Chapter 59: An Apprentice's Ambition
The most enjoyable victory in the world is by no means a cruel dish from the beginning to the end, but the opponent's Jedi counterattack, but they are cracked one by one, watching them struggle from hope to helpless frustration and discouragement, plus I thought that I had overestimated myself enough, but the ending was to find myself in an extremely pessimistic misjudgment, and from the process of the move to appreciate this series of negativity, discouragement, decadence, and discouragement as a foil on the chessboard, In the end, before the end, the victory has been locked in by an overwhelming margin, and the main dish of "victory" has not yet been served and has smelled the fragrance, such a victory is the victory that can fully satisfy the people's desire for victory from various angles!
- At least for the wise. Needless to say, Pilkin, who had been lurking and scheming for a long time in Karazhin, was enjoying such a victory at the moment.
Since paying a great price, exchanging information on an important mission, and carefully entering the attaché who followed his teacher Lavion to Karazhan until now, there is not a day or action that Pilgin has not done that is not working for his own goal. Now, he has fully gained the trust of the three mages of Dalaran.
With the same love of reading and researching as a good student, he won the favor of Lavion, and using his knowledge of management and scientific research methods that he is good at in the real world, Pilgin gradually stood out after arriving in Karazhan day by day to organize the tasks assigned to him. It wasn't until Pilgin had gained enough trust to be entrusted with the task that Lady Camsis and Gladaff, the forerunner of the Warlock Path, focused more on their own business, and Ravien was obsessed with reading and turned a deaf ear, in which case most of the affairs of the Tower of Medivan were handed over to Ravion's apprentice leader, the last apprentice to remain.
Naturally, in this process, it must be indispensable to secretly crowd out, suppress, and instigate those mage apprentices who come with them. The apprentices, including the few who were later sent by the town hall, were increasingly marginalized by Pilguin, and even more than half of them themselves thought that it was their own intention to leave a "haunted place" like the Tower of Medivan so as not to waste their youth in vain. One after the other, from the plot characters to the occasional contractor, one after another mage apprentices left the Mystic Tower and the town beneath it. Some of them were gladly sent out to manage Karazhan's secular estates, some were introduced by Pirkin to the more developed mages, and of course some felt that there was no future in such a strange place, and even fled back to Dalaran in fear of all kinds of strange things; Needless to say, there are also really brain-dead places - wild beasts and goblins like the Windwind Trail, Ogre Mountains stationed deep in the mountains, dangerous realms where even the cultists who worship the Black Dragon sneak around after the disappearance of Archmage Medivan, and some places that can be used as burial places for the unfortunate ghosts.
For example, the "shrewd people" who came together yesterday with the expertise of the legal system.
The Contractor's greed and pervasive sense of smell made it unrealistic to hope that they would not find any clues or that their presence would not affect Pilkin's plans, as the events that followed confirmed it.
Now, these dastardly thieves can no longer try to get a piece of the fruits of his Elsie Pilkin's efforts! Hahahaha!
And the same is true of the two fools, "Teacher" and "Juniper Berry", who are only clever fools!
"Since you have rejected my offer, and are unwilling to choose an easy death," said Pilkin, with a twinkle in his eyes and a sinister voice, "—and also tried to fool me!" Then I don't think I need to be soft-hearted, do I? ”
With a soft sound, a cluster of brilliant purple light floated in Pilkin's palm, Jin Shaolan and Finley both jumped like pins and needles in the moment of violet-like light and mist, and their backs involuntarily straightened, obviously, the perception attribute was eagerly warning them, and at the same time, Jin Shaolan also felt that the magic power that was full of free magic in the world around them was constantly converging in Pilkin's hands, and condensed into a core between the virtual and the real that seemed to be ready to break and flourish at any time. For a moment, they all fell silent under this invisible deterrent.
Their performance made Pilkin very satisfied. He laughed heartily, and for a moment he looked like he had changed back to the stubborn but enthusiastic apprentice leader.
"Very good, it seems that you have reached a consensus with me for the time being, my juniors,"
It seemed that Pilgin wanted to behave himself again as he had always disguised, with a straight face and an inflexible observance of the rules, but the corners of his mouth that could not help but curl up from time to time betrayed him, and in the orange light of the horse lamp, it made the ordinary and serious face look gloomy and sinister. He raised his voice and said:
"I changed my mind. Now, I want you to fulfill your promise not long ago and discover for me the secrets that Medivan left in this cellar—well, please stand up! I'll tell you where you're going, and naturally, if you're attacked by a monster because of this, I'm not going to help.
"This is a reward for your previous cleverness, of course, and I believe that it will serve your purpose by not having to be killed by me now, and living a little longer, right? You see, I'm still very tolerant - then, get ahead of me, now, right now! ”
Jin Shaolan closed her eyes, moved her legs and stood up slowly. Beside him, Finley's movements were a little struggling like his, because the tendons in the joints were like rust when they moved after being tense for a long time. Fortunately, Pilkin didn't think much of himself at this time, just looked at them coldly with a smile on his face. Two or three little mice gathered at Finley's feet again, and he lowered his head and silently picked up the tactical flashlight, and took the lead in walking without saying a word towards the entrance of the black hole in front of him.
As a city of mages, although the area under its jurisdiction is rich in farmland, minerals, and population, after the end of the war, their available manpower is indeed in a dilemma.
In the case that the three Mages Dalaran are all indulging in their own hobbies, arranging tasks, collecting feedback, etc., most of the three are in charge of the negotiation by Lavion, who has a better personality to deal with: on the one hand, he is the easier one to talk to among the three, and it is easier to be persuaded by the other two, on the other hand, the three mages definitely don't want to scare away all the apprentices because the instructor is too strict or too weird.
However, it was clear to Pilkin that his teacher, Lavien, was a nerd who was already lacking in dealing with people in the library. And Archmage Medivenna's full collection of books can be said to be something that Lavien could not finish reading for ten years without eating, drinking, or sleeping.
This makes it completely possible and feasible for a trusted apprentice who knows how to deceive him for three or five months. When the investigation into Karazan's magical energy distortion makes initial progress, the three mages who work for them will have a significant increase in their perception of the apprentices who work for them—the ones who perform well and stay to the end—and their appointments.
Wouldn't it be better to let him be the only apprentice who is conscientious, diligent and conscientious from day one to the end!
And his "librarian" teacher didn't realize that there was something wrong—as it was happening right now—and Lavion had no suspicion of the whereabouts of the other apprentices, but he felt with some dissatisfaction: "The world is getting worse than ever, young people now, ahem! ”
Naturally, as time goes by, he will sooner or later realize that something is wrong. But......
But before that, dear teacher, I, Essie Pilkin, have long since achieved my goal, flying away from under your eyes with eye-popping props, magic, equipment, and mission evaluations!
And that time will obviously not be later than three days.
Say goodbye in my heart in advance, dear Teacher Lavion!