……

Outside the dense treehouse, Henry cautiously approached, leaving the apprentice outside the farmstead and going over alone.

"What kind of spell props were used to give birth to such a magnificent dwelling in the wasteland at once?"

Henry looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes full of envy.

He guessed that there must be high-level bosses in this group of mages, at least starting from the fifth order.

This speculation made him feel a little uneasy inside.

Mages have always been arrogant and withdrawn, especially high-level mages, and what they hate most is being disturbed by others.

It's actually risky to rub yourself in the past.

But this was the best thing he could think of right now.

Without the might of the Seven Holy Alliance, it was hard for him to imagine that he would be able to suppress the wanderer and the poet in the negotiations.

Henry's steps are not slow, but every step is heavy.

He typed the draft in his stomach in advance and thought of every kind of rhetoric.

Soon he found a place worth a surprise -

There are no spell enchantments outside the treehouse!

This means that the mages inside are not averse to communicating with people outside.

He mustered up the courage to step inside, and soon he saw a long magical table, on which most of the mages were eating and drinking, and there was no image to speak of.

Henry breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't dare to use the detection spell to spy on the level of this group of people, but with common sense, he could make a judgment-

These people are supposed to be mage apprentices.

Intermediate mages above the apprenticeship level would not eat so disregarding their image.

Apprenticeship is easy to say a lot.

Although there is still a huge gap in status between the two sides, they can make up for it somewhat by having a hierarchical advantage.

Think so.

Henry smiled as he walked around the magic table.

He tried to strike up a conversation with several mages.

However, no one paid any attention to him.

A few minutes later.

The smile on Henry's face stiffened.

His heart was humiliated!

I'm also a level 15 mage, so I'm not taken seriously?

Can be fast.

This humiliation is transformed into helplessness.

He's actually used to it.

This is the sorrow of the wild mage.

No matter how high the level is, if there is no establishment, it is also empty talk.

The mage's world is a much more snobbish one.

Wild mage means a series of problems such as poverty, backward spell methods, scarcity of magic items, and lack of spell knowledge.

Mages from the Alliance, even if they are apprentices, rarely look at wild mages with their eyes.

Henry once had a mage friend, and the two agreed to work together, and in order to pass the Seven Saints Alliance's assessment of the absorption and promotion of wild mages, they worked together for nearly three years.

However, in that assessment.

His friend went ashore.

Henry himself lost the opportunity to become an Alliance Mage by one point.

After that, he collapsed.

Although the friend had been encouraging him and had taken out his fortune to share with Henry, hoping that he would last for three years and take the exam again.

Henry, however, rejected her.

Soon after, he left silently.

Wandering alone, he became a veritable wild mage.

This kind of life is not bad, after all, no matter how humble the wild mage, he is also a noble mage master in a slightly backward territory.

Gradually.

Henry completely forgot the shame of being rejected by the Alliance.

also buried that she in the bottom of my heart.

Available today.

When he met the people of the Seven Holy Alliances again.

The feeling of humiliation came back to me.

He found himself still so powerless.

In addition to clenching your teeth.

He couldn't do anything.

"If one day I can control the legendary power, I must destroy all those who look down on me!"

He stood aside with a stiff face, his mind racing wildly.

Available after a while.

He still had a smile on his face.

Because a handsome young mage walked up to him.

The other party's voice is also very gentle:

"Hello, do you need help?"

Henry was flattered:

"Oh no, no, no, I'm just here - I saw you landing here, and I wanted to come over and say hello."

The young mage smiled and asked:

"So, is your Excellency a mage who lives nearby?"

Henry wanted to tell the other party that he was from the Red Clay Mountain, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly had an idea:

"Yes, I'm from Rolling Stone, and I'm Rolling Stone's new spell advisor, and my name is Henry."

After saying this, Henry couldn't help but be complacent.

He was crazy in his heart to give himself a thumbs up.

The reason why he changed his words temporarily was because he suddenly considered that Archmage Ronan's influence should still be there, and this group of people may have a natural affinity for the people of Rolling Stone.

Anyway, he's just a fox and a tiger, and he doesn't need to let these mages and the negotiators of Rolling Stone really meet.

In Henry's plan.

All he had to do was stay here a little longer and let the people of Rolling Rock see that he had come out of the treehouse.

As for whether he can win the support of the alliance mages.

He hadn't thought about it either.

Because that's not realistic.

"Rolling Stone? It seems to be very close. ”

The young mage muttered to himself.

Henry laughed and said:

"It's close, just to the north, by the way, what's your name?"

The young mage said cheerfully:

"My name is Matthew."

Henry was secretly relieved when he heard this.

Matthew?

I don't think I've heard of it.

In the information of Red Clay Mountain, the most powerful person in Rolling Stone Town is a warlock named Zeller.

Secondly, its lord Rhaegar is equally unfathomable.

In addition, there is a rumor of a necromancer, and it is said that there is also a bone dragon, but everyone in the Red Earth Mountain unanimously judged that it was a false rumor.

These years, the necromancers are all in White Rock City, and even if the bone dragon from White Rock City comes to Rolling Rock Town, it is impossible to stay for a long time.

So he had never heard Matthew's name at all.

Henry's observation was sharp.

Casual conversation.

He found that Matthew in front of him seemed to have a transcendent position among this group of mages.

I was standing here before and no one cared for me.

But after Matthew came over.

Almost everyone glances here from time to time while eating.

This shows that Matthew is most likely the leader of this group of mage apprentices!

"He may be a fifth-order mage, or he has a lot of powerful props in his hands, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the origin of the magic carpet, the tree house, and the feast."

Henry was envious and excited.

He felt that he had seized the opportunity, so he spoke to Matthew with all his eloquence.

Under Henry's deliberate welcome, Matthew was really amused by his witty words.

Later, several mages finished their meal and came over.

However, they both kept a considerable distance from Henry and Matthew.

It was only when they heard Henry say something about a joke that they smiled reservedly, and not out loud.

This scene fits perfectly with Henry's speculation about Matthew.

He decided to hug the thigh.

Henry told several yellow jokes in quick succession, and told some stories about the customs and countryside of the Red Soil Mountains, all of which took place in Rolling Stone, of course.

Matthew listened attentively and asked small questions from time to time.

Henry always answered very cleverly.

The relationship between the two quickly warmed up.

After chatting for a while, Henry took the opportunity to ask:

"Mr. Matthew, what are you here to do in this backwoods?"

Matthew replied:

"Outing."

"Don't you think the scenery here is very good?"

Henry nodded:

"It's very good, but it's not the most beautiful, there's a West Valley nearby, and the scenery there is really beautiful."

After saying this, he couldn't help but slap himself.

Why mention West Valley the fastest?

There's an army of Red Earth Mountain stationed there!

What if the interest of this group of mages passed as soon as it came? Isn't that getting yourself in trouble!

In order to avoid losing too many words, and Henry pondered that the time was almost up, so he said:

"I just saw you stay here and came to visit, in fact, I still have something very important to do."

Matthew was fooled:

"What's the matter? Is it more important than a conversation between you and me? ”

Henry felt a little proud in his heart, but he still showed a regretful expression on his face, and then said:

"It's not a big deal, it's just going to be involved in a negotiation between mortals. To make you laugh, we wild mages have to participate in the battle between the lords, and we are far less comfortable than alliance mages like you. ”

Matthew thought for a moment:

"Do you need me to come with you?"

Henry's heart tightened, and he hurriedly refused:

"No need, no need, don't bother you with this kind of thing, I'll just go by myself."

Who knew that Matthew actually insisted:

"Let's go together."

Henry saw that it was difficult to resist the hospitality, and with a roll of his eyes, he also took the opportunity to say:

"Okay."

Seeing that Henry agreed, Matthew smiled and greeted the other mages:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I need to go over and negotiate between mortals, you can do it yourself."

All the mages immediately said in unison:

"Master Matthew, go slowly!"

There were also a few mages who said attentively:

"If there's a place where we can come in handy, please ask for it."

Seeing this, Henry said to himself: This Matthew is of a very high status, and he is approachable, and he is a person worth befriending.

The two of them left the treehouse and walked straight to the inside of the farm.

Didn't walk a few steps.

Henry gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice:

"Master Matthew? Can I pretend to be a member of the Seven Holy Alliance? ”

As he spoke, he shoved a small cloth pocket into Matthew's hand.

As soon as Matthew rubbed his hand, he knew that it contained about a hundred gold coins.

He thought for a moment:

"It's okay, as long as you and I are in the same group."

When Henry saw that Matthew was so good at talking, he was immediately overjoyed:

"Of course we're in this group!"

As he spoke, he excitedly led Matthew to the door of the negotiation site.

The owner of the farmstead saw Matthew, was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head and said nothing.

Henry didn't notice this.

The two walked straight in.

The scene in the room is not very elegant.

More than a dozen people on the Red Clay Mountain side were tied to the ground with straw ropes.

Jeffries is the worst.

He was exposed by Luo Lan to all the dirty things he had done in the past, and now he was embarrassed, he was huddled in the corner alone, holding his head in his hands, and he seemed to feel the strange gaze from his little brother every moment.

And the three people on the other side of Rolling Stone, they are very flawed.

Richard was on a cane, his waist was straight, and he didn't seem to understand what it meant to be tired;

Zeller sat upright in his chair, his eyes closed, playing with a frog doll in his hand, and suddenly opened his eyes when he heard footsteps approaching;

As for Loraine.

Luo Lan lay on the negotiation table with a bewitching posture, holding a small yellow book and looking at it intently.

Heart-shaped chest hair popped out of the roomy neckline, adding a bit of a masculine flavor to his bohemian stance.

Henry saw this.

Immediately shouted at the three of them:

"Are you going too far?"

"Do you know who I am? I'm from the Seven Saints League! Why don't you hurry up and let my people go!? ”

The three of them looked at each other when they heard this.

Loren jumped off the table with a carp, and he looked at Matthew curiously:

"Are you doing some kind of trendy performance art?"

Zeller looked at Henry seriously:

"You're the real negotiator in Red Clay Mountain?"

Richard's expression still looked serious at first, but after half a second, he couldn't hold back his laughter.

"What are you laughing at?"

"What's so funny!"

Henry was dissatisfied.

At this point, Matthew kindly tugged at his sleeve:

"Let's go, let's go sit down."

said.

He dragged Henry and sat down at the negotiating table.

It's just where the two of them are seated.

It's on the same side as the Rolling Stones trio.

As soon as Henry sat down, he hurriedly reminded Matthew:

"Sit backwards, sit backwards, our position is over there."

Matthew patted him on the shoulder kindly:

"I'm not sitting down, my place is here."

"Let me introduce myself again, my name is Matthew, I'm the new Spell Advisor in Rolling Stone, and I'm currently holding the A1 rank in the Seven Saints Alliance, so it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Henry."

Henry was stunned at first.

There was a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Then his face swollen red, and his whole body began to shiver uncontrollably.

"You, you, you ......"

His voice seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't get his words out of his way.

Matthew gave him some time to react.

After a while, he asked:

"Are you going to sit down?"

He pointed to the opposite side of the table.

"Sit down?"

Henry couldn't help but slap a spirit.

In the next second, he suddenly slapped the table hard, and shouted at the dozen or so tightly tied up with straw ropes on the opposite side:

"Jeffries!

And you rats who don't know the height of the sky!

Go back and tell your lord—

No, go back and tell that hard-fought yellow-mouthed kid!

There's a day when I'm Henry.

You don't want to invade an inch of my Rolling Stone!

Don't even think about it! ”

Everyone looked at him in amazement.

Ignoring the burning shame on his face, Henry turned his head and bowed:

"Dear Lord Matthew, as I said before, of course I am in league with you."

"I, Henry, will always be with you!"

……

A few minutes later.

The dozen or so Red Clay Mountain personnel, led by Jeffries, were driven out of the West Valley Farm in disarray.

And Henry, who changed sides in time, was retained.

He is currently being interrogated by Zeller, Lorraine, and Richard.

Matthew would have wanted to be a part of it.

But soon he felt bored—

Henry's cooperation is simply too high.

Often when Rolling Rock asks a question here, he not only rushes to answer but also answers it for more than ten minutes, but he will sort out all the content related to the question for you, and he will cover all aspects.

This is certainly a good thing for the Rolling Stones side.

But Matthew is a bit boring.

He had thought that Henry, who was also a necromancer, would resist it, and he was ready to rebel.

Who knew it would be such a result!

"Forget it, it's a good result."

Matthew left the negotiating hut bored.

Soon after, Ekmund appears on his way back to the treehouse.

"How's it going?"

His smiling eyes seemed to see through everything.

Matthew knew that his pretense might be hidden from others, but Ekmond must have been clear in his heart.

He acquiesced without speaking, and Matthew was very grateful for that.

"There should be a good outcome, thank you for your help."

Matthew said sincerely.

Ekmond waved his hand:

"It's just a matter of effort."

"The clouds of war have spread across the continent of Aiindor, and once the craze is set off, it is not known when it will end."

"This issue has been discussed many times within the Alliance, and the end result is that we will not actively interfere in the war of mortals, and the mages in the Alliance may participate in the war, do you understand?"

Matthew nodded.

Ekmond clicked very thoroughly-

The Seven Saints Alliance itself, as a transcendent being, will not openly take sides with a certain territory or city-state in this war boom.

But the mages in the alliance are free to play.

After the division of the hundred cities.

Almost every city-state on the continent has its own mage advisor or mage city lord.

The alliance's non-interference approach could lead to an escalation of the war underneath.

It may even affect the alliance itself.

But as long as the war is still under control, the top echelons of the alliance represented by the Seven Saints will ignore it.

"This round of war will also be an opportunity to achieve personnel turnover within the alliance, we need more fresh blood, and this continent also needs a slight pain to stimulate more vitality."

Ekmond said with emotion.

Matthew didn't answer.

He knew what Ekmund called "a slight irritation" could be devastating for some family, for a city-state.

But objective laws cannot be avoided.

The gods are eyeing this continent.

The peace that lasted for hundreds of years after the ascension of Tianlun Palace is about to be gone forever.

For posterity.

It's just that "history has turned a new page."

Only those who are in it can truly feel the surging tide of the times.

"By the way, I have a little discovery, let's take you to see it."

"It could be a safety hazard near Rolling Stone."

Ekmond said as he opened an arbitrary door.

The two of them walk through any door.

Appeared in the West Valley.

The scenery in front of you is indeed very beautiful, but the oncoming legion is a bit of a bad scenery.

"Who?"

A soldier spotted the two.

As if Ekmund didn't see him, he just strode forward.

Matthew followed.

A flash of white light shuffled out of Ekmond's sleeve.

Group Immobilization!

In the blink of an eye.

All the soldiers in the makeshift camp were frozen in place.

One of the hapless soldiers was scooping soup from the pot when he was frozen, only to watch the soup in the spoon slide frantically down his mouth.

The chest and crotch were wet.

It didn't take long.

The two of them came to the outside of a camp tent in the center.

Ekmund lifted his eyelids.

The cloth on the periphery of the tent flew upside down, leaving only a skeleton of a few ropes and some planks.

Inside sat a stiff man in scarlet armor.

He looked like a barrel man.

As soon as Ekmund saw him, he spoke:

"Sure enough, it's a dragon puppet."

"If I'm not mistaken, the new lord of Red Earth Mountain is a red dragon!"

……

(End of chapter)