As he made his way through the teleportation array to the teleportation hall of Freeport of the East in a slight state of dizziness, Talos thought he would be greeted by the tidal shooter Sally Man, or the rest of the Frozen Praetorian Guard.

The result was somewhat unexpected, a male four-armed Naga in a magic robe.

He had gray-blue pupils peculiar to the Nepton family, but compared to the clarity and brightness of Talos, his pupils were very cold, especially his left eye, which shimmered with a cold, inorganic sheen, and no one would consider it pleasant to look at him for a long time.

"Uncle Frederick!"

Frederick Nepton, one of the only two remaining fourth-order archmages in the Black Sea at this stage, and another family member, Christel, are the permanent members of the Eternal Tides.

Frederick's left eye quickly turned, in a way that ordinary people couldn't do, and then said, "Third Order, your success on the Bloodline Knight Path makes me very suspicious that it was not the right thing to let you receive magical enlightenment in the first place. ”

As a member of the same generation as Sandra, Frederick grew up watching Talos in a sense, despite being away all year round.

From receiving magical enlightenment to opening a meditation space to officially advancing to the first order, it took Talos more than ten years.

To be fair, this period is not a long time at all, and it can be evaluated as "excellent" among peers without any suspense.

Therefore, Frederick never imagined that such a good result would one day be dwarfed by another result, and more importantly, from the same master.

But this happened, in five months, it only took Talos five months to complete the transformation from activating the Immortal Whale bloodline to a high-level bloodline knight.

Faced with this stark contrast, he almost instinctively made a hypothesis that seemed absurd, but when he chewed on it carefully, he felt reasonable: if Talos had received a formal knightly education from the beginning, what height would he have grown to now?

A great knight of the same realm as Leonhard?

Before Frederick could delve further into this possibility, Talos gave him a big hug.

For Frederick to know his own strength, Talos was not surprised at all, even if his mother did not tell him, the other party could see it at a glance.

Many years ago, Frederick was caught blind in one eye during a battle with the shark people, and instead of using magic or magic to heal, he replaced it with an illusionary eye with functions such as [Seeing Through Illusion], [Seeing Through Invisibility], and [Rear Vision].

By the way, Frederick himself specialized in the enchantment faction and the water elemental faction, and he even transformed the middle finger phalanx of his right middle arm into a special wand with some spell-casting abilities, allowing him to unleash powerful high-level spells without a wand in his hand.

"Obviously, fate closed a window for me and opened a door. ”

Of course, this is only perfunctory, and deep down Talos attributes everything to that mysterious soul fire.

Although it forced Talos to face the rebellion of his primordial desires, the fate of the other Chosen One, and the covetousness of the gods and the Illuminati for a long time to come, the young Naga knew that it was a good soul fire that had sustained him all the way to the root.

Through the magic net, Talos has learned the specific time when the Evelyn Palace officially announced the news of his promotion to the third order, at the beginning of 21 months.

According to the pre-agreed plan, on the same day Sandra would grant him the title of Prince of Gorgon in the name of the Grand Duke of the Black Sea, and set aside a city of the same name as his personal fiefdom.

Talos had a hunch that these two pieces of news would at least bring him a lot of gains in terms of fame and strengthen, just like the "Special Genius Clause" and "Talos's Infrared Detection" a few months ago.

Frederick didn't seem to expect Talos to say such a philosophical word, patted Talos on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go, the lord is waiting for you in the floating city." ”

After a pause, he added, "The Council of the Third Order will be held in five days, during which time I will walk around the Freeport with you if necessary." ”

"No, no, no, that's too much trouble for you, the members of the Ice Peak Praetorian Guard are good, if they come together, or I can do it alone-" It would be too useless to let a fourth-order archmage put down his official duties and accompany him shopping, Talos hurriedly refused, "What's more, as you just said, I'm already a high-level bloodline knight." Moreover, this is the Free Port of the East, where the headquarters of the Nine Ring Council is located, and there will be no problem. ”

"I'm here this time in the name of a member of the Neptune family. ”

At first, Talos didn't react, and then he understood what Frederick was talking about.

"Not in the name of the eternal tides?"

"Of course not, didn't the lord tell you, I've already withdrawn from the eternal tides. ”

Talos didn't exclaim, but the widening eyes and look on his face were a testament to how surprised he was.

Occupying two permanent seats in the Eternal Tides, the highest magical organization in the Naga Kingdom, is part of the prestige and strength of the Neptune family, and now that Frederick has actually withdrawn from it, could something major happen at a time when he doesn't know?

Thinking of this, Talos was a little annoyed, the Frost Crown and the crazy play of the past few days had completely divided all his attention, so he didn't notice the personnel changes of the Eternal Tide at all.

"Don't think about it, it's a good thing. Frederick took the initiative to explain, "Eternal Tides is transcendent in the kingdom because of its long history and rich heritage, and because it has a Wave Lord, Carmen. ”

Carmen, Lord of the Waves, legendary mage, six-armed Naga.

"Now that the lord has been promoted to a legend, and the Black Sea has been upgraded from a region to a principality, the potential and future are not under the eternal tide, so there is always a need for someone between me and Krystal to return to the Black Sea to help. ”

At present, there are four fourth-order professionals on the surface of the Black Sea, except for Frederick and Christel, Leonhard and Sally Man are all bloodlined, and they are not familiar with the magic field that the Nepton family is best at.

Talos writhed his tail a little wider, and reason told him that it was very reasonable—Frederick's return to the Black Sea must have been the result of a joint effort between his mother and the elders of the family—but it still couldn't undo the damage caused by the exit from the Eternal Tide, if only Florence and Mathilde hadn't rebelled.

As a qualified elder, Frederick knew what Talos was thinking now, without asking: "So all my connections in Eternal Tides will be inherited by Christel, and the place will be taken by the Heinrich family, Laurencia." ”

"Laurencia Heinrich?" Talos quickly retrieved the other party's information from his mind, "Quintu's cousin." ”

The Nepton family and the Heinrich family have been married for generations, and according to the blood relationship, Sandra's grandfather is also the elder brother of Laurencia's grandmother, so it can be said that he is his own person.

With that, Talos felt much better.

At the same time, as he walked out of the teleportation hall, the Eastern Freeport, a city where nearly sixty percent of the mage elites of the entire main material plane gathered, slowly spread out in front of Talos's eyes.