Chapter 7: The Melancholy of the Tesrons

After sending Mike and the others to the VIP room to rest, the Taysren family immediately called an emergency meeting.

"All of them and their mounts died on the spot, and only four were able to be resurrected. The eldest daughter, Dahni, who had a solemn expression and a happy heart, was the first to report the casualties. Her mother is almost three hundred years old, and Maya, who is ambitious as a wolf, frequently tries to ascend to the throne with her meager strength, which can be called the biggest destabilizing factor in the family. Now that she has died for her own stupidity, it is certain that the three of them will quickly recognize the situation and immediately offer their loyalty to themselves as the eldest sister, so that the Taysren family can achieve a stable and harmonious leadership transition. Alas, it's just that my own good intentions, can be understood by my mother, I hope it won't lead to any discordant things because of misunderstanding.

"What do you think of that Sanzang armed merchant group now?" Lord Teslon's face sank, because of such a trivial matter, not only did the family suffer a heavy loss, but also left only one qualified heir of the family, Daheni. "Shadurellna, you brought them here, and give your opinion first. โ€

"I still stand by my previous judgment that they did come here for trade, as they claim to be. Shadurilna was stubborn in supporting the Sanzang armed merchant group, as the person who brought them to the family, and she was now unclear after they had done this, "As I first reported, when I found them, they had been spinning around like headless flies for a long time. And there is nothing to suggest that they have a clear destination. At that time, we thought that the most suspicious place was that even if there were so many goblin kobolds in the caravan, there was no obvious sign of attrition, and even the wounded were very small, and the food supply was sufficient. That's why we decided to put it to the test. Sadurellena used the word "we" twice, implying that it wasn't her own opinion or decision, "Now, I think it's clear why they did that." โ€

"Are you questioning your mother's and everyone's decision, Shadurella?" Farah snapped. Maya died from most fatal wounds, and even if she could revive her strength, she would suffer a lot of damage, and she was likely to voluntarily give up her position as the second daughter. Therefore, she is now the second daughter, but she is only 92 years old, and ten years ago she was only the fourth daughter. No matter how wisdom, personal strength, or strength, he can't compete with the eldest sister at all. For her, the best-case scenario is that Maya continues to fight with Dahni Ming, and she can slowly build up her strength, and at the same time suppress Sadurielna, and maybe have a chance to inherit the position of master mother in time. But now, she is still weak, and she suddenly becomes the second daughter, and the situation is simply terrible, so she can only completely surrender to her sister and beg for her mercy.

"I didn't dare, I just said what my mother asked. Sadurellena knew very well what her second sister was thinking, but she was helpless, and she herself was very dissatisfied with this situation. She is only 66 years old, and it is impossible for her to inherit the position of mistress, but as the number one courtesan of Faturi, she is very valuable to the family. Therefore, although she does not have much real power, she has a very detached position, and she can be a pure master mother, and she does not need to participate in those conspiracies that are not beneficial to her at all. Originally, she could continue to be the main mother party until Daheni and Maya split the winner, and then change the main mother to continue to be her main mother. But now that Maya has died unexpectedly, Shadurilna has to immediately take refuge with her eldest sister Dahni, which is not an extra second leader.

"Don't argue, you two, now is not the time to talk about this. What do you think, Farah?" the eldest daughter, Dahni, stopped her two younger sisters.

"I think that the Sanzang armed merchant group has caused the family to suffer huge losses, and it must be ill-intentioned, and it is likely that it is a spy sent by the Ajessian family. "Farah was clear.

The Ages family is ranked fourth, and has always had a discordant relationship with the Tesren family due to the inheritance of the former second family.

"This is also ridiculous, except for the first family, the other four families are already comparable in strength, whoever gets strong reinforcements and strong support can go further, where will they risk being rebelled and sent here. Shadurellna immediately retorted.

"Alright, you two. Nim, what do you think of the strength of the Sanzang armed merchant group? "The Lady Tesron stopped her two daughters.

"I think they should be put on a list of extremely dangerous, even non-hostile. Nimes was the first to state his conclusions. He is the chief mage of the Testylon family, and he is also very observant, and his opinion is very important.

"Oh?" said Mistress Tesron, raising an eyebrow.

"Kliven, what do you think of Goku and the warriors?" Chief Mage Nimes didn't continue, but asked the Master of Martial Arts a question.

"Wukong should be a powerful warrior with dual cultivation, and it is not bad to have a few fighters in the end, especially the big goblin known as No. 9, who should be a master of swordsmanship. Chief Cleaven said.

"How is the number 9 and Goku compare?"

"I can't see it. But I observed that Goku had a plan to kill Mike, probably to prevent him from missing the kill, or maybe he thought that it was easier for him to control the strength of his shots as a martial artist. Judging from this, Goku should be their strongest warrior and is very confident in his strength. โ€

"Well, I think so too. Chief Mage of Nรฎmes nodded, "Let's talk about equipment first." We've used probe spells and found that Mike's Freedom of Movement Ring is the best piece of equipment they have, but just as I was using the spell to detect the duel, I accidentally discovered that Nine's sword was a vampire sword. โ€

"Is this the case?!" the people of Tesren were shocked. This vampire sword is a top-level equipment, and it is more high-end than the free-movement ring, the highest-grade equipment of mercenaries that has been found in Mike's hand before, and it is actually in the hands of No. 9, a big goblin whose strength is not the strongest and not too high. Either they snatched it from somewhere and didn't have time to get rid of it, or the key equipment on Mike and the others was shielded with magic, which is extremely likely considering that Goku only has a few mid-range non-sustainable equipment on him.

"Let's talk about strength. The red dragon is difficult to play underground, and the half-elves obviously do not have the force, Wukong just said that the human woman is a druid, and there is no way to judge without the strength of the shot, we focus on the analysis of Mike. Mike has used the 5th Order Passage Technique, and has been using the 5th Order Bread Making Technique, this is what we knew before, Shadurella, did he use it today?"

"I used it twice, at least three times yesterday. "Shadurilna was very observant.

"Well, that means he may have been prepared for battle, but not sufficiently. Chief Nimes continued: "I've looked closely, and he's always had three buffs, which should be mage armor, false life, and dark vision, and two more spells were added to himself before the gladiatorial fight, the Protective Elemental and the Power of the Ox. These spells are all commonly used, up to level 3, but in addition, he has silently or silently cast a mystical spell, level 4, with unknown effect, and used a level 5 psychic communication to connect himself with three of his men. During the gladiatorial fight, he used four spells in turn, the instantaneous 4th-order secondary spell invalid enchantment, and the silent 4th-order mysterious 4th-order spell, widening the fireball and the instantaneous fireball. I didn't miss any of them, did I?"

Energy intensity is the core of the spell rank, and it is also an important basis for judging the rank of the spell that cannot be directly identified, but it is limited to the means of observation, which often produces a certain error, and the chief mage of Nimes misjudged the 5th-order construction technique as a 4th-order spell.

Everyone said they didn't find anything more.

"There is nothing peculiar about spells within the 3rd order, the bread-making technique is said to be only the 3rd order on the surface, and the 5th order channel technique and psychic communication are not important, it should be impossible for him to be activated in the way of a warlock, that is to say, at least he can cast a 5th order spell in the way of a mage. โ€

Everyone nodded.

Chief Mage of Nรฎmes continued, "It's no surprise that he used the power of the scepter to widen the fireball. Therefore, we will only analyze two instantaneous spells and two mystical spells. โ€

"Let's start with the instantaneous spell. Kliven, after the Swordsman Martial Arts is completed, he can instantly fire a 3rd order protection spell, so is it possible to instantly launch a 4th order?" asked Chief Mage of Nimes.

"As far as I know, it can't be. "Klivan's martial arts are long and demonic, and the swordsman martial arts have been mastered, and he is the strongest warrior in the family.

"That's good. Mike's Instant Tier 4 Arcane: When the secondary spell is invalidated, he doesn't have equipment such as a scepter that can assist with instantaneous spells, and he doesn't have an unexpected spell to assist, so it should be a spell that can be used by his own skills. As far as I know, there are three ways to do this.

The first is to use the 8th-order spell bit to instantly launch the fourth-order spell, and I don't need to say much about the meaning.

The second type is called instant magic, the principle is unknown, and the effect is to turn a prepared spell into a super magic when cast. If you want to cultivate a secret super magic secret technique to a very deep level, according to my estimate, how can you reach the 7th level of the spell rank.

The third is called the spell synergy, which works by using both the Mage and Warlock talents to draw energy from the web, sacrificing one spell slot and making the other spell a hypermagic. Instant Magic requires a 4-level spell and the invalid enchantment is a 4-order spell, which means that the lower level must also reach the 4th level. โ€

"Considering that we analyzed earlier that he may have prepared for battle today, it is not surprising that gladiatorial spells such as the Memory Instant Fireball Technique, which are designed to knock down enemies in a short period of time, are all three instantaneous methods. However, what I want to analyze is the lower limit of his strength, so let's assume that there is a third case, that is, he is both a mage and a warlock and uses spells to work together. โ€

Everyone nodded, the lowest strength of the three ways is indeed the weakest of the third.

"Let's take a look at two more mystical spells with energy levels of the 4th order, one is the Silent Spell and the other is the Silent Hair or the Silent Spell, which will inevitably lead to the occupation of the spell level one or two orders higher than the energy strength level, so it should be a 5 to 6th order spell, which still does not consider the fact that I am wrong in judging the spell level. Let's take the lowest value, which is two tier 5 spell slots. Shadurilna, did he use the mana pearls during the two bread-making techniques?"

"No, he's used it continuously. โ€

"Then two bread-making spells plus one psychic communication plus two mystical spells, five fifth-order spells. A mage with so many 5th order spell slots must have the ability to cast 6th order spells. That is, at the very least, he is either a mage and a warlock of at least rank 5, or a mage of a 6th rank and a warlock of rank 4. โ€

"Dahni, how many of the 11 were injured by the fireball?" asked Chief Mage Nimes.

"All of them, but only 4 people are sure to have been killed by the fireball, and the other 7 people may have died before they were attacked by the fireball. โ€

"Yes. That is, everyone's spell resistance is broken. In this case, the caster's level must be high enough, and maybe he has also practiced spell mastery. Chief Mage Nimes continued, "Compared to memorizing two fireballs, it is obviously more reasonable to use warlock methods to learn fireballs, a common spell. In addition, when he uses the Widening Fireball with his scepter, he chants incantations a bit slower than normal, which is consistent with the Warlock's use of the Ultra Scepter. Therefore, I think his Warlock Caster level is high enough. In this case, it makes more sense for Mages and Warlocks to be at least Tier 5. โ€

Everyone nodded, and the chief mage's reasoning was reasonable.

"Let's talk about mystical spell effects. The second is an attack spell, where Maya's plate armor is pierced on one side and chain mail is pierced on both sides. When I went to the scene to check, I found that hundreds of pits had been punched out of the curved wall fifty to sixty meters away from him using spells, and some of the pits had small steel bullets in them. In terms of power, I estimate that each Bolt is as powerful as the Sonic Bullet I used with the Tier 1 spell.

I can't imagine a Tier 4 spell being able to reach this level. So I think the shield plays a very key role in this, but it shields the detection with magic like the other key equipment. In this way, the first mystical spell can also be explained, preparing for things like recharging or activating a shield.

I double-checked the steel bullet and it had no magic response at all, but this is normal, almost all enchanted projectiles turn into normal items when activated.

Mike was caused to roll backwards by the reaction force when he cast a spell, probably because he rarely or never practiced. What do you think, Klivan?" Chief Mage Nim asked Klivan's martial arts chief for confirmation.

"Yes, I also think that he underestimated the reaction force, and should have neglected to practice. Kliven nodded.

"Therefore, I suspect that the shield is a consumable that can be used only once and for a limited number of times. Goku wants to play on Mike's behalf for most likely for this reason, and he doesn't want to waste it. But Mike had other considerations, such as wanting to give us a dismissal. โ€

The crowd was silent.

"Then, Mike's lower limit of strength should be the mage warlock double 5th order, with special consumable large-range powerful attack equipment and special activation spells, and may also have a red dragon. I think such people should be extremely cautious when approaching and try to avoid hostile behavior. โ€

The Taysren Mistress pondered for a moment, "What about Cliven?"

"I basically agree with Chief Mage of Nimes, but just in case, I think someone should be sent to carefully assess the feasibility of assassinating them. In addition, I found the slaves of the Merchant Regiment to be noteworthy, the tall races and some goblins were well-armed and well-trained, and by no means comparable to our slave soldiers. โ€

"In other words, both of you think that the Sanzang Armed Merchant Group is very strong?"

"That's true. Whoever in the city gets their sincere help will be of great help, and there is really no need to risk being dug into a corner and send them to conspire. Therefore, either they are really a merchant group, or the conspiracy is from outside the city. โ€

"So, do you think you can trust their claim to open up trade routes and travel by the way?" said the Tesren Mistress of not mentioning the idea of 'taking the opportunity to add some supplies and strength to the family'.

"Can't tell. But at least for now, it doesn't hurt to promise them, and they can get a batch of goods. โ€

"Okay, then promise them first, give them, well, 8 family crests, 4 nobles and 4 ordinary. Dahney, you arrange for someone to assess the feasibility of assassinating Mike, so that he does not get noticed as the first priority. Is there any disagreement?"

There was no objection, and so the matter was decided.