"Do you think it's possible for me to agree to your terms?"

The old man said with a sneer.

"Why can't it be? That's what we agreed before, didn't we? ”

"For the sake of a mere agreement, you have to go to war with a cardinal, which is why I say that you are crazy, and it is impossible for a wizard to agree to such a condition—or rather, there will not be any normal person in this world who agrees."

"Mr. Hangman... No, I'd rather call you Howard, a former Steppenwolf member and the wizarding leader of the Tower. After you were expelled from the tower a hundred years ago, you were considered dead by everyone, but now you can come back alive and plot revenge in an attempt to make one of the three towers of the stars, the magic tower that has stood for thousands of years, fall from the sky......"

Richard asked with a smile.

- "Are you still a 'normal person'?" Will you be like the vulgar ones, groveling to the Holy See and shouting long live? ”

*

Ever since he met this man at the meeting of the Cross, Richard had been very attentive to him. He knew he had to know the origins of his partner, whom he hadn't even met once. So during this time, Richard had been collecting information on "Howard Nuron".

In the past, Rasputin may have known about this person, and it is even possible that he took the initiative to ask the other party to cooperate, but Richard knew nothing.

Fortunately, it is not difficult to make up the whole picture of ** by touching the melon.

Although there is a secret about "Howard Nulen", it is difficult for ordinary people to know, and it happened a hundred years ago, and it is now a vague history; However, all of the Tower's archives and materials are open to Richard, the leader of the wizards. For him, there are no secrets, only unperceived truths.

HOWARD NUREN, Legendary Dark Wizard in the Plague Realm, but this status was not made public until after he was expelled from the Tower. A hundred years ago, when he was still a member of Steppenwolf, he appeared in front of everyone as the leader of the School of Life.

Of course, there was a real power in his possession, which was almost an open secret inside the magic tower of that era.

It's just that compared to the wizard forces in other places, the atmosphere of the magic tower is even more taboo-free, even if it is a dark wizard who everyone shouts and beats like a rat crossing the street, as long as he shrinks his neck and behaves as a man, he can have a living space in the tower.

Since Howard did not advertise his identity as a "dark wizard", others would not come to trouble him because of this.

However, he was eventually dismissed as a traitor by the Supreme Council of Wizards for studying the "Forbidden Realm" and expelled from the Tower - as anyone with a discerning eye knows, this is just an excuse. What Howard really violated was a deeper interest for the wizarding leaders.

After that, there was a great battle in the wilderness. In the face of the combined efforts of several wizard leaders of the same rank, Howard Nullen was finally outnumbered and defeated, and was never heard from again, and was confirmed dead a year later.

Richard deliberately searched for a list of Steppenwolf members at the time. It's no secret that at the time, neither Evelyn Illiktra nor Longman Hall had yet to rise to the legendary ranks.

A hundred years ago, there were four Steppenwolf members: Howard Nuren, Loria Garcia, Marion Green, and a legendary wizard and occultist named "Francis Barrett" - this character is more secretive than the rest of the team, just like Rasputin now, and since he is no longer alive, the story that has been handed down is very scarce.

The only thing that is clear is that he later chose to side with Mr. Greene as well.

At the time, Mr. Evelyn was still the head student of the Howard School, and Longman Hall was not even the head student, he was just a mediocre young wizard who had never even climbed to the top.

At the time, Howard Nullen and Marion Green were the two oldest wizarding leaders. Mr. Green tended to shape a more liberal and open environment in the Magic Tower, while Howard adopted a radical dictatorial approach to rule.

The two of them dominate the two most conflicting factions, and their relationship never improves, but deteriorates, eventually turning into a blatant infighting that eventually engulfs the entire tower.

…… That's right, the background is exactly the same as it is now.

And the final outcome was a one-sided defeat for Howard Newlen.

Rorel Garcia remains neutral in this civil unrest, but Howard's chief student, Mr. Evelyn, betrays him!

And the most unimaginable thing is that Longman Hall, a little man who no one pays attention to, has grown from a mediocre young apprentice to a mainstay in just a dozen years, and has clearly stood by Mr. Green's side; And shortly after the end of the war, he and Evelyn were promoted to legend together......

Truth be told, Richard felt that he had benefited a lot.

In the process, in addition to gathering information as a temporary partner, he also felt a sense of familiarity and strangeness in the civil strife a hundred years ago.

There is obviously a lot of secret hidden in this-

Originally, after the end of this civil war, the magic tower suffered heavy losses, not only Howard died, but another wizarding leader, Francis Barrett, was severely injured by Howard's dying counterattack in the battle of collective expulsion, and finally died of his injuries.

The two legendary wizards were lost at once, the power of the magic tower was greatly reduced, and the authority was seriously shaken.

At that time, the three kingdoms under the support of the Holy See were all ready to move, and there were even rumors that the kings were planning to convene an "ecumenical council" to launch a crusader to encircle and suppress the magic tower.

However, later developments turned out to be unexpected: Evelyn Illiktra and Longman Hall filled the void of Steppenwolf;

Nearly a decade later, the Supreme Council of Wizards recruited a new psychic legend from the Winter Empire, and soon regained its former prosperity and strength.

Richard was very curious about the inside story of this series of events.

Because, if he, an "outsider", doesn't cheer up, maybe he will end up in the same fate as Howard......

When Richard was thinking about it, the other party snorted coldly.

“...... What a stupid agitation. Yes, I am not afraid of the Holy See. ”

The Legendary Rank Extraordinary is at the apex of mortals, and if they want to compete with the Holy See on their own, it does seem to be weak, but if they can't beat them, can't they escape?

If the Papal Hall is determined to encircle and suppress a legend, it must at least send several cardinals of the same rank, or the heads of the three major knights, and choose a suitable venue to make it fall completely.

"But the question is, why should I promise you to provoke such a powerful enemy?"

Richard smiled at the question.

He knew that the other party had actually been persuaded by himself. All he needs to do is give a reason—

And this reason has long been clearly laid out on the table.

*

After hanging up the communication, Richard's mood relaxed a little.

"So, let's go."

As he muttered to himself, he snapped his fingers, and a gust of wind emerged, blowing away the thick, soupy mist of the cave ahead, revealing a winding passage immersed in the darkness of the night.