"Welcome, my friend." As soon as Ryan entered the room, he heard an enthusiastic voice. He followed the voice and saw Hamfist, the president of the Magic Guild, sitting in his chair. Saying hello to him, this is the second time Ryan has seen the president. The last time it was he who personally awarded Ryan the title of junior magician.
"Hello, Mr. President." Ryan immediately returned the greeting. Although he did not stand up to greet him, Ryan felt that it was very natural, not to mention that the other party was a magician and a member of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild. President, even in terms of age, Ryan is forty or fifty years younger than the other party. What if Hamfest stood up to surprise Ryan
"Well, this is Vivian, and Barbara." Hamfist, the president of the Magic Guild in the Imperial City, smiled at the two women next to Ryan and said, "Well, Vivi is safe. The magic items on my body are probably your masterpiece, and Barbara, I didn’t expect you to actually accept a student.”
Hamfist's tone seemed very familiar to Ryan. This not only made Vivian and the others feel strange, but also Deimos found it baffling. He had been with the president all the time and had never heard that the president knew the law in advance. Bea, but Deimos didn’t have time to think about what this meant. He heard Hamfist say to him: “Deimos, Vivian and Barbara are here for the first time. As guests, you take them to my collection room No. 2, and ask each of them to pick two pieces at will, and they will be regarded as gifts from me."
"As you command, President." Demos bowed respectfully, then looked at Vivian and Barbara, motioning for them to follow him, but Vivian and Barbara turned their attention to Ryan obviously wanted to listen to Ryan's orders. Ryan was a little hesitant. He didn't understand the meaning of this move. However, Hamfist seemed to have guessed Ryan's thoughts and said, "What we are going to talk about next is about your promotion." For those who are not good at magic, this will be very boring, so it is better to let them choose some gifts that they can use."
"Promotion, why should I be promoted in the Magic Guild?" Ryan said casually: "Whether I get a magician-level title has nothing to do with whether I have the corresponding power."
"You have such strength and refuse to be promoted. Don't you have to watch those fools who are full of fraud." Hamfist said with a smile: "Isn't it, my friend?"
"Ah, it turns out..." Ryan cried out,
"Yes, I originally thought that you should be a student of one of my friends, but I didn't expect that my idea was confirmed as soon as we met. No wonder you can do this." Hamfist said with a smile.
Ryan was silent for a few seconds, then turned to Vivian and Barbara and said, "Go ahead and choose carefully. The chairman's personal collection will not be too bad, but remember to choose what suits you, not what you choose." The most powerful one, do you understand?"
"Yeah." The two women nodded together, and they followed Deimos out.
When there were only two people left in the room, Hamfest gently waved his arm to activate the magic defense barrier in the study. Then he stood up solemnly and said sternly to Ryan: "Okay. Now, there are only two of us, you can take off the mask, Ryan."
This was the first time that Ryan had his name called out by an outsider, but he was also mentally prepared, because of Hamfist's words just now: "You have such strength and refuse to be promoted. Do you have to watch those... Is it filled with fools who commit fraud?" It was exactly what the president said when he persuaded him to be promoted face to face, and only the two of them knew this.
Seeing Ryan take off the mask, Hamfist nodded and said: "Don't be restrained, just feel free to do it. I didn't expect that you have only been away for 3 years, and your strength has actually increased to a daunting level. If I give it to you again, In ten years, I’m afraid the second Victor will be born.”
"You're too complimentary, but I really want to know how you know my identity." Ryan only exchanged greetings and immediately asked the doubts in his heart.
Hamfist laughed loudly and said: "If you weren't so arrogant, I wouldn't be able to see you, and I wouldn't know your identity. But you actually unified the entire chaotic Cassano by yourself, and then ran to the imperial capital. Come, so I have the opportunity to see you with my own eyes. Of course, if you use makeup in other ways, I may not be able to see it, but you are using a magic mask passed down from the Meren line. This thing was the great mage Jie The president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild at the time never married for her, so I read the record about this magic item in the private notes he left."
After listening to Hamfist's explanation, Ryan could only face it with a wry smile. It can be said that there are only three people in this continent who can see through this magic mask, and he actually met one of them in the imperial capital. However, It seemed that the other party did not intend to harm himself, so in the end, Ryan sat generously opposite Hamfist.
"Tell me, why did you invite me here?" Ryan asked straight to the point the biggest doubt in his heart.
"Haha, don't worry. In fact, they are just some simple things that must be completed before a certain time." Hamfist said with a smile: "According to the information we got, tonight Farasi and Victor They will go to you together and offer generous terms to win over you, the overlord of Cassano, to join them, so I have to do a few things on my side before they do, otherwise there will be trouble, big trouble. ."
"No way, you are the president of the Magic Guild in the Imperial Capital. Theoretically, even Victor is under your jurisdiction." Ryan spread his hands and played rogue with Hamfist: "I'm just a What trouble can a little junior magician have?"
"You also know that you are a junior magician. Even ten senior magicians may not be your opponent with your current strength. Your strength and reputation do not match. Isn't this troublesome?" Hamfist said: "I I know what you are going to say about being low-key, but please think about it. For a talent who is at least a senior magician, our Imperial Capital Magic Guild only gives him the title of junior magician. This will cause the entire Imperial Capital magic system to collapse. .”
Ryan wanted to defend a few more words, but Hamfist's last sentence made him silent. Indeed, that kind of situation would make the other party as the president very troublesome. In addition, he has been having trouble with the Imperial Capital Magic Guild. The Moonlight City Magic Guild is instigating this, and by then there may be more problems.
"Okay, it's just this little thing. You can just give me any instructions. Why do you have to ask me to come this afternoon?"
"Ryan, you are the authority, so you don't think too much about some details." Hamfist said: "If I haven't guessed, the matter of Faras and the others visiting you tonight was deliberately leaked. It seems that they will win over you at all costs, but in fact you have secretly joined in. Well, these are your matters. It is inconvenient for me as an outsider to say anything, but now I have finally managed to get the Magic Guild of the Imperial Capital to be in the law. Lasi and Catherine maintain a neutral relationship. If you miss today and wait for Faras to announce that you have joined them in a high-profile manner, and I ask you for promotion again, wouldn’t it mean that I am going to side with Faras."
"this… "
"So you must complete these procedures this afternoon, so that the Imperial Capital Magic Guild can continue to maintain neutrality, and at the same time, you can also stop thinking about the Moon City. Don't forget, although you were in the north when you first started doing the test, The magician who gave you the test was Blair's student." Hamfist said: "If I hadn't forcibly promoted you to a junior magician, and you got close to Faras and Victor, I'm afraid you It was branded as Wangyue City.”
"This... I always thought that only the secular world would have such messy things. I didn't expect that the Magic Guild would also..." Ryan said distressedly: "Can't everyone focus on studying magic?"
"Don't be naive. Where there are people, there will be disputes. Even if you become a lich, you will still have this kind of trouble." Hamfist said coldly: "Besides, you are Victor's student. There are many things I I won’t hide it from you, but do you know how the rivalry between the two magic guilds of the Imperial Capital and Moon Moon City came about? It was all controlled by Fernando II, so that the magicians could never unite to shake the rule of the empire. Maybe, because all the strength has been consumed by the endless disputes.”
"Alas." Ryan let out a long sigh. He didn't know how innocent his longing for peace was. It's just that there must always be some hope in people's hearts, and they can't be filled with desire and violence.
Hamfist changed his tone and continued: "Okay, don't be too discouraged. In fact, we all know the purpose of the rulers doing this. Haven't you noticed that although there are various events in the Imperial Capital and Moon City every year? There are countless exchanges, open or secret contests, but there are no real fights. Humph, although everyone has huge and almost irreparable differences in their understanding of power, we are all magicians, so there is no need. Put your strength into harming your fellow humans."
Seeing that his words had hit Ryan a bit, Hamfist softened his tone, changed the topic and said to the latter: "Okay, don't talk about this. In fact, some means are inevitable. The key is your own heart. You have to grasp it and don't be blinded by those illusions. Let's go, I will personally conduct this strength test for you, and you are not allowed to be secretive anymore, otherwise I will publicize your true identity."