Chapter 255: Necromancy Skill of the Black Witches! (1/2)
Chapter 255: Necromancy Skill of the Black Witches!
“It’s an old Black Witch dwelling!” Rui said in a trembling voice.
“Teacher, why don’t you rest for a while. You must have been injured pretty heavily, for even your voice is trembling,” Ayrin said in a concerned manner as he gazed at Rui.
“Idiot…” Stingham looked at Ayrin with contempt as he said, “Teacher Rui is clearly just a little thirsty.”
“……”
It was complete silence as everyone nearly faceplanted into the ground.
“You idiot! Is your only purpose on our team to crack jokes and look stupid?!”
Rinloran was at a loss of words as he glared at Stingham, “Do think at it’s every day that an arcane team can discover a Black Witch dwelling from the Magus Era?”
“This house is from the Magus Era?” Ayrin felt sweat cover his forehead as he heard Rinloran’s words.
Even he, who had grown up in a small town like Cororin, knew very clearly that the Magus Era referred to the chaotic time period following the Era of the War with Dragons.
During that era, various beliefs had sprung up all over the place as many so called magi led people astray through preaching of divinity and fate. It wasn’t until the establishment of the Kingdoms of Doa and Eiche that order was restored as the magis’ lies were exposed and they gradually declined.
“This is a Black Witch dwelling from the Magus Era?!”
Only several moments later did Stingham completely process what had just been said as he suddenly felt his body tingle. He shouted, “It’s so old! How is it still standing?”
“This can’t be good!”
Stingham continued as he screamed, “The Black Witches are considered some of the most terrifying magi. It’s rumored that anyone who approaches one of them or their dwellings will suffer horrific curses and extremely bad luck.”
“Idiot! My worst luck is being on the same team as you,” Rinloran coldly berated in his mind.
“It’s only a baseless rumor.”
Rui seriously shook his head as he comfortingly said, “Of all the magi during the Magus Era, quite a few wanted to be like lords and have their own territories which they managed and governed based on their own interests. Of these, there were naturally some very evil ones, but there were also many who did not differ very much from today’s arcane masters. It is an undeniable fact that some magi contributed greatly to the studies of potions, Draconic, and domains.”
As Rui spoke, a lightbulb flashed in Ayrin’s mind as he abruptly shouted, “Teacher, if I remember correctly, during the battle, Hanson and Neilson said that you used some of the Black Witches’ techniques?”
“Correct. Our Holy Dawn Academy has spent quite a lot researching magi techniques. Many of the ancient scriptures found in Cattail Library originate from magi of the Magus Era.”
“Then it’s possible that there is some ancient skill left here?” Ayrin excitedly asked.
“Very possible!” Rui energetically nodded.
Even the calm and composed Rui couldn’t help but feel excited.
Such a well-preserved dwelling of the Black Witch, it was likely the first such specimen within the Kingdom of Eiche!”
Even if there were no scriptures or books containing techniques or skills, all of the containers and apparatus here alongside the materials contained within were already of incredible value to research focused arcane masters.
“But Teacher Rui, what happened to the Black Witch who used to live here?” Ayrin curiously asked.
Although the inside of the room was cluttered like a gnome shop, the various items seemed to be placed in an orderly fashion as per the owner’s habits.
If not for the fact that they had already determined that this house was extremely old, perhaps they would have felt as if they had stumbled upon the house while the owner had gone out for a stroll.
“Based on our research on the Black Witches… Black Witches were very solitary people. The vast majority of them were reclusive researchers who would occasionally solve issues for people if they were paid the right price. Naturally, they were all very powerful people. But although they were scholars, they still believed in fate and rebirth. Thus, at the end of their lives, they would choose to either bury themselves alongside their skills and wait for their fated rebirth after a thousand year sleep or merge themselves with a tree through some kind of special skill and continue to ‘survive’ alongside the tree. That’s all we currently know. For the rest, we’d have to find one of them to ask.”
“Then they must have died. I’ve never heard any story about a Black Witch actually coming back to life,” Stingham quietly muttered. But regardless of what was said, he still felt uneasy.
“Even the idiot knows rebirth is impossible. Of course it’s impossible,” Rinloran sneered.
Stingham immediately burst into rage as he shouted, “Rinloran, what did you just say?!”
Rinloran didn’t even look at Stingham as he replied, “Idiot!”
“Alright, calm down. You guys stay here while I go and check the place out.”
Rui normally never intervened or managed the three, but after the current discovery, he had become incredibly serious and stern. Everything here was a precious research piece. He didn’t wish for anything to be accidently destroyed by Stingham.
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“There’s actually a skill?”
“There were books and scriptures?!”
“Are there any which are especially cool?!”
Several minutes later, everyone’s eyes lit up as they gathered around Rui.
Rui had found several scrolls in a glass cabinet beside the desk.
Several of them were just notes filled with unrecognizable scribbles, but there were a few which were clearly skill scriptures as they contained detailed charts of arcane energy flow alongside thorough explanations!