Chapter 72

After Quentin had been designated as a genius by the Great Mage, the Eastern Lord had given Quentin's father the surname Brown and bestowed upon him the title of Viscount. He had also recruited a team of twenty knights from the East. Because of the secret medicine, he had also been promoted to a knight.

Although this kind of power was still not worth mentioning, he was still a noble. The Duke could not sit by and do nothing.

"Viscount Brown, I think there must be some misunderstanding. Why don't we talk about it later?" The Duke stood up and tried to smooth things over.

The banquet ended on a sour note. Everyone left with their own feelings of grief and hatred. Adam and the others were invited by the Duke to the meeting hall.

During this time, Brown had been staring at Adam, the hatred in his eyes growing stronger and stronger. As soon as he entered the meeting hall, Brown said, "Sir, I need an explanation."

Adam's explanation was simple. "He ambushed me and I killed him."

Not only was Brown stunned, but even the Duke could not help but be shocked. Rather than an explanation, it was more like a declaration of war.

Veins popped out on Brown's forehead and arms. He asked William and the others, "You all know about this?"

William nodded. He did not know how to comfort Quentin's father. As for making Adam admit his mistake and compensate him, he had never even thought of such a thing.

"Good, good, good!" Brown was so angry that he laughed. After saying these three words, he rushed out of the meeting hall.

The Duke smiled bitterly at Adam. "Young man, I hope you can understand the feelings of a father who has just lost his child." As an apprentice wizard, the Duke deeply understood the power of magic. He did not doubt that Adam could easily kill Brown, so he could only try to persuade him.

Adam did not take this matter to heart at all. He asked directly, "Sir Duke, I am the person in charge of this mission. Please tell me about the Overgod Church."

The Duke knew that since the Academy had appointed Adam as the person in charge, then no matter how you looked at it, Adam was the strongest. He could only keep his worries to himself. "You should already know the basic information. Right now, the entire western region has completely fallen into the hands of the Overgod Church. Even the southern region has been attacked."

"Father, could it be that you were injured by the priests of the Overgod Church?" William was very anxious.

"That's right. That priest suddenly came out of an ordinary civilian's body and sucked the civilian's flesh and blood dry. Then, he started to yell nonsense like a true god is about to descend and started to kill and destroy like crazy. I've never seen such a strange spell before. He seems to be using his flesh and blood to cast the spell. He keeps cutting his own body, and every ordinary person who comes into contact with his blood will be infected and die. The scariest thing is that the corpses will turn into monsters and come back to life. "

"I'm sorry, Your Grace, but I don't think this level of magic is enough to hurt you?" Corestal suddenly said.

The Duke nodded and continued, "That's right. Although it's very harmful to normal people, it doesn't mean much to apprentices. I thought so too. But just as I was about to kill him, he suddenly rushed to my side and exploded. His self-destruction was shockingly powerful, and it broke through my defensive spell in an instant. Then, I became like this. "

William's eyes were filled with anger, and his knuckles cracked as he used too much force. The Duke smiled at him and comforted him. "It's okay. At least I'm still alive, right? I'll order a mechanical body from the Academy. Everything will be fine. "

Ophelia suddenly said, "Your Grace, did you keep the priest's flesh and blood?"

"Of course. Do you need it now?"

Ophelia said, "Yes."

The Duke stood up and took out a small ball of sealed flesh and blood from his residence. He said to Ophelia, "When the priest self-destructed, I destroyed most of the flesh and blood that exploded. Only this ball is left. Miss Ophelia, be careful. It's very invasive."

Ophelia stretched out a finger and pressed it on the seal. A strong magic power burst out in an instant, directly destroying the seal. After the flesh was exposed in the air, it began to distort extremely and flew from the table to Ophelia, who was closest to it.

Ophelia's expression didn't change at all. She grabbed the flesh and blood with her hands.

The Duke said in shock, "Don't touch it with your body, or else … ugh …"

Ophelia fiercely clenched her fist, causing the flesh and blood to explode. Under the binding of her unique magic power, the flesh and blood obediently remained in her hand.

The next second, Ophelia picked up a piece of flesh and put it in her mouth. She chewed and swallowed it as if nothing had happened. Then she said calmly, "It contains low-level bloodline power. It has no resistance to magic and can only infect and assimilate normal people."

Adam remembered that William once said that Ophelia had joined a laboratory. Now it seemed that she was doing body refining and bloodline magic research. However, this kind of research was really cool.

Ophelia didn't care about the Duke's strange look. She continued, "I lack more samples, but if this is all you have, it won't be able to withstand a single blow."

A beautiful girl calmly eating an indescribable piece of flesh. This scene was really strange.

The Duke suppressed the unnatural feeling in his heart and said, "It's natural for official apprentices, but for normal people, the priest's damage is enormous. Although it's rude to say this, I hope you can solve this matter as soon as possible. Otherwise, Madeira Island will be finished." Originally, he actually hoped that official mages would come and solve the problem of the Supreme Church, but it was obvious that no official mages were willing to come to this magic desert.

Ophelia stopped talking. Adam asked again, "Is this the only ability of the priests?"

"No, according to the people who fled from the west, some of the shrines can control the power of nature, and some of them are invulnerable. Their abilities are different, but one thing is certain. They were all ordinary people before, and they only obtained their abilities after sacrificing living people."

William noticed a huge problem, which was that there were only four of them. Even though they were relatively strong, these priests had evil magic that could turn normal people into monsters. Faced with overwhelming enemies, they couldn't do anything. "Father, how are the infected people's combat power?"

The Duke said, "They won't be able to withstand a single blow. As long as they abandon their fear, those resurrected monsters, even women, can be killed with weapons. Only the priests are a real threat."

After Adam received some more information from the Duke, the servants arranged for them to stay in the adjacent luxurious rooms. Before resting, Adam suddenly asked William, "Duke, Earl, who gave these titles?"

William was still worried about his father. From Frank, he learned about the dangers of cheap mechanical bodies. He was hesitating about how to tell Adam about teaching Psychokinetic Meditation to his father. Hearing this, he was stunned. "Of course it's the King of Madeira. The palace is in the central region."

Adam had thought that the titles were given by the Tower, but he asked, "Why haven't I seen any apprentices from the central region?"

"The central region is the palace. It's just a city, and the royal family is only a symbol in name. Their true power is very weak. The mages don't care about the royal family's reputation. If you don't have the talent, then you don't have the talent. Speaking of which, there's only one city in the north. I just didn't expect that there would be geniuses like you three."

Adam expressed his understanding and then pushed open the door to his room. At this moment, William hesitated and called out to him, "Adam, my father, he …"

Adam looked at William quietly.

William made up his mind and said directly, "Can I teach Psychokinetic Meditation to my father?"

Adam looked at him strangely. He didn't know why he had to ask him about this. William thought that Adam was going to refuse and looked disappointed. At this moment, Adam said, "Of course, as long as you pay 05 units of energy stones, you can teach it to whoever you want."

"Thank you, Adam." William thanked him from the bottom of his heart and then ran towards the Duke's room.

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Viscount Brown left the Duke's residence and gathered all his knights to leave the southern port city overnight.

"Lord Viscount, I don't think anyone will be able to catch up with us. Shouldn't you tell us the reason?" Brown's head knight, who had only reached the level of a Grand Knight at the last stage of his life and wouldn't be able to improve anymore, asked.

The other knights also looked at Brown in confusion. No one would be happy to be pulled away when they were about to enjoy themselves.

"My child who was supposed to become a Mage, Quentin Brown, is dead."

The knights were in an uproar. They all knew where this person's title had come from. Now that he had no hope, could he still keep his title?

Brown ignored their thoughts and continued, "You should have heard of the Overgod Sect, right?"

"Of course." No one knew why Brown would bring up the cult now.

Brown turned his horse around and looked at the head knight. "Kyle, you are very old and won't be able to improve. You haven't fought for a hereditary title for your son. Are you willing to accept this?" Without waiting for the head knight to answer, he shouted to the other knights, "Many of you don't even have the lowest title. Although your status is higher than that of a commoner, you can only obey the nobles. Are you willing to accept this?"

Kyle asked in a low voice, "Lord Viscount, what do you mean?"

"Without power, you can only be enslaved. But now, I have a way to let you gain power."

Kyle was shocked. "You want to join the Overgod Sect? Are you crazy? The Mages won't let you go. "

Brown laughed sinisterly. "Mages? No, they are just Mage Apprentices, just like my son … "