Wizard Bloodline

"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 became 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 out softly, but his heart was full of complexity.

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.

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 lie 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."

Soraya heard Ronan's answer, called out softly, stretched out her hands and gently embraced him.

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 experience.

The fact that the inheritance of the metal box was interrupted for several generations gave him the most perfect cover. He didn't need to lie at all, because all the secrets of the "Lanster" family were hidden in the box, and no one knew these before opening the box.

Soraya kept asking him various questions, and Ronan answered them one by one. He could feel that in this process, Soraya's feelings for him continued to heat up, and she became closer to him.

It was unknown how much time had passed. When Soraya completely accepted the existence of Ronan, her "relative", she stopped asking and looked at him lovingly, "Do you plan to follow me in the future, or continue to stay in the Circle of Law?"

"An ancient secret realm will be opened in a month. I will participate in the exploration as a member of the Circle of Law. I don't want to miss this opportunity. After the secret realm trial is over, I will come to see my aunt again..."

Ronan answered meekly.

Soraya was quite satisfied with his answer, and nodded, saying: "It's a good thing for you that you didn't grow up under the protection of anyone during your apprenticeship. You have the strong and courageous qualities of the true Lanster family bloodline... Only severe cold and strong winds can create a truly brilliant flower...

If you want the Ice Flame Iris to bloom again in the north one day, you should really go through more hardships alone

But"

Soraya paused, then changed the subject and said lightly: "While you are tempering, you can't let others bully you when you go out."

Ronan was stunned when he heard this, and then he saw Soraya take out a few rune stones.

"You are about to be promoted to level 2, right? It just so happens that the [Frozen Earth] rune can be upgraded for the first time.

This is the rune of [Tundra Frozen Earth]. After you are promoted to level 2, you only need to make some optimizations and supplements on the original basis of [Frozen Earth].

The effect of [Tundra Frozen Earth] can greatly enhance the coldness of the field, and let ice spikes grow in your [Frozen Earth] field. Anyone within the scope of the field will be attacked by ice spikes in addition to being eroded by the cold."

"It should not be difficult for you to get ordinary second-level ice spells. Here are a few second-level ice spells created by our Lanster family. They are more powerful than ordinary ones. "It is a stronger second-level spell that can be used."

"This is the [Ice Flame] rune, which is also another core rune inheritance of our 'Ice Flame Iris' Lanster family in addition to the [Frozen Soil] rune.

You should first get familiar with it, and wait until the soul is vacant for a new rune position, and then condense it. "

"The [Ice Flame] rune can condense your cold air into fire, and the effect is..."

Soraya glanced at the frost burning bracelet on Ronan's wrist and said: "It is similar to the effect of the rune [Frost Burning], but the power is much stronger than [Frost Burning]. It is an extremely cold flame that can freeze everything."

Ronan's chest was filled with great surprise.

His finding Soraya is equivalent to finding the complete inheritance of the "Ice Flame Iris" lineage. He had considered the issue of subsequent inheritance of ice spells before, and now... all of this has been solved.

"I still have some unused second-level magic tools here, you can keep them too."

Soraya then took out a set of second-level magic tools with ice attributes from the space ring, including rings, pendants, staffs, and even shoulder armor, chest armor, belts and other complete magic tools.

Ronan was surprised at first, but gradually began to feel a little numb on his scalp.

"...Too many, Aunt Soraya, I may not be able to use these."

Soraya's actions never stopped, one after another, she was like a merchant who wholesales magic tools.

"Are they many? Not much at all, I even think they are too little.

Linus, you never know what kind of opponent you may encounter. Every extra magic tool equipment may give you a chance to win."

Soraya took more than a dozen second-level magic tools and placed them in front of Ronan. Finally, she put the "Allis Ice Ring Necklace" that she had "taken" from Ronan on Ronan again.

Soraya hid the necklace back under Ronan's neck, smoothed the wrinkles on his collar with her hands, and said to him softly: "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 firm and cold, and she said to Ronan word by word: "Your opponents are in the far north, in the permafrost of the plateau that has never melted for thousands of years.

Their name is 'Frost Leader', a group of natural ice controllers, with the coldest and most powerful blood flowing in their bodies.

You are far from enough to fight them now.

You are wearing an ice ring on your body, even if you don't go to them, they will find you sooner or later."

Ronan's eyes flashed with light, and he nodded slowly to Soraya.

Soraya showed a relieved and satisfied smile on her face, and patted his shoulder lovingly.

Ronan sighed in his heart, he knew that benefits were not so easy to get... Perhaps when he chose [Frozen Soil] as his first soul seal, his fate was firmly tied to the so-called "Ice Flame Iris" Lanster family.

Ronan silently put away everything Soraya gave him, and the latter asked him: "When do you plan to be promoted?"

Ronan replied: "The instructor of the Circle of Magic guided me to come to White Stone Castle to find a suitable 'talent' for transplantation, to make final preparations for the opening of the ancient secret realm in a month and a half. This is also the real purpose of my coming to Cold Stone Manor. I didn't know you were here in advance."

"'Talent transplantation' is indeed a good way for you to temporarily improve your combat power at this stage. What Warcraft have you chosen as the transplant object?"

Ronan was about to answer, but Soraya waved her hand and quickly said: "Forget it, the previous choice is not important. .

Since it is to improve combat power, then naturally we have to choose the best.

The blood of the second-level magic beast is a little bit inferior after all."

In the dim light, Ronan saw Soraya's eyes flashing rapidly, and whispered: "It just so happens that several major wizard families in Baishi Castle are preparing to hunt a third-level cold-scaled python that has awakened a trace of the blood of the ancient ice crystal demon snake. I will help you get a portion of the essence of this third-level cold-scaled python..

The blood of the cold-scaled python with the blood of the ancient ice crystal demon snake... is worthy of the genius of my Lanster family."

Third-level cold-scaled python... ancient ice crystal demon snake blood.

Ronan opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say.

He thought that Costi had been very good to him before, and it was like the care of a "real mother".

But now compared with Soraya... he knows what the real care of a "real mother" is.

This "motherly love" is so strong that it almost suffocates people.

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 the high chair and casually called Ronan.

She was very thin and tall. When she stood up, Ronan realized that she was only half a head shorter than him.

This made her look older than her actual age.

However, after Soraya stood up, her whole body seemed to be glowing with new vitality. Her skin was glowing slightly, and a girlish breath emanated from her body.

For a moment, Ronan seemed to see her and the figure of the girl in the long skirt in the oil painting overlapped, indistinguishable from each other.

"I almost forgot how many years I haven't 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 waved to her while lying on the frame, as if saying goodbye to her.

"Let's go."

Soraya turned around and stepped out of the studio first.

Ronan followed behind Soraya, his eyes flickered slightly, and asked softly: "Why did Aunt Soraya come to Whitestone Castle?"

"It's been too long, I can't remember it."

Soraya paused when she heard Ronan's question,

"It seems... it's because of a man.

I cut off all ties with my family regardless of anything and came here from the Far North. Carlos, who left you [Frozen Land], 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 breaks into their lives unexpectedly, and they follow it unconsciously.

Maybe it's also a destined arrangement of fate.

When the short-lived happiness is gone, when I look back, I find that it has been such a long time."

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 in the painting in the studio still staring at the direction they left, standing on the grass full of irises until she was swallowed up by the darkness bit by bit.

"Creaky--"

The door of the studio closed, which seemed to mean that some of Soraya's memories were completely sealed.

The two stood in the bright and soft corridor, with a slight cold wind blowing through the hall.

Ronan remembered something and couldn't help asking Soraya in front of him, "Mrs. Livi mentioned to me before...Hanshi Manor seems to have mastered the means of real blood transplantation?!"