Magic Industrial Age

Chapter 161 159: Holy Artifact - Ring of Proverbs (Bonus chapter for 1200 monthly tickets last month)

Number 19, Lombardy Street, second floor.

When Loye returned, Oliveira had just finished eating and taken a shower. The water stains on his body hadn't dried yet, and he exuded a sense of weakness.

But Loye immediately noticed his temples, his hair completely white, no longer with its previous luster.

Looking at Oliveira's face, he was still the same person, but at a glance, you could feel that he was at least ten years older.

No longer with the temperament of an iron-blooded warrior, but with three parts of twilight.

"Teacher Oliveira, what's wrong with you?"

"I used a secret method to forcibly activate my battle aura, damaging my origin. However, being able to see you alive is already good enough."

"Is there a way to recover? I'm talking about some top-quality magic potions, or powerful divine spells. Don't worry, we have plenty of money!"

Oliveira slowly shook his head and said, "That's no longer important, and don't waste any more effort on me.

Fortunately, after returning to the Flower Collar this time, I finally completed the second refinement of my battle aura. Once I accumulate my battle aura again, breaking through the fourth rank shouldn't be a problem.

But..."

"But what?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to do the third refinement of my battle aura. This is the result of damaging my origin, and there's always a price to pay."

"What about breaking through the fifth rank and becoming a Legend?"

A helpless expression appeared on Oliveira's stern face: "The way you say it makes it sound like I would definitely be able to break through to Legend even if I hadn't damaged my origin.

That's Legend!!!"

"In my eyes, Teacher breaking through to Legend is like taking something out of a bag, an easy task."

"You kid still has a chance. As for me, forget it!"

Saying this, Oliveira's expression became serious. He said, "Loye, please wait a moment."

Loye was stunned by Oliveira's serious expression. He saw Oliveira stride into the washroom, and then there was the sound of vomiting.

Followed by the sound of metal clashing, washing, wiping...

Just as Loye was feeling confused, Oliveira returned, holding a conspicuous ring in his hands.

This ring was obviously made of some kind of rare metal, and its surface emitted a unique seven-colored halo. The ring was adorned with many tiny magic gems.

It seemed small, but each one was exquisitely carved, dazzling and eye-catching.

And the ring face was a pattern of a lion, roaring towards the sky, carved lifelike.

Oliveira handed the ring over with both hands, and Loye took it almost instinctively.

He glanced at Oliveira, carefully examining it, and found a line of recessed small characters on the inner ring of the ring.

Loye's eyes narrowed, turning into eagle eyes, and he saw the words clearly.

That was an extremely ancient language, but Loye knew the meaning of this sentence.

Lion Family, brave, fearless, firm, bold, invincible!

This is the Raymond family's proverb.

This ring is actually the Raymond family's crest keepsake, the Ring of Proverbs!

Nobles, how do you prove your noble status?

The nobles of the Old Continent recognize this crest keepsake, the Ring of Proverbs!

Often, when nobles issue formal orders or formal letters, they will stamp them with this Ring of Proverbs, which also represents the family's approval.

It can be said that this is also the most important item of the Raymond family, like the crown representing power.

At this moment, it was handed to Loye by Oliveira!

At this moment, Loye was a little dazed, because his status as an illegitimate child was the biggest difficulty in inheriting the title of Earl.

But, with the Ring of Proverbs, it doesn't seem to be a problem anymore.

Looking up again, Loye looked at Oliveira and asked, "Teacher, this, this, this..."

"This was entrusted to me by the Earl, to be given to you if it's really necessary."

"Give it to me? Why give it to me?"

"I don't know!"

Oliveira slowly shook his head and said, "However, with this ring, you are qualified to inherit the title of Earl and the family's territory, qualified to open the family's secret vault, and qualified to use the Raymond family's thousand-year-old treasure.

I think Earl Raymond wants you to control these."

Loye couldn't help but say, "So, Earl Raymond actually sensed danger?

Who exactly is it, who attacked the Raymond family, do you know?"

Oliveira frowned slightly and slowly shook his head: "Loye, I don't know more than you do."

After a slight pause, he said: "After I was urgently summoned back, I thought the family had some important task to entrust to me.

But, the Earl only met me once, and after asking me many questions about you, he let me leave."

"Just right, at that time my battle aura accumulation was complete, and I could carry out the second refinement, so I kept adjusting my state and trying to break through."

"That's why I didn't communicate much with the people in the castle. After I broke through and my strength improved again, the Earl gave me this ring."

"Then, he arranged me in a manor outside the castle, nominally to train soldiers.

Until that day, that day, turbulent magic swept through the entire Flower Collar, holes were pierced in the clouds in the sky, and countless meteorites were wrapped in flames and smashed down directly."

"I can be sure that it must be some kind of forbidden magic above the ninth circle, with power enough to destroy the world."

"I originally wanted to rush to the castle, but the communication magic scroll I was carrying was triggered, with information from the Earl.

He told me to run, to bring the crest ring to you."

"This is the last order I received. I even activated a fixed teleportation scroll, but those people were extremely well prepared.

I thought I had escaped far enough, but I was still discovered, and then, that fourth-rank Oath Knight chased after me."

Loye listened carefully, wanting to analyze some useful information from it, but after a long time, he could only shake his head.

Finally, he had to ask: "Teacher Oliveira, didn't the Earl say anything? Didn't he give you even a single word?"

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Oliveira seemed to have thought of something, he said: "When he gave me the crest ring, the Earl had a sentence for me to convey."

"What?"

"Don't easily try magic-powered machinery!"

"Don't easily try magic-powered machinery? Don't try magic-powered machinery! Magic-powered machinery...

Is it related to magic-powered machinery again?!"

"So, is it true, as Grand Duchess Afra said, that magic-powered machinery touched some people's nerves, so that the Raymond family became the target of public criticism?"

Loye muttered like this, and countless sparks of inspiration flashed in his mind: "So, who can't stand the promotion of magic-powered machinery?"

"Or, on the Old Continent, who has the strength to erase a thousand-year-old Earl family, and is very hostile to magic-powered machinery, who is it?"

At this moment, Loye felt that he seemed to have grasped something, but he always felt that something was missing!

But, what exactly is missing?

In the study,

Loye began to pace, the crest ring in his hand turning unconsciously, and then he put it on his finger.

This ring is extremely exquisite and luxurious, and it is also very large. Loye's fingers are still slender. If you really want to put it on, even the thumb is enough.

However, Loye unconsciously put it on the ring finger of his right hand, which seemed very thick.

But just as he was lost in thought, he felt a pain in his finger.

He looked down and saw that an extremely thin needle actually protruded from the inside of the ring, directly cutting Loye's finger.

Fresh blood overflowed, staining the thin needle and flowing, and finally, staining all the proverbs inside the ring.

Also at this moment, a crimson light rippled on the proverbs, like a lava pattern flowing on the seven-colored ring, making it exceptionally conspicuous.

Could this be, blood oath?

This idea popped into Loye's mind instinctively, and he felt that this should be a routine in fantasy novels.

We shouldn't be interested in this set here, right?

However, when a string of information flowed into Loye's mind, he knew that routines are actually useful everywhere!

This ring, although not the legendary artifact, is enough to be a holy artifact.

Its manufacturing material is extremely special, it is the legendary rare material, seven-degree metal.

Don't look at it so small, but there are actually at least seven layers of space inside, so it can add various powerful magics.

One of the functions of this Ring of Proverbs is blood oath, but not just anyone's blood will do.

Only the direct bloodline inherited from the Raymond family, generation after generation, can possibly be recognized by this holy artifact, and only then is it qualified to wear it.

In other words, if there really is a day when the direct line of the Raymond family is cut off, then this holy artifact will be completely useless.

And wearing this holy artifact, one of its functions is to be able to detect whether there is family blood.

At this time, Loye felt that his vision was a little distorted, and the surroundings seemed to become erratic and deformed, but in an extremely distant direction, there were also humanoid outlines appearing.

Very blurry, but really perceptible!

Loye knew almost instinctively that those were the Raymond family's collateral bloodlines, who were qualified to compete with him for the title of Earl.

In a trance, Loye withdrew from that state. When he looked down again, he found that this Ring of Proverbs had shrunk by a circle.

Now, it fits just right on the hand!

"Loye, has the family's Ring of Proverbs recognized you?!"

"Yes!"

When Loye said this, he was still a little absent-minded, but in the next second, he was startled by Oliveira's actions:

He saw Oliveira kneeling on one knee, his head slightly lowered, his expression pious.

"Oliveira greets the Family Head!"

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