A new round of selection of magic apprentices in Cassano has begun again. This time, Ryan has relaxed the qualifications of the candidates. He no longer only selects from Cassano’s permanent residents, but expands the entire scope to areas controlled by the Holy Alliance Empire. Within the scope, in other words, even from Mirror Lake in the northern prairie, Moon Moon City on the edge of the Silent Forest in the south, or Liberty Paradise, the commercial capital in the southeast, there are young people between the ages of 12 and 24, both men and women. He may become the direct student of the legendary magician Ryan. As soon as this news was released, the entire continent was shocked. Countless families dragged their children and daughters to the Iron Fist Castle, hoping to have a chance to be selected by the Cassano Magic Guild and start their own business. magical journey,
In fact, the selection of magic apprentices this time also included the selection of Red's new priests, but the latter has been kept secret. When hundreds of thousands of outsiders poured into Cassano, Ryan was also attracted by everyone. His enthusiasm was startled. Because there were so many people coming, Ryan had to temporarily stop the teachings of Barbara's magic army and let the hundreds of magic apprentices join the selection process in public.
The flow of a large number of people has also led to the prosperity of business. The Friendship Chamber of Commerce in Flanner and the Dolock Business Alliance in Chilaviv have mobilized a large number of manpower and materials to Cassano to help Ryan provide logistical support for this selection. , of course they also made a lot of money, so there is no need to elaborate.
What Ryan disliked the most was this kind of trivial matter, so he simply handed over the entire selection matter to Barbara, and then asked Sister Natasha to assist her. In order to prevent a large influx of personnel, Cassano brought Senat Secret agents and spies were engaged in sabotage work. Ryan assigned Sophie's shadow to strengthen secret investigation and surveillance. He also took the opportunity to suspend Sophie's tattoo matter and reused Sophie to show that Ryan would not abandon each other. This move was made by An Sophie Heart, and the suspension of tattooing Sophie can be regarded as a small warning. Ryan believes that Sophie will understand his intention.
As for Ryan himself, he stayed with Vivian and Adela all day long. Of course, this was not just about hugging and enjoying the tenderness, but spending most of his time instructing them on the use of magic. Under the guidance of a legendary strongman of this level, Adela and Vivian's strength improved very quickly. After only 5 days, Adela had completely mastered the new combat method and slowly formed it. Develop your own style,
Vivian's progress will be much slower. After all, Adela's combat method has only been improved, and Vivian simply overturned and relearned. On the one hand, she had to learn archery from the Moon Temple guard Seres. On the one hand, she has to learn how to release magic from Ryan, and then she has to blend the two together. While moving at high speed, she can skillfully release magic attacks such as explosive arrows and ice arrows, which also keeps her busy. Yes,
Just when Ryan thought he had resolved this hidden internal war, a piece of news from the imperial capital was placed on his dining table. At this time, Ryan was having lunch with Vivian and Adela. Ryan was originally in a good mood. Pleasant, but when he read the entire message, his face immediately turned livid. His change also shocked Vivian and Adela. They took the message from Ryan, and then ordered Ryan Why are you so angry
It turned out that just one day ago, there was a conflict in the Imperial City's Church of Light. 12 cardinals quarreled over a small matter at a regular meeting, and everyone finally broke up. Originally, this was fine, but this time the quarrel turned out to be a big deal. Soon it spread to the entire Church of Light, and the 12 cardinals were divided into three factions, and everyone officially broke up with each other. Their priests are now strangers in St. Nebiro Cathedral, and just last night In the early morning, armed clashes even broke out between radicals and conservatives.
This is the thing that Ryan can't tolerate the most. It's like he can sit back and watch the women around him have some small thoughts of his own, but he will never allow such selfishness to affect the overall situation. Now the undead army is eyeing it, as the light with the power to restrain evil creatures The church actually broke out into armed conflicts because of some small grudges. What on earth do they want to do? Could it be that the undead army has occupied the entire continent and will they leave their humble lives behind
There are three factions currently divided into the Church of Light. One advocates compromise with Senat. They believe that the honor of God is the most important. In order to restore the dignity of the Holy See, even if the road is a little bumpy, it is acceptable. This faction is called The radical faction, with a total of 6 cardinals, is the strongest.
Another faction believes that the Church of Light should not have any interaction with evil creatures in any case, otherwise it will violate God's intention of creating the Church of Light. Now Senat has become inseparable from the Army of the Undead, and his northern defense line has been completely handed over to The Army of the Undead is defending. In this case, the Church of Light should launch a holy war to completely destroy the evil creatures. This faction is called the conservatives. They are weak and only have 4 cardinals.
The last faction claims that all those who believe in the gospel of God should be members of the Church of Light. These two cardinals advocate uniting all believers and re-electing a leader who can lead everyone to a bright future.
The intelligence obtained by Ryan was obviously carefully collected. Many details were written on it for reference, and there were also a large number of annotations. Many things that were not yet certain would be labeled as "rumored" or "unauthorized". Confirmed" and other signs, this is probably because the first-hand information is passed on as soon as possible.
Adela put the information in her hand back on the dining table. She was the last one among the three to read the information. Vivian glanced at Adela, then carefully comforted Ryan and said, "Don't worry. The Imperial Capital has Sister Faras, as well as Master Victor and General Orlando, and they will handle this matter well."
Ryan shook his head and spoke: "If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid the whole thing was planned by Master Victor behind the scenes. I didn't expect it to turn out like this. Alas, it seems that I was too optimistic before. , thinking that eliminating a few careerists can revitalize the Church of Light, but it seems that I am still far inferior to Victor."
"No wonder Sister Faras proposed asking Red to form an army of priests. I'm afraid this matter was already within her expectation." Adela also said in a low voice,
"Actually, I'm not angry, but sad." Ryan smiled bitterly, pointing to this information and said: "We humans are not as powerful as dwarves, not as agile as elves, not as durable as orcs, and we have no magic talent. Now we can become the leader of the mainland. Master, it’s all because we are united enough, but unfortunately, many people have forgotten this, and all kinds of fights have arisen.”
Ryan took a sip of water and continued: "Look, there is such a big thing happening in the imperial capital now. Could it be that Victor used the forbidden spell to force them to engage in armed conflict? Obviously this is impossible. I guess Victor is nothing more than They just created an inducement, which triggered the ambitions of these guys, and then... Huh, radical, conservative, and neutral, I think they are all the same. I'm afraid they all mean to restore the papacy. The current battle is nothing more than to see who will take the leadership position in the future and who can get more benefits."
"Believers of God, I think even beggars living in the filthiest slums are better than these superior bastards. Fortunately, I am not a pastor. Otherwise, if I were to attack these scum, I would be the first to fall to them. He is a demigod lich. At least the undead army does not have so many intrigues. It can just focus on studying strength, and it will save them from getting angry." Ryan punched the table hard and said fiercely,
Vivian and Adela looked at each other, but wisely shut their mouths, as if they had heard nothing just now, but Ryan continued without saying anything: "Where there are people, there are disputes, hehe, I really understand now This is the truth. You can’t live too comfortably today. Look at how many magister students there were under Archmage Meren 200 years ago. Now, just 200 years have made most people corrupt. Then once again we face a life-and-death crisis, and once again we spend a huge price to reverse the situation, and then let these guys continue to fall."
When Ryan said this, he suddenly smiled at Vivian: "Even the women around me have some thoughts in their hearts, let alone those in high positions who are full of ambitions, but the women around me are racking their brains. In order to please me, having such thoughts shows that she cares about me, doesn't it? But once these careerists are allowed to fight openly and secretly, human power will quickly decline. After all, these bastards are not thinking about how to improve their own power. To deal with a crisis, it’s about how to eliminate forces stronger than yourself so that they can’t threaten you.”
Vivian and Adela were frightened into cold sweats by Ryan's words, but Ryan said that these were not directed at the two of them. They were just speaking out of their feelings. By the way, they wanted to remind the two women around them that when they saw themselves After his words achieved their purpose, Ryan smiled again, pulled Vivian and Adela into his arms, and then kissed them on the cheeks.
"Don't worry, I know how you two feel about me. After all, we have a soul contract. Otherwise, how could I guess your thoughts?" Ryan smiled and comforted the two women: "Well, let's let these things go. Come on, besides, I seem to be the one who takes advantage in the end of a fight like yours, so I don’t seem qualified to say anything, hahahaha.”
"Disgusting." Vivian and Adela pushed Ryan's shoulders almost in unison, but their hearts settled down. Obviously Ryan didn't care about their little hidden war, as long as It does not affect the overall situation, unlike the cardinals of the Church of Light who fight for a little benefit. I believe Ryan will be happy to see their little thoughts.
Speaking of which, a group of women trying to please a man is the same as a group of believers trying to please their gods. Those stupid cardinals keep fighting like this, but they don’t know that even if they become the so-called pope, they will still not be able to please their gods. Well, it’s like one of the women in that group of women fights the others, but after she wins and thinks that she can be favored, her actions may disgust the man, and the final result may be that the man simply drives away the women around her. Let yourself be a worry-free woman, and then find some new people to favor you who can please him better.