Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 264: Price, Weird

"It's very simple."

Ewakui said in a gentle tone, "Just place your hand on the statue. Havers may give you a test. If you pass, you will receive his inheritance."

Let's talk about it.

Ronan had no particular objection. No one could refuse the inheritance of a legendary dragon's soul, especially when this dragon was also an ancient, knowledgeable and powerful wizard.

He followed Ewakui's instructions, slowly walked up to the huge stone dragon statue, and then gently placed his hand on the base of the statue, which was one of the dragon's toes.

"Relax your mind..."

Ronan closed his eyes, and the ten mental power crystals in his mind lit up slightly, releasing mental power that slowly seeped into the stone statue in front of him.

Cold, empty, dark.
At first Ronan didn't feel anything unusual, but Ewaqui told him that this process required a little patience.

The souls of the witch chiefs are almost all asleep, and it will take time for them to wake up.

In the meantime, all he had to do was try to be respectful.

Time passed slowly, and gradually, Ronan found that there seemed to be a little light "in front of his eyes".

Then the light grew bigger and bigger, as if it was approaching somewhere quickly.

Suddenly.

"boom--"

All the coldness, emptiness, and darkness disappeared in an instant, and Ronan seemed to have entered another world.

A fiery, hot, violent and restless world of horror.

The earth was shaking and roaring under his feet, the sky was filled with the smell of sulfur and gunpowder, boiling magma was rushing on the ground, and the void was shaking constantly.

Ronan was in the middle of it and felt as small as an ant, with the power of destruction everywhere around him.

He tried to open his eyes wide and looked forward. Faintly, he saw a huge, blurry figure of a dragon.

It was almost identical to the giant stone dragon statue he had seen in the sacrificial square, but it was more than ten times larger.

The dragon was no longer dark black, but covered with golden dragon scales. Its curved and sharp dragon horns were like two ancient spears burning red, piercing the sky. Its spread wings covered the sky, casting a huge shadow.
And those eyes, blazing golden red, like flowing magma, with the power to burn everything and see through everything.

Just by looking directly at the huge dragon shadow, Ronan's body trembled uncontrollably. The dragon emanated a mysterious aura, which made Ronan want to kneel down and worship it from a distance.

Ronan clenched his teeth and forced his spine not to bend. He tried to move forward and strive to walk in the direction of the dragon.

At this moment, a piercing sound suddenly rang in my ears.

"Zizi-"

"Swish—"

The sound was like a radio signal with poor reception, or someone scratching a smooth glass plate with sharp nails, accompanied by some kind of dull impact sound, and a sharp and high-pitched scream of terror.
It was even more unbearable than the evil whispers he had heard several times when he accepted the will of "Hekator".

Ronan almost subconsciously hugged his head with both hands and squatted on the spot with a distorted face.

"Baha..Baha Bahafus"

Amidst the noise that almost made Ronan's consciousness collapse, Ronan's dazed mind seemed to catch a low and smooth whisper.

The voice kept calling out the name of "Bahafus" in a strange language.

Ronan didn't know why he could understand the meaning of the voice. He was close to collapse and faint, but at this moment, he miraculously continued to persevere because of an inexplicable curiosity and impulse.

"This is... the best opportunity..."

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..."

The whispers were intermittent and erratic.

Suddenly, a woman's angry roar suddenly sounded, instantly covering up the whispering sound.

"Get away! You despicable maggot...I am not you!"

"idiot!"

The deep and smooth voice seemed to be startled as well, and the tone became a little exasperated.

"Don't regret it"

"Since you are here, I won't be polite."

"Don't think I'll give it to you."

"Roar!"

Just as Ronan was struggling to hold on, "curiously" listening to the conversation between the two voices that he had accidentally captured in his mind, under the distant red sky, the golden dragon suddenly raised its head and let out a thunderous roar.

The world in front of him was shattered in an instant, and Ronan was caught off guard. He was violently "pulled" out by a force that appeared out of nowhere.
"Deng deng deng-"

In the empty and silent Stone Statue Square, a figure in a black robe with silver edges staggered back a few steps, then stabilized, his face pale, sweaty and panting heavily.

"Are you ok?"

A hand reached out from the side and handed over a small green potion bottle.

Ronan hesitated for a moment, took the bottle, unscrewed it, and drank the medicine in one gulp. He soon felt a slight coolness in his body, and the slight discomfort quickly subsided like the tide.

"Thank you."

Ronan felt much more comfortable after taking the potion. He stood up and thanked Ewaqui.

Ewakui shook his head casually and said, "When I first tried to communicate with the Dragon Witch Chief, I was even more embarrassed than you are now. Although he has a bad temper, he actually has no ill intentions. It's just that we are too weak."

Ronan nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Does this count as a failure?"

"Did he say anything to you? Did he give you a golden scale-like object?"

"No."

Ronan shook his head. Not to mention communicating with the Dragon Wizard Chief Bahafus and receiving the "gift" from him, he didn't even really get close to the other party in that dream-like space just now.

This result was not particularly surprising to Ronan. His own soul aptitude was not outstanding. And according to Evaqui, the Dragon Wizard Bahafus was the most demanding and picky among the twenty-four wizards.

Being able to recognize yourself...that's a big deal.

"It looks like a failure then."

Evaqui patted Ronan on the shoulder to comfort him, then turned around to look at the other stone statues around him and said, "You can continue to try other witch chiefs."

"never mind."

Ronan shook his head to refuse. He didn't want to go through a similar experience again. He was not very interested in the inheritance of the spiritual witch.

After all, the decline of the ancient spiritual witch is already a fact. No matter how glorious it once was, history has told the world that the end of the spiritual witch is ultimately darkness.

Why take risks on a dead end that will inevitably lead to a cliff?

"Ok."

Seeing Ronan's firm attitude, Ewakui didn't say anything else.

The two walked to another stone statue in the square, which was a huge black wolf statue. The appearance of this statue reminded Ronan of the last trick Evaqua used when fighting him in the wizard competition, which was to transform into a half-virtual ghost wolf.

Perhaps, this is the spiritual wizard promotion route he chose.

"Wolf Witch Chief.

Like the Dragon Shaman Chief Bahafus, he is one of the three great masters of the Spirit Shaman Soul Transfiguration System.
It was he who gave me this inheritance test."

Ewakui faced the huge stone statue of the giant wolf with his hands clasped together, his expression showing unprecedented respect and piety.

"Next, I will officially enter the test"

"what do I need to do?"

Ronan finally asked about the real purpose of Ewakuei's invitation.

Ewakui took out an object similar to a millstone from his space ring and said to Ronan, "Take good care of my soul disk while I enter the test.

If the soul disk is turned upside down, please turn it back to its original position for me."

"It's that simple?"

Ronan was slightly surprised.

Ewakui shook his head. He was silent for a while, then looked at Ronan very seriously and said, "Forgive me Damien, there is one thing I have not told you.

The process of turning the soul disk will consume a certain amount of your soul lifespan, but not a lot, at most about ten years of lifespan at a time."

"Consume life..."

Ronan was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the real reason why Ewakui had been so kind and enthusiastic towards him.

He helped me time and time again, with a generosity far beyond the true depth of their friendship.
It turned out that she wanted to use up her own life to help him.

"I'm sorry Damien, I'm really sorry."

At this moment, Ewakui's face was full of shame, and he didn't even dare to look Ronan in the eye.

"The test from the Wolf Witch Chief is very difficult. He allows me to fail three times in each round of the test. The price is that each time someone must offer him a certain amount of life.
I have failed many times, and the elders of the Uta tribe are exhausted because of this. I didn't want to ask for help from foreign wizards. I carefully trained XX."

Ewakui said a name, which was the girl in the white wolfskin skirt that Ronan had seen in the Uta tribe.

Ewakwe looked extremely distressed.

"..But I have too little time left, and I only have this one chance to take the test.
Damien, I.I."

Ewakwi went from being incoherent to almost speechless, and he looked at Ronan pleadingly.

Ronan could see the desire in his eyes. Before this, Ewakui had been repeating that "it's not too late for him to regret now", but now, he no longer said that.

Ronan was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Three chances of failure, which means I need to turn the soul plate for you three times, consuming a total of thirty years of soul life..."

"If I can get through it in one go you don't have to make any sacrifices."

Evaqui heard the looseness in Ronan’s words and said quickly: “If your soul life is consumed, I will do my best to make it up to you later.

At least I can help you regain twenty years of life. If you don’t believe me, we can make a contract.”

Ronan did not make any statement, but just looked at the soul disk in Evakui's hand, and suddenly asked: "What will happen if your soul disk is damaged?"

Ewakui was startled, then calmly said: "Once the soul disk is damaged, my test will fail immediately, and my soul will suffer irreversible damage."

"I understand."

Ronan nodded, looked at the huge black wolf stone statue beside the two of them, and said calmly: "Then.. please hurry up."

Ewakui didn't say anything else, but just said "thank you" to him very seriously, then left the soul plate that looked like a rough millstone in his hand, turned around and walked towards the black wolf statue.

He walked up to the stone statue and chanted a spell in a low voice. Immediately, circles of black ripples appeared at the bottom of the statue. Ewaqui looked back at Ronan and walked in without hesitation.

Ronan was the only one left in the huge stone statue square.

After Ewakui entered the test, the soul plate he left behind, which looked like a millstone, seemed to have taken root and nailed to the void somewhere, and Ronan was unable to move it.

Ronan observed the surface of the soul plate and noticed that the rough stone mill was glowing slightly and was slowly turning in a clockwise direction.

Ronan was somewhat skeptical. In order to carry out the test, Evaqui would also need to pay a certain amount of soul life as a price.

There is no free lunch in the world. Selfishness is human nature, especially for those who are already heading towards extinction.

After realizing this, Ronan looked at the black stone statues in the square again, and the awe and admiration in his heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

He even felt that those silent stone statues that cast huge shadows more or less exuded a sense of coldness and cruelty.

"Not every wizard is called Spierto."

Ronan sighed silently in his heart.

Ewakwi left, leaving him alone, and now he seemed to have nothing to do.

The soul disk is related to Ewakuei's safety and the success of the test. For this, Ewakuei has made countless sacrifices in private. Ronan can't be distracted to do other things, so he is bored and wanders around the soul disk.

Of the eight stone statues remaining in the square, the one that interested Ronan the most was naturally the statue of the dragon wizard Bahafus.

The second is a human-shaped stone statue located in the center of the twenty-four stone statues.

The latter gave Ronan the feeling that it was the oldest of all the stone statues. Of course, the biggest reason why Ronan cast his attention on it from time to time was that there were too many defects and cracks on this human-shaped stone statue.

He had the feeling that the statue might collapse before his eyes at any moment, which meant that he had in a disguised way witnessed the complete passing of the spirit of an extremely ancient and powerful wizard.

After looking around, Ronan's gaze fell back on the huge black dragon statue.

He couldn't help but think of the conversation he heard in the stone statue inheritance space.

"One of the two is a woman, who looks like Bahafus himself."

"Who is the other one then? One of the other seven wizard chiefs?"

Ronan thought about it, and from the meaning revealed in that conversation, the other person seemed to be inviting the Dragon Wizard Chief Bahafus to do something together, but was rejected by Bahafus.

Bahafus's attitude towards him was quite bad, and he seemed to look down on him.
Ronan didn't come to any conclusion from his thinking. In fact, he couldn't even be sure whether the conversation was real.

Could it be his hallucination, or a special way for the Dragon Wizard Chief Bahafus to test the inheritor?

He didn't know.

While I was thinking, suddenly...
"GuluGulu——"

In the empty square, there was a strange sound, like a stone wheel rolling across the ground.

Ronan suddenly looked up and immediately checked the soul disk left by Ewakui.

There was nothing unusual about the soul plate. It was still rotating slowly, and without making any sound.

Ronan's eyes flickered and he took a deep breath.

Now he is the only one here, and the stone statue of the witch head will not move, so...
Where did that sudden sound come from?!

(End of this chapter)