Kevin Rosser, an ordinary mage aristocrat, the family that was originally declining has a slight rise because of his mage qualifications.
But all of this changed completely when he tried hard to revitalize his family.
He was actually selected as one of the subjects who could sign oaths with various dragons in a selection of mages.
This is a supreme honor. In the entire Dirada Empire, only when mages reach the fifth level can they be qualified to be called archmages, and only then can they be qualified to achieve the same status as nobles. And the fourth-level mage belongs to the position of no up and down.
Kevin originally thought that he was already in his thirties, and he had almost used up his potential as a mage, and it was impossible to go any further, but he didn't expect such good luck.
"Maybe it can bring a new turning point to my daughter and the family." With this thought in mind, he went to the empire test site.
In the Yuanyuan test point building, he realized that he was not a rare candidate at all.
There are more than a dozen mages in their town alone among the selected oath subjects, and there are even third-level and second-level mages among them. God knows how the second-level mage got in. You must know that the Dragon Covenant needs a huge reward to support a summon.
"It's your turn." Kevin was pushed by the people in line behind him, and he came back to his senses, stepped forward, and signed his name on the text above.
"If you are selected by the dragons, this badge will directly become your summoning item, and it is a communication coordinate. It must be kept away." The official in charge whispered. He is also a fifth-level archmage, with a hint of condescension. , said lightly.
"Understood, Your Excellency." Kevin hurriedly left the team with the badge, turned around and glanced at the people in line behind, there were seven or eight more. I was a little puzzled.
After walking out of the test point, he looked back worriedly. The white test point was as round as a bread. There were still mages coming from a distance outside. They got off the carriage and walked inside.
And these mages all have one thing in common, that is, they are rich.
Kevin was a little depressed. When he just received the news of being selected, he thought he was lucky. He didn't expect so many people to be selected.
"Master Kevin."
A clear voice came from beside him.
Kevin heard the sound and looked over. It was a young lady with green skin. He recognized that this was Serena, the only druid around the town.
"Tree skin technique? Master Serena, what trouble are you in?" He asked in surprise. Only when preparing for battle would he apply tree skin technique to himself. This thing belongs to the fifth-level spell and lasts for a long time. It can last a full day.
"No, I just met a raging wild boar." Serena didn't say much, the druids were all neutral and indifferent. They rarely tell outsiders about their own private affairs.
"It's you." She glanced at the badge in Kevin's hand. "I'll give you a piece of advice. If it were me, I would never accept this badge. Once the Dragon Clan is summoned, you know what will happen next."
The relationship between Serena and Kevin is not bad, and the two often have transactions in medicine and medicinal materials. It is quite interesting for her to say this.
"What do you mean?" Kevin is not an idiot, and immediately connected with a series of actions of the empire recently.
"The upper echelons of the empire have already signed dragon oaths with thirteen clans including red dragons, black dragons, white dragons, and green dragons. This year, hundreds of adult dragon clans and hundreds of young dragons entered the empire to sign oaths. Why exactly?"
Serena said something lightly, then glanced at the badge in Kevin's hand. "Don't make people around you sad."
After speaking, she slowly left along the khaki-colored street, and walked towards her residence, ignoring Kevin.
Kevin stood in front of his carriage, feeling a little dazed for a moment. He was not a fifth-level professional like Serena. Any professional who was an archmage, a druid could also be called an archdruid, and The fourth level is completely two qualitative change classes, and the information channels that can be obtained are also different. Obviously, Serena's warning was obviously a good intention.
"Master?" the coachman asked in a low voice beside him, "Do you want to go?"
Kevin looked down at the badge on his hand.
"Kevin?" A beautiful female mage in the distance saw him from afar and called out tenderly. "You can actually get the badge? Tsk tsk, anyone can get the badge now."
The female mage was followed by an old man in the robes of a great mage, about fifty years old, and looked strong, but he just glanced at Kevin.
"I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you're still standing still, Kevin."
"Archmaster Sendra, Alice." Kevin forced a smile. Polite response.
"The gray robes of the Council of Gray Shadows are really casual, and such an important badge is so random." Alice said bitterly. "What's the point of giving a badge to a low-level mage who has no hope of advancing, and consuming all his wealth with one summon?"
The other mages around all looked this way for a while, and there were some passers-by on the side of the road. For a while, Kevin only felt that the people around him seemed to be watching him. Everyone's gazes pierced his skin like spikes.
"What did you tell me back then?" Alice was not going to let him go, "Sooner or later, I will stand in front of you as an archmage! I will make you regret it!" She learned an impassioned attitude The tone is loud. Then he looked at Kevin, who was now bowing his head, with bitter eyes.
"Now? Now I don't regret it at all."
"Can I go?" Kevin felt sore. At the beginning, he was impulsive and uttered bold words, thinking that man can conquer nature, and he would be able to overcome the innate limitations of aptitude and become a fifth-level archmage. As a result, more than ten years later, he is still the same. At level four, there is still no hope of breaking through.
Level five, this is the level that countless professionals envy. Those who can reach this level are all those who have found the specialization of their own unique skills.
As for the fifth-level archmage, he can be much stronger than ordinary mages, and the key lies in an instant spell skill.
Being able to master the instant casting skill with a level-0 or above spell specialization will consume twice the daily spell slots, but in battle, such a skill is enough for mages to gain an absolute advantage in battle without having to chant when facing the enemy.
This is a qualitative change.
"Go, go, say this every time, it's boring." Alice obviously wanted to embarrass him on purpose. In fact, even if the mages are not as hypocritical and polite as the nobles, they will not go too far in such a public. Alice did this because the conflict between the two was too extreme.
When she abandoned Kevin to find her current archmage partner, she once planned to give Kevin a lot of compensation because of guilt, but was kicked out of the house by Kevin in public and threw out all the compensation. At that time, she swore aloud impulsively, One day, he will definitely break through to the archmage and stand in front of her to make him and her regret.
But more than ten years have passed, and their daughters have grown up to more than ten years old. Kevin is still at the fourth level. Like most other low-level mages, he will almost never see the opportunity to break through at the fifth level.
One out of a hundred mages can break through the fifth level, which is already a very high proportion. This is as cruel as the threshold from an apprentice to a full-fledged mage.
When Kevin got into the carriage, even the coachman felt hot on his face, pumped his horse's ass vigorously, and left the scene quickly.
Houses and shops on both sides passed by one after another, and there were a lot more outsiders on the surrounding roads, but Kevin didn't have the slightest intention to observe these.
There was a fire in his heart, and he wanted to vent it, but he didn't know how to do it.
He didn't dare to do anything. The archmage that Alice found had his own mage tower. The class is also different.
A fifth-level archmage within the range of the mage tower is enough to confront a sixth-level professional head-on.
So that old man named Archmage Sendra is not something he can contend and disobey.
Now he just wants to go home and look after his daughter. As long as her daughter can have a better development and future, everything will be fine.
Now his daughter is everything to him.
He pinned all his hopes on Maria.
The town is not big, the carriage left the town, bypassed the Church of the Lord of the Forest, and it was his family residence, a fairly nice small manor.
A large windmill stands between several Susukida, and the innermost one is a small black stone house with its own front garden. Looking from a distance, you can see someone tending flowers and plants in the garden.
Kevin looked at the figure in the garden in the distance, it was a young and slim girl in her teens. He also wears a mage robe, but it is a special robe with a crescent moon logo on the white chest.
That crescent represents the elite organization under the Council of Gray Shadows—the Moonscar Watchers. Every one selected into the Moonscar Watchers is an absolute genius, an elite who has the opportunity to directly enter the level of an archmage in the future.
The Gray Shadow Council is a huge mage organization that spans the Dirada Empire. If the Snow City in the Dirada Empire is the highest gathering place for court mages, then the Gray Shadow Council is the entire area, including the five great empires. The behemoth of the alliance of all mages. He represents the glory and acme of the Battle Mage of the Northland. It is not comparable to a snow city at all. In the entire Northland, he is the strongest existence that is well-deserved, with the highest dominance.
Whenever he sees the crescent moon sign on his daughter, Kevin will feel a deep sense of relief in his heart. He can't do it, but his daughter will definitely be able to go up.
The carriage followed the field path and arrived in front of his house.
Kevin got out of the car and ordered the driver to put the carriage away, while he strode towards his daughter.
"Maria," he called out before he got any closer. "Aren't you in Kosoya? Are you free to come back and see me?"
(end of this chapter)