That night, there was a burst of cheers in Stevenson's neighborhood.

Helen Su decided to hold a tournament in half a year, where Richard and Stevenson would compete in the realm of Magical Pattern Formation, with the winner inheriting the legendary mage's knowledge in this area.

When he first received the notice, the Dragon Pulse Warlock could barely believe his eyes. He looked at it a dozen times and finally decided that it wasn't a dream.

After coming to Deep Blue, Stevenson felt for the first time that Helen Su was partial to him.

The blood-stained conspiracy went unpunished or even brought to light. The Dragon's Pulse Warlock's worst fears were over. Now that the legendary mage has made his decision, it means that Stevenson no longer has to worry about direct revenge. What's more, he actually got another chance to obtain Su Helen's inheritance.

Soon, there were two more iron cages in the Dragon Pulse Warlock's quarters, one containing a winter wolf and one a snow hare. The former is one of the ferocious monsters endemic to the north, while the latter is a herbivore that can be seen everywhere, relying on its strong reproductive ability to ensure the continuation of the race, and it is also one of the main foods of the winter wolf.

Half a year later, Richard and Stevenson must strengthen the Snow Hare with their own magical pattern builds, allowing them to defeat the Winter Wolves. It's a goal that's easy to understand, but it's also a difficult goal to achieve.

If the combat power of the winter wolf is counted as a hundred, then the combat power of the snow rabbit is only five. In addition, their small bodies are not good carriers for magical pattern construction. Even with half a year to prepare, it is unlikely that Richard and Stevenson will be able to put a second build on a normal snow rabbit.

Of course, there are strong and weak individuals in any creature, and the snow hare is no different. For the Solam family, who are good at cultivating Warcraft, two generations of new snow rabbits can be cultivated in half a year.

Cultivating new varieties requires a lot of investment, but Stevenson doesn't care. In the eyes of the wealthy nobles, gold coins are the least cherished of all resources. The Dragon-Vein Warlock had determined that his talent was no match for Richard's, so he decided to pave a path to the Constructor with gold coins.

In another settlement, Richard and Reilly are crouching in front of their cages to observe the winter wolf and the snow hare.

"What do you think?" After careful observation, Reilly determined that the snow rabbit's combat power was only five.

"None of the existing first-order constructs will allow the Snow Hare to defeat the Winter Wolf. Richard shook his head and said.

"So, let's try to create a new build. Reilly smiled lightly.

―――――――――― after one month――――――――――

The quadrennial Midsummer Carnival is here again!

This is not a traditional festival that passes through the Norland continent, but a large-scale auction held inside Deep Blue, and this year is already the fourth year.

The first three Midsummer Carnivals can be said to be more and more popular each time, and the third one even attracted many old nobles of the Holy Alliance Empire. And this year, Deep Blue's influence has expanded to two other empires.

In fact, the Midsummer Carnival works no different from a regular auction. What makes it different is that Su Helen opens her private warehouse every time and selects a subset of materials for public auction.

Something that can be collected by a legendary mage is a rare item in the entire Norland continent. For some personal reasons, there are a lot of things in Suhelen's warehouse that come from dragons. And in the Norland continent, the materials that are stained with dragons are considered good things. For those who are truly strong and old nobles, this material is also a treasure that can be encountered but not sought, and gold coins are not taken into account by them. Now that they have an opportunity to trade gold for top-tier materials, how could they miss it?

As a result, the Midsummer Carnival has grown in influence, and although it is not as large as the Imperial auctions, the quantity and quality of the top-quality materials are no less impressive. On the other hand, according to the materials thrown by Deep Blue, people with a heart can also roughly deduce Su Hailun's strength and wealth. With the increasing abundance of auction items, the giants on the Norland continent have also received a clear signal that the power of legendary mages is still rising rapidly. So after each Midsummer Carnival, Deep Blue will usher in a more prosperous four years.

There is politics at the top, pressure from the middle, and people at the bottom just have to do what they are asked to do. If you can't do this or don't want to do it, then there are only two ways out: first, degenerate to the bottom of the social structure. 2. Directly break the original order, use violence to overthrow the original upper class, and become the new upper class themselves, or degenerate to the lowest level of society after the new upper class gains power.

This is the law, the same is true of the earth, the same is true of the dark world, and the same is true of the Norland continent.

To a certain extent, Richard, who relied on Su Helen's "joy" to obtain resources in the early stage, was more like a lower-level person, with the Dragon God system as the backing, Reilly was the middle level, and Stevenson, who was strongly supported by the family, was also the middle level. When these people meet on the eve of a midsummer revelry, neither will be pleasant to each other.

Richard didn't like people blocking his way, and neither did Reilly, so they both hated Stevenson getting in the way.

Still with an aristocratic smile, the Dragon Vein Warlock stretched out his hand to Richard with an elegant gesture and said, "Long time no see, Richard." Are you going to pick up a catalogue of the auction items too?"

Richard had no intention of shaking hands with him, but said bluntly: "What I am going to do has nothing to do with you! If you never see me, you will laugh even more!"

Stevenson's smile froze on his face, and the attendants behind him were either stunned or angry. No one thought that Richard would be so faceless, such unreasonable words and deeds, which are really not in line with the status of the nobleman.

It's one of the main thoroughfares that connect to the Midsummer Carnival area, so there's a lot of pedestrians on the road.

Seeing Richard and Stevenson confront, onlookers began to increase. However, the more onlookers there were, the more satisfied Sdivinson became. If he can make Richard make a fool of himself in public, he will have achieved his goal.

As a result, the Dragon Vein Warlock immediately controlled his anger and said gracefully, "Seeing your performance, I understand the reason why the Akmund family has risen so quickly. To be able to walk the path of other families for thousands of years in a few decades is truly unique. ”

A few soft sneers rang out from the crowd at once, and the reputation of Akmund's nouveau riche had spread throughout the Holy Alliance, even to the people of the other two empires.

Richard looked at Stevenson indifferently and said, "I originally thought that what happened last time would make you smarter, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid." Is it because you're so stressed out that you can't sleep without coming to see how I react?"

"Haha! I really don't know what you're talking about!" Stevenson laughed, his face looking a little unnatural.

The Dragon Pulse Warlock was accustomed to the way of speaking in high society that was polite on the surface but secretly witty, and was very uncomfortable with Richard's direct counterattack.

The crowd of onlookers also quieted down, waiting to see a good show.

Looking at Stevenson's suddenly blue face, Richard continued: "I really don't know where your courage and confidence come from, it seems that Solam and Akmund have just fought, what was the result?"

"That's Ellie, not Gordon!" Stevenson said with a sneer.

"Not really. Richard nodded.

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, and Stevenson realized he had said the wrong thing. If it had been replaced by Gordon, the combined forces of Soram and Neo would have been killed long ago, and it would not have lasted that long.

Of course, if Gordon appeared on the frontier battlefield, the other nobles of the Holy Tree Dynasty would not stand idly by, and they would love to see the Neo family weakened by Ellie, because it was impossible for this woman to swallow the marquis all. But if it were Gordon, they would have to worry about their territory, especially the families that were next to Neo.

The politics are complex, the results are simple, and the reality is that Akmund has routed the combined forces of Neo and Solam.

There was another burst of undisguised laughter from the crowd. This is dark blue, and it is impossible for everyone to sell Solam's face. Those who dare to laugh will certainly not be afraid of the Solam family, and to Stevenson's dismay, there are many such people.

The Dragon Warlock barely suppressed the surging anger, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. He knew the rules of the struggle between the nobles, and he had a good grasp of proportion. But Richard didn't care about any rules at all, he could say whatever he wanted, and it seemed that he was not afraid of other people's ridicule at all.

This is where Sdiwenson's depression lies. If he scolds Richard, won't he become a nouveau riche like Akmund? Solam is an old tycoon with a history of 800 years, and he can't afford to lose this kind of person.

According to the unspoken rules of aristocratic society formed over thousands of years, Stevenson should leave generously and proudly. Unlike the commoners, the place where disputes were resolved should not be the entrance of the market or the road, but the duel arena, the battlefield or the courtroom. Force, armies, power, those are the domain of the aristocracy.

However, Stevenson was not yet eighteen years old after all, and he did not have a sixty-eight-year-old city. So he couldn't help but turn his attention to Reilly: "This gentleman, don't you feel ashamed to stay with the son of the nouveau riche all day?"

Reilly nodded and said, "Akmund really can't be compared to Solam. I have heard that the Marquis of Gordon sends Richard a monthly tuition allowance of 30,000 gold coins, and that the Solam family's investment in Mr. Stevenson has reached 20 million. This directly reflects the gap between the nouveau riche and the real wealthy. ”

Stevenson raised his head haughtily. Even Richard's friends had to admit the gap between Akmund and Solam, which made him very proud. And when the concept of "20 million" was proposed, the exclamations from the crowd made him even more proud.

But Reilly's next sentence sent him from heaven to hell: "However, on the day Richard made his first magic pattern construct, I heard that Mr. Stevenson had taken a 'primary power' with twenty percent completion and asked Master Phil for advice. As he spoke, he looked at Stevenson with a smirk and continued, "Mr. Stevenson has received a huge amount of resources, but the results seem to be a bit ...... Hehe. ”

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd. Looking at the entire Norland Continent, 20 million gold coins can be called a huge amount of money. Stevenson's access to such a large resource would of course cause people to be jealous. And seeing this dragon vein warlock sinking headlong into the mud, there are not one or two people who applaud in their hearts.

At this time, Reilly said: "Mr. Stevenson's talent is ...... to be so far ahead of others in terms of resources, but he can't get the corresponding results."

So, the onlookers laughed even louder.

Stevenson's face was pale, and his men couldn't hold it anymore. A warrior pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and said angrily, "You dare to insult the Solam family?!"

Reilly smiled and said, "I don't dare to underestimate the Solam family. You must know that Lord Duke was not the focus of the family's cultivation at the beginning, but he was able to achieve the legendary rank with his own strength, such talent and perseverance have to be admired. But......" He stared at the dragon vein warlock in front of him with kindness, and delivered the final and most fatal blow: "Mr. Stevenson doesn't seem to have inherited the talent of Duke Solam, could it be that the blood is not strong enough?"

"You're farting!" At this moment, Stevenson was really anxious. You must know that the older and more powerful the aristocratic family, the more important it is to value the inheritance of bloodline. As a descendant of the Solam family, once he is labeled as "not strong enough", Stevenson's life will be over.

Seeing the dragon warlock's face, Richard and Reilly smiled at each other, and then walked along the original route. Stevenson took a few steps to the side and gave way.