"I didn't expect you to come so early. I was supposed to greet you, but the ceremony requires me to stay at the castle to preside over it, so I sent Miranda to greet you." When the group arrived at the second village,

Duke Belmont was already waiting there. After seeing Leo and Sylvia, he immediately came forward to say hello and explain.

"It doesn't matter, our trip was very interesting." Sylvia smiled and replied.

"I heard about what happened in Red Rock Town. Thank you for solving a big problem for us." Duke Belmont opened the carriage door himself. After the two of them did it, he took his son to do it together.

While knocking on the car door to signal the coachman to drive, he expressed his sincere thanks to Leo and Sylvia.

Sylvia said calmly: "We also accidentally ran into the town of Lübeck and had to take action."

Duke Belmont shook his head and said: "I only look at the result, not the process. No matter what the reason is, it is an indisputable fact that the two of them solved the trouble that has troubled the family for many years."

At this time, Leo asked with a slight doubt: "Although the thing in Lübeck Town is very special, with the strength of your Belmont family, you should have the means to deal with it. Why do you let that thing be imprisoned there again?"

"Indeed, the family does have a way to completely eliminate that thing, but the price that needs to be paid is too great, far beyond the limit that we can bear, so keeping it there is the best solution we can think of.

." Duke Belmont sighed, explained, looked at Leo thoughtfully, and said: "Actually, according to normal circumstances, there should be a wizard to help us solve this matter, but it is a pity that the wizard finally

He didn't show up, but Mr. Leo, the wizard, showed up. Although the person was wrong, the result did not change."

"Is it the wizard who made this thing?" Leo took out the stone ball he got from Red Stone Town and asked.

The moment he saw the stone ball, Duke Belmont's breathing became much faster. Then, as if he was trying to control his emotions, he turned his head to the other side and said, "Yes, this is where this thing was made."

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"Can you tell me about the wizard? By the way, what is this thing?" Leo could tell that Duke Belmont's reaction to seeing the descendant of the stone ball was a little unusual, so he asked.

Duke Belmont was silent for a moment after hearing this.

"If it's inconvenient, there's no need to say it." Leo added.

Duke Belmont shook his head and said: "It's not an inconvenience. If you want to investigate, the study in the castle retains a lot of information related to that year. I'm just telling you a little ahead of time."

After explaining the situation, Duke Belmont also began to tell Leo and Sylvia what he knew about wizards and stone balls. Although Count Belmont on the side was the heir to the family, he didn't seem to know either.

This kind of thing, so I listen very carefully.

In fact, the Duke of Belmont himself does not know much. Although there is a lot of relevant information stored in the family castle study, he has never read it. In fact, most of the time those books and materials are placed in the study.

Gathering dust, few people read. In the eyes of the members of the Belmont family, including the Duke of Belmont, they all believe that the improvement of their bloodline is their foundation, so instead of reading books in the study that are of no use to the improvement of their bloodline

Instead of reading books, it would be better to find something to do that can enhance the power of your bloodline.

Therefore, all the things about wizards and wizards' creations were what the Duke of Belmont heard from his father when he was a child.

In fact, except for the minor parts related to wizards and stone balls, the core content is very simple. It is that the Belmont family has cooperated with wizards for a period of time, and the cooperative project was to help the Belmont family improve the purity of their blood.

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During the research and development process of this cooperative project, the wizard created many methods for improving bloodline, and the results were very good. The Belmont family is still using them to this day. For example, the ancient ritual that Duke Belmont is preparing now is

The wizard modified the ancient ritual specifically to enhance the Belmont family's bloodline.

Although there are many ways to improve the bloodline, they have never been able to evolve the Belmont family's bloodline to a higher bloodline level. So the wizard and the Belmont family took the risk and used a method that is still considered taboo by the Belmont family.

This method was used to try to force a member of the Belmont family who was very atavistic and whose bloodline was extremely mellow to the level of a demigod.

As a result, it naturally ended in failure. In the end, the family member turned into a monster and destroyed a town. The wizard had to use some of his forbidden powers to seal the monster in the town and seal the monster's blood core.

In this small stone ball, placed in Red Stone Town, the wizard said when he left that he would come back after finding a safe way to deal with the monsters.

Only a few people in the entire Belmont family knew about the wizard and the small stone ball. Because the wizard who promised to come back did not show up, and there was no incident in Lubell Town, these things became a bedrock among the heirs of the Belmont family.

The first story.

The reason why Duke Belmont had such an obvious abnormal reaction when he saw Leo taking out the stone ball was because he had been in close contact with stone balls for a period of time before.

Because the blood core of abscessed flesh and blood is sealed in the stone ball, and the power of the blood core will be emitted from time to time, this power will have a certain stimulating and improving effect on the blood of the Belmont family. The Duke of Belmont once

I have tried this method to improve my bloodline.

Although the effect is very good, it also has great side effects. For example, the spirit and blood vessels are infected by the power of abscess and flesh. Once infected, the condition of the entire body will decline rapidly, and even non-benign mutations may occur.

The Duke of Belmont discovered it in time, and before his body suffered irreversible changes, he sent the thing back to Redstone Town and stored it again. After that, he never thought about using it to enhance the power of his bloodline, even if he saw this now

When the stone ball appeared, he still felt a little relieved.

However, it was also difficult for him to suppress a trace of greed in his heart, because as someone who had used stone balls, he knew very well how helpful this thing was in refining his own blood. If there were no side effects, he felt that he would definitely be able to

Use this thing to elevate your bloodline to a higher level.

After hearing his father's narration, Earl Belmont was also curious about the stone ball in Leo's hand, and because he had never personally experienced the contamination of the power of the stone ball, he didn't understand what his father was worried about, so he was curious about it.

Driven by his desire, he couldn't help but reach out and take the stone ball in his hand to look at it.

Seeing this, Duke Belmont just frowned, but did not stop him. He seemed to want to use this stone ball to teach his troubled son a lesson.

At first, Earl Belmont didn't feel anything unusual, until he felt that the stone ball in his hand became as hot as charcoal fire. The scene in front of him suddenly softened and turned into darkness, and there was a light spot in the darkness quickly.

He got closer and magnified. When he came to him, the light spot had been magnified hundreds of times and turned into a piece of meat covered with abscesses. Although this piece of meat had no eyes, he could feel the piece of meat.

While looking at herself, she suddenly felt that the blood in her body was as hot and rolling as if it had been injected into the lava outside the castle.

Just when Count Belmont felt that he might be burned to death by the blood as hot as lava, the stone ball in his hand was suddenly taken away, and the scene around him disappeared in an instant, recovering from the abnormal state.

However, even after breaking away from the abnormal state and returning to the carriage, he could still clearly feel the pain of burning blood.

"What just happened?" Count Belmont looked at the stone ball that Leo had taken back with concern, and wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Leo obviously had no intention of explaining it seriously, so he casually said, "It's nothing, it's just that your body can't adapt to it for a while."

"Idiot, how many times have I told you before, don't mess with things you don't understand, sooner or later you will suffer a lot because of this habit of yours!" Duke Belmont also educated his son in a timely manner.

After hearing his father's scolding, Earl Belmont could only lower his head and listen silently, even though he looked older.

"How is that boy's matter handled?" At this time, Duke Belmont suddenly asked in a deep voice.

Earl Belmont's face was a little ugly, and he hesitated and said: "While I was dealing with this matter, I happened to encounter the arrival of Mr. Leo and Ms. Sylvia. I think it is more important to receive them, so I will temporarily leave them

The mother and son are imprisoned in the dungeon and will be dealt with after the ceremony."

After hearing what his son said, Duke Belmont did not show any unusual emotions. He just stared at the other person and said after a while: "The atavistic mutation in Anzarod has completely become recessive.

This shows that he has complete control over his bloodline. It won’t be long before the purity of his bloodline will surpass yours. Although you are my son, the heir to the family, and have the title of earl, you have not yet completely mastered all this. Others

There is still a chance, and I hope you will remember that, my son."

Earl Belmont looked a little ugly and whispered: "Then what do you want me to do? I am your son, but he is also my son, and he is the only heir."

Faced with Count Belmont's questioning, the old Duke said nothing, and the carriage became much quieter.

Leo and Sylvia, who were also sitting in the carriage, did not feel embarrassed or uncomfortable because they were involved in the Belmont family heir dispute. Instead, they looked at the father and son in front of them with interest.

Although the old Duke didn't show it clearly, it could be seen that he was very dissatisfied with his son, and the dissatisfaction was not with his bloodline, but with his son's way of doing things and his mentality.

On the surface, Earl Belmont does not seem to care whether he can become the next family patriarch and duke, nor does he think that he has made any mistakes in handling his son. However, both Leo and Sylvia, who are careful, can find out that when the old duke mentions

When he arrived at the clansman named Anzarod, Earl Belmont couldn't help clenching his hands and breathing a little heavier. It was obvious that his heart was not as indifferent as he appeared on the surface.

Perhaps it was because quarreling with his son in front of two guests, Leo and Sylvia, made the old Duke a little embarrassed. The old Duke did not speak again on the way, and Earl Belmont also remained silent. Leo and Xi

Sylvia naturally focused her attention outside the carriage.

After the carriage drove through several virgin forests, it drilled directly along the road into a cave dug into the mountain wall in front of it. After running along the cave tunnel for about five or six minutes, it finally got out and passed through the mountain.

The mountain where the wall is located.

On the other side of the mountain, the scene is completely different from the previous valley scene. The valleys here are replaced by lava rivers. In the lava rivers, there are a large number of small islands formed by solidified lava. Those small islands are covered with crystalline trees.

, a large amount of heat was pumped up from the roots of the crystal tree, conducted along the transparent trunk to the flower-like crystals at the top of the tree, and then erupted out, turning into streams of flames, just like the breath of a fire dragon.

Although it is surrounded by lava pouring out from active volcanoes, the temperature here is not hot, but extremely cold. Accumulated ice and snow can even be seen on the banks of the lava river. The entire environment gives people a sense of climate chaos and temperature

Conflicting feelings.

Just when Leo and Sylvia were wondering about the cause of the scene in front of them, the carriage followed the road carved out of the mountain wall and turned a few turns along the mountain. They came to a lava lake, or an active volcano crater.

on the edge of.

I saw that in this active volcanic crater, lava continued to emerge from the ground, forming a lava lake. And near the vent where the lava emerged, an ancient castle that was very similar to the French Empire Castle stood on the lake.

It makes people feel incredible when they see it for the first time.

But what is really eye-catching in the lava lake is not the ancient castle on the lake, but the skeleton of an abyssal dragon beside the castle, facing the vent.

The overall size of this skeleton is about the same as that of a castle, and the skeleton is well preserved. Even the skin in some parts is still there, but the flesh and blood has disappeared, giving people an extremely ferocious feeling.

And this skeleton doesn't just look good, it has extremely powerful and magical abilities, and this ability is the main reason why the heat of the entire lava lake and lava river disappears immediately after it escapes, because all this heat
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