God of the Storm.

Coville stood on the left side of the chamber closest to the master's seat, staring at Ceren and his companions across from him.

"They have a lot of experience," the archdeacon secretly relied on the mages that Rhaegar had brought back from the seashores of the far south, "and they were fanatical. "This is currently the second best master in the Mage Tower, second only to Rhaeggar, very good at identifying different types of characters, as early as when Carson was in charge of the Mage Tower, he had already recognized Villar's person, and cultivated his own forces in time to protect himself, which is also an important reason why he was able to be safe during the latter's reign. In his opinion, Seren and the others are not real leaders at all, their hearts are very strong, but they are not strong in power, in their hearts, only magic and strength are the only goals, such people are difficult to deal with, because they are almost not tempted by external things, but at the same time, if anyone can satisfy them in the above two aspects, these people will become the most loyal followers.

"It seems that the master is starting to cultivate his powers," Coville thought, "This is not a good thing for the God of the Storm, this mage tower needs stability now. ”

He knew very well what kind of changes the addition of Seren and the others would bring to the entire Mage Tower, which not only increased the strength of the Storm God, but more importantly, the impact on people's psychology. After changing its master three times in just over ten years, this mage tower has lost not only *** divisions like Villar and Carson, but more seriously, some people have received some inspiration from these power changes, and one by one 'private' groups began to form among the mages, except for Villar and the two *** divisions who followed him desperately, the original seven *** members of the mage tower Almost everyone has their own forces, and even those allies who had to join forces with him under pressure from Villar have begun to build their own ***. In the eyes of these people, Rhaegar may be stronger than Carson and Villar in the past, but he is too young, and in the arena of power and politics, this new master is undoubtedly far easier to deal with than the two predecessors.

However, Seren and the others, who Rhaegar brought back after a few months of absence, completely overturned these people's opinions. The five *** divisions, plus the dozens of mages who volunteered to follow them, as well as the original loyal people to Carson and the stalker sisters who were subdued by Rhaegar and the stone man known as the mage nemesis, plus his four partners with magical abilities, even if they don't count their own strength, this young master has also occupied an absolute advantage in the mage tower. There is no doubt that for those *** masters who have their own thoughts, this is enough for them to dispel their original thoughts.

Corville's observations and mental activities have not been hidden from Rhaeggar, who has seen countless power struggles in his countless years as a god, compared to which the activities of the various forces in the god of storms can only be regarded as pediatric. Shocking, pacifying, and then stabilizing the Mage Tower, in addition to achieving the original purpose, this is also the reason why he took Seren and the others as students and brought them back here.

"I think you've got to know each other well," Rhaegar said slowly, looking around at the mages standing on either side, in this hall, all of the Storm God's *** divisions were now gathered - fourteen in total, "As the master of the Mage Tower, I'm glad to see that we have absorbed so many more excellent mages. His own gaze looked at the Five of Cyron and Sister Krons on his right.

"In recent times, our Mage Tower has gone through quite a bit of 'twists' and turns," Rhaegar continued, "This is undoubtedly a great pity for all of us who love this Mage Tower, and luckily we have finally 'survived' and I want to thank those who did not leave the God of the Storm even in the most difficult times, but persevered in standing with it." He nodded to the seven *** divisions standing on the left, and these *** divisions bowed in return.

But these people knew very well that Rhaegar had gathered them not just to thank and welcome the newcomers, but all of them were waiting for the next step from the master of the Mage Tower.

"What happened to us is a very valuable experience, at least, it tells us about the problems that exist in the Mage Tower. Rhaegar finally stated his purpose for convening this meeting, "After careful consideration, I have decided to make changes to some of the current systems of the Storm God. ”

This decision caused quite a stir among the mages, to be exact, among the mages standing on the left, but Colville remained calm, and he had expected this moment when Seren and the others appeared in the mage tower, and he would have been disappointed if Rhaegar had maintained the same system despite his current advantage.

"But our system has been in place for thousands of years," before Rhaegar could announce specific measures, Sa Lan, one of the seven *** masters of the Deacons Council, preemptively said, "We have been practicing this system since our ancestors established this mage tower, and it has been proven that it is this system that has made us the most powerful mage organization in this civilized region. ”

"It's this kind of system that makes Villar like this," Clen said unceremoniously, "Don't tell me you don't know about his attitude toward dissidents, whose purges cost the God of Storms at least a fifth of its members." ”

"That's right," Salan replied with a smile, "I know very well, and, I know, that you and your sister have contributed to these purges. ”

Until they learned who their biological father was, the Crens sisters, Villars' most powerful allies, had always been synonymous with ruthlessness and murder in the eyes of opponents of the former.

The eyes of the human-demon 'hybrid' suddenly turned cold, "Are you challenging me?" she said coldly, and the figure of Henna beside her was blurring and gradually merging with it, which was a sign that the sisters were ready to join forces.

"Master Salan is just stating a fact," another *** master, Sean said lightly, without the slightest anger in his voice, "Please don't forget that he is also a member of the deacon committee, and according to the ancient rules, he has the right to criticize anyone, including the owner of the mage tower, and unless he betrays the mage tower, even the owner of the mage tower cannot punish him for some of his words." ”

"I suppose you and your friends must have done a good job at this point when Villar was in power," Seren, though obsessed with magic, was not an idiot in the world, and he said in a tone of seeming humility knowing something about the Storm God's past, "I believe that it is because of this that cold-blooded guy will have to keep you in your current position." ”

Despite only a decade in power, Villar managed to earn himself the title of the Cold-Blooded, and the disgruntled mages did not even dare to criticize him behind his back, because no one knew if there would be an agent of this terrible ruler by his side. Even Coville and the others could only remain silent about this - the gap between the ninth and eighth orders was even bigger than that between ordinary mages and *** masters, and Villar alone could kill them all, not to mention, everyone knew that this person who came to power by trickery was never a person who followed the rules, and if necessary, he could use any means against the enemy, including assassination.

"I think we've forgotten one thing," Covel said first, not waiting for Salan and Thorn to fight back, "until now, we didn't know the specific measures of reform." He looked at Rhaegar with a tacit smile on his face, "Before we start a debate, we should first listen to our master's opinion. ”

This sentence reminded the people who were about to unfurl their 'lips', and everyone fell silent, waiting for Rhaegar to speak.

"It's just a few minor changes," Rhaegar said, "and the board of deacons has to be enlarged, and power will no longer be concentrated in the hands of a few people." His eyes flashed with a bright 'essence' light, "All those who have advanced to the *** division will automatically become members of the Deacon Committee, they enjoy all the powers of the deacons, in order to improve the efficiency of work, the deacon committee will have seven permanent deacons, who will be responsible for daily affairs, but in the event of a major event or the proposal of any deacon or the master of the mage tower, a meeting of all deacons must be convened." The permanent deacons are not tenured, and in order to prevent the next Villars, all deacons take turns in this position for a term of ten years. ”

This change is undoubtedly a huge shock to the original deacons, they have to divide a considerable part of the power in their hands, and the number of *** divisions in Rhaegara's hands is exactly the same as the number of existing members of the deacons board, once this system is implemented, as long as one more person is co-opted, they will undoubtedly completely lose control of the deacons board. Everyone understood that the so-called permanent deacon was nothing more than a name - any deacon or the owner of the mage tower had the right to convene a meeting of the deacons, which reduced the permanent deacon to a complete decision-making task. What's more, in this new system, Rhaegar deliberately omitted the position of archdeacon, and in the absence of a presiding officer, the committee could only be accountable to the owner of the mage tower.

Still, some of the deacons wisely chose to compromise when faced with a forbidden mage—it was better to have some power than to lose everything.

But not everyone thinks so, at least, Salam isn't.