In the early morning, the wizard woke up according to the instructions of the biological clock - in this mage tower, except for a little sunlight on the balconies on each floor, most areas can rarely receive sunlight, and some wizards will even deliberately let the mage tower not have any lighting area, if it is not illuminated by magic, then even in the daytime, it will be dark.

Although the original owner of this mage tower was not extreme to that extent, there were still several walls between the lighting zone and the interior floor of the living room, making the entire mage tower look dim.

The wizard chanted a spell, and a few magic lights brightened the dimly lit room, shimmering on his bed, the blond hair and the wheat-colored skin beneath it moved slightly.

The eyelashes fluttered, revealing the wistful eyes below, and she shook her head and sat up wrapped in the quilt, only to see the wizard untie the long ponytail, and then the long hair that spread out disappeared in a burst of magical light.

She looked in amazement at the snake-like tattoo on the wizard's shiny head, and her mind, which had just been a little sober, was a little dazed again.

"Good morning. Penny turned back and kissed her cheek, who squirmed back slightly, then looked up again, looking at the empty top of the wizard's head in confusion, frowning, "It's ugly, bastard, why do you want to be bald?"

"Today is the end of the meeting. Penny touched his head, and the original burden on the top of his head was suddenly 'removed', and he felt a chill at the same time, but also a little unaccustomed: "I have to show a sincere enough gesture to my 'colleagues'. At least make it clear to them that I am the same as them, so that they can approve of it. ”

He explained in a low voice, reaching out and putting his arm around her shoulder: "There are already too many things standing behind me that make them feel strange and jealous, and although I have already stated that these things are good for them, it is impossible to completely eliminate their sense of rejection, so I must do my best in other areas." ”

She pursed her lips and turned her head to the side, looking uninterested.

Penny laughed, and suddenly it occurred to her that these things had nothing to do with her, and she might not like to hear them, so she had to explain them to her at length.

"So...... You're leaving......" She lowered her little head.

Her mood was a little low, she had always been reserved and couldn't resist even a little bit of his initiative, and what she valued in the past was actually broken like this, and she was willing.

I'm sure I'll regret it later...... She thought a little sluggishly, her unfocused gaze staring blankly at the emptiness in front of her, strange thoughts constantly surging in her heart. In the end, he turned into a little dissatisfaction: "Bad guys, all of them are leaving, and they want to leave me behind last night?"

"It's not like I can't come back...... Penny pinched her nose, "If you don't want to go home, just wait for me here." ”

"Who knows if you'll be able to come back?...... she glared at Penny, and suddenly her face changed slightly, and she hung her head in a sneer...... I'm sorry...... I'm not, I'm not meaning that......"

"Little fool. The wizard smiled and shook his head.

She raised her head and said in a hesitant tone, "I...... I'd better go back to the starry ......"

"Okay...... Penny nodded, it was much better to be with his family than to guard an empty mage tower, "I'll send you back." ”

Fina exhaled, fumbled and took her underwear from the bedside, secretly glanced at the wizard next to her, noticed that his gaze fell elsewhere, exhaled slightly, put the clothes on her body, felt the strange burning in her body that made people unable to lift her strength, and felt a sour feeling in her heart: "Hey, I'm waiting for you to pick me up at the starry...... If you don't come, I'll hate you to death. ”

"Don't worry. The wizard sighed, noticing Fina's somewhat clumsy and sluggish movements, shook his head, and raised his hand to tie the strap of her corset: "I won't be hated to death by you." ”

"It's true this time, I'm going to hate you to death. She turned around and shook the wizard with a roll of her eyes.

"Okay, I see. Penny smiled, a smile that made Fina feel a little cramped again, and she hung her head, and Penny reached out and lifted her chin and kissed it deeply.

A feeling of suffocation turned the emotions in Fina's mind into a mess, and she lost herself in the confusion, until the bra she had already put on fell off again, and she came to her senses, staring at the wizard who had stopped with a look of surprise.

"Ahem, it's time to go. Penny helped her up: "Fina, don't always be cranky......"

Fina looked at him with a complicated expression, how could she be willing to think cranky, but how could it be?

In this slightly silent atmosphere, she put on her clothes, and Penny cleared the enchantment in the living room, and heard a burst of disgruntled cries:

"Bad guy Penny! Yali is hungry! Don't come out again, Yali eats you!"

The boyish threat made him smile, took Fina's hand and disappeared with a teleportation spell, only to reappear alone a moment later.

...... On the lower level of the Mage's Tower, Lady Serra Grofia, dressed in a gray cloak, has been waiting for a long time, and Penny has just appointed her as the chief of the guard of Simon City, this sudden appointment not only surprised the local nobles of Simon City, but also Serra herself, but she was still very dutiful to do her job.

Penny himself didn't have any special thoughts about this appointment, thanks to the group of homecoming regiments, the local army in Ximen City had become useless, the navy that was originally the best in the area of the Dragon Coast had become a thing of the past, and the army even felt struggling to deal with the larger bandits.

The nobles who remained at Simon were still licking their wounds from the calamities, and Penny wanted to choose a guard chief among them, but there was no suitable candidate.

Talented people are not absent, but they always make Penny feel less reliable, especially in this eventful time.

He had a lot to do, and he had to use someone he could trust.

So he chose Serra, at least for now, the Just Hand was still a reliable ally for him, and he had many things to use them for, such as now.

When she saw Sean coming, she hurriedly saluted, and then reported: "Mr. Sean, in accordance with your instructions, a total of one hundred and twenty guardian warriors and thirty battle priests in the major temples of Turmis and Cormier are at your disposal. ”

"Uh...... Lady Grofia, ...... of these warriors" Penny thought for a moment, a little uneasy, "You have to take into account our upcoming meeting, which is likely to be a meeting that is very inconsistent with His Majesty's teachings in Tyre. ”

If someone who is too strong in his faith kills a few evil red-robed ones in battle, that's in trouble.

Even if Penny is clever and this kind of thing happens, there will inevitably be twists and turns on the road to competing for the ruling chief.

He knew very well that there was an argument against him among the red-robed survivors, that is, he Penny was actually a dogleg who was co-opted by the gods of the upper realm, and his motive for running for the chief of the ruling was not pure, the purpose was to make the red-robed mage be brainwashed by the gods of the upper realm and become his lackey puppet.

Although this argument is only accepted by some red-robed mages who extremely hate the power of the upper realm, after all, it has a certain influence, even if Penny wants to find an excuse to kill these wizards, but this kind of thing must not be done now, let alone let the power of the upper realm do it for him, otherwise the negative impact will be amazingly huge.

It's not good to borrow the power of the Upper as campaign capital, and Penny must be careful to avoid the suspicion of the red-robed survivors with slender nerves.

If he had enough strength to exclude the help of the gods of the Upper Realm to obtain the full allegiance of the Red Robe Mage Society, of course he wouldn't need to be so careful, who would dare to go against him and find an excuse to reconcile, how could he use such trouble?

But it was obviously a fantasy, and the reality was that without the power of the upper realm to back it up, the red-robed survivors felt the hope of returning to Cell, and it was difficult for him to play with the deep-rooted Mithrela.

"You can rest assured, Mr. Sean. Serra shook her head: "These people are all hand-picked by my lord, and they all have the rich keys to fighting the forces of evil. ”

“...... But the Red Robe Mage Society itself is 'evil'. Penny exhaled, "Serra, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just ......"

"My Lord has commanded that all actions should be guided by your instructions. There was a hint of displeasure in Serra's hard tone, and it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with Penny's distrust: "Without your orders, even if one of us is killed by the red-robed mage for no reason, we will not move a finger." ”

"Serra, I'm sorry. Realizing that his words were a bit excessive, Penny consciously apologized.

"I'm sorry too, Mr. Sean. Serra exhaled, her sparkling eyes narrowing again, "I'm so excited, but you don't trust me at all. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Serra, I didn't mean to......" Penny exhaled and turned his head, feeling a little unreasonable, "But...... If this matter succeeds, I will be the leader of the Red Robe Mage Guild in the future, you ......"

"In any case, the Mr. Sean in my mind probably won't change. Serra smiled, two shallow dimples appeared on her round face, and this smile made Penny lose his mind for a moment: "So, Mr. Sean will always be a good friend of mine, and I think you can trust me in the future." ”

"That's right......" Penny let out a slight sigh of regret when he heard the word 'good friend' come out of Serra's mouth, but he also knew that it was the best outcome.

Even if he wants to restore the order of Ser, as the ruling chief of the Red Robe Mage Society, he will be contrary to the teachings of the Church in Tyre, and he will not be completely of the same mind as Serra, who has fanatical beliefs, unless he tempts Belia to fall like he tempted him, but Serra is obviously different from Belial, and has a clearer understanding of the world, and is more rational.

Even if there is a little budding idea, both sides know at the moment that from now on, maintaining a little distance and reverie may be the most suitable approach.

Inadvertently confirming each other's thoughts, there was a brief silence between Sierra and Penny, and then Penny changed the subject: "It's almost time, Serra, and I should go and meet the representatives sent by the other churches." ”

"Hmm......" she nodded, covering half of her face with a gray cloth cloak, and followed Penny out of the Mage Tower.

Of course, Tyr's teachings did not advocate such sneaky behavior, but Penny needed that the gathering of the Red Robe Mage Guild could possibly allow these Upper Realm God Emissaries to appear in shining armor in plain light?

In fact, he was not going to let the troops of these gods of the upper realm appear in the hall at all, but prepared a half-plane, placed these troops in it, and summoned them when the dagger appeared.

After making these preparations, he successively met with the messengers of Mericay, Amanata, Sivannas, and Thom, all of whom had amazing fighting power for the church, and some foreign gods also extended a helping hand, and the gods of elves, dwarves, and dwarves sent a large number of troops, so that Penny's half-plane contained more than a thousand priests, Templars, druids, and rangers with amazing combat effectiveness.

If in a bygone era, such an army had been dispatched to win the loyalty of fewer than two hundred arcane spellcasters, who were nearly half old, weak, sick, and disabled, it would have led many to think that they were chopping flies with large axes, but these casters were extremely important to Penny.

After the Blue Flame Tribulation, the withering of the arcane is more serious than Penny imagined, especially the West Feron and Hartland where the belief in Mystra is prevalent, not to mention the dead ten**, even if they survive, half of them are insane, Cormier's elite mage regiment is almost completely wiped out, and another inheritor of the Nayer Empire in the south, Harua, this country that once had hundreds of wizards, now there are only more than thirty casters left in the country who can cast more than three rings of arcane magic.

And to participate in the magic ritual that opened Isil Aaron, only the casting level of the three rings is far from enough, only the caster who has the level of the mentor of the Serl ring is basically qualified to participate in it.

At the behest of the gods of the Upper Realm, a large number of surviving mages were willing to serve Penny, but now, Penny had received definite information that fewer than sixty of the wizards who had arrived from the Hartland region and West Feron were capable of participating in the ritual.

Among the surviving red-robed mages with intact spell casting ability, there are more than thirty who have reached the standard.

With the gathering of more than 90 researchers, plus Impnos and Elith Kendain, Penny was fairly certain that the ritual would be completed.

Whether or not you can gain the allegiance of the Red Robe Mage Society has undoubtedly become the key to the success of this ritual.

The gods of the upper realm knew this, Penny knew, Hylaste knew it, and Sazastan knew it.

Presumably, only these wizards themselves still don't quite understand.

They were now quietly withdrawing from the secret strongholds of Hantu, the border of Agora Longsel, Seysk, and Sambia, and cautiously marched towards Murmaster, the intended venue of the meeting on the southern shore of the Moon Sea.

(To be continued)