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The academic dinner has not yet officially begun, but it is already bustling near the outermost welcome tower, and in the solemn square, all kinds of carriages and magic flying boats have been parked. As far as the eye could see, everyone was dressed in formal and solemn attire, the sorcerers who were the protagonists of the dinner were all dressed in inscribed robes, while their servants and followers looked glamorous in armor or fine clothes.

Su Wen and Brother Carlito walked side by side on the stone-paved avenue, and the huge height difference between the two was very eye-catching.

"From now until 8 p.m., it's dinner time, and it's a time when you can get to know some people and of course you can keep your head down. But the conference will start at eight o'clock sharp, and since you are one of the necessary attendees, you will need to be in the central auditorium half an hour early, and I will meet you there. ”

"Won't Senior Brother come along?"

"No, there are still some preparations on the mentor's side that I need to help with. This time there are not only those great magicians, but also many young magicians, and I wish you all the best to make new friends at the dinner. Carlito chuckled, "See you later, then." ”

"See you later. ”

Saying goodbye to Calito, Su Wen walked alone through the barrier of the mage towers and entered the world that belonged to the mage.

Su Wen had already done his homework, the academic dinner in Duolun was not a festival once every few years, it was usually initiated by a great magician who needed to announce something important or make a research discovery, there was no fixed date, and there were even examples in history where two academic dinners were only one day apart. But it is also a day for the high-ranking mages scattered throughout the empire to meet, so it means no less to the mages than any holiday. Of course, the grandeur of the dinner party mainly depends on the prestige of the initiator, and a national treasure like the Ptolemy Grand Magister is naturally in an endless stream, and there is no one who is not eager to get an invitation to the dinner.

It's just that most of the magicians who entered at the same time as Su Wen brought their entourage, and those "young talents" also mostly followed the older big magicians, and there were really few young mages like Su Wen who were alone.

At least he didn't see his own kind.

Welcoming the entrance of the tower, Su Wen handed out his invitation and entered the small mage tower that was hundreds of years old. As one of the entrances to the towers, it seems to be a museum with a long history, with a huge circular staircase ascending, the permanent magic circle on the walls, the paintings in the cloister, the huge magic light array hovering down, and a large number of cultural relics in the classical style of Duolun, all of which make Su Wen dizzy.

This amazement was not superficial, he calmly came to the top of the Welcome Tower, and then crossed the outward arched bridge to the floating platform located halfway up the mountainside, and entered the real Mage Tower, which was like a castle as a whole, and the Welcome Tower that Su Wen had just climbed was the wall of this castle.

In the hall of the tower, the banquet is ready and about to begin. The crowd was bustling, many magicians who had known each other for a long time were chatting happily, and groups of waiters carried their drinks and pushed food carts through them.

Kalito is right, this kind of banquet attended by only magicians is indeed a good place to meet more colleagues, but Su Wen observed for a moment and found that it was indeed not a traditional social banquet between nobles, and there were no creatures such as courtesans, the atmosphere on the field was actually relatively conservative, and it was more common for great magicians who had known each other for a long time to bring their juniors or students to talk and introduce each other, and in this environment, Su Wen's role of appearing alone at the banquet was more like an outlier.

However, it seems to be a good choice for him to find a random corner and fish until the start of a formal academic conference. He also took this opportunity to actually observe the composition and habits of the Imperial Wizard Circle, this information was precious, and it was definitely not something that could be told to Su Wen by doing his homework in advance - rather, this was the purpose of his refusal of Carlito's invitation to act together, and insisting on coming here alone for a meal.

No one noticed Su Wen, and his prior preparation made him look like a traditional aristocratic young mage, neither vulgar nor pretentious. He blended well into what was perhaps the most energetic crowd of the Duolun Empire, quietly found a place in the corner of the banquet hall, and then ordered the waiter to order a lemonade, and waited quietly for the passage of time as the dusk gradually fell, holding a small thin book in his hand.

Stripped of the cloak of powerful and mysterious power, there is no difference between a magician and an ordinary human, and the magician's banquet will naturally not have any eye-catching features. At this sumptuous banquet, Su Wen saw the greetings between friends, the elders who became the focus of the crowd and were asked for advice by the juniors, and the magic performances that volunteered to even stop the conversation......

Other than that, nothing out of the ordinary happened. And what really made Su Wen care was that even magicians were not all the kind of guys who wore magic robes and had an elegant bookish atmosphere, but there were quite a few great magicians who revealed a solemn temperament from their bones, and this temperament could not be covered by magic robes and magic hats at all.

Su Wen felt that it was precisely because of the existence of this group of great magicians that although the banquet was very lively, there was always a looming aura, and it could not become truly relaxed and cheerful.

They are military mages.

There is a popular proverb in the Brilliant Continent: first-rate magicians are in the legion, second-rate magicians are adventurous, and third-rate magicians stay in the academy. Although this statement is a bit generalized, it is not unreasonable in the continent where magicians are the backbone of combat power. Although there is nothing to fight in peacetime, but in Su Wen's opinion, these military mages present exude a faint smell of blood, which is really not like soldiers born in peacetime.

This is very interesting, Su Wen feels that he is very familiar with this unique temperament, it is a kind of taste polished in the sea of corpses and blood, it represents cleverness, obedience, and ruthlessness, like a wolf that hunts for food.

Who, then, is the prey that created them?

"A toast to the elders who have entertained us. ”

A magnetic voice sounded in Su Wen's ears, it was a lone wanderer like him, and in the corner of this kind of banquet hall, it was not uncommon for a mage like him to act alone.

"It's an honor. ”

Su Wen took the rum that he had pushed, clinked glasses with him, and took a sip.

"Orilland, Demon Hunter, you can call me a white wolf. The man lifted his cloak, revealing long white hair, and an angular face with a scar that ran through his eye sockets and cheeks.

"Su Wen, a student at the academy. ”

"Still a student?" Aureland's tone was a little surprised, "No wonder you look so young, but what about your elders, I saw you sitting here alone for a full hour." ”

"They're busy, so I'm here to eat alone. ”

"Oh, it seems that you are a big man related to academic conferences, and you have a bright future. ”

"Thanks, you said you were a demon hunter?"

O'Lilan shook his glass: "Are you interested, in fact, my job is very simple, collect commissions, kill demonic beasts, just the evening before yesterday, I was still hunting sand scorpions near South Plateau City, and I will probably rush back tomorrow." ”

"Amazing, I've been to the vicinity of Southern Highland City and seen those terrible monsters with my own eyes. ”

"You've dealt with them?"

"I was scared away. ”

"Poof......

......

For the next few moments, Su Wen had a pleasant conversation with the self-proclaimed witcher's magician. Although O'Lilan seemed to be more of a seasoned hunter than a magician, Su Wen knew that the people who were eligible to receive an official invitation to the academic dinner, rather than being promoted as a junior, were all famous and surnamed in various industries. The great magicians here, if they take out any of them, they can be regarded as Su Wen's elders, and the O'Lelan in front of him is naturally one of them, although there is no shelf, Su Wen is still cautious.

The Demon Hunter sounds mysterious, but in other words, he is a headhunter who specializes in attacking Warcraft, and strictly speaking, he belongs to the branch of the Brigade Mage. Compared with the military mages who are fully loyal to the empire, their lives are more free, and they are relatively hard, watching the sky and eating, and when there are no monsters, they can often only rely on the subsidy of the title, or find another job.

O'Rillan seemed to be in a panic, trying to find someone to chat with, but there was no one he knew, so he didn't plan to let go of Su Wen after catching him. He didn't care about Su Wen's identity, and of course he didn't recognize him as the disciple of the Great Demon Master who had been popular in the wizard circle for a while recently, but told himself the thrilling story of his past battle with the Demon Beast. There is still an hour before the agreed time, and Su Wen also happens to be idle, so he is naturally willing to accompany him, and the two of them are willing to talk and listen, and the atmosphere between them is extremely harmonious.

However, not long after the clock passed seven o'clock in the evening, Su Wen's afterglow seemed to have caught a blue figure.

His expression suddenly stiffened.

"Well, sorry to interrupt, I need to go to the bathroom. ”

Aureland paused, then sensed something sensitively.

"Is there a situation?"

"Just a ...... urgency"

At this moment, Su Wen heard a faint voice from behind him.

"Do you want to say goodbye like you did last time? ”

"Senior O'Rilla, I can't hold it anymore, goodbye. ”

After speaking, Su Wen didn't stop any longer, as if nothing had happened, he stood up and left his seat without any delay, and strode towards the other side of the banquet hall. (To be continued.) )