The Ring

　　The ring was finally found by Merlin in an inconspicuous corner on the writing desk. When old man Etta gave Merlin the ring, Merlin didn't think it was a good idea, so it was casually placed on the writing desk.

　　Merlin took the ring into his hands and gently wiped the dust from it.

　　The ring is still ink-black, and held in the hand, there seems to be a cold aura, although before Merlin did not think of this strange ring, but now he knows the true identity of the old man Etta, then this ring will certainly not be so simple.

　　Merlin carefully recalled when the old man Aita gave him the ring when every move, then the old man Aita pale, look quite tired, and do not know what to do.

　　"Did Aita-sensei sense that he was in danger at that time?"

　　The more Merlin thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, otherwise, old man Etta would not have given him this ring for no reason, all of a sudden.

　　The ring is carved with a hideous and horrible monster. Merlin gently stroked every part of the ring with his fingers, but found nothing out of the ordinary.

　　So Merlin put the ring in front of his eyes and stared carefully at every inch of it, trying to see what hints there were on the ring in writing or something.

　　But just as he focused all his attention on the ring, a trance came over him, and it seemed that all around him went black all at once.

　　Just when Merlin heart panic, he has a strange feeling, as if the darkness, completely can not block his senses, he can clearly "see" everything around.

　　Here is a ten square size space, to are dark, and seems very empty, Merlin only saw the space quietly placed in a book with a black cover, in this empty space, this book seems very conspicuous.

　　"Space?"

　　A trace of doubt flashed through Merlin's heart, and then his whole body instantly sobered up. He faintly stared and looked around, and found that he was still sitting on the wooden chair, and was holding the ring in his hand, as if everything just now was just his illusion.

　　"No, it shouldn't be a hallucination."

　　Merlin pondered for a moment, he was able to clearly recall what he had just seen in that dark space, and he believed that it would never be an illusion.

　　So, he concentrated on the ring again, and after a while, sure enough, he was in a dark space again, just like earlier.

　　"It seems that this ring contains a space within it."

　　Merlin thought silently in his heart, old man Etta gave him the ring, must have left him something, and Merlin wanted to see what old man Etta had left behind.

　　The space inside the ring was empty, with only a black-covered book, which, no doubt, old man Etta had left behind.

　　So, Merlin tried to silently think in his mind to take out the books, this method is very useful, the black-covered books disappeared in the blink of an eye, and when Merlin looked back, but found that the black-covered books had appeared on the writing desk.

　　The black leather book is very thick, so it is divided into several parts and bound with black silk thread.

　　Merlin gently opened one of the pages, only to see that it was painted with some thousand odd patterns, which looked somewhat similar to some mathematical models of the previous world.

　　Underneath these patterns, there are also dense writings written all over the place. These writings are in Morta script, and the handwriting is familiar, the handwriting of old man Etta.

　　"Morta script?"

　　Merlin frowned, he currently only mastered the vocabulary of more than two hundred Morta words, so he could only intermittently read out some statements.

　　For example, some words like "fireball", "model", "spell", Merlin can recognize, but most of the other content, Merlin is also very confused.

　　But only through these intermittent words, Merlin heart has roughly guessed some, this book, most likely the old man's handwritten notes, perhaps he usually practice spells of some experience, are recorded in this book of handwritten notes above.

　　This is a veritable handbook of spells!

　　Thinking about it, Merlin's heart was on fire, and ever since he saw the great power of old man Etta and the white-robed man, he could never forget this overwhelming power.

　　And the old man's spell book, but also for Merlin opened a whole new door!

　　Despite the excitement, Merlin looked at the handwritten note for a while, finally shook his head helplessly and closed it.

　　This book of spells handbook above the Morta script, a lot of vocabulary, and many or very remote vocabulary, with Merlin now only mastered a little more than two hundred words, even a complete sentence can not understand, let alone understand the contents of the handbook.

　　So, in order to understand what is written on the handwritten note, or first have to learn the Morta script, at least to master the thousands of words, in order to barely understand the contents of the spell handwritten note.

　　"Knock, knock, knock."

　　A sharp knock sounded at the door, and Merlin was startled and hastily hid the spell handbook before opening the door.

　　"Young Master Merlin, there are some knights from the City Defense Corps coming from the old castle, saying that there is something that requires Young Master to go with them."

　　Standing outside the door was the butler, his face showing a strong look of concern.

　　"A knight of the City Defense Corps?"

　　Merlin heart a shock, he returned to the old castle, then a vague sense of foreboding, the old man Aita this matter will be a big deal, anyone who has a relationship with the old man Aita, there will be trouble.

　　I just didn't expect the trouble to come so quickly.

　　"Butler, come on, I'll go meet them."

　　So Merlin went downstairs and into the hall.

　　At this moment in the hall, there was a man in silver light armor sitting in a chair, and beside him, there were three knights in the costume of the city defense corps.

　　The three knights of the City Defense Corps, Merlin just faintly glanced at, and for this man in silver light armor, Merlin's heart became more certain that it must be related to the matter of old man Etta, because this man's dress, it is the guardian swordsman from Gran City.

　　"You're Wilson Merrill?"

　　The silver-armored man asked coldly.

　　"I am Wilson Merrill, what do you want?"

　　Merlin's face did not change, calmly asked.

　　"Let's go, we are the guardian swordsmen of the Church of Granville and there are some things we need to investigate."

　　After saying that, the three knights of the city defense group then quickly came behind Merlin and stared at him intently.

　　Merlin frowned slightly, he knew that the church was extremely powerful, even the knights of the city defense corps were mobilized, then this must have the consent of the city lord, he had no choice.

　　"Okay, I'll go with you guys for a bit."

　　Merlin organized his clothes, then followed the silver-armored man towards the outside of the ancient castle.

　　The butler hurriedly trotted a few steps to Merlin's side and asked anxiously, "Young Master Merlin, what's going on? Is there some kind of misunderstanding, should I go and get the Baron to come back?"

　　Merlin is the only son of the Wilson family, and is the heir to the title. With such a big incident, the butler is naturally anxious.

　　However, Merlin shook his head, a smile appeared on his face and said, "No need to bother father, it will be fine, I will be able to handle this matter soon. By the way, don't tell Mei Xue, lest she be impulsive and do something irrational."

　　After Merlin finished his explanation, he calmly got into the carriage prepared by the city defense group and slowly left the old castle.

　　Inside the carriage, only one knight of the City Defense Corps and the silver-armored guardian swordsman were watching Merlin, while the other two knights were on their horses, escorting the carriage.

　　After all, Merlin and some other people are different, Merlin is the only heir to the title of the Wilson family, the status is very high, so also sent a special guardian swordsman to come, otherwise, just rely on these city defense regiment of knights, but also really can not bring Merlin out from the Wilson Castle.

　　"Young Master Merlin, don't be nervous, this time just let you accompany us to do a little investigation, and when it is confirmed that you have nothing to do with the evil heresy, you will be released back."

　　The one who spoke was the knight of the City Defense Corps in the carriage, he is very afraid of the Wilson family, after all, the old Wilson's temper is not very good, in Blackwater City, in addition to the Lord of the City, there is really nothing that can make the old Wilson scare, now the City Defense Corps will take Merlin away, if the old Wilson knows, that is still too much?

　　So the knights of the city defense regiment, even though they were ordered to take Merlin away, did not dare to treat him harshly in the slightest.

　　Merlin nodded slightly and paid no further attention to the knight of the City Defense Corps, instead fixing his gaze on the guardian swordsman inside the carriage.

　　This guardian swordsman is not too old, not more than thirty years old, but the face is very cold, after sitting in the carriage and did not move, did not pay any attention to Merlin's intention.

　　Merlin still want to pry some information from this guardian swordsman, so softly said: "I have a friend, some days ago to Gran City exchange, also became a guardian swordsman, I heard that also received the blessing of the Lord Bishop of Gran City, I wonder if the Lord Guardian Swordsman know?"

　　"You're talking about Cardolone?"

　　This cold guardian swordsman also finally opened his eyes and said in surprise.

　　Merlin's heart moved, nodded hastily and said, "Good, it is Cardolon."

　　Seeing Merlin nod, this guardian swordsman's face finally eased up and said lightly, "It's a coincidence to say that after Cardolon was blessed by Lord Bishop, he happened to be assigned to our squad, this time because Cardolon just became a guardian swordsman, so he wasn't allowed to come this time."

　　With the relationship of Cardolon, Merlin and this guardian swordsman relationship has become much closer, so Merlin finally asked the doubts lurking in his heart for a long time: "The evil heretics are very powerful, legend has it that they all have evil power, ordinary people simply can not deal with the evil heretics. But this time you actually killed the evil heretics, who is that Lord Jason in the end?"

　　Merlin asked this question, the atmosphere inside the carriage immediately became gloomy, even that knight of the city defense group, is also looking at the guardian swordsman with an expectant face.

　　The guardian swordsman looked at the expectant gaze of Merlin and the knights of the City Defense Corps and looked satisfied, a smile appeared between the corners of his mouth before he said in a low voice: "You have really asked the right person this time, if it were anyone else, they would not have known the identity of Lord Jason. Lord Jason is the Lord of the Inquisition, the status is also above our guardian swordsmen, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the Church headquarters, even the Lord Bishop does not have the right to command the adults in the Inquisition. Only when dealing with evil heretics, the adults of the Inquisition will go out, usually they are very mysterious, no one knows what they are doing. But in the church, it is rumored that the Inquisition adults are the closest to God, and even given all kinds of powerful power by God!"

　　After this guardian swordsman finished speaking, there was a hint of envy on his face.