Versatile Mage: Imperial Dragon Emperor

"Is the cost of using the magic eye for this generation of Holmes to be life? You Holmes are really torturing yourselves generation after generation."

Norman saw part of Aris's hair turn white, and he saw the price of the magic eye at a glance.

Holmes possesses an extremely powerful bloodline talent. People of this lineage are almost natural detectives. However, the cost of using the magic eye is different for each generation. Some costs are high, and some are small.

"Aris, what stage has your magic eye evolved to?"

"It's the second stage."

Um? The second stage?

"If you want to see the records in that stone tablet, you need at least the third stage of the magic eye. Are you sure you remember correctly?"

Norman knew very well what Joseph had done on those three stone tablets.

Only people of the Sherlock Holmes lineage can see the records on the stone tablet, and it requires the third stage or above of the magic eye to see clearly. Even he, a ghoul who has lived for more than two hundred years, cannot see the contents of the stone tablet. .

After all, Joseph is also a super-level mage. Although his combat power is not very strong, the magic circle he has set up cannot be broken by ordinary people.

Or is it that Yaris paid too much, causing her magic eye in the second stage to be comparable to the third stage?

"I'm not sure. It was almost a year ago that I felt that I could see more things. Based on the records, I felt that I should have reached the second stage."

The consumption of the magic eye made it difficult for Yaris to speak for a while. After taking a few breaths, she finished her words.

But Aris's words made Norman frown even more.

Each generation of Holmes could only live to be thirty-five, and some even died unexpectedly after leaving descendants.

There is only one Holmes in each generation, which also makes them pay great attention to the inheritance.

The detection method for the evolution of the magic eye should also be passed down.

"Didn't your parents give you the inheritance?"

"I don't know who my parents are?" Yaris shook his head and said softly.

"You don't know your parents? Then how do you know you are Sherlock Holmes?"

After hearing Norman's words, Yaris also began to recall the past, but she couldn't remember how she knew she was Holmes.

It seemed like someone told her, who is that person?

Yaris's face gradually turned pale, and cold sweat formed on his forehead. Upon seeing this, Allen quickly helped Yaris to a stone pillar that had fallen on the ground and asked Yaris to rest.

"It seems that your memory has been tampered with."

Norman saw that Aris's identity was not normal, and what had happened to the Holmes lineage in the past hundred years.

Joseph, is this why you asked me to keep the inheritance?

"Norman, you may not see me this time."

"You only have two years left, Joseph. Isn't there a way to break the curse of Holmes' bloodline?" Looking at Joseph who looked unconcerned, Norman really couldn't understand why this man was always so optimistic.

"There is a way to untie it, but I'm too late, Norman."

Seeing Joseph suddenly becoming serious, Norman also put out his cigarette.

He had known Joseph for twenty years, and the twenty years he had spent with him were far more exciting than what he had experienced in the past nearly a hundred years.

In his memory, Joseph rarely showed such an expression. As a born optimist, Joseph always smiled in the face of life and death crises.

"Norman, after a while, you will never find me again. Don't go looking for me or Calsis."

"why"

Joseph took out a golden pocket watch from his coat and handed it to Norman.

"I put the inheritance of Sherlock Holmes here. Norman, a hundred years from now, you have to hand it over to the new Sherlock Holmes. She will be the key to solving everything."

Norman looked at the golden pocket watch in his hand, and felt more and more that Joseph was explaining the funeral arrangements, but wasn't his daughter already two years old?

Why do this?

"You gave me the inheritance, what about your daughter?"

"Don't worry, I still have one. Remember Norman, and we must abide by our agreement."

Norman walked to the stone pillar aside and tapped several locations on the door with his hand at a special frequency.

A stone box stretched out from the stone pillar.

And in the stone box lies a golden pocket watch. Even if a hundred years have passed, the dazzling golden layer still exudes glory.

Norman took it out and handed it to Yaris.

"This is what Joseph asked me to give to you. The inheritance of your lineage is in it."

Aris took the pocket watch and she gently stroked the surface. This pocket watch gave her a feeling of blood connection.

She opened the cover of the pocket watch, and the second hand inside was still turning little by little. Even though a hundred years have passed, this pocket watch has not stopped the pace of time.

Suddenly, Aris felt a pain in his finger, and then he realized that the thumb of his right hand was pricked by the needle extending from the pocket watch.

A drop of blood was absorbed by the needle from the thumb, and then the entire clock face was rendered with a burst of emerald green. The hour hand, minute hand and second hand suddenly rotated rapidly, gradually forming a black afterimage.

The emerald green light became more and more dazzling. At this time, the time of the pocket watch stopped instantly, and the emerald green stars were released from the pocket watch, outlining an emerald green figure in mid-air.

The two ghouls could not help but be shocked when they saw the scene in front of them, and the most surprised was Norman.

He had not seen this figure for a hundred years, but he would never forget it.

"Joseph"

After hearing what Norman said, Aris and Allen also knew that this figure was Holmes from a hundred years ago.

Joseph Holmes!

As if sensing their gaze, the emerald-green human image opened his emerald-green eyes and looked towards Norman.

"Long time no see, Norman"

"Joseph! You"

Norman looked at that familiar smile, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes unconsciously.

"It makes me happy to see you alive, Norman."

"I have kept my agreement with you, Joseph."

"I have always believed in you, Norman. And are you the Sherlock Holmes of this generation?"

Aris saw the emerald green figure looking towards her, and stood up from the collapsed stone pillar regardless of the pain.

"My name is Aris Holmes."

"Aris is such a good name. Is this person next to you your elder brother or younger brother?"

Seeing Joseph looking at him, Allen quickly adjusted his clothes and said nervously.

"Hello! My name is Alan Winston, and I am Yaris's partner." After speaking, Alan bowed to show respect.

"Huh? A member of the Winston family? Have you heard of the name Karsis?"

"I also heard it from Mr. Norman five minutes ago."

"Really? Then my reasoning back then is basically correct. Sure enough, the Winston family and the Twilight Sect are involved."

What! ×3

Joseph's words exploded in Norman's and the others' minds like depth bombs.

"Joseph! Were you framed by the Winston family and the Twilight Sect? And Calsis! Why didn't you two tell me before?"

Norman soon thought of why Joseph disappeared back then. Angrily, a terrifying aura rose up on him, and the pebbles next to him began to tremble and gradually float.

"Norman, calm down! It's all in the past. If you don't curb your momentum, Aris and the others won't be able to bear it!"

After hearing Joseph's words, Norman's eyes that had been dyed black returned to normal, and the blood lines on his body slowly faded away.

At this time, the clothes on Yaris and Allen were soaked with cold sweat.

Norman's breath just now made them feel like they were at the bottom of a thousand meters of sea for a moment, and the pressure from all directions made them almost breathless.

Ha~ha~ha!

"Norman, after so many years, can you change your bad temper? And if you use your power like this, aren't you afraid of hastening your end?"

"You are still so observant even after you are dead, Joseph."

"Hahaha, you don't even look at the suffix of my name."

"Let's get down to business! Joseph, do you really mean what you just said? This is no joke!"

Norman looked at Joseph with a serious face. Although there was no Forbidden Magic Mage in the Winston family, they were still a large family that had existed in the Fog City for more than two hundred years.

If the other party is related to the Twilight Sect, then the purpose of the Twilight Sect is not that simple.

"Let's put it this way, someone in the Winston family wants to conquer the entire Ying Kingdom. For this reason, that person wants to obtain King Arthur's King's Sword. However, the King's Sword is now the core that seals the Lord of Twilight, so the seal must be unlocked. , to obtain the King’s Sword.”

Joseph looked at Aris and continued.

"When I investigated here, I found that I had been trapped in the 'abyss', and finally implicated Chalsis. Aris, you must get the thing I put in St. Petersburg Church. , the magic eye is the key to unlocking the seal, and the magic eye is also the key to repairing the seal."

Joseph looked at Norman again.

"Old friend, I want to ask you to protect Yaris. I know that your current physical condition is no longer suitable for fierce fighting, but this is my last request, please!"

Norman walked up to Joseph and said.

"How could I refuse my old friend's request!"

Then the two people smiled knowingly, and each extended their right fists to "bump" each other. Over the past hundred years, the friendship between the two has never faded, and has continued across time to this day.

"I don't understand."

Aris asked suddenly.

"Why is the bloodline of Sherlock Holmes the key to unlocking the seal? King Arthur has been away for more than a thousand years. With such a long time, it is almost impossible to see the solution through the magic eye."

"It's normal that you don't know. After all, you haven't received the inheritance yet. The world only knows that the most outstanding Sherlock Holmes is Sherlock, but our lineage was not called Sherlock Holmes at the beginning."

Not called Sherlock Holmes?

This time, even Norman became curious. Joseph's ability to almost predict the future really shocked him at first, but could he really achieve this with just "knowledge" and "Guxin's magic eye"?

Joseph looked at Yaris, his eyes filled with unprecedented pride at this moment.

"The original source of the Sherlock Holmes lineage is called Merlin Ambrosius."

Merlin!

This name is almost universally known in the Ying Kingdom. It can be said that King Arthur was able to become the strongest person in the Ying Kingdom and unify the Ying Kingdom at that time, and Merlin's role was indispensable.

Such a legendary magician could be the ancestor of Sherlock Holmes.

"After sealing the Lord of Twilight, ancestor Merlin noticed the existence of the Twilight Sect. In order to ensure the seal was strong, ancestor Merlin abandoned the surname Ambrosius and changed it to Holmes to hide it from the public. "

"The reason why our lineage is the key to lifting the seal is that Merlin left his right eye in the core of the seal when he sealed it to stabilize the seal with the King's Sword, but this also caused our lineage to be destroyed by Dusk. The Lord placed a blood curse through Merlin's right eye, which is why Holmes can only live to be thirty-five."

"Then what's the way to lift the seal?"

"The way to remove the seal is..."

Joseph, who was about to continue speaking, suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Aris.

Aris, who originally exuded a calm aura, suddenly became full of evil nature.

"Aris?"

Even Allen felt something was wrong with Aris. Although his voice was still the same as usual, it was full of a sense of disregard for life.

"You are not Yaris! Who are you! Why are you in Yaris' body!"

At this moment, Joseph finally realized that the person who dominated Yaris's body was no longer Yaris, but another soul had taken possession of it.

"I didn't expect to end up in a place like this when I came back this time, and I didn't expect to hear such crucial information. Now I can renegotiate the terms with that old woman."

The voice of "Aris" at this moment was no longer a female voice but a deep voice like an elegant gentleman.

"Alan! Come to me, don't get close to 'Aris'!"

Norman suddenly shouted towards Allen.

But Allen couldn't listen to Norman's words at this moment. He didn't know what happened to Aris, but he only knew one thing now.

That means Yaris is in danger!

Tsk! This kid!

Seeing Allen's eyes, Norman guessed what this kid wanted to do next.

The next moment, Allen decisively drew Meriaduc, the sword was filled with red light, and struck towards 'Aris'!

"Get out of Aris' body!"

Fool!

Norman saw Allen's posture, grabbed Allen as quickly as possible and pulled him away.

But "Yaris" was faster. When Allen was pulled away, a red light flashed across his abdomen instantly.

"Very soon, Norman. After so many years, I didn't expect that your strength has not declined."

"Yaris" looked at Allen who was rescued. At this moment, Allen was squatting on the ground holding his abdomen in pain. Blood flowed from between his fingers.

"Jack! I obviously killed you back then! Why do you appear here!"

Norman looked at "Aris" angrily. No matter how long it took, he would never forget that voice.

The person who now occupies the body of "Aris" is the nightmare that once enveloped the foggy city - Jack the Ripper!

Today I can only say that I was inspired, but I don’t know if I can write like this. Alas╯﹏╰, I feel so unsure.