Griffith resisted the suffocating smell and slowly moved towards Karius' body. There seemed to be some special breath or energy scattered in the air, which was being absorbed by the bone ring.
That is the lost source of matter. The dead Extraordinary will precipitate crystal-like properties, but Minos can still collect part of the lost information and elements, accumulate and transform it into knowledge that can be used by Griffith.
The extraordinary property of Karius is a crystal that shines with golden brilliance, making it impossible to imagine its original owner's cruelty and cunning.
Griffith didn't have time to get curious, so he grabbed the extraordinary characteristics and stuffed them into his pocket. A few minutes had passed since the battle with Karius. He had to clean up the battlefield and leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, mutated creatures attracted by the blood would follow.
, eating all the flesh and blood present into his stomach.
What's more serious is that it has probably been more than 6 hours since he entered the Whispering Forest, and the pollution from the darkness has caused irreversible mental damage.
However, all this is not without gain.
Although he was covered in bruises and was very weak, the severe wounds had been largely healed and did not affect his movements. After obtaining the energyless Philosopher's Stone, Griffith mastered the method of drawing blood runes. From now on, he can draw the blood runes through
Minos condensed the blood runes, stored his mental power in them, and used them to activate the two magic spells of Flesh Golem and Blood Bat Storm when needed.
Counting the frost runes he has mastered through Minos, Griffith can now create two series of runes and store 6 at the same time, using four powerful spells.
The corrupted feather fencing sword seized from Baron Anselm was also recovered. Karius had been holding this weapon carefully and protecting it well.
Griffith's mood improved a lot, and he continued to search for the equipment and supplies carried by Karius.
The black shadow controlled by the demon hunter combines attack and control, and is a very powerful ability. Griffith really wanted to take this ability as his own, but no matter how he looked, he couldn't find it on Karius' body.
Similar sealed objects or equipment were found on the Internet. Minos did not respond at all.
Could it be some kind of ability rather than equipment? Griffith continued to rummage, and finally found a black cloak flowing with magical energy from Karius, an axe, and seven poisonous sacs of corrupted wolf spiders.
A roll of first aid bandages, two health potions, some coins, food and spirits.
This cloak is very tough, but when you touch it, you can feel a sense of sadness, despair, and pain. Even with Griffith's superficial knowledge of magic, he can identify the characteristics of a black magic item.
After becoming a Sequence 8 Beyonder, Griffith has been able to discover certain magical equipment. He unfolded the cloak and found that there were also simple records engraved with psychic energy on the lining. It was really not an ordinary item.
"Item: Darkblood Cloak.
"Origin: Eric Enchanting Workshop, Mingluo Street, Old Town.
"Special effects: Improve the wearer's ability to dodge arrows and other long-range attacks; slightly increase movement speed and agility.
"Special effects: After injecting mental power, the wearer will gain visual and breath hiding effects for 15 seconds.
"Remarks: Due to the addition of vampire blood during the manufacturing process, the concealment effect on demonic wolves is weakened. In addition, don't expect too much to use this thing to hide the keen elves.
There is an additional line of notes left on the record, seemingly added by Karius himself, seemingly for future visits:
"It was found from the mountain monster's lair deep in the Black Mountains west of Old Town. The original owner was caught and eaten by the monster. This makes me doubt the effectiveness of concealment."
The rest of this fierce witcher's equipment appears to have been lost in the earlier battle.
The trainee knight regretfully washed away the blood on his body with strong liquor, put on his cloak and prepared to flee. Just as he stood up to leave, he discovered that there was an inconspicuous small bag beside Karius.
There were some receipts and tickets inside, mainly receipts for accommodation and bar consumption in Baltimore.
Griffith glanced at it briefly and was about to throw it away when suddenly his heart moved and he began to flip through it hurriedly. Soon, he held a small ticket and his expression became solemn.
This is a receipt from the lobby of the famous Prancing Pony Hotel in Baltimore. Karius had dinner and drank two glasses of butter beer. The time was October 16, at eight o'clock in the evening.
That day was the day when Griffith and Galadia went out to eat hotpot mutton. On the way back, he saw someone handing something to Aaron in the bar.
…
Suddenly, a flowing shadow appeared under Karius's body, gathering towards the corner, and then started to squirm.
"Hoho, that's a very interesting ability."
Along with the low and mocking words, a young man with blond hair and red eyes slowly appeared in Karius's shadow. He was hiding in the shadow!
"You can condense a sharp ice spear without casting a spell. It seems that you have a holy weapon made of a spell caster."
Aaron Lentilus appeared within a stone's throw of Griffith.
It turned out to be Aaron!!! When did Aaron hide there? He saw our battle. I didn't feel any breath or trace? What was he going to do? What was the goal? Griffith's spine went cold.
, couldn't help but take two steps back.
"Isn't this the breath of the Philosopher's Stone? According to legend, it is a treasure that turns stone into gold and is omnipotent." Aaron pointed to Griffith's pocket containing the red stone. "Although the actual situation is not so omnipotent.
But it is also an extremely valuable sacred weapon. It is a pity that yours has lost its spiritual power."
"..."
Griffith didn't know what to say. He thought of many things in an instant.
Aaron was looking at him with blood-colored eyes and said in a magical tone:
"What, are you speechless? Griffith Blanton, I know you.
"You ruined my plan, how should I punish you?"
"Plan? What plan?" Griffith stammered, "Did Velonos instigate the goblins to attack us? I was forced to fight and got to this place."
"Hahahaha! You know nothing about it. This is really inappropriate." Aaron took out his wand and played with it on his fingertips. "It has nothing to do with Velonos. The goblins were sent by me. As for the plan you hindered,
, although it’s not a big deal, it’s not easy for Karius to transport a mountain monster and raise it in the forest. I expected it to find some trouble for Tiberion, but I didn’t expect it to be killed by you and a few bastards.
"
So that’s it! Griffith understood.
However, there are still doubts. Aaron is the boy who defeated the man, the prophecy's banner against black magic, and the school is paying close attention to him. Why did he do this? How did he get here?
Moreover, Lentilus's family suffered a heavy blow more than ten years ago, so much so that when Aaron reached school age, he would go to the second-hand bookstore to buy books. Where did he have the financial resources to drive a witcher? Even, not only witchers.
Karius' power can't deal with the mountain monster at all, there must be other powers serving Aaron.
Griffith slowly asked:
"Excuse me, Your Excellency, who are you?"
"What? You couldn't think of it yourself? Didn't the answer already appear in your mind?"
Griffith was sweating profusely, and he murmured. The answer was on his lips, but he could never say the key words.
"Your Excellency, yes, yes...could it be..."
Aaron's beautiful eyes were filled with smiles, and he seemed not to care about wasting time in this crisis-ridden place.
"Griffith Blanton, I give you a chance to make up for your mistakes.
"Go to that mirror."
"But, I've tried it, and the mirror doesn't respond at all," Griffith said.
"Get over here, idiot." Aaron yelled.
When Griffith stood in front of the mirror again, the smooth mirror surface suddenly produced ripples like water waves. At the same time, a powerful magic power was emitted from Aaron's body.
It turns out that this mirror needs to be charged by the caster to activate.
"Look in the mirror! Think of the Philosopher's Stone!" Aaron ordered, "It's not the piece you picked up, it's the Philosopher's Stone full of powerful magic and vitality! Do you understand?"
I understand! At this moment, Griffith understood Aaron's intention.
This teleportation mirror must really be able to materialize the object it is thinking of, as Pepperánchi said. Aaron is plotting the real Philosopher’s Stone. Maybe he doesn’t want to leave traces, so I, originally
Probably carried out by Karius.
Can it really be successful? What if a racing carriage comes out like at Pepperanchi's place?
Ah - no! What have I been thinking!
A racing carriage really appeared in the mirror, roaring toward Griffith.
"Did you see it? Tell me quickly, did you see it?" Aaron shouted, "What did you see?"
"Well, uh, I saw a speeding racing carriage."
Aaron, who was not far away, was stunned for a while, and his fair face was quickly enveloped in anger.
"Deathly whipping!"
A powerful force of magic shot out of the wand without the need for formation or chanting, just by calling the name. Griffith screamed and flew away to the side.
"Idiot, do you think you can deceive me like this? Come back to my feet and give me the real Philosopher's Stone!"
The hall suddenly became silent.
Griffith slowly stood up from the ground and gasped:
"I thought of a question, Aaron.
"Although you are possessed by a powerful will, in the final analysis, your body is just that of a relatively powerful first-year magic student."
As soon as he finished speaking, Aaron saw the ferocity and unruliness of a beast in Griffith's eyes. He immediately raised his wand, intending to throw the whip again.
However, Griffith suddenly disappeared in front of him. He disappeared without a trace.
"What? This," Aaron quickly came to his senses, "isn't it just Karius's poor cloak? It's a trick, let me catch you!"
Powerful fluctuations of magic energy filled the hall, and Aaron's attack was about to come. This would actually be a large-scale attack spell!
Griffith appeared and rushed towards Aaron from the blind corner of his vision.
"Bastard! Tremble under the power of magic! Lethal lashing!"
"Boom!"
Griffith was wiped out under the whip of magic. This unexpected effect did not surprise Aaron, and he quickly realized that he had been deceived by the illusion.
"it's here!"
Aaron turned around quickly and found Griffith who appeared from another direction. However, just when he was about to use the spell, a dizzying blood rushed towards him.
"Damn Spellbreaker, too close!"
Griffith's eyes were bloodshot, and he struck with a decisive charge, and the sharp corrupted feather sword pierced Aaron's heart.
"ah!"
Aaron screamed. But Griffith's inevitable blow hit the transparent shield and deflected to one side. Even so, Yu Feng's sword still tore the shield and stabbed Aaron's arm.
, the shadow energy tore his flesh and blood.
Griffith had no way out, he took out the dagger with his left hand and stabbed Aaron in the heart again.
Hit!
Griffith's left hand felt good. A hole opened in Aaron's chest, and blood spurted and flew backwards.