Chapter 64: The Dean
Unfortunately, the riot caused by Lizzie did not last as long as she had hoped, and the crowd quickly dispersed as they did when they got together.
The apprentices were intrigued by the flash explosion that Lizzie had made, but apart from that explosion, there was no movement here. All they had to do now was huddle with a bunch of people on a hot midsummer night, watching the guards busily seal off a lawn blown away by spells.
I guess there is no other word to describe this behavior than "boring".
In addition, the scene had been controlled by the guards of the academy before they gathered in large numbers, and the teachers stationed in the academy also quickly heard the news. Seeing the atmosphere at the scene, it was obvious that the academy needed to block the news, and the apprentices present didn't want to get into unnecessary trouble.
With the group of apprentices with binoculars, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the apprentices who were still watching also left at the request of the teachers. After a while, only a small group of guards and a few teachers remained near the art building.
Standing in the distance and looking at the guards who used barricades to blow up the lawn by themselves, Liqi snickered to herself: "It's worthy of being a garrison directly under the academy, and it's quite quick to deal with this kind of small disturbance." If it were a garrison dealing with a similar incident in an urban area, the scene would have to be blocked by a crowd. ”
Although the situation caused by this "explosion" did not continue to expand as they hoped, it was somewhat expected that it would end in this way.
The guards of the Catrice Academy are also well-known around the Catrices, and according to the Mercenary Administration's investigation, their overall strength is enough to match the Cutrice Garrison. And if it is only about personal ability and the equipment you have, it is even more than that.
"In one more move, to deal with a small commotion, they simply took a sword to kill a fish. Curt looked at the pocket watch he took out of his jacket pocket, less than three minutes had passed from the beginning of the riot to the pacification, "After all, it is in the academy, and the difficulty of managing students is still a level lower than that of ordinary people. Now it is estimated that these people have only been sent to investigate the cause. ”
He said in a judgmental tone: "But if you say so, but if you let the garrison handle it, you may not be able to achieve better results than them." Whether it is to treat students or kind citizens, it is not a place to show their abilities. ”
Curt felt that it was a bit overkill to send out guards for a little explosion that had little impact. Although the security of the Cutrice Academy is its first priority, the garrison directly under the Dean of the Academy usually only needs to carry out patrols and garrisons within the Academy's territory. However, in special situations, such as large-scale monster attacks or wars, it will also be dispatched as a mobile unit.
The people who can be selected for this organization with a total number of no more than 500 people have extraordinary talents in their own right, and they can also get the cutting-edge equipment allocated by the academy. It may be an exaggeration to say that they can fight a hundred, but it is not difficult to have these people fend off a dozen or so enemies head-on alone.
"I'd love to say 'you're right' or something, but it doesn't look like there's going to be that chance. After absorbing Curt's magic and resting for a while, Lizzie's voice seemed less tired, "Look over there—it looks like there's something big coming." ”
The sound coming straight into her head made it difficult for Curt to tell where she was, except to feel the cold mass move slightly behind him. The cold air made Curt's back cold, and he felt as if he had suddenly had an ice lump behind him.
Squeak –
Directly on the opposite side of the road, there was a sharp wail of the wheels rubbing against the road. A rugged and unpretentious four-wheel drive vehicle painted in silver-gray urban oil paint emerged from the night, then suddenly braked next to the fenced scene, rolled up a puff of dust and sand, and then came to a sudden stop.
The car of the so-called "big man" in Lizzie's mouth - "The Seer".
As the name suggests, just driving around the roads around the city will attract the attention of all kinds of state-of-the-art vehicles.
Large-caliber glyph tires with protective armor made of high-strength steel, which can be fitted with auxiliary brackets for heavy mechanics...... In its bulky body, there are a lot of additional equipment that is not needed at all for "driving" to highlight its extremely vivid sense of existence.
This is a cutting-edge model launched only a few months ago by the most famous vehicle manufacturing company in the empire, "Urban". Corresponding to its exaggerated sense of storage, the price is also high and scary, and Curt's salary for a month's work may not even be able to buy an ordinary accessory in the car.
While the Foresight is outstanding as a vehicle, the outrageous price deters most people – if it's just for window dressing, there are plenty of more suitable varieties than it. As a result, there are only a handful of people in the entire Dominion who own the car.
And at this point in time, there is only one person who can appear in the academy and own this car, and that is the owner of this academy - Cruise François.
After the large vehicle came to a halt, several people in formal clothes stepped out of the back of the car.
The man at the head had an impressive countenance, and his eyebrows revealed a tenacious look. He was between forty and fifty years of age, and wore a black coat and a wide gentleman's hat on his head. The silver head peeking out from under the brim of the hat reflected the streamer under the streetlamp.
Although he had only just stepped out of the back seat of this large vehicle, he did not have a taste of it on him. This man's temperament, whether it is in terms of clothes, or the deep and neat appearance of facial features, as well as his gestures, all reveal a style that is not in line with the times. He may seem better suited to a wagon of the old times than the "seer", a sturdy-looking new vehicle.
The citizens of Catrice may not know who the mayor is, but there is definitely no one who does not know him - Cruise François, as the dean of the Catrice Academy, the head of the talent dispatch agency, and the high-ranking wizard with the nickname "The Wind of the Twelve Directions" can be described as a household name.
"Cruise François, he should be one of the best sorcerers in the Dominion. Curt recalled Cruise's apparent material, "And his background is very hard, the François family was a famous family among the early settlers of Catrice, and he was the head of this generation." ”
"At the age of twenty-five, he graduated from the Elemental Department of Catrice College and remained on as a lecturer in the Elemental Department. At the age of thirty-three, he achieved outstanding research results in the air department, a sub-school of the elemental department, and received a special commendation from the Imperial Central Academy of Magic, and was awarded the title of 'Wind of the Twelve Directions'. About ten years ago, the Senate at the top of the academy decided to grant him the position of dean. ”
The people who accompanied him seemed to be related members of the college, and Curt saw at a glance Kafir Taturis, the "chief examiner" of Lizzie's entrance test. Afterwards, when he heard the eldest sister say that this amazingly tall man was the head of the college, he was almost startled.
Today, he was still dressed in the same outfit he had worn when he had met Curt and Lizzie, and his muscular figure stood next to the equally gigantic "Seer", unexpectedly compatible. Compared with the two, it makes the ordinary people around him seem full of an inexplicable sense of disobedience.
"Speaking of which, although I have read a lot of reports about the person of Cruise François, this is the first time I have seen a live-action version of 'The Wind of the Twelve Directions'. Curt looked at a few people in the distance with a little playfulness, and talked to Liqi through the soul connection, "It's better to see than to hear, this guy looks really powerful, and the magic power that fills his body is not something that ordinary magicians can achieve, right?"
He hides his breath in the darkness, and Lizzie is in a soul form that is impossible for ordinary people to see, plus the occasional other apprentice passing by. None of the people who were nearly a hundred meters away noticed that two pairs of eyes were peering at their location.
Liqi was dismissive of this: "Hey, isn't he afraid that this title will be too exaggerated and cause trouble for himself? Or is it that this is still hundreds of years old, and he is embarrassed to report his name without a strange nickname?" If this is the case, you can consider raising the nickname of 'Raven' to scare people when you go on missions in the future." ”
Hearing the word "raven", Curt's expression froze suddenly.
The time he had been called by this name was so long that he almost stuffed it into the bottom of the memory locker. How long had it been, memories of it had become blurry, and Curt was reluctant to dig up those experiences again.
"You can't say that, after all, this is the title awarded by the Central Academy of Magic, which at least proves that he still has some strength, doesn't it?" Although Cruise François couldn't hear it, Curt felt that it was not a good habit to speak ill of people behind his back, and immediately started a round.
"I'm not wrong, you know. But Lizzie seems to be unforgiving, "Based on Oscar's level, if you are given enough resources and exhibition conditions, it is not impossible to reach his level." It's just that he is called the king of the wind, and the people of the research institute ......"
"Okay, okay, this matter is over for now, I'll go over and take a look. Feeling that Lizzie's merciless speech was about to become a habit, Curt, who was made to cry and laugh by her unconscious ridicule, had to interrupt her tirade, "After all, as a parent of a student, it is still necessary for me to care about whether my lovely sister's living and learning environment is safe, right?" ”
With that, he stepped out of the shadows under the shade of the trees, pretending to be attracted by the explosion now, and slowly approached the art building separated by barricades.
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