The top floor of a magic tower in Alinge.

Rogerio took the information gathered by the other personnel of the "Pale Hand" and sighed softly: "Holm Crown Award, he should be the youngest winner." Whether or not he can become a high-level arcanist in the future, he is destined to be remembered by history. ”

As he spoke, he rubbed his tightly buttoned neckline, as if he hoped to have one more beautiful amulet, but unfortunately, after all, his combat and magic talents were higher than his arcane talents, and after so many years of hard work, he could not get the "Immortal Throne" award, and he could only watch Felipe and Lucien, the latecomers get the highest honor symbols in their respective fields.

"Standing on the shoulders of giants, hey, standing on the shoulders of giants, the 'professor' probably didn't expect his students to win the Holm Crown so quickly. He is still concentrating on experimentation, trying to artificially synthesize a decisive life matter, so as to win both the Holm Crown Award and the Immortal Throne Award. Haluha, will you acknowledge this achievement and give him the Immortal Throne Award?" the undead Adore sat on the couch on his legs, holding a cup of "Sky Blue" in his hand.

If you don't look at his lifeless and terrifying face and the red flames that jump at two points, you will definitely think of him as a living person.

They had already investigated Richardson, the Holm Crown Award winner who was still alive below the upper ranks, and were able to confirm that he was not a professor.

Rogerio sneered: "It depends on whether he, the 'giant', can survive until that time." No major awards are given to the dead. And Felipe has already made significant progress. ”

Then he summoned in one of the Pale Hand officers and ordered, "Lucien Evans?" X's attention level has been raised to the same level as Larry, Timothy, and Ulysses, keeping an eye on his movements and improvements. ”

Lucien no longer receives the attention of the Pale Hand just because of the "Professor", and is beginning to be valued by them himself, but before his research may destroy the Pale Hand, the Pale Hand is only raising the attention and will not go to great lengths to find a way to destroy him. There are not enough benefits. Killing a genius who can only be said to have potential growth at the moment is very uneven, and it is the worst of all the options. Moreover, the Supreme Council will never allow such bottomless infighting.

"At the same time, tell that continue to help find traces of the 'Professor', and that the 'Lich Transformation Ritual' we promised will never go back. Rogerio once again admonished the Pale Hand core.

The undead on the couch, Adol, holding a glass of swaying wine with azure liquid, calmly looked at Rogerio and the Pale Hand personnel. He sneered inwardly: "Stupid human ......"

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On a dark winter night, the alchemical arc street lamps on both sides of the road became dimmer and dimmer.

A horse-drawn carriage crushed through a thin layer of snow and slowly drove in front of the Royal Magic Tower, the tallest building in the aristocratic district.

The coachman jumped out of the carriage. Carrying the dim lantern, he respectfully opened the carriage door: "Mr. Evans, Mr. Lazar, have arrived at the Royal Magic Court of Holm." ”

As a coachman who had been employed by the Royal Court of Holm for a long time, he knew more about magicians than ordinary people, and he was more in awe of them.

Straightening out his long black tuxedo, Lucien stood at the doorway. He took a deep breath of the icy air and swept away the dullness of a few days of meetings.

As soon as he walked into the magic tower with Lazar, a middle-aged man walked up to him. His pale yellow hair was neatly combed back, shiny, and he tried to maintain a perfect posture with every move: "Hello. Mr. Evans. I am Rodham, the steward of the Royal Magic Court of Holm, and I will take you to select potions, materials, or magical items worth two thousand arcane points at the behest of Lord Maurice. By the way, you're staying here tonight?"

Due to the deep ties between the Royal Court of Holm and the Hoffenberg and Ruiz families, the title here has a strong aristocratic flavor and a stricter division between the upper and the lower.

"Hello, Mr. Rodham, take me to see the magic items first, I still lack a magic robe. Lucien nodded slightly, "If there is a spare room, please arrange for me and my companion to live here." ”

Rodham relied on various magic potions to have the level of a normal knight, and pressed his left hand to his chest and bowed deeply: "It's my honor to serve you. And Mr. Evans, when you receive the Holm Crown Award, you automatically become an honorary member of the Royal Magic Court of Holm, and so on, and you will be able to enjoy everything you have here. ”

Since it was already eight o'clock in the evening, the bottom floor of the magic tower was very quiet, and only the crisp sound of Lucien and Lazar stepping on the stone slab echoed.

At this time, a group of people walked down from the second floor of the magic tower, led by a half-aged man dressed in a black coat and wearing a crimson double-breasted long dress, which Lucien was inexplicably familiar with.

Because he has a pair of impressive silver-gray eyes, because he is fifty or sixty similar to Natasha, in a trance, it seems to be Natasha who has become male and old, but his face is extremely poor, white and thin, and he does not have Natasha's delicate and shiny skin at all.

Its black coat and gown are embroidered with a fuchsia coat of arms, the outer layer of which is cloud-lined, and in the center is a sacred crown, flanked by a scepter and a long sword.

Lucien, the "pseudoheraldic scholar", immediately recognized it as the coat of arms of the royal family of Holm, that is, the Hoffenberg family coat of arms, and Natasha also had similar patterns on some of her clothes.

Parallel to the Holm royal family was a middle-aged brown-haired man, whose long gown was bulging with a ball-like figure, a black leather bag between his arms, and a flattering smile on his chubby face.

"Your Royal Highness. Rodham saluted solemnly.

This is the only prince of the Kingdom of Holm, Patrick Hoffenberg, Duke of Attenborough, Meredith's brother and Natasha's uncle.

Lazar and Lucien, who had probably guessed it, bowed slightly, but not as respectfully as Rodham, but greeted them politely. There is no such strict etiquette between a magician and a nobleman, unless the magician is "fostered" by the noble, providing him with money, materials, etc. to conduct magical experiments.

Patrick bowed his head lightly, and wanted to go straight to the door, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw the lustrous and dreamy beauty of Lucian's right hand, so he said in a hoarse voice as if he had a cold: "Holm crown ring?

The fact that the royal family of Holm was the most powerful and authoritative of the several countries that supported the mages had to do with the fact that many of their family members had become outstanding mages, especially the Grand Arcanist. Therefore, the entire royal family attaches great importance to the power of magicians. For a genius magician who can get the Holm Crown Award, the highest honor in the field of elemental magic, he naturally subconsciously wants to be polite.

Lucien smiled and saluted: "I am honored to be remembered by you, Your Royal Highness, the Prince. ”

Patrick's silver-gray eyes smiled: "In recent years, it seems to be Lucien Evans's world, a talented musician who has opened a new era of music...... One is a genius magician. The youngest winner of the Holm Crown Award. He paused when talking about the talented musician, and then a smile rolled into the corner of his mouth, "Evans, are you going to join the Druid's research?"

"Yes. Lucien didn't understand why Patrick had suddenly asked this.

Patrick smiled and nodded: "The land used for the experiment has been determined to be the small town of 'Sariwa' directly under the royal family, where part of the soil is very poor. When the time comes, I will send someone to tell the officials of the town to treat you well. cough cough, cough ......"

He suddenly coughed violently, as if he was about to lose his breath. It wasn't until his retinue took out the usual pale green magic potion and poured it into his mouth that he gradually calmed down.

"Then I thank Your Royal Highness the Prince in advance for your kindness. Lucien was a little uncomfortable with Patrick's sudden enthusiasm.

Patrick raised his hand: "The glory of the royal family is inseparable from the common support of nobles and magicians. ”

After a few more words, Patrick was clearly in poor health, so he left surrounded by several restrained and terrifying knights. Before leaving, he whispered: "The letter sent by little Natasha contains the latest moonlight sonata by that talented musician......"

Lucien was stunned, was this recognized? It is very possible to be revealed, and Lucien will never underestimate the ability of the church and the Magic Council to gather information, and only hopes that Natasha can fulfill her promise to take care of Joel, John and others.

"Well, there's no Pale Hand watching. It's time to write her a letter, too. ”

After sending Patrick away from the magic tower, the fat man suddenly walked back and said with a smile on his face: "It turns out that you are Mr. Evans, who won the Holm Crown Award today, you are really young and promising, and you will definitely become a high-level magician in the future." I am Baron Arthur Doyle, President of the Holm Mining Union. ”

In the end, he emphasized his title, but it seems that he is a court nobleman without a territory, and he can become the president of the Holm Mining Union Bank as a baron, and there are probably many big nobles standing behind him, even the royal family.

After a few small talks, the fat man Arthur sighed: "It's still a young magician like you, Mr. Evans, who is open-minded, and we at the United Bank of Mines have always wanted to invest in the magical steam train routes, especially the ones to the port, but they were vetoed by the committee. Only a genius like you can grow as soon as possible and become a member of the Council as soon as possible, and we can hope to cooperate with the Magic Council on a deeper level. Well, Mr. Evans, I hope to see each other more often in the future. ”

With that, he gave Lucien something like a business card with gold trim.

Watching Lucien take the business card and send the fat Arthur away lukewarmly, Lazar sighed deeply: "After winning the Holm Crown Award, Evans, you seem to have become a big man all of a sudden." ”

"It's just that it's just starting to be favored and thought to have good investment value. Lucien smiled and shook his head, and went down to the upper floors of the Magic Tower with Lazar under the leadership of Rodham.

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A magical steam train sped across the vast plains, and the druids in the train were staring in amazement at the fast-paced scenery outside, including various elves with delicate faces, long ears, and different skin tones and hair colors, as well as humans and dwarves.

"This alchemical item is unimaginable!" for a long time, most of the druids came back to their senses and let out a shocked sound.

An elven man who looked like a beautiful woman looked out with a bad face, and said to his elven companion beside him in a low voice: "Damn humans, abominable magicians, are destroying nature again! Such rails and trains have seriously damaged the harmony of nature! I seem to hear the earth crying, and the dead plants cursing, and they will surely suffer the doom and nature's revenge!"

"I don't know why the Great Elder of the Dao Dao wants to sympathize with the human beings who destroy nature and cut down forests, and also study the magic with them, it is useless for the other elders to oppose it with all their might. The beautiful elf girl was puzzled and indignant. (To be continued.) )