"Huey, I don't blame you for what happened before, everyone has done something wrong sometimes. What Magnus said is all nonsense, and you don't have to take it to heart at all. Have you forgotten the oath we made together to give your life for the sake of the Arcane and the Empire? Of course, I wouldn't really ask you to give your life, just like when you were still in the Academy, and I would protect you even if there was danger. Do you remember the good times we had together in the Academy, when the great empire was still alive, the arcane light was still shining on the land, and the infinite secrets of the universe were waiting to be discovered...... We must bring back all these lost goodness......"

In a corner of the True Red Palace, the old woman who had infiltrated here had already found her target and was trying to persuade her, and standing in front of her was the obsessive man who had been in the Duke of Felton's dormitory.

Anyone who knew the identities of these two men would be stunned to see this, because these were the two vice presidents of the Arcane Revival Society, which had been designated by all the Temple churches as the most extreme and dangerous underground organization, Jennifer Jefferson and Hugh Griffin. A group of arcane wizards lurk in the shadows of society, known for unearthing the ruins of the empire and conducting all kinds of dangerous arcane experiments, hundreds of temple elites die in conflicts with them every year, entire villages and towns have been killed because of their arcane experiments, and dangerous creatures from the lower realms have been summoned by them. In short, according to the standards set by the Temple and the Church, these two are definitely the most dangerous people in the land of Euro.

It's just that now, if you look at it from the outside, you can't find anything related to danger on these two people at all. The gray-haired old woman spoke softly and bitterly to persuade her, softly, with some flattery and temptation in her earnestness, as if she were persuading the doting grandson to come home for dinner. And the obsessive man standing in front of her looked frustrated and overwhelmed, without saying a word, motionless, not even daring to look at her, and he was an honest student who knew that he had done something wrong and had to face his teachers and elders.

"Now is the most difficult time for our business, and I need you to come back and help me. Without the Star Temple, now only you can deter the loose-minded members. You probably don't know what a critical moment our organization has reached now, almost all the families no longer support us, and a large number of members have defected, especially since Inclave and the Southern Legion have come to the ground and co-opt those members to steal the arcane materials we have accumulated over the years...... Our years of hard work were gradually eaten away, and even I was under house arrest by Magnus with arcane arts, and I struggled to find a chance to escape...... Now only you can help me, Huey, we must join forces, at least find a way to get in touch with the Star Temple...... Believe me, everything will be fine, everything will be back to the way it was before......"

Vice President Griffin didn't react to Jefferson's hard talk, he seemed to be only a little more normal in the face of the Duke, and he seemed clumsy in front of anyone else, even the old classmate and colleague he had worked with for decades. Vice President Jefferson was almost dry when he spoke, and he casually glanced left and right at the ground and said slowly, "I... I...... Not long after I came back this time, my brother asked me to stay a little longer, and I was afraid that he would be angry if I had to leave......"

“... You're already an adult, Huey, and you should have your own opinions and know what you have to do. "Vice President Jefferson had to use a zero-ring arcane to create a water balloon that swallowed and moistened his somewhat dry throat. "And you must know that it will be of great benefit to the Duke of Felton for us to restart the cause of the Arfa Revival together. Don't forget, he's over eighty years old, and even if you replace some organs and make some arcane modifications, his overall function is gradually weakening, and he's just an ordinary person after all. If this goes on for another thirty or forty years at most, he will not be able to prolong his life with the existing arcane transformation alone, and only the reactivation of the Empire Age lifeform transformation will allow him to continue to live......"

"Thirty or forty years to go......," Griffin muttered, unable to tell whether he was happy or dissatisfied.

Vice President Jefferson immediately continued, "But it is not possible to restart the renovation program in a leap, and our excavations and experiments have not been carried out as well as they should, and now we must restart them as soon as possible...... That's right, that ...... Did you hear about the core fragments?"

“... My brother said that the Fernandez family didn't have that thing in their hands......"

“... No, His Highness Gacidi had determined it with the arcane causal order, and that thing had indeed fallen into the hands of the Fernandez family. Now there are two possibilities, one is that Duke Felton doesn't want anyone to know about the fragment, so he even hides it from you. The other thing is that it fell into the hands of someone in Fernandez's family, and even your brother doesn't know about it. It's important to us right now, and it would be nice to know where it is......"

“......”

“... No, I'm not forcing you to do it, it's a little difficult for you. Okay, let's get out of here together, okay?"

"That's enough. I said, Miss Jefferson, can't you just visit in a dignified manner? There's really no need to be so sneaky. Actually, you can rest assured, even for the sake of your relationship with Huey, I will not report you to the temple. ”

A voice suddenly rang out, and with it, the surrounding scenery began to distort. Originally around them, the surrounding scene took on a strange blur and distantness, as if both of them were in a huge blister. This is the eight-ring arcane distortion realm, which can not only be used to defend and restrain the enemy, but also is an extremely clever means to conceal, but now this eight-ring arcane is obviously disturbed by an inexplicable force, but it was forcibly dispersed after a few seconds, and the surrounding blurred scenery returned to normal after a burst of distortion.

Along with the normal scene was the stocky Duke Felton, who looked a little funny in his discarded gown, and the guards and servants who were supposed to follow him were nowhere to be seen, only a thin old man with gray hair followed him.

“...... I'm sorry, but I was rude......" Despite his paleness, Jefferson bowed to Duke Felton, a grace that the nobles of the empire should not lose at any time. Then she looked at the thin old man standing behind the duke, and there was a bit of injustice in her voice. "It's been many years, Mr. Mo, I still remember when you came to Aoguang Fortress to tutor us in actual combat teaching, but I didn't expect that after so many years, your vigilance is still so high. ”

"Hello, Miss Jefferson. The thin old man smiled and replied dryly, and his words didn't seem to mean much.

"So, could you please satisfy my curiosity?" Jefferson didn't stop. "I've spent quite a bit of time parsing the Arcane sequence of the True Red Palace, and for this protective sequence, which is only one-tenth of its heyday, I don't think it's likely that I'll be able to spot my infiltration, so how did you find mine? or ...... Is there someone reminding you?"

“... There was no reminder of anyone, just the vigilance of the arcane. The thin old man was silent for a while, the nasolabial folds on both sides deepened, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he spoke slowly. "It's just a very simple sequential reminder, and I've set it up since Lord Griffin returned to the True Red Palace, because I know that some people, including you, will definitely be reluctant to let him return to Fernandez's house. The conditions for the order are also very simple, and I will be reminded when someone other than the Duke has taken the initiative to say more than three sentences to Lord Griffin, and contains a guiding meaning and gets a response. With Lord Griffin's character, only you can talk to him like that, right?"

Jefferson nodded helplessly: "I see...... And as you said in the past, don't be obsessed with looking for answers purely technically, and you can often get a simpler way when you look at things from a higher perspective. ”

"It's an honor for you to remember. The thin old man nodded.

"Okay, okay, let's put the damn arcane research aside for a moment and talk about more realistic questions. Duke Felton clapped his hands impatiently, apparently not at all interested in such a subject, and his eyes were fixed on the vice-president of the Arcane Revival Order, undisguised with caution and hostility. "Miss Jefferson, I said that I would not report you to the temple or the church for the sake of your previous care of Huey, but it is absolutely not permissible for you to try to bring Huey back to the revival to help you. If you give up this attempt, you can stay here as a guest for a while, taste the wine and food of our red collars, and see the scenery in the basin or something, but if you still have those ghost thoughts that you shouldn't have, I'll just let you get out. ”

"......" Jefferson closed his eyes and took a deep breath, readjusting his breathing and mentality before slowly speaking: "Lord Duke, the Fernandez family has always been an important supporter of our Austrian Revival Society, and we have always been very grateful to you, don't you feel sorry for all these years of dedication and friendship?"

"Of course I think it's a pity. The Duke of Felton spread his hands with a questioning expression. "But what's the solution? Who knew that the wreckage of that floating city would be killed by the gods? Without that thing, and with your guild leader as a backing, what else could you guys make out of the shadows? And your own hearts are starting to fall apart. Actually, according to me, whether it's the dead soldiers of the Southern Legion or the hillbillies of Incre, it's not a bad thing for you to take advantage of this time to divide up your information and manpower, at least you still have something to do, at most it's just a change of leader. ”

"It seems that Lord Duke is ready to wait for the two of them to decide before choosing his new ally..."Jefferson smiled wryly, her voice dry, as if it took perseverance to squeeze each word out of her throat. “... But those who are just greedy people use the power of the arcane for their own self-interest......"

"Isn't this?" said Duke Felton shook his outstretched hand again, and looked at the vice president of the revival club like a mentally handicapped child in urgent need of treatment. "Is there anyone who doesn't do things for his own benefit? Please, find me a few such saints in this world. Miss Jefferson, you have been studying and teaching at the academy all your life, and you seem to have no idea what this world and society are really like. Well, I'll admit that there are some arcanists like you, who are bent on studying the mysteries of the universe, thinking about the arcane supremacy, about restoring the empire, and all these are romantic fantasies that you have nothing to do while drinking afternoon tea, and they are essentially no different from the dramas that you watch. But the vast majority of people in this world are fighting hard for food gold coins, women, everyone huddles together because the strength of the group is greater, they can get more food, more gold coins, more women, and follow the boss above to believe that the boss can bring them these. This is true of the underworld hooligans in the streets and alleys, and the same is true of the Southern Legion. Even if their leader, Robert Jr. or Amos, suddenly goes crazy, and follows you to engage in ideals and feelings, it won't take long for their subordinates to kill them and re-elect a new leader, believe it or not?"

"As for the fact that everyone supported you before, of course it is also a benefit. Okay, maybe there will be a few old-fashioned and mediocre remnants of the empire who will give you back all kinds of cover and support for the sake of nostalgia, but I guarantee most of them because you can bring them benefits. With you at the forefront to attract the attention of the temple church, it will be much easier for them to make small moves in private, and they can also share in the profits of the arcane results you have made. Over the years, those who have quietly carried out arcane transformation organ transplants with you, those who have encouraged you to deal with the temple churches in a certain area, and those who have hired you to repair and transform the family's arcane sequences, these are all the rewards of your investment. To put it mildly, your revival will be the same as the gangsters in the territory of the minor nobles, and to support you is to make you do some shady things that are inconvenient for adults on the table to do. Now that the gods have killed your boss with their own hands, you have no one who can fight, and you can't do anything in fear within yourself, so of course everyone has to stop supporting you and wait to see the next guy who can stand up to the temple church......"

Jefferson's face was as pale as paper, and suddenly a sickly blush rose, and her body trembled slightly, the words of this former gang leader were so crude and vulgar, tearing all the disguises and showing them bloodily before her eyes, according to what he said, the ideals and beliefs that she had always regarded as more important than life were in fact nothing more than a fig leaf in front of worldly interests.

"That's enough!" finally broke through the old woman's psychological limits, and she screamed with rage. "Lord Felton, your titles, your family, are all gifts from the Empire, from the gifts of the Arcane, how can you describe all this so dirty?

Without waiting for Duke Felton to respond, she turned to the thin old man standing behind the Duke and asked sharply: "Mr. Mo, you are also an archmage who came over from the Imperial Era, and now one of the people who stand at the peak of the arcane in this world, you choose to support such a lowly and vulgar person who does not learn and has no skills to take charge of the Fernandez family?

Duke Felton's face suddenly became gloomy, and his round eyes also flashed with a dangerous light, even if he had been in charge of the True Red Family for decades, this weakness was still one of his biggest heart problems. The power of the arcane sequence in the True Red Palace is huge, but he can't even do the most basic control, but he has one of the closest brothers who is a rare arcane genius in the world, but unfortunately there is too much problem with his personality. Just like now, no matter what happened to the two sides of the quarrel, Vice President Huey Griffin, who had silenced countless enemies of the Revival Society, just shrank aside, bowed his head and remained silent, like a cowardly child who could only listen to his parents' quarrels.

Of course, since he has been in charge of the family for so many years, this theoretical weakness is not so dangerous in reality, otherwise the idiots who will inevitably have in the family would have died hundreds of times. Now the old woman's shouting only sounded uncomfortable to him, and it was far from a threat.

"Miss Jefferson, you're out of shape. The thin old man standing behind the Duke spoke slowly. "As you said, people are not just like animals, they only know how to fight for food, they also have their own beliefs and ideals. My grandfather and father guarded the Fernandez family all their lives, and I swore in front of them to carry on their loyalty and mission, and everything I have, including all my arcane knowledge, comes from the cultivation of the True Red Family. To me, arcane is just arcane, like a weapon in my hand, and even if I don't need this weapon, I will defend this family with my hands and life. I am very sure that Lord Felton is the most suitable person to take charge of the True Red Family, and under his leadership, the family has indeed survived the devastation of the war safely, and stands tall on the mainland unscathed. As long as I'm still around, I'll continue to protect him and the Fernández family. ”

"Thank you, Mo. Duke Felton turned and patted the old man on the shoulder, his face full of relief. "The greatest wealth of the True Red Family, and my greatest luck, is your loyalty. ”

"As for you, Miss Jefferson. It seems that the blow of the failure of the Revival Society is a bit too severe for you. You're no longer the knowledgeable, elegant arcane nobleman, you're just a hysterical woman. The Duke looked at Vice President Jefferson again with a blank expression, a strange indifference in his eyes, and a hint of regret in his voice. “...... Hysterical women are the most unreasonable and dangerous creatures in the world, and they can do anything, and I know that very well. So it's a pity...... Old Mo, kill her. ”

The thin old man called Lao Mo didn't answer, but the smile on his face was closed, and then the scenery around Jefferson suddenly began to distort, and began to collapse towards her as the core.

Jefferson's face was all pale, his eyes were full of despair, the two seven-ring and eight-ring protective arcane on her body were directly disintegrated and shattered before they could take effect, and there were two scrolls in her arms that could instantly activate the nine-ring arcane, but she didn't even have the idea of using them to resist or escape. In the previous analysis of the arcane sequence of the True Red Palace, she had already seen very clearly, this was a huge sequence with two ten-ring arcane as the core, even if she was an archmage who had already touched the nine-ring arcane, she was like an ant under this overwhelming power.

In particular, the person who controls this arcane sequence is the famous arcane master from the Imperial Age, Dorododemo.

But the expected situation of her being crushed to pieces and then disappearing completely did not happen, the arcane of the protective disintegration and the suppression of the pan-magic net, the eight-ring and nine-ring arcane, did work, but in the end, the elemental collapse that was supposed to completely shatter her body and spirit together seemed to be interfered with by some force, and it was forcibly suspended just after it was activated.

Old Mo's eyes widened, and a surprised expression appeared on his thin face for the first time, and then he turned his gaze to Huey Griffin next to him. Jefferson, who had come to his senses from despair, immediately looked at his colleague, who had been in a daze all along.

For this kind of gaze, the vice president seemed very uncomfortable, he shrank his head, and his fat body, which was already a little rickety, almost shrunk into a ball, and he didn't dare to look at the eyes of the two, just stared at the ground and muttered: "I modified some sequence permissions, I'm sorry, old Mo ......"

"What's going on?" The only one who didn't know what was going on was Duke Felton, but he immediately understood from the expressions of the other three, glaring at Griffin and yelling, "Huey, what the hell are you doing?"

“... I can't let you kill Jennifer... You can't do that......" almost huddled in the eyes of his brother, and Vice President Griffin was quite adamant about his approach.

Duke Felton looked at Lao Mo again, and after a slight contemplation, Lao Mo sighed in vain, shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, it seems that Lord Griffin stole part of your body tissue to shape a life form as an arcane base point, Fernandez's bloodline naturally has high authority, and your position in the arcane sequence is still very delicate." He must have spent quite a bit of preparation to do all this quietly, and I didn't even notice it, and I can't get rid of it for the time being......"

"This ...... Huey!" Duke Felton looked at Griffin with a broken face, he really couldn't do anything about this brother.

"I'm sorry brother. Griffin suddenly pulled out a lump of something from his robe and threw it on the ground next to him, and the pink flesh that was originally only the size of a fist swelled up like crazy as soon as it touched the ground, and after only a second or two, it turned into a huge humanoid that was five meters tall. The giant was graceful, with a perfect body and face that perfectly matched the huge proportions, and even grew long purple hair and a chic and revealing black dress out of his flesh, and looked like an enlarged living girl.

Once the girl was formed, she reached out and grabbed Jefferson, held Griffin with the other, and then rushed out with the two vice-presidents of the Arcane Revival with a agility that was completely disproportionate to the huge body.

There was a booming sound as the giant girl slammed through the walls of the palace and rushed outward, the sturdy buildings as fragile as pancakes under her impact, and the air currents along the way blew gravel dust everywhere.

"Old Mo!" Duke Felton looked at the old mage who was guarding him, and the old mage could only make a helpless expression, he didn't have much to do to stop all this when he was seriously invaded into the arcane sequence, and if he really wanted to fight with his own ability, he didn't have the confidence to completely protect the duke, after all, they were two top archmages.

"Brother...... Don't worry, I'll be back...... Remember to help me bring that girl back......" There was a burst of words that were still muttering, but unusually clear words came through the continuous rumbling sound in the distance, and the Duke of Felton could only hold his forehead with his hand, roll his eyes and let out a long sigh, as if he was going to vomit all the anger of his life.