Chapter 267: Seeking
“No wonder I always felt like someone was watching me.”
Karl understood:
“So it was you, wanting to kill me after I violated the rules, too bad you were disappointed.”
“Hmph!”
Remiel harrumphed lightly:
“As long as you still live near the Royal City, I will keep an eye on you. Don’t let me find an opportunity.”
“Hmm…” Karl narrowed his eyes:
“Remiel, don’t think that just because you have a god’s blessing I will be afraid of you. You’re not even an Archangel yet.”
Not to mention just a Middle Angel, even if it was an Upper Angel…
He wouldn’t be unable to kill them!
A silent but icy killing intent, like a maggot in the bone, silently wrapped around Remiel.
Second-Order!
And a Peak Second-Order!
Remiel’s eyes narrowed, a hint of horror surfacing in her eyes, and a sense of fear instinctively arose in her heart.
She actually felt an aura similar to a Warrior Angel on Karl.
The fear vanished in an instant.
“You are very strong, but this is the world of the gods.” Remiel spread her pure white wings:
“We will meet again.”
“Swish!”
With a flash of white light, she had already returned to the Church with the power of the Divine Realm, once again becoming the noble Bishop.
Karl had the strength to kill her, Remiel did not deny this, but here, a wizard’s methods would be greatly suppressed, and they simply could not be used.
“An…Angel…” Abe, who had been dumbfounded since Karl appeared, now stuttered, pointing at Remiel’s lingering afterimage:
“A real Angel!”
“That’s right.” Karl tossed the soft sword in his hand to him:
“An angel who isn’t very polite.”
“Young man, your kindness saved your life. Pack your things and leave this place quickly.”
Abe was stunned, then suddenly knelt down:
“Respected Wizard Your Excellency, please accept me as your disciple. Abe is willing to offer everything in exchange for your knowledge.”
“I don’t accept disciples.” Karl strode to Browning’s corpse, picking up the staff from the ground:
“You carry a soft sword with you, were you planning to kill your own mentor?”
“…” Abe’s hands tightened, and he said in a muffled voice:
“I am nominally Browning’s apprentice, but in reality, I am his slave. I have not learned any wizardry by his side for so many years, but instead, I have suffered a lot. Moreover…I am unwilling to do evil.”
“I can see that.” Karl turned back to look at him, and after thinking for a moment, said:
“Pack your things and go to that manor to wait for me. I do not accept disciples, but you can work in exchange for knowledge.”
“Hmm…”
“As for the wizardry books here, you can keep them for yourself to read.”
This young man used the wizardry he had learned to scare people, also thinking of helping himself avoid his mentor’s frame-up.
It was out of kindness.
In addition, there are indeed some things that require someone with a certain level of wizardry knowledge to do, so it wouldn’t hurt to take him in for now.
“Yes.” Abe was overjoyed, nodding quickly:
“Thank you…Earl Karl!”
He did not recognize Karl, but he clearly understood how terrifying the power of someone who could kill Browning so easily was.
Moreover, the other party knew an angel, and even threatened her. Even a Formal Wizard would probably not dare to do that.
Being able to follow such a Grand Wizard would surely bring many benefits.
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A few days later.
The manor was bought by Karl for two thousand gold coins, and Bastien spent money to hire some people to clean it up.
Without holding any ceremony, they moved in.
On the day they moved in, the News Daily Editor-in-Chief, Sharlene, and the real estate agent sent congratulatory gifts.
“Guards, cleaners, and a cook, all need to be hired. The price is easy to discuss, but they must be honest people.”
Karl paced inside the manor, looking at the newly renovated hall, and waved his hand at Bastien:
“You can take care of these matters.”
“Yes.”
Bastien responded.
“Go on.” Karl continued forward:
“Abe, come here.”
“Yes.”
Abe responded and quickly followed.
Bastien looked at Abe with some confusion, not quite sure what his relationship with Karl was.
He didn’t seem like a relative, more like an apprentice.
But what could Earl Karl teach him?
“Under this house, there is a wizardry barrier, created by a Second-Circle Wizard.” Karl said:
“It’s inconvenient for me to deal with it now, you come and seal it off.”
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“Ah!”
Abe’s face was filled with astonishment.
He knew that there was a problem under this manor, otherwise Browning would not have been able to harm people silently under the Church’s watch so many times, but he, a mere Junior Wizard Apprentice, could seal a Second-Circle Wizard’s barrier?
“The barrier is dead, you are alive, no need to worry.” Karl handed him a thick booklet:
“The method of sealing it is on here, you don’t need to think about understanding it, just follow the steps on it.”
“As for the reward…”
“Every Saturday afternoon, I will set aside an hour to solve your cultivation problems.”
“Yes.” Abe lowered his head in response, taking the booklet.
“Also…” Karl glanced at him and said:
“Are you still going to follow your mentor’s path?”
“No.” Abe shook his head without hesitation:
“Browning’s wizarding talent was not high, so he thought of taking the bloodline path, but this path costs too much money, I…”
“I can’t do it.”
Bloodline wizardry requires a lot of research, and sometimes even requires advanced equipment to assist.
Browning sold the manor to do research, but it was not enough, and he harmed several people to accumulate a large amount of wealth.
It could be said to be extremely expensive.
“That’s a pity.” Karl shook his head:
“This is a wizard’s desert, bloodline wizardry is the only way out, the things your mentor left behind will also be beneficial to you, but if you are unwilling…”
“Then forget it.”
“Oh, right!”
He remembered something and asked:
“You’ve lived in the Royal City since you were young, do you know the location of the National Opera House?”
“Yes.”
Abe nodded:
“It’s on Royal City Avenue.”
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In the evening.
Karl arrived at the National Opera House in a carriage. Sharlene was already waiting there, with a young girl by her side.
“Earl Karl!”
“Hello, Grandpa!”
“Hello!”
Karl greeted them with a smile:
“Let’s go inside first.”
“Yes.”
Sharlene nodded, took out the tickets and gave them to the opera house security personnel, leading Karl directly to the backstage.
There were many members of the opera troupe preparing to perform here.
“Today’s performance is ‘The Archangel Slaying the Flame Demon’. The National Opera House will perform, and many of their experienced musicians have come.”
Sharlene led Karl to a woman who was already in front of them, and greeted her with a smile:
“Monica, we meet again.”
“Sharlene!”
Monica was a woman in her early forties, with noticeable wrinkles around her eyes, but she was still beautiful.
“It’s been a while since I saw you, why have you come here?”
“My daughter was pestering me to see a performance, and an old gentleman asked me to inquire about something, so I thought of you.” Sharlene smiled, and introduced Karl:
“Earl Karl, Monica and I have been friends since we were very young. You can ask her about anything.”
“Monica, it’s nice to meet you.” Karl nodded:
“I have a friend who joined the National Opera House about thirty years ago to perform sacred songs. Her name is Jenny. I don’t know if you are familiar with her situation?”
“Jenny? Thirty years ago?” Monica frowned, thought carefully, and then shook her head:
“She is my senior, but she should not be in the opera house anymore, otherwise I would have heard her name.”
“I see…” Karl understood:
“Could you help me inquire about her?”
“Of course, no problem.” Monica smiled:
“I am willing to serve Your Excellency.”
Jenny was Karl’s friend from his youth. They had known each other for many years, and they had even corresponded while he was in the Black Swamp.
Since he went to the Magic Forest, they had completely lost contact.
Not in the opera house?
She was just a girl from the countryside, besides having some singing talent, what else could she do?
