Chapter 15: monster

Speaking of which, the old man could not help trembling, and after fourteen years, he could not forget the horror that night.
"Boy, I can’t describe the scene to you in words. After seeing the monster that is like a demon, and witnessing the crazy and cult sacrificial ceremony, no normal person can remain calm. Me and mine Companions are no exception. What happened next was a series of escapes, hunts, and deaths. My companions fell one after another, and finally your father also sacrificed. I myself lost a leg. I survived and my mother was lucky. When we escaped from the Devil's Cave, we didn't realize that she was pregnant, and the poor little life was also contaminated by the evil magic in the cathedral, and she was born with one more eye than a normal person..."
Joan couldn't help but reach for the back of the neck. The round and warm eyeballs are connected to his flesh and blood. As long as he wants, he can open the eye to observe the things behind him. What’s more weird is that the eyesight of that eye is sharper than that of the two eyes in front of him. Normal sight in the dark night when you can't see your fingers. If this is a sign of strange pedigree, what is the monster that gave him this pedigree? Was it the cult leader "Virgin" that Grandpa did not want to mention?
Joan had seen portraits of the Virgin in various denominations in theology books, and they all looked so beautiful, dignified and kind. The word "Virgin" had a good image in his mind, but after today, the original concept was completely overturned.
"Child, the eye behind your neck is a curse from fourteen years ago. If you embark on the path of a warlock and continue to dig deeper into the magic contained in your bloodline, then sooner or later you will be with the one who gave you this bloodline. When the monsters met, they were either forced to become her servants or swallowed by her." Guillaume Thiel held his grandson's hand tightly, exhorting him word by word, "You have talent, mine Child, you can’t choose that way—you can’t indulge yourself into a monster that is far from the crowd and even dehumanized!

"I won't, grandpa, I will never become a monster!" Joan took grandpa's withered hand and solemnly promised.
In fact, even without his grandfather's advice, he didn't plan to go the warlock way. After all, he has become a mage apprentice, and he has become accustomed to and sincerely loves the practice of improving the ability to cast spells through continuous learning of arcane knowledge, while the practice of warlocks is completely different.
For example, if the mage gets a scroll that records unknown spells, he can try to translate and parse the knowledge recorded in the scroll and copy it to his spell book. After a period of intensive research, he may be proficient Master this spell.
What about warlocks?
If the warlock gets the same spell scroll, it can only be used as a one-time cast item, but it is difficult to truly master the spell recorded on the scroll. Because most warlocks do not have the rich arcane theory and comprehensive knowledge structure of the mage, they can only continue to dig deeper into the magic of their own bloodline. To put it bluntly, they simply rely on talent to eat-how many spells can be learned in this life, specifically Which spells, if not all, are doomed to be at least a large part of them at the moment of birth.
The bloodline gives the warlock extraordinary power, but also restricts the development direction of the warlock. If you are a warlock with the "fire element" blood power, then I'm sorry, basically don't expect to be able to comprehend ice spells in this life.
For Joanne, choosing a warlock career is tantamount to giving up the qualification to learn spells freely, and can't satisfy his fanatical curiosity for eagerness to live to learn, to learn more spells and unlimited possibilities, so he doesn't want to choose this one. Road-Even if the warlock is more suitable for his talents than the mage, if he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it.
After obtaining "Tears of God", Joan's intelligence attribute was increased to 15, which was only 1 point away from the charm. Moreover, if he could complete the "Myth Trial" in the future and release the seal of this artifact, he would gain more intelligence from it. Bonus, choosing a mage as a lifelong career also has bright prospects.
Based on the above considerations, Joan decided to stick to the career choices he made and would never regret it!
Old Man Thiel saw firmness in his grandson's eyes, nodded with satisfaction, and stopped talking about the unbearable things in the past. Instead, he asked Joan's more pressing problems now.
"Isn't Leiden College tuition cheap?"
"Three thousand gold Durga a year, other expenses such as room and board and books are counted separately; Fortunately, I have applied for the entrusted training student loan, waived half of the tuition fee, and now there is still one thousand five hundred gold Durga..." Qiao Anxin To supplement the sentence, "I try to graduate as early as possible. I can also do odd jobs when I am not in class. I want to make up for my tuition fees."
The old man sneered and said contemptuously: "You have seen too much of the world, and you really think that money is so profitable? You grew up so big that you haven't even had thirty gold Durga, how can you imagine that three thousand gold Durga is What a hefty sum of money? You can’t earn a year’s tuition in a lifetime just by doing odd jobs.
He knocked on his pipe and his face softened slightly.
Tomorrow you go to the two kids of Dingdall’s and let them go Houshan, cut down the black oak tree I planted, and Jason Dindol was willing to pay a thousand gold Durga to buy the tree."
"That's the best tree in the whole forest. It's a pity to cut it down." Joan protested in a low voice.
"I planted the tree the day you were born, and now you are leaving. I am a crippled old man who can't come to see the forest. It's better to cut down the tree and sell it to save you trouble." Old Tyre said casually.
Joan listened to my grandfather's words, and was both moved and bitter in his heart, and could only bit his lips to restrain the urge to cry. However, even if the black oak is sold, the maximum is 1,000 gold Durga, and there is still a difference of 500 gold Durga's tuition. Moreover, this is only one year's tuition. There will be no second black oak tree to sell next year.
Joan said goodbye to her grandfather and left the hut with a lot of thoughts. Looking up at the fiery red sunset in the sky, I decided to go shopping in the town after dinner, and see if there was any way to make money.
The fragrance of the barbecue was brought by the evening breeze, and Joan rubbed his nose and couldn't help speeding up. Kandy's craftsmanship is really good. The three hares are all roasted with a shiny, shiny outer skin and tender and tender. Joan ripped off a rabbit leg and took a bite. Then the rich gravy burst out, and the mouthful was delicious.
Conti was not polite himself, holding the rabbit legs and chewing, cheeks and nose tips were covered with grease, and it was a little funny. The two gorged on a fat rabbit, and Kandy burped contentedly, standing hard with his hands on the table.
"Eating well, I'm going out for a walk, and by the way, I will give a roast rabbit and ask Mr. Tyre to try it. Would you like to go with me?"
"I just came back from my grandfather, and I won't go." Joan followed Condy out of the kitchen, whistled and called for Jamie to come, said to Condy after the sleigh was set, "I go to town and sell the violent badger Fur and meat will come back."
"Go early and return early." Kandy waved goodbye to him.
Joan led the dog far away and turned back inadvertently, discovering that Kandy was still standing in front of the door of the hut to watch him, the little figure was particularly thin in the twilight.
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