In the afternoon of the next day, Duke Gloo's Magic Teleportation Array sent a letter to Richard. The letter mentions the Count of Burr and informs the Richard Mages that they are preparing to share Richard's interests in the Bloodstained Lands with the royal family, and that the Mages Association is still investigating Richard's origins and background, and seems to be beginning to have doubts about it, but it has not yet found conclusive evidence. They are ready to force out the 'teacher' behind Richard in order to confirm Richard's true strength and background.

After seeing this letter, Richard sneered and said to Quicksand: "Without the presence of my 'teacher' or 'demigod', we alone are enough for them to test it!"

However, according to the letter, there is also a positive side, the royal family is not ready to go to the open side at present, but is only ready to intervene in the shadows. In other words, as in the case of Count Burr, the royal family and the three dukes will continue to remain silent, and the war will only belong to Richard and the Mage Guild, of course, their respective alliances are another matter, but at least Richard will not be the enemy of the entire Sequoia Kingdom.

In the next few days, the atmosphere in Bluewater Oasis City suddenly became very tense. The troops subordinate to Richard were constantly mobilized, and they left the city in droves. The aristocrats speculated about Richard's whereabouts and eventually came to a disturbing conclusion. The direction in which Richard's troops were assembled turned out to be the Sequoia Kingdom!

In the past few months, Richard's army has been training and eliminating. The slave-born troops have been reorganized from nearly 10,000 to 5,000 today, but the overall combat strength has increased instead of decreasing. The six hundred barbarian warriors inside are even more feared force. Now, within a few days, Richard left only 1,500 men to garrison Oasis City, and he took all the rest of his army and followers to leave Oasis City and march in the direction of the Redwood Kingdom.

Richard's army has always had a jealous corps of priests, and this time was no exception. He dispatched dozens of priests from the Three Goddesses and a series to accompany the army, leaving less than ten priests for the Three Goddesses to maintain in the temple in Oasis City. And the ubiquitous aristocrats reconfirmed Richard's movements from the priests who stayed behind.

Richard is amassing an army on his territory, the border of the Sequoia Kingdom!

Combined with a series of recent events in the kingdom, the nobles immediately linked Richard's actions with the Mage Guild!

In a small conference room at the headquarters of the Lausanne Lakeside Mage Association, three mages are sitting around an old round table.

The main decoration material of this meeting room is mahogany, which is so old that the surface of the wood has a shiny purple sheen. The meeting room was a little cramped, the ceiling was low, and it didn't seem to be well maintained, and the paintings of the gods were a bit mottled.

But the three mages sitting around the conference table were all dressed in dark golden robes.

Opposite Ryan was a tall old mage, Theodore, the president of the Mage Guild. And the other thin old man is Master Hoover, who currently has the highest level of magic power in the Mage Guild.

The president's face was solemn at this time, and he said slowly: "We are making a considerable move this time, and the risk seems to be a bit too great. ”

Ryan sneered and said, "If we succeed, we can deter the nobles of the entire kingdom." The Mage's Guild will also be more powerful in the kingdom than ever before. How can such a huge gain not be risky at all? And so far, everything is under our grasp. That old fellow Burr could feed him some poison at any time and send him to death. ”

The president frowned and said, "No, it's not appropriate. It would be better for him to be tried in public in a secret court and confess his guilt. Master Monnet is very good at soul magic, so let Monnet manipulate him when the time comes. ”

Ryan smiled sarcastically and said, "Won't others in the court see that Burr is a ** indulgent? What's the point of us doing this, no one can deceive us!"

The president said quietly, "Even if you can't fool anyone, you have to do this." This is the last fig leaf between us and the nobles of the kingdom. ”

"Brilliant description!" Ryan applauded.

The expression on the president's face didn't change at all, as if Ryan was really complimenting him. He flipped through the information in front of him and said, "Is there nothing wrong with that Richard? Has you found out where he came from?"

This time it was Ryan's turn to frown: "The traces that can be traced to Richard's initial appearance seem to be related to an alien invasion of the Principality of White Rock at the beginning. So I found the High Priest of the God of Courage in the Kingdom Temple, and asked him to ask for an oracle to judge Richard's origin with his eyes. He had already agreed, but for some reason, Nei'an's connection with the priests had suddenly become very weak recently. The High Priest hadn't received the oracle of the God of Courage for over a year. This time, despite initiating the highest level of rituals, he was still unable to communicate the will of the god of courage. ”

President Theodore nodded and said, "It is said that similar things have happened in the churches of the God of Time and the God of Stability. The high priest of Sinai also did not get an oracle from him, Xerxes was in a better situation, and the high priest of the church had received an oracle once in the last six months, but the content of the oracle did not show anything abnormal, but asked them to try their best to increase the number of believers, and then there was no voice. ”

Ryan frowned and said, "This is a bit troublesome, and the matter of investigating Richard can only be put aside for a while." However, although there are many rumors about those guys in the Bloodstained Land, I still think that the force behind Richard is estimated to be an archmage at most, and it is impossible to be a legendary mage. There are only a few legendary powerhouses on the continent, how could a new legendary mage suddenly appear without anyone knowing? This time, if Richard was smarter and let go of the benefits of the enchanted equipment and the longitudinal trade route, if he didn't let go... Hmph! Young people who don't know how to advance or retreat will always die a lot every year!"

President Theodore tapped lightly on the table and said, "My advice is to immediately put the association into a state of emergency, and all troops and battle mages are put in a state of combat readiness. We need to beware of Duke Greywolf, although Richard is not his core vassal, and the title given is only a knight, and the relationship does not seem close, but Richard is nominally his vassal after all. Of course, the other two dukes must also be guarded against, as well as the king, who is the real old fox. This is a mobilization order, you see, if there is no problem, it will be decided. Of course, I still reserve my opinion on the war, which is that the scale must be controlled. And don't forget that I am firmly against this war. ”

The president shoved a page of text in front of Ryan and Hoover. Ryan felt a pang in his heart, this article had already been prepared, and it seemed that the president had already known the content and final conclusion of today's meeting. This old fox is not simple, although his personal level is one level lower than that of Ryan, but his scheming is unfathomable, and it is not so easy for Ryan to control the power of the Mage Association.

Ryan took Wen Jiàn and glanced at it, then pushed it in front of Hoover, and said respectfully: "Master Hoover, take a look first! If you think there is no problem, then I have no problem either." ”

Hoover's eyes were on the sky, and he didn't listen to the conversation between the two at all, and was completely immersed in his own world, only to be interrupted by Ryan, so he looked impatient. He grabbed the text, didn't look at it, signed his name directly, and said, "I've had a brilliant idea of magic recently! I agree with all the decisions you've made, as long as you don't bother me in the near future." Is there anything else going on now?"

The president and Ryan looked at each other and said, "No, that's all there is to it." ”

Hoover immediately stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go back first!"

The president also stood up and said, "Master Hoover, the situation is special now, can you study magic in Lausanne? Your magic tower is far away from Lausanne, and if something happens, I'm afraid it won't be too late to rush back." ”

Hoover snorted and said, "Those humble rooms here don't do what I want! I have to go back, and those dwarves will be lazy if they don't stare at them for a day." ”

With that, Hoover ignored President Theodore's retention and pushed the door open.

Only the Guild President and Ryan were left in the conference room, and the temperature plummeted.

Midsummer Moon is a turbulent month for the Redwood Kingdom.

First, the Mages Guild suddenly arrested Earl Burr and prepared for trial on charges of sabotaging the Guild's magical equipment franchise. This is the largest aristocracy ever captured by the Mage Guild, and it is also a great challenge to the current aristocratic system of the entire continent. You know, a field nobleman has almost supreme rights in his own territory, even if the king's army crosses the border, it needs to be notified in advance. This was especially true of independent aristocrats such as Burr, who even had the power to form alliances with non-hostile states.

Secondly, the success of the Vertical Line Project brought the value of the Bloodstained Land to a new recognition by the nobles of the kingdom, who found that the land was full of blood and gold. Everything the caravan brought back from the Dwarven Empire was maddening, and all that was delivered to the Dwarven Kingdom was the cheapest food in Faro.

Finally, and most shockingly, Richard officially declared war on the Mage Guild as a nobleman, not a mage!

Although many people guessed that the trader of the Count of Burr accused by the Mage Guild was Richard, before the fire could reach Richard's head, he jumped out and intervened in the incident with an extremely strong posture.

Richard openly amassed an army in his domain, demanding that the Mage Guild immediately release Count Burr, and that any restrictions on the sale of magical equipment by the Earls of Burr and Ser Akmund must be lifted, and that any magical materials they need be supplied at an affordable price without any obstacles.

Otherwise, in Richard's words, "I don't mind dyeing Lake Neiva red with the blood of the mages!"