Chapter 1061: The Price of Gaining Power
What is the price, Kim Galleon?
"Hmph, it's that simple."
Maca sat in the crowd, looking at Ted's mysterious smile on the stage, feeling the various changes of the witches and wizards around her, and secretly pursed her lips in her heart.
To be honest, Ted's methods are obviously not very powerful.
The first step is to throw out a part of the bait and let the fish that like this "bait" gather on their own; Then in the second step, he will naturally be able to go directly to the net to catch fish.
It's a pity that this guy doesn't know that even he himself is a big fish this time. And the real fisherman is now in his net and watching coldly.
At the moment, Ted seemed to want to put more pressure on the wizards present, so he didn't continue after bringing up the word "price", but stopped talking without stopping.
Seeing that he didn't mean to continue talking for the time being, Maca simply turned her head and looked at the other wizard sitting next to her.
Although the other party was the same as him, the whole person was covered with a kind of silk cloak, obviously not wanting people to know who they were. But just from the posture and sitting posture, Maca could tell at a glance that this was a woman.
"This lady, what do you think...... What kind of conditions will he propose? ”
The other party was not surprised by Maca's sudden opening.
In fact, at this time, many people below couldn't help but whisper to the person sitting on the same prayer bench again. Compared with Maca, who was always silent just now, there were actually more people who couldn't hold back their whispered discussions.
After all, this rally has added a bit of conspiracy to Ted's words - most of the people here are not stupid, and how can people not see that guy's attitude has changed suddenly?
However, discussing with the people around you is another matter, whether you will take what other people say to heart.
"Conditions?"
After a moment's pause, Maca saw that the witch beside her didn't even turn her head. She just stared at Ted in front of the church, and said as if she was nonchalant:
"I don't care about the specific conditions...... Now I am more concerned about what he ultimately wants from us. ”
When Maca heard this, her eyebrows in her hood suddenly furrowed.
"Oh? You mean—"
"That's right," the other man nodded slightly, "I can assure you that his so-called 'next step' will still not be the last step in the entire ancient magic ritual - he still wants to hang our appetites again!" So I think as long as the conditions he put forward are not too excessive, I can still try to exchange them this time. ”
"Well, it's possible!" Maca shrugged her shoulders and said, "Who knows? ”
Hearing that Maca's tone seemed to be a little lazy, the witch suddenly tilted her head slightly, glanced at him, and said:
"Why, you don't believe me?"
But when Maca heard her rhetorical question, she laughed a little sarcastically.
"Hmph, don't say I don't believe it...... Do you believe what you just said? ”
Maca wasn't one of them, and she had never performed any ancient magic rituals. But he knew that that kind of magic ritual was really good for the growth of magical strength.
Around him at the moment, almost all the magic fluctuations in the human body were higher than the average level of ordinary wizards. Presumably, now, everyone present casts a spell, and the effect will not be too bad.
Regardless of the drawbacks of this kind of black magic ritual, at least these wizards would be very difficult to refuse to further enhance their strength.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered to complete the first step of the ritual in the first place.
You know, in Ms. Higgs's previous situation, the precondition for such a ritual alone, that particular potion, was not at all easy to concoct.
However, it was only because Maca knew this that he realized that this witch was guiding himself at all. Because the reason why the other party said "can agree" is actually just to let him be a guinea pig who tests drugs.
Of course, in fact, it would be simpler to think about it from another angle - one of these witches and wizards here at this time is counted as one, but they are all guys who do not hesitate to kill people in order to increase their strength!
Seeing that Maca was not fooled at all, the sinister witch suddenly lost interest in continuing the conversation. At this moment, the wizard on the other side of her took the initiative to talk, and she immediately gave up Maca and turned her head to whisper to others.
But at this moment, Ted, who was in front of the hymn stage, finally spoke again.
"It seems that everyone is curious about what the price will have to pay. Well, if it's a 'transaction', it's natural to ask the merchant about the price of the product. But—"
As he was talking, he suddenly waved his hand and said:
"I must first remind you that this is not going to be a stupid deal, either for me or for all the gentlemen and ladies here!"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly reached into the pocket of his robe and pulled out a bundled roll of parchment.
Immediately after, everyone watched him shake the parchment roll in his hand, and said with a sneer:
"I think you already know what it is—but don't you want to know who its true owner is?"
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Ted took the initiative to say in a loud voice:
"Don't worry, I'll tell you the right answer, whether or not anyone has guessed it—this gentleman must be familiar to you, he is the Dark Wizard and creator of the Basilisk Helmpo since BC!"
If nothing else, just the mention of the basilisk instantly reminds everyone of the terrible disaster that once isolated the African magical world and caused the world's largest magic school, Vagado, to suffer heavy losses.
And even the creatures created by Helmo are so powerful, so how amazing must his own magical strength be?
However, while being surprised by Ted's connection to the ancient dark wizard Helbo, the wizards in the underground church immediately thought of another person.
Nowadays, when people think of Helmaugh, they inevitably think of Namaka McLean.
The young wizard fought against Helmo several times with his incredible strength, but he never fell back, which made some people in the wizarding world who had long been thieves dare not have that kind of thief.
And now, the witches and wizards sitting in this church can't help but feel the difficulty of standing in line.
Maca watched quietly in the crowd as she watched the changes around her, and quickly guessed the inner swing of the vast majority of people.
After all, the circumstances of his confrontation with Helmo were originally spread by the intelligence officers under the Order of the Phoenix, in order to give more warnings to those "wall grass".
However, in a situation like today, where Helbo's side is actively cultivating forces, I am afraid that those vigilances will not be able to have a good effect.
Sure enough, when Nated moved Helpo's name, many people began to fidget. They couldn't help but wonder if Helbo was around here, silently watching the rally.
Finally, a male wizard couldn't help but take the lead in asking:
"You're trying to say that you're doing this for Helbo...... Does Mr. Helpo do things? So, what evidence do you have to prove that you are connected to him? ”
When Ted heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly.
"Would you like to meet him?"
Under his cold gaze, the wizard only lasted for a moment before he was defeated, and quickly shrunk his neck to avoid the other man's gaze.
"No kidding!" Ted looked at the others and said domineeringly, "The teacher has a lot of things to do, but I don't have time to come here to meet with a wizard of your level...... Don't you even realize this? ”
His words were obviously direct enough, although this is also a fact, but no matter how you listen to it, it makes people feel aggrieved.
Immediately, another wizard retorted in a small voice:
"It's still a 'teacher'! Who knows if you're fooling us with big words out of thin air? ”
After Ted put Helmo on the bright side, everyone's focus suddenly drifted off. But also, anyway, sooner or later, the other party will bring up the next step of the ancient magic ritual again, and it is not impossible to put it aside for the time being.
Now, it's better to find out earlier whether he and Helmpo are really related!
Hearing that he was being questioned again and again, although Ted had long known in his heart that there would be a process of gaining trust, he still felt quite unhappy.
Seeing his eyes widen, he pouted and said calmly:
"Big talk? Don't you think I'm a wizard of the same grade as you? Hum...... Hahaha! Originally, I wanted to give you a little bit of freedom, so I will talk to you on an equal footing as I did just now...... But it looks like you don't need it. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Ted drew his wand and pointed at the wizards and wizards sitting in the prayer chairs in the audience.
The next moment, before the wizards could react, Maca sensed a wave of magical power suddenly spreading from the tip of the staff.
It can be seen that where the invisible fluctuation passed, all the wizards gasped one after another, and then all of them collapsed in their chairs in pain.
Seeing this, Maca, who was sitting in the middle, thought about it for a while, and simply shrunk back and leaned back on the back of the chair.
"How?"
Ted didn't notice Maca, who was a little slower by half a beat, because he was still immersed in the excitement of controlling the fate of so many wizards, so he continued with a sinister smile:
"Now you finally know what the 'price' of gaining power is? Hum...... Hum...... If you don't want to die on the spot, just follow my orders—"
"It starts from this moment!"