Chapter 188: Mysterious Crystal
Early morning.
Nina propped herself up from the soft bed, habitually stretching her limbs, her brow furrowing slightly.
Ouch!
The discomfort in her lower body made her face pale, and the emptiness beside her pillow made her eyes darken.
She went downstairs.
The groom, Harvey, was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, the sword light flashing as he moved, and the sound of the sword whistling from time to time.
He was now a Legendary Knight, and with the resources provided by his family, he could contend with a First-Circle Late Stage wizard.
“Up so early to train?”
Walking closer, Nina’s eyes were a little complicated:
“You just got married, you should spend more time with your wife, there’s no need to work so hard.”
“Grey is still resting, I can’t sleep.” Harvey stopped his movements, his knight’s sword pointing diagonally to the ground:
“My grandfather’s revenge hasn’t been taken, and the situation of the Walker family hasn’t improved, how can I dare to rest?”
“…” Nina was silent, then asked:
“Did Mr. Connie leave?”
“Not yet.” Harvey said:
“He’s having breakfast in the side hall, the mentor was preparing to leave, but I saw him and stopped him.”
“Well done!” Nina’s eyes lit up:
“I’ll go find him.”
On the way to the side hall, Nina rubbed her pale cheeks, while organizing her thoughts.
‘Karl is a disciple of the Six Rings Tower, but because he offended Gould, he can’t go to the Kalim Continent.’
‘If the Walker family befriends him, they can establish a relationship with the Six Rings Tower.’
‘Moreover…’
‘His strength is very high, although I don’t know what method he used, he has killed a First-Circle Late Stage wizard.’
‘The Pero family regards him as a must-kill enemy, which puts us on the same side.’
‘I had a relationship with him, and Harvey is also his disciple…’
Side hall.
The soft morning light shone through the frosted glass and into the hall, covering everything with a thin veil.
The tall Karl was holding a knife and fork, tasting the delicacies provided by the Walker family.
White bread, ale, and cheese ham were a basic combination, with a carefully prepared vegetable soup to add to the meal.
His appearance was not handsome.
But in Nina’s eyes, there was a sense of power different from other wizards, as if just being close could suppress the restlessness in her heart.
“Kar…”
“Connie.”
Nina’s lips involuntarily curved upwards:
“You are truly ruthless, wouldn’t you even want to see me before bidding farewell?”
“You’re awake.” Karl said expressionlessly:
“The white bread is well made.”
“Heh…” Nina chuckled lightly, not beating around the bush, and said directly:
“I hope you can help me deal with the Pero family!”
?
Karl’s expression was strange:
“Miss Nina, it’s true that I have a feud with the Pero family, but your father almost killed me.”
“What makes you think I would help you?”
Just because we slept together?
Because I’m your first man?
“Connie.”
Nina was not angry, but said slowly:
“My father was indeed wrong, but he has paid the price for what he did.”
“And the Walker family will pay a reward.”
“Hah…”
She took a deep breath, looked around to make sure there was no one else, and then said seriously:
“You should know that the heads of the four great families have some authority in the Dream Market, but they certainly don’t know where this authority comes from.”
Karl raised an eyebrow.
The Dream Market prohibits fighting, and mental fluctuations exceeding a certain limit will result in expulsion, even for Second-Circle wizards.
Only the heads of the four great families can act with some limitations.
He asked:
“Where does it come from?”
“About two hundred years ago, someone discovered the Dream Market.” Nina sat down opposite him and said slowly:
“Later…”
“The elders of the four great families occupied this place together.”
“The core of the Dream Market comes from a special crystal, suspected to be part of a high-level inherited magical artifact.”
Tapping on the table, Nina continued:
“No one knows exactly what happened back then, we only know that the four great families reached an agreement, each family getting a fragment of the crystal, possessing part of the ability to control the Dream Market.”
“It is said…”
“If the four fragments were combined into one, then the possessor would become a powerful Second-Circle wizard.”
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“In this Dream Market, he could even be fearless of a Third-Circle wizard!”
“Even if you only get a fragment of the crystal, the possessor will be protected by the market, fearless of the Second-Circle, so no matter what the four great families have experienced in the past two hundred years, they have been able to continue.”
Karl nodded slowly.
The four great families did not have any Second-Circle wizards.
In the outside world, without a Second-Circle wizard in charge, it would be difficult for a family to survive peacefully for two hundred years.
Likewise.
Because the resources of the Dream Market were divided into four parts, it also prevented the four great families from producing Second-Circle wizards.
There were both advantages and disadvantages!
Mysterious crystal?
This was the key to the four great families’ survival until now?
“So…”
He said:
“The four great families have always had conflicts internally, each family wanting to monopolize the Dream Market and become a Second-Circle family?”
“That’s right.” Nina nodded:
“However, the conflicts were not as intense as they are now, they only started to erupt in the last ten years or so.”
“Vaughn killed my father to get the crystal fragment from him…”
“But he didn’t expect that my father knew his time was short, and had already left the thing to me. After his death, the seal on my body was released, and I knew all the secrets about the four great families.”
Vaughn was the head of the Pero family.
“Hmm…” Karl narrowed his eyes, thinking of something:
“This is a secret of your four great families, can you tell an outsider?”
“I can’t!” Nina shook her head:
“Only the heads of the family and their spouses can know, even their own sons and daughters cannot be told in principle.”
“I only found out about this after my father died.”
“Then why tell me…” Karl was stunned.
“Husbands and wives can, and you are my only man.” Nina smiled, and placed something that looked like a crystal on the table:
“Moreover…”
“It’s yours now.”
?
After a long while.
“Why?” Karl looked puzzled:
“We don’t seem to be that familiar.”
We only slept together, it certainly wasn’t familiarity, let alone entrusting a family’s lifeblood.
It was simply magical!
“Vaughn will not let our Walker family go.” Nina turned her head to look outside the door, her eyes complicated:
“The four great families are intermarried, and their relationships are close. My aunts, sisters, and several girls from my uncles’ families have all married men from the Pero family. Many of them were my childhood playmates.”
“Now…”
“Some of them have been branded with slave marks, their consciousness controlled, and some have been killed and hung outside the Pero family’s door.”
Nina gritted her silver teeth, and roared in a low voice:
“Even if I die, even if the Walker family is wiped out, they will never get what they want, so I would rather give it to you than leave it to them.”
“I understand.” Karl nodded:
“You plan to deal with Vaughn, the head of the Pero family?”
“That’s right!” Nina nodded heavily:
“The people of the Pero family would never expect that I would make a move against Vaughn the day after Harvey’s wedding.”
“If I kill Vaughn, the Pero family’s fragment will be mine, and the Walker family will still be able to gain a foothold in the Dream Market.”
“If I can’t kill Vaughn, it will be me who dies…”
“I hope Karl you can protect Harvey, he is after all your disciple, and he and his wife can continue the Walker family’s bloodline!”
“I have done everything I should, including finding a man. Next, I will fight to the death for the family, even if I die, I will have no regrets.”
“What courage.” Karl couldn’t help but praise, then said:
“Do you think you have a chance?”
“Heh…” Nina chuckled lightly, slowly releasing her suppressed mental power:
“Thanks to your Ghost-Faced Blood Vine, I am now a First-Circle Late Stage, and I have also found some helpers.”
“Also…”
“Karl, you killed people from the Pero family, they will not let you go either, so I hope you can help me deal with one person.”
“Don’t worry!”
“Not Vaughn.”
