Travels of the Necromancer

Silver Moon City is a small city located in the southeast of the Purple Wing Empire. It got its name from the Silver Moon Lake on the outskirts of the city.There are no special resources around Silvermoon City, but the climate is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful. It used to be a famous tourist city, but now due to various rumors, there are few tourists and the situation is bleak.

The first patriarch of the Russell family, Frey Russell, was born in Silvermoon City.Later, Frey followed the founding emperor of the Purple Wing Empire to the north and south, and made great achievements in battle.After the emperor established the empire, he gave him Silvermoon City as the territory of the Roselle family.

Frey built a beautiful castle by Silvermoon Lake, known as Silvermoon Castle.Frey himself hadn't lived in the castle for a few days before he was sent to the then barren northern frontier to garrison the frontier for the empire, where he died in battle.Now, his descendants have not only lost their military power, but also made this beautiful castle the place where ghost stories happen.If General Frey found out, he didn't know how he would feel.

I stood on the terrace on the second floor of Silvermoon Castle and sighed. While admiring the surrounding lake and mountains, I tasted the vintage wine in the crystal glass.

The crescent-shaped lake is shimmering like crystal, shining with charming luster.Although this is where a series of deaths took place, you can't feel a gloomy atmosphere at all. On the contrary, the scenery is quite bright.The fiery red maple trees, the trees whose leaves have turned into golden yellow, the evergreen pines and cypresses... the colors of the lakeside are gorgeous and well-defined, and against the dark blue sky and the rolling hills at the end of the sky, it only makes people feel refreshed and happy in autumn.

"I remember that we didn't seem to be here for tourism." It's a pity that someone didn't feel this relaxed and happy atmosphere.

I turned around and patted Ley on the shoulder: "My dear brother, you are too nervous, and this will make our guests nervous too."

"It's surprising that you still remember that we have guests." Leaving this sentence behind, Ley turned around without hesitation and walked into the castle.

Apparently he doesn't like me calling him that.After my shared adventure westward into the Badlands, I could sense that Ley had considered me a true companion, but since I played Kate, he seemed to mind me calling him brother.He doesn't care about the performance in front of outsiders, but after I call Shunkou, sometimes I will use this name when I am alone-of course, I didn't do it on purpose to see him blow his hair.At first, I thought that Ley remembered the fact that he "hates the necromancer", but combined with his various performances, I think he really hated himself, and the reason was naturally because of Kate.

I watched Ley's back and drank the rest of the wine in the glass in one gulp, then followed him into the castle.

To be honest, the interior of the castle still feels like a horror story.This castle was originally much more gorgeous than the manor in Northern Xinjiang, and its structure was more complex and ingenious, but it was too old, and the gloomy and decayed atmosphere seeped out from every wall brick, like a dying old man.

The castle is usually closed. Only before the summer ceremony, the family will send people to repair it and clean it up. After the ceremony, it will be closed again.There were no ceremonies this summer, so no one has been here for over a year.Although I have sent someone to clean the place in advance, but because the time is very tight and they can only work during the day, the servants only cleaned a few necessary rooms, and most of the places were just cleaned.If Rhodes saw the current state, he would definitely not be satisfied. Fortunately, I persuaded him and Ceuta to stay in the manor.

I walked through the long corridors of the castle, but there was no sign of Rye.On both sides of this corridor are portraits of outstanding members, including the past patriarchs of the Russell family. It is said that each portrait was painted by the most famous painter at that time, and the paint was also mixed with magic ingredients, so even the walls of the castle Although the surfaces have been darkened by the passage of time, the paintings are still colorful and lifelike.Even if I don't know anything about art, I can't help being amazed when I walk here.

Finally I stopped in front of a portrait of Kate's grandfather.The Earl in the portrait is sitting in the study room, concentrating on magic research. Manuscripts filled with runes are all over the table, and the background is a bookshelf full of magic books.The earl was said to be very fond of magic, and it now appears to be true.A beautiful lady stood beside the earl, holding the earl's shoulder with one hand, and holding the materials to be handed to the earl in the other hand, she should be Mrs. Ani.

People say that the eyes are the most difficult part of a portrait, but in this portrait, the earl's concentration on the manuscript paper, and the tenderness of Mrs. Anne's gaze on the earl are perfectly expressed.It can't help but remind me of the pile of materials I left in the manor. There are also portraits in those materials, but they are completely incomparable with the ones here.Take the people I've seen, Merkel looks very ordinary, but the eyes are extremely bright, although the portrait of him is quite similar to other parts, but it does not show the expression of the eyes.

While I was admiring the portrait, a servant came over to salute me, and said, "Master, the guests are coming soon."

I followed him to the gate of the castle, where Rye was already waiting.When I walked over, he nodded to me, and then stood beside me, as if the little unpleasantness just now hadn't happened.This distance and angle allowed me to observe his face very clearly. The scars on his face had completely disappeared without leaving any traces.

"It seems that my medicine is very useful." I said softly, with pride in my voice.

"Yes, but it tastes disgusting like moss." Lai also replied softly, not forgetting to sarcastically.In order to ensure the effect, I asked him to take half of the medicine externally and the other internally.

"Moss doesn't taste like that." But before I gave him the medicine, I tasted it myself, so I immediately retorted.

"Have you ever tasted moss?"

"Yeah, I used to eat it when I was a kid."

"You..." Lai looked surprised, but I interrupted his words.

"They are coming!" I pointed to the two carriages coming from a distance.

"Welcome, my lovely Alice." I took the hand of the young lady who got off the first car, helped her out of the carriage, and then symbolically put her hand to my lips for a while.

"Thank you, Cousin Kate." Alice's voice was as sweet as her looks.

"This is cousin Lai, I'm glad to meet you." After speaking, she gave Lai and me a standard lady's salute.

The young lady who got off the carriage then jumped off by herself.

"Who is this lady?" I looked at her. She has neat short hair, a tall figure, and a riding outfit. She looks very heroic.

"I'm Catherine. It's a great honor to meet your Excellencies." The lady named Catherine gave us a knight's salute.

"Catherine is my cousin, who is currently studying at the Purple Wing Royal Knights Academy. She is worried that I will come alone, and the invitation letter also said that I can bring companions, so I invited her to come with me."

"I welcome you on behalf of myself and my brother, Miss Catherine." Judging by the appearance of this lady, she probably doesn't like hand kisses, so I simply performed a knight salute.

At this time, the servant had already placed the footsteps in front of the second carriage, and a young man got out of the second carriage.The round face and chubby body are really carved out of the same mold as his father, except that the two ridiculous mustaches are missing.

"Blaze, long time no see." My attitude towards him was much colder than that towards Alice, who told me he was the son of that annoying Baron Joseph.In fact, I didn't want to invite him at all, and based on the "kind but somewhat cowardly" character described in the materials and the skirmish at my meeting with Baron Joseph, he would not accept our invitation either.But Lai insisted that our test should be fair and not biased, so we still sent him an invitation letter, but unexpectedly he actually came.

"Cousin Kate, Cousin Ley, hello." To be honest, Blaise was more pleasing to the eye than his father, not only because he didn't have a mustache, but also because he didn't have his father's domineering posture.

"Where are your followers and guards?" I glanced into the carriage and found that there was no one else in his carriage except the coachman I sent to pick him up.

"Well, according to the rumors, I think that if other people come, it may be... a bit dangerous, so I left them in Silvermoon City."

In fact, I really wanted to scare him, for example, "If the rumors are not accurate, wouldn't you be in danger?", but think about it or forget it.

"Gentlemen and ladies, thank you very much for coming!" I stood in front of the gate and said with the posture of the host, "I have come from a long way, I think you are tired too, the room is ready, you can rest for an hour first, The ceremony begins in the afternoon."

The servants behind me mentioned the salutes of the guests and led them to their respective rooms.I exchanged a look with Ley, and from now on, the following