Red blood Castle wizard tower... Compared with the wizard college Loren has seen in the past, it is really inferior.
But this is not surprising - no principality in the Empire has a complete wizard system except sakran and eboden; Most of the Empire had only a small number of wizards and a relatively loose school system.
This is the case in Bain area. Because of the division of the whole principality, each count leader has only a wizard association composed of local wizards. Generally, there are only a dozen formal wizards, and only two or three people have the qualification of nine awn wizard tower tutor at most; As for the elder level, there is none.
In addition to Byrne's more prosperous knight system, which makes most people more willing to become knights, there are also elements of intentional or unintentional suppression by the Empire... Among the many disciplines of witches, the most practical are alchemy and herbal medicine, and most of the talents in these two disciplines are concentrated in East and West Saxony.
With the support of the imperial royal family, the pursuit of trade unions and chambers of Commerce, and the attention of the army... With the dual blessing of reputation and wealth, the vast majority of alchemists and pharmacists prefer to stay in Saxony; Among the many disciplines of witches, only these two disciplines are the most practical and have the greatest impact on the development of a region.
However, after Charles, the housekeeper of red blood castle, introduced him, Loren immediately put away his contempt at first sight.
This seemingly shabby and very old wizard tower was founded by master freswalker?!
When he was in eboden, Loren met master freswalker and visited his manor in the suburbs. He was also responsible for the official induction ceremony in the wizard tower.
Although the system pattern of the wizard world is very loose, the division between various schools and schools is very strict. Each of the twelve elders of the nine pointed star wizard Tower represents an important school branch;
Just like freswalker, he was the mentor of Peter, Dean of vimpar college, and Peter was the mentor of Dalton kand.
There is no strict division of academic departments among schools, but there are strict differences in cognitive level - just corona, elbird and freswalker, who have seen themselves, have three attitudes towards Emptiness: utilization, taboo and awe, which can basically be regarded as the main differences between schools.
Loren is quite different... He is a wizard of the freswalker school, but he really came into contact with the valve under the guidance of corona, which is a mixture of the two schools - but fortunately, master freswalker has a good relationship with corona and won't care much about this kind of thing.
Although the whole wizard tower looks very simple, it has a large collection of books and all kinds of precious documents. There are many manuscripts of master freswalker and many famous Bain wizards when they were young, and the inside information is very profound.
When Loren was in eboden, he visited master freswalker's Library tower. This wizard tower is almost an "enhanced version" of the library tower - all walls have been transformed into bookcases, and special apprentices are responsible for management, and the functions and laboratories of each floor are clearly divided.
At the same time, there are a full ten mentor level wizards registered in the nine pointed star wizard tower, including this wizard tower, which is also one of the subordinate institutions of the nine pointed star wizard tower.
These alone are enough to make Loren, an "outsider", put away his contempt.
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"Here it is."
In the spacious president's study, Charles, the housekeeper standing behind Lauren, looked at the room tremblingly and said:
"This is the scene of the last murder of the 'vampire' - McCarran freswalker, the president of the red blood Castle wizard Association and the caster. When he was young, he used to be a wandering knight and mercenary for a while. He was also the only victim who resisted before he died."
"I specially asked the wizards to vacate the scene and put it like it was at the time of the crime." Charles frowned. "Although many traces were destroyed by the patrol of the governor's office, I hope this can make up for some."
"Thanks a lot." Lauren shrugged and smiled back at Charles. "I thought you would hate what I said that day."
"I'm the one who should apologize - I've used your friend for whatever purpose."
Charles bowed his head politely and smiled humbly: "what's more, this is the order of the count to help you find the real murderer - as the housekeeper of red blood castle, how can you even do such a small thing?"
This guy's smile is really easy to remind people of a teenager... Shook his head, Lauren squatted down and looked at the body of the president of the wizard Association placed on the ground.
Because they have been dead for a long time... Although some antiseptic drugs and spices were applied, the strong smell of corpse still filled the whole room and made them frown slightly.
Loren raised his eyebrows, but not because of the smell, but because of the body in front of him and what Charles just said - there was a very obvious crack in the neck of the deceased, and his hands and trunk were obviously severely damaged.
All these show that he did resist very fiercely before he died, so that the angry monster broke his hands holding a sword and waving a magic wand, stepped him to the ground and broke his ribs, and completely destroyed his feet in order to prevent him from escaping.
It's really... Extremely cruel. The inexplicable feeling reminds Lauren of an acquaintance.
Vampire is a very rare monster. It is so rare that even the night watchman will want to catch it alive rather than kill it. Ordinary people will not have much experience in fighting this monster.
The president can even detect and even resist at the moment of being attacked... If it is true, either the president is really skilled; Either the vampire touched some hidden mechanism, which gave him time to react.
In addition, although the soldiers in the governor's office almost cleaned up the room, the traces of void power are not so easy to eliminate... Strong residual reflection proves that there is a very powerful monster in this room.
"Are there any other dead besides the president?"
"There are two others, both apprentices of the president himself," Charles replied truthfully, with a slightly gloomy expression: "but they... Don't even have a complete body."
Was it tortured and killed... It's very in line with the style of "monster".
"How's it going?" Charles asked with great concern.
"It's a bit unexpected... But judging from the marks left by the wounds and fighting, I'm afraid it's true - even if it's not a vampire, it should be some extremely powerful monster with a certain degree of wisdom."
With a sigh, Loren, who got up, truthfully replied, "governor Gaspar has kept a monster and made it obey his orders in some way... It sounds ridiculous, but it is the most likely answer at the moment."
"Is it really possible for this kind of thing?"
"Well... It's hard to say." Loren turned to the worried housekeeper and shrugged helplessly: "I once saw a wizard who knew how to drive ghouls, but controlled low-level scavengers and intelligent vampires... These are completely two concepts!"
"But you don't have to worry too much... Even vampires attack unprotected wizard towers and heavily guarded palaces. No matter how powerful monsters are, they can't break through the lines of knights and fortresses in an instant, or appear in the palace hall undetected."
Of course, if it's strong enough to be a dragon, there's no need to sneak attack... But looking at Charles's slightly relieved expression, Loren thinks it's better not to say.
"I have brought some traces of investigation and evidence at the crime scene." Charles, who returned to normal, said in a deep voice with his hands behind his back: "do you need to check it, too?"
"Well, of course!"
Just as they were about to turn around and leave, a panting wizard apprentice suddenly ran over:
"Lord Loren, we found a witness - he, he said he saw the vampire!"