The aftermath of the riots in London's Forgotten Bar was far from over, after Bruce approached Cain, used the trap of the magic circle to stun him, and obtained his blood, but not just the small tube he used on Thomas, who drained half of Cain's blood.

Even if Cain becomes a clown, he is a vampire himself, and vampires need enough blood to maintain their strength, and once the power of the blood in their bodies is insufficient, they will fall into a deep sleep, just like Bennett before him.

In other words, Bruce resealed Cain, but this led to the resurgence of Mary, the Scarlet Queen who had been suppressed by Cain, who plundered the few remaining elders of the Demon Clan, and plundered the remnants of the Bloodlines who did not attack Gotham to plunder in London.

Night Master Jim and his allies can only fight fires and save ordinary people from the fangs and claws of vampires.

Fortunately, the wrong decision of the thirteen clans made them spend a lot of their living power in Gotham, and many blood clan elders also died there, and although the blood red moon led by the blood queen still has remnants, it is not their opponent for the Night Master.

The only heavy loss was the Forgotten Bar, the home base of Night Master Jim, and in the final showdown, the battle between the two sides nearly leveled the place.

In the end, Bennett paid half of his own blood to reseal his wife, and the two fell into a deep sleep together, but instead of peace and tranquility, the war ushered in a bleak scene.

The occult world has been shattered, the Forgotten Bar is in ruins, Westminster Abbey is under martial law, London is beginning to reintroduce a curfew, and there is a desolation as far as the eye can see.

Everyone hid and licked their wounds, and they all no longer had much hope for the development of the occult world, and even Jim, the master of the night who insisted on justice, disbanded the team he had gathered before, and quietly repaired the bar by himself.

After this battle, Jim saw through the truth of the wizarding world, especially the choice made by the Archmage Alliance, which made him very disappointed.

The mages should not understand that they are betraying the interests of all mankind and making those devils more unscrupulous to tempt young children, but they kneel to the devil without scruples for their own pleasure, in this case, what is the need for the existence of the wizarding world?

On this day, Jim sat in front of the bar that had not been completely repaired, wiping his glass, his thoughts flew away again, and finally he couldn't help but sigh and show a trace of sadness.

With a "squeak", the door of the bar was pushed open, Jim frowned, raised his eyes to the figure at the door, and said instinctively: "Sorry, the bar hasn't been fixed yet, it's not open now, oh, Professor Schiller, why are you free to come here?" ”

Jim watched Schiller walk in, and then noticed that there was a man behind him, and Konstantin walked to the bar and sat down, tapped his fingers on the table, and said, "Have a martini, it's a victory to celebrate." ”

"Victory?" Jim sneered and said, "I don't think it's a win for either of us." ”

Konstantin waved his hand and said, "I told you a long time ago that the mages are all fools, they don't deserve sympathy, and there is nothing to lament when they die. ”

"But you know better than I do, John." Jim lowered his head and picked up the cocktail and said, "Humanity has to face the threat of the occult world, and those beyond the earth do not want to lure people to fall at all times, and our souls have a special meaning for them. ”

"I admit that mages don't do many good deeds, even less when they're sober, and the people of the Archmage Guild are even more stupid, but if there is no orderly wizarding world standing in front of ordinary people to resist the temptation everywhere for them, then maybe a stable family will have one more monster overnight."

"What do you think about the future of the wizarding world?" Schiller asked.

Jim gave him a strange look, and just as his gaze fell on Schiller's face, he gasped, and Konstantin took the glass in his hand and said, "That's not Professor Schiller you know, but I think you should talk about your opinion." ”

The barren gray eyes seemed to put a lot of pressure on Jim, and he thought very carefully for a while before saying, "I don't think the wizarding world can just die, but I also think that there is no need to save this wizarding world now. ”

"To tell you the truth, I'm worried about this, how easy is it to rebuild a new wizarding world, and even if it is built, how can I guarantee that there will not be the next Archmage Alliance?"

Jim hung his head, his worried expression hard to hide, and said, "If my rebuilding efforts have raised another group of human traitors, I will be responsible for the recurrence of similar disasters." ”

"So, you're hesitating whether to make a move?"

Jim nodded and said, "But I'm not the kind of person who does nothing to make mistakes, I want to try my best, but I haven't figured out anything too good so far." ”

Then he raised his eyes to look at Constantine and Schiller, and asked tentatively, "You two are not here to watch me fix the table, right?" ”

"Of course not." Schiller smiled at him, reached out to straighten his tie, and said, "We have the same idea as you, and it is imperative to rebuild the wizarding world, just so as not to follow the old path of the Archmage Alliance, and the way and method may need to be carefully considered." ”

Jim put down the cup he was wiping, propped his elbows on the countertop, leaned forward, looked at Schiller, and asked, "So Professor Schiller, what do you think?" ”

"Before I do that, I have to ask you a few questions." Schiller said in a gentle tone, "The wizarding world has always been an apprenticeship, right? ”

Jim thought for a moment and said, "If you're referring to the kind of apprenticeship in the Middle Ages, it's pretty much the same, the archmages occupy the mage towers to recruit apprentices, and the apprentices learn from them and then do things for them. ”

"Never had a formal academy?"

Jim frowned, as if he had guessed what Schiller was going to say, and he sighed and said, "Do you mean a college like a modern university?" This is difficult to achieve, as every archmage sees the powerful beings they can connect with as a valuable asset, and establishing an academy means contributing their own means of communication. ”

"That's the downside of apprenticeships." Schiller took a glass of mulled wine from Jim's hand and said, "Everyone is worried that the apprentice will starve to death after the apprentice is taught to death and the teacher occupies an important position in the industry, so it is inevitable that the apprentice will overtake him and take his position, but the full-time teacher does not have similar troubles." ”

"Do you want to build a magic academy?" Jim was almost instantaneous, and after a little thought, he said, "There are a few questions, first of all, the magic of this world is not strengthened through practice, so what's the point of learning and exercising in school?" ”

"If magic is obtained by making contracts, then at least they should learn how to make contracts, instead of being tricked by those demons without knowing anything." Konstantin said, covering his face with his hands, and continued: "They have to know whether they are sober in the face of the devil before they can make a decision, and then they can take responsibility for their decision." ”

"To strengthen their basic understanding, that is, to let them disenchant those powerful beings, the magical world will become what it is today, it is difficult to say whether there is an influence of religious factors." Schiller said as he stroked his wrist with one hand.

"Many mages regard demons as their gods, not as trade partners, and in the process of using each other's powers, they unconsciously develop respect for them, so they gradually give up their own boundaries to take and demand, and the first lesson mages have to learn is that they are on the side of humans, not those mysterious and powerful beings."

"There are also a lot of skills in negotiation." Schiller explains in a soothing tone: "Most people with no professional training are not experts in negotiation, and many don't even know what negotiation is. ”

"They can't judge the other party's current psychology through the other party's tone, they don't know how to bid, they don't know how to lower the other party's bid, and they don't constantly probe the other party's bottom line in the negotiation process to fight for their own advantageous position."

"Negotiation skills are a comprehensive discipline, including the essence of psychology, behavior, economics and other disciplines, and it is difficult to understand effective skills and methods without systematic learning."

Jim thought for a moment and said, "I think you have a point, I've heard a lot of stories about contract fraud in bars, I've asked a few times curiously, most of the scams are similar, and they're not complicated, but people are always fooled, and sometimes I feel weird, but when I think that many mages are kids who haven't finished high school, you can understand it." ”

"There's one more question." Jim held out a finger and said, "Although it is important to learn negotiation skills in advance, in the end, it is necessary to choose the contract partner and conclude the contract, what to do at this step, and who will lead them?" ”

"A full-time teacher, of course." Schiller replied: "We collect information on all the people who can conclude a contract, hire a negotiator to conduct a targeted study, and match it to the characteristics of the student." ”

"After a lot of practice and preparation, students can naturally cope with the exam, and after signing the contract, they will start the second stage of learning to practice how to make better use of power."

Jim shook his head and said: "It's easy to say, but the devils won't cooperate, the summoning array in the hands of the archmage is passed down from generation to generation, their soul breath has been filed with the devil, and the unfamiliar number demon gods will not answer, it is too difficult for them to recognize the so-called full-time teacher." ”

"Even if you can forcibly summon them, if they just don't want to make a contract, then no one can force them."

When Jim looked at Schiller, he found that Schiller was also looking at him, although his eyes were not focused, but as if he had anticipated his question, Jim leaned forward, waiting for his answer.

Schiller did not speak, but Konstantin spoke first.

"Do you think we're going to come to you unprepared?"

Jim frowned, Konstantin took the glass and drank the contents of the glass, gently placed the glass on the table, and said.

"We have convinced Hell and Heaven that from today onwards, they will only trade with the cadets selected by the Academy of Magic, and any other action to conclude a contract will not be protected by the human occult community."

Jim's mouth opened wide in surprise, he glared at Konstantin, as if he didn't believe what he said, and then looked at Schiller, who didn't expect Schiller to nod as well.

"But how could they agree?" Jim asked, puzzled, and stammered, "Angels and demons are arrogant, how can they be willing to be bound by humans?" ”

"Of course they won't be bound by humans." Schiller shook his head and said, "They just don't want to fight the Second Battle of the Fallen Heavens." ”

"About two days ago, Bruce approached Michael and told him that he didn't think heaven was interesting, and that he was going to go to hell to become Satan while God was away, and then lead hell to heaven again."

"One of my personalities was very supportive of his actions, and told Michael that he would be able to manage the logistics of Heaven."

Before Michael could say anything, the demon kings of hell, Beelzebub and Azazel, strongly protested and claimed that they would complain to God through prayer that Michael had maliciously poisoned hell.

"And when Bruce retreated after many mediations and wanted to standardize the rules of the trade between heaven and hell and the human world, both parties agreed with kindness, even joyfully."

(End of chapter)