Two weeks later, Xiao Chen brought Luo Ling, Xiao Mu, Liu Pengfei, Ye Zi, Tang Feng and Li Tianrui to the Kingdom Magic Association.
They came to participate in the mage assessment and to complete what Luo Ling and Xiao Chen promised to Vincent.
It is very rare in the history of the Magic Association for so many foreign magicians to participate in the assessment at the same time. After all, in most magic towers, there are generally only a few dozen real magicians, and in some magic towers where the talent is dwindling, there may only be a dozen or so left.
Many mages gathered in the Magic Association to watch the fun, curious about what kind of people the mages from Black Mountain were. However, when Master Kona, the master of the Spirit Refining Tower, and Master Gordon, the vice president of the Magic Association, led the crowd to greet them, many onlookers were very surprised.
Such treatment is usually only given to important figures in other mage towers or ancient mage families. People around them became more and more curious about the mages from Black Mountain. At this time, some mages who knew about it would mention Xiao Chen, Li Jia, and the reading club.
"Master Kona, Master Gordon." Xiao Chen saluted first, and the others behind him also saluted.
Vice President Master Gordon was always a serious old man, but today he seemed very approachable in front of Xiao Chen: "Sir Xiao Chen, welcome, welcome. The Kingdom Magic Association thanks you for the honor you have won for the association, and... for the support from all sides. We are also very sorry about Miss Tasia's incident. However, this incident also demonstrates her noble character and incomparable courage, which is really admirable."
"Indeed. Miss Tasia is a very good child. It's time to give her a good name." Master Kona also said.
"Thank you Master Gordon and Master Cona for their support. As beneficiaries, we need to make public what Miss Tasya has done, let everyone know her deeds, and make those who do evil pay the price." Xiao Chen said. He saw the smile in Master Gordon's eyes when he talked about "support from all sides". It was obvious that the Magic Association was very satisfied with this division of benefits.
"I agree." Master Gordon nodded, "I agree very much!"
"I wonder if the others have arrived?" Xiao Chen asked.
"They're already here. It's not appropriate for them to come in with such fanfare like you guys did. After all, this is the Kingdom Magic Association." Master Kona said.
To the surprise of the onlookers, Xiao Chen, Master Gordon and others did not start the evaluation, but came to a place in the middle of the garden on the ground floor.
A simple platform was set up there, with a screen made of a wooden frame covered with white cloth on it. There was also a barrier behind the platform to block the view.
Master Gordon walked onto the platform and cast a spell. Then his voice rang out throughout the atrium of the Magic Association: "Dear colleagues of the Kingdom Magic Association, today we have an important announcement here. It is about one of our members, Miss Tassia Alonso. I am here to announce a heartbreaking and sad news. Miss Tassia has left us. However, she was defending this city and died in the battle against evil. We did not announce this news before because the tentacles of the evil forces had not been completely cut off. Now, we have won the final victory. The situation at that time can be made public."
Whether it was the mages gathered in front of the platform or the mages watching from the railings upstairs, they all started talking about it. They had heard about Tashia's disappearance a long time ago, but in the various rumors, most of them were romantic stories. The most popular one was that she was pregnant with Xiao Chen's child and left the capital to hide.
No one expected that the vice president would come out to clarify the matter, and even bring up some evil forces. However, no one who can become a wizard is a fool, so most people are still skeptical about this official statement.
"Everyone must have heard about the riots that occurred in the civilian area on the night of the New Year's parade. However, in fact, it was a conspiracy by the necromancer to create a tide of zombies and destroy the capital!"
"What? There is such a thing?" A magician said in surprise, "It seems that I missed something very interesting in the laboratory."
"I heard that many people died, and everyone there was being manipulated like puppets," said another wizard.
"Those ordinary people are just puppets. The only difference between them and the zombie tide is life or death." An old wizard sneered.
"We blocked the news at that time. Today I am here to explain the whole story to everyone. Miss Tashia's sacrifice is related to this incident. Just a month ago, the despicable imperial people colluded with the false god's temple and sent several necromancers into the kingdom, attempting to bring disaster to us in the days of the new year..."
"Why are the Imperials involved? Didn't your original manuscript only include people from the Temple of Wisdom?" Xiao Chen asked Luo Ling using the Bridge of Soul.
"Of course they added it after discussing it. The kingdom has traditionally only had a few scapegoats: the empire, the ancient gods, and the city-states, just like the empire's scapegoats are always the kingdom and the orcs. I think it's probably a request from the royal family. The royal family spent so much money this time, so naturally they have to satisfy some of their small requests."
"… Mage Xiao Chen from Black Mountain and Miss Tashia from the Alonso family accidentally discovered the flaws of these villains. They informed the Magic Association, and we also contacted the king and the Temple of Nature. After the dinner that day, they got intelligence about the enemy's actions and immediately went to track down these suspicious people, but they were ambushed by the enemy. Although our masters arrived in time and annihilated the enemy outside the city, Miss Tashia died in the battle. She was very brave, and in the end she used the power of the Fire Phoenix's bloodline to die together with a high-level necromancer."
Master Gordon took out a crystal and activated his mental power. Light appeared from the crystal and projected onto the white screen beside him. "This is the scene recorded by the two Excellencies' attendants using the image crystal in order to collect intelligence."
A battle scene in the night appeared on the screen. Although it was a bit messy and blurry, Xiao Chen and Tasia could be seen fighting against powerful enemies. Various magical lights and exploding flames filled the screen, and their faces were clearly illuminated from time to time.
The mages discussed:
"The enemy is very powerful! It is indeed the undead. Look, it is a ghost warrior!"
"And skeletons, disgusting things."
"Ah, that's Miss Tashia. She's still so beautiful even when she's fighting. If only I were there, I would never let her get hurt by the necromancer!"
"Just relying on your low-level strength?"