The Earl's estate on the outskirts of Banky Town was hosting the Earl's youngest daughter's sixteenth birthday party.

Banquet Hall, 2nd Floor Auditorium.

Earl Stelle watched her little daughter walk downstairs, led by the butler and began to talk to the elders, friends, and dignitaries, with a smile of relief on his face.

'Looks like it's not going to be too boring tonight. Kylelius looked at the silver girl in the distance and smiled a rare smile.

It wasn't like the hungry wolf smile that she used to look at Cheryl and Paris, nor like the gentle smile with a hint of alienation when she met the others.

Rather, it is a smile like that of a true clergyman, pure and without a trace of impurities.

"Now, let's enjoy this wonderful evening, and I announce that tonight's banquet has officially begun!"

The Earl uttered a word of zuihou and announced the official opening of the feast to-night, while the mini-orchestra on the small stage resumed playing the music and played an elegant movement.

The Count looked at the crowd below that was once again lively, withdrew the smile on his face, and turned to walk towards the conference room behind the balcony.

At this time, the mature and surviving man standing behind the earl withdrew a jade hand placed on the back of the earl's neck, and at the same time withdrew his magic power, and followed the earl half a step without saying a word, and moved two straight legs that loomed through the skirt of the evening dress.

The maids and waiters who were waiting there around followed a middle-aged butler who looked like the highest rank, bowed their heads and followed the two people in front of them to the conference room.

It wasn't until the Earl and the bereaved lady in black walked into the conference hall that the middle-aged butler turned around and motioned for the maids and attendants who had followed him to stay outside the door and not to be disturbed, and then closed the door to cut off the noise of the banquet hall.

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Lord Earl Stelle walked to a round red wooden table with ten seats in the center of the room, pulled out a luxurious chair furthest from the door, and sat down with his back against the snow-white wall.

On the wall hangs a pentagonal flag with a blue background and golden velvet edges, with a white eagle painted in the center. The sharp eagle eyes symbolize the Earl's family's discernment, the sharp eagle claws symbolize the Earl's family's bravery and force, and the beautiful white feathers symbolize the Earl's family's countless achievements and glory.

Of course, the original patriarch who designed this family logo was motivated by haode, hoping that his family descendants would achieve countless glorious achievements, have the bravery and powerful armament that are praised by others, and it is best for each patriarch to be able to see what is going on and make good use of it.

But the reality is always cruel and bizarre.

When the Earl's family was handed down to His Excellency Earl Dag Steyer, there were some honors and achievements that could be taken into account.

For example, the patriarch of the previous generation once made it to the capital of the kingdom of Ustan - Jestburg, serving as the chief of the palace guard, responsible for the protection of the palace and members of the royal family, including King Bixia.

Rising to the occasion of a rebellion launched by a great nobleman, he used his solid body to help the then king Bixia block a wave of deadly attacks, and an eight-ring shaping magic 'Gore Gongzi' turned into a stone statue.

Because the price required to disarm the petrification technique is too great, the materials for casting the spell alone are a lot of expenses, and it is difficult to find such a high-level magician who has touched the eighth layer of the magic net for a while.

You must know that it was the height of the rebel army, and there were rebel soldiers everywhere, and if it hadn't been for the timely arrival of a wing of the Russell Brotherhood, which was stationed near the capital, it might have been a different situation now.

In this case, even if this kind of magician is found, it is impossible for a noble eight-ring magician to spend a precious eight-ring spell slot to save a small Earl Guard.

Well, even if he did, the magician wouldn't necessarily have written the unpopular magic of 'Petrification Lifting' in the spell slot.

Therefore, after the suppression of the rebels, King Bixia was only rewarded with some money and titles, and the stone statue of the patriarch was placed in the royal museum in the capital to show the king's benevolence.

If we ignore the small change that later became the Viscount of Steyer's family.

As for the reason for the demotion, there are different opinions, and the most widely broadcast one is because the king showed an unspeakable strange ugliness when the rebel magician appeared, and he was angry and went to the Style family to vent his anger.

By the way, in the Kingdom of Ustan , if a nobleman wants to entitle some low-level titles such as knights and lords, he needs to have the king's personal approval to issue the title in order to reward the title.

But these completely meaningless, and even disproportionate losses and outputs of honorary achievements, completely caused the embarrassing situation of the Stelle family at this time, and even the earl title that should have been hereditary from generation to generation was once deprived, and it was still fought back by the current earl by virtue of military exploits.

It is a far cry from what the first patriarchs envisioned.

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'Gore Engineers'.

This is an instant attack magic, an advanced magic technique of the Six Rings of Petrification, named after a well-known intelligent race that lives in the sea, the Gorgongs.

They have the lower body of a sea serpent and the upper body of a human, and both men and women have beautiful faces and bodies - just the upper body, of course. While they have beautiful appearances, they also have a high fighting talent that makes people jealous.

The Golgongs are all dual-class people who can use magic magic and martial arts at the same time, with an average lifespan of about a thousand years and superb magical growth, so that they have enough time to refine both martial arts and spells.

Because of their extremely high military strength, they have always existed as the main combat force of the strength of the sea race, and the palace of the Sea Emperor and the human temple dedicated to the lord of the sea, 'Maleereni' bixia, are guarded by the most elite and sincere Golgong warriors.

In addition, there is a special kind of natural 'gift' that exists in the legend of Golgong, and it is said that this 'gift' is a reward given by the lord of the sea, Bixia, to his most sincere people, and that the people who possess this 'gift' have the ability to turn all the creatures he sees into beautiful stone sculptures.

And every few years, several Chosen Ones with this 'gift' are born in the Gordon community, and this Chosen One is given the divine name 'Sisina' by the niece of the Lord of the Sea, 'His Royal Highness the Guardian of Gorgong', and this gift is also called 'Eye of Silkina'.

It is from this that the "Gore Engineer" was named. The effect is to turn any target in his line of sight into stone.

Doesn't it sound like there are very few restrictions, but it's a very convenient magic trick.

Next, let's introduce the limitations or disadvantages of this magic trick.