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"Come with me. The Guluo wine you want is in the cellar. Take it first and I'll take you to see him..."

Seeing Lynn follow Old Hawke away without any precautions, the onlookers couldn't help but smile with gloating.

Everyone living in Wuer Town knew that although Lame Laud was generous, he was also notoriously black-hearted. It was rumored that many of the people who worked on the ship under him disappeared inexplicably, and sometimes even a body could not be found...

I have the life to earn money, but not the life to spend it...

……

While the drinkers were gloating, Old Hawke took Lynn through the kitchen and into the storage room filled with flour and barrels, and then stopped in front of a huge dirty wine barrel.

Click...

Old Hawke pressed down hard on the lid of the wine barrel on the side. With the sound of wine surging, the wine barrel slowly rotated half a circle, and the wooden board on the bottom suddenly popped out, revealing a secret passage half a person's height.

"Follow this path, the person you want to see is inside!" Old Hawke lowered his voice, stuffed the lit candlestick beside him into Lin En's arms, and warned impatiently. "Be careful and don't cause me any trouble!"

Lynn thanked him, picked up the oil lamp and walked straight into the secret passage. The huge wooden barrel covered with wine stains behind him turned back to its original position, followed by the sound of wine being refilled.

The little light from the outside world disappeared, and the dark passage was completely dark, extending to nowhere. Only the weak candlestick in the hand could barely illuminate the road ahead, and the smell of cheap wine could be smelled in the air.

Lin En walked along the dim passage, already on guard, and kept recalling the information of several fellow apprentices in his mind.

Since his mentor Kelu has been traveling around all these years and does not have a fixed residence, he does not keep every apprentice by his side.

After all, too many unfamiliar faces suddenly appearing in a city are really eye-catching and not conducive to hiding one's identity.

Therefore, the original body's understanding of these people is very limited. Most of them have only been met a few times and know their names and appearances.

The only person he was relatively familiar with was Johnny, who had sent him a letter before.

Of course, this familiarity is one-sided.

To be precise, the original Carl had the subtle feelings unique to teenagers towards Johnny.

To put it in understandable terms, it is unrequited love caused by lust at first sight.

As Kelu's most favored disciple, Johnny has a high talent for magic and is only one step away from becoming a formal wizard. He is also the undisputed leader of this group of apprentices after Kelu's death.

It's a pity that this one-sided delicate relationship obviously cannot provide him with any help.

While Lin En was distracted, the narrow secret passage in front of him gradually became wider. Through the faint candlelight, Lin En was surprised to find that this secret passage actually led to a dense forest outside the town of Ur.

It was already late at night, but the sky was not as dark as expected. The silver moonlight poured down through the gaps in the jungle branches and leaves, and the solid yellow ground seemed to be covered with a layer of transparent gauze. Lin En vaguely felt that the magic power in his body was becoming more active.

Is this Sunday?

Through the dense bushes, Lin En could vaguely see the bright stars and the huge bright moon in the sky. According to the memory of his predecessor Carl, this strange astronomical phenomenon only occurs once a year and lasts for about three to five days.

However, there is no record in my memory that moonlight can affect magic power.

That’s right, my predecessor had only been a wizard for half a year...

Just as Lin En was thinking, a rapid sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and dozens of condensed [Magic Missiles] flew out from the surrounding dense woods, blocking his escape route in front, behind, left and right.

trap?

This thought immediately popped up in Lin En's mind, and he reacted the next moment. He flipped his empty left hand, and a ball of gray powder was thrown out and fell into his palm. It was the few remaining spell materials - [Ashes of Red Fire]!

Lin En threw it with force, and the tiny dots of powder instantly ignited under the effect of magic, forming a hot wall of fire in front of him.

However, the hastily used new magic - [Secondary Fire Wall] was naturally no match for several wizard apprentices working together, and the [Magic Missile] penetrated the sea of ​​fire almost instantly.

Fortunately, Lin En's goal had been achieved. The heat waves and high temperature caused by the fire wall made these magical creations lose their accuracy, and they hit the tree trunks and yellow earth behind him randomly.

Seeing four figures covered in black robes surrounding him in a semicircle, Lin En silently drew the sword from his waist and opened the storage bag containing white phosphorus, preparing for battle.

Due to the time constraints, the stock of white phosphorus he produced was limited, but now was obviously not the time to hold back...

But before Lin En could make a move, a cold voice came out first.

"Karl, why did you betray us?"

Chapter 11: The Wizarding Land - Greenridge

The sudden question made Lin En stunned for a moment.

As several figures gradually approached, Lynn recognized the leader at a glance. It was the person he was looking for this time - Johnny.

The girl wrapped in the black robe was about twenty years old, with strange long silver-gray hair and bright sapphire blue eyes.

Perhaps because he had been hiding from place to place all day, Johnny had become much thinner and his face looked sickly pale compared to the last time they met.

"I don't understand what you mean, Johnny!" Lynn's tone was extremely firm, without the slightest wavering. With all the memories of his previous life, he was very sure that Carl had not done anything to betray him.

At most, it's just something you think about in your mind, otherwise there's no need to worry and hide in the slums.

"Where is your sword?" the gray-haired witch continued to question.

Only then did Lynn notice that Johnny's eyes were fixed on the sword he was holding. After a moment of thought, he immediately understood what went wrong.

"The weapon in your hand is the one commonly used by witch hunters!" Buck, the tall and strong wizard apprentice at the side, said excitedly.

"Of course, this is my trophy. Any problem, Buck?" Lynn replied calmly, but cold sweat broke out on his back.

I have been carrying this time bomb with me all these days!

Of course, this couldn't be blamed on him for not being cautious enough. After all, his dagger had been left in the house in the slums. It wouldn't be good to just throw away a ready-made weapon in front of him, right?

The most important thing is that there is no information in Carl's memory that "Witch Hunters are equipped with standard weapons."

Judging from the fact that he had not encountered any trouble these days, there should be very few people who knew this information, but this obviously could not be hidden from Old Hawke in the Drunkard Tavern.

No wonder the other party used various reasons to shirk his test when he was buying Guluo wine. The information that he had the witch hunter's sword must have been passed on to Johnny and the others by Old Hawke.

"War loot?! You mean you killed a witch hunter and took his sword?" Buck sneered. "Karl, if I remember correctly, you can't even master the most basic first-level magic [Ice Blade]... You might as well find a more appropriate reason."

As the running dogs of the Holy See, those who are chosen as witch hunters are the elite among the elite, with skills far beyond ordinary people. They usually act in teams of several people, and even official wizards will have a headache when encountering them.

For apprentices like them, being able to escape with their lives was a blessing.

"Sometimes strength isn't everything, Buck!" Lin En shook his head. "Besides, the last time we met was four months ago, right?"

As he spoke, Lin En stretched out his hand, and the hydrogen and oxygen in the air around him were stripped away, then quickly cooled down and condensed into shape.

Almost in an instant, a diamond-shaped ice blade appeared in front of everyone. It had a strange shape but was full of strange beauty.

Several wizard apprentices present couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. It was not because they were surprised by the unprecedented shape of the ice blade, but because Lin En's casting speed was too fast!

You know, before becoming a formal wizard, you cannot burn the corresponding spell slots in your brain, so how to quickly complete the complicated casting steps and increase the casting speed becomes a big problem.

After all, in a real battle, the enemy will not wait foolishly for you to finish casting a spell. An ordinary wizard apprentice will be qualified if he can complete the preparation for casting a spell within two seconds.

However, Lin En compressed the entire process into about one second, probably for the pursuit of pure speed. The shape of the ice blade was not a perfect Kelu configuration, but it was enough to attract the attention of everyone present.

“Also, I don’t think the Holy See will allow a wizard to become a witch hunter and give him corresponding weapons…” Lin En objected again without waiting for everyone to come to their senses.

Buck was completely speechless. The Church had always been a stickler for killing wizards like them. Allowing a wizard who was "corrupted by the devil" to become a witch hunter was simply a blasphemy against God...

The other wizard apprentices obviously understood this truth and their hostility towards Lin En was somewhat restrained.

Johnny did not lower his guard, but looked at one of them and asked, "Have you explored the area? White Pigeon?"

"No one is surrounding this place..." The man who spoke shrank his body into his black robe and replied timidly.

After getting an accurate reply, Johnny turned around and said to Lynn apologetically, "I'm sorry, Carl, the situation is urgent and we have to be careful."

"So, you are just suspecting me and are ready to kill me without any evidence?" Lin En asked.

"I assure you, the magic just now was just a test. No one wants to hurt their companions!" Johnny explained solemnly.

Lin En stared into the girl's blue eyes and did not see any evasion or lies in them, but when he was attacked before, he definitely felt the danger.

However, considering that his suspicion had not been completely cleared and his perception was not 100% reliable, Lin En did not reveal this information in public.

Compared to the other apprentices, he has followed Kelu for the shortest time and is the least trustworthy one!

After a pause, Lin En suppressed his unhappiness and asked again. "Did something happen? I need an explanation..."

"Come with me first. This is not the place to chat. The battle just now might expose our whereabouts!" Johnny looked at Lynn apologetically, and then called on everyone to return to the base under the cover of night.

When the full moon hung high above his head, a desolate and dilapidated village appeared in front of Lynn.

"During the last conquest war of the Duke of Nordland, this village was massacred by a group of mercenaries who sneaked in. Now, apart from us, there are only a group of wild beasts left here." Johnny sighed and then whispered to himself. "These damn nobles, damn the church, damn war!"

Lynn looked at Johnny with a little surprise. He was not surprised by the girl's words, but everyone present was most likely of noble birth. Was it really okay to say that?

Although he had an inexplicable aversion to the nobles, Johnny still chose a noble manor as the location for his temporary residence.

After experiencing the ravages of war, the huge manor has long lost its former glory. The entire main house looks shaky, with ruins and broken walls everywhere.

The inside of the house wasn't much better; the dilapidated walls were covered with cobwebs, the overturned chairs were covered with thick dust, and the air was filled with a rotten smell.

But this is the residence of the nobles after all. In order to cope with war, the huge main house is almost a small castle. There are several sentry posts and even an independent drainage canal. In other words, at least they don’t have to worry about drinking water here.

After entering the manor, Lynn soon saw the wizard apprentice who stayed in the castle—Barton!

Compared with his sturdy brother Buck, Patton is almost another counterexample. He can only be described as skinny and bony, as if a gust of wind would knock him down.

Johnny and everyone else moved the debris to the door and sealed it again. Then, before Lynn asked, he took the initiative to speak.

"Kent is dead!"

Who is Kent?

Lynn was stunned for a moment, and after searching his memory, he remembered that Kent was the third disciple accepted by Kelu and the only wizard apprentice who was not present. He didn't expect that this guy was dead.

"On the same day that the teacher was arrested by the Vatican, the guards from Nordland raided Kent's hideout. Afterwards, Buck, Patton and Will were also hunted down. Only White Dove had special abilities and avoided the attack in advance." Johnny explained.

Special abilities?

Lin En subconsciously looked at the wizard apprentice named Bai Ge.

She looked too young, perhaps only thirteen or fourteen years old, not even as tall as his shoulders, with sparse freckles on her yellow face and messy hair. She was squatting in a corner, feeding a few gray crows.

Lin En's thoughts quickly connected it to the crow's cry he heard in the tavern, and he guessed that the other party must have some kind of magic that could control animals.

"I suspect that someone betrayed our information, which is why the Holy See was able to find our hiding place so accurately." Johnny said worriedly.

"Then how many people know where our hiding place is?" Lin En asked the most crucial question.

As wizards hunted and suppressed by the Vatican, they would never reveal their whereabouts at will, which means that there must be very few people who know about it, and all we need to do is to use the process of elimination.

Johnny was silent for a while, then shook his head. "Normally, we should be the only ones who know about this."