The Secret Tower Federation is a strange country to say, it does not have a decent government, and it is the Great Council of Mages that determines the country's affairs. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The Commons is composed of senior mages and is responsible for the main affairs of the country, such as finance, taxation and personnel. The House of Lords, made up of legendary mages, is only responsible for major matters such as diplomacy and military affairs—the masters are too busy to pay attention to the small ones.

"What are those legendary mages up to?" Sui Xiong asked curiously.

Ray thought for a moment and said, "Basically, they should be studying how to break through the limits of biology and step into the realm of demigods—anyway, several masters I know are studying these." ”

"Do you know a legendary mage?"

"I don't know people, but most of them don't have an impression of me. Ray smiled and said, "I came here to study for a while when I was a teenager, and it was the capital of the Mystic Tower Federation, the Supreme Tower. As luck would have me, I've had the pleasure of meeting two masters, and I've met two other masters, plus the one Master Green. Among all the fourteen legendary mages in the entire Mystic Tower Federation, I know exactly the number of one hand, and I must be the envy of many mid- and low-level mages. ”

"With your current strength, even if you don't consider your origin, you are fully qualified to visit those legendary mages. Sui Xiong said with interest, "Will we pass through the territory of a legendary mage on our way?" ”

Lei recalled carefully and shook his head: "To be honest, I don't have a very good impression of where the masters live—for example, Your Excellency the 'Green Sea Resident', I know about his existence, but I don't know that he is in Green Tree City. ”

"Is this kind of information being kept secret?"

"I guess it wasn't a secret, but I wasn't interested in intelligence at the time. By the time he was a little older and began to be interested in these, he was already ......" Ray's face suddenly darkened, he sighed deeply, and stopped talking.

Obviously, he remembered some sad past.

Sui Xiong gently patted him on the shoulder as a comfort: "Don't be sad, people can't always live in memory. You have a great future, so why bother with the unhappy things in the past!"

"You're right. Ray smiled and nodded, but his expression was still gloomy.

However, he is a veteran adventurer after all, and he is very good at regulating his emotions, and it didn't take long for him to return to normal, burying those sad memories deep in his heart again.

The Secret Tower Federation is composed of towns, because of the protection of the magic tower, so the security in the city is often very good, but once out of the city, then all kinds of demon moths emerge in an endless stream, even on the main road, there are often many monsters infested.

This is due to the high terrain - the southern part of the main plane continent is a plateau with a high concentration of mana. This is the reason why the mages chose to concentrate on building the magic tower here.

The high concentration of magic power has caused a large number of mages to gather here, and it has gradually developed into a country of mages. However, the higher concentration of magic power also makes the monsters here emerge in an endless stream, just like weeds in the field, cutting them endlessly, and even sometimes the patrol team has only swept in a certain area, and in the blink of an eye, it rains, and a large number of monsters have sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, and they don't know where they came from.

Thunder swung his long sword, and with a single sword, he split a roaring minotaur in half with a human and axe, and then without looking, he stabbed out his backhand spear, stabbing a bird-like man screaming and whistling, and at the same time, he was not idle at his feet, running like flying, and by the way, he also kicked a spiky mutant slime out of the air, and the extremely ingenious force only fully exploded when it hit a large tree, shaking the monster that should be immune to most physical attacks into a puddle of mud and splashing everywhere.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen monsters were killed by him, and the ground was covered with blood, and it was a mess.

"Why are there so many monsters here?" Sui Xiong said in wonder, "Whether it's the Gray Stone Mountain Range or the Ancient Wood Barren Swamp, there are not so many monsters!"

Steele flew back from not far away, holding a wooden board in her hand with a large line on it: You ask me, who do I ask?

So both a man and a pig set their sights on Ray.

Of their group, Ray was the only one who had been to the Mystic Tower Federation before.

"I don't know, I came by boat from the waterway, and then landed from Baita Harbor, and directly used a short-distance teleportation circle to go to the Supreme Tower. Ray said, "Later, when I was in school, I basically never left the Supreme Tower, so I also learned about the actual situation of the Mystic Tower Federation through books. ”

"I don't listen to anything outside the window, and I only read the books of the sages - you had a very exam-oriented education style back then!"

"What is test-oriented education?"

"Just like you, concentrate on your studies and don't care about anything else. ”

"That's a great way to live. Lei smiled and said, "Stable and calm, no quarrel with the world, my teacher has always wanted me to be a scholar, not to learn from others to fight and kill to become a knight." ”

Steele laughed, took out the plank, and wrote two lines of words: Murder and arsonist scholar?

Ray couldn't help but smile bitterly, shaking his head as he laughed.

Sui Xiong thought for a moment and asked, "What about you now?" do you want to be a scholar or a knight? or...... You've made up your mind to be a successful robber?"

"If I could, I still want to be a knight. "But it's unlikely, the knights are very demanding." ”

"I don't think so, you are all strong people who are about to reach the legendary realm, if this is not enough, how many knights can there be in the world?"

Lei sighed: "It's not a matter of strength, it's a matter of morality." To become a knight, one must follow the eight virtues, humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, faith, honesty, and justice...... In short, I have deviated from the virtues of a knight, and no matter how strong I am, I am not a knight. ”

"It seems that the knight seems to be very high-end......" Sui Xiong muttered quietly, "There is such a high moral standard......

Steele laughed again, took out the wooden board and wrote a big word: Liar!

"What do you mean?" asked Sui Xiong curiously.

Seeing that Steele took out the plank again, he simply waved his hand and used a temporary fluent language for everyone, so that Steele could communicate directly in language.

"The knightly virtue or something, it's nothing more than a formality when the knight is canonized. The lord or bishop presides over the ceremony, and the canonized knight swears a false oath - in fact, no one takes it seriously. "I've seen quite a few knights, not to mention the eight virtues, and I've never seen one that meets half of them." ”

"None of the ones that meet only half of them?"

"Of course. Steele took out a wooden plank and wrote down the eight virtues, explaining them one by one, "Humility requires a knight to be humble to everyone, to keep his attitude low, not to be arrogant, not to be domineering. Most of the powerful people are proud, and only the weak will be humble. The knights I have met are indeed humble in the face of people of higher status than them, but that is about it. ”

"That's half a strip, isn't it? Sui Xiong said.

"Okay, even if it's half. "Honor requires knights to firmly guard their honor, not to do anything detrimental to it, and not to flinch in order to preserve it. This is one of the most frequently mentioned knightly virtues, and the phrase 'honor is my life' is on the lips of many people - but when it comes to taking the risk to defend it, or paying the price to preserve it, most of them hold back. I've only met occasional knights who are willing to defend their honor—but there are, anyway. ”

"That's one of them. ”

"Hmm. Needless to say, the sacrifice is after all, a knight is a warrior who obeys the lord or the church, and the retreat of a warrior is like that? ”

"Two and a half times. ”

"Heroic, a lot of stunned young people can do it. But most of the stunned young people can't be knights, and there are not many who can become knights. "There are basically no heroic knights among the noble knights, but if you count the knights of the church, then there are still some heroic knights among the knights of the church." ”

"Is this a one?"

"Half at most. "Then comes mercy," said Steele, "for I have never seen a knight of this virtue anyway." When you see it, you can ask me to visit it and open my eyes, faith, the noble knights have no faith, of course the church knights have faith, but people believe not in justice or justice, but in their own gods, even if they are evil gods. ”

"Is this considered a virtue?" asked Sui Xiong.

"Some people may think so, but I don't think it's a virtue to be fanatical about believing in a god and to draw a sword against anyone who conflicts with the teachings of their own gods. ”

Sui Xiong smiled: "This really can't be counted. ”

"Honesty and fairness, those two things have to be counted together - because I haven't seen any. Like mercy, these three virtues are so rare that I have not seen them not only among knights, but also among nobles. Steele scribbled on the board, and finally smiled.

There are only three virtues left.

Sui Xiong turned his head to look at Lei, his expression was a little gloomy, and it was obvious that Steele's criticism of the knights' moral level made him very unhappy.

"Only by following the Eight Virtues can one be called a knight. "Fakes are everywhere, and not only among knights—nobles also have regular standards of virtue, but who has ever seen how many nobles can fulfill them?"

Steele laughed twice, disapproving: "The aristocracy is rotten in the first place! Look at me, apart from being a little lustful, do you have any other shortcomings? Isn't it still deprived of inheritance......

"You're not 'a little', you're too much!"

"It doesn't matter, it's just a little personal style......"

Ray and Steele habitually quarreled again, and Sui Xiong watched silently, secretly calculating in his heart.

Maybe...... When your church is built, should you hold a canonization ceremony for Lei?

Well, let's do it!