NABC Chapter 180 Secrets and Deals, Night at the Border
Chapter 180 Secrets and Deals, Night at the Border
Chapter 180 Secrets and Deals, Night at the Border
Bloodline!
The process by which Lamina became a wizard was completely different from that of other wizards.
She was the daughter of a merchant, and then her entire family was enslaved by nobles.
She and her sister, because of their beauty, became the concubinage of that nobleman.
Compared to her younger sister, Lamina has a stronger personality.
She was humiliated because of her beauty, so she took the opportunity to slash her face, which angered the nobleman. He threw her into the dungeon, where she was humiliated and abused by the dungeon guards.
Later, for some reason, her bloodline awakened, and she escaped from the dungeon.
But when she tried to kill the nobleman, she found that her power was starting to drain away as soon as she got close to him, so she chose to run away.
Later, while she was following the nobleman, she saw a second-class wizard apprentice capturing miners.
The first-class wizard apprentice who was captured and made a mine slave had no valuable relics—therefore, the second-class wizard apprentice did not take them with him. Instead, he used them as a fishing trap, waiting for another lucky person who might become a wizard to find the relics and then capture him to become a new mine slave.
But this relic was of great value to Lamina.
She managed to secretly obtain the miner's belongings, and from the miner's notes, she learned of the existence of wizards, that she had become a wizard, and that she had also obtained basic meditation techniques.
After that, she wandered around as a wild wizard, trying every means to exchange knowledge with other wizards.
It took her nearly forty years to successfully become a second-class wizard apprentice, and she also learned why she lost her power when she got close to that nobleman.
Because of blood ties!
The blood of the wood elves flows through her veins.
However, the seals inherited by those nobles possessed the power to restrain the wood spirits.
No, to be precise, it wasn't something that could restrain wood elves, but rather a wondrous object that could draw power from wood elves remotely. It was a wondrous object left behind by a former wood elf—a seal containing a seed that was extremely useful to wood elves.
After confirming this, the wizard Lamina made seizing the seal a more important goal than revenge.
However, although the seeds are useful to the wood spirits, they need to be watered with the power of the wood spirits.
Therefore, whenever Lamina gets close to the seal, the power in her bloodline is drained, making her weaker. If she continues to get closer, the seal will drain power faster because of her proximity, causing the seal to "beat as a warning" or even make a bigger commotion.
So after that, she temporarily gave up the idea of killing the nobleman and just waited in the shadows for an opportunity to wait for the nobleman to put down the seal—and as a result, she waited until now!
That seal was proof of the noble family's heritage; the nobles wore it while sleeping and bathing.
During this long period of time, she even recruited some people to steal the seal, but they all failed.
After that, she never thought about the seal again, lest she keep holding onto it and arouse the curiosity of other wandering wizards.
Of course, Lamina would never tell anyone about these secrets.
Otherwise, she, a second-class wizard apprentice, would surely become a slave to other wizards.
Meanwhile, while lying low, she was also trying to find another wizard ally, hoping to use the name of revenge to have that ally kidnap the nobleman, along with the nobleman's seal.
However, her own explanation to the public is that she dares not challenge the order of wizards, so how could other wizards possibly do this dangerous thing for her?
But now, the wizard Lamina has finally found her chance!
Wizard Fallon!
"What deal?" Wizard Fallon was silent for a moment.
"You help me capture this generation's Blade, and then I'll cooperate with you to capture other wizards."
"Furthermore, for the sake of peace on the border, I can assure you that I will not let Brad die on the border—I will bring him back to his castle and then kill him."
"Or, you could specify the location where he died."
Brad is the owner of the seal that Lamina wanted.
He was an earl.
Considering the conditions proposed by Lamina, Wizard Fallon was unsurprisingly tempted.
An earl is considered the pinnacle of minor nobility, a true pillar of a kingdom.
The death of an earl is sure to draw the attention of a registered wizard.
If Lamina is willing to cooperate, Wizard Fallon can use this opportunity to prevent the self-illumination of those registered wizards from falling into this border region.
Moreover, the witch Lamina was willing to cooperate with him in capturing other witches as slaves.
"That's not enough." After pondering for a long time, Wizard Fallon shook his head.
"Witch Lamina, the backlash from challenging the order is too great."
"Even if I were to kidnap Brad instead of killing him, I would still be in great danger."
"Unless you guarantee that you will not only kill Brad at the place I designate, not only cooperate with me in capturing slaves, but also absolutely not spy on me in any way."
"That's what the wizard Fallon said."
Being able to capture slaves more efficiently would certainly be a good thing. But what if the wizard Lamina also has ideas about her own stronghold?
Wouldn't that mean I'm just doing all the work for Lamina?
This is something that Wizard Fallon absolutely cannot accept.
"Okay." Wizard Lamina nodded without hesitation, feigning impatience.
"I swear to the truth that after cooperating in the capture of three slaves, I will leave the border between the two countries and never set foot in this area again. I will not care where you go."
"But you must promise to bring me a living, healthy Brad!" Lamina's words were filled with intense hatred.
"Deal." Wizard Fallon nodded.
"You'll receive news of Brad's disappearance tomorrow morning, and then I'll tell you where I've hidden him."
"After confirming Brad's disappearance, I will cooperate with you to capture the three wizards before leaving." Lamina nodded as well, backing away and slowly disappearing into the night.
"Count Brad." On the edge of the noble camp in the border region, Loon slowly walked out of a tent.
Inside the tent was a knight who had become a corpse.
This knight was the one in charge of turning that village into scorched earth.
After infiltrating the camp, Loen easily found out the news. In fact, the nobles in the camp, as well as the knights and soldiers who took action, did not hide the news at all.
So Loen went directly to the knight's tent, killed the knight, and also got the information from the knight about the person in charge who gave the order to plunder.
Earl Brad.