Norman didn't know that he was in trouble, and he was still staring around.

The one in the distance on the left who followed behind a black-robed mage, He knew the boy with an elegant temperament, it was the boy who was the host at the Pansy Association, he knew a student behind the black-robed mage who was talking to the boy's teacher, it was that guy who bought his ancient language cage, so he could have spare money to buy today's outfit, and after a few people to the right, it was the black-robed mage Lambert, who also knew him, and Justin next to Lambert was also known to him......

Only then did Norman realize that before he knew it, he had also met many people in the mage circle.

But the most surprising of all of them was the group of people on the far right of the clearing.

The group was led by a middle-aged black-robed mage, who was talking to a black-robed mage his age, and their students were all standing respectfully behind them, looking no different from the others.

But Norman's gaze froze behind the middle-aged black-robed mage, on a little girl of twelve or thirteen.

The little girl with green eyes was the little girl who had saved his life that night, and the little girl that the Templars had deduced might not be human.

She even came to take the entrance exam?

Norman thought it was strange.

She had cast a powerful spell that night, so she was already a mage, so why did she come to take the entrance exam?......

Norman just stared at the little girl directly, she seemed to feel something, and glanced at Norman, but her eyes were very calm, and she just looked at it and then took it back, and did not look at it again, as if she did not know Norman.

Norman touched his nose: since the little girl pretended not to know him, then there was no need for him to lean over and thank him, just to stay quietly in this corner of the middle of nowhere.

Then he continued to look around.

It can be seen that most of the mages standing in this clearing are wearing black robes, and only two are wearing red robes.

The two red-robed mages occupied the position closest to the church gate, and their esteemed status was obvious, and they rarely talked to them, and only occasionally a black-robed mage mustered up the courage to take the students over, but often left after a few words.

But that's it, it's already remarkable.

Norman noticed that the black-robed mage who had been able to talk to the two red-robed mages in the past returned to his original position, his expression was different, glowing, and it seemed that it was a very dignified thing to be able to talk to the red-robed mage for a few words—in fact, it was indeed a dignified thing.

And some other black-robed mages who had no way and didn't dare to go up to talk looked at these related households who could say two sentences, and their eyes were also quite envious.

The strict hierarchy between mages seems to be deeper than the chasm between nobles and commoners.

Norman lamented this, and at the same time chattered to Thomas: "Try not to talk if you can stop talking for a while, it's up to me." All you have to do is smile, smile, smile, keep your smile and do nothing else, and your mission is done. If you go along and all goes well, then I don't mind giving you another 10 silver narls when it's over, which is enough for you to drink for a couple of days if it's ale......"

But after a while, Norman's words came to an abrupt end.

He saw someone coming.

It was the black-robed mage who had been talking to Lambert, and he was walking towards him with his students stunned.

He should be looking for someone else, right?

Norman would have liked that, but unfortunately there were only two people in this direction: he and Thomas.

Damn, what is this guy doing here?!

Norman's expression was calm, but his heart had already made waves: he had deliberately retreated to this remote corner, trying to keep these people from noticing them, but this guy still had to come?!......!

Whether Norman wanted it or not, Conrad soon came to them.

"Hello sir,"

Conrad looked at Thomas and said, "I'm Conrad Brown, can I know your name?"

"Thomas, Octavian!"

Norman spoke first in place of Thomas, and then explained: "I'm sorry, but my teacher is practicing a magical meditation method and can't speak, so you can ask me if there's anything you want to know." ”

The reason why he didn't let Thomas speak was mainly because he was afraid that the other party would speak ancient languages, and when the time came, Thomas would not understand it at all, and it would be exposed.

And the reason why Norman didn't teach Thomas the ancient language was because the time was too short to teach at all, so he could only use this excuse to deal with the scene, and there was no way to do it.

"Oh?"

Conrad was a little displeased, probably dissatisfied with a student daring to be so arrogant. But seeing that Thomas himself didn't react, he had to put it aside for the time being and cut to the main point of this visit.

"Mr. Thomas, can I know where you are from?"

Norman had been prepared for this situation and had the Knights Templar do their homework, and immediately opened his mouth to come, "We are coming from a small village called Weir, east of Cárdenas. ”

Conrad said, "Oh, it's not easy to get a black-robed mage out of the village...... What about Mr. Thomas's other students?"

"They didn't come this time. ”

"That's a pity...... I don't know who Mr. Thomas's teacher is, maybe you know my teacher. ”

"It's Mr. McGee Hill......"

......

The materials prepared by the Knights Templar were still very complete, and even the teachers of "Thomas Octavian" were ready, but after some conversations, Conrad, who had a lot of friends, still knew it in his heart.

It can even be said that it can be basically concluded, which also makes Conrad sure in his heart.

He would have come over to give Justin a face, after all, although Justin is nothing now, his future must be infinitely bright, and even the two red-robed mages present are likely to make a smile to Justin in the future. If you start investing while Justin has not yet started to soar and can help Justin do something, then the return will undoubtedly be very rich in the future, so this is why Conrad, as a black-robed mage, is willing to be Justin's pawn.

And now that he can do something for Justin without offending a "black-robed mage", it is undoubtedly better.

"Mr. Thomas, I've heard that there are some bold fanatics in Cárdenas right now, who are planning to pretend to be black-robed mages and run to the entrance exam to cause trouble,"

Conrad said leisurely: "So why don't we test the mage badge first? After all, you have come from such a far away, and the road is so far away, it is inevitable that there will be places on the road that you will not pay attention to, maybe those bold fanatics will drop your mage badge in their bags? ”

Conrad said as he pressed his hand on the mage badge on his chest, and then Norman saw that the mage badge on his chest actually lit up, emitting a faint black light, and finally the light formed the shape of a sabertooth orchid out of thin air in front of the badge.

Norman was dumbfounded.

He never expected that a real mage badge would have this kind of function! And the fake he had asked the blacksmith to make would obviously not have such a magical effect......

"Mr. Thomas, please examine your badge. If it is really dropped by those bold fanatics, the church is right next to it, and we can hurry up and change it, so as not to be rude in front of the Metropolitan later, it will not be good. ”

Conrad was still pressing.

Due to Conrad's sudden activation of the mage badge, some mages who had not paid attention to this side also turned their eyes on, but they didn't know what was going on here, and they talked to each other.

"Isn't that Conrad? What is he doing?"

"The gentleman across from Conrad looks very raw, do you know him?"

"I haven't seen it, I don't know which city it is, Mr. Mage. Looking at Conrad, it doesn't seem like a friendly conversation?"

"Is it really a strange gentleman who brought only one student......?"

One of the two red-robed mages was also looking at this, but he was silent, and he wondered in his heart: why did the old black-robed mage make him feel familiar? As if he had seen it somewhere, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

As the center of everyone's attention at the moment, Norman's mind was racing, eager to come up with a way to deal with the emergency situation in front of him.

Hurry, hurry......

But before he could even come up with an unreliable idea, he saw Thomas, who had been silent at his command, suddenly put his hand on his chest and touched the mage badge on his chest as Conrad had just done.

What's he doing?

Norman stared blankly at Thomas, stunned by his movements.

As a few breaths passed, everyone saw that the badge was not glowing and nothing had happened.

It's over, it's all over!" Norman shouted in his heart when he saw this.

The expression on Justin's face, who had been watching from afar, finally relaxed, and he became wise and confident again.

He won the bet, and he would still be the Light of Cárdenas.

"Looks like Mr. Thomas, your badge has really been dropped,"

Seeing all this, a smile appeared on the corner of Conrad's mouth, the meaning of his eyes was unclear, and he said leisurely: "Or perhaps, Mr. Thomas, your whole body has been dropped? Is it fake? If this is the case, then I think it will be necessary for these soldiers around to deal with this matter." ”

As if in response to Conrad's words, as soon as his words fell, the roar of a beast suddenly came from the sky, in all directions.

Everyone present was startled by this sound, looked up, and saw a dozen huge griffons flying above the sky, hovering over Yabei Square, and faintly seeing heavily armed knights sitting on the griffins.

"Gryphon Knight!"

Someone called out.

The Griffin Knight, the most elite fighting force in Cárdenas, belongs directly to Duke Lake, and more than a dozen of them were dispatched at once......

There are only 25 griffon knights in Cárdenas.

The main entrance of Yabei Cathedral also suddenly opened at this moment.

Dressed in silver armor, the Holy Cult Army rushed out of the main entrance, quickly poured into the square, and then spread out, forming a circular encirclement that surrounded all the mages in the clearing.

After that, more than a dozen clergy dressed in monk's robes flew out of the main entrance one after another...... Yes, fly out, these clergy in white monks' robes, some of them are holding short wooden staffs, some are holding books, and they all fly out directly.

Instead of landing, they flew directly above the heads of the mages in the clearing, creating a second line of defense beneath the griffin knights. Then, from the direction of the Duke's Palace, people also flew in one after another, joining the flight of these clergy, filling this second line of defense more tightly.

But it didn't end there.

Boom, boom, boom......

Heavy footsteps suddenly sounded in the surrounding streets, and the ground shook as if mountains and rivers were moving, and experienced people knew as soon as they heard it, it was a large number of heavily armed soldiers marching in formation.

At last, Norman saw a tall and thin old man with a scepter and a red monk's robe slowly walk out of the main entrance of the Cathedral of Abbe, and stood still in front of the door, looking at him—yes, Norman thought the old man was looking at him.

Not only the old man, but Norman even felt that all the people around him who suddenly appeared were watching his side.

"Prepare for battle!"

The tall and thin old man opened his mouth and shouted, his voice was incredibly loud, and the sound spread through the four fields.

Finally, the old man glanced deeply at Norman, his eyes were firm and fanatical, obviously an old man, but he looked more enthusiastic than a young man with strong blood.

Then, the old man shouted at the top of his voice.

"God the Father is with us!"

This heart-rending sound was like a farewell battle cry before death, and the voice seemed to be hoarse, which made the listener's blood boil.

"God the Father is with us!"

The surrounding Holy Cult troops, the heavenly mages, the griffon knights, and the hoplites who were not yet visible in the distance roared together.

The shouts resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the sound almost overturned people, and many civilians around the square were indeed paralyzed by the unprecedented battle, and even the students of these black-robed mages in the clearing, many of them had never seen such a scene, and they were so frightened that they sat on the ground, panicking for some reason.

And as the initiator of the order just now, Conrad has turned into a stone sculpture at this moment.

When did he be able to mobilize all the elite forces of Cárdenas and the armed forces of the Church at the command of Conrad? When did he lose face so much? He didn't know how he himself......

Norman was also dumbfounded.

It's just pretending to be a black-robed mage, so is it necessary to send out such a big battle?