Tossing the crystal ball to Hogg, Feng Chou said tiredly, "Let's go. Don't bother about the goblin camp. There might be a grade-7 priest waiting for us there. Let's get out of here quickly."
Hogan, who was still in shock, agreed. The two of them avoided the goblin camp and walked out of the forest.
Back in the town, the two of them went their separate ways. Feng Chou returned to the Red Lion, and Hogan went home.
It was already afternoon when Feng Chou returned to the Red Lion.
This was mainly because he and Hogan couldn't get a horse from the Qiankun Pagoda as a means of transportation, so he had to walk back on foot this time.
After eating tasteless dry rations for two days, Feng Chou returned to the tavern and ordered a plate of fried meat, a plate of meat pie, and a plate of thick blood sausage soup. He enjoyed a hot meal.
After eating, Feng Chou asked for a cup of ale. He sat in the corner of the tavern and slowly sipped it. From time to time, he would be in a daze. No one knew what he was thinking.
The sky was getting dark, but Feng Chou didn't see Chorre. A middle-aged man in his fifties took his place. Feng Chou knew this middle-aged man. He was Chorre's housekeeper.
After dark, Feng Chou replaced the Bat Pet and let it out. He had it go to Chorre's house.
Chorre was in the backyard training ground, sweating profusely as he waved his two-handed sword.
He seemed to have been training for a long time. His clothes were completely soaked in sweat, and even the ground beneath his feet was covered in sweat. His movements were out of shape, and it was obvious that he was exhausted.
But he still waved his sword over and over again until he was completely exhausted and fell to the ground.
Chorre, who was lying on the ground, struggled a few times, but couldn't get up. Suddenly, he burst into tears.
Looking at Chorre, who was lying on the ground and crying like a child, Feng Chou sighed. He had the Bat leave Chorre's house and go to Hogan's house.
Although it was easy for him to comfort Chorre now, and he only needed to let Chorre see his true face, he couldn't do that.
Chorre wasn't a person who could hide things, and his brother, Kyle, was an extremely shrewd guy. Once Chorre's performance was strange, it would arouse his brother's suspicion. Combined with the news of "Leo"'s recent disappearance, it would be easy to associate "Leo" with "Leo" might have come to Amborite. When the time came, he only needed to check the newcomers in town, and he could easily find him.
Feng Chou even suspected that Kyle, who had always doted on his brother, was trying to test him by deceiving and provoking Chorre.
If there was anyone in the world who understood Chorre the most, Leo was one, and Chorre's brother was another.
The Bat Pet came to Hogan's house under the cover of the night.
Hogan was lying on the bed in his bedroom, holding the crystal ball full of Troll's essence that Feng Chou had given him. He kept playing with it, and his eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling. No one knew what he was thinking.
The Bat Pet lurked in the small building of Hogan's villa for a while, and then quietly flew away, flying towards the majestic and beautiful castle in the center of the town.
In the night, the Bat Pet quietly flew under the eaves of the south side of the castle, and went into a crack in the stone, lurking there.
The castle was divided into two floors. The lower floor was a huge square castle, and the upper floor was a three-story palace-like building.
In Leo's memory, the first floor of the palace-like building on the upper floor of the castle was a huge banquet hall, surrounded by some functional rooms, such as a kitchen, living room, conference room, and so on.
The second floor was the residence of the castle owner's children, attendants, and some important servants. The third floor was the residence and main office of the castle owner.
Leo remembered that his grandfather's study was in the middle room of the south side of the third floor of the palace, so Feng Chou had the Bat lurk under the eaves there.
In fact, with Qiankun Pagoda's nearly thirty meters scanning range, no matter which side of the palace the Bat was lurking on, it could cover most of the three floors of the palace.
At this time, the night was not deep, and many rooms in the castle were still lit.
Just like Leo's memory, the middle room of the south side of the third floor of the palace was still a study.
At this time, in the study, behind a large and exquisite black desk, sat a stern-faced middle-aged noble. He was talking to a middle-aged man wearing a magic robe opposite the desk.
This stern-faced noble was Leo's uncle, Baron Chazzo Amborite Stuart.
"… Wizard Barlow, how long do you think it will take for Cizé to master his first level-one spell?"
When Leo's grandfather was still alive, he once sponsored a young man in the territory who was tested to have 21 points of intellect to become a wizard apprentice.
That young man named Barlow, after becoming an official wizard, was hired by Amborite and became a special wizard of the House of Amborite.
A trace of impatience flashed in Wizard Barlow's eyes, and he replied expressionlessly, "Sir Baron, Young Master Cizé's Spiritual Energy has long reached the standard of an official wizard. He has also completely grasped the basic knowledge of level-one incantation spells. Learning his first spell is only a matter of time. Maybe tomorrow, maybe next month, but at the most, it won't take more than two months. You only need to pay a little bit of patience."
As if sensing Wizard Barlow's impatience, a trace of anger flashed between Chazzo's brows. However, this Wizard Barlow, as a level-four wizard and alchemist with a bright future, was able to become a special wizard of Baron Amborite's territory and the private magic teacher of his eldest son, Cizé, was already on account of the old Baron's sponsorship. Therefore, the famous Baron Amborite, who was known for his irascibility and strictness, did not dare to use his irascibility on this wizard.
Leo's cousin, Cizé, was a genius. Unlike him who only had 15 points of Intelligence as a beginner wizard, Cizé was found to have 23 points of Intelligence when he was fourteen years old.
However, Cizé did not go to a wizard school to study. Instead, he stayed at home and was taught one-on-one by a private magic teacher.
The Stuart family was an ancient wizard family left behind from the time of the Arcane Empire. Even today, the Stuart family still had a place in the "Arcane Parliament" in Ovendell, and there were legendary wizards in the family.
As a remote branch of the Stuart family, the House of Amborite was also a wizard in its early days. It was said that the ancestor who founded the Amborite family was once a level-nine intermediate wizard. Taking advantage of the expansion of the territory of the Antalya family, he established this rich Baron's territory.
In the House of Amborite, there were many wizards appearing in the House of Amborite. Therefore, the House of Amborite itself had a lot of magical information. It was said that these information were all kept in a secret room in the castle.
Leo also heard from his father that there was a secret magic laboratory hidden under the Amborite castle.
Therefore, the Stuart family had the ability to cultivate wizards. Of course, this ability was limited to cultivating low-level wizards.