Chapter 147 Taking the Mutated Heart

As the sky gradually darkened and night began to fall, bonfires were lit in the inner castle square. A simple iron frame was set up on the bonfire to place cauldrons or iron buckets. Several big ladies with round waists , and began to stir something like thick soup with a spoon.

Some women and children, although still sobbing from time to time, began to set up tents not far from the bonfire.

Thinking about it, there should be an adult male who died in the battle just now.

It is necessary to set up additional tents in the inner castle square because the number of living rooms in the inner castle is not enough. After all, no matter how big the Clavell family's castle is, it cannot accommodate the entire residents of Silverpine Town to take refuge.

The rooms in the inner fort were given priority to the wounded and the guards who were desperately resisting in the front.

Obviously under these conditions, although the food stored in the cellar of the inner castle is enough for everyone to eat for several months, it is impossible for the baron's family to enjoy an overly luxurious dinner in the hall, just a simple bacon feast. , even if it is to help Richard.

After dinner, the old baron, accompanied by the Sheriff of Silverpine Town, Rollins Knight, went to visit and express condolences to the residents of the town.

Silverpine Town is the fiefdom of the Clavell family, and the old baron has always had prestige in Silverpine Town. Because the Clavell family has been rooted in the area for more than a hundred years, and these generations of barons have taken good care of their fiefdoms, including the construction of facilities and preferential tax rates, they have attracted a large number of free people to take root here.

This has transformed Silverpine from a small town with only a few hundred households to a medium-sized town with more than a thousand households.

Under the comfort of the old baron, the hearts of the residents of the town who currently have no fixed abode have calmed down.

This gave Richard a real understanding of his father's prestige among the residents of Silver Pine Town.

When they passed a bonfire, Knight Rawlins pointed to a pair of orphans and widows beside the bonfire, and introduced to the old baron in a heavy tone: "This is the blacksmith shop of Silverpine Town, the children of the blacksmith Joey's family. , Blacksmith Joey died in the previous battle."

After hearing this, the old baron nodded, walked over and said to the child: "Child, your father is a hero, he will always live in our hearts." Then he said to blacksmith Joey's wife: "If there is anything in life, If you have any difficulties, you can come to the Clavell family for help.”

"Thank you, Lord Baron." the woman replied choked with sobs.

The old baron paused and added: "If the child wants to be trained as a warrior one day in the future, he can also come to the Clavell family."

At this time, the little boy stared blankly at Richard, who was dressed in black robes. He pointed and said in an unusually clear childish voice: "I want to be like him."

Suddenly, everyone turned to look at Richard, which made Richard stunned.

Immediately, the little boy's mother covered the child's mouth and explained: "I'm sorry, sir, because Master Richard saved us this afternoon, so from that time on, the child has been particularly interested in the huge monster next to the master. , I told him that only a wizard like Master Richard can summon such a monster."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile.

Richard couldn't help but squat down, smiled and rubbed the little boy's hair and said, "You have ambition, but to become a person like me, you may need a little talent. Maybe you can start by becoming a knight."

After hearing this, the little boy nodded vigorously and said yes.

But this reminded Richard about testing the children's wizarding qualifications, so he mentioned this matter to the old baron and Knight Rollins.

They are no strangers to wizard qualification tests, especially the old baron.

Before Richard went to the Ignis School, he had seen Richard's simple wizard qualification test. At that time, the second-level wizard apprentice Stefano did it for Richard.

After thinking about it, the old baron decided that in order to avoid confusion, the test would be conducted in batches. The children of family guards and servants would be arranged to take the wizard qualification test first, and then all children in Silverpine Town who met the age requirements would be tested.

The old baron asked the old butler Paddy to gather all the children over six years old from the castle guards and servants first. As for the children in Silverpine Town, Knight Rawlins was responsible for gathering them.

As soon as they heard that Mr. Richard, the Baron's family, was going to give the children a wizard qualification test, the surviving people in the inner castle square suddenly became excited.

This also diluted the original sad atmosphere in the square.

People are always like this. As long as they have hope, they will try to live.

Especially this kind of hope is likely to appear in the next generation.

This can't help but remind Richard of a famous saying in his previous life, everything is for the children, everything for the children.

The first ones to be tested were the children of the Clavell family's guards and servants. According to statistics, there were twenty-three children in total.

The wizard qualification test also has requirements for the age of children. If the child is younger than six years old when testing qualifications, there may be cases where the wizard qualifications have not yet fully awakened. The test has large omissions, so it is not accurate.

So the current twenty-three are all children over six years old.

Under the unified arrangement of the housekeeper, the twenty-three children lined up obediently and waited at the entrance of the hall.

In fact, among the twenty-three children, every child had seen Richard before. Therefore, when Richard sat at the top of the hall, the children recognized him at first sight. He was the rescuer. They are the men in black robes in distress.

What Richard didn't know was that in the children's hearts, the most impressive thing was the huge abomination, not him as the master.

However, starting from the first child, seven or eight children in a row did not test out as wizards, which made Richard sigh that the proportion of people with wizards among ordinary people was indeed very small.

However, when it came to the ninth child, Richard's eyes lit up.

Because the crystal ball finally responded, it was no longer silent like the previous few children, and finally a child with wizard qualifications appeared.

But after a while, Richard's joy was in vain again, because the wizard qualifications of this child were quite poor, only fifth grade.

However, Richard saw that the little boy looked strong and was a good knight seedling, so he asked the butler to record it and then the butler would hand it over to his father.

Even if a child cannot become a wizard apprentice, if he can become a knight, it is also something that many parents wish for.

In this ordinary family, which can only solve the problem of food and clothing, it is basically impossible to afford the training cost of a warrior, let alone a knight.

The next child who entered the hall for the test was a beautiful blonde girl. She looked at Richard and was a little afraid.

"Come on, child, don't be afraid, hold the crystal ball gently with both hands, close your eyes, concentrate as much as possible, and feel the energy particles in the air." Richard's magnetic voice came to the child's ears.

With Richard's encouragement, the little girl placed her hands on the crystal ball on the table with trepidation, as if she was afraid of breaking such a beautiful object.

At the same time, according to Richard's instructions, she concentrated her mind and focused on sensing the external elements through the crystal ball.

After a while, a strong green color began to gather in the originally colorless crystal ball, and gradually stabilized, with very few colors.

"Okay! Very good."

Hearing Richard speak again, the little girl relaxed, opened her eyes, and looked at Richard with her big eyes fluttering in confusion.

"Child, what's your name?"

"My name is Tina, and I'm ten years old this year. Sir, did I pass the test?" The little girl whispered, obviously a little shy.

Richard nodded, "Yes, you are lucky, and you have good wizard qualifications."

"Sir, does that mean I can go with you?" The little girl looked up, her clear eyes looked at Richard, and the corners of her clothes twisted into a knot, showing her nervousness.

Richard couldn't help but ask curiously: "Tina, why do you want to go with me? You know you are still young, and it is a very painful thing to be separated from your family. There is no need to be so anxious."

"My parents are gone during the day. Now I am with my aunt." The little girl's eyes were slightly red.

Obviously, for her, this is a painful memory, even if she just thinks about it, she can't help but feel sad.

Richard looked at the bright eyes full of hope in front of him, and he was really a little distressed.

This little girl's qualifications are very good, with a high affinity for natural elements, and her mental strength qualifications have reached the middle level. It can be said that her qualifications are much better than Richard's own qualifications before entering school.

But it is a pity that Tina is natural element affinity, not dark element affinity, so Richard cannot recommend her to the Ignis School, which is irresponsible to her, perhaps.

"Tina, not yet, you stay at your aunt's house for a while, and then I will pick you up." Richard shook his head with regret and said.

The little girl's face was full of disappointment, but she smiled happily again when she heard that Richard would come to pick her up.

After bowing, the little girl whispered a thank you, and was taken aside by the old butler Paddy for registration.

At Richard's suggestion, Paddy recorded the little girl's name and address in detail, focusing on her. She would be well taken care of. If she was not happy living at her aunt's house, Richard also instructed the old butler Paddy to let her live directly in the castle.

Richard was thinking about how to arrange for little Tina.

It seems that the only wizard apprentice he knows who has an affinity for natural elements is Ophelia. Obviously, if Tina is trained by her, there will be no problem.

However, Ophelia is about the same age as Richard. Is it too early to take care of children? After thinking about it, Richard suddenly had a headache.

The next test of the children was mediocre.

Two hours later, the children of the residents of Silver Pine Town were also tested. There was only one child with low affinity for fire elements. The training value was not high, but Richard still told Paddy to record it.

Among hundreds of children, the best aptitude is still Tina, the little girl with high affinity for natural elements.

That night, people came in and out of Richard's room one after another, from his father, mother, eldest brother to the second-level wizard apprentice Duan, and finally Knight Rawlins, etc., which made Selena, who had been waiting for a long time, depressed.

However, Serena heard that Richard was going to Silverpine Forest to track down the source of the monsters tomorrow morning, which made Serena, who was originally overjoyed, feel anxious again.

The beautiful 17-year-old maid, who originally had some charming thoughts, looked at her young master who was busy all the time, and could only quietly suppress her thoughts.

Richard found that he was not suitable for socializing. Although there were only family members and a few guests, he was exhausted after chatting with seven or eight people. It was far less relaxing than studying witchcraft or making potions alone.

With a wry smile and shaking his head, Richard suddenly remembered that he had not taken the [Mutated Heart] yet. He would set out to track monsters tomorrow. Obviously, after taking it, his strength would be improved again, which would be more secure.

Richard took out the [Mutated Heart] that had been carefully stored until now from the light green special box.

The baby-sized, red, bleeding heart exuded an unusual fragrance. This fragrance seemed to touch the depths of a person's soul, making every cell in the body seem to be roaring, eat it, eat it.

According to the fishman's notes, as a mutant heart that can slightly improve the mental strength, it is naturally extremely precious.

For example, the main raw material, the mutant crab demon heart, the precious auxiliary material, the troll mantis eye, etc., are very troublesome to find.

Richard still remembers that it took a lot of effort to collect the raw materials of the [Mutated Heart]. It can be said that it took the efforts of the blind fishman tribe to collect all the raw materials.

In addition, the difficulty of making the mutant heart is higher than that of the golden horned frog eggs.

This time, Richard also wanted to see how much change this [Mutated Heart] can bring, and whether it can really improve a person's wizard qualifications as described in the fishman's notes.

If it is true, then what is the extent, because the notes are vague and there is no specific quantitative description.

Take a bite, it melts in the mouth, alchemy is indeed magical, this thing that should have a muscle texture has become a jelly-like taste, and after three or two bites, the whole mutant heart was swallowed by Richard.

A warm current immediately spread from Richard's stomach to his limbs.

A feeling very similar to the trace of pure soul energy fed back by the soul-eating spider after devouring the enemy's soul is now slowly generated in Richard's feelings.

Although it is slower, the number is much larger. If Richard's body is a piece of soil, then now it is not a strand of spring rain that is watering, but dozens of strands, which slowly become hundreds of strands, watering the soil.

Spring breeze and rain moisten the heart!

I don't know how long it took, Richard fell into a deep sleep.

And the beautiful little maid secretly observed her young master from the crack of the door for a long time. I don't know if she was angry that her young master didn't care about her, or worried that the young master was too hard and tired, but she was well-behaved and didn't disturb him all night.

When Richard woke up again, he found that it was already the next day, because the morning light had already shone from the window into the house.

In an instant, Richard noticed the difference in the whole person.

It seemed that the world around him had opened a veil to him again. He seemed to be able to see the tiny particles floating in the air and hear the rapid breathing of the little maid outside the door. Most importantly, he could feel the shackles in his body that he didn't know whether they came from the flesh or the soul.

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