Rise of the Dark Witch

early morning.

The dewdrops exude a gem-like brilliance under the rising sun.

Chirp chirp.

The early birds stood on the branches of the trees and cried, shaking off the dew on their bodies.

In Nangle Castle.

A plump old man with gray hair sat on the bluestone steps in the garden, his eyes staring blankly at the flower buds unfolding in the morning light.

Delhi Nangle!

Viscount Nangle, head of the Nangle family, honorary president of the Pharmacy Union, father of Paladin Roja...

Today, Delhi is definitely one of the most distinguished people in the Six Nations.

Back then, he was just a commoner selling medicinal materials.

His ancestors were medicine farmers for three generations, and it was only in his generation that he finally owned a medicine shop of his own in Silla Town.

Later, he was favored by the widow of the Knights of Kaitri, and married into the Knights of Kaitri, becoming a member of the knight family.

With the help of the Kaitri Knight Family, he successfully opened his own medicine shop in Silla Town.

The president of a small medicine store in Silla Town was not even worthy of being seen by the Baron of Silla Town. The president of the medicine store was manipulated at will by the baron's butler.

Who would have thought that he, who was not even qualified to kneel and kowtow to the baron, would be able to stand in the high position he is today in his lifetime?

Become one of the most powerful people in the entire Shenglan Kingdom?

Although he is still just a viscount, the earls will bow their heads when they see him, and the dukes will take the initiative to shake hands when they see him.

All this is because of his son Roja.

The paladin who is regarded as a god by the entire Shenglan Kingdom!

Derry looked up at the sky.

In the blue sky, flocks of white pigeons were moving in and out of Nange Castle.

These white pigeons are all used as messenger pigeons.

Nange Castle has become the center of a huge force, receiving many messages and delivering many orders every day.

It has been very busy especially recently, with tens of thousands of pigeons flying in and out of Nange Castle every day.

"You have to deal with so many things, you must be very busy, right?"

A leisurely smile appeared on Derry's face.

Although he is nominally Viscount Nange and president of the Pharmacy Union, he had delegated his powers many years ago.

Things were left to his children and grandchildren to handle.

It's not that he doesn't like rights, on the contrary, he is very obsessed with rights.

It's just that he's not good at it.

Growing up in a family of drug farmers, his wisdom and emotional intelligence are outstanding among many drug farmers.

That's why he was able to own a pharmacy in the town with his own strength.

That's why he was able to use the power of the Kaitli Knight family to establish Kaitli Medicine Store and become the president of the medicine store.

But his wisdom and emotional intelligence are close to the limit to become the president of a pharmaceutical store.

Maybe give him a knighthood and he can handle it.

Let him manage a barony, and with the help of his eldest son Roya for two or three years, he was slowly able to take over the territory that was on the right track.

After becoming a viscount and obtaining a huge viscount territory.

During the period when Roja had not returned and he was managing the viscounty territory alone, he was both excited and confused.

Viscounty territory?

How to manage it?

What does it take to be a good viscount?

He wants strength but not strength, knowledge but not knowledge. He cannot manage a viscounty territory at all.

Fortunately, Roya later came back as a paladin.

In his opinion, he didn't know how to manage the viscounty territory, but Roja managed it in a few clicks.

The entire territory is prosperous, and its development rate exceeds that of any other viscounty territory in the Six Kingdoms.

That's when Derry knew - "Ah, this is my limit."

So he gradually delegated power.

Until now, he only appeared on some important occasions, said a few words, livened up the atmosphere, and honestly acted as a mascot.

As for matters that really required decision-making and sealing, he would not touch them at all.

He withdrew his gaze from the sky and listened to the sound of the guards doing morning exercises in the distance.

"Hehe, it won't be long before our Nange family can become an earl or even a duke, right?"

Although he doesn't care about anything anymore, he still cares about his rights.

If he could sit on the throne of Duke in his lifetime, he would die without regrets.

Da da da.

An innocent girl in a beautiful black and white maid service came to the garden with crisp steps carrying a plate and knelt down next to Delhi.

"Lord Viscount, this is your soup today." The maid held the plate high and said respectfully with her head lowered.

Deli looked at the soup on the plate and patted the bluestone steps beside him, "Just put it here."

"Lord Lord Roja has ordered that you must watch Lord Viscount drink the soup." The maid's eyes were full of prayer.

"..." Deli picked up the medicine bowl and drank the medicine in it in one gulp, "Is this okay?"

"Yes." The maid kept her kneeling posture and slowly distanced herself from Deli. She waited until she was behind Deli's sight, and then stood up.

"Sir Viscount, do you need help to get to the chair over there?" the maid asked in a low voice, looking at Deli who was sitting on the bluestone steps.

"unnecessary."

"But……"

"Is this also what that boy Luo Yan ordered?"

"That's not true, but if Mr. Rick and the others knew about it, they would blame us for not taking good care of it."

"Except for that boy Luo Ya, no one in the family is qualified to take care of me. Just stand down. If they dare to blame you, just say it was my intention and let them come to me."

The maid left.

A man in Delhi was sitting on the bluestone steps, staring blankly at the vibrant flowers and trees in the garden.

When people get old, they always like to look at things that represent vitality and recall the past.

He sat there for a while.

He stood up with his hands on his knees and came to the garden pool.

Looking at his reflection in the water, his eyes were a little blurry.

Not because he is old, but because he is too young.

He is ninety years old, and he seems to have grown in reverse. There are actually fewer gray hairs on his head and fewer wrinkles on his face than there were twenty years ago.

Everything happened after Roja came back again after almost twenty years.

Originally full of white hair and trembling when he walked, he wondered if he could meet his favorite son Roja once before he died of old age.

After Roya came back, he became younger and stronger.

He was so lustful that he no longer had the ability to work on beautiful women twenty years ago. Now, with the help of the potion refined by Luo Ya, he has no problem with the ten maidens at night. Not long ago, he even got a beautiful maid pregnant.

However, Delhi's mood is very complicated.

People of the same age as him have all grown old and died, and they don’t even have an old friend with whom they can talk, and he cannot keep up with the progress and development of the times.

Many late nights, he wondered whether he should just stay awake.

But his beloved son wouldn't let him die so easily, right?

He also said that he has only reached middle age in his life and will still have decades to live.

"Oh, I have such an outstanding son, and it's very troublesome sometimes."

Derry shook his head with a half-smile expression.

Hey! Hey! Hey! ——

Crisp and rapid footsteps came from a distance.

A cute little boy in his early ten years trotted into the garden.

When the little boy saw Derry standing in the garden, he immediately shouted "Great Grandpa" and hugged him.

Derry, who had a sad look on his face just a second ago, immediately showed a doting expression after seeing the little boy, "Jono, are you getting up so early?"

Jono Nange is his most favored great-grandson and the most valued heir of the Nange family. Everyone in the Nange family regards Jono as the most important treasure.

Although Jono entered Nangle Castle, it was less than a month since he officially became a member of the Nangle family.

The reason why Qiao Nuo has such an honor is simply because he is Roja's only grandson!

Because he inherited the bloodline of Roya!

As his status increased, Derry gained a certain understanding of wizards.

Although he didn't understand the principle, he still knew that most wizards were unable to have offspring.

Roya is a wizard who is unable to have children.

Many people feel sorry for this.

Deli knew that although his son didn't say anything, in his heart he still wanted to have children and grandchildren of his own.

He had asked Roja before. Since he already knew that becoming a wizard would lose the ability to reproduce, why didn't he find a few women in advance to give birth to several offspring for him before participating in the wizard trial?

At that time, Roja answered like this - "I can't guarantee that I can come back alive, so I'd better not involve innocent women."

After Roja entered the wizarding world, he disappeared for more than ten or twenty years. During this period, he must have experienced many desperate moments of life and death. His survival depended on his strength and luck.

In this case, it is really not suitable to get married and have children.

Regarding Roja's choice, should we say it was gentle? Or heartless?

I don’t know how to rate Delhi.

However, Roja finally left behind his own bloodline!

It is said that when Roa was temporarily staying at Hain Port on his way to participate in the wizard trial, he had a relationship with a woman named Ulima from the Viscount family of Han Dongcheng.

Not long after this ulama separated from Roja, she found out that she was pregnant.

However, before she could inform Roja about this, her family was overthrown due to rebellion. Almost everyone in her family was killed, and she managed to escape into the mountains to hunt incognito for a living, and she survived until now.

In this era of underdeveloped transportation and difficult communication, she didn't know that Roja was still alive until a year ago, and had become a paladin believed by everyone in the Six Kingdoms.

However, when the ulama learned about this, they did not bring their sons and grandsons to visit Roja to identify themselves.

First, the journey is too far. She lives thousands of kilometers away from Nange Castle.

Secondly, will the aloof Paladin Roya recognize her? I have never taken the initiative to look for her in so many years, so I have probably forgotten her, right?

Third, poor health. She is an old woman in her sixties, her only son broke a leg while hunting, and her oldest grandson is only ten years old.

Due to various circumstances, Roja had no idea that he still had blood.

Until that day when I learned about it from Leia.

Derry stroked his great-grandson Jono's little head, "It's a pity that your grandma and father and mother are unwilling to join the Nange family."

On the surface, Delhi felt sorry for the ulama's choice, but in fact, he wanted to praise the other party for being aware of current affairs.

As long as the ulama nods, Roya will definitely make her his wife and declare to the world that her ulama is the wife of his holy knight Roya.

But almost everyone, including Delhi, felt that the ulama were not qualified.

Just a woman from a declining Viscount family.

As for the son?

Although he is the closest bloodline of Luo Ya, he is already in his thirties or forties. Due to the living environment and education he received since childhood, his thinking and knowledge are not much different from those of ordinary farmers in the countryside. There is no room for improvement and he cannot afford it at all. The responsibility of the Nangle family, which is about to become earls or even dukes.

On the other hand, Roya's grandson Qiao Nuo, who is only in his early ten years, still has a lot of plasticity.

Finally, after a detailed discussion, Roya helped Ulema restore the family's glory and promised to promote Ulima's family to a count family and his son to inherit the count title.

Then he brought his grandson Jono back and decided to let Jono inherit everything in the Nange family.

In the past, because Roja had no descendants, the family was handed over to others.

Now that Roja has a son and a grandson, and he has brought his grandson back, naturally his grandson will become the heir.

No one would have any objection to this matter, let alone dare to have any objection.

Deli gently stroked his great-grandson Jono's head. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. "This is my great-grandson! This is Roya's son! This is the heir to our Nange family!"

"Hahaha……"

Although Delhi has many children, Roja is the most important in his heart!

Not only are his other children and grandchildren not as good as Roja, but in his mind, they are not even comparable to Roja's descendants!

Great-grandson Qiao Nuo is second only to Roja in importance in the Nange family!

"Great-grandfather, you promised me yesterday, you wouldn't lie to me, would you?" Jono looked at Delhi with sparkling eyes.

"How could I lie to my lovely great-grandson?" Derry gently scratched Jono's nose, took Jono's hand and left the garden.

The two of them came to a hall deep in the castle.

Beside the closed door, two guards wearing full body armor and possessing the peak strength of the Great Knight stood motionless like statues made of steel.

Jono hid behind his great-grandfather Derry, secretly glanced at the two knight guards, and then looked at the closed door in front of him.

Following Delhi's order, the guards opened the thick door.

Rumble——

As soon as the door opened a gap, a thunderous roar immediately came from inside, frightening Qiao Nuo's cute little face and instantly turned extremely white.

"Are you scared? How about we come back another day?" Derry said, rubbing Jono's little head.

"No! I want to go in!" Qiao Nuo clenched his fists and mustered up the courage to say.

When the door was fully opened, the sound of thunder became more intensive and deafening.

Jono, whose body was trembling with fear and excitement, hugged his great-grandfather Derry's thigh tightly and followed his great-grandfather Derry step by step into the hall.

Crunch——

Boom!

The moment the door closed, the entire room became pitch black.

In the darkness, the sound of thunder seemed even more terrifying.

"do not be afraid."

After Derry comforted Jono, he clapped his hands gently.

call! call! call! ——

The oil lamps in the room lit themselves.

The flickering candlelight illuminated the dark hall, allowing Jono to finally see clearly the source of the thunder that had been ringing in his ears.

There is a high platform in the center of the room.

There is a heavy two-handed sword stuck on the high platform.

The handle of the sword trembled slightly, and the sword flashed with arcs that were similar to thunder and lightning but did not emit light.

"Is this Grandpa's Holy Sword Lion's Heart Roaring?" For a moment, Qiao Nuo forgot about his fear. All he could see in his eyes was the big sword that was constantly flashing arcs of electricity and making thunderous sounds.

That is the sword of Paladin Roya, who is believed by all the civilians in the Six Kingdoms!

Just a few months ago, Qiao Nuo was living with his father, mother, and grandmother in a sparsely populated and remote village in the north of the Shenglan Kingdom.

His grandmother is old and weak, his father is seriously injured and disabled, and the family relies on his mother alone to support them.

At such a young age, he could not see any hope in his life.

The only thing that could make him happy was to go to Murao Grandpa Victor's place and listen to Grandpa Victor telling stories about the Paladin of Roya.

Ever since he could remember, he had admired Paladin Roya so much that he had always dreamed of seeing Paladin Roya with his own eyes.

His biggest dream in this life is to become a student of Paladin Roya and become a powerful knight like Paladin Roya.

In addition to listening to Grandpa Victor's stories, they spent their free time pestering Buck, the most powerful Orion knight in the village, to teach them swordsmanship.

Knight Buck was the bodyguard of the baron in the town when he was young. He returned to the village to retire after breaking one of his hands. He was the idol of all the children in the village.

I thought the days would pass like this day by day.

Living a hard but unchanging life.

Then that day, the god in his mind came!

The old and frail grandma suddenly regained her youth. She was much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman in the village, Sister Tracy, the daughter-in-law of the village chief's stupid son.

His mother, who was suffering from various ailments due to housework, suddenly became healthy.

My father became a disabled man after he broke a leg while hunting. The broken leg actually grew back.

It’s simply a miracle!

And it was Paladin Roya who made the miracle in the dream come true.

No, it should be his grandfather.

Only then did he learn that his grandmother had been a princess of the Viscount family when she was young, and that his grandfather was actually the legendary Paladin.

It turns out that he is the fallen prince in the fairy tale?

Their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes due to the appearance of Grandpa Roya, the paladin.

With the help of his grandfather, Paladin Roya, his grandmother returned to take charge of the former Viscount family. His father became a Viscount, and he heard that he could become an earl in the future.

He followed his grandfather Paladin Roya to the legendary city of Nange and became the heir of the Nange family.

In just a few months, he went from a naughty kid in a remote village to the grandson of the strongest and most powerful man in the Six Kingdoms!

Every day he felt like he was in a dream.

Every night when I close my eyes, I am afraid that when I open them the next morning, I will see a dilapidated hut.

"suck--"

Qiao Nuo watched the Nange family’s holy sword, the sacred sword Lion Heart, roaring.

He took a deep breath and said, "Great-grandpa, can I go up and touch it?"

"Of course no problem."

"Really? Those lightning bolts on the sword?"

"You are the grandson of Roya and the heir of our Nange family. How could the Lion-Hearted Roar, as a divine weapon of the town clan, hurt you?"

"Then I went?"

"come on!"

Encouraged by Deli, Jono walked up the stairs step by step to the high platform and came to the roaring lion heart of the holy sword.

Looking at the sword of Paladin Roya, Jono was so excited that his heart was beating rapidly.

He looked down at the electric arc wrapped around the sword. He didn't dare to stretch out his hand for a long time, and looked back at his great-grandfather Deli.

With the repeated encouragement of his great-grandfather Derry, he finally plucked up the courage.

He stretched out his hands and grasped the roaring hilt of the Holy Sword Lion Heart.

Buzz buzz——

The thunderous sound that resounded throughout the hall suddenly disappeared.

Qiao Nuo smiled happily as he looked at the Holy Sword Lion Heart that was buzzing and vibrating in his hand, roaring like a kitten that was trying to please him.

"Hehe, I encountered the legendary holy sword Lion Heart Roar!"

"If Duolun finds out, he will definitely envy me, right?"

Qiao Nuo's hand holding the hilt of the sword pulled out hard!

The Holy Sword Lion Heart roared and remained motionless.

Derry didn't know when he was standing next to Jono, patted Jono on the shoulder and said: "The Holy Sword Lion's Heart Roars, it can only be wielded with the strength of a great knight, and its full power can only be exerted when it reaches the realm of a paladin. "

While feeling regretful, Qiao Nuo looked at the Holy Sword Lion Heart with glowing eyes and roared, "One day, I will make you my sword!"

As if expecting to become Jono's sword, the Holy Sword Lionheart roared and vibrated in response to Jono.