Chapter 82 Hunting the Culprit
Chapter 82 Hunting the Culprit
In the early morning, the sun shines into the castle on the mountain, illuminating the couple in the lord's bedroom.
"what do you want?"
Hearing the man's words, the woman's face turned pale.
Seeing the change in her expression, Ivan, who was still lying on the bed, realized what he had said.
"Ahem, what I mean is that you should know my situation. I will leave this continent in about 20 days and go to an unknown wizard academy. It's hard to determine when I will return. You don't really think I have no eyes, do you? I saw you dress so beautifully every day before, but I didn't reply to you due to practical reasons, so as not to delay your best years."
Jiushi, who was lying on the side, looked better: "So what happened to you last night--"
Ivan hugged her and said, "What do you think? You are such a brave girl, how can this lord bear to push you away?"
After a few seconds, Jiushi looked at him carefully: "What if I want to become the wife of the Lord of Sanggu Territory?"
“This position is tailor-made for you.”
Ivan agreed immediately. Although Jiushiti had no fighting ability, she was a serious wizard apprentice and pharmacist. She was smart but not ambitious. It was only because others didn't know the situation, otherwise there would be countless nobles who wanted to marry her.
However, the power of the curse on her is a problem.
Uh--Kusiti won't pin her hopes of lifting the curse on me, will she? She really has good vision!
In Ivan's opinion, this was not a big deal. As long as she had the ability, it would be natural for him to help her lift the curse after she became his woman.
There is a corridor on the right side of the lord's hall. The first floor of the round building at the end of the corridor is now used as a restaurant, where the Marichaton family has their meals. The cook is still Aunt Kathy, who followed them to Sanggu Territory.
Jiushi followed Ivan into the restaurant. Except for Sean who glanced at her strangely, no one else was surprised.
Lede thought to himself that his son Ivan was already over fourteen years old and could get married. It seemed that he should take some time to discuss it with Baron Glayton, at least to finalize the marriage certificate between them and settle the matter.
After dinner, Ivan continued to make potions during the day, but with Jiusiti by his side. According to Jiusiti, she had long wanted to ask Ivan for advice on making potions, but had never found a suitable opportunity.
Ivan was happy to teach, and with his current level he was more than capable of teaching Jushiti.
One taught patiently, the other learned humbly. Jiushi's medicine-making skills improved significantly, which kept a smile on her face all day long.
Ivan also gained something.
[Pharmacy experience +1]
[Pharmacy: lv4 (20/1000)]
Just as he expected, subject teaching could gain reputation, and the experience points increased much more quickly.
The time comes at night.
Jiushiti moved into the lord's bedroom.
Seeing Ivan was about to leave, she stared at him angrily without saying anything.
"What's wrong? Wasn't what I taught you during the day enough?"
"But---"
"Well, then I will teach you some new knowledge."
Amid Jiushiti's exclamation, Ivan turned around and threw himself onto the bed.
It's good to have a strong physique. It's not too easy to deal with this "war scum" of her. When Ivan got up and left again, Jiushiti didn't dare to ask him to stay. She could only hide in the quilt and pretended not to notice.
After a while, Ivan arrived at the front ridge of Sangling in high spirits.
He had been observing the culprit of Sangling for several nights.
According to Toins's experimental data, the number of insect species in the world is measured in billions, and a new species of insect appears almost every minute, but the vast majority of insects are worthless.
From a control perspective, all bugs can be divided into two categories: one is those with a 'queen', who breeds the entire swarm; the other is those without a queen.
Insect swarms with queens are the easiest to control. You just need to control the queen. However, this type of insect is rare and hard to come by. Most bees and ants belong to this type.
According to his observation, the murderer who harmed Sangling was a species of insect queen, so he did not act rashly.
Proper preparations need to be made to eliminate the scourge of Sangling in one fell swoop.
In order to save time, he could only consume one level 1 wisdom light to understand and apply the "Primary Common Energy Particle Research". As a result, the next day, [Energy Particle Science] was upgraded to level 2. Under the effect of the small wisdom light, he became more proficient in the knowledge of elementary common energy particle research. Energy Particle Science brought him a level 2 wisdom light.
Afterwards, he consumed two Level 2 Wisdom Lights to analyze the Insect Control and Tracking spells, and successfully outlined the spell model yesterday.
Nowadays, there is only one level 2 light of wisdom and one level 3 light of wisdom left on the academic master's panel.
"We'll make the final confirmation tonight and capture the Queen Insect tomorrow during the day." The cost is high but the reward is great. Ivan is confident that he has made all the preparations. Even if the Queen Insect escapes tomorrow, he can use tracking techniques to find her hiding place again.
If he succeeds tomorrow, he will use the insect control technique to control the queen insect, and he doesn't believe that the other insects will not submit.
The hiding place of the queen moth is inside the century-old mulberry tree. If you observe carefully, you will find that other moths often hide in the same place on the old mulberry tree, then fly out and return to their original position on the mulberry tree.
Occasionally, young moths would fly out, and from their clumsy flying form you could tell they were just born.
After observing for most of the night, Ivan finally made up his mind.
The next day.
At noon, the sun is shining brightly.
Ivan only brought a few strong men with him and asked them to carry a shield each.
The shield is to avoid capsizing in the gutter. Those moths are so good at hiding that no one knows what other abilities they have hidden. Ivan must remain cautious.
"My Lord, how about I come?"
"No need, I'll come in person, everyone please be safe."
Ivan rejected Dane's kindness, jumped to a height of four or five meters, then used his hands and feet to climb up the century-old mulberry tree, came to the side of the trunk where the queen insect was hiding, and stepped firmly on the fork on the side.
He was about fifteen or sixteen meters above the ground. The tree trunk next to him was one of the branches of the tree, and the trunk was only about thirty centimeters thick.
He carried a small round shield, a Quillen sword, and an iron can filled with a piece of fresh mulberry wood, which he had found from somewhere else. The iron can was made of double-layer iron.
He discovered that this type of moth disliked fire and would deliberately choose to fly when the sun was at its brightest.
everything's ready.
"I want to see your true face. You can destroy 1,200 acres of mulberry forest by yourself." He muttered, drew out the Kuilun sword and slashed at the tree trunk, slashing it at a position higher than the hiding place of the Queen Insect.
The trunk of the tree split in two and he casually pushed it to the other side, letting it fall.
With another slash of the sword, the trunk was cut down a few centimeters.
In the cross section of the tree trunk, under the sunlight, something was wriggling and drilling downwards.
Ivan had a very sharp eye and easily caught the clumsy, squirming thing in his hand. Upon closer inspection, he found it was a silkworm, like a puppet carved out of wood, made entirely of mulberry wood.
The struggle was not small.
Feeling the struggle in his palm increasing, he stuffed the wood silkworm into the mulberry wood section of the iron can. Under the sunlight, the wood silkworm indeed squirmed and drilled into the mulberry wood section.
"So stupid?"
Ivan raised his eyebrows, feeling like he had punched a sponge and all his preparations had gone to waste.
Although he was confused, he simply covered his palms with his fighting spirit, turning them into claws and grabbing down from the cross section of the tree trunk. He grabbed a handful of sawdust at a time. There were even more wood silkworms hidden underneath, which he grabbed one by one and threw into the iron can.
After a while, a wood silkworm as thick as two fingers emerged. It was plump and looked particularly unique. This fat guy should be the culprit, the Queen Insect.
Ivan grabbed it and threw it into the iron can. He watched the fat silkworm clumsily drill into the mulberry wood segment, then he closed the iron lid.
At this moment, he suddenly sensed a hint of danger, and he picked up his shield to block it. He heard a bang, and a moth hit the round shield like a bullet. Even with his arm strength, the round shield shook slightly.
So fierce!
(End of this chapter)