Wizard: Building a Cultivation Family from Scratch

Owen Castells understood Viscount Wolf's concerns.

After listening to the other person's words, he thought for a moment, then tentatively asked:

"Did you report this matter to His Excellency the Duke?"

"Report it?"

Viscount Wolf glanced at Owen:

"You know what the situation is like in the kingdom right now."

If I report this now, wouldn't I be giving others ammunition against me?

"Damn it!"

At this point, Viscount Wolf appeared even more agitated. He picked up a bottle of wine from his desk and took a large gulp.

After catching his breath, he asked again:

"How's the investigation you mentioned about that wild wizard going?"

There is no news yet.

Irving answered honestly.

  

"What about the Starry Sky School?"

"We haven't received a response yet, but they are taking this matter very seriously and are sending people to search Blackwater Valley."

Upon hearing this, Viscount Wolf nodded silently, and then said:

"Alright, let's temporarily halt the search for the wild wizard."

Contact the Astral School and see if they can send some people over.

Upon hearing Viscount Wolf's words, Owen suddenly felt a bad premonition:

"Has the situation gotten that serious?"

Viscount Wolf sighed heavily.

"If it were just that old man Drake, I wouldn't have made such a big fuss..."

After all, those damned wizards are ruthless bastards who eat people without spitting out the bones.

Asking them for help this time might cost me a lot more money!

But there's nothing I can do...

"That old bastard Drake's mad dog son is back."

Upon hearing this, Irving was taken aback for a moment, but soon, as if he had suddenly thought of something, his expression changed instantly.

"You mean...?"

"That's right! It's Victor Drake."

Victor Drake...

Irving had naturally heard of this person.

The other party is not only the eldest son of the current head of the Drake family, but also the most talented heir among the younger generation of the Drake family.

When he was a teenager, he was taken in as a student by a great wizard.

Later, before he was even twenty years old, he quickly grew into a third-level wizard apprentice, only one step away from becoming a full-fledged wizard.

However, Viktor's reputation has never been very good.

It is said that this guy is paranoid, acts recklessly, and has no scruples.

In order to complete a certain special research project, he once secretly captured more than a dozen extraordinary knights from his family to conduct human experiments, which angered Viscount Drake and even led to the issuance of an arrest warrant.

Of course, the matter was eventually dropped.

After all, Victor is the only member of the Drake family in its hundreds of years of history who has a chance to break through to become a formal wizard.

However, because of this incident, the rift between the father and son grew wider and wider.

Later, there were even rumors that, in order to take revenge on his father, Victor secretly sneaked into the castle one night, used shapeshifting magic to transform into Viscount Drake, and had a fierce battle with several of his mistresses.

Back then, Viscount Wolf spent a lot of time and effort to keep an eye on this madman.

But then, for some unknown reason, Viktor suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight...

Some say it was because Viscount Drake finally couldn't stand his son anymore and drove him out of the territory.

Some say it was because Viktor offended his mentor that he was stripped of his apprenticeship and exiled to a dangerous lower plane.

There are also rumors that Victor did indeed step onto the planar battlefield, but not as an exile; rather, it was to break through to become a formal wizard.

But whatever the truth is, Viktor disappeared for a full four years.

Many people believe that he may have already died in another dimension...

But unexpectedly, he has now returned alive.

"Is the source reliable?" Irving asked with a serious expression.

"It shouldn't be wrong."

Viscount Wolf sighed. "And besides Victor, the Drake family has gained more than a dozen construct knights."

"A construct knight?" Owen gasped upon hearing this.

Construct Knights are not the name of a particular Knight rank, but rather a type of soldier.

They not only wear full sets of enchanted equipment, but also have runes engraved directly on their bodies or have some kind of alchemical construct implanted into their bodies.

Thus, they gained power far exceeding that of ordinary extraordinary knights.

It is no exaggeration to say that a construct knight can easily crush 10 ordinary extraordinary knights of the same level.

However, behind the powerful strength of the construct knights lies an incredibly high cost of training them.

After all, creating a construct knight is not as simple as just dressing him in an enchanted set of equipment; it requires inscribing runes directly on his body or implanting alchemical constructs.

To do this, the assistance of a wizard is required.

Moreover, this wizard must be extremely skilled in runic literature or alchemical constructs.

Therefore, even without considering the cost of materials, hiring such a wizard would require an enormous amount of wealth.

Moreover, not all extraordinary knights are qualified to become construct knights.

Whether it's directly attaching runes to the body or implanting alchemical constructs, the knight must possess extremely high load-bearing capacity.

Such a candidate is one in a million, even among the extraordinary knights...

At this moment, Owen Castor finally understood why Viscount Wolf had proposed that the Astral School provide support.

After all, it would be difficult for Viscount Wolf to resist a wizard apprentice who had just returned from another dimension and a dozen construct knights on his own.

Even if the matter is reported to the Duke for help, it will take a long time for reinforcements to arrive, and this will also have a negative impact on Viscount Wolf.

Therefore, the best approach is to have the Starry Sky School, which is closest to the territory, send additional personnel to provide support.

Of course, it's not an easy task to persuade those wizards who only care about their own interests.

"What should we do if the Astral School refuses to provide assistance?"

At this point, Owen Castells raised a question that Viscount Wolff least wanted to face.

The viscount pondered for a moment with a somber expression, then said:

"Then we can only gather all the vassals together and wait for the Duke's rescue."

He paused here, then continued to ask:

"If, and I mean if... those bastards from the Drake family really attack, which of my vassals do you think would be the first to come to my aid?"

Owen Castle pondered for a moment: "If we're only considering distance, then the Roland family in Blackwater Valley is the best choice."

"The Roland family?" Viscount Wolf hesitated, "but their strength is really a bit..."

At this moment, Owen Castle couldn't help but recall the dilapidated scene he had witnessed when he first visited the Roland family's territory, and could only sigh as he said:

"There's no other way; having more manpower is always better. Besides, in this kind of situation, even if we're just cannon fodder, we'll still have value."

He did not show any remorse when he said those words.

This is understandable, since in the eyes of these upper-class nobles, the life and death of the lesser nobles were of no importance; the most important thing was to ensure that their own territories were not threatened.

Viscount Wolf nodded helplessly upon hearing this:

"Alright, that's the only way. Go and get ready."

Hopefully things won't get worse...