Throne of Magical Arcana

Inside the Gold Cup Tavern.

Lucien casually pulled a wooden chair and sat down. He nodded calmly and smiled and said, "Hello, I'm sorry to bother you with this mission. I don't know how to call it?" Lucien intentionally put on the Holm crown. The right hand of the ring "element" protruded from the pocket, just to let the two magicians on the opposite side see it, to show their identity, and to get the command of the mission team. This will reduce the possibility of facing danger, so he always has the demeanor of a leader or a superior in every gesture.

"Battle Mage Charlotte, middle class."

"Intermediate magician Sandra."

Charlotte and Sandra maintained a respectful attitude and briefly introduced themselves. Although they were confident in their own magical power, they faced Lucien who had teamed up with Felipe to kill a high-ranking magician. Evans, they are quite aware of the gap between the two sides, not to mention Lucien's hidden unique magic or magic items, but the "Holm Crown" ring on his right middle finger can also defeat Lucien without any suspense. And destroy yourself both.

More importantly, according to the practice of the Magic Council, if two magicians meet with little difference in magic level and belong to the same level, then the arcane level will be used first to determine the status, and as the element of the Holm Crown Award Lucien Evans, the winner of the highest honor symbol in the magic field, as a fourth-level arcanist, he has enough reputation and qualifications to be respected by most middle-level magicians.

Both aspects were suppressed by Lucien, Charlotte and Sandra naturally regarded him as the leader of the mission, but the two experienced in combat still kept some careful thoughts in their hearts, if in specific actions, Lucien didn't show enough leadership ability to match his prestige and strength, so he would simply use him as an important combat force and would not blindly obey and follow.

Knowing that the environment in the tavern is complicated, there is no need to disclose their respective magic levels and factions here, Lucien turned his head to look at the two magic apprentices who had temporarily forgotten their fear due to surprise: "I am Lucien Evans, I need a Guide, which one of you will follow?"

Before the two magic apprentices could answer, Lucien smiled again and said to Charlotte and Sandra: "For details, please tell me on the way to the castle. The matter can't be delayed for too long, or you can pass through the bondage room." There will be more and more devils coming from the summoning array."

For Lucien's pragmatic style of not bothering Susan and Scott to tell the story again, Sandra and Battle Mage Charlotte nodded slightly to express their appreciation, which was in line with their standards of conduct.

After hearing Lucien's words, the two magic apprentices suddenly recalled the hell-like scene in the castle. The blood, internal organs, pieces of meat and burning flames seemed to be biting their hearts and nerves. That was a nightmare I never wanted to encounter again!

"Yes, Mr. Evans, I, I will tell you the details of the interior of the castle, so you don't need a guide, right?" Susan, with wine-red hair and haggard face, replied with her teeth colliding up and down.

The timid and thin Scott was so frightened that he couldn't even speak.

Lucien shook his head, and said in a calm manner: "You should know that before the Nine Rings, no magic can completely read your memories, and you can only selectively conduct thought investigation, hypnotic narration, and lie identification, etc. , so it is easy to miss some important terrain information in the castle, and it will waste time. So I need a guide, and I can ask any questions when I encounter them. Don’t worry, we have enough strength to protect an apprentice." When speaking , Lucien used some hypnotic techniques.

The gentle and calm tone slowly soothed the emotions of the two magic apprentices. Susan suddenly remembered the respectful attitude of the two middle-level magicians to Lucien just now: "Is he a high-level magician? Let’s go! The danger of going to the castle together will be much less, and it can also leave a good impression on him. Maybe in the future, when I, an apprentice without a teacher, is living a difficult life in the council, such a good impression will help me.”

She didn't expect to be accepted as an apprentice by a high-level or near-high-level magician, especially since she had officially started studying with Bertrand.

As magic apprentices in remote counties, although she and Scott had heard of the youngest winner of the Holm Crown Award, due to lack of news, there was little information about it, so there were not many discussions, and they did not connect the two for a while. .

Mustering up her courage, Susan shook her burgundy hair: "Mr. Evans, I am willing to be your guide, but, but my strength is low. I hope, I hope you can spare some attention to protect me."

The language was not smooth enough, but she still tried her best to express her meaning. At the same time, she quietly glanced at Scott, who was trembling beside him, not daring to be a guide, and a trace of joy flashed in her heart: "Even if you have outstanding mental power , the arcane talent is very good, and is the most important thing in Teacher Bertrand's heart, but timidity and shrinkage are your Achilles heel, without the care of the teacher, maybe you will not be able to compare with me in the future..." Jealousy towards Scott And envy has been hidden in her heart for more than a year, and the comparison between the two sides gave her the feeling of getting rid of this "shadow".

"Very good. I appreciate your courage. This is a must-have quality for a successful magician. This is not an era of peace and no danger. It is difficult for a magician who does not know how to fight to survive. Even if he concentrates on the arcane Research, many unknown explorations also need to take a certain risk and need enough courage.”

Lucien flicked the left neckline with his right hand, then stood up, took out the pocket watch from the lining pocket and opened it: "It is currently five o'clock in the afternoon, finish the task before dark, if it is not finished by dark, we will Exit the castle according to the situation and seal off the vicinity, because some undead and nightmare demons will be very scary at night."

Charlotte and Sandra stood up and answered briefly and forcefully: "Yes, Mr. Evans."

It wasn't until Lucien and the others left that the adventurers became active as if they had breathed out, and communicated excitedly.

"Could it be that the young magician just now is the legendary high-ranking one? Otherwise, how could the attitude of the two middle-ranking magicians be so respectful!" The golden bearded dwarf wiped his rough and hairy face, "But he is too young Bar?"

The vast majority of adventurers have never seen high-level existences, because they are either great nobles, supported by the royal family, or live in places like Sky City, or take risks in terrifying dark mountains and various alien spaces. The low-level adventurers hardly meet each other, even if they meet on the streets of Rentat, the adventurers will not recognize them.

The man with the scar sneered and returned to his usual state: "Don't look at him as young, he may be hundreds of years old, older than your grandma's grandma's grandma's grandma..."

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Facing the biting cold wind, Lucien, Charlotte, and Sandra flew to the "Beltrand" castle together. The forest below was covered with a thick layer of snow, occasionally revealing a little bit of evergreen green.

"...The incident and the general terrain inside the castle are like this." Sandra, who used the "entanglement technique" to fly with Susan, relayed the information to Lucien.

After finishing speaking, seeing Susan shivering from the cold, Sandra blessed her with a "endure elemental damage" - this is ancient magic, although it has no effect on resisting elemental magic damage, but it is an element imbalance environment In the cognition of the ancient magic empire, both high temperature and cold belong to elemental imbalance, so it can make the subject work at minus ten The cold environment within 100 degrees Celsius and the high temperature of sixty to seventy degrees maintain a spring-like feeling.

Lucien pushed his monocle and said, "Susan and Scott ran away in a hurry, and only noticed a few low-level devils, but we can't be careless. I am a magician with three rings, and I am good at elements and astrology. Some nice magic items, how about you?"

"I am a battle mage of the four rings. I am proficient in the magic of the four factions of elemental, force field, heat and change. I have magic items that match my strength." Charlotte looked intently at the castle built against the mountain in front of her. The closer the distance is, the bigger it gets.

Sandra's eyes also turned away, and she answered succinctly: "Four rings, electromagnetic, light and dark, force field and summoning."

"Very good, if you need to deal with the summoning magic circle in the bondage room, I will leave it to you." A layer of golden-white flames burned rapidly on Lucien's black double-breasted long dress, and quickly formed outside his body. A shield around the body.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at "Beltrand" castle, Lucien used Holm's crown ring "Element" without hesitation and stinginess, and activated the five-ring magic "Powerful Flame Shield" it contained. It lasted ten minutes. .

And Charlotte and Sandra also released their strongest protective magic. A layer of transparent flowing light composed of countless magic symbols appeared on the black battle mage robe of the former. The magic council's unique force field magic "Douglas' spell absorption wall" and "protection against energy damage".

The latter's skin and clothes quickly turned gray, like a stone statue, and then five colored magic balls emerged above her and Susan's heads.

The four-ring magic "Stone Skin" and "Palmela's Energy Ball".

After using the "mechanical mind" to turn his brain into an emotionless mechanical state, Lucien's soul led the three magicians to fly to the "Beltrand" castle not far away with an attitude of looking down and extremely calm .

This is a black castle built around the top of the spire, which looks like a hideous monster lurking in the dim environment.

The gate of the ancient castle was open, and a strong smell of blood wafted out with the cold wind, like the giant mouth of a monster.