A bartender holds a bottle with a thin neck and a round belly, and slowly pours the amber liquid into the glasses, and the mellow aroma fills the air, stimulating the smell of the guests in the room, and everyone's eyes are focused on the waiter.

The waiter who waited by the side picked up the tray and walked up and down the hall, handing out the goblets full of wine to the magicians.

This is a salon organized by water magicians, and Scholar Sean informed me more than half a month ago that I was ready to give a lecture, and I was one of the speakers at this salon gathering.

Being able to become a speaker at a salon party shows that the speaker is recognized to a certain extent in the circle of water magicians, and this kind of thing has evolved into a qualification now, and often the water magician who speaks the most times at the party can be regarded as the old qualification of this party.

In the past, it was customary for the magicians who gave a speech at the salon to prepare a bottle of wine and bring it to the salon to share with the other water magicians.

I brought a bottle of Golden Cider with me, but this bottle was a little different from the others, this bottle of Zimmermann Golden Cider had been aged for fifteen years, and the wine had turned into a slightly viscous amber color, and this bottle of Golden Cider had not only been stored in the underground caverns of the Willow Valley for nearly five years, but had also been stored in the cellar of Zimmermann Estate for nearly six years.

A month ago, I moved the first batch of Golden Cider to the magical herb plantation in the heart of Nameless Island......

The Nameless Island's belly happens to be a rare point in time, where time flows nearly eighty times faster than normal, and is not only suitable for growing magical herbs, but also for cellaring fine wine. The bottle of golden cider at the salon party had been stored in the magical herb plantation on Nameless Island for nearly a month, but it turned amber.

The magicians held goblets of golden cider, sipping mellow golden cider, and gathered in front of the narrow blackboard in the hall, carefully looking at the five new water-based magic runes on the blackboard.

Everyone gathered around to discuss, for the five water runes of the drawing, the water magicians have their own different opinions, for the mysterious magic runes, the magicians can interpret different meanings from them, and even some magicians have been on the edge of the blackboard to imitate these new water rune boards, and ask me some questions according to the runes.

I don't know much about the arrangement of these rune element matrices, only the question of how to draw them can be answered, this lecture on the new runes has lasted for a long time before it is over, only a mage like the Yerkis scholar will be interested in the arrangement of the rune internal element matrix, most mages just want to understand how to apply these water runes.

Standing in front of the blackboard, my fingers quickly outlined the minimalist magic threads in front of my chest, and those pale blue magic threads automatically weaved into a mysterious magic pattern circle as if they had life, and the water magicians around me held their breath and watched me draw the water rune with wide eyes, not knowing how I used the mana.

They didn't know that this was actually an ability of the orc tribe weavers, who could use the complex magic pattern array, through the understanding of the elements, to greatly simplify the way magic runes were drawn, and those magic pattern lines were like a pair of dexterous and invisible hands to weave a complex magic pattern array, this is the true meaning of the weaver.

A water mage crammed into the front row couldn't help but ask, "Wizard Jiga, how did you do it?"

I rubbed my nose and replied, "Well, maybe it's because of the affinity of the water element, or maybe it's because I have drawn too many magic circles, and I can't describe how I feel......"

After the speech, I stood in the crowd in a brand new set of magic robes, and some of the young water mages attending the salon gathered together and smiled and said to a young water mage, "Gali, didn't you hear you say last time that you were going to go to the north to see the snow?"

The surrounding magicians laughed, and the water magician known as Gali pushed his glasses with a look of confusion and replied, "I do have such a travel plan, and I did ask for the consent of my family and mentor, but when I took action, I was met with the resolute opposition of my friends, and in order to avoid breaking my friend's heart, I could only slow down this travel plan and wait until the weather was warmer before going to the north." ”

"Your heartbroken friend is actually the lover of Queen Street!" Galry ......" The water magician who just asked me a question laughed exaggeratedly, everyone likes to make some small jokes with Galry, Gali is also the kind of big grinning character, never cares about these little jokes, and is quite popular among this group of young water magicians.

A middle-aged magician sat on the armrest of the sofa and said with a smile: "When the spring flowers bloom, those barbarians on the ice and snow tundra will probably have to go home." ”

A few days ago, I happened to receive a letter from Earl Desmond, saying that the Legion of the North Wind was preparing for a big battle, and this time Duke Jingyue was preparing to drive the barbarians to the north bank of the Galloping Horse River in one fell swoop, and it could be seen that Count Desmond was full of confidence in this battle. In order to support Duke Jingyue's war against the barbarians, I supported her entire shipload of dual-attribute giant crossbow arrows.

Among this batch of giant crossbow arrows, in addition to the more normal 'penetrating' and 'sharp' two magic effects of giant crossbow arrows, there are also two boxes of frozen arrows and explosive arrows, both of which are single-attribute arrows, but the engraved magic is no longer primary magic, but upgraded to second-level magic, the frozen arrows are engraved with the second-level magic skill 'Freeze', and the explosive arrows are engraved with the second-level magic skill 'Burst Flame'.

I said to the magicians around me, "Maybe it won't take that long...... But speaking of which, in the north in the spring, the ice and snow are beginning to melt, and the southeast trade winds revive everything in that fertile land, it is still worth a visit. ”

Listening to me tell you about the beautiful scenery of the Northern Province, many magicians yearn for it, and Gali even exclaimed:

"It is said that only a warrior who has experienced the wind and snow in the north can become a true Sloitt warrior!"

The water magician standing beside him hurriedly quipped:

"Gali, I'm afraid you'll never be a true warrior. ”

"What's that, I'm a water magician!" said Gali indifferently, "I went to the North to taste the golden cider that is abundant there, but today I tasted the wine brought by Jijia, and I know what the real golden cider is, so it doesn't really make much sense to me whether I go to the North Province or not......"

There was laughter all around.

Of course, the taste of this golden cider is quite good, and the precipitated vintage gives it a mellow taste and a golden-like texture.

A water magician who was about to give a speech at the next salon complained to me with a bitter face that I shouldn't have brought out such a bottle of wine to share with everyone, so that he didn't even know what he should bring with him at the next party.

This is probably the last water magician salon gathering I attended in the imperial capital this winter, and I took some time to seriously explain the five new ways of drawing water runes to these water magicians, I believe they will more or less have a new understanding of these runes after listening to my speech.

"All set?" Scholar Sean asked me, knowing I was preparing for a trip to the Rocks.

Leaning against the window and looking at the lights outside the castle, I turned my head and said:

"Well, I'll leave on the day of the exam, and the tickets for the magic airship have already been booked. ”

Scholar Sean asked me, "It will take at least half a month to fly from the imperial capital to Qiyan City, the magic airship!"

The winter vacation here at the Royal Academy of Magic is only a little more than two months, and if I take the magic airship, it means that I will have to spend nearly a month on the journey to Strange Rock City, even though the ticket for the magic airship is many times cheaper than the cost of going through the portal, going through the portal is still the preferred way for many nobles.

I explained to Scholar Sean, "We arrived at Haiyin Silk City through the Imperial Capital Teleportation Hall, where there happened to be a magic airship bound for Strange Rock City, and there was a strong wind belt between Haiyin Silk City and Strange Rock City, and it only took a week to reach Strange Rock City by magic airship. ”

I insisted on taking the magic airship to Qiyan City, in fact, I hoped that when the magic airship entered the territory of Qiyan Province, I could observe the landforms around Qiyan City from the airship, after all, we came to Qiyan City rashly, and we wanted to organize an adventure group to go deep into the Wild Swamp, especially the recent wars in the Wild Swamp, at this time, it is even more necessary to understand the landform characteristics over there in detail.

Although the situation around Strange Rock City is very different from that of the Wild Swamp, at least some of the vegetation that grows should be similar.

Scholar Sean patted me on the shoulder and said, "Remember to write to me when you get there......"

I nodded.

......

The afternoon sun was drowsy, and Ying Li and I sat in the magic caravan to the lakeside manor, enjoying a rare quiet afternoon.

Helena has just completed the final exam of the Advanced Swordsman Academy, and she has been promoted to the 'Sword Dancer', and she naturally passed the actual combat test and the ability test, but for some theoretical tests, she does need to make a temporary assault, and many combat rules that need to be memorized can only be truly understood when they really go to the battlefield, and now they don't need to fully understand, but they are required to memorize it completely, so Helena stayed up all night last night.

After completing the theory test in the morning, Helena slipped into the magic caravan, and once her spirit was relaxed, fatigue welled up, and she leaned against me and fell asleep.

Becky sat on the soft leather sofa opposite, there was a map of Qiyan Province on the wooden table in the carriage, she was taking some notes seriously, and there was a book on the table about the customs of Qiyan City, and it could be seen that several of them were actively preparing for the trip to Qiyan City.

The magic caravan drove out of Yulin Avenue and turned onto Lakeside Avenue, where the entire surface of Weiyang Lake was covered with a thick layer of snow.

The dockyard is also covered with a thick layer of snow, and the boatmen seem to have gone to enjoy the long winter vacation, and the whole dock seems to be very depressed.

"Ledie has been asking me about her winter vacation plans recently, and she probably heard some news and plans to go to Strange Rock City with us. Ying Li put down the teacup in her hand and said softly, her eyes falling on the ginkgo tree that was constantly speeding backwards outside the window.

"Ignore her, it's impossible to take her on this trip to Strange Rock City. I didn't even think about it, so I just said directly.

Ying Li exhaled lightly and said, "Okay, since it's decided, I'll talk to her when I go back." ”

Since Prince James has decided to train Le Die to be the future commander of the South Wind Legion, this kind of adventure has been completely cut off from her, if Prince James knew that Le Die went to Strange Rock City to adventure, it is estimated that this pot must be carried by me in the end, so I decided to dispel this idea in Le Die's heart from the bud

A parallel team of costumed knights passed by us, looking at their gorgeous costumes, even the armor on the horses was embroidered with gold thread, and the two costumed knights carrying the flag at the front, one holding the military flag of the Constructed Knights, and the other holding the flag of the Babington family, it seems that this is the guard of honor of the Constructed Knights of the Babington family.

Before I could see what the attributes of the knights' magical armor were, we saw a convoy of magic caravans of the Babington family driving in front of us, because there were constructed knights on both sides of the convoy, so they took up most of the road, and our magic caravan could only lean against the side of the road, waiting for them to pass completely.

But I don't know what important activities they will have in this winter, and they need to send such a large convoy.

Ying Li and I both leaned our heads against the window and watched as one magic caravan after another slowly drove by, each with suitcases piled up behind it.

I asked Ying Li, "Why are there so many salutes in the car, is this group of people from the Babington family going to move?"

As soon as my words came out, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and this direction of the lakeside continent led to the pass north of Mount Majaro, so to speak......

"They're preparing to leave the Imperial Capital!" I blurted out at the same time as Ying Li.

Unexpectedly, after Angela's multi-faceted victory, the situation of the Babington family became even more difficult.

The Babington family not only lost the three Mithril mines of the Angela face, but also the business plan made by Billy Barbington for the primary rune plate market was completely ruined, in addition, when the Imperial Capital Council Hall distributed the fruits of the victory of the Angela Multifacet War, Billy Babington also offended the power formed by the small lords of the imperial capital, and the prestige of the Babington family in the imperial capital plummeted.

I think they chose to leave the imperial capital at this time, because they couldn't get along in the imperial capital, so this group of family members returned to San Carlos City.

A magnificent magic caravan passed in front of me, and I saw Duke Billy Babington sitting in the carriage, looking out the window at Weiyang Lake......