Chapter XXXIII The Second Blow
After the fateful day, Richard's days returned to their original tracks. He had already squeezed himself to the limit, and all he could do now was to persevere day by day. Every day that passed, he surprised the Magus one more time. Even with their insight into the mysteries of the wizarding world, it was difficult for the archmages to discover what was hidden in Richard's unathletic body, so that he could be like the most sophisticated alchemy machine, without emotion, without fluctuations, and never stop struggling.
When perseverance and diligence are combined, there is an amazing burst of energy. Richard's progress in almost all areas is amazingly fast, but there is no shortcut to the accumulation of magic power, only a slow increase in a step-by-step manner.
Time should have passed like water, but there were a few more episodes in the calm. The secret of the fateful night, Richard was already determined to hide it in his heart, but before a week, the legendary mage who couldn't hide the secret told it himself, and proudly emphasized the evaluation of 'tender and delicious'.
As with the other secrets, the news soon spread throughout Deep Blue. As a result, most men and nearly half of the women remember the name Richard, and they hate it in all kinds of ways, and they can't replace it with their bodies. Unfortunately, this can only be thought about after all. However, for most people, although they can't really beat Richard, they can make a few meals a day in their hearts, and they can also produce pleasant feelings, and occasionally they are very strong.
No matter how many people think it is incredible, no one dares to question Su Helen, not a single one.
The boss is the boss, and the person who gives out the gold coins is always right, this is already the truth in the deep blue. The price system in the dark blue will make it impossible for anyone who does not get 'Su Helen's Joy' to live, or at least live a difficult life. As for those who make up the vast majority of the Deep Blue population and are not eligible for monthly bills, they are not qualified to speak at all. Accounting is the most effective invisible dividing line in the dark blue, dividing people into two groups, the core and the periphery.
Those who are familiar with the history of Deep Blue know that this is not Su Helen's original intention, and the reckless legendary mage is not proficient in social management, but the pattern is naturally formed. And people are also accustomed to a life of classes, and if this is not the case, it will make most people feel at a loss. The obscure people who make up the cornerstone of the deep blue are actually very comfortable with this kind of life. Just like the lords of the nobility, they contribute taxes, and the lords have the obligation to protect them. On a war-torn continent, being able to live under the wings of a legendary mage is happiness.
The seventeen archmages gathered around the legendary mage were all able to speak to her. But contrary to most people's beliefs, they are happy to see it. For them, the physical and mental well-being of the legendary mage is the most important thing. The only one that has undergone drastic changes before and after its central thread is the gray dwarf.
When he heard the legendary mage triumphantly announce the feat of Fateful Day, the Grey Dwarf's first reaction was ecstasy, thinking that His Highness was wise enough to distribute 'joy' in this way. You must know that Richard's joy has recently become a heavy stone in the hearts of gray dwarves. However, he then felt that it was unlikely, because the 'joy' that Richard had received was a lot of money for Deep Blue, but it was nothing for the legendary mage's private wallet, and it seemed that there was no need to be so calculating
However, the gray dwarf firmly believed that since His Highness was 'happy' physically and mentally, there was no need to use gold coins to 'joy' anymore, at least it should be greatly reduced. And on the other hand, that lucky Richard...... The reason why he put the lucky title on Richard's head was also because of the insistence of the gray dwarf.
With the innate aesthetic vision of the race, he only saw Richard's increasingly strong physique, faintly flowing magic, and the hidden blood that gradually revealed its fierce aura, but he couldn't see where Richard was 'tender and delicious'. However, the reason why Black Gold is a special one is that he can let go of the stubbornness and persistence in the blood of the gray dwarves. He thinks that since Richard has enjoyed such a privilege, there will be no psychological obstacles in the future when he buys Richard's magic pattern constructs cheaply.
Richard's talent as a constructor became more and more surprising, he surpassed a year of schooling and mastered the magic pattern system on his own, and he could understand it as accumulation, and then officially began to study the construction course, and the steady dìng and precision of drawing the composite magic array were already incomprehensible, and could only be described as divine revelation.
Great people or people who are committed to greatness have a unique vision, and just when many mages see Richard's rising future, Black Gold has his eyes on the large number of magic patterns that Richard will inevitably create in the process of growing up. The average builder will inevitably experience a lot of failures in the process of growing up, and a lot of materials will be wasted accordingly in order to grow gradually. However, Richard's astonishing accuracy and steadiness made the gray dwarf foresee that in the future, his success rate in drawing magic patterns would be just as high. The market price of the Magic Pattern Construct is not determined by Richard, but by the overall success rate of the Continent-wide Builders. There is a huge margin for profit between the two different success rates, and the gray dwarf has already smelled a strong smell of gold coins.
Because of the story that happened on the fateful day, the gray dwarves have once again lowered the psychological price of buying the magic pattern construct by forty percent. In fact, the profit margin of this price is not particularly large, but it is 70% cheaper than the price prevailing on the mainland. The gray dwarf comforted himself in this way, and at once felt very kind. No matter how much price difference there is, isn't it all dedicated to His Royal Highness Su Hailun?
So a few days after the fateful day, the hearts of the gray dwarves were filled with sunshine. What happened on the night of fate controlled expenses on the one hand, and increased future income on the other, and there was no happier situation.
However, the days of black gold's beautiful mood came to an abrupt end on the day when Helen Su decided to pay the monthly bill, because Richard's 'joy' did not diminish in any way.
The gray dwarf sat in a daze for a long time, and finally had an expected increase in income in the future to comfort his soul, but the psychological price of buying the magic pattern structure was reduced by one percent.
The news is like the splash of water in the lake, which always spreads outward from the very center in a circle, and sensitive people can confirm their distance from the core from the time they get the news.
Stevenson was sensitive, and he received the news neither earlier nor too late, just much later than he expected. But now he could no longer be angry at the fact that his true status in the Deep Blue was so low, because the content of the message itself had long since exceeded all his imagination.
After receiving the news, Sdiwenson appeared to be calm, at least there was no superfluous sound in his residential area. He stood naked in front of the magic mirror, staring intently at himself for a full two hours. Behind Minnie Mouse was him, and she stood motionless in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, like a lifeless statue.
There was still snow outside the window, and it seemed that the weather outside hadn't been good since the day the Warcraft came back. Spring in the Gulf of Ice Floes, although snow is common, has never been as large and persistent as it is this year.
The living quarters were once completely cut off from the harsh world outside, and even if the windows were opened, the magical barrier was enough to keep any cold and gloom out of the tower, but now the leaden oppression spread to the living quarters through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The air seemed to have frozen, and the thick lead color was so heavy that it was breathless. Minnie subconsciously hugged herself, and found that her body wrapped in magic robes was so thin that it could not withstand the ravages of the storm.
The ice floes are magnificent, but not friendly. It was always extraordinarily quiet before it was furious with a blizzard**, as it is now. There was the same dead silence in the residential area.
The residential area of Stevenson is large, very large. Space is beautiful, but also a symbol of status and strength. Minnie had been fascinated by the beauty of the space in the past, but now, she suddenly felt that this living area was too big, too big to panic. Two people, standing in such a large space, are not only inexplicably cold, but also the fear of being lost.
Minnie felt the urge to run away, but she bit her lip so hard that she wouldn't make any movement or make any sound. She knew that the longer the silence was, the more terrible the blizzard would become. Stevenson had been standing quietly for two hours, not knowing how long he would be standing. However, there are only two people in such a large settlement, she and Stevenson, which means that when the storm really starts, she will be the only one who will be the only one to anger and ** Stilvinson.
Stevenson finally got moving, and he began to show every part of his body, every muscle, in front of the magic mirror. The dragon's blood endowed Stevenson with a strong physique, far stronger than that of an ordinary magician, and at a mature age, so that the young man in the magic mirror was tall and muscular, barely finding a trace of fat, and the proportions of his limbs were almost perfect, and he had a male symbol that he could be proud of. In the magic mirror, the power of the dragon veins took on a faint dark red, circulating on the surface of Stilvesant's body, giving him an even more sinister masculine charm.
As Stevenson looked at himself from the perspective of a neutral third person, many comments naturally came to his mind, most of them compliments, which he had received when he had officially stepped into the social world two years earlier, at the age of fifteen. He could indeed be proud of his body and appearance, and that damn Richard, because of his age, was inevitably a little childish. In terms of male charisma, at least for now, Stevenson can still firmly suppress Richard.
However, in Sdiwenson's evaluation of himself, there are many words such as handsome, resolute, strong, and powerful, but one of the most crucial words is missing.
He tilted his head slightly and asked in an eerie and clammy voice, "What do you mean by 'tender and delicious'?"
Minnie Mouse shook all over, and the blizzard she feared finally came. She lowered her head, her body began to tremble involuntarily, but she didn't say a word. At this time, any words will be blood thrown in front of the hungry wolf, which will only provoke him to be more ferocious.
Bang! Stevenson smashed the magic mirror with a punch, and his right hand was fleshy with it, and blood suddenly poured out from a dozen places at once, and then fell to the ground with a click. As if he didn't feel the pain in his right hand at all, Stevenson turned and stared at Minnie with bloodshot eyes, roaring with all his might:
"I'm asking you, what do you mean by 'tender and delicious'?!"
ps:
"I'm coming. I saw. I collect. "This is Caesar.
"I'm coming. I saw. I'm leaving. "It's soy sauce.
In fact, the difference between a great man and soy sauce is only a thin line.