With the exception of Adam, several others wanted to explore this bustling city. Compared with the southern harbor city, Hanfeng City in the north is undoubtedly a small country town, and young people yearn for the world of flowers.

The plan could not keep up with the rapid change, and before they could each leave, the door of the Duke's Palace opened, and a group of people walked out of it.

The duke, who appeared to be a middle-aged man, came to Master Blake's side and performed a standard aristocratic etiquette, greeting, "Dear Master Blake, welcome. Then he hugged the six apprentices and said, "Welcome, junior apprentices. ”

Everyone returned the salute, and the Duke laughed and led them towards the Duke's Palace, and said, "You have just arrived, and the preparations for the dinner have just begun. The rest of the mages and their apprentices have arrived. ”

Mage Black smiled and said, "Oh, that's good, it seems that I can set off early, I've been away from the Mage Continent for too long, and my body is a little tired." ”

The Duke expressed his pity: "Is it in such a hurry? I still have many questions to ask." ”

"No way, this time is different from the past, you know, the academy is in a hurry......"

While speaking, everyone came to the banquet hall, and there were already many people sitting at a huge round table, two men and one woman sitting at the beginning and one woman, and the talkers who were caring for themselves got up and greeted when they saw Master Black: "Master Black, you are a little late. ”

Master Black saluted one by one: "Master Robert, Master Jerome, and the beautiful Master Irene, you must know that I am in charge of the far northland, so naturally I am not as fast as you." ”

Adam bowed to the three strange mages and took their seats, except for them, there were thirty-four apprentices, all of whom were about the same age, but they didn't seem to be very friendly to Adam and his party.

The duke, dressed in a bloated and ornate gown, stood at the door and commanded the servants to serve plates of food that were so delicate that they could not bear to spoil, barrels of wine with a strong aroma flowed into the glasses like money, and then the beautiful maid himself decanted the wine and served it to everyone.

Ophelia's face was ugly and very embarrassed, compared to the dinner in the Duke's Palace, Earl Johnson's hospitality was really not on the table.

Krystal and the three male apprentices were stunned, one of them was a commoner, three of them were from a small aristocracy, and they had never seen such a lavish banquet in that barren place in the Northlands.

The Duke announced the opening of the feast in a loud voice, and he himself walked over to the mages, the apprentices naturally served by the servants.

"Boom. ”

Sam Aiden couldn't help but swallow saliva in his throat.

Adam's attention was not on food. In the Northlands, both nobles and commoners used oil lamps for lighting at night, but here Adam found that the lighting was similar to an electric lamp, but he found no trace of the use of electricity.

"Is this the product of alchemy, the power of magic?" Adam was curious, staring at the lamp.

As the crowd was about to enjoy their meal, a nasty word came and ruined their mood: "Oh, why, I haven't seen a dinner party of this size, have you? No wonder, I heard that you are from the Northland? ”

The apprentices of the Northland turned their heads angrily to look at the person who spoke, and found that this was a young man with oily hair and a powdery face, his hair was meticulously combed back of his head, and he was slowly fiddling with the food on the plate with a knife and fork, and he didn't even raise his head when he spoke, looking extremely rude, until he felt the gaze on the apprentice of the Northland, and then mocked: "What's wrong with you? Am I not right? If so, I would like to apologize to you on behalf of the nobles of the civilized world." ”

Sam Aiden suddenly stood up from his seat, mysteriously took out a glove from his arms, and said in an angry tone: "Tell me your name, and apologize immediately, or you will suffer the wrath of the Aiden family." ”

Oily Noodles still dismissed: "Did I say yes? Aiden family? Haha, I've never heard of it, did you get the status of nobility by mouth?"

The duke and the mages didn't care about the conflict under their noses, and just lightly mentioned: "Don't break things." "I don't care anymore.

Most of the rest of the apprentices were watching the play, especially waiting for the Northlanders to make a fool of themselves.

Sam Aiden's thin blood fluctuated around him, and he waved his gloves and roared, "Tell me your name, coward, don't you dare?"

Adam was a little puzzled, maybe he had too little contact with nobles, but even Marshall and Dennis never seemed to have done such a stupid move, Sam Aiden, although they were a little cold after hearing about his civilian status, but after all, he was not rude, why was this person in front of him so stupid?

This time, even Ophelia couldn't help but speak: "Insulting a nobleman but not daring to say his name to accept a duel, I never knew that there was such a cowardly person as you among the nobles." ”

Sam Aiden received the support from Ophelia, and he became more confident, and threw his gloves on his oily face: "Duel, coward, only one of us will survive." ”

After the gloves faded from his face, the oily face could no longer maintain that mocking and provocative face, and looked at his companions for help, only to find that no one paid attention to him.

Then a young man of temperament similar to Ophelia stood up and said, "Enough, Tom. I never knew when a commoner was qualified to represent the nobility, and now, apologize, and sit down. ”

Oily noodles, oh no, it was Tom who looked at the young man in disbelief and said, "No, Mr. William, I just want to teach this group of countrymen a lesson, you can't do this, I ......"

"William Alfred, this is the name of the youth, the son of the Duke, the brightest genius in the South, with excellent mental powers, and a soul inclination with a fire elemental affinity. Mage Erin took a sip of wine and said, "Congratulations, Duke Alfred, your son has a better talent than you, and there is a good chance that the Alfred family will have a full-fledged mage. ”

The Duke smiled from ear to ear, obviously very satisfied with his son, but he still said, "You have won the prize, and William still has a lot to learn." ”

Unimpressed, Master Erin asked a few of his companions, "What about you, have you found any good seedlings?"

Master Robert, who was in charge of the west, complained, "This time the time is too rushed, there is no way to organize a larger test, and the apprentices I brought are all mediocre, only one shows a faint curse affinity." ”

The rest of the mages expressed regret to him that most of the cursed spells had failed since the success of the mage revolution, and that curse affinity was a narrow path to development.

Master Jerome, who was in charge of the east, said: "The east is not bad, there are a few excellent spiritual qualifications, and a civilian apprentice named Quentin has the talent of vitality affinity. ”

"What about you, Blake, the Northland is barren, and you don't have much to gain, do you?"

The mages were having a conversation over there, and the conflict between the apprentices was not over.

Ophelia easily saw William Alfred's thoughts, first let his companion provoke, and when he saw that his companion could not hold the scene, he came out to play a round, how could there be such a cheap thing. Soldier to soldier, general to general, Ophelia got up and said, "When can a commoner insult a nobleman be solved with a single apology? Is this the rule in the south? Now that Sam has started a duel, then the commoner must either accept it, or compensate Sam enough to pay for his life, or become his slave." ”

Tom was completely frightened, and trembled for help: "Mr. William, please, I can't ......"

William ignored him, people always have to pay for their stupidity, and if it weren't for such an occasion, if he wasn't from the south, William would be happy to see him unlucky.

"This beautiful young lady, do I have the pleasure of knowing your name. William asked with a slight bow to Ophelia.

"Ophelia Johnson. ”

"I've heard your name, Valkyrie of the Northlands, and it's an honor to meet you. As he spoke, he took a ring from his hand and placed it in front of Ophelia, "This is a magical item that stores a level zero magic fireball, and I think it's enough to make up for Tom's mistakes." ”

Hiss.

There was a gasp sound, and even Ophelia and Sam didn't expect William to come up with such a thing as compensation.

The apprentices who had just seen the magic of the mage had zero resistance to being able to own a magic item right away, and Sam 'forgiven' the civilian for his rudeness in an instant, nodding his head inquiringly at Ophelia's eyes.

Seeing this, William smiled and said, "Then, the deal is done." ”

Sam excitedly picked up the ring, and after struggling countless times in a few seconds, he reluctantly handed the ring to Ophelia: "Miss Ophelia, I think this ring should belong to you." ”

Ophelia was eager for it, but she didn't want to keep the ring for herself, and shook her head and stopped talking.

A conflict ended, and Mage Black said at this time: "In this way, my luck is not bad, although I have only recruited six apprentices, but three of them have soul tendencies, Ophelia has an amazing talent in refining the body, another girl has the same talent as me, and the last one is amazingly talented, as for the talent, I can't see through it." ”

The mages congratulated him, and when he returned to the Academy, the Dean would pay him according to the number of geniuses recruited, but that was better than nothing.

It was Duke Alfred who took these words to heart.

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