Chapter 1124: Minnie

A country villa.

A wooden fence surrounds it, and a type of purple bellflower is planted in the courtyard, hanging there like strings of small bells.

Whenever a breeze blows, the melodious ringing ripples out.

This is a residence Aaron prepared for himself.

He has dozens of similar villas across the entire continent.

It must be said, time is a great helper in accumulating wealth.

And among these villas, there are Shadow Spider butlers, attendants, and demon hunters... handling chores for Aaron.

The members of the Meni family in the town have been stunned by this pie that fell from the sky.

【Willpower: 14】

"Come in..."

"Yes!"

Therefore, even though Aaron could make do with less and concoct some Bloodline Condensation Potions or Willpower Growth Potions of questionable efficacy, he has always discarded them and never used them.

And a kingdom Duke, already carrying the appointment signed by the King, began to read aloud: "From today on, Dick Territory is renamed Meni Territory, and it is merged with the three nearby Viscount territories and five Baron territories into a Count territory, to be governed by the Meni family!"

Perhaps his descendants might return to this land, this hometown of their father!

Only in this way can one be low-key enough to avoid suffering a blow.

If an ordinary Warlock Apprentice encountered this, they would have to find other apprentices to communicate with, switch to a higher-level Meditation Method, or gather intelligence to refine higher-level potions to assist in the breakthrough.

Furthermore, in his spare time, based on the two templates of 'Mage Hand' and 'Flash', as well as the bloodline talent of demon hunters, he created many variants of Level 0 Sorcery.

Aaron had also long since abandoned his original identity and address, changed to another identity, and traveled across the continent.

On the contrary, his foundation, accumulated bit by bit, is incomparably solid and definitely has a higher probability of promotion than the average apprentice... provided that the standard for promotion is met.

Master Minnie sighed: "Every Warlock family has concerns about bloodline degradation, so intermarriage is nothing... What I want to guard against is the other party swallowing our entire family!"

This scene left many town residents worried, not knowing what had happened.

"Failed again?"

Ellie is of the seventh-grade aptitude estimated by Iris, and it took her about three years to barely become a Primary Apprentice, after which she let it go to waste.

"I need to find more, more..."

With the passage of time, the once magnificent villa became mottled, the wood decayed, and it underwent several renovations.

Unfortunately, after reaching a certain stage, Aaron also discovered that he had entered a bottleneck and had not made progress for a long time.

He arrived at the location of Dick Territory and looked at the Graveyard that had turned into ruins, feeling a little emotional.

【Mana: 140】

A bitter smile appeared on Minnie's face: "Take me to the Graveyard area to see..."

"It's very simple, pull a batch, beat a batch... but the key is still to cultivate one's own Warlock Apprentices."

In normal times, even the King could not deprive a powerful Baron of their territory, unless he wanted to start a war.

"No! How could I not know? This is my territory! I want to appeal to the noble Parliament!"

Aaron seemed to hear some sound.

Of course, Aaron does not intend to bully the descendants of these old acquaintances.

Many members of the Meni family were buried there, as well as Master Guin, and even the ashes of the parents she brought back.

A young man from the Meni family with a relatively close blood relationship in the town had a stroke of luck and rose to become Count Meni in one step.

Today, this family is also spreading its branches and leaves in Yanan Town.

Aaron's current identity is one of the high-level members of the Shadow Spider, so this maid is naturally respectful.

Hiss hiss...

Master Minnie sneered several times: "Who told me I am about to die of old age, and the family has not yet cultivated a second Warlock Apprentice... The tricks of those Hyenas are truly much inferior to those on the continent on the other side of the ocean."

【Warlock Talent: Ninth Grade】

Baron Dick let out a scream.

If some other important intelligence could be found, it would naturally be even better.

A look of embarrassment appeared on the Royal Grand Duke's face: "That place has been abandoned, but I will find someone to clean it up... It will only take one night, and it will definitely be restored to its original state by tomorrow morning! I guarantee it!"

"The airship has left... Alexander has no news, is it suspected that he successfully boarded the ship?"

And he knows why all this Glory and wealth exists.

He has a principle in developing the Shadow Spider: do not touch anything related to Warlocks.

Aaron opened his eyes and saw the test tube glass shattered, the blood inside emitting white mist and evaporating rapidly...

"This is your power, Baron... but this order is actually jointly recognized by the major kingdoms and duchies of the continent, you should know the weight of it!"

After indulging a little, he still insists on daily Meditation.

And Warlock Apprentices only live for about a hundred years at most; even if Alexander does not encounter accidents, there is a high probability he will die of old age.

'But to be honest... those who can afford the fare must be Warlock Apprentices... For a Warlock Apprentice to return to a backwater... there can only be one reason: they couldn't make it on the Warlock Continent... It's good that they couldn't make it; such Warlock Apprentices are the only ones easy to bully!'

At most, keep it and prepare it as capital for future investment.

Aaron glanced at the age in the attribute bar and sighed with emotion:

"Alexander's daughter?"

"Hehe... on the Warlock Continent, nothing is impossible. I have seen curses that wiped out an entire family's Bloodline, and I also know six or seven ways to extract the bloodline of mortals..."

She looked at this town, her expression somewhat dazed: "Is this... my father's hometown?!"

In the darkness, it was as if something with scales was lurking...

The vision seen at the moment of promotion to Witcher Master had always made Aaron feel heavy-hearted.

Aaron took the note, and after opening it, saw that it contained intelligence regarding a certain Warlock family.

This was a development that matched his expectations.

It was not that there were none who eventually promoted to Formal Warlock with a bloodline talent lower than the fifth rank, but that required expending more painstaking effort, as well as piling up several times the resources!

"I want to see Grandpa Guin... well, I'm afraid he has long since died..."

"Yes..."

Time is like flowing water, once gone it never returns.

Count Meni walked inside and saw Minnie sitting in front of an alchemy table, on which a black octopus-like creature was crawling and wriggling on her arm.

Inside the potion room.

"Hmm, the second wave of apprentices has also been sent to the Star Highlands..."

Therefore, the Count went to the location of the Graveyard every week to pay a visit to that Ancestor.

"Darkless Blood" is actually a Bloodline Meditation Method; the stronger the bloodline, the better the effect. The Bloodthirsty Mad Bird is too much of a loser after all...

But another maid did not leave and handed over a note: "My Lord... this was transmitted from the Star Highlands while you were conducting experiments... because you previously ordered that no one be allowed to disturb you..."

"Master Minnie, are you satisfied with this arrangement?"

At this moment, looking at Yanan Town, which had expanded by about double, and the large number of descendants of Guin and Ellie in the town, Aaron was relatively satisfied:

Crack!

"Aunt, I have come this time regarding the marriage proposal from the Rogge Royal Family..."

The original Lancaster Castle had also been expanded, becoming a magnificent and imposing Count's castle.

"It's just that I don't know... what surprises there will be this time?"

He spent a full sixty or seventy years to successfully cultivate the "Darkless Blood" Meditation Method to perfection and successfully promote to Advanced Warlock Apprentice.

An aged voice came from the wooden house.

"After I return, the identity of the Meni family as a Warlock family will no longer be able to be hidden..."

The gorgeous carriage stopped in front of the Graveyard. Count Meni got off the carriage, came before a wooden house, and bowed respectfully: "Aunt Minnie, I have come to see you!"

Aaron had always persisted in Meditation with great difficulty, through wind and rain, yet it still took him about ten years of effort to barely break through.

Soon, the local lord, Baron Dick, arrived.

Aaron was very patient and waited in the small town for half a year.

He nodded and put away the note.

But Aaron chose to lie flat!

As for the thing called a bottleneck, perhaps if one slowly grinds for a few hundred years, it will naturally break through!

In the Warlock Continent, this is a standard loser!

The whispers of the Snake Mother and the Evil Flower alone could drive a Witcher Master to madness and collapse!

'Perhaps... this is the reason why all the Witcher experiments failed.'

Above the flags, there was also the royal emblem of the Rogge Kingdom.

"However, now it can be confirmed that the son of Vasuki has a slight connection to the vision... that is enough!"

Fortunately, he was not in a hurry at all, just accumulating spirit and willpower bit by bit like this.

Once one is over thirty years old and has not become an Advanced Apprentice, there is basically no hope of promoting to a Formal Warlock for the rest of one's life!

Precisely because of this, qualifications of the upper five ranks are widely sought after.

And every time the airship came once every hundred years, there was a 100% chance that a Formal Warlock would follow along to provide protection; Aaron would have to be a fool to go and inquire about related news.

He only prepared to wait for Minnie to die of old age, and then go and flip through Alexander's diary.

When the fortress of Count Meni was completed.

Aaron lit the note, and a smile appeared on his face: "Finally, there is some good news; tonight we must celebrate properly..."

"Annexation? That's impossible, right?" Count Meni widened his eyes.

After the maid left, he took out a silver metal bottle and dripped a drop of liquid from it onto the paper.

Wouldn't it be better to wait until the airship left and then slowly inquire?

He picked up a test tube and stared at a bit of purple blood inside.

Master Minnie had a reclusive personality and liked quiet, so she did not live in the castle, but instead opened up a small wooden house within the built Graveyard.

This Count had also stepped from youth into middle age, learning to properly handle the affairs of the territory and to maintain good relations with various nobles.

He looked in the direction of Master Minnie and curled his lips slightly: "Not discovering me... in all likelihood, not a Formal Warlock... but being courted and treated with courtesy by many Warlock families like Mithri, it seems the possibility of being an Advanced Warlock Apprentice is high."

【Level 0 Spells: Mage Hand, Flash, Zoro Sneak Palm, Zoro Protective Palm, Sun Burst, Mass Blood Explosion】

The Royal Grand Duke looked at Baron Dick with a sneer.

Minnie sighed: "I have already arranged everything... from now on, you don't need to come see me; let me face death with composure."

【Age: 309】

Afterwards, it was even more difficult, and it took decades of time to barely break through to Intermediate Apprentice.

"Then what should we do?" Count Meni's expression became extremely serious.

On this day, Knights holding bright flags rushed into Yanan Town like lightning.

"Unless he angers a Warlock and is left with no corpse, the probability of boarding the ship is still greater..."

Aaron was, after all, a person with great self-control.

After all, the earlier one promotes to Advanced Apprentice, the greater the possibility of becoming a Formal Warlock in the future!

"As expected, Alexander is already dead..."

"Oh."

The Royal Grand Duke, however, paid no heed; he turned and looked toward a carriage guarded by Knights, arriving at the window.

He had some guesses in his heart, and became even more interested in the Snake Mother.

He knew this was a sequela of an injury Aunt Minnie had sustained in a battle, one that had not yet recovered even now.

Meni... was the surname of Little Jack from Meni Village back then.

No matter how many times he saw it, this scene still made Count Meni's scalp tingle.

The Royal Grand Duke replied with a trace of sorrow.

"Without realizing it... a hundred years have passed just like that."

According to the standards of the Warlock Continent, someone like Aaron could already be directly given up on.

But now, isn't the situation special?

According to his calculations, it would take at least fifty more years, perhaps, before he could even attempt to sprint toward becoming a High-level Apprentice!

The mental power of the Intermediate Warlock Apprentice probed directly into the test tube, constantly groping and exploring...

A new line of red text emerged.

Aaron was very clear that taking certain drugs to stimulate a surge in willpower would inevitably lead to the drawback of impure willpower.

Master Minnie returned alone and had no other descendants.

【Warlock Level: High-level Apprentice】

A maidservant quickly bowed and retreated.

After all, becoming a Formal Warlock is very difficult!

He murmured.

Countless fat leeches were lying on her back, sucking blood.

This kind of strength should have already reached the pinnacle of the Aderson Continent.

"A big figure has emerged in the Meni family. Look... the Royal Family even directly conferred the title of Count. In the past, without going through a great war, this would have been impossible!"

【Meditation Method: Darkless Blood (3000/3000) (Perfect)】

The other party was a young man who had just inherited his title; he had never seen such a formation before, and his face was somewhat pale.

Even so, relying on unceasing effort and the digitized assistance of the attribute panel, Aaron's Meditation progress was also slowly increasing.

Aaron mingled in the crowd, listening to the townspeople's excited gossip and discussions: "And Baron Dick... that kid started collecting taxes as soon as he took office; he deserved to lose his territory, haha... I'm afraid the ancestors of the Dick family would be so angry they'd jump out of their graves!"

But when he wanted to pursue more.

Aaron pondered for a long time, then walked out of the room: "Prepare a hot spring for me... after I finish bathing, I hope to see a table of Baisen court banquet dishes."

Count Meni spoke hesitantly.

From the carriage stepped down an old woman wearing a green robe, with gray hair and a black pointed hat.

He knew that if it weren't for him, no Demon Hunter Master could have passed those illusions and trials!

This day.

"Aunt..."

Count Meni immediately burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)