quicksilver blood

Chapter 341 Crow
"...So, I saw wildfire running and burning on the ground like a mad horse, and it didn't stop until seven days later."

An old man sat alone in the study.An ancient scroll bound with hard paper was spread out in front of him, and it was more than halfway through at this moment.Even at noon, the not very bright sunlight penetrated the glass and sprinkled on the scroll.

The old man stared at the book intently, and at the same time carefully stroked the paper with trembling fingers slowly, and read out word by word a completely different content from the page.

Because this book is not meant to be "read", but should be "touched".

Inscribed in black ink of magic, what appear to be nothing more than ancient legends and folktales contain rules of translation that reveal their true content.

If the perception is high enough, you can feel slight unevenness on the paper surface of the scroll.In fact, this is the ancient Elcate rune favored by the druids.

After translating according to the translation rules on the tome, these Elcate runes, which seem to be only composed of magical effects such as antiseptic, firmness, and dust removal, will form the real content hidden in the secret tome.

This kind of dense volume is called "Book of the Future", a total of 42 volumes, and it is a prophecy left by a truly great Druid.It, together with "The Raven of Iramat" and the "Ten Rules" left by those who know later, are called the three major prophecies.

The little-known Druid even predicted the war of the gods and the fall of Higgs a thousand years later, but when the modern Druids realized the value of the "Book of the Future", these 42 volumes of prophecy were already only The remaining seventeen volumes are stored in the druid's great library.The remaining 25 volumes have been completely lost.

Obviously, what is being interpreted by the old man is one of the future books.

"It's about... the things before and after the collapse of the White Tower."

The old man pondered for a moment and kept writing something on a blank piece of paper.

But just when he had just written two lines, there was a sudden sound of tapping footsteps outside the door.

The old man curled his lips and sighed deeply.

Then he carefully closed the ancient scroll, folded the piece of paper and put it in his arms.

"Grandpa Edward!"

The old man had just finished his work when a crisp voice came from the door.

They said in unison: "We're here to play with you again!"

They are the twin young sons of Lord Richero.The lord of Richero and also the lord of the Richero district, Earl Orwell, doesn't have many children. Apart from an eldest son who is nearly 20 years old, there are only this pair of twin youngest sons.

Edward naturally knew that these two children could not move.Edward could feel that in the shadow of this room, a pair of cold eyes were staring at him from nowhere.

It was a shadow fist of the golden rank.

That's right, the golden rank.Edward didn't know why such a small place would have such a strong person.

Although this body is also a gold-rank, Edward is not that stupid to use a gold-rank witchcraft whose effect has been greatly reduced against a gold-rank assassin.

He could feel it—with the strength of the guard walking in the shadows, if he showed hostility to these two brats, he would tear himself apart in an instant.Coupled with the speed of those two brats, if Edward's self-control ability was not strong enough, he would have been torn to pieces by that unknown stalker long ago.

According to the content of the transaction, Edward needs to translate the "Book of Tomorrow" for this ambitious Earl. As a transaction, he will provide Edward with one hundred high-quality souls.

It is now the eighth day since Edward reached a deal with Earl Orwell and moved in, and it is also the eighth day since he has been under constant surveillance.No matter how suspicious you are, this level is already too much.

At this time, if Edward no longer knew that he was being plotted by Earl Orwell, he would really be sorry for his name as an enemy of Kabbalah.

But what made Edward curious was that he didn't know where he was being calculated for a while.Holding a relaxed and happy playful attitude, Edward deliberately slowed down his translation progress, and at the same time used his ability to secretly investigate Earl Orwell.

As a result, Edward's investigation of playing tricks really found something——

That's what Earl Orwell was charged with.A great crime enough to execute him three times.

The city lord of Richero was not as benevolent as his subjects imagined.Under the cover of passing passenger ships, he exported some rare woods to Elcate in large quantities, or bought large quantities of precious stones at low prices in the Broken Isles.

At the same time, he would capture some druids from time to time, and trade with certain churches of Bansa or Titan.Both sides took the head of the other's sworn enemy and turned it in for merit.

You know, the clergy are quite rich.Those priests and Templars who have tasted the sweetness will subsidize Orwell's large "channel fees" every year. I hope Earl Orwell will not cut off this line.

It was these secret transactions that allowed the city of Richero to develop, and it was these secret transactions that made the city prosperous.

To be precise, Richero is not ruined because the city of fortune was bombed and no one would come to the city.The reason why Richero really didn't go down was because those "cover" ships never came again.

After Edward got to know Earl Orwell, he immediately became interested in him.At the same time, he also planned to avenge his shame of being plotted by a mortal.

If such a genius is discovered by a real devil, with a little guidance, he may easily become a new devil after his death.

Contrary to ordinary people's understanding, the devil is also a force on the mentor's side.However, compared with suing the dead crow, the treatment of the devil is much worse.Being able to weaken the strength of the devil, Edward, who is a member of the Twilight, is naturally happy.

...Of course, before that, Edward first had to translate this volume of "Book of the Future".

This book of prophecy is what attracted Edward.The more and more intense destiny shocks caused by the interpretation of "Book of the Future" will easily be predicted by the astrological wizards, and will even attract the attention of the gods.The safest option is to read the book inside Karal's Great Barrier and then throw this hot potato back to Earl Orwell.

Thinking of this, Edward secretly sighed.

If it weren't for these two children making trouble every day, he would have finished translating this book today.

He even had some doubts, whether these two brats were sent by Earl Orwell to make trouble for him.But he looked back and thought that if he stayed here, Orwell would also take risks.He didn't need to make himself uncomfortable.

You must know that under the rule of the gods, dealing with the devil is also the death sentence of paying money.

"Here you come? Sit down first. Grandpa will find you some sweets."

Edward turned his head with a smile, pulled out two small stools from his desk, and put them beside him.

But before Edward pulled out the box of candy from under the table, the two children had already taken out the candy themselves and poured mouthfuls of candy for themselves.

"Grandpa Edward... let's continue telling the story of the little crow."

The little boy stuffed his mouth with candy and said inarticulately, "What happened after eating the deer?"

crow...

Edward tapped the table with his fingertips, and after a little thought, he spoke, "After that..."

(End of this chapter)