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Chapter 148 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 at 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, pointed at him, and then 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 Master Richard of 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.

In particular, this 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 Clavel family's guards and servants. According to statistics, there were 23 children in total.

The wizard qualification test also has age requirements for 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 23 are all children over six years old.

Under the unified arrangement of the housekeeper, the 23 children lined up obediently and waited at the entrance of the hall.

In fact, among the 23 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 one who saved them. The man in black robe in danger.

What Richard didn't know was that in the children's hearts, the most impressive thing was the fat and incomparable abomination, not his master.

However, starting from the first child, seven or eight children in a row were not tested as having wizard qualifications. This made Richard sigh. Sure enough, the proportion of people with wizard qualifications among ordinary people was very small.

However, when it came to child No. 9, Richard's eyes lit up.

Because the crystal ball finally responded, no longer as silent as the previous children, a child with wizard qualifications finally appeared.

But after a while, Richard's joy was in vain again, because the child's wizard qualifications were quite low, only fifth level.

However, Richard saw that the little boy was a good knight due to his strong appearance, so he also asked the butler to record it, and then the butler would transfer it to his father.

Even if a child cannot become a wizard's apprentice, if he can become a knight, that is what many parents dream of.

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

The next child who entered the hall for the test was a beautiful little girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She looked at Richard and was a little scared.

"Come on, kid, 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 carefully placed her hands on the crystal ball on the table with apprehension, as if she was afraid of breaking such a beautiful object.

At the same time, follow Richard's instructions and concentrate on sensing external elements through the crystal ball.After a while, a thick green color began to gather in the originally colorless crystal ball, and gradually stabilized, with very little variegation.

"Okay! Very good."

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

"Son, what's your name?"

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

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

"Sir, does that mean I can go with you?" The little girl raised her head and looked at Richard with a pair of clear eyes. The corners of her clothes in her fingers were twisted into twists, showing her nervousness.

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

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

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

Richard looked at the bright eyes full of hope in front of him, feeling a little troubled in his heart.

This little girl's qualifications are very good, she has a high level of affinity with natural elements, and her mental qualifications have reached an average level. It can be said that she is much better than Richard's own qualifications before entering school at that time.

But what is a pity is that Tina has affinity to the natural element, not the dark element, so Richard cannot introduce her to the Ignis School. That would be irresponsible to her, maybe.
"Tina, it's not possible now. You stay at your aunt's house for a while first, and then I will come to pick you up." Richard shook his head with regret and said.

The little girl couldn't hide the disappointment on her face, but when she heard that Richard would come to pick her up, she smiled happily again.

After bowing and saying thank you softly, the little girl was taken aside by the old housekeeper Paddy for registration.

At Richard's signal, Paddy recorded the little girl's name and address in detail, focusing on the fact that she would be well taken care of. If she did not live well at her aunt's house, Richard also gave instructions to the old housekeeper. Paddy, you can also let the other party live directly in the castle.

Richard was thinking about how to arrange things better for Little Tina.

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

But Ophelia is about the same age as Richard. Thinking about it, whether it is too early to take care of a child, suddenly gave Richard a headache.

The next test for the children was uneventful.

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

Among the hundreds of children, the one with the best qualifications was Tina, the little girl with a high affinity for natural elements.

That night, there was an endless stream of people coming in and out of Richard's room, from his father, mother, eldest brother to the second-level wizard apprentice Duane, and finally even the Knight Rollins, etc. This made Serena, who was waiting by the side and had already seen through the eyes, couldn't help but wonder. I felt very depressed.

However, Serena also overheard that Richard was going to Silver Pine Forest early tomorrow morning to track down the source of the monster, which made Serena, who was originally overjoyed, worried again.

The beautiful 17-year-old maid who originally had some charming thoughts looked at her young master who was too busy to touch the floor and could only quietly suppress the longing in her heart.

Richard found that he was really not suitable for socializing. Although it was just his family and a few guests, chatting with seven or eight people immediately made him exhausted. It was far worse than studying witchcraft or making potions alone with his head covered. easy.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Richard suddenly remembered that he had not taken the [Mutated Heart] yet and would set out to track down the monster tomorrow. Obviously after taking it, his strength would be improved again and it would be more reliable.

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

I saw a heart the size of a baby's fist, red and dripping with blood, exuding an unusual fragrance. This fragrance seemed to be able to touch the depths of a person's soul, making every cell in the body seem to be roaring and eating. It ate it.

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

For example, the main raw material variant Crab Demon Heart, the precious auxiliary ingredient Troll Mantis Eye, etc. are very troublesome to find.

Richard still remembered that it took a lot of effort to collect all the raw materials for the [Mutated Heart]. It could be said that it took the strength of the blind fishman tribe to allow Richard to collect all the raw materials.

In addition, the difficulty of making a mutated heart is even higher than that of a golden horned frog egg.

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

If it is true, then what is the magnitude of this, because the manuscript is unclear and there is no specific quantitative expression.

After one bite, it melted in your mouth. Alchemy was indeed magical. This thing that was supposed to have the texture of muscle turned into a jelly-like texture. After three or two mouthfuls, the entire mutant heart was swallowed by Richard.

A warm current of heat 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, now slowly arises in Richard's feelings.

Although it is slower, the number is much greater. If Richard's body were a piece of soil, then it would not be a trace of spring rain watering it now, but dozens of threads, and slowly, it would become hundreds of threads. Watering the soil.

The spring breeze turns into rain and moistens the heart!
I don't know how long it took, but Richard fell into a deep sleep.

The beautiful little maid also secretly observed her young master through the crack in the door for a long time. She didn't know whether she was angry that her young master didn't take her at ease, or she was worried that the young master was too hard and tired, but she was obedient 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 into the house from the window.

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

It seemed that the world around him had opened another layer of veil for him. He seemed to be able to see the tiny particles floating in the air, and he could hear the rapid breathing of the little maid outside the door. Most importantly, he could feel inside his body, I don't know if the shackles are from the body or the soul.

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