Chapter 20: Competing for Apprentices
Baron O'Farrell's youngest daughter, Jenny, was a very handsome little girl, like a little rabbit in front of the bears compared to her brothers.
The ceremony is not complicated, and it has the unique style of the Red Lotus Tower. Susana drew two rings of fire in the air and recited the motto of the Tower of the Red Lotus, Jenny followed her through a paragraph, and then crossed the two rings of fire that represented the end of the past and the beginning of the future, as long as she received the robe from Susana, the ritual was completed.
Chen Hansheng sat on the seat of the front row of the horizontal table, his position was very bad, surrounded by the baron and his three sons, sons-in-law and others, and the tables on both sides behind him were also sitting several warriors who looked to be skilled, not to mention, according to Chen Hansheng's calculations, there should be at least thirty or more warriors outside this hall.
However, he knew in his heart that what the baron really wanted to do, and he would not do it before and after this ceremony, after all, there were the baroness present, his little daughter, and many small nobles and merchants, as well as their female dependents. It is estimated that when the dinner is over, after these people have left, the baron will ask him to stay and discuss the problem, and that is when the poor dagger will meet.
Therefore, everything tonight naturally cannot come according to the rhythm of the other party. Chen Hansheng gave Glade a look.
Just as Susana was about to give out the magic robe, Glade suddenly raised his hand and said, "Please wait a minute, Your Excellency Susanna, I have a little objection to you taking Jenny as an apprentice. ”
Glade's words sent the room to a chord.
Susana was stunned for a moment, and the robe in her hand was not given, and she asked, "What objections do you have?"
Glade leaned back in his chair and lazily raised a finger: "Just a little, I want to take her as an apprentice too." ”
Pera, who is also from the Red Lotus Tower, naturally wants to defend the teacher, she suddenly stood up, supported the table with her hand and said dissatisfiedly: "What does this mean! The Red Lotus Tower's inclusion of Jenny has been scheduled for a long time, why did your China Tower suddenly come to intervene?"
Glade raised his eyebrows, glanced at the angry female mage in front of him, and sneered, "What's this? Since the Seven Towers era, it has been the most normal thing for mages to compete for high-quality apprentices. I think Miss Jenny has good qualifications, it's a pity to learn elemental magic, learn the magic of my vein, and the future achievements will be much greater. ”
"Nonsense, what can you see from such a distance?" said Pera angrily.
Glade grinned and said, "Little mage, what you can't do, don't think that others can't do it either. Let's not talk about this child, let's just talk about you, are you easy to wander when you meditate for more than two hours when you are cultivating? Are you prone to shaking when your spiritual power touches objects? Are you always unable to break through the realm of divine thoughts and objects?"
Pera was called a little mage by a young man who looked seven or eight years younger than her, and she was originally very annoyed, but the words behind the other party held back her anger deeply, and she even felt a trace of coolness behind her, as if when she was cultivating, there was always someone secretly watching her, she asked in a panic, "How do you know so clearly?"
As the spirit of the book of "The Book of Soul Magic", seeing the human soul clearly is originally Glade's talent, and those words just now are just judgments and speculations made based on the state of the soul.
"My secret art. Glade stood up, looked at Susana on the stage, and said, "This is where our China Tower is strong, so my judgment of Miss Jenny will not be wrong." Your Excellency Susana, will you give this little creature to me?"
"This ...... Lord Glade. Then the baron spoke, "I am grateful that you have recognized my daughter's abilities. But I'm a convention-minded person. We have already agreed with His Excellency Susana, and we have also obtained the consent of the Lord of the Red Lotus Tower. So ......"
"Your Excellency, don't be in a hurry, let me finish my sentence. For Jenna, the difference between the two paths is huge, as big as a great mage to a high-level mage. ”
"What, Grand Magician?" the surrounding guests burst into discourse.
In this world, high-level mages are extremely rare. Great magicians are even rarer. Once the magic tower does not find a suitable successor in a certain generation, its strength will regress. Just like the current tower master of the Red Lotus Tower only has the realm of high-level mages, which is not uncommon among magic towers.
Now, Glade actually said that Jenny could touch the realm of the Great Magician by following him. This makes everyone's imagination come to mind. Many people also think they understand the reason why he suddenly came out to rob people. A successor who has the potential to become a great mage represents the strength of a magic tower for decades, and it is strange that mages do not break their heads among themselves.
Many of the guests even looked at the baron, some envious, some jealous, and some even urged, hoping that the baron would quickly accept it.
Even Israel behind him whispered, "Father, if it's a great magician, this ......"
"Shut up. The baron covered his mouth and whispered.
On the stage, Susana sank her face and said: "I can't believe this, I've never heard of something that can see through a person's life's achievements at a glance." Otherwise, you only need to take a look, and the magic apprentices selected are all geniuses. No matter what your purpose is, if you continue like this, you are provoking the Red Lotus Tower. ”
Glade stepped up to the stage step by step: "Provocation? Let's have a magic duel. Whoever wins is eligible to include Jenny, how?"
"Why should I duel with you?" Susana looked at Glade with a solemn expression.
"Don't you know that this is the traditional way mages compete for apprentices? or ...... The Red Lotus Tower doesn't dare to accept the challenge of the Chinese Tower?"
As soon as this sentence came out, Susana was squeezed into a corner. Representing the Red Lotus Tower to retreat in front of the newly arrived Chinese Tower, this is something she can't accept at all. Otherwise, it will have an unpredictable impact on the local power structure. She said coldly, "Okay." How do you compare?"
"It's very simple, we use this platform as a boundary, and whoever knocks the other person off the platform wins. ”
The guests below were very excited, they didn't expect to see the magician fighting today.
Knowing that he could not stop the two on stage, the baron called out the 'culprit' Jenny, the 'culprit' of the incident, and asked the guards to distance the table in front of the stage.
Looking at the two people on the stage standing opposite each other, about to start the competition, Aclay said: "Father, will there be any problems with letting the Chinese make a move?"
The baron glanced intently at Chen Hansheng and Kalanda on the stage, and said, "They are just chickens and ducks under the claws of an eagle now. What will be the problem? Could it be that on our turf, what tricks can the Chinese play?"
"I'm afraid they'll find something. ”
"If they find out, what are they going to do?
Hahn asked, "Father." If the Chinese win, what about tonight's plans?"
"Of course it will continue! Just like before, if you can catch it, you can catch it, and if you can't catch it, you will kill it. ”
"But what if that Glade is true?" Israel still felt sorry for him.
"You brothers have a little brain. The baron looked furious, "These people are just trying to take the opportunity to sabotage our alliance with the Red Lotus Tower. We don't want a great magician who can't be seen or touched, but a real ally!"