Inside the Golden Cup Tavern.

Lucien casually pulled over a wooden chair and sat down, nodded calmly and gently, and smiled: "Hello, this mission is troublesome to you, I don't know what to call it?" Lucien deliberately stretched out his right hand wearing the Holm crown ring "Elemental" out of his pocket, just to let the two magicians on the opposite side see it, identify themselves, and get the command of the mission team. This will reduce the likelihood of being in danger, so he will have the demeanor of the leader or superior in every move.

"Charlotte, Battlemage, mid-tier. ”

"Mid-tier mage Sandra. ”

Charlotte and Sandra maintained a respectful attitude and briefly introduced themselves, although they were very confident in their magical strength, but in the face of Lucian Evans, who teamed up with Felipe to kill a high-level magician, they were still relatively aware of the gap between the two sides, not to mention Lucian's hidden unique magic or magic items, but the "Holm Crown" ring on the middle finger of his right hand could defeat and destroy the two of them without any suspense.

More importantly, according to the custom of the Magic Council, if the magic level of two magicians is not much different when they meet, and they belong to the same rank, then the arcane level is used first to determine the status, and Lucien Evans, who is the winner of the highest honor symbol in the field of elemental magic, the Holm Crown Award, as a fourth-level arcanist, has enough prestige and qualifications to be respected by most middle-level magicians.

Both aspects were suppressed by Lucien, Charlotte and Sandra naturally regarded him as the leader of the task, but the two experienced in combat still retained some caution in their hearts, if in specific actions, Lucien did not show enough leadership ability to match his prestige and strength, then simply use him as an important combat force, and would not blindly follow and follow.

Knowing that the tavern environment is complicated, there is no need to reveal their respective magic levels and factions here. Lucien turned to look at the two magic apprentices who had temporarily forgotten their fears due to surprise, "I'm Lucien Evans, I need a guide, which one of you will follow?"

Before the two magic apprentices answered. Lucien smiled again and said to Charlotte and Sandra: "For details, you will tell me on the way to the castle, and the matter must not be delayed for too long, otherwise there will be more and more demons summoned through the bondage room." ”

For Lucian's pragmatic style that did not dwell on Susan and Scott to tell the story in its entirety. Sandra and Charlotte, the battle mage, both nodded their heads in appreciation, which was in line with their standards of conduct.

And after hearing Lucian's words. The two magic apprentices snapped back to the hellish scene inside the castle, the blood, guts, flesh, and burning flames that seemed to still gnaw at their hearts and nerves, a nightmare they never wanted to encounter again!

"Yes, Mr. Evans, I, I'll tell you the details of the interior of the castle, just that. You don't need a guide, do you?" replied the burgundy-haired, haggard-looking Susan's teeth.

The timid and thin Scott was so frightened that he couldn't even speak.

Lucien shook his head and said unhurriedly, "You should know that before the Nine Rings, no magic could read your memories in its entirety. Selective thought detection, hypnotic narration, lie identification, etc., can only be carried out, which can easily miss information about some important terrain in the castle and delay time. So I need a guide who can always ask questions when the time comes. Rest assured, we have what it takes to protect an apprentice. As he spoke, Lucien used some hypnotic techniques.

The gentle and calm tone slowly calmed the emotions of the two magic apprentices, and Susan suddenly remembered the respectful attitude of the two middle-level magicians towards Lucien just now: "Is he a high-level magician? Even if he is not, I'm afraid he has five rings of strength! It will be much less dangerous to go to the castle together, and it will still leave a good impression on him." Maybe this good impression will help me in the future when I, an apprentice without a teacher, are struggling to live in the council. ”

She didn't expect to be apprenticed by a high-ranking or near-high-level magician, especially since she had officially begun her studies with Bertrand.

As apprentices in magic in remote counties, although she and Scott had heard of the youngest winner of the Holm Crown Award, due to the lack of information, there was little information about it, so there was not much discussion, and they did not connect the two for a while.

Mustering up courage, Susan shook her burgundy hair: "Mr. Evans, I am willing to be your guide, but, but I am low, hopefully, I hope you can spare some attention to protect me." ”

The language was not smooth enough, but she still tried her best to express her meaning, and at the same time she quietly glanced at Scott, who was still a little trembling next to her, and did not dare to be a guide, and a trace of joy passed through her heart: "Even if you have outstanding mental strength and good arcane talent, you are most valued in the heart of Teacher Bertrand, but timidity and atrophy are your Achilles' heel, without the teacher's care, maybe you will not be able to compare to ......me in the future." The jealousy and envy of Scott had been hidden in her heart for more than a year, and it was only at this time that the contrast between the two sides gave her the feeling of getting rid of this "shadow".

"Very good, I admire your guts, this is a trait that a successful magician must have. This is not a time of peace and no danger, and it is difficult for a magician who does not know how to fight to survive. Even if you concentrate on arcane research, many unknown explorations require a certain amount of risk and courage. ”

Lucien flicked his left neckline with his right hand, and then stood up as he took out his pocket watch from his inner pocket and opened it: "It's five o'clock in the afternoon, end the mission before dark, if it is not finished by dark, we will exit the castle according to the situation and seal off the neighborhood, because some undead and nightmare demons will be very terrifying at night." ”

Charlotte and Sandra followed suit, and replied short and forcefully, "Very good, Mr. Evans." ”

When Lucien and the others left, the adventurers became active as if they had taken a breath, and exchanged with some excitement.

"Could it be that young magician just now is the legendary high-rank, otherwise how could the attitude of those two middle-level magicians be so respectful!" the golden-bearded dwarf wiped his rough and hairy face, "but he's too young, right?"

The vast majority of adventurers have never seen high-level existences, because they are either big nobles, or are supported by the royal family, or live in places like Sky City, or adventure in the terrifying dark mountains and various alien spaces, and have little interaction with low-level adventurers, even if they encounter them on the streets of Rentat, adventurers will not recognize them.

The scar man sneered and returned to his usual state: "Don't look at him young, maybe he is hundreds of years old, older than your grandma's grandma's grandma's grandma......"

............

Facing the biting cold wind, Lucien flew towards the castle of "Bertrand" with Charlotte and Sandra, and the forest below was covered with a thick layer of snow, occasionally revealing a little evergreen green.

“...... That's how things happened and the general topography of the castle's interior. Sandra, who flew with Susan with the "Winding Technique", relayed the information to Lucian.

After finishing speaking, seeing that Susan was shivering with cold, Sandra casually blessed her with a "endure elemental damage" - this is ancient magic, although it has no effect on resisting the damage of elemental magic, but it is a good choice in an elemental imbalance environment, and in the cognition of the ancient magic empire, high temperature and cold are both elemental imbalances, so it can be like "endure the cold" and "endure the heat" in the current heat system Magically allows the recipient to maintain the feeling of spring in the cold environment of minus ten degrees Celsius and the heat of sixty or seventy degrees.

Lucien pushed his monocle and said, "Susan and Scott fled in a hurry, and only noticed a few low-level devils, but we can't be careless. I'm a three-ring magician, good at elementals and astrology, and some nice magic items, what about you?"

"I am a four-ring battle mage, proficient in the magic of the four factions of elemental, force field, heat and change, and have magic items that match my strength. Charlotte's eyes looked intently at the castle built against the hill in front of her, which grew larger as the distance got closer.

Sandra's gaze also shifted to the past, and she replied succinctly: "The four rings, electromagnetism, light and darkness, force field, and summoning. ”

"Very well, wait, if you need to deal with the summoning magic circle in the bondage room, I'll leave it to you. Lucian's black double-breasted gown burst into flames of golden-white flames, and soon formed a shield around his body.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the castle of "Bertrand", Lucien used the "elemental" of Holm's crown ring without carelessness or stinginess, activating the "powerful flame shield" of the five-ring magic it contained, which lasted for ten minutes before being broken......

Charlotte and Sandra also unleashed their strongest protective magic, and the former's black battle mage robe emitted a transparent flowing light composed of countless magic symbols, which is the unique field magic of the Magic Council "Douglas's Spell Absorption Wall", which combines "secondary spell nullification enchantment" and "protection against energy damage".

The latter's skin and clothes quickly turned gray like a stone statue, and then five colorful orbs appeared above her and Susan's heads.

The four-ring magic "Stone Skin" and "Palmeira's Energy Orb".

After using his "mechanical mind" to transform his brain into an emotionless mechanical state, Lucien's soul led the three magicians to the nearby castle of "Bertrand" with a downward look and extreme calmness.

It's a black castle built around the top of a spire, and it looks like a monstrous monster lurking in a dimly lit environment at first.

The gates of the castle were open, and the cold wind wafted a strong smell of blood, like the mouth of a monster. (To be continued.) )