Anna hastily picked up the quill and wrote:
"Rein, by the ti you read this letter, Aunt Delanna and I will have already set out back to the Druid Circle in Ferdinand Forest. I will work hard to improve my abilities, hoping that I can be of assistance to you the next ti we et."
"Also, let tell you a small secret: I can now visualize eight Will runes at once, Anna."
Anna carefully placed the letter, the Beast Taming content on the imprinted paper, and the hide scroll that contained the record of fire-based witchcraft, neatly on the bedside table in Rein's room.
Then, with a lingering glance around Rein's room, she turned to Delanna and said:
"Aunt Delanna, shall we go then?"
"Yes, good," Delanna nodded.
However, just as Delanna was preparing to take Anna away, she abruptly sensed soone lurking near their dwelling.
"Huh? Wait!"
Delanna signaled Anna to stay in the room, and the next second, she transford back into a squirrel, zipping from the room to the rooftop.
Following that, an eagle took flight from the roof!
Before long, Anna heard the sounds of fighting from not far to the southwest!
But it quickly returned to quiet, as if the battle was over in a short while...
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In the alleyway to the southwest corner, the black-haired elf Delanna, looking at the black flas surrounding her, said in a low voice: "This is Black Fla, could it be a follower of that deity?"
While these black flas could not harm her in the slightest, only serving to hinder her movent, she had already discerned their origin.
"It seems Lord Windwalker's warning was correct, the sleeping gods are showing signs of awakening...." Delanna appeared to realize sothing and, for a mont, her face showed concern.
A short while later, when Delanna returned to Anna's room, her expression was serene.
"Aunt Delanna, what just happened?" Anna asked anxiously.
At that mont, a number of peace officers were hurrying toward that area on the street.
"Nothing, it's been taken care of. Anna, we need to leave!" Delanna shook her head without elaborating.
"Oh, alright!"
...
In the woods to the north of Flashgold Town.
A lithe knight bearing a 'scythe'-shaped weapon was running swiftly, his hand pressing against his continuously bleeding abdon, cursing under his breath as he ran: "How could a Druid suddenly appear near the Rein residence?"
This man was the leader of the Wilderness Brotherhood, known as 'Knight of the Wild,' Giovanni!
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ister County City.
Inside the Wiggins family library.
Unaware of what had happened at his ho, Rein was diligently searching through ancient books in the library.
Unlike the Crowley family, although the Wiggins family's library was sowhat larger, the books were not sorted separately according to whether they were written in Lingwen, hence Rein had to search shelf by shelf.
Flipping through one book after another, Rein found himself shaking his head most of the ti.
After a while, Rein suddenly stopped because he ca across a travelogue written in Lingwen that contained a section on the Mother Tree cult.
The travelogue outlined the core tenet of the 'Mother Tree cult': at the beginning of the world, a Mother Tree from the distant void descended upon the world, scattering seeds that beca the origin of life.
However, according to the sayings of the ancient Sages, the so-called 'Mother Tree' was actually a powerful entity from an alien void, beguiling sentient beings into worship and sacrifice.
Of course, all the sacrificial practices of the Mother Tree cult's followers could receive rewards and gifts from the Mother Tree to varying degrees.
Several hours later, after having gone through all the ancient books written in Lingwen (Akkadian) in the library, Rein found that the only useful one was the travelogue he had just read.
The rest were either ancient sacrificial ceremonies long vanished in the river of history, or eulogies from so bygone personage, leaving Rein sowhat disappointed inside.
Although this result was within his expectations.
But facing the actual result, Rein couldn't help feeling an inevitable disappointnt.
"Perhaps, I should take a different approach to my search for witchcraft...."
Rein realized that his current thod of searching for witchcraft was like a person looking for sothing in a prival forest obscured by tall trees.
Since he could not see clearly all around, it was difficult to determine where the object was, so he could only try his luck everywhere.
This clearly wasn't a good thod.
A more effective way would be to first climb to a high place, like a watchtower, then look from afar and locate where the desired object is, or at least determine the direction.
Then, when searching for it, it would be 'with a clear goal in sight'!
"Currently, my level within the Empire seems similar to a watchtower," Rein thought.
"Once I pass this ennoblent examination and beco a formal noble, I should co to know many more secrets. Perhaps the direction to proceed with witchcraft or even the path of a Wizard will gradually beco clear."
Just like Adams's inheritance, which actually ca from a Wizard faction known as the 'Igne School.'
But how to connect with such a school of Wizards is what Rein needs to consider now.
However, as long as Rein continues to rise within the Empire's power hierarchy, he will inevitably co across related information at so point in ti.
And if Rein wants to ascend quickly within the Imperial power structure, the invitation from the 'Sword Bearer' ntioned last ti by Hamilton and Colonel Connar of the Imperial Military might serve as a stepping stone to a fast-track promotion.
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