But the Lord himself first put the sword to the other’s throat.
"Young man, what do you intend to do?" Barbara asked sharply, her face turning cold.
"Before your left hand’s pinky finishes the third segment of the movement, my sword will pierce your heart. I’ve heard from the witch that the heart is the source of a person’s life, corresponding to the magic triangle, and I’ve always wanted to see if that’s true." Brand replied coldly, "Of course if I were you, I would stop this foolish act immediately."
His words caused Barbara and Char to change their expressions drastically.
Char thought to himself, the old witch is actually casting a spell, and he didn’t even notice it. That must be a very advanced magic technique, but how did the Lord recognize it?
Barbara was even more shocked, a swordsman who clearly had no trace of magic waves actually recognized her spell technique at a glance and accurately identified the segment of the spell. Could this world have turned upside down?
"What do you intend to do?" Shaken to the core, she softened her attitude and asked.
"Lord Duke Golan-Elsen seems to have no friends in the Capital, so lending Yusong Castle to the Count must be because the Count is close to Your Majesty. Since that’s the case, why risk your life for a stranger?"
Although Brand spoke confidently, his hand holding the sword was slightly trembling. He watched every detail of Barbara’s movements and expressions, fearing she would try something. Wizards of level 30 to 40 should have no secrets from him, but his perception attribute was too low, so he could only guess.
Brand felt that this was a contest of who had the bigger guts.
Barbara’s face changed again: "What are you saying."
"My request is simple. I want you to swear on your birth star to lend me the secret passage of Yusong Castle once, just once. I won’t tell anyone else."
The old witch looked at Brand like he was a monster. Other than Duke Golan-Elsen, only she knew about the secret passage of Yusong Castle. Even the duke’s followers and family didn’t know. How did this young man know? Was he Duke Golan-Elsen’s illegitimate son?
"I don’t want to kill anyone."
Barbara then realized she had no room to negotiate. After some thought, she had to relent, trembling as she pointed to the Witch King’s Throne to swear, but Brand shook his head.
"Barbara, isn’t your birth constellation the Long Snake Constellation?"
The witch trembled, how did he know? She couldn’t help but look at his black piercing eyes, feeling like all her secrets were exposed under his sharp gaze. The birth constellation was the greatest secret for a witch, she only disclosed it to Duke Golan-Elsen to gain his trust. Barbara felt Brand was more mysterious and dared not try any tricks, honestly swearing on her birth constellation.
Brand finally let out a sigh of relief, feeling his back completely soaked with sweat. He lowered the sword and said to Char beside him: "Char, go to the shelf at the back and take the rightmost scroll on the first row. And the box in the middle of the second row, and the three reagent bottles on the leftmost of the third row. Do not touch anything else."
At this moment, Char admired his Lord to the extreme. Previously, he flattered Brand by saying he was profound, but now he truly felt the Lord was somewhat profound.
Barbara felt as if she had fallen into an endless abyss, this young man knew which items on her shelf were truly useful without even looking, and which ones were decoys filled with vicious curses. Only she knew the secrets of those items.
However, when Char opened the box, he cried out in surprise: "These are Elemental Crystals, Lord, you can absorb them directly with some time!"
But Brand shook his head, walked over, picked up the three dusty reagent bottles at the bottom, and asked: "Do you know what these are?"
Barbara also looked up in confusion, not even she knew what was inside those reagent bottles. But at her level, she instinctively felt some items emanating magic waves, so she kept them - a thick layer of dust had accumulated over the years.