Chapter 89 Baron Family
Ten full days passed before the assistant priest of the Storm Church Bishop arrived in Nasir.
He met Byrne and the old priest in the church.
"You again?"
Assistant priest Zain still remembered Byrne. They had met once a few years ago because of the incident of the Son of the Abyss.
He sat in the chair, squinting his eyes to look Byrne up and down, and felt that the man had become much calmer.
"A few years ago, you told me that you were a bloodline knight and a transformation-type spellcaster. At the time, it didn't matter whether I concealed it or not. Now that you have reached the level of qualitative change, you must show it to me in detail."
As an auditor, he also has joint responsibility. If the person being audited does not meet the qualifications and still becomes a baron, then Zain will also be punished after the matter is exposed.
Byrne was puzzled. Shouldn't it be the "transformation" level? Why did the other party say qualitative change?
In the common language of the Oden continent, metamorphosis and qualitative change are two completely different words, so he could easily hear the difference.
But Byrne was not stupid enough to remind the assistant priest that he was wrong, so he just started to demonstrate the spells he had mastered.
He wanted to disguise himself as a "transformation type spellcaster" who had reached the second level.
After the caster reaches the second level of "transformation" through cultivation inheritance and magic potions, his mental strength will increase several times, and his output efficiency and recovery efficiency will also increase.
At the same time, the number of spell models that can be remembered in the mind increased from three to five.
The biggest difference is that after the control of mental power becomes more acute, the second-level spellcaster can master several common spell techniques.
The five universal spellcasting techniques are "Declare", "Silently", "Expand", "Twin", and "Strengthen".
They can consume several times their mental energy to make their next spell have a completely different new effect.
It could be "declaring" your spell effects in advance in exchange for a boost in spellcasting hit rate, or "expansion" to increase the range of spell effects, "twining" to release the same spell twice at the same time, "silent casting" to release spells without making a sound, and the purest "enhancement" to increase the power of spells.
The spell that Byrne was going to demonstrate was the "Sketch" that he was most skilled at using in his daily life.
Instead of showing his "pre-made paintings", he painted on the spot, while muttering something to himself as if he were chanting a spell.
Today, the brittleness effect created by his "sketch" has been greatly enhanced, and he can even make steel as easily damaged as old clothes.
"It is indeed not an effect that can be achieved by a spellcaster at the origin level. It is also a great threat to extraordinary people at the metamorphosis level."
The assistant priest looked at the iron armor that was easily torn into pieces, and nodded in thought.
"Speaking of which, what do you think of the word 'qualitative change'? Isn't it much better than 'deterioration'?"
Byrne was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded and said:
"Indeed, the process of reaching the second level from the first level can be explained by the statement that quantitative change eventually leads to qualitative change, which sounds more appropriate than the simple transformation of things."
"Okay, I think so too." The assistant priest smiled and nodded happily.
"The church is now considering whether to change the name of the second level."
Change name?
Byrne fell into deep thought and felt that the matter should be more than just a simple name change.
The assistant priest stood up with his hands behind his back and said slowly:
"It's mainly because some old guys disagree. In fact, it's not just about 'deterioration' and 'qualitative change'. Many rules that were set hundreds of years ago or even earlier should also be changed."
"Do you think what I said is right?"
Byrne nodded without hesitation and smiled, "That's true. Both knowledge and rules need to progress in order to constantly adapt to the changing times."
The assistant priest laughed and said, "Hahahahahaha, okay, Baron Byrne, it seems that you and we have the same idea."
“Times have changed, and the church needs a little change too!”
The old priest stood aside in silence, a wry smile on his face.
Byrne smiled and nodded, but deep down inside he was in turmoil.
I've heard about the unstable situation in several major churches. Has the internal division and fighting in the Storm Church reached the point where it is exposed to outsiders?
The Fisher family had already calculated the time when the assistant priest would arrive, and the celebratory banquet they were going to hold happened to be on that day.
The very busy assistant priests did not want to wait any longer than one day.
But since the time was just right and Byrne’s answer satisfied him, Zain finally attended the celebratory banquet.
There were quite a lot of people coming and going at this celebratory banquet, as many as hundreds of people.
Not only the wealthy and powerful people in Nasir Town, but also the knight families and powerful families in many surrounding villages sent people.
When everyone saw Zain, the deputy of the Storm Bishop, they were all extremely surprised and tried every way to please this truly great man.
Zain had always maintained an indifferent attitude, and only took the initiative to say a few words to Byrne and the old priest.
He holds a very high position, second only to the Storm Bishop and the Governor of the East Coast.
In the East Coast Province with a population of over a million, only Viscount Bester, the "Fox" of the Lion Family, and Viscount Xavier, the "Black Hawk" of the Eagle Family, could stand on equal footing with Zain.
Moreover, compared to the intimidating Storm Bishop, the busy assistant priests are more like people who hold real power.
Therefore, Zain had no energy or thoughts to deal with ordinary knights and rich people. In the end, he was a little tired and left early to rest.
Byrne clearly felt that after the boss left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension immediately subsided a lot.
It's just that everyone looked at him, Irene and other members of the Fisher family with more respect.
Especially those from the knight families who are not in Nasir Town.
They had only heard for a long time that the Fisher family in Nasir Town was very powerful, but they never knew the real situation. Now that they met, they realized that this guy was indeed very powerful and even had a relationship with the big shots of the Storm Church.
Just then, Vanessa ran over and whispered in Irene's ear: "Dean, another important person is here."
"Who?" Irene asked immediately.
Vanessa responded calmly, "People from two baronial families around Nasir Town came together."
Not surprising.
Irene nodded. It was normal for neighboring families to come and visit, to participate in the celebration banquet, and to get closer to the future baron's family.
But there was one thing that surprised her.
How could two baron families that were rumored to be extremely hostile come together?
Just to the west and south of Nasir Town, there is a baronial family, namely the Case family and the Leander family.
The knight bloodline of the Case family, the "Black Stone Iron Dragon", possesses the power to transform into a dragon, so it is also called the "Dragon Scale Family". The family manor is located in the west of Nasir Town and controls three knight families.
The Leander family is located in the south of Nasir Town. Their bloodline power is the "Forest Dragon Mammoth" that can control plants and control two knight families.
Their two families have always been hostile to each other, with disputes and even fights often occurring, and they have even killed members of each other's hostile families.
Soon, Byrne, Irene and others saw that the visitors from the two baron families were the heads of their respective families.
The head of the Case family is a middle-aged man wearing very neat and luxurious clothes. He is tall, with slightly dark skin, three-dimensional facial features as if carved by a knife, and broad shoulders.
The most noteworthy thing is the pair of orange-yellow eyes that look like snake pupils, giving off a demonic vibe.
The head of the Leander family is a kind-looking old man, over sixty years old and slightly plump.
He squinted his eyes and stared at Byrne and the others, thinking about something.
Byrne smiled, but deep down he knew that both families were uninvited guests.
In recent months, news of Baron Hoven's mental disorder has spread throughout the four towns on the east coast.
After the Case family and the Leander family received accurate information, they frequently made attempts to probe the almost ownerless town of Nasir.
(End of this chapter)
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