Chapter 101 The Wizard
Three years ago, Maltz Kent was bitten by a strange bat when he went hunting. When he returned home, the wound began to fester and pus, and he developed a high fever after holding on for several days. Fell into coma.
The doctors who were invited shook their heads after seeing this. According to their opinion, the Kent family can directly prepare for the funeral.
Just when the family thought that the count was about to be called by the Lord, a mysterious figure came to the door.
This is a traveling healer who calls himself "Barnet" and says that he has a way to save Count Maltz Kent.
The Kent family was desperate at this time. Although Barnett was dressed strangely and his image was closer to a barbarian mercenary than a doctor, they still had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor and let him give it a try. Anyway, no matter what It can't be any worse than it is now.
I didn’t expect that this man named Barnett was really capable. Through his mysterious medicine, the Earl of Kent quickly woke up from his coma.
But Doctor Barnett did not allow anyone to watch his "treatment" process, either before or after the count woke up.
The entire Kent family was very grateful to Dr. Barnett and treated him as a distinguished guest for more than a month.
Only the Earl of Kent knew in the whole family that the savior named "Barnett" was not a healer at all.
But a wizard!
Yes, wizard! This serious illness made Maltz Kent know this fact:
Wizards and magic are not things made up by the church to scare ignorant people, but really exist in this world.
While his body was still in a coma, his consciousness was constantly having nightmares:
He was in a huge maze.
He looked around for an exit, but the maze seemed to move. When he reached a dead end, he wanted to follow a path he remembered clearly to return to the previous location, but found that the path he had just taken had changed drastically.
There are no scary scenes, no scary monsters, but there is something more terrifying - monotony, an ultimate monotony.
As far as the count could see, there was nothing except himself and the brick walls that formed the maze.
The Earl of Kent was soon driven mad by the monotony. He prayed to the Lord of Light, even if a terrifying monster suddenly appeared to scare him.
I don’t know how long it took, but a mysterious voice suddenly appeared out of thin air, calling his name and guiding him how to walk.
For the Count, this voice was simply his savior.
Through the guidance of the mysterious voice, he finally walked out of the maze in his dream. The moment he walked out, his body woke up from the coma.
When he opened his eyes, the first thing that caught the count's eyes was Barnett's face tattooed with mysterious patterns.
For some reason, he was immediately sure that the person in front of him was the owner of the mysterious voice in his mind.
"Hello, Mr. Barnett!" This was the first thing he said after waking up.
Even he himself didn't know why he could call the name of the person in front of him, as if he had known him for a long time, although after thinking about it carefully, he still knew nothing about this person except the name "Barnett".
It was not that the count had never thought of sending this somewhat evil healer to the church for "evaluation", but what happened later made this idea disappear without a trace.
During the subsequent "treatment" process, Earl Kent felt more and more strange about the other party. After he plucked up the courage to inquire, Barnett readily admitted that he was a legendary wizard.
“Aren’t you afraid that I will inform the church?” He was surprised by the other party’s bluntness.
Barnett sneered and said: "I can save your life, but I can also make you die. It may even be worse than death, not just for you, but also for your entire family!"
The Earl of Kent had a cold war. Over the years, he had made many enemies and received many threats, but this was the first time that a single word could make him so frightened.
What is even more strange is that, apart from the sneer at the beginning, Barnett said these words in a normal tone. Could it be that he became as timid as a mouse after a serious illness?
After much deliberation, I can only blame it on the other party's identity as a "wizard". There must be some unknown means to make myself afraid of him.
He temporarily suppressed the idea of informing the church because he couldn't do without the medicine in Bennett's hands.
At that time, his body was still very weak, and he had constant fever and could not even get out of bed. Once he took the medicine provided by Barnett for a while, his condition would become more serious.
After a period of continuous "treatment" by Barnett, he developed an inexplicable sense of dependence on the wizard, as if he would die soon if he left the wizard.
Gradually, a sense of trust emerged from the sense of dependence, an unreserved sense of trust that was not inferior to that of his son. Even the earl himself was surprised by his transformation. People other than close relatives will be somewhat wary.
In the process of getting along, he witnessed various magical abilities of the other party, which made him more and more interested in legendary things like "magic".
"Master!" At some point, he changed to this respectful address to Barnett, "Can I learn magic from you?" He mustered up the courage to ask this sentence, human Two major natures: thirst for power and curiosity about the unknown, and magic just satisfies these two points.
And he also has real-life motivation. If he masters this mysterious power, then some things can be carried out more conveniently, such as raising his title to a higher level, or making his money bank fuller.
After Barnett heard him ask this, he suddenly laughed wildly, as if the long-awaited thing had finally happened.
But after laughing, he gave a cold answer: "No!"
The Earl of Kent was disappointed: "Why?"
The other party replied: "There are three Reason.”
"First, you are too old and have passed the best period of enlightenment."
"Second, studying magic is an extremely energy-consuming job. Even if you don't suffer from this disease, your current Your mental state is no longer what it was when you were young, and it is simply not enough to support the study of magic."
"Third, it is because of your mental state that even if you are a genius, you can understand it with a little effort. The construction of the spell, but your mental strength is not enough to support the casting of the spell. If you cast it forcefully, your life may be endangered."
After hearing these three reasons, Earl Kent felt that the world suddenly became dark. , the door to a new world was just closed to him.
Then I heard Barnett mutter: "But..."
He suddenly became excited again: "Master, you have a way, right?"
Since he passed the age of forty, he has rarely been so excited.
Sure enough, Barnett said: "I have a secret technique that can strengthen your body and strengthen your spirit. After you use it, although you still can't compare with those who have been exposed to magic since childhood, But if you are lucky, you can achieve something."
Seeing a glimmer of hope, Earl Kent asked anxiously: "Master, what is the secret skill?"
So he was taught a health-preserving technique: suck raw animal blood for three meals a day and take a secret medicine, meditate before going to bed and breathe according to a prescribed rhythm.
Barnett said: "This is an extremely long process, but this secret technique will stop your body from aging, and you don't have to worry about running out of time. I will teach you when your body and spirit return to a standard level. I’ll give you some basic magic, and then it’ll all depend on your own efforts and luck.”
Finally, he emphasized: “You must not stop, otherwise all your efforts will be wasted.”
The Earl of Kent repeatedly expressed himself. Keeping it in mind can also stop oneself from aging, which is what many nobles dream of.
In the days that followed, now that the Earl had one foot in the world of magic, Barnett revealed some information to him one after another.
There are many wizards in this world, and there has been a mysterious and powerful wizard organization for a long time: the Secret Order.
This organization has been secretly contending with the church, providing a haven for many wizards who devoted themselves to it.
And Barnett is a member of the "Secret Society".
The sudden acquisition of forbidden knowledge gave the Count an inexplicable pleasure, as if he had returned to his childhood decades ago when he felt great when he knew some secrets.
What made him even more ecstatic was that Barnet promised that if his magic could reach a certain level, he would be introduced to this organization.
"Teacher Barnett."
Regardless of whether the other party was willing to accept the title, the Earl of Kent just called it out, and Barnett also acquiesced to the title.
More than a month later, despite the Earl of Kent's efforts to stay, Barnett was leaving, but said that he would come back to check on the Earl of Kent's mental state and teach him magic once he was suitable.
Sure enough, Banai came to Byland Castle several times one after another. It was through these meetings that the Earl of Kent learned the tip of the iceberg of the grand plan of the organization behind him.
However, what even he himself did not realize was that, from whence on, all of this happened so naturally.
The author is too impatient and wants to write about the feeling of the forces behind the scenes appearing, but it always feels like that is not the case.
Can any reader recommend similar passages in other people's books? Let me see how the masters describe them.
(End of this chapter)