Chapter XXIV

"Boss!

In the lively market, Ian remembered the pedestrian street that he used to go to on vacation, and it was so noisy and smoky. Much of the capital is elegant and quiet, but in Berktown, it's easy to find taverns with wooden signs that serve chestnut stew and braised elbow.

"Young master, let's go inside, it's not safe here. ”

"Isha, I've seen it, you believe me. Ian was slightly drunk, "I looked at the door when we entered, and no one was following us." Don't make the action look too special, if you are careful in everything, you will be caught. ”

Instead of refilling her drink, Isha added juice to it. Her appetite has always been very small, the stewed beans in front of her have not yet been eaten, and half of the bread in her hand is still left.

"Is today's matter really settled?" Isha couldn't help but ask again.

"Hmm. Ian thought for a moment, then nodded again. He held the wine glass, stared at Isha with reddened eyes, and said, "If it works out, I will show you my strength, not just the strength of fighting." ”

"But, young master, according to what you said, at least you have professional training. If you're in the Grant family, you might be handy at that...... But that's not what our family is supposed to do. ”

"Sister Isa, you don't understand, you don't understand. Ian wanted to swallow another bite of meat, but felt a little overwhelmed: "Many times, a person is happy not because he has done something, but because he has gained hope and trust. Especially in Manda, hope and trust are really more expensive than gold. ”

As he said this, Ian lowered his voice in a special way.

In the original world, he was always open-mouthed.

Looking at Ian IV, who was gradually relaxing and falling asleep, Isato's cheeks waited for a while before carrying him upstairs to the guest room, and then went back to his room to read the code for a while before falling into a deep sleep.

The next day, Ian climbed back into the carriage, glanced back at Burk, and urged Isha to continue south. It's not that he doesn't want to take the train, it's that where he's going, there's no steam train route.

The conversation with Parsa was nothing short of dangerous, and it couldn't be better news. But more questions followed, such as how Ian would build his team in half a year, and how he would successfully interfere with the results of the panic, and he still had no clue.

Looking at the votes in the newspapers, truth and lies are often tied, and even in yesterday's noisy tavern, he could hear a lot of people talking about it. Even after three weeks of this panic, people are still talking about it.

Because if Ian wins this panic, he can become the rightful god of Manda. Even if this god does not possess any known powers, the thought of having a god makes people feel a little excited.

A title conferred by the people of the whole country always has an extraordinary meaning.

Another point is that all winners, including Ian, will get the loser's bet, which may be the result of tens of millions of people dividing up 500 million.

This kind of national panic has not passed for many years.

Suddenly, there was a quarrel on the otherwise peaceful road. Ian ignored it, sat in his seat, looked at his nose and nose, and looked at his heart, unmoved.

But his carriage stopped.

Nemesis lifted the curtain and looked out.

"Knight, the armor has Grant's family crest on it. ”

"What about the other side?" Ian was actually curious as to why Isha had stopped the carriage.

"Young Master, you are a trainee mage. Isa's voice was a little hoarse: "There are also a few children. ”

Get. Ian shrugged, glanced down at the case at his feet, then lifted the curtain and walked out.

Outside the carriage, three knights surrounded a wooden cart, holding their heads high and condescending.

Surprisingly, there were books several meters high on the cart, and if you carefully counted them, I am afraid that there are no less than a hundred books.

Next to the carriage, a young man in a mage's hat shivered, and two children shrank under the carriage, not daring to move.

"Who?" the knight said in a languid nasal voice, and he turned his head to look at Ian and Isha as they got off the carriage.

Magic had obscured Ian IV's face, and there were no family crests on the carriage, and the two of them were now just ordinary boys and girls.

"If you want to fight, you will definitely reveal your identity, Sister Isa, what do you think?"

"Young master, you don't have to come out, I can use magic. Isha's hands behind her back glowed with blue light, and her powerful magical energy was hidden all around, lurking in the grass like a predatory beast, ready to strike a thunderous blow.

"Killing people will be exposed, and stuning people will be exposed, so why get out of the car?" Ian took a step forward, interrupting Isha's spell casting.

"Mages should help each other, that's the rule of the Black Tower. Trainee mages are supposed to stay in the Black Tower, as they are easy to be targeted if they are outside. Isha added: "The Codex can be exchanged for a lot of money. ”

Hearing this, Ian sighed in his heart, and could only step forward.

He is not good at lying, and it is difficult for him to negotiate this kind of thing.

"Passing by, knights. Ian raised his hands and smiled, "I'm just curious, what are you doing?"

"It's none of your business. The knight clenched his sword at his waist, and when he saw that someone was coming to disturb him, he beckoned to his other teammates and prepared to take it.

"Come on again! I'll burn them all!" Seeing this, the man sitting in the carriage pressed his right hand on the pile of books behind him, and the tips of his fingers flashed red, and a flame had jumped out.

"You dare! The House of Lords has the obligation to dispose of all books, and if you dare to destroy them, I will cut off your head first!"

"The book won't burn out, little mage, don't struggle. The other knight also raised the long sword in his hand and pointed at the young mage in front of him: "Hand over the book, and the three of you can go." ”

The knights did not care about the threat of the other party, and someone had already dismounted to pull him, but the latter was stuck in the middle of the book, and refused to move.

Just as the sword was about to stab the other in the throat, Ian picked up a stone and smashed it into the horse under the mage's seat.

!!

The steed straightened up and pulled the mage off. Ian's eyes were quick, and he stepped forward and grabbed the mage's arm, and with a sharp pull behind him, the knight's sword cut through the flames and landed in the stacks of books.

In the end, no one was hurt.

"Let go of me!you're in league with them!bastard!How dare you force the sacred codex!" The mage grabbed and punched Ian.

"There is no God, there is no saint, and with your words alone, we can invite you to the Knights for tea. The knight at the head nodded to Ian and waved his hand: "Take the things away!"

Watching the knights gradually move away, the young mage who stayed behind slowly became silent, and the excitement just now seemed to be just a flash in the pan.

But that's it, Ian read a hint of madness in his eyes.

More despair, of course.

"Let's go, go home. He took the hands of the two children.

"Aren't we going to Berktown?" the child asked with wide eyes, "Didn't you say you were going to the library?"

"No, the uncle of the Knights will help us deliver the books. The boy barely managed to squeeze out an ugly smile.

"Oh. The child touched his face with his dirty hand and prepared to follow the boy back.

"Hey. It was then that Ian, who was ignored behind him, asked, "What do they want your book for?"

The boy did not answer, and walked back on his own.

"I said ......"

"Don't touch me!" the boy tensed his muscles, and his right hand flashed with the glow of magic.

But soon, two hands were placed on his shoulders.

Isha's magic and Nemesis' purple eyes speak of an unrivaled power.

"You make it clear to me, and I can help you recover your book. ”

Now it was the boy's turn to be stunned.

"You are ......"

"You don't care...... Just when we used a troublesome method, by the way, I was stupid and wouldn't lie. ”

This sentence directly suffocated the question in the young man's heart.

Is this person going to lie or not to lie, or is it a ceremonial lie?

"It's not...... I ......"

"Leave him alone. Isha pushed Ian away and pulled out her mage certificate from her pocket, the golden badge that read "6", the rank bestowed on her by the Black Tower.

After being silent for a while, the young man also took out his mage badge from his body, on which was "1".

"What's going on with those books, what's in them?" Isha gets straight to the point.

"It's a book left by my father, and it contains the original mage's texts, but only he can understand some of them. Sister, those books can't be lost, my father said before he left, he will send them to the Black Tower. ”

"There are many ways to get to the Black Tower, why take the land route?" Isha snapped her fingers, and a small bird condensed by magic appeared in her hand: "Send a message to the Black Tower with a spirit charm, and they will come to help you." ”

"I don't know that...... My father left ...... It's so sudden...... A good person, suddenly ......" The young man choked up, and tears couldn't stop flowing down.

"Alright, let's chase it back. Ian turned to Isha and said, "Wait for them to go farther away and chase after them, so as not to be found to have something to do with us." Nemesis, you do it. ”

Isha and the two nodded and left, and Ian invited the young mage to his carriage, and comforted him for a long time before the other party calmed down.

"Why would the knight snatch a book on the road, I don't understand. Ian waited for him to calm down before asking again.

Perhaps it was because Ian's age was close to him that the mage intermittently explained what was going on.

And Ian, who heard half of it, frowned more and more.

"Young master, it's solved. After a while, Isha lifted the curtain and walked in, and at a glance saw Ian who was contemplating: "Nemesis knocked people unconscious, and I put all the books in my spatial ring." ”

"Isa. Ian ignored what she said, and instead pointed to the mage in front of him: "There are some things you have to listen to, the Ian family and the Black Tower are gradually being hollowed out. ”