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Rafa and Kiki talked all night, asking about Xiuqi, Rocky and Liki's current situation, and in exchange, he also told Kiki some history of the Chimera family.

Kiki doesn't trust Rafa, but the situation of Xiuqi and others is not a secret. Kiki's understanding of them is actually very limited, so he didn't hide anything about these things.Rafa once wanted to fool Kiki with the habit of intermarriage of the Chimera family, but Kiki coldly pointed it out, and then turned to talk about the real origin of the Chimera family.

But this so-called origin is only after the Chimera family took root in the Yalong Empire.When Rafa was loyal to the Chimera family, the Yalong Empire had been established for a long time, and the Chimera family had also been awarded the title by Emperor Borgia, but the Magic Association at that time was still entangled with the Holy See in the Oz Empire, and there was no Fully cooperate with Yalong Empire.

Rafa's loyal master Yeqi is the grandson of Chimera's first patriarch. Like Kiqi, his parents are half-brothers and sisters, but he did not marry his sister, nor did he stay with any woman. Heir, he was only obsessed with the pursuit and research of eternal life all his life, and he did live quite a long time, he was almost 200 years old when he disappeared.

According to Rafa, Yeqi is the most powerful member of the Chimera family he has ever seen. It was Yeqi who built this castle and transformed him into a lich at the end of his life, making him the most powerful Chimera. Keeper and guardian of the castle.

From a certain point of view, it was Yeqi's strength that made the family members after him more determined to intermarry, hoping to ensure the purity of the bloodline, thus giving birth to family members as powerful as Yeqi.

"When I saw that the children who were finally born didn't even have the most basic magical talents, I knew they were wrong." When talking about this matter, Rafa said with emotion, "They only think of Ye Master Qi is powerful, but he has forgotten that Chimera itself is a hybrid of humans and gods. There is no such thing as a pure theory, and Master Yeqi's grandfather and grandmother are not blood relatives of the same race. They want to use inbreeding to maintain their talents and blood. It's just a ridiculous delusion."

"Why didn't you stop?" Keech asked suspiciously.

"If I stop them, will they obey?" Rafa asked back. "You have Chimera blood yourself, and you should know how stubborn and self-righteous people with this blood are. Besides, my allegiance is only to Jesus." Master Chi, the responsibility he entrusted to me is to manage and protect this castle, so what does it matter to me whether Chimera's power can continue?"

——The latter sentence is the key!

Keech sneered secretly.

The two were talking, and the three light spots flew back to Keech's room with dinner.They seem to be able to use wind magic similar to the whirlwind technique. When they came in, they didn't knock on the door, but directly "knocked" the door lock and floated in.A simple dinner including bread, sauced meat, and fruit was placed on a large tray, which floated into the room like them.

Perhaps it was in a good mood, and when Kiki was eating dinner, Rafa promised him that as a thank you for giving up the ownership of the castle, he would take Kiki to every corner of the castle, including the place where even Hasari The real secret room of the unknown.

After Rafa finished speaking, he felt a little regretful, and blinked at Kiki, as if hoping that he would refuse.

Keech remembered that Yech's secret method of man-made magic core hadn't been discovered yet, so he nodded in agreement without thinking about it, and asked Rafa to arrange it as soon as possible.

Rafa had no choice but to add one condition - only to watch, not to take.

"What about copying?" Keech asked, "For example, if I fancy a magic book, can I copy a copy back? If I fancy a magic weapon, can I copy it and take it away?"

"Of course, please feel free." Rafa replied generously.

But the next day, when Keech actually walked in, he discovered that the so-called secret room was just a study room, and there was nothing else in it except books and manuscripts.

"No way, there are too many prodigal sons in this family." Rafa explained embarrassingly. Now, since the house has been taken by the Magic Association, it is estimated that almost all the things inside have been moved to Yuan Island."

Keech listened silently, without making a sound, reached out to pick up an ancient book on the shelf, and flipped through it page by page.

This seems to be Yeqi’s study room. The footnotes added to each book are obviously from the same person’s handwriting. It is also very similar to the suicide note Kiki saw in the stone tower of the Abyss of Nightmare, but the handwriting on the suicide note It's more messy, far less regular than the handwriting in the books in front of me.

But looking at it, Kiki lost interest. Although these solemnly bound books are considered priceless, there is nothing Kiki is interested in.Keech quickly put down the ancient book and turned his attention to the manuscript documents.

After seeing it, Keech suddenly felt dizzy.Not to mention the messy handwriting of these manuscripts, there is no logic at all in what was written, and many places are smeared like oil paintings, and it is completely impossible to see what the original owner is recording.

Kiki deliberately copied all these notes with his abilities, and handed them over to Amir, so that Amir would have a headache, but after counting the number of notes, it is really not something that an ordinary magic robe can cover. The stomach of the nightmare beast is now It's not in his hands, so if you want to take it away, you can only use the normal method, and this will definitely attract the attention of Zoe and others.

—If they want to borrow, will he borrow it or not?

Kitsch bit his lip, turned his head and "negotiated" with Rafa again, and asked to copy again next time.

"You come by yourself?" Rafa asked noncommittally.

"Hmm...maybe I will bring another magician." Keech replied hesitantly.He really didn't even have the confidence to go out by himself.

"I understand." Rafa nodded solemnly, and then changed his voice, "However, please remember to bring some high-level magic cores when you come. A high-level magic core can only be used for about ten years, no matter how economical you are. It won't last for 50 years, and you have to use a magic monkey to put it in, so I have something to discuss with you."

"...Don't you want me to keep the monkey?" Kiki asked blankly.

"You are really considerate, little master Kiki." Rafa said happily.

Kiki twitched the corner of his mouth. Although the monkey was useless to him, handing it over to Rafa made him even more upset, so he shook his head and said, "No, I can't give it to you yet."

Rafa didn't seem impatient, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, as long as you send it back before you die, but before that, you have to remember to go back to the castle every ten years! "

—I'd better take it with me to the grave!

Kiki rolled his eyes back at Rafa in annoyance, but immediately remembered another thing, and asked instead: "Wait, a magic core can be used by this castle for ten years, are you sure?"

"Of course, but that is because the number of castle elves is dozens of times higher than now, and the number of masters is also much larger than now. Maybe it can... be used for a longer time." Rafa thought that Kitsch felt exhausted. Too big, explain quickly.

"Do you know the teleportation magic circle of the Magic Association? You need a high-level magic core to use it once." Kiki said with a frown.

"Of course the teleportation magic circle consumes a lot, it is connected to the protective magic circle of the Magic Association!" Rafa laughed, "Actually, the elemental energy consumed by the teleportation magic circle is less than one percent of a magic core , the remaining parts were transferred to the protective magic circle connected to it—or, what do you think the magic association’s strong defensive magic circle is supported by? The spiritual power of the great magician?"

"In that case, if no one uses the teleportation magic circle, wouldn't the defensive magic circle also fail due to the loss of the source of magic power?" Keech asked suspiciously.

"How come no one uses it? What does the president do, isn't it just to maintain these?" Rafa shook his head with a smile.

When Rafa said this, Kiki also suddenly realized.The Magic Association has a certain number of free transfer quotas every year. Tina uses this quota to travel between Yuan Island and Yasha during the New Year. The reason for this free quota must be to maintain the operation of the magic circle. fixed expenses.

"Speaking of which, our castle also has a magic circle that stores energy!" Rafa said suddenly, "Master Kiki, if you still have a high-level magic core... can you... hehehe..."

Keech rolled his eyes involuntarily, and became more and more displeased with Rafa's behavior of exploiting and oppressing Rafa even though he refused to recognize himself as the master.But when mentioning Yuan Island and the Magic Association, Kiki suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something very important, and hurriedly reminded Rafa that Fernando might really come over and ask him about the Lich.

"Don't worry, little master Kiki, it is absolutely impossible for him to get any inside information from me." Rafa replied with a smile, "Because even I don't know how to become a lich."

"You don't know?" Kiki couldn't help being taken aback.

"Yeah!" Rafa nodded seriously, "Master Yeqi turned me into a lich, and only he knows how to do it. I just feel like I fell asleep, and then I opened my eyes and I became a lich." This is what it looks like."

Moriarty also seems to have said that the transformation method of the Lich has been lost, it's just...

Keech frowned and said hesitantly, "Will anyone believe it?"

"So what if they don't believe it? Come and find me in the castle if you have the guts!" Rafa smiled grimly, "It just so happens that the organs and magic circles in the castle haven't been used for a long time, so it's just a good time for them to exercise their muscles and bones." .”

——That’s right, he didn’t need to worry about this matter in the first place.

Kitsch curled his lips and said no more.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that Keech and his party stayed in the castle for three days, right in the time limit given by Hasari at the beginning.

During these three days, Zoe has been researching the strange magic weapon in the Hall of Harrier Eagle, while Loren has been pestering Rafa, asking him how to transform into a lich.However, the three days were so short, Zoe only drew sketches of the appearance of a few magic weapons, and noted their usage methods and effects; Loren found nothing, but was deceived by Rafa to learn a lot of new knowledge about magic. .

However, Rafa did not let them down and returned. Before leaving, he gave Zoe a long-established contact magic weapon, and Loren an ancient book about souls. Even Elvira got it. A headgear with a weak magic defense effect.Of course, the contact magic weapon is too old to be used, and the soul theory described in the ancient book cannot guarantee its correctness. As for the headgear given to Avella, its magic defense effect is too weak to be used continuously." Weak" is not enough to describe it.

Although Kiki disapproved of Rafa's narrow-mindedness, he would not be so idiotic as to expose it. On the last day, he asked the monkey to add another high-level magic core to the castle's magic circle, and then left the castle empty-handed. Boarded the airship returning to the Magic Association.

Kiki originally wanted to use the same itinerary as Amir, flying directly from Yalong to the Abyss of Nightmare, but not all great magicians who are qualified to be watchers can use flying skills. In order to accommodate them, Kiki Qi can only go back to the Magic Association first, then go to Oz by the Magic Association's teleportation magic circle, and then go to the Abyss of Nightmare in the normal way of travel.

After such a toss, when Kiki arrived in Dawn Town, nearly a week had passed since he left Chimera's castle.According to the usual practice when completing this kind of trial task, the two watchmen who came with him parted ways with him in Dawn Town, hiding in the dark to observe his every move.

Keech actually knew how and where they were hiding, but in order to allow the assessment to continue smoothly, he could only pretend not to know and let them spy and monitor.

But fortunately, after such a toss for a week, when Kiki came down to the outskirts of the Abyss of Nightmare under the guidance of Avella, Amir, Gordon and others had just come out of the Abyss of Nightmare and were setting up tents in the open space, as if preparing to Stay overnight here.This time, Gordon only brought Timzi here alone, but to Kitsch's surprise, Barosh, whom he had not been able to meet in the Magic Association, appeared here and was talking with Amir and others. sit together.

Keech hurried over with Avella.

Amir also noticed his arrival, smiled and stretched out his hand, held him in his arms in front of everyone, and gave him a warm hug.

——Do you really miss me that much?

Keech pouted depressedly, knowing that Amir was taking advantage of him, but he couldn't expose it, so he could only tell Amir that he had completed the second assessment task with a cold face.

Amir raised the corner of his mouth happily, but didn't ask about the details. He only asked Kiki to stay outside the canyon with them overnight, and then enter the Abyss of Nightmare tomorrow morning to complete the third task.

Keech really wanted to ask why Barosh was here, but just like Amir didn’t want to ask how he completed the second mission right away, he couldn’t bring up such a private topic in public, so he could only Wait until after dark, when you are alone with Amir, and then ask.

But that night, Amir and he didn't get a chance to be alone. As soon as they entered the tent, Barosh also got in, and put on a posture that he wanted to spend the night with them.