louder, and finally turned into a loud cry. The beautiful girl in the oil painting sat on the grass full of irises, crying like a child without any scruples.
There are fine ice chips slowly floating in the light, but they come from the corners of the eyes of the woman reading the letter outside the oil painting.
Even Ronan felt a trace of sadness in his heart unconsciously, which was caused by being infected by a mental power that was too much stronger than his.
finally
Everything calmed down.
The woman was separated from the content of the letter, and her whole person seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.
"Who is Harlowen to you?"
she asked Ronan in a hoarse voice.
Ronan read the letter more than once and knew that the name Harlowen was the real owner of the metal box.
"have no idea."
Ronan's eyes were honest and he answered truthfully: "Maybe he is my mentor's mentor, maybe he is even higher in seniority."
Soraya sighed softly and whispered: "Time and fate are two things that no one can resist in this world.
May I have your name? "
"Linus."
"Linus Lanster."
Soraya looked at him softly, her eyes full of gentleness and love like an elder treating his immediate nephew.
"You have condensed [frozen soil], then you are considered a member of the Lanster family.
The bloodline of Ice Flame Iris will be continued in you."
"Well"
Ronan didn't know how to answer, but Soraya just sighed: "The blood of truly powerful wizards or families is passed down in the form of runes, and their will will be immortalized in power.
The meaning of bloodline is not as shallow as you understand
You'll know later
This is just the extreme south corner of the Upper Ring Continent. Only when you have the opportunity to travel to the middle of the Upper Ring, or even the continent below the Middle Ring, will you truly understand the vastness and vastness of this world."
"Upper Ring Continent..Middle Ring Continent, the Far South Land
Bloodline passed down in the form of runes."
Ronan looked dazed, but the information revealed in Soraya's few words was no less than a storm to him, causing great impact and shock to him, as if a corner of a vast world was slowly being revealed to him. open.
"What shall I call you?"
Ronan took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and respectfully asked Soraya.
"Just call me aunt..."
Soraya looked at him kindly, not at all as scary as the third-level wizard who was in full power before, "You don't have to worry about seniority anymore. After all... the Lanster family may only be you and me." "
"Aunt Soraya."
Ronan called softly, but his heart was full of complexities.
If he had known that everything would develop so easily and smoothly after delivering the letter, he would not have had to deliberately disguise himself as "Linus" after entering Whitestone Castle. He would probably have achieved similar results by confessing with his original identity.
In order to prepare for this meeting, Ronan had already imagined and rehearsed the hypothesis countless times in his mind, taking into account all possibilities and becoming "Linus" just in case.
"I see that you still have the aura of metal spells in you. Have you also mastered metal spells?"
Like a real elder, Soraya waved to Ronan, "Come here Linus, come closer...let me take a good look at you."
"Yes, after I was promoted to a first-level wizard, I joined the Silver Circle..."
Ronan responded in a low voice and walked closer to Soraya. He could feel the true and strong concern and love for him radiating from Soraya.
It wasn't just words, she seemed to really regard Ronan as her only relative in the world who was connected to her by blood.
And all this is just because Ronan condensed [frozen soil]. Ronan always found it incredible.
The answer may be hidden in Soraya's previous explanation of the word "bloodline".
"No wonder."
Soraya gently held Ronan's hand and looked him up and down carefully, with a smile on her lips.
Next to her, the young girl in the oil painting frame was also full of kindness towards Ronan, and her smile was extremely bright.
"I have heard of this wizard force. Its strength and foundation are quite good in this remote place. Their roots are in the central part and they are quite famous. Unfortunately, after this branch broke away, they sacrificed their roots and sought the last. They switched from the powerful all-powerful elemental system to It has become an unpopular metal genre.”
Soraya shook her head in judgment, seeming to know many things clearly, showing a vision and conversation that Ronan had never seen in a second person.
Does Ronan feel like a wealthy daughter who lives in a remote place? !
"What about before joining the Circle?"
Soraya asked again.
Ronan lowered his eyes and answered "truthfully" according to Linus's identity: "The teacher who gave me the inheritance passed away very early. I spent most of my time wandering alone..."
"My poor Linus."
When Soraya heard Ronan's answer, she called softly, stretched out her hands and hugged him gently.
Ronan was caught off guard, and his body was a little stiff at first, but then he slowly relaxed.
He began to gradually enter the role of "Linus", although he basically talked about his own experiences.
The fact that the inheritance of the metal box was interrupted for several generations gave him the perfect cover. He did not need to lie at all, because all the secrets about the "Lancet" family were hidden in the box. Before opening the box, no one could Know this.
Soraya kept asking him various things, and Ronan answered them one by one. He could feel that in the process, Soraya's feelings for him continued to heat up and she became closer to him.
I don’t know how much time passed. When Soraya completely accepted the existence of Ronan as a "relative", she stopped asking and looked at him lovingly, "In the future, are you going to follow me or continue to stay?" Dharma ring?”
"An ancient secret realm will open in a month. I will participate in the exploration as a member of the Dharma Circle. I don't want to miss this opportunity. After the trial in the secret realm is over, I will come to see my aunt again..."
Ronan replied meekly.
Soraya was quite satisfied with his answer and nodded: "It is a good thing for you that you did not grow up under the protection of anyone during your apprenticeship. You have the strong and courageous qualities of the true Lanster family." Only severe cold and strong wind can create truly brilliant flowers..
If you want the Ice Flame Iris to bloom again in the Northland one day, you really should go through more hardships alone.
but"
Soraya paused, changed her tone, and said calmly: "Hard work is hard work, and you don't want to be bullied when you go out." Ronan was stunned when he heard this, and then saw Soraya taking out Several rune stones.
"You are about to be promoted to level two...just in time, the [frozen soil] talisman can be upgraded for the first time.
This is the rune of [Tundra Frozen Soil]. After you advance to level two, you only need to make certain optimizations and supplements based on the original [Tundra Frozen Soil].
The effect of [Tundra Frozen Soil] can greatly enhance the cold air in the field, and make ice spikes grow in your [Frozen Soil] field. As long as people within the field are eroded by the cold air, they will also be affected by ice. Stinging attack."
"It shouldn't be difficult for you to obtain ordinary second-level ice spells. Here are a few second-level ice spells unique to our Lanster family. Their power will be stronger than the general second-level spells."
“This contains the [Ice Flame] rune, which is another core rune inheritance of our ‘Ice Flame Iris’ Lanster family in addition to the [Frozen Earth] rune.
You should first get familiar with it and try to figure it out, and then wait until a new talisman position is vacated in your soul before condensing it..."
"The [Ice Flame] rune can condense your cold energy into fire. The effect is"
Soraya glanced at the Frost Burn bracelet on Ronan's wrist and said: "It has a similar effect to the rune [Frost Burn], but its power is much more powerful than [Frost Burn]. It can freeze All the extreme cold flames"
Ronan's chest was filled with huge surprise.
When he found Soraya, it was equivalent to finding the complete inheritance of the "Ice Flame Iris" lineage. He had previously considered the issue of the subsequent inheritance of ice spells, but now... all of this was solved.
"I still have some second-level magic tools that I can't use. You should also keep them."
Soraya then took out a piece of second-level ice attribute magic tools from the space ring, including rings, pendants, staffs, and even a complete set of magic tools and equipment such as shoulder armor, breastplate, and belt.
Ronan was pleasantly surprised at first, but gradually his scalp started to feel numb.
"..There are too many, Aunt Soraya, I may not be able to use these."
Soraya's movements never stopped, one thing after another, like a merchant who wholesales magic tools.
"Is it much? Not much at all, I even think it's less.
Linus, you never know what kind of opponent you may encounter. Every additional piece of magic equipment gives you one more chance of victory."
Soraya took a dozen second-level magic tools and placed them in front of Ronan. Finally, she put the "Yallis Ice Ring Necklace" that she had "taken" from Ronan before and put it on Ronan herself. superior.
Soraya hid the necklace back under Ronan's neck, smoothed some wrinkles on his collar with her hands, and said softly to him: "Linus, you are the only hope for the rise of the Lanster family.
Before that, you can't have any accidents.
You have to remember"
Soraya looked directly into Ronan's eyes, and the blue of each other's pupils was reflected in their eyes.
Soraya's tone suddenly became determined and cold, and she said to Ronan word by word: "Your opponent is in the far north, on the plateau frozen soil that has not melted for thousands of years.
Their names are 'Frost Leaders', they are a group of natural ice controllers, with the coldest and most powerful blood flowing in their bodies.
You are far from strong enough to fight them now.
You are wearing an ice ring, even if you don't go to them, they will find you sooner or later. "
Ronan's eyes flashed slightly, and he nodded slowly towards Soraya.
A happy and satisfied smile appeared on Soraya's face, and she patted his shoulder lovingly.
Ronan sighed in his heart, he knew that the benefits were not so easy to get... Maybe when he chose [frozen soil] as his first soul sigil, his fate would be the same as the so-called "Ice Flame" Iris” The Lanster family is firmly bound together.
Ronan silently put away everything Soraya gave him, and the latter asked him: "When do you plan to be promoted?"
Ronan replied: "The mentor of the Magic Circle directed me to come to White Stone Castle to find a suitable 'talent' for transplantation, and to make final preparations for the opening of the ancient secret realm in one and a half months. This is also the real purpose of my coming to Cold Stone Manor. In advance, I Didn't know you were here"
"'Talent Transplantation' is indeed a good way for you to temporarily increase your combat power at this stage. What Warcraft have you chosen as the transplant target?"
Ronan was about to answer, but Soraya waved her hand and said quickly: "Forget it, the previous choice is not important anymore.
Since it is to improve combat power, it is natural to choose the best one.
The bloodline of the second-level monsters is a bit lacking after all.”
In the darkness, Ronan saw Soraya's eyes flashing rapidly, and said in a low voice: "It just so happened that several major wizard families in White Stone Castle were preparing to hunt a third-order cold scale python that had awakened a trace of the blood of the ancient ice crystal demon snake. , let me help you get a copy of the blood essence of this third-order cold-scaled python...
Only the cold-scaled python bloodline with the bloodline of the ancient ice crystal demon snake is worthy of the genius of my Lanster family."
The third level cold scale python...the bloodline of the ancient ice crystal demon snake.
Ronan opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say.
He used to think that Kirsty was already very good to him and cared for her "like a real mother".
But now when he compared with Soraya... he knew what the true "mother's" love was.
This "maternal love" is so strong that it's almost suffocating.
Ronan felt that something on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.
"Let's go out, it's too stuffy here."
Soraya stood up from her high chair and casually greeted Ronan.
She was very thin and extremely tall. When he stood up, Ronan realized that she was only half a head shorter than him.
This makes her look older than her actual age.
However, after Soraya stood up at this moment, her whole body seemed to be glowing with new vitality. Her skin was glowing slightly, and a girlish aura emanated from her body.
At a certain moment, Ronan seemed to see her and the girl in the long skirt on the oil painting overlapping each other, indistinguishable from each other.
"I almost forgot how many years it has been since I left this room, since..."
Soraya looked around the studio, with a hint of nostalgia and reminiscence in her eyes.
The girl in the oil painting smiled and leaned on the frame and waved to her, as if saying goodbye to her.
"Let's go."
Soraya turned around and stepped out of the studio first.
Ronan followed Soraya, his eyes flashed slightly, and he asked softly: "Why did Aunt Soraya come to White Stone Castle in the first place?"
"It's been so long ago that I can't remember it anymore."
Soraya paused when she heard Ronan's question.
"It seems...it's because of a man.
Regardless, he cut off all ties with his family and came here all the way from the far north. Carlos, who left you [frozen soil], is my brother and the one who helped me escape from the North.
When people are young, their hearts are always easily captured by something that unexpectedly breaks into their lives, and they follow it unknowingly.
Maybe it's destiny.
When the short-term happiness passes, when you look back, you realize that such a long period of time has passed."
Soraya's voice was as calm as water, but it caused waves in Ronan's heart.
He pursed his lips and could probably imagine what kind of story it was.
Ronan turned around and saw the girl on the oil painting in the studio still looking steadily at the direction they left, standing on the grass full of irises until she was swallowed up by the darkness bit by bit.
"Crunch——"
The closing of the studio door seems to mean that some of Soraya's memories have been completely dusted.
The two of them stood in the corridor with bright and soft light, and a slight cold wind passed through the hall.
Ronan remembered something and couldn't help but ask Soraya in front of him, "Mrs. Li Wei mentioned to me before... Hanshi Manor seems to have mastered the method of real blood transplantation?!"
(End of chapter)