Li Jia was trotting along the river on horseback, he was wearing a leather riding suit, his hands holding the reins, and his hips were slightly lifted with the undulation of the horse's back. Except for the black hair and black eyes, he is no different from the knights of this era.

Along the way, he would occasionally meet a ragged farmer or village girl, who humbly bowed to him. In the first few days, he dismounted and tried to persuade them to be less respectful and restrained, but he got a look of panic. Later, he gave up, nodding to the other at most, regardless of whether the bowed head could see his greeting.

It was closer to the heart of the kingdom, but the people were far less affluent than the town of Floro, let alone Suero, where merchants gathered. Li Jia asked Selinda this question, and Selena looked disgusted when she gave the answer: Floro Town is located on the border, the people are fierce, and it is very difficult to collect taxes, and her lazy father has been messing around in the royal capital and holiday manors all year round, and has not collected taxes properly for many years.

Occasionally, he would think about the first time he met Selinda, who was so sunny, cute, lively and confident, like a country beauty among knights, but how cruel the reality was, such characters either only appeared in stories or were pretended to be some boring female knight.

After seven or eight days, the negotiations proceeded slowly, and the Count avoided many specific issues, but only entertained him with good food and lodging. Li Jia felt as if he was waiting for someone. Li Jia can only pass the time in riding and magic every day, so that his riding skills have improved a lot, and his magic level is changing with each passing day.

In the Earl's small castle, Selinda has her own study, which collects a lot of books on magic, and every night, she will find time to guide Li Jia to learn spells, although the magic knight is not a real mage, but it is enough to be Li Jia's guide.

The practice of spells is nothing more than two points: cultivating spiritual power and learning spells.

Li Jia is about to reach the bottleneck of concentrating and has entered the final stage of nurturing divine consciousness. He is now practicing Selinda's occult art "Gale Method". When cultivating this secret technique, the magician has to stand against the wind and drive his spiritual power to split the oncoming wind. Li Jia rode a horse every day to practice secret arts. According to Selinda, when you ride a horse and walk quickly, you can't feel a trace of air, and then the divine consciousness should be born.

In the past, even if Li Jia tried hard to control her mental power, the progress she felt every day was limited. But today, Li Jia clearly felt some breakthroughs, and he found that he could break through the breeze in front of him and let them blow in both directions. He's almost done.

He was glad in his heart, and hurried to run farther away.

Li Jia didn't know that at this time, in front of a window of the castle, Selinda and Count Arias were looking at him from afar.

Seeing him ride away, the earl withdrew his gaze, looked at her daughter's face and smiled: "It seems that you really attach great importance to him, but the Gale Law is something that your grandfather paid a lot of money for." ”

"Secret art is dead, and it is valuable when used on people. Selinda replied coldly, "Do you remember how long it took me to concentrate?"

"Three years?"

"Three years, five months, and four days! Do you know how long it took him to reach the bottleneck of concentration? A month! Most of that month was spent in wars and on the road!"

The Count shrugged and said, "He's from the magician's castle, and he must have been trained to condense before, but he missed a breakthrough. ”

"No, absolutely not! Do you think I can't even tell the difference? He doesn't have any formed mental power, not even a magic apprentice! I tested him myself, I can feel it!"

The Earl's expression became serious: "You have never told me anything so important. ”

"When did you ever care about these things?" asked Selinda with a sarcastic look, "I have limited talent in magic, and three years have proven that I can't get far on the magic path. But a month, don't you know what this means? Who in those towers is a month of contemplation? The Ikasa master of the Tower of the Spiritual Eye was labeled with unlimited potential after three months. ”

"You are so excited, my good daughter, the genius is so far from the real big man, and from the earth to the moon. ”

"But he is a hundred times more likely to be the moon than others, ten thousand times more than you!"

"Your dad will be sad to see you like this. The Count put his hand on his forehead and said with a bitter face, "But since he is a genius, why hasn't he been discovered by those magicians?"

"Everywhere there are fools who treat treasures like stones! The nobles of the kingdom are especially adept at doing these things. Selinda's expression seemed to say, "But it doesn't matter, the important thing is that he is now a magician, a magician who may step into the Sanctuary, and he listens to me." It's you, since you are willing to talk to them, why do you keep delaying it, Li Jia has the authorization of the magicians, and he also submitted the other party's opinion, but you don't know what you're doing. ”

"You young people are just too anxious, the falcon flies too fast and misses the rabbit. Actually, I'm also for your good. You see, now that you have a lot of time to spend together every day, and to cultivate a bond with the future genius saint magician, isn't that what you want?" said the Earl teasingly.

"It's really a dog that can't change eating. "What Selinda hates the most is that every time she talks to the Earl about business, she will be led in an inexplicable direction by him, which makes her feel a great sense of powerlessness and frustration.

"I'm going to practice my sword. She didn't look at him anymore and turned to leave the room. As she went out, she saw Pinto walking towards the door and saw her saluting respectfully. And she didn't pause for him with her head held high, and ignored Pinto.

"It seems that the news is almost gathered. Let's hear it. As he spoke, the Count seemed to be a different person, and though he was still a little frivolous on the surface, he could see that there was something else in his expression.

"Yes, sir. Pinto didn't produce any papers, but spoke from memory, and what he said was, of course, all kinds of information about the school.

As he listened, the Count walked over to the closet, picked up a glass bottle, and poured the shimmering rainbow fruit wine into a goblet. These are all good things that have appeared in Suero in the past two months. The earl, who has always enjoyed the first, naturally wants to catch up with such a trend.

“...... They opened up a large number of new fields near Montenegro, and for this purpose, they also sent troops to exterminate two goblin tribes...... According to their people in charge of agriculture, in the future there will be something called 'fertilizer' that will be used in the fields. It is said that it is a magic item that the magicians have put together to increase food production. No one has ever seen that thing, though......"

"They've built several workshops to produce bricks, to produce iron, to produce this thing called glass. These workshops are very large, and there are many people coming in and out of the work every day, but the most critical steps, with few locals involved, are hardly what it is like inside. All of Suero's supplies came from them. ”

"Their trade is very large, not only because of the new products, but also because of the help of two merchant families, many of which have already been sold to the royal capital and the empire. ”

"At least eighty percent of the local villagers in Floro are already under the authority of the magician. Most of them were farming, hunting, mining, or soldiering. Their armies were well organized, with the most elite warriors wielding a long-range magic weapon called "five or six and a half". ”

"'Five or six and a half'?" well, Irus said. That should be the model of the gun. The Count finally spoke.

"We got one of these from one of the horse thieves of Cadiz...... gun, but no way to use it has yet been found. Something seems to be missing. However, that Li Jia must know, you see if you want to test him. ”

The Earl drank a glass of wine, shook his head, and said, "As long as they continue to use the new weapon, we will always understand." I know the virtues of this continent best, and I can't live without my fists. But don't let the magicians know that we have anything to do with Cadiz's actions, you have to cut it off cleanly. ”

"Except for you and me, all those who know about these things can only go and talk to the god of nature. ”

"May they rest in peace. As for Li Jia...... "The Earl smiled, "the future Holy Magician, let me leave it to my dear daughter." ”

"The slaves who were taken away by the two magicians Xiao Chen and Luo Ling before have now settled down near Montenegro. These people seem to be quite content with the status quo, and there is no sign of rioting for the time being. Our men have been inserted, but now the slaves are guarded and cannot deliver the news. Judging from the news outside, it seems that the magicians are still discussing what to do with them. ”

"This Xiao Chen, and Luo Ling...... What is the strength?"

"Xiao Chen must be a very powerful magician, especially good at spiritual magic. It is said that when he put down a slave revolt, he could deal with hundreds of slaves as soon as he struck. As for Luo Ling, one of Viscount Irus's magic knights had been easily knocked down by her, and several slave traders who negotiated with her said that she had secretly used frost magic in one of her negotiations. But it's hard to guess what she's capable of. ”

"I hear that both men are very young?" asked the Earl, as he sat down in his chair, leaning back in it, thoughtfully.

"Yes. Everyone who met them felt that they were powerful and full of potential, including Master Icassa. ”

"Infinite potential again?" The Count thought for a moment, and then asked, "Pinto, tell me, from all this information, what do you think is the best way to deal with them?"

Pinto looked a little hesitant, "I'...... I think ......"

"Say, it's okay. ”

"Raise up the army and destroy them!"