Chapter 1122: Apprentice

"Legend has it... the Quidis believe that after a person dies, they must pass through a long, snake-shaped corridor to reach the Underworld... During this process, you must never mention any nouns related to snakes, otherwise... the giant snake bridge will come to life and devour your soul... This snake bridge, which connects the living world and the Underworld, is known as—Black Manda!"

"The Jigitel believe that snakes possess the Divinity to traverse between life and death, and that snake slough is the most precious medicine..."

"Near Hades Castle, the Great Snake God—Vasuki is widely believed in and worshipped..."

Inside the Gravekeeper's hut.

Aaron flipped through the information gathered by the Shadow Spider.

You wouldn't know unless you looked, but on the Aderson Continent, there are quite a lot of legends and myths about snakes.

If one were to count the stories of unknown veracity, the number would be even more massive.

Aaron raised his hand.

Aaron did not think much of this behavior of living off past achievements.

In this era, sixty or seventy years old is considered an absolutely advanced age; Ellie almost thought Aaron had died out there.

Passing down like this generation after generation, although the lower limit is not low, the upper limit is also locked.

"Bloodline... bloodline..."

As soon as Aaron said these words, Ellie's expression changed.

For some reason, he was particularly afraid of this uncle, so even though he didn't like patrolling at night, he still had to patrol the graveyard for his uncle.

And any piece of Witchcraft, even a Level 0 one, is an extremely complex and precise structural system that cannot have a single mistake.

Aaron, however, was indifferent to this, meditating for several hours every day without fail.

Outside the Gravekeeper's hut, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy knocked violently on the door.

But at this moment, Aaron felt that some things he had lost were slowly recovering.

Witchcraft books require special materials to produce, which are almost non-existent locally, so they cannot be copied.

The second one is 'Flash', which requires the use of a type of dust as a casting material and can create an intense source of Light.

That familiar face made the food tray in Ellie's hands drop to the ground: "Zoro... Uncle? Wuu wuu... I thought... I thought you..."

Aaron thought for a moment and disguised himself as the white-haired Demon Hunter Zoro again to go find Ellie.

Knock knock!

Aaron opened his eyes and opened the door.

"Get to the point." Aaron frowned.

Even though advancing to an intermediate Apprentice is difficult, after she got married, especially after Aaron had been obsessed with Meditation and stopped paying much attention to her in recent years, she became slack.

"The biggest boost is still speed; after all, I chose the bloodline of the Bloodthirsty Wild Bird..."

This is the mainstream in low-dimensional worlds, so he just muddled along like this.

In Aaron's view, these two Level 0 Witchcrafts are not even as good as his own 'Blood Domain'!

Even the simplest Witchcraft Model requires constructing thousands of Nodes in the mind first, which is very difficult and complex.

She first shooed the two children out the door, then closed the door and looked at Aaron: "Uncle Zoro... you..."

"This is... what they call 'to each their own'."

And the most critical thing is that even if he memorized them, he could not cast them now.

【Age: 150】

Aaron spoke with some disbelief.

With Ellie's strength, as long as she wanted to run, a mere few bandits would be no match for her at all. If she were good at utilizing the terrain and horses, she could even wipe out an entire Knight squad!

"Her corpse is just outside the village... It is said that at the time, the bandits caught her grandson and granddaughter as hostages. Lady Ellie believed the other party's words, chose not to resist, and was then..."

Aaron frowned, picked up a leaf, and blew on it.

"Fool!"

That foolish woman Ellie was killed by her own naivety.

In the following days, Aaron began to memorize the Witchcraft Models.

Ellie began to tidy up the kitchenware and dining table while chattering: "You wait a moment... I'll go make you an apple pie."

He no longer hesitated and strode out of the village.

"Uncle... where have you been these past few years?"

【Talent: Immortality】

Suddenly, she saw an old man standing by the fence.

"No need for such trouble. Actually, I came this time because I wanted to take a look at the two Witchcraft Models left behind by Iris."

"Uncle, Uncle... it's bad!"

After all, a Warlock family is still quite valuable, and Aaron would not truly let go completely.

"Meni Village?!"

Because casting Level 0 Witchcraft requires high willpower, a Primary Warlock Apprentice cannot yet bear it.

This boy had brown curly hair, a few freckles on his face, and wore linen clothes, yet he appeared very spirited.

"Level 0 Witchcraft? It seems Iris only passed down two..."

Time flew by, and soon another ten-plus years passed.

【Genetic Ability: Blood Surge, Blood Manipulation (Single), Blood Domain】

"After all... what a Warlock pursues is approaching the origin and purifying the bloodline, not the truth."

This is the Shadow Spider's informant in Meni Village.

Beside her, two children were running, laughing, and playing...

Aaron turned to the last page, rubbed his forehead, and made a note: "Focus on... legends about snakes and women... flowers and the like."

Ellie looked dejected; she went under the bed, dragged out a small box, and handed everything inside to Aaron: "Uncle Zoro... please take all these things of the teacher's... I... I just want to be an ordinary woman, I don't want to shoulder so much, I'm sorry... sob sob..."

This was partly because his energy was scattered, and partly because the promotion of a Warlock is indeed too difficult!

"I am going to Meni Village; you stay here."

Fortunately, Aaron had enough time to slowly unravel the threads.

A faint blood-red layer gathered in his palm: "Yes... after long and unremitting efforts, I am already a Primary Warlock Apprentice."

The gray-robed person continued to speak.

"This is truly... unbelievable; the teacher clearly said you had no talent."

"A Warlock's Mana is mainly related to willpower..."

He still could not ignore the illusions he saw and the gibberish he heard when he was promoted to Witcher Master.

A moment later, a person wearing a gray robe came to his side.

He also knew a little about the Battle of Giant Eagle Mountain; it had probably been fifty or sixty years, and the Rogge Royal Family, having forgotten the pain after the meal, felt they could do it again, and then went to war with the surrounding Morodi Principality.

He prepared to investigate the snake legends of the Aderson Continent one by one.

Aaron sighed with emotion and glanced at the Divine Attribute panel again:

The shackles of the bloodline source are a barrier that all bloodline Warlocks cannot bypass.

"Many powerful bloodline Warlocks can pass knowledge directly to their descendants through their bloodline... they can even automatically awaken related Witchcraft when becoming a Primary Warlock or Formal Warlock, which is not only more compatible with themselves but also far more powerful than ordinary model Witchcraft!"

"Ellie... I'm back."

When Aaron left, he could still hear Ellie's deep apology.

However, at this time, he did not say much, just accepted the box: "I know... Ellie, live according to your own heart... I will no longer restrict you."

In the room, Little Jack's corpse lay on the ground, still maintaining an expression of roaring, with a large hole pierced through his chest.

However, he was still prepared to go and take a look.

"A speck of dust from the era, when it falls on the head of a commoner, is a mountain!"

Ellie's house.

At the very least, one must be a mid-level Warlock with a willpower of 6 or higher to successfully cast a Level 0 Sorcery without suffering Backlash.

He arrived in front of Ellie's house and found that the situation was not right.

It must be said that after becoming a wife and a mother, Ellie had gradually given up the pursuit of the Warlock path.

【Warlock Talent: Ninth Grade】

【Profession: Witcher (Grandmaster level)】

By today, the ninth Bloodline Rune had clearly taken shape in his sea of consciousness!

The nine blood-colored runes attracted and combined with each other... instantly forming a Bloodline Seed with three-dimensional aesthetic appeal, which then seemed to come directly from the illusory sea of consciousness into Aaron's body, taking root in the center of his chest.

Many farmlands were burned, houses collapsed, some villagers were crying beside the corpses of their loved ones, and others were walking aimlessly like walking corpses...

……

"Arno, Lili... stop making a scene!"

Aaron immediately thought of Ellie's family; with Ellie's Protection, there shouldn't be any big problems, right?

His expression was calm, showing neither joy nor anger; the more he was like this, the more afraid Guin became.

Aaron heard his own heartbeat.

Using Witcher Potion is very destructive to the body.

Aaron closed the Wizard's book containing the Witchcraft Models and sighed slightly.

"So... actually, I also have bloodline Witchcraft, which is the series of blood abilities awakened by the Witcher!"

"Arno, take your sister out to play."

【Willpower: 3】

"By comparison, it's actually still more useful than something like Mage Hand... I'm speechless too."

"I'm sorry..."

【Gene Mutation: Three times】

Thanks to the improvement of his talent, he spent two or three times more time than Ellie.

Arno called out with a naive look, while Lili was more shy, shrinking behind her mother, only daring to reveal half of her face to peek.

As for the result... they were soundly defeated!

This caused a series of domestic turmoil, and this gang of bandits was a microcosm of it.

Obviously, this was an extremely arduous task.

Ellie hugged the two children: "They are my son and daughter..."

Ellie was wearing a village woman's dress, looking like an ordinary middle-aged aunt, and was holding a feeding basin to feed the chickens.

"Sure enough, Warlocks are the orthodox path... Witchers are just an Evil Path."

Aaron didn't mind, took out a few candies and handed them to the two children, then followed Ellie into the house.

"..."

Ellie scolded them with a smile, but the children remained the same, which made this female Warlock feel very helpless.

"Through the data analysis of Iris and Ellie... the most important thing is still my own samples; I finally figured out the specific values."

"It's a pity... the willpower of a Primary Apprentice is too low to bear the consumption of a Level 0 Sorcery..."

"I heard from people in town that Meni Village was just bloodily purged by bandits yesterday... it is said that many people died."

Although his uncle always said he would pass the position of Gravekeeper to him when he died of old age, but Gravekeeper... what kind of good position is that anyway?

However, at this time, Guin gasped for breath and finally thought of the main business: "Recently, a gang of bandits came to the Baron's territory... it is said they are composed of veterans who survived the Giant Eagle Mountain battlefield, and they are quite ferocious; the Baron's guard was soundly defeated..."

Apart from this, there was no one else here; instead, the inside and outside of the house had been ransacked into a mess.

Meni Village.

……

Guin shrank his neck.

Looking back at the manor and the fence, Aaron shook his head: "But... this was never my choice."

"Tell me, where did the mistress of this house, Ellie, go?"

Aaron was speechless.

【Mana: 30】

Had he been too intense with the "tiger parenting" back then? Why did it seem like a rebellious phase had emerged?

The two Level 0 Sorcery spells left behind by Iris, one named 'Mage Hand', could construct an invisible palm to move objects weighing no more than 10 pounds.

In situations that did not involve fundamental interests, he still kept his promises relatively well.

After familiarizing himself with his body, Aaron nodded: "Although strength and physique have improved, it was mainly a tempering process... Specifically, many impurities in the body were expelled, and the residual effects left by the Witcher Potion were also gradually eliminated..."

【Name: Aaron (Zoro)】

This caused his already astonishing physical fitness to be amplified once again, with pitch-black blood flowing out from every pore.

His blood seemed to have been purified by the Bloodline Seed, becoming purer and more powerful, then flowing through his heart to every part of his body!

……

Alas...

He cursed, then asked: "Those bandits... where are they now?"

By now, they had actually been caught up in progress by Aaron!

"Perhaps... you had hidden talent back then, but the teacher didn't discover it... teacher..."

"What happened?"

"Come, Arno, Lili... hurry and call Grandpa Zoro!"

"Grandpa!"

When Aaron arrived here again, he discovered that the once tranquil and safe little village had become filled with smoke and fire everywhere.

【Meditation Method: Darkless Blood (3/1000) (Second Layer)】

Aaron revealed a smile.

"How is that possible? Are you joking?"

After finishing these tasks, he began his daily Darkless Blood meditation.

Aaron held up a pitch-black ring on his hand.

"According to Iris's notes... Warlocks actually don't have much interest in developing universal Witchcraft... What they prefer more is excavating the power within their own bloodlines to form Bloodline Witchcraft!"

Ellie murmured, suddenly thinking of herself.

The figure immediately knelt down: "My lord... Ellie... Ellie has already... died in battle..."

Aaron understood this sentence profoundly for the first time.

Meni Village.

Thump, thump!

By the end, she even began to weep.

Aaron looked at this woman, feeling somewhat speechless.

The other party had a head full of white hair and was covered in wrinkles, but her spine remained straight.

He was Quasimodo's grandson, Guin, whom Aaron had personally taken by his side to cultivate.

【Warlock Level: Initial Apprentice】

Aaron felt as if there was a ball of fire in his heart right now, urgently needing to find a target to vent it on.

The gray-robed person quickly reported a location, only to discover that the figure of that lord was already gone from before his eyes.

(End of this chapter)