#164 - Successor to the High Priest

Two days ago, through Downs' introduction, Muen already knew that the Unbeliever Montoya and Ryan Bailey had a very good relationship.

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He once guessed that this magician of the Bailey family would probably not help him.

After all, the Unbelievers have a lot of power, and Ryan's doing so is not in line with the survival rules of the magician family.

However, the actions of this personal servant of Ryan Bailey made Muen a little unable to guess what these families were going to do.

"This is just what I want to do, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Bailey."

After hearing the servant's explanation, Muen became even more curious.

"Why? Or do you also want to ask me to refine magic potions?"

Muen guessed that, facing such an ordinary person who might have the same ability as [Night Owl], the only thing he could offer was magic potion refining.

"No, because you helped me test the medicine the day before yesterday."

"Test the medicine?"

Muen was stunned for a moment, and then he recalled what the servant said.

When Muen was refining the detoxification potion, Ryan Bailey and Montoya both thought it was highly poisonous.

In order to verify the efficacy of the magic potion, Ryan asked the servant in front of him to test the medicine.

At that time, Muen only saw that the servant was a little hesitant, and he couldn't stand Ryan Bailey's actions, so he prepared to take the medicine himself.

However, later, Chris snatched the potion and also solved the hidden toxins in the little witch's body.

"Is it just because of this?"

Muen asked curiously.

"Yes, it may be a small matter to you, but ~ no one has ever treated me like this."

"~, okay, thank you very much for coming to inform me."

Muen never thought that just doing something casually could be remembered so deeply by the other party.

"Mr. Scarlett, do you need me to inform Mr. Bailey? He shouldn't allow Montoya to do anything detrimental to you near Meyerburg."

After hearing the servant's words, Muen simply thought for a while and shook his head.

"If possible, please keep this matter a secret and don't tell anyone. As for Montoya, I will solve it myself."

After hearing Muen's words, the servant was slightly stunned, and then immediately put his right hand on his left shoulder and bowed.

"Please rest assured, Anton Benson will always keep this matter a secret. If you have no other instructions, I will leave."

After Muen nodded, the servant got off the boat, rode his horse in a big circle, and then returned to Meyerburg.

"This person is really a bit strange."

Holl said his thoughts after watching the other party leave.

Muen could actually vaguely understand, but he was not sure whether his guess was correct.

"In fact, people living at the bottom are far more affectionate and righteous than those in power in the castle."

Zalan said a word, which was agreed by everyone present.

However, after sending Anton Benson away, Muen and the others encountered another trouble: how to solve the Unbeliever.

"Don't worry, I will find a way to make him leave. If the other party doesn't agree, then he can only really leave 3

Muen didn't care about Montoya's threat.

Especially now that he knew the other party's plot, he would naturally have more time to prepare to solve this matter.

After solving Montoya, Muen still needed to learn more about going to Xingdao.

"Bring Ben here. The situation on Xingjin Island is more complicated. We'd better ask clearly."

Muen once promised to send this tribal slave home. At that time, he only considered Xingdao as a very suitable place to live.

Now it seems that Muen's understanding of this island is far from enough.

"Ben, I want to ask you about Xingdao. If possible, please give us some introduction."

Ben was even more excited this time when he saw Muen than last time.

Last time, he just wanted to ask Muen to send him back to Xingdao, so he seemed a little helpless.

But this time when he saw Muen, he showed the most sincere etiquette.

"Ben said he will say anything you want to know."

Mimir still did the translation work as usual.

"I want to know about the tribal situation on Xingjin Island and whether it is suitable for outsiders to live in."

"Great High Priest Heir, Xingjin Island welcomes you and all your people. The tribe is your home,"

Well~, this is Ben's original words."

Mimir also showed an incredible look in his eyes when he conveyed this sentence.

"Great High Priest Heir? Who? Me?"

Muen was a little confused, but looking at the extremely excited Ben in front of him, he knew that this tribal person must be hiding more things.

"Ask clearly what's going on?"

After Mimir asked Ben for a long time, Muen also learned the information about this tribal person.

Ben is the son of the leader of the Xingmang tribe on Xingdao.

The people of their tribe will hold grand ceremonies when they come of age, and Ben just happened to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony this year.

However, he is different from ordinary tribesmen.

Because the leader of the Xingmang tribe has always been responsible for finding the heir of the High Priest.

Especially after the appearance of the Scarlet Moon, the coming-of-age ceremony of their branch will be carried out according to the oldest tradition.

Originally, this was Ben's most important task, but unfortunately, this son of the leader encountered pirates after leaving the island, and then was captured and became a slave for half a year.

Originally, after knowing Ben's identity, Muen knew that the conditions promised by the other party should be able to be fulfilled.

When Muen decided to send Ben home, this tribal person responded that there would be gifts of land and houses.

Muen was still a little skeptical.

However, knowing that the other party is the son of the leader, it should be mostly true.

Of course, in addition to this matter, Muen also needs to figure out another thing.

"What is the Heir of the High Priest you just mentioned? How can you be sure it's me?"

Muen didn't think that he was the heir sought by any tribal people. He didn't have any tribal blood in him. He was a real Scarlett family man.

After hearing Muen's question, Ben immediately took off the magical bead from his neck.

"This is a sensing bead made from the branches of the sacred tree. It can guide me to find the true heir of the High Priest." Ben said about this bead, Muen had seen it that night.

After hearing the other party's statement, he took out his monocle and looked at the bead.

A faint green magical energy was faintly revealed on the bead, but it was very scarce.

"It is indeed a magical creation."

Muen looked at Ben again after the test.

"But you are just an ordinary person, how can you know the induction of the bead?"

Ordinary people cannot use alchemy creations at all. This is the same in any world.

"Oh, it's this!"

Ben said and pointed to a red oil paint on the center of his eyebrows.

There are many oil paints on the faces of tribal people. Muen originally thought this was just the other party's custom.

"As long as the Heir of the High Priest appears nearby, this oil paint will become hot. After the heir holds the bead, it will become even hotter."

Muen remembered that he seemed to have held the bead and observed it that night.

This primitive man also became more excited from that time on.

"Little Muen is from our Old Soldier Lane, how could he be the heir of your tribe?"

Hall was very skeptical. He snatched the bead and stuffed it into Mune's hand, then reached out to touch Ben's brow. "See! I told you it was fake!"

Hall's hand didn't feel any warmth at all on Ben's brow.

His words relieved the people of Old Soldier Alley.

"No, the Great Shaman said that only those who apply war paint can sense it. Touching it like that won't work at all."

Ben was clearly anxious after seeing that no one believed him.

His journey out this time could be described as full of hardships.

After leaving Xingdao, he was first blown by the waves to an unnamed island where he starved for three days, and then he was captured by pirates and became a prisoner.

Then he was imprisoned in a cramped, dark cabin. Just when he thought he would never return to Xingdao in this lifetime, Mune suddenly appeared.

Then the Great Shaman's prophecies came true one after another. Thinking of this, Ben immediately said,

"That's right! I have a prophecy! The Great Shaman's prophecy can prove that you are the successor of the High Priest."

On the western sea, suffering follows like a shadow.

In the endless darkness, only the light of fire leads, and eventually, you will meet the true stars.

This is the guidance of fate, the hope of the tribe, the end of suffering, and the dawn of new life.

This was the parting words the Great Shaman gave him when he left Xingdao.

He didn't take it seriously at first, but when Mune appeared on the pirate ship, everything was said to be true.

After Mimir finished translating the content of the prophecy, everyone present fell silent.

They could see that this tribesman was not lying, and ordinary people didn't know how to refute such mysterious power as prophecy.

Mune didn't actually believe in prophecies that much.

Last week, when chatting with the little wizards, he already knew that most of the prophecy balls in the Department of Mysteries didn't come true.

Especially the Divination professor at Hogwarts, whose reputation among students was not very high.

All of this showed that prophecy was not actually recognized by most wizards in the magical world.

Unlike the hesitation of others present when they heard the prophecy, Zalan somewhat agreed with the tribesman's statement after hearing Ben's words.

After all, he was the only one present who knew that Mune learned magic in a completely different way from other magicians.

If there really was a dawn of new life as mentioned in the prophecy, Zalan firmly believed that it was Mune.

Seeing everyone present become silent because of a prophecy, Mune rubbed his brow and looked at Ben again.

"Alright, we'll talk about the prophecy later. Anyway, we're going to Xingjin Island, and we'll figure it out sooner or later."

Seeing that Mune still didn't believe him, Ben wanted to tear off the bead to prove it again.

But Mune quickly stopped him.

"No need to dwell on this anymore. I heard other magicians say that Xingjin Island doesn't welcome foreign wizards. Is that true?"

Mune actually wanted to figure this out more right now.

"Yes, the Great Shaman said that wizards from outside are all children of demons, and their landing on the island will defile the land of Xingjin Island."

"Children of demons?"

Mune heard this kind of statement for the first time.

However, he also heard from this sentence that the tribal wizards did have a very strong prejudice against outside wizards.

"Yes, wizards from outside are not good people, but you are different. The Great Shaman will definitely greet you home with the highest courtesy."

Hearing that this tribesman still wanted to continue talking about the successor, Mune quickly reached out to stop him.

"Alright, then can you tell me the specific situation of the tribal wizards?"

Rian Bailey had told Mune that the Spellcasters once wanted to seize control of Xingdao, but after they were all sent off the island, they never had any ideas about the island again.

This made Mune very curious about the strength of the Xingdao wizards.

After hearing Mune's question, Ben subconsciously looked around.

After noticing the tribesman's actions, Mimir immediately understood and bid farewell to Mune.

Hall and Zalan also belatedly glanced at Mune before leaving the room.

"I'm very sorry, Successor, others cannot know about the Great Shamans of the tribe."

Mune didn't care about Ben's apology. He was just worried that he couldn't correct Ben's address of "Successor."

"Ah, well, tell me. I'll keep it a secret."

As the son of the leader of the Xingmang tribe, Ben knew far more than the average tribesman.

The three major tribes on Xingdao all have their own wizarding traditions, and they only cultivate wizards from among their tribesmen.

From the very beginning, there were mediums, then witch doctors, shamans, great shamans, priests, and high priests.

This has been the sequence of inheritance for tribal wizards.

But now, the highest-ranking wizards in the three major tribes are only Great Shamans. No High Priest has been produced for over a thousand years.

"After the priest of the Lingtree tribe disappeared three hundred years ago, there have been no more priests on Xingdao."

From Ben's description, Mune knew that tribal wizards actually valued inheritance very much.

Even if a tribe's wizards had a break in their lineage, wizards from other tribes would help cultivate them.

But even so, their inheritance still had problems.

Mune guessed that in addition to the gradual decrease in the number of tribesmen, there should be some external force limiting their wizarding inheritance.

"Then do you know that the Spellcasters once wanted to occupy Xingdao?"

"I know. I wasn't born then, but this matter has always been circulating among the three major tribes. The leader of the Spellcasters at that time was a so-called Federal Navy Admiral, but they couldn't beat the guardian deity of the Lingtree tribe."

The guardian deity of the Lingtree tribe is a divine tree that is over a thousand years old.

The magical bead on Ben's body was carved from its branches.

Mune guessed that this big tree should also be a magical plant, similar to the Whomping Willow outside Hogwarts Castle.

In addition, Mune already knew from chatting with Rian Bailey that the highest leader of the Spellcasters in the Vena Archipelago was a Navy Admiral.

He has been trying to wipe out the Faithless in recent years and take back control of the other two main islands.

From all these pieces of information, Mune roughly deduced the wizarding forces of the entire Vena Archipelago.

Mune already knew that Montoya was the Faithless's person in charge on Solman Island, and his wizarding level was two bars, so the leader of the Faithless should be three bars or higher.

Correspondingly, the Spellcasters haven't completely wiped out the Faithless for so many years, so this Navy Admiral should be comparable in strength to the leader of the Faithless.

And the Great Shaman that Ben spoke of is the fourth in the tribal wizarding inheritance sequence, and was able to fight the Navy Admiral without failing.

This shows that the Great Shaman's strength should also be at this stage, or even higher.

Of course, these are all results that Mune deduced based on the current conditions.

However, these are also things that Mune must consider clearly before going to Xingdao.

"Alright, you can go down first. If there are no accidents, we will depart the day after tomorrow and head to Xingjin Island."

After Ben left, Mune called back Zalan, Hall, and Mimir.