Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Evil Red Star, a dazzling ruby.It represents the power of ancient alchemy, and whenever it flickers, disaster will come.

Isrit stared at the ruby ​​bigger than the moon stone, and fell into a kind of inexplicable fear.She was convinced that there was some terrible magic here, and she tried to look away, but something caught her eyes, and the red light penetrated down her eyes into the depths of her soul.

Then the picture before her eyes distorted.

She saw bright red plasma falling from the sky like a torrential rain.And she was in the middle of this heavy rain, she was drenched in blood from head to toe, her body was covered with greasy plasma, the smell of fishy smell drowned her, and her mouth was full of the smell of iron rust.She seemed to be melting into a pool of blood herself.

This is a vision, she thought.So she held her breath, fixed her spirit, and made sure that she would not go crazy in this environment.

The blood under her feet suddenly boiled, and Estherite screamed in fright.A stench of stench rushed towards her face, and various terrifying pictures appeared in front of her eyes.She saw herself being escorted to the execution ground naked, and then cut in half by Haven himself; she saw wild horse town burning, and her adopted daughter was ignited by the fire, screaming at her; then she saw her husband's blood stained Bear Mountain, Hanging on the city wall by murlocs...

All phantoms that frightened her came upon her, intent on tearing her soul to pieces.However, Estherite's spirit is extremely strong. Since the moment she decided to take revenge, she put life and death aside, and nothing can frighten a person who is not afraid of death.So she circulated the divine power of the stars, the moon and nature, and sang loudly: "The master of animals, the root of still life, the fire of the boundless, the light of the stars, all evil and good thoughts are false, all things are invisible, and nature is eternal!"

Two kinds of magic rushed into her brain, and she immediately felt calm.Everything in front of me returned to calm, and I saw that the starry sky remained the same, and the red stars were shining as usual.At this moment, Estelle saw the Countess sitting on a chair at the end of the hall, smiling at her.

"Lord Ultramarine." She saluted and said, "Is this a test for me?"

"This is only part of it, Isrit." Alfred stood up from the chair.Just like last time, her back was tightly glued to the chair, and when she got up, a cobweb-like white thread stretched out from her back to the front of the chair.Ultralan walked slowly towards her, and every time she took a step, the star map on the ceiling became brighter.When she came in front of Esrit, the room had already become bright and dazzling.

Isrit said to her: "Master Aldrom, what else do you want to test me for?"

Aozhuolan said: "I have been observing you, Isrit, because you are the only one who has tried dual practice of witchcraft so far, and the only one who has succeeded." The countess waved her hand, and the floor quickly grew The vines, and then the vines were quickly woven into two wicker chairs, "Please sit down, don't work too hard, you are still pregnant."

"Thank you."

So the two sat down face to face, and Aozhulan continued to say to her: "The liberal school and the academic school have always been incompatible. In the past few decades, no one has been able to integrate the spells of the two schools. A few witches wanted to try it on a whim." After a while, they were all defeated by the naked reality. The thinking modes and spell systems of academics and liberals are different, just like chefs and soldiers—the only thing they have in common is cutting meat.”

Isrit said: "I don't know these things, I just want to learn the essence of the two schools of witchcraft." Then avenge my husband, she thought.

Ultralan smiled and said: "You are a special case, Isrit, you are the root of liberalism, but you have academic thinking in your head. This wonderful coincidence gives you the power to fuse two kinds of spells. You know, there were no academics and liberals in the beginning, and it was the White Feather Witch and the Truth Witch who split the forest witchcraft into what it is today. And you, Isrit, you may be able to reshape the original appearance of the forest witch. I see this hope in you."

Ao Zhuo Lan's praise stunned Estherite, but despite her joy, she still felt weird—Au Zhuo Lan's attitude was too enthusiastic.

So she said to Ultraland, "I'm just an ordinary student, and I don't think I'm any different. The only thing I can do, and the only thing I want to do, is to be your apprentice and learn from you."

Aozhuolan laughed immediately when she heard this, and she said to Estherite: "Of course I will accept you as an apprentice, and this time I will only accept you as one. Estherite, you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen. A gifted student. I will pass on all my knowledge to you."

Just charge me one? "No, Lord Ultralan, I'm just a—"

"Stop talking!" Aldrom interrupted her. "Don't you want to learn my magic?"

Estelle was stunned for a moment, and said, "Of course I want to learn."

"Then you should listen to me even more, Isrit." Aldrom's tone softened immediately, "I really want to teach you, I can't have children, I can only pass everything on to you. My disciple. Oh, Isrit, you are my disciple, even my daughter."

Estelle could not refuse her words, but Estelle always felt that something was wrong. "How can I repay you?" she asked, "I have no money, and there are very few things I can do..."

Ultralan showed a kind smile and said, "I don't need you to do anything, Isrit, I just need you to be my apprentice. If you can learn my magic and inherit my mantle, then I..." Her expression became serious, "I will also pass on the title to you."

What?Estelle couldn't believe her ears.Hummingbird City is a very wealthy southern city with sufficient population, farmland, and strategic location; there is a large swamp separated from the bay, and the swamp orcs are her followers... She quickly drew a map in her mind. : With Hummingbird City as the rear and the swamp as the frontal battlefield, she can raise troops to attack Bear Mountain!

Thinking of this, Estelle felt her heart pounding.She confirmed this matter again, and said, "Master Aozhuolan, are you really planning to...accept me as an apprentice, or even pass on my title?"

Ao Zhuolan nodded and said: "Yes, there are many nobles among the academy witches, and our rule is to pass the throne to disciples. This rule has not changed for many years. Isrit, but I have to tell you, daughter It's not easy to be an earl, you...you have to be mentally prepared."

"I will, Master Ultralan!" Isrit said hastily, "I am willing to be your disciple!"

"Hand over here," said Ultraland.

Isrit handed her the hand, and Aldram closed her eyes and drew a rune on the back of her hand with her index finger.The rune was a beautiful butterfly pattern, with fluorescent lights on it.Afterwards, Ultralan said to her: "This is the mark of my disciple, and it is also the proof of your identity. From now on, you are the only disciple of Ultralan, and you do not need to salute or listen to witches of any level. her order."

Isrit quickly thanked her, and then she asked the countess, "Then when do we start classes?" She couldn't wait.

Ao Zhuolan said: "I want to announce this tonight. After that, I will give you a class alone, Isrit." She stood up from the chair at this time, with a smile on her face, "Israel Srit, can I touch your belly?"

Estelle thought for a while and said, "Well, please be gentle."

The silver-haired witch nodded gratefully and said, "I will be very careful."

So she put her hand on Isrit's lower abdomen and stroked it gently.There was an extremely happy smile on her face, as if the child was hers.Isrit recalled what someone had told her before: Lord Ultralan especially likes children.

"How many months?" Ultrablue asked her.

"Six months." Estherite said.

The silver-haired witch nodded. She stared straight at Isrit's lower abdomen and murmured, "Ah, that's great, that's great."

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So Estherite became Ultralan's only disciple.

This result was beyond everyone's expectations. Usually, Aozhuolan would accept three or five disciples at a time, but this time he only accepted one.This kind of result made many witches feel dissatisfied—everyone came here from thousands of miles to learn a teacher, why should you be accepted?The next day the whole town was talking about her.Many witches clamored to see her, but they were all turned away by the tower guards.

Not only that, Aozhulan also punished the witch who exchanged Islet's thirteen-colored flower. She chopped off the person's left ear, gouged out his right eye, and expelled her from the sect and the count. manor.

That's good, Isrit thought, that's what a liar deserves, she deserves it.

She even wanted to beg the earl to focus on the key points, she wanted all her enemies to die without burial.But fortunately, she still retained a little reason. When making the final decision, she thought to herself: I am here to learn witchcraft, not to cause trouble.The man has already been punished - not too harshly - I should not care about it, if Lord Ultralan gets bored, she may hold back from teaching me witchcraft, I don't want to do that .

I'm going to take away all the witchcraft from the academy, not a single bit of it!She bit her nails and thought.

She felt that she was getting closer to revenge, and she had been fantasizing about it recently.When eating, when washing, when dressing, when going to bed...and all the rest of learning witchcraft, she would fantasize about revenge.She wants to strangle the enemies in her hands, cut off their heads, tear their corpses apart, and take away everything from them...

The thrill of vengeance occupied his mind—only when she thought about it would she forget the pain of her husband's loss.

The thought circled viciously in her mind, eating up her life.Soon, she turns into a demon possessed by a desire for vengeance.She began to become suspicious, irritable and irritable.

Another witch came to harass her when she was learning knowledge today.Isrit was practicing the magic of reviving plants in the flower field outside, and that guy came running over, pointing at her and yelling at her.Call her a liar, a slut, and a whore of goats.

In the past, Estherite would not get angry easily, she would deal coldly or avoid such guys.But now she was filled with anger whenever she saw such a person, so she summoned a whirlwind and swept him into the sky.

It was her own magic, which had both the violent liberal power and the disciplined academic spirit.She can use spells to attract wind elements, and then use spiritual words to give the wind will.So the whirlwind rose under the witch's feet, threw her into the air, and fell hard again.

The witch screamed and seemed to have broken her leg.This scene caused more trouble, and many people surrounded Isrit, and the witches took the lead in shouting that she was a spy of the liberal faction.Then the crowd got wild and people tried to drown her in their spittle.

But Isrit is no longer afraid of this trick, she still has enough magic power, her magic is enough to make these people shut up.

In the end it was the Countess who stopped it all.

After this incident, Isrit said to the Countess: "I can't study here unless I don't leave the castle."

"Nothing like that will happen, my child," the Countess of Aldraland told her. "I'll take care of everything, and you just study hard."

The next day, the countess personally announced to the whole city, she asked the servants to ring the big bell, and then made a speech on the tower with a trumpet amplified.

She said that Estherite was her only disciple this year, that Estherite had produced thirteen-colored flowers, and that she would pass the title to Estherite...

This series of news shocked and even despaired the people of Hummingbird City, so many witches left that day. They no longer looked forward to this place, and they were disappointed with the countess' behavior.

After that speech, Isrit heard the countess arguing loudly with her servants in the tower, and it seemed that even her subordinates did not approve of her actions.Estelle heard the servants asking her: "How can you accept a liberal witch as an apprentice? Taking a step back, even if you accept her, how can you let her inherit the title? You have so many outstanding apprentices, Why did you choose her?"

"Because she is the best," said the countess.

Estherite thinks what the earl said is right - of course you must choose the best apprentice, right?I will inherit your knowledge and title.At that time, I will be the king of Hummingbird City and the mother of orcs. I will have enough wealth to start a war, and countless warriors who are willing to bleed for me!until then...

The face of her lover suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, and she was so frightened that cold sweat protruded from her forehead.Suddenly, another self in her heart monologues: Estelle, there is nothing wrong with revenge, but have you gone too far?Are you going in the wrong direction?You're not just an Avenger, you're also a mother.

She touched her growing abdomen and thought to herself: I will give birth to you well and raise you up healthy and healthy.But if I cannot avenge your father, then you must inherit my will, my child!

For your only father, for your family!

Isrit has been studying in this state. The hatred made her lose control, but it also gave her strength.She's learning faster than ever, and she's morbidly hyperactive every day.

The countess didn't lie to her either, the master really spared no effort in teaching her.She taught Isrit the star-moon magic and all kinds of strange witchcraft.

Isrit had learned some star-moon magic from Mrs. Wei'an, but those were far less powerful than the countess.The Countess of Ultraland is the second-ranked witch in the current academy. Except for the Marquis of Ivory City, no one is more accomplished than her.She can memorize the astrology chart for a whole year silently, and she can use the power of each star even more.She can receive the light from the stars and absorb the light of the moon. These strange powers will be hidden in her body and become magical energy.Oakland only eats three slices of chicken and a bowl of flower soup every week. She no longer needs to extract energy from ordinary people's food.

Estherite couldn't achieve her achievement immediately. After all, Ultralan was already 80 years old, and she had practiced magic several times longer than Estherite.Moreover, Ultralan sat on the mycelium chair on weekdays, and those fungi would also provide her with energy for survival.

But Isrit can at least eat one meal a day, and if she encounters famine or travels long distances in the future, she will have more hope than others.

Of course, the Xingyue magic is more than that. Different astrology corresponds to different speech spirits. For example, the storm speech spirit used by Estherite before is because of the power of the giant bird star.When the giant bird star exists in the sky, the witch can use the corresponding speech spirit to control the power of this constellation, such as blowing strong winds, manipulating animals, or performing some kind of illusion.

Because witchcraft is related to astrology, the witchcraft of the academic witches varies from season to season.When Ursa Major is in the sky, witches can use great power; when Saturn is shining, they can turn clay into warriors;

The more powerful the spell, the harsher the conditions for casting it. Not only do witches need to have sufficient magic power and experience, but they also need to find the right timing.The rainstorm technique requires Mercury to be in the sky, and there needs to be rain in the sky, otherwise the witch will have no rain to remind.Even if the White Feather Witch is alive, she cannot summon a rainstorm on the Great Desert of the Western Regions.

There is no magic conjuring out of thin air, everything has to be logical - that's the academic style.

Isrit quickly mastered the basics of stargazing, and one night during this period, the Countess of Ultraland told her a miraculous thing:

"There are stars during the day, so you can also use star and moon magic."

Isrit asked: "Where are the stars in the daytime? I can't see them."

"Because the sun is too bright, you can't see the faint light of the stars." Ao Zhulan gave her a thick book and said: "This is the most important knowledge of the academic school. This book records the daytime astrology. . Corresponding to this book, you can know what kind of magic you can use this day."

Isrit flipped through the book and asked, "Since the sun is so bright, why don't we use the sun's magic power?"

Ultralan smiled and shook his head, saying: The magic power of the sun is too terrifying, no human can control the power of the sun.The moon is already the limit of the academic witches, because of this, the moon level is the highest among the four levels.The Marquis of Ivory City is called the Moon Witch, and the word moon is the highest praise of the academy.Not even I can fully harness the power of the moon. "

Estherite can't control the power of the moon now, she can only use the moonlight to complete some simple magic, and she can't control it at all. "Then as long as I master all the Xingyue magic in this book, will I graduate?" She asked her teacher.

Ultralan shook his head and said, "My child, studies are never-ending. I need to tell you that there is still a lot of room for improvement in academic witchcraft. There are countless stars in the sky, but we can only use dozens of stars and moons." Magic. There are still many stars whose potential has not been tapped. With your talent, you can try to use any star—except that one." She warned Estherite, "That red star represents refining The red star of the devil, that is the star of madness and evil, once you use the power of the red star, then you will fall into madness, you will be cursed, and even become a fierce demon."

Ultralan pointed to the red star in the starry sky and said: "It is the enemy of all witches, all crazy and evil souls, but don't be afraid of it, as long as you are not tempted by it, it can't hurt you."

Estherite strictly remembered the teacher's teachings, and in the following days, she practiced star-moon magic seriously.The things outside the castle have nothing to do with her. Occasionally, some news will fall into her ears, such as the strange red fog that appeared in Hummingbird City at night recently; some witches mysteriously disappeared; there are also rumors that there are ominous monsters in disguise. class, hidden in Hummingbird City.

But Estelle doesn't care about these things, she just wants to study and graduate quickly.

Later, the disciples of those two elders came to look for her in the castle, namely Trinina Lucis and Seth Turk.The two of them came here to ask about Aldralan magic, and secondly, they were curious about Isrit.

They are all very easy to get along with, even the current Estherite is willing to sit down and chat with them for a while, or have dinner and drink some rum with them.The round-faced Trinina said to her: "Isrit, you are already a celebrity in the academy! After the witches left Hummingbird City, they spread the news about you, and now everyone in the surrounding cities knows about you."

"Then I'm afraid I'm notorious." Isrit laughed at herself—how could those witches say good things about me?I'm afraid not

For a long time, it was known that there was a "whore of goats".

"That's not the case, Isrit." Sethe with dark skin and blue eyes shook her head. The girl wore a bell headband today, and she would make a pleasant sound when she shook her head. "Academic witches worship the strong and are afraid of their superiors. After they are convinced that you will become the heir to the earl, they dare not speak ill of you. Now people are queuing up to curry favor with you!" She smiled wryly at this point, "So you can give me the face to accompany us, I really appreciate it Happy."

Estherite quickly waved her hand and said, "You can come to me whenever you want, you are different from them, those witches will only make me sick." After saying this, she felt that her words were a bit inappropriate , but the words had already been spoken, and she couldn't take them back.

Sethe's smile was a little stiff, and she said: "If you want to inherit the title, then you have to learn to deal with nobles and those...uh..." She pondered, at this time Trinina continued: "Deal with those who make you sick You bastard, Islet, it's really not that easy to be a noble lady, you have to be mentally prepared."

Estelle didn't know what expression to put on at this time, so she could only say, "I just want to learn academic witchcraft, I haven't thought about anything else."

The two girls were able to observe words and expressions, and seemed to see that she didn't want to talk about it, so they changed the subject and started chatting about some secrets about the academic school.Somehow, the topic turned to the matter of the Witch's Secret Realm.

"Do you know about the secret realm? Every three years, witches will go in to strengthen the seal, and occasionally people will die." Sethe said to him in a mysterious tone, "What do you say is sealed inside? Secret realm and seal It has been passed down from generation to generation, but no one knows this mystery. It is said that there are three secret realms in the world, each of which hides ancient mysteries."

Estherite asked her: "Does the countess know what's in the secret realm?"

"She must know!" said Trinina, "and you will know when you become an earl."

Estelle nodded silently, not paying attention to this matter.But what I didn't expect was that three days later, Aozhuolan mentioned the witch's secret realm to her.

Aozhuolan said to her: "I need you to strengthen the seal once. You must master this kind of magic, which is very important."

Isrit asked her: "Will it be dangerous? I think... wait until the child is born before doing dangerous things. You see, I have been pregnant for more than six months."

"Don't worry, I will go with you." She said with a smile, "The back garden of the witch in the secret realm, there is no danger there. What you have to do will not be more difficult than cleaning the yard."

That's good, Isrit thought, the baby will be born soon, and I don't want to take any chances.But if it's just cleaning the yard, I'm fine.

Chapter 19: Eros in Stormwind Castle, a

Chapter 12: Eros in Stormwind Castle, a

Fenglei Castle stood tall in the snow.

This year, the north encountered a snow disaster that has never happened in a century.Eros stood on the mound, the cold wind poured into her clothes like cold water, she tightened her body, but still felt chilly.

Laya stood beside her, directing the accompanying people to take out the guide and arrange the next things.Eros looked at her earnest side face in a daze.

Lady Laya must also be very cold. She saw Laya's cheeks flushed from the cold, and she really wanted to hug her.

Eros was nearly a head taller than Laia, and if she wanted to, she could hold Laya in her arms like a knight holding a princess—she thought about it more than once.She also wants to go to Wind Thunder Castle with Lord Laya, which is the richest city in the Bayland. There are garden mazes and promenade courtyards in the castle. And the zoo...

But they're not here to play.

"Eros, let's go!" Laya's sudden call startled her, she almost thought that her dirty thoughts had been seen through.

The group of them entered Fenglei Castle through the white snow.Compared to the last time I came here, the atmosphere in Fengleibao was even more chilling.Soldiers lined the gates and walls, and rangers patrolled the castle; the streets were sparsely populated, and even the people in the taverns spoke in whispers.

Eros knew that all this had something to do with the war, but she couldn't figure out what it had to do with it.She only knows that the hotel she likes has closed and the boss has moved to the peaceful south; she knows that the children in the orphanage are shivering in the cold wind, some are freezing to death and some are starving to death; Toil without rest.

The four of them came to the gate of the castle. Two strong guards were wearing heavy armor and holding halberds, like two statues standing in the snow.Raya handed them the pass, and the two guards let them in.Then the butler of Fengleibao received them. It was an old man with a hunchback. He said to Laya: "My lord, the lord is out on business. If you need something, you should first go to the lord's wife."