Baron O'Farrell's youngest daughter, Jenny, is a pretty girl. Compared with her brothers, she is like a little rabbit in front of the bears.
The collection ceremony was not complicated, and had the unique style of the Red Lotus Tower. Susanna drew two fire circles in the air, and then recited the motto of the Red Lotus Tower. Jenny followed her to finish a paragraph, and then stepped over two fire circles representing the end of the past and the beginning of the future. As long as she received the robe bestowed by Susanna, the ceremony was completed.
Chen Hansheng was sitting at a horizontal table in the front row. His position was very bad, as he was surrounded by the Baron and his three sons, son-in-law and others. There were also several warriors who looked quite skilled sitting at the tables on both sides behind him. Not to mention, according to Chen Hansheng's calculations, there should be at least thirty more warriors outside the hall.
However, he knew in his heart that if the baron really wanted to do something, he would not do it before or after this ceremony. After all, there were the baroness, his little daughter, and many small nobles and merchants, as well as their female relatives. It was estimated that after the dinner was over and these people left, the baron would ask him to stay to discuss the problem, and that would be when the real intention would be revealed.
Therefore, everything tonight naturally cannot be done according to the other party's rhythm. Chen Hansheng gave Glade a look.
Just as Susanna was about to give out the magic robe, Glade suddenly raised his hand and said, "Please wait a moment, Master Susanna, I have some objections to you accepting Jenny as your apprentice."
Glade's words set everyone in the room talking.
Susanna was stunned and did not give the robe to him. She asked, "Do you have any objection?"
Glade leaned back in his chair and raised a finger lazily: "Just a little bit, I also want to take her as an apprentice."
Pella, who was also from the Red Lotus Tower, naturally wanted to defend her teacher. She stood up suddenly, propped her hands on the table and said dissatisfiedly: "What does this mean! The Red Lotus Tower had already decided to include Jenny. Why do you, the Tower of China, suddenly come to interfere?"
Glade raised his eyebrows, glanced at the angry female magician in front of him, and sneered, "What's the big deal? Since the Seven Towers, it is normal for magicians to compete for high-quality apprentices. I think Miss Jenny has good aptitude, but it's a pity for her to learn elemental magic. If she learns magic from my lineage, her future achievements will be much greater."
"Nonsense, what can you see from such a distance?" Pera said angrily.
Glade said with a smile: "Little wizard, if you can't do something, don't assume that others can't do it either. Let's not talk about this kid, let's talk about you. When you practice, do you get distracted easily when you meditate for more than two hours? Do you easily shake when you let your spiritual power touch an object? Have you never been able to break through the realm of spiritual thoughts and objects?"
Pella was called a little wizard by a young man who looked seven or eight years younger than her. She was very angry at first, but the other party's words suppressed her anger. She even felt a chill on her back, as if someone was watching her secretly during her training. She asked in panic, "How do you know so much?"
As the spirit of the "Soul-granting Magic Book", Glade's ability to see through people's souls is his natural talent. What he just said was merely a judgment and speculation based on the state of his soul.
"My secret technique." Glade stood up and looked at Susanna on the stage and said, "This is where our China Tower is powerful, so my judgment about Miss Jenny is not wrong. Lady Susanna, are you willing to give this little guy to me?"
"This... Lord Glade." The baron spoke at this time, "I am grateful that you recognize my daughter's ability. But I am a man who values agreements. We have already discussed it with Lord Susanna, and it has also been approved by the Lord of the Red Lotus Tower. So..."
"Your Excellency Baron, please wait and let me finish what I am saying. For Jenna, the difference between the two paths is huge, as big as the difference between a great magician and a high-level magician."
"What? The great magician?" The guests around started talking loudly.
In this world, high-level magicians are extremely rare. Great magicians are even rarer. Once a magic tower fails to find a suitable successor in a certain generation, its strength will decline. For example, the current owner of the Red Lotus Tower is only at the level of a high-level magician, which is not uncommon in magic towers.
Now, Glade actually said that Jenny could reach the realm of a great magician by following him. This made everyone imagine a lot. Many people also thought they understood why he suddenly came out to snatch people. A person who could become the successor of a great magician represented the power of a magic tower for decades. It would be strange if the magicians didn't fight for it.
Many guests even looked at the Baron, some with envy, some with jealousy, and some even urged the Baron to agree quickly.
Even Israel behind him whispered, "Father, if it was a great magician, this..."
"Shut up." The baron covered his mouth and whispered.
On the stage, Susanna frowned and said, "I can't believe this. I have never heard of someone being able to see through a person's life achievements with just one look. Otherwise, you only need to take a look and you will see that all the magic apprentices you select are geniuses. No matter what your purpose is, if you continue like this, you are provoking the Red Lotus Tower."
Glade walked up to the stage step by step: "Provocation? Then provoke. Let's just have a magic duel. Whoever wins will be eligible to include Jenny, how about it?"
"Why should I duel with you?" Susanna looked at Glade solemnly.
"Don't you know that this is the traditional way for wizards to compete for apprentices? Or... the Red Lotus Tower doesn't dare to accept the challenge of the Chinese Tower?"
As soon as these words came out, Susanna was pushed into a corner. She could not accept that the Red Lotus Tower retreated in front of the newly arrived Chinese Tower. Otherwise, it would have an unpredictable impact on the local power structure. She said coldly: "Okay. How do you compare?"
"It's very simple. We use this platform as the boundary. Whoever knocks the other party off the platform wins."
The guests below were all very excited. They didn't expect that they could see magicians fighting each other today.
The Baron knew that he couldn't stop the two people on the stage, so he called down Jenny, the 'culprit' of the incident, and asked the guards to move the table in front of the stage away.
Looking at the two people standing opposite each other on the stage, about to start the competition, Ackley said, "Father, will there be any problem in letting the Chinese take action?"
The baron glanced at Chen Hansheng and Kalanda on the stage, and said, "They are just chickens and ducks under the claws of an eagle. What's the problem? Can the Chinese play any tricks on our territory?"
"I'm just afraid they'll find out something."
"If they find out, what are they going to do here? To die?"
"Father," Hahn asked, "if the Chinese win, what about our plans for tonight?"
"Of course we will continue! Just like before, we will catch them if we can, and kill them if we can't."
"But what if what Glade said is true?" Israel still felt it was a pity.
"You brothers, use your brains." The baron looked angry. "These people just want to take the opportunity to destroy our alliance with the Red Lotus Tower. What we want is not an invisible and intangible great magician, but a real ally!"