Ten days, which is the deadline.

Because of his illness, Hodge couldn't get out of his room for ten days, he had to wait.

Waiting for some change in the past ten days to give him a chance to escape from Parna Castle, of course he knew that such an opportunity was extremely unlikely, but there was really no better way for him now.

If these ten days pass quietly, then he only needs to take the dinner knife to make a last fight.

Fortunately, this opportunity was really waited for by him.

On the third day, a dusty rider came and entered the castle of Parna with a blue banner embroidered with a golden hat and staff.

"He is an emissary of the Wizards' Guild. McCarthy, who received the news, immediately stopped what he was doing and asked the servants to dress and groom themselves.

"Let the messenger wait in the parlor, and I will be there. ”

McCarthy, dressed in moon-white mage robes, made his way to the reception room and looked up to see the herald's messenger, a knight loyal to the Guild, who had taken off his helmet and placed it in his hand, sitting upright on a wooden chair with his hands on the outside of his thighs and the flag of the Magical Society in his hands.

McCarthy bowed slightly, showing the good upbringing of the nobles, and ...... to the knight More precisely, the banner in the knight's hand saluted: "May the light of magic illuminate the desolation of the heart, and salute you, Lord Knight." ”

When McCarthy had finished saluting, the knight put the flag aside, stood up and held his right hand in his heart, and said to McCarthy in a half-kneeling knightly salute, "Salute to you, Lord McCarthy." ”

As McCarthy, he is superior to the knight as a magician or a nobleman, and the reason why he is the first to salute is because the knight represents the wizards' guild, and as a member of the association, he must have respect.

And when he finishes saluting, the knight returns to his mere identity, and he must salute the higher status of McCarthy.

This is the etiquette of this world, even in the remote part of the north.

"This ...... Your Excellency?" McCarthy asked, motioning for the knight to sit down.

"Isaac Wallen. The knight sat back in his seat, "Just call me Isaac, Lord McCarthy." ”

"Wallen......" McCarthy searched for memories and suddenly said, "Is it the Wallen family in Atoll City?"

"Yes, sir. ”

"I see. McCarthy nodded, "So, what is Master Noyce Kirk looking for me?"

The Kirk family is a prominent aristocratic family in the North, and has been Lord of the Atoll City of the northern city-state for generations.

Not only that, but the successive heads of the Kirk family are also one of the thirteen permanent members of the Magical Society's Northern Branch, which is much higher than McCarthy's seemingly glamorous but insignificant title of "Honorary Elder".

The Wallen family, who are also in the atoll, are vassals of the Kirk family, swearing allegiance to the Kirk family for generations.

Since the knight named Isaac is from the Valen family, it is not difficult to guess that the person behind this herald from the Magical Guild is the current head of the Kirk family, Noyce Kirk.

"Lord Noyce invites you, along with three other mages from the North, to join you on a mission to exterminate the Deep Sarlin. ”

McCarthy couldn't help frowning when he heard the news: "Extermination mission?What kind of Warcraft is worthy of a magic councilor with three magicians?"

"Your Excellency, the target of extermination is not a demonic beast. Isaac paused for a moment, looked into McCarthy's eyes very solemnly, and said slowly, "It's—the witch." ”

McCarthy's eyes lit up, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Witch?"

"Yes, and based on intelligence and Lord Noyce's judgment, the witch found this time is unusual, and it is likely that she is one of the members of the Witches Council!"

McCarthy gasped, shocked that this witch turned out to be a witch councilor, you must know that as far as the information they have, there will be no more than seven witch councilors in the entire continent, each witch has top abilities, no wonder the association needs to send such a luxurious lineup to exterminate.

After the astonishment, McCarthy was filled with greed and desire. The main force in the extermination of evil witches has always been led by magicians, and they love this work, and others may not understand why they are so enthusiastic about witches, only magicians themselves know how rich the punishment of witches is for them.

And a witch of the council level......

McCarthy quickly retracted the greed in his eyes, looked at Isaac with a straight face, nodded and said, "I see, I really have no reason to be absent from such a mission, did Lord Noyce say where to meet?"

"Lord Noyce has instructed the Venerable Wizards to go to the nearest town of Linan to the Deep Sandforest, where your Excellency will be waiting for you. ”

"Then tell Lord Noyce, I'll leave tomorrow. ”

......

After sending Isaac away, McCarthy summoned his henchmen, and he had to arrange his affairs during his absence from the castle.

"Bessie, Lamb. McCarthy called them by name and said, "You two are coming with me to the small town of Linan." ”

Bessie and Lamb were excitedly half-kneeling and saluting, and it was a great honor for them to be able to accompany McCarthy.

"After you leave with me, the position of the head of the castle will become vacant, and during the time I leave, I will choose someone to take the position of head of the castle. ”

Hearing this, the rest of the entourage raised their heads in unison, their faces full of anticipation, and they almost didn't say their thoughts out loud to McCarthy.

McCarthy's gaze swept over the crowd, and found that only one person was still calm and composed, bowing his head slightly, without any impatience, he was very satisfied with this, worthy of being a confidant who had followed him for many years, and could be in charge of the affairs of the castle, calm was necessary, looking at the frizzy appearance of the rest, it was really terrible.

"Mor, you are most familiar with the internal affairs of the castle, so let you take care of it. ”

Moore stepped forward and half-knelt and saluted: "I will definitely live up to the expectations of my lord." ”

He took a deep breath, knowing that this was an opportunity for him, and although he was only under the name of an agent now, he was the only one who did well enough to soon return to the position of McCarthy's confidant, and he didn't question it much.

"Let me think about what else to bring. ”

McCarthy pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "By the way, let that boy named Hodge go with me." ”

Bessie whispered, "My lord, Hodge is still sick, and you know that the infection is contagious. ”

"I know, but you don't have to worry about the cold winter climate that will minimize the activity of the infection and bring the infectivity to zero. McCarthy waved his hand and smiled, "Besides, I can't wait, Master Noyce must have a priest in his team, maybe he can help Hodge get rid of the pain of the infection sooner." ”