Volume 4: The Winds and Clouds of the Western Blue Sky Chapter 27: Brand
"Come to the Holy Land. I am here now."
Lani extended an invitation to Qi Ji.
"Holy land?" Qi Ji repeated doubtfully.
"Yes, the secret place where the great sage Merlin lives, the home of magic. I will wait for you here."
Qi Ji frowned and said, "How far is it from there to the witch? Can I get there in time ?"
Lani glanced at him and said calmly, "Of course we have time. The entrance to the holy land is near the central holy city of the Papal States. It takes about twenty days to travel from the Witch Forest."
"Correspondingly, your blood curse of the Demon Feast will take effect thirty days after it hits you." Lani's puppet looked at Qi Ji and smiled, "According to my judgment, seventeen days have passed since your blood curse. Thirteen days later, the 'blood mark' will appear on your body."
"At that time, you will face the pursuit of the two clans of the Demon Party in the blood clan."
She went on to say, “There are three ways to hunt.”
"The first one is that your blood mark will continue to attract all vampire demons within a three-kilometer radius to attack you, regardless of clan or class ." Lani continued with a faint smile: "According to the Witch Association's research on its principles, any vampire who kills a target with a "blood mark" can use this merit to go to the corresponding cursed vampire family to receive a reward. I heard that the reward is very generous."
"The second is that every seven days, you will face an "honor hunt" by an elite vampire from the Bloodline Demon Party. It will teleport to your vicinity in a special way, then patiently lurk until it finds an opportunity to attack you, killing you with one blow. The strength of the vampire executing the hunt will gradually increase until it kills you."
"The third option is that if you survive the hunting of all the vampire elites from the first stage to the early fourth stage, on the third day after that, you will face the final "blood test". You will be pulled into a specific "hell crack" by a mysterious force. It is often the private castle of a vampire duke. There, you will face the siege of all the demons under the command of the vampire duke, until you kill all those who stand in your way and come to the duke to duel with him."
"After defeating the Archduke, you can leave the castle and remove the blood brand on your body."
Lani made a final summary: "In short, even if your blood mark appears in the middle of the journey, you will only face two or three rounds of "honor hunting" in more than ten days. It is far from the point where you will face the "blood test". It is completely in time."
After that, she looked at Qi Ji with deep eyes: "As an "undefeated person", opponents below the fourth level of strength may not be able to pose a threat to you."
Qi Ji pursed his lips. This witch sister, at least she has some eyesight!
"If there is no problem, you can leave now." Lani said with a smile.
She turned her head and looked at Melina who seemed a little reluctant: "As for you, Melina, this time, you should stay here and study hard. If you don't become a formal witch, I, your teacher, will lose face because of you."
Melina felt embarrassed for a moment, lowered her head and responded softly.
Qi Ji raised his hand to indicate that he had something to say, and Lani nodded and looked at him.
He thought about it, and finally said bluntly: "Does the Witch Club have any methods to collect relevant methods about the second-level combat skills? If so, can you share it?"
After hearing this, Lani's eyes shifted, and a look of surprise appeared on her usually calm and elegant face, as if she was frightened by the fact that Qi Ji had not yet reached the second level.
Then, she thought for a moment and said, "Second-level combat skills... I see that your body is strong, so you must be taking the route of the "Knight", so you are referring to the "Magic Burst" skill, right?"
Qi Ji nodded.
Lani smiled and said, "Although the Witch Club is an organization that specializes in magic, they naturally have a lot of second-level books on basic techniques like Magic Explosion. You can follow the Magic Robe to get them."
In response to her words, the floating robe immediately flew over.
Lani gently said to it: "Mo Robe, could you please take him to the Library to borrow a book about the Way of the Knights?"
The man in demon robe bowed like a gentleman, then immediately came in front of Qi Ji, motioning him to follow quickly.
Qi Ji happily followed him.
…
The library of the Witch Society is located deep in the top floor of the monastery, and is guarded by an old witch.
When she saw that Qi Ji was led by the magic robe, she did not try to stop him, but kindly let Qi Ji in.
She herself followed Qi Ji into the library.
"Hello, young man. I haven't seen a new face here for a long time. You must have been brought here by Lani's student, right?" the old witch asked with a smile.
Qi Ji nodded: "That's right, but I'm leaving soon. Teacher Lani asked me to go find her."
The old witch laughed and said, "She has been missing all day, leaving only a puppet here to take charge. I almost forgot what she looks like!"
"Ah? Doesn't this doll look like Teacher Lani herself?" Qi Ji asked curiously.
The old witch waved her hand and said, "Of course it's not her. This doll was made based on the appearance of her teacher, the six-star witch "Snow Witch" Reina who passed away a hundred years ago. Lani herself is a tall, red-haired beauty."
"Let's not talk about these anecdotes, young man. You are here to borrow a book containing extraordinary content on "The Way of Chivalry", right?" asked the old witch.
Qi Ji nodded.
So the old witch thought for a moment and said, "Let me think about it. I have the content about the Way of Chivalry."
She pointed her finger lightly at a row of bookshelves, then made a slight hook. Three books on the bookshelf were pulled out by an invisible force and quickly floated in front of the two of them.
The old witch looked at Qi Ji.
"These three books are all notes left behind by knights who were once famous on the continent. Would you like to pick one and take it away?"
Qi Ji looked at the covers of the three books, then turned to look at the old witch with embarrassment: "Witch teacher, Melina and I are from a foreign land, and I can't understand the words in these books..."
He really couldn't understand the characters that looked very similar to those used by the Nordic countries on Earth, but were not quite the same.
The old witch smiled gently: "It's okay, I just happen to have a little gadget here, I'll give it to you."
She flicked her fingers lightly, and a pair of glasses flew over from the table not far away.
"I have engraved the small spell of "Text Analysis" on this pair of glasses. When you wear it, you will be able to read more than 90% of the texts in this world."
Qi Ji immediately bowed to express his gratitude. He took the glasses and put them on, then looked at the covers of the three books and finally understood the words on them.
[Knight Training Notes - Reinhardt]
[Essay on the Way of the Sword——Malikus]
[Sword of Flowing Water——Marienia]
