When Lear placed two giant eyes the size of a human head on the counter of the Mage Guild, it immediately caused a lot of commotion, and many mages and magic apprentices came out of the laboratory and the library, they gathered around the counter from a distance, and whispered and pointed at Lear and the others, until Derek walked out with Elson and a young mage whom Lear had never seen before, and the lively crowd dispersed in curiosity.

That man was younger than Elson, but he had also reached the level of a third-level magician.

"Oh Lear, you've surprised me, knowing that we've been so troubled by this giant, and that the Governor's Mansion and the military have repeatedly asked us for our help in eliminating him, but each time to no avail, the Dimonas Grassland is too big for a giant to hide in it. ”

Before the man could reach Lear, Derek excitedly said that it was clear that the magic apprentice who had delivered the news had not had time to tell him all of it.

"But the information on the Guild's mission doesn't tell me that there is a Cyclops King behind him, because of your negligence, I have lost a dozen good servants, and my warriors have all been wounded, and even I myself can barely come back. ”

Lear wasn't so happy, and although he was mentally and prepared for the battle, it didn't mean that he wasn't going to use this to knock a hammer out of the Mage Guild, which was now his right thing anyway.

Derek was slightly stunned when he heard Lear's words, and then he saw two huge eyes, one large and one small, from the table, which he should have discovered from the beginning, but he was too happy to talk to Lear, and when the apprentice told him the good news, he hurried in before he could even hear the other man finish the second half of the sentence.

"I'm very sorry, if that's the case, then the association does have an unshirkable responsibility, you can ask for your compensation, as long as we can do it, we are willing to apologize as much as possible. ”

As Derek apologized to Lear, the strange young mage walked over to the counter and examined the giants' eyes with his long, narrow eyes.

"I think the honorarium for this task should be raised to two and a half thousand, and the contribution points to one thousand, and as for my servants' share of the pension, I hope the Guild can also bear some of it, and I hope that these requests of mine do not make you feel abrupt or greedy. ”

Lear said to Derek, and then he glanced at the young mage out of the corner of his eye.

"No, I understand your feelings very well, and there is nothing unreasonable about your request, I will arrange it immediately, now if you don't mind, can you come with me to the office and tell us about the process of this battle, I think it must be a story full of courage and wisdom, and I would like to introduce you to a new friend later. ”

"As you wish, sir. ”

But when Lear followed Derek to his office, the young mage smiled and walked to his side, greeted him slightly, and said, "Hello, you are one of the most courageous and wise magicians I have ever met, for I can see from those two eyes that you and your servants have been through two rather difficult battles. ”

Lear shook his body when he heard this, and then looked at the other party deeply, the young mage could tell from the eyes of the two dead giants that they had experienced two battles instead of one, and he used a tone of complete affirmation rather than speculation, which made Lear curious and a little jealous at the same time, is he a good at the field of spiritual magic? Or is it related to death magic?

However, it was very rude to ask about other magicians' specialties, and Lear could only nod lightly to the other person, and then his eyes returned to Derek's back.

After entering the office, Lear realized that it was not just them, including the strange mages who had been waiting in the office, and now there was a small group of ten people, which looked like he was about to give a small speech.

Lear looked at Derek a little confused.

"It doesn't matter, these are the heads of various departments of the Sarabuto Mage Association, and they should have been introduced to you a long time ago, but you have been on a mission for a long time, and you left immediately after you came back, so you didn't find a suitable opportunity, so it's better to get to know each other today, if there is no problem, you can start now." ”

Derek said, but Lear always felt that there was something else he had put up with.

In desperation, Lear didn't bother to think about it, he walked to the central clearing that everyone had left for him and began to tell the story of the extermination of the cyclops this time, he tried to keep a peaceful tone throughout the whole process, in fact, there was nothing to hide except for the part where the giant's lair was emptied at the end, but everyone still felt a great danger from his calm narration, especially when it came to the moment when the Cyclops King appeared, a fourth-level mage sitting on the right side even let out a low exclamation.

"So that's pretty much it, do you have any questions?"

Although Lear had remained smooth throughout the process, it still took him more than half an hour to directly recount this long combat experience, so he was a little tired.

"We are amazed by your wisdom and courage, and we are greatly admired by the fighting skills and tacit cooperation of your soldiers and followers, and allow me to express my sincere respect and gratitude to you for your outstanding contribution to the security of the people of Sarabhutto. ”

The young mage and Derek looked at each other, and then first complimented Lear.

But judging from Lear's expression, his compliments did not have the desired effect, and these high hats sound nice to say, but they feel empty and painless when they are worn.

Lear smiled politely at him, but didn't mean to answer.

"If you don't have anything else to do, I think I'm going to appease my servants first, after all, they have suffered a great loss this time, and a little gold is not enough to soothe the psychological wounds caused by the loss of relatives and companions. ”

If you like to go around in circles, you will slowly go around, and if you don't say anything, I will leave and suffocate you.

Sure enough, as soon as Lear said this, someone immediately couldn't sit still.

After everyone made eye contact, it was Derek who spoke first.

"So, Lear, something happened during the time you left Sarabuto and entered the Dimonas Steppe, the newly established kingdom of Erathia to the south of the Forest of No Return accelerated its expansion, and after taking all of the territory of the former Mudran Forest, their cavalry began to advance into the Forest of No Return, and the forest elves sent us a plea for help.

Dimon and the forest elves of Hammondale have been friendly neighbors for generations, but this time the Erathians are menacing, and His Majesty the King of Asan and the nobles have decided to take a wait-and-see attitude for the time being, but not long ago the king of Erathia, Ryan Gffenhardt, announced his support for the rule of the Wizard King, and any barbarians who dare to enter Erathia under his leadership will be expelled and arrested, which makes His Majesty Harrog feel deeply worried,

You must know that the shadow of the wizard king has been hanging over the continent for too long, and now a brave barbarian has finally come out to rebel against his tyranny, and a madman has come out to declare his support for him, and it is rumored that Tanan has suffered a defeat under the wall, but he himself has not been harmed, and now he is gathering strength in a valley inhabited by the descendants of his ancestor Jag, ready to make a comeback.

In this case, a strong Erathia is not in the strategic interests of Dimon and Hammondal, so His Majesty Harrog decided to respond to the request of the forest elves to send troops to the forest to help resist the Erathians, and the battle mobilization order has been issued to Sarabhutto. ”

"But what does all this have to do with me? I'm just a second-level minor mage, and aren't the mage guilds all neutral?"

Lear asked curiously.

"Actually. Derek shook his head and smiled wryly.

"The vast majority of mid- and high-level mages in Sarabuto are also battle mages, and unlike mages in other places, we grew up here, and we grew up here, and although we all joined the Mage Guild in the end, we still consider this place our home. ”

"On this point, Your Excellency, you haven't mentioned it to me before, don't say you don't have the opportunity, we have been alone many times. ”

Lear felt a little depressed now, if that was the case, then the Sarabuto Mage Guild's strong invitation at the beginning was probably to set himself up, although he himself wanted to join and wanted to be a member of the battle mage, but volunteering and being half-deceived were completely different things.

Because even if he became a battle mage, his purpose was to learn more advanced magic, not to serve those nobles, lords, or even His Majesty the King.

As for a nobler sense of belonging to home, I'm sorry, but Lear, who has only been here for a few months, hasn't yet.

"Yes, it was my negligence, in fact, to be honest, I didn't have this kind of thought before, after all, we still want to be willing to do this kind of thing, but what I didn't expect was that the war would come so soon. ”

Derek explained, and it was clear that he was frustrated.

"So I'm going to be drafted now?"

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