"This can't be!" With a low roar, the blonde beauty said angrily, "Hook, I just borrowed five hundred gold coins from you, and I wanted a shop on South Gate Street for five hundred gold coins?"

Slowly raising his head, a smile of incomprehensibility appeared on his face, and Hook said, "Five hundred gold coins? Sophia, are you mistaken, don't you count the interest? Even the interest, you now owe me more than 4,400 gold coins, and more than 4,000 gold coins to buy a restaurant where no one comes, I feel that I have lost everything." ”

The blood on her face suddenly disappeared, and Sophia's voice trembled angrily, "Four, four thousand four hundred gold coins! What are you kidding, when I signed the contract, it was very clear in black and white, I borrowed you five hundred gold coins, and a month later, I repaid you five hundred and fifty gold coins with interest, and now it has only been half a month, how can it become four thousand four hundred gold coins?"

"Hahahaha, you are really joking, the original contract is very clear, you lend me 500 gold coins, the interest is calculated according to 20% of the daily principal plus interest, now 16 days have passed, you owe me a total of 4,450 gold coins with interest, I will give you all the change, you just need to pay me back 4,400 gold coins, how about it, am I very generous?"

"You, you're talking nonsense! What about the contract? Show me the contract!"

Looking at Sophia's angry face, Hook smiled slyly, took out a folded piece of paper from his arms, shook it off, and said fiercely, "Open your eyes and see clearly, the contract is clearly written, and your signature, you can't deny it if you want to." ”

Sophia's beautiful eyes were filled with horror when she saw the unfamiliar contract in Hook's hand and her familiar signature, until she finally realized that she had been calculated.

Then, Sophia's fingers trembled and pointed at Hook and said angrily, "You, you scoundrel, I'm going to the sheriff's office to sue you!"

"Hahahaha......" laughed arrogantly, Hook said with a fierce face, "Sue me, let's see how the Sheriff's Department will decide, I tell you, I'm going to make a decision on your restaurant today, little ones, smash all these things for me!"

As Hook gave the order, several young men behind him began to smash the tables and chairs, and kept swearing as they moved.

"Stop, you guys stop me!"

"Don't say it, sister, let them smash it. ”

Just as Sophia roared angrily, trying to rush out to stop the people from smashing the hotel, a pleasant male voice came from the direction of the corner kitchen, and gradually, a thin blonde boy walked out slowly.

This young man is about the same age as Lei Xiu, not too tall, handsome to almost impeccable face is eight points similar to Sophia, although a little immature, but his eyes are extremely calm, with a calm bearing that his peers do not have.

The young man, dressed in a white chef's suit and holding a tall chef's hat in his hand, walked up to Sophia as if he were walking.

After seeing the boy, tears flowed from the corners of Sophia's eyes, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Messiah, we can't let them smash it, this restaurant was left to us by our father and mother, and we can't just be taken away by them!"

Shaking his head, the blonde boy hugged his sister and patted her on the shoulder before turning to face Hook, his voice as cold as a sharp skate blade in the depths of winter.

"Allen sent you, right?"

Hook's face sank when he heard this, and he frowned and said, "Messiah, what do you mean, I'm looking for your sister to ask her to pay back the money, what can it have to do with Young Master Allen, you have to pay attention when you speak, be careful of trouble coming out of your mouth!"

With a contemptuous smile, Messiah did not hide the disdain in his eyes at all, and said coldly, "Okay, your acting skills are too bad, go back and tell Allen that he lost to me in the selection exam of Shenyuan Academy, and I don't think he is ashamed, but if you use such a means to retaliate, you really don't look like a man, if you have the ability, you can come over with a real knife, I will continue, use such despicable means, and I am not afraid of embarrassing Lao Tzu who is the deputy city lord for him!"

"You!" glared at Messiah viciously, Hook sneered, "Messiah, I don't understand what you're talking about at all, I'm leaving my words here today, you either pay back the money or give me the shop contract!"

Glancing at Hook coldly, Messiah said in a flat tone, "Do you want a store?" Then come and get it, but don't blame me for not reminding you, I may not be able to deal with Eren for the time being, but you, hehe, if I want you to disappear, it really doesn't take much effort, do you really know what the Shenyuan Academy represents?

After hearing these words, Hook's eyes finally revealed a touch of heaviness and panic, because he knew that what the other party said was true, don't look at him just now, he said that even if Messiah is the dean of Shenyuan Academy, he will have to pay back, but he only dares to say these words to a woman like Sophia who has never seen much of the world.

Shenyuan Academy, as the first elemental mage academy in the mainland, is also the most difficult academy on the continent to get into, most of the students in it are either rich or expensive, and most of them are the children of powerful people who can let him die without a place to bury him with a touch of his fingers, even if he enters as a civilian, but after graduation, there is absolutely no lack of courtship and goodwill from all forces, if there is no threat from Allen, he is absolutely unwilling to provoke such an opponent with great potential in the future.

The rapid and heavy breathing showed that Hook's heart was also constantly struggling, but in the end, he gritted his teeth fiercely and said fiercely, "Don't talk nonsense, you have to give me an explanation no matter what today, otherwise I will smash your hotel!"

Although the words were fierce, Hook was smiling bitterly in his heart, he couldn't help himself, for a little gangster like him, offending a rising star like the Messiah, he could still hope to escape and live, but once he offended the deputy city lord, after thinking of this, Hook's strong body couldn't help but shudder, turned his head and yelled at the person behind him, "What are you still doing in a daze, smash me!"

"Well, can you let me settle the bill first?"

Very abruptly, a small sound, but instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the hotel.

Everyone followed the sound and looked at a long, handsome black-haired young man sitting there with his hands raised, with a shy smile on his face.

Sophia, who came back to her senses, was ashamed and anxious for a while, and hurriedly ran over to apologize, "Guest, I'm really sorry, I forgot about you, you go quickly, I invited you to this meal!"

Shaking his head with a smile, Lei Xiu stretched out his hand into his arms and said, "How can this work, you open the door to do business, how can you invite guests to eat at every turn, not to mention such a delicious lunch, although the price is a little expensive, but it is worth the money." ”

Hearing this, although it was in this tense environment, Sophia still had a feeling of crying and laughing, and looked at Lei Xiu and waved his hand and said, "It's really useless, the food money is not much, just count me as if I invited you." ”

took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his arms, Lei Xiu smiled and handed it to Sophia and said, "Here, it's four thousand four hundred gold coins, right, this is a golden ticket of five thousand gold coins, remember to find me change, I won't give you a tip." ”

Looking at the golden ticket handed over by Lei Xiu, Sophia was stunned, and for a while she didn't know whether she should take this "meal money" that could turn all the situation around.

The Messiah not far away also showed a look of surprise in his eyes, and looked at Lei Xiu with some curiosity, secretly analyzing it in his heart at the same time.

Not very old, similar to himself, and looks like a nobleman who likes to dress up as an ordinary person to play a hero to save the beauty; he doesn't look like a rich man who spends a lot of money, although the action is very natural when he takes out the golden ticket, and the twitch at the corner of his eyes is also very subtle, but when he takes out this money, he is indeed a little distressed;

It's not like it, his eyes are very clear, and he doesn't have that luster of desire.

Thinking of this, Messiah's curiosity about Lei Xiu became even heavier, but no matter what, the other party always helped him at such a critical time, and he only needed to repay this favor in the future.

Looking at Lei Xiu and nodding in greeting, Messiah said in a deep voice, "Take it, sister, this friend, I have written down this kindness!"

Glancing at Messiah's gaze, Lei Xiu smiled and nodded.

After seeing this scene, all the young people around Hook looked at Hook with a look of surprise and uncertainty on their faces, and one of them even walked up to Hook and whispered in his ear, "Boss, can't we take this money?"

A smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Hook suddenly widened his eyes, and laughed loudly, "Accept it, why don't you accept it?" Haha, Hansen, check the golden tickets, and if it's okay, find them five hundred and sixty gold coins." ”

The young man who was talking to Hook was stunned when he heard this, but he still did not refuse Hook's order, took the golden ticket from Sophia, who had a frosty face, and looked at it carefully, then walked up to Hook and nodded, "Boss, the golden ticket is no problem, it is a large ticket issued by the Imperial Bank." ”

Nodding his head, Hook raised his chin and motioned to Hansen to find the rest of the money for the other party, then turned his gaze to the Messiah, and gave the other party an incomprehensible look before he spoke, "Messiah, I know this matter is not over, but there is a debtor and a debtor, what means do you have to come at me, it has nothing to do with others, do you understand!"

Smiling disdainfully, the Messiah said coldly, "Of course this matter is not over, but there is a debtor and a debtor, who should pay what price, I know very well in my heart, you get out, Hook!"

Hearing the Messiah's insulting words, Hook's men all showed angry looks, cursed, and some even rolled up their sleeves, waiting for the boss to give an order, and stepped forward to teach the young man who had little meat on his body.

But Hook's face showed a look of satisfaction, and he waved his hand to stop his men and yelled, "Let's go!"

Then he took out something from his arms, slapped it heavily on the table, and then turned around and left the hotel.

It wasn't until Hook and the others walked out of the door that the Messiah slowly walked to the table that Hook had patted, picked up the contract left by the other party, read it carefully, and only after confirming that there was no problem did he sneer, and a crimson flame suddenly rose in his hand, burning the contract to ashes in an instant.

Seeing the flames in the hands of the Messiah, Lei Xiu's eyes lit up, at this time he could already feel the elements of heaven and earth, in his perception, the fire element in the air suddenly seemed to have life, and it jumped happily, with the Messiah as the center, the rapid condensation and expansion became the main theme of all the surrounding elements.

"Is this the method of the elemental mage?" Looking at the flame in the Messiah's hand excitedly, Lei Xiu couldn't help but take a strong interest in the elemental spell he was about to learn.

Exhaled deeply, as if the flame in his hand had also burned away the resentment in his heart, Messiah turned his head to look at Lei Xiu after putting away the flame, and his handsome face showed a kind smile, "Friend, thank you, don't worry, I will return this money to you as soon as possible, and I owe you a favor!"

Shaking his head with a smile, Lei Xiu waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, your name is Messiah, right, are you a student of Shenyuan Academy?"

A look of pride appeared on his face, after all, being admitted to Shenyuan Academy was also an extremely proud thing for the Messiah, who was very proud in his heart.

"Yes, but I just got in, and I haven't enrolled yet!"

The light in Lei Xiu's eyes brightened, and he asked curiously, "Well, if you can, can you tell me about Shenyuan Academy?"

With a smile, Messiah only thought that he had met another ordinary person who admired Shenyuan Academy, but out of his affection and gratitude to Lei Xiu, he still nodded kindly and said, "Of course, let's sit down and talk slowly." ”

Seeing that her younger brother and the young man who had just helped her were very interested in chatting, Sophia smiled and said, "You sit down and talk slowly, and I'll make you a pot of tea." ”

Politely thanking Sophia, Reciuus sat down at Messiah's beckoning, and then heard Messiah ask, "I don't know what your name is?"

"Lei Xiu, I'm from Ruben Town. ”

"Moben Town, that's a lot closer to the border than Golden Shield City. Messiah nodded abruptly and continued, "Okay, then let's start, about Shenyuan Academy, it is actually a mage academy with a very long history, the earliest history can be traced back to the period of the Moon Worship Dynasty a thousand years ago, at that time, the demon fighters had not yet formed a scale and system, and the ruler of the Deep Blue Continent was the elemental mage, which was also known as the mage at that time. ”

"Magician?"

Looking at Lei Xiu's puzzled expression, the Messiah took a deep breath and said, "Yes, magician, the predecessor of the elemental mage, when it comes to magicians, we have to say the Moon Worship Dynasty, this dynasty has dominated the Deep Blue Continent for nearly two hundred years, and in these two hundred years, the status of magicians has reached its peak, and even if the emperor of the dynasty wants to succeed to the throne, he must be recognized by the magician union at that time to have legitimacy, and the Shenyuan Academy was established at that time, and it was also the Royal Magician Academy of the Moon Worship Dynasty at the beginning!"

"In the era of the reign of the Moon Worship Dynasty, the magicians were not shackled and restrained, resulting in the emergence of many madmen and madmen, in order to pursue more powerful power, not only expropriated and looted wealth, and even many people also used civilians to experiment and sacrifice, with historical records, the population of the mainland fell by more than three percent during the Moon Worship Dynasty, and such a consequence brought the birth of countless powerful spells and magic books and a large number of riots and rebellions. ”

"At the beginning, no matter how large the scale of the riot was, the civilians without strength could not escape the fate of being suppressed, after all, the difference in strength was too great, sometimes a spell of a powerful magician could take the lives of thousands of people, but it didn't take long for this situation to be broken, and there were suddenly many masters who combined the advantages of warriors and magicians in the civilian rebel army, and they combined the fighting spirit and elements at that time to create a new power system, which was the prototype of the demon fighter. ”

Lei Xiu's eyes became brighter and brighter, although he was now a demon fighter, but he didn't know much more about the origin and history of this kind of demon fighter than an ordinary person, and now there was a messia to explain to him, which made him extremely fascinated and excited to listen.

After a pause, the Messiah continued, "For this strange and powerful power, the magicians did not have a good way to balance it at first, so that the dynastic army was defeated and retreated, and in the end, even the most powerful demon fighter killed the emperor of the dynasty, and established a new dynasty, which was later the Bright Dynasty!"

"After the establishment of the Bright Dynasty, the power of magicians was greatly weakened, a large number of magical documents were burned, and everyone was forbidden to study the magic of contracts with demons and other evil magic, so elemental magic became the mainstream of magicians, and over time it was called elemental mage. ”

"Although the Moon Worship Dynasty has fallen, the Shenyuan Academy has been retained, and it has been standing tall in the Deep Blue Continent and has been passed down to the present. ”

After saying this, Messiah showed a fanatical look on his face, and said excitedly, "In this nearly thousand years of history, Shenyuan Academy has cultivated a total of eleven Saint-rank elemental mages, as well as three hundred and forty-six elemental archmages, becoming the top academy for cultivating elemental mages in the Deep Blue Continent, there is no one!"

Hearing this, Lei Xiu couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, eleven Saint-rank elemental mages, that is, eleven Saint-rank masters like Roger, Shenyuan Academy would produce one in less than a hundred years on average, although he knew that he couldn't calculate it like this, but this ratio was also quite terrifying.

You must know that a Saint-level master can live to be five hundred years old, which shows that the Saint-level master of Shenyuan Academy has never been broken, and thinking of this, it is not surprising why Shenyuan Academy can stand tall in the Deep Blue Continent.

What's more, there are more than 300 elemental archmages of the same level as gold-level demon fighters!

Looking at Lei Xiu's surprised appearance, Messiah slowly eased from his excitement, but the essence in his eyes became sharper, and then he said in a calm and firm tone, "My dream is to become a Saint-rank elemental mage of the Shenyuan Academy!"

Looking up at the Messiah in surprise, Lei Xiu couldn't help but secretly applaud this young man of the same age as him, although he had already seen that this young man was extraordinary, although he was young, he had a rare calmness and composure, but he didn't expect that the other party's ambition was to become a saint-level powerhouse.

Exhaling deeply, Messiah shook his head with self-deprecation and smiled, "Don't you feel like I'm a little overwhelmed?" After all, I'm not even an ordinary elemental mage now, but it's strange, I don't usually say this to people, but I seem to be familiar with you at first sight, and I said so much unconsciously, Lei Xiu, you are not allowed to laugh at me!"