Warlock Apprentice

The sudden visitor was wearing an unusual yet fine suit. His blond hair and blue eyes looked exceptionally well on that young and handsome face.

From the way his hair was taken care of, to his mild smile and tidy dressing style, everything about him suggested strict noble protocols.

This man slowly appeared out of nothing and walked into the crowd to join the carriage driver.

The old man didn’t know who had come, but he still thanked him. Meanwhile, Margot blushed a little when she saw the young gentleman walking past her.

All the bandits tried to move away.

In the end, the gentleman stopped in front of the scarred bandit leader.

Even though he had no idea who this intruder was, the fat man was prepared to kneel down and beg for his life immediately. He was wondering if Leonrick sent someone here, which would explain why the young man saved that cart driver.

He then wondered if this young one was the “gentle” type. If not, Margot’s previous behavior was enough to get her killed several times over.

The bandit sighed for meeting such a complicated fate today. He canceled the illusion and ordered his men to leave with a serious look.

“Hold on,” Angor called.

“Sir-sir?” His heart skipped a beat. Did the young gentleman change his mind?

Angor released some nightmare aura to cover the brotherhood bandits up. In the next second, these people all lost their focuses and walked back into the woods slowly.

Their leader had no idea what Angor had done. Telling from their direction though, his men were returning to their hideout.

Angor was only trying to find out whether he could manipulate or erase these guys’ memories.

It turned out that he could only block their memories for a brief moment. He couldn’t change or delete memories yet. He probably needed to study human brain structures and how different parts of a brain worked in order to achieve something better.

With the other bandits dealt with, Angor continued to walk down the main road while Dodoro trotted behind him. The leader of the bandits hesitated a bit before he chose to follow behind Dodoro.

Angor never paid any attention to the old driver and Margot again. The fat man, however, gave them one last glance before leaving.

“You can’t always be so lucky…”

The old driver watched as all the bandits vanished from sight and let out a deep breath.

“Lady Margot, I’ve read a story from an ancient tome, that a small number of supernatural beings live their reclusive lives somewhere in this world. They can bend the rules of nature and exist for eternity. They are the keepers of preeminent human intellect. Normally, we won’t run into them. But their great intelligence had spread upon many different worlds. According to the tome, they are called ‘wizards’.

“That young man did something to seal your voice. I think the book mentioned a similar strength like that. If he is a real wizard, he needs only a flicker of mind to overturn Water Grasse—no, the entire Zeal Dominion.

“They are strong. But their long lives have chipped away most of their conscience. Lady Margot, you weren’t thinking clearly enough. No one would be able to help you had he wished to take your life.”

Margot finally thought over what just happened and began to tremble badly.

The old driver nodded. As Margot’s butler, he said what he could.

“Let’s go,” he said as he assisted Margot to stand up. “We can’t tarry here. Those bandits may come back again… Do pay attention to your surroundings from now on, Lady Margot. We made a last-minute decision of not bringing any guards, but ‘Bloody Butcher’ Baal happens to know. There must be a reason behind this.”

Margot was a spoiled child, but she wasn’t foolish. She quickly understood what her butler was trying to say.

“Also, the ‘Lord Magician’ mentioned by Baal must be another supernatural being. If someone like that wants to harm us… oh dear.”