Chapter 46
Several minutes later, within the large hall.
There was no one else apart from Leylin and Bicky. Leylin commanded his people to excuse them.
Leylin and Bicky sat facing each other, only separated by a small, white round-table. There were many appetizers and aperitifs arranged on this table.
Bicky was holding a piece of sponge cake within her hand, but it appeared she had no appetite.
"Is it true? How did you actually get promoted to a level 1 Magus this soon?"
Bicky, still appearing absent-minded, picked up a steaming drink and took a gulp.
"Congratulations, Leylin! Also, thank you for coming over to help me."
"Don't mention it. After all, you are my friend." Leylin smiled as he said.
"That's right! You are a good friend." Bicky unconsciously repeated whatever Leylin said, still looking dazed.
"What do you plan to do from now on?" asked Leylin, asked, seeing Bicky acting in this manner.
"In the future?" Bicky bowed her head as in deep thought and said, "I do not intend to return to the academy. I shall go and travel and perhaps one day; I will return to my family"
Saying this, she looked eagerly at Leylin, "Maybe I can become your follower?"
After becoming an official Magus, a person can usually accept a few followers and agree upon a soul contract where the followers would pledge their life and loyalty to their master. In return, based on their accomplishments, the masters would have to provide their followers with knowledge and resources to the best of their abilities.
And in the outside world, a follower can be the representative of their master to a certain extent.
"Well...." Leylin didn't answer immediately, He took a cake from the table and started to eat.
"I can take you in but i will have to test if you have the ability or not..."
Leylin knows that if you give something valuable to anyone without them actually earning it, it will make them not value it at all.
Leylin has plans for Bicky, although he likes her but she has to prove her worth.The task he will assign to her in the future is a challenging one.
" I will do anything you want.. " Bicky suddenly become tensed and spoked timidly.
" Really? We will see about that " Leylin looked at her and he retreated A book from his clothes, putting it on the table.
" I want you to kill Fayle ! " Leylin said with a strange glit in his eyes, he was reading Bicky. Her expression, breathing, heartbeat, everything with which he can see her state of mind.
"Kill him" Bicky remained silent for a moment.Her breathing became rugged, Her heartbeat was off the charts. there were anger and helplessness in her eyes.
A good while later, she calmly spoke, "He entered the Purple-Gold Flower family and now has both Grine Water and the Rainbow Potion. I am afraid that he has already broken through and become an official Magus. What can I do?"
"You don't have to care about Purple-Gold Flower Family. i will take care of it. I will make arrangements for you to escape their wrath ." Leylin said confidently. The top brass of that family is but a Rank 1 Magus, As leylin is right now he doesn't fear his strength at all, especially with his Fallen Star Pendant.
More importantly why would someone like him even bother to take revenge for a weakling like Fayle . At most if leylin wants he can just offer some collateral and they will accept happily but Leylin doesn't want that he actually wants the Purple-Gold Flower family to chase Bicky.
" Still.. How can I kill Fayle when I am but a mere Level 2 Acolyte? " Bicky said with tears glistening her eyes.
" What about it? " Leylin asked with a raised eyebrow.
" If you accept to bear my seal and become my follower, I will help you become strong enough to extract your revenge. " Leylin said .
Bicky was confused and thrilled to hear this. She was excited to know she can follow Leylin but she was confused as Leylin action betrays common practices in Magus World.
" You don't have to know why. Just tell me are you willing " Leylin crossed his hands before his chest and asked.
Bicky nodded after which Leylin asked her to accept his Seal, She complied and Leylin marked her with 'Seal of Lucifer'.
Leylin pushed the book before her and also put some potions, " These are some Spiritual Potion and an Advanced Meditation techniques "
This was the same one He extorted from Bosain, As for the ire of Lilytell family which will insue when they become aware. Leylin just didn't care.
The black horse carriage had the wooden wheels which were galvanised by iron let off creaking sounds.
As there were no shock absorbing functions, the rise and fall of the carriage was extremely great, so the passenger inside the horse carriage did not have a good ride.
It seems that this rented horse carriage had all sorts of passengers on it. There was a white-bearded old man with his granddaughter, wanton women, and even those merchants wearing caps hugging onto their belongings tightly.
On the other carriage back seat was a The youth that had pure black hair with some lustre on it. His handsome face had a radiant smile, which made him have a strange yet strong charisma!
This person naturally was Leylin.
Amist the journey as their carriage was dashing forward Leylin noticed a child dressed pink on a carriage. He could tell in a glance that this was ivy, The girl who had a very faint Warlock bloodline in her. Originally he was going to leave them but he decided to help her out.
Her bloodline is too thin for her to become a Warlock hence she has not much use for him. Her blood is not much help either since he has already updated his Fallen Star Pendant.
Leylin decided to help because he pitied her and this is not much trouble anyways. He would also like to do some research on her bloodline even if it's not much use.
The adolescent female child had a pair of sapphire-like eyes and milky white skin. She spotted Leylin smiling at her and smiled back friendly at Leylin.
The little girl's grandfather seated next to her spotted the interaction and immediately pulled her close to his side. He whispered words into the child's ear which caused her to hurriedly avoid Leylin's attention. Although hard to hear, It was most likely a warning against the dangers lurking outside.
Following which, the white-bearded grandfather stared menacingly into Leylin's eyes as a sign of warning.
Immediately as a sign of provocation both his Guards withdraw thier weapons and were just a signal away from ripping the old fart apart.
Unaffected by the grandfather's hostility, Leylin let out a chuckle and waved his hands to his guards to calm down.
The strength of Warlocks came from the bloodlines. Their descendants would also carry traces of their bloodline. However, it was extremely difficult to unearth that strength again.
For instance, this little girl's bloodline was already extremely thin. Moreover, there were no energy waves coming from her. She was the most regular of humans, not even an acolyte.
Also, the further away from the first generation Warlock, the bloodline would slowly thin out over the generations, finally turning into regular humans again.
However, in the second and third generations, there were still plenty of decent quality bloodline inherited.
Hence, Warlocks tend to reproduce often to establish their own family.
Leylin, for example, was a first generation bloodline. If he had any descendants, his children and grandchildren's bloodline would also have the strength of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent!
This scenario was somewhat similar to the Magi families, yet different.
The main thing that Magi wanted to pass on was their soul aptitude, every generation may be regular humans with no aptitude. Furthermore, although both the Warlocks and Magi held bloodlines in esteem, the Magi would not mind accepting fresh blood to raise the genes passed down in the family, which might sometimes exceed that of the ancestors!
However, Warlocks were different. They revered the purity of bloodlines, so they would protect the purity of the bloodlines and soul through the marriage of relatives. To them, if an outsider joins their family, not only would it not increase the density of the bloodline, it would even contaminate their bloodline.
Moreover, the descendants inheriting the bloodline of Warlocks found it extremely difficult to advance into an official Magus. Unless they found a high-grade meditation technique that was suitable for their bloodline. Under normal circumstances, these things were usually passed down from the first generation.
However, once the density of the bloodline thins out, or if the inheritance of the high-grade meditation technique stopped, it was often the start of a Warlock family's decline.
When a Magus family declines, there was the possible chance of their descendants bringing it back to glory. However, it was extremely difficult for Warlock families to do the same.
Unless the descendant found the original source of bloodline, or through some other methods to replenish the strength of bloodlines!
In the Central Continent, there were 3 schools of thoughts. Families consisted of either those who revered high-grade meditation techniques, those with bloodlines or some other assortment of the magisterium. This were the 3 main representatives in the continent.
What was undeniable was that Leylin had an extreme interest in his same kind. Although it was most likely that no high-grade meditation techniques could appear on her.
The other party's destination was also the Great Canyon Margaret, which coincided with Leylin's plans, so he naturally dispelled the thought of travelling alone.
As for the white bearded old geezer beside the little girl, he often saw Leylin sneaking glances at his granddaughter, even having a smile that seemed to harbour malicious intentions. So naturally his expression was not too pleasant.
He couldn't guess Leylin strength and looking at his guards ability he just thought that he was some nobel Young master or something
After the advancement previously, Leylin spent much time and effort to have the A.I. Chip optimise his shapeshifting ability again. The effect was greater than before.
The corner of Leylin's lips curled up.
"It seems like this journey would not be too boring!"