Chapter 3 Your time is running out

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was winter. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lucien looked out the window at the snowy scene, pinched his fingers, and calculated that he had been hiding in Hawi Castle like a dog for almost two years.

The teacher has been in retreat for more than half a year, so why hasn't he come out yet.

After becoming a third-class wizard apprentice, he fell into a slow growth due to the lack of guidance from his mentor.

This made Lucien a little anxious.

He desperately needed someone to guide him in the way forward.

At this moment, the old butler Fielding knocked on the door and entered Lucian's bedroom, bowed his head and said respectfully, "The young master has come out and wants you to meet him." ”

Lucien was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "I'm going to go down and go to the teacher immediately." ”

Armed with the notebook Lillian had given him, Lucien walked out of his bedroom and through the central part of the castle, which was empty and almost uninhabited.

Soon, Lucien was outside the little boy's room, and before Lucien could get close to the door, the all-metal door opened, and the boy's innocent voice came out.

"Lucien, according to what I've heard, you're running out of time. ”

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The real power of the Northland Federation is in the hands of the four major forces, and the important decisions of the four major forces are all made by the third-level wizards of the four forces through mutual compromise and consultation.

As for some routine matters, or some messy things about pushing each other's balls, they were handed over to the joint meeting of wizards held once every ten years, with forty-nine representatives and one spokesman for each faction, a total of 200 people, forming the joint committee of wizards.

The Wizarding Council is held at the Federation Headquarters, a wizarding city no less than a modern city on Earth.

There are many wizards in the city, as well as the mortal families of wizards, not all wizards are willing to establish families in the Northlands, and many wizards from ordinary backgrounds or need to do so for other reasons will place their families in the Federation headquarters.

Here, there are mountains, water, gardens, hospitals, schools, jobs, and more importantly, mortals have at least the right to be human beings.

This huge metropolis, inherited from the wizarding era, is the center of culture and industry in the Northland, and is divided into 32 districts. Zones 1 to 10 are the gathering places of wizards and the federal government, and ordinary mortals are not allowed to enter, Zones 11 to 21 are the residence of mortals, and Zones 22 to 32 are the gathering areas of other special creatures, special departments, federal troops, large wizard joint laboratories, and chambers of commerce.

The tall and majestic Federal Chamber, which seems to connect to the sky, is located in the 1st arrondissement.

At this time, the cylindrical conference hall was filled with wizards. On a flying disc in the middle of the conference hall, on a flying podium, stood an elderly wizard who was speaking aloud about his ideas.

With a face as deep as a mountain, a crystal god in his left eye, and a wand and sword hanging from his waist, he is the first deputy commander of the Second Legion of the Northland Federation stationed on the Magic Stone Mountains, and is known as Sotuya the Wizard.

What he was talking about was that Ant-Man's successive major offensives in recent years had led to heavy losses for the Second Legion, and it urgently needed more magic stones, more manpower, more advanced sorcery, and more advanced demonic objects as armaments.

All of the above, in the final analysis, is asking for money.

"Subsidize the Second Legion with 3 million magic stones?"

Although the veins of magic stones on the Magic Stone Mountains are very important to the Northland, Sotua's suggestion still caused an uproar, and before everyone could start to discuss it, the Federation wizard in charge of managing the federal treasury stood up and said with a bitter face: "Before voting, let me explain a situation, there are less than 5 million magic stones in the treasury. Once 3 million magic stones are used as military expenses, once other unexpected situations occur, I'm afraid?"

"What?"

"Where's the money?"

"Where?"

The federal wizard who is in charge of managing the federal treasury has a bitter face, and said: "The population of the Federation has increased by about 60 million in the past hundred years, but the area of land for cultivating grain has decreased by 5 million mu. In addition, in the past ten years, we have fought more than three small battles, and spent about 3 million magic stones to compensate for the loss of 10 ironclad warships in the daily patrol of the Manit Wizarding Academy...... After deducting the regular budget for the next 10 years, a budget cycle, there are only 5 million magic stones left in the warehouse. ”

"Why is the area of land for cultivating food decreasing year after year, I remember that the radiation control of federal land has not always been the responsibility of the Manit Wizarding Academy, this huge project is not a waste of money, right? Or did this project not start at all?" said Gary, who came from the Dry Bones and Ghost Family.

"Gary, what do you mean by that? The federal arable land area has increased by 10 percent in 100 years, which is obvious to all, and you are confusing the concept. As far as I know, the Dry Bones and Ghost Family enclosed hundreds of thousands of acres of land, most of which is used to cultivate medicinal herbs, why don't you use it to cultivate food?"

Because of his contribution in the virtual space, Mislanda was selected by the academy as one of the forty-nine representatives of the Wizards Association, and before the meeting today, the academy's senior management sent a notice, saying that there is an issue that may be unfavorable to the academy today, and everyone should find a way to make trouble and drag out today's meeting, so Mislanda is so sarcastic.

"What do you mean?"

"That's what I meant!" Mislanda punched Gary in the head before he could finish speaking.

The use of any kind of witchcraft and supernatural powers is strictly forbidden in the chamber, but punches and kicks are forbidden, and with Mithranda's hands, a boxing match between the Manit Wizarding Academy and the Black Bone Forest is inevitable.

The fight was very intense, and no one stopped the all-out military parade in the venue, until the meeting was about to end, and the speaker of the Federal Assembly, the supernatural creature from another world, and the part-time mascot of the Blue Wave people, who looked a little drowsy on the stage, Dedenov said loudly: "It's almost time, the meeting is adjourned, and the discussion will continue tomorrow." By the way, I just received instructions from several highnesses that the military expenses of the Second Army are very important, first immediately from the 1.5 million magic stones in the warehouse to the front line, as for the rest, we will continue to discuss it tomorrow and adjourn the meeting. ”