In the garden, four mercenaries fell in a pool of blood, one of them was scorched black, and the other three had fatal slashing wounds. From the injuries alone, we could tell who killed them. The space magician was lying on the ground, his nose was clear and his face was swollen, and his chest was heaving slightly. He should be alive. Maybe Uther planned to take this space magician for his own use, or maybe it was just for information. It was hard to say.
"Karl died?" Barbara asked.
Liang Lidong replied: "Dead, no bones left."
Barbara was a little sad, and she said very puzzled: "Although Karl is very cold, when I encountered magic problems and couldn't understand it when I was young, I would ask him. I got a lot of magic from him. Theoretical knowledge, it stands to reason that he has a good relationship with our Langman family, why would he betray us, Huo Levin!"
Liang Lidong shook his head: "He didn't betray Huo Levin, he just betrayed the friendship of your Langman family. I don't know what kind of person Enleco is who has enmity with you, but I believe he is at least Huo Levin People, your struggle is at most just an internal struggle among the Hollevin nobles, and it has not risen to the point of betraying the country."
Barbara became more and more puzzled: "Then why did he betray the friendship of our Langman family?"
"Because he can't see hope in the Langman family." Liang Lidong said lightly.
"Is it because I'm a woman?" Barbara glanced at Kyle and said, "My future husband will definitely be in charge of Winterwind City. I personally don't need to manage the government affairs of Winterwind City. If he is dissatisfied with me, he can If we speak up, we can slowly discuss why we should turn to our family's enemies if we want to revitalize Winterwind City."
"Actually, this is just an excuse." Liang Lidong glanced at Uther who was silent beside him: "The real reason is that your Langman family cannot support two magicians at the same time. Barbara, you are very talented. If you To become a qualified magician, you need to spend a lot of gold coins. Learning magic requires money, and improving magic requires money, and it is a lot of money. Personally, I estimate that 3,000 gold coins are just a start, and more than 6,000 is a normal budget .Although your Langman family has run Winterwind City for hundreds of years and accumulated a lot of gold coins, you are a military family. No matter how many gold coins you have accumulated, it will not exceed 10,000! Although Karl has the problem of unstable mental space , but his aptitude is actually higher than yours. To cultivate him, you need more gold coins. It’s not that I underestimate your Langman family, but you really can’t support two magicians at the same time! Your father can’t give up on himself daughter, and turned to train an outsider. Karl saw this and left."
"If I'm not wrong, your enemy Enleco should be very rich, or the family behind him is very rich. So he can afford a magician to be an assassin, and he can also persuade Karl to serve them. In this The world, a lot of gold coins, at some point, can also be converted into personal strength!"
Barbara asked in surprise: "Father, is that so? How many gold coins have I spent learning magic over the years?"
Uther smiled wryly and didn't speak, which was a tacit agreement. Barbara was deeply shocked, she muttered to herself: "It turns out that Karl's departure is actually related to me. It would be fine if I didn't have the talent for magic."
"Okay, this is the end of the matter, and it's useless to regret it." Uther comforted: "You are my daughter, and if I don't help you, why should I help outsiders? Learning magic is a good thing, and finally something happened in our family." Spellcaster, even if I sell the castle, I will train you to be a first-class magician, so don’t worry about money.”
Barbara nodded, but her expression was not very happy. Kyle was on the sidelines, thoughtful.
What Liang Lidong said was not only for Barbara, but also for Kyle. Liang Lidong is very clear about the bitterness of a magician. In fact, money is only a small problem, and the most troublesome thing is to analyze magic. Because player magicians have received systematic education, most of them are highly educated talents. They are proficient in 'research' and know how to learn new knowledge. What's more, because of the existence of 'network', player magicians can communicate with each other. No, get together in a chat room to brainstorm.
But npc mages are different. They have indeed received a certain amount of education, but it is not systematic. Moreover, they often keep their eyes peeled. Liang Lidong has seen too many npc magicians who are stumped by the magic modeling diagrams they finally obtained, and they can't learn that magic even after analyzing it for several years.
On average, player magicians learn new magic much faster than npc magicians, but even so, player magicians still feel that their youth is wasted on analyzing magic, let alone npc magicians.
Liang Lidong flicked his fingers to cancel the fog driving magic, and the white fog in the castle gradually disappeared. The nobles who couldn't see the way cheered at this moment. They looked for their relatives and friends everywhere, and the garden was noisy for a while.
"Let's go back first." Liang Lidong pointed to the second floor that was still burning: "I know you will have a lot of things to deal with soon, so I won't bother you. Help you deal with the rewards of Karl and others. When you have time, send Send them to Reed Village."
Uther said in surprise: "Aren't we comrades-in-arms? Talking about money is too hurtful."
"Heh, who is your comrade-in-arms now." Liang Lidong clicked his tongue: "If my reward is gone, I don't mind being the second Karl."
"I've never seen such an ascetic believer who is greedy for money!" Uther muttered.
Liang Lidong laughed loudly: "I'm a believer in the goddess Wojin, and it's only natural to love money."
Uther was stunned for a moment. He had never heard of the name 'Goddess Woking', but he could guess from the other party's words that most of the priesthood in this god's mansion was related to money. He responded twice and brought the topic to Elsewhere, while Barbara went underground to the castle and canceled the closed magic barrier.
As soon as the barrier was canceled, a large group of cavalry rushed into the garden from the suspension bridge. The leader was a woman who looked a bit like Barbara. Her chain mail was stained with blood and she looked quite anxious. Her eyes searched around the garden, and when she saw Uther, she immediately dismounted and galloped over, throwing herself into the arms of the man: "I was scared to death outside just now, are you okay, Barbara..."
"Let's go!"
Taking advantage of the gap between Uther and his wife, Liang Lidong took Kyle away.
Crossing the suspension bridge with a group of panicked nobles, the two quickly found the old village chief who was waiting anxiously. He was relieved when he saw his grandson coming out with no blood on his body.
The three of them got into the carriage by the side of the remote road, and the driver was still Kyle, who was silent all the way. When he was about to return to the village, he finally spoke: "Teacher, you said that as long as I can stand in front of Barbara, you will teach me to learn combat expertise. Have I passed the test?"
"Of course."
Liang Lidong originally planned to teach Kyle to be a professional and let him dance with Barbara, just to promote good things for boys and girls. Besides, in the battle just now, although Kyle didn't contribute much, his composure was extraordinary. It can be seen that in terms of willpower, he is far superior to ordinary people. Such a person is very suitable to become a professional.
"Are you going to focus on magic, or continue to learn swordsmanship?"
"Swordsmanship!" Kyle said without hesitation.
"Why don't you learn magic?" Liang Lidong asked with a smile.
Kyle replied: "Learning magic requires too much gold coins. Even the owner's family can barely afford a magician. Our family..."
The old village chief's expression darkened as he listened. Although he didn't quite agree with his grandson becoming a mercenary, he would not be too opposed to becoming a magician. After all, magicians have a high status. But now his grandson has given up becoming a magician because of his family background. In the eyes of the old man, this is his responsibility. He has no skills, and he can't even earn money for his grandson to learn magic.
"Since it's decided, you can come to me tomorrow afternoon... Well, by the way, call Beilene."
When the carriage returned to the entrance of the village, Liang Lidong went back to his small thatched cottage first. He lay down on the bed and stretched comfortably. He was tired all day, and now he can finally sleep well.
Joan jumped off his shoulders and asked: "You want to teach Kyle to become a professional, I can understand that he is indeed a good seed. But why do you want him to call Beilene together? Beilene is not suitable for melee combat professional."
"But she is suitable to be a pastor! You don't need physical fitness to be a pastor, only normal intelligence and a pious attitude are enough." Liang Lidong said: "After the past few days of observation, I found that her attention is very concentrated, Even stronger than Kyle. After the establishment of the Temple of Woking Goddess, besides me, there must be someone to deal with daily affairs. If Belin can become a believer, it will be of great help. Besides, she becomes a believer, which is only good for her , no harm."
"Then why do you help them for free?" Joan of Arc asked again: "According to the knowledge I got from you, master, it is generally necessary to charge a large amount of gold coins to teach others to become professionals. I don't believe that the two of them can I can get it out."
Liang Lidong smiled, but did not speak. From the perspective of players, character experience is the most important thing, and money can only be ranked second. Teaching Kyle and Belin can gain some extra experience, so why not do it, money is not too difficult if he wants it, it just takes some work.
But Jeanne misunderstood: "You are too kind, forget it, you are the master, I don't care about it."
It shook its head and walked to the corner of the bed, rolled up the blanket and fell asleep.
The next day, Liang Lidong woke up, opened the character system, and found that he had gained 23 experience points at midnight last night.
"Leapfrog killing monsters really has high experience!"
Liang Lidong sighed in admiration, and then went to the river to teach the group of little guys how to read and tell them some principles of life.
Soon in the afternoon, Kyle dragged Belin to the small woods in the back mountain. Because he wanted to teach swordsmanship, Liang Lidong asked him to make some wooden swords. Kyle looked excited, while Belin looked puzzled. She didn't understand why she was called to this place by Master Beta.
"Belin, do you want to be a pastor?" Liang Lidong asked.
After the girl froze for a moment, her face brightened: "Master Beta, can I become a priest?"
"I can't guarantee it, but you have the potential." Liang Lidong patted the top of the girl's head and said, "It depends on whether you are serious enough and hardworking enough!"
"I am willing, please teach me the teacher." Belin was very clever, and she immediately changed her name to 'teacher'.
Liang Lidong drew a mark on the small tree next to him with a wooden sword, and said, "Sit on the grass and stare at this mark for a while, don't blink or move, even if insects bite you , can’t move, understand? If you understand, start immediately until I call stop.”
Belin nodded, and immediately ran to the small tree and sat down, staring at the fresh scratch.
"It's your turn next." Liang Lidong looked at the excited Kyle: "I heard you said that you learned a set of swordsmanship from mercenaries in the city, show me."
Kyle took two steps back, picked up the wooden sword and danced vigorously. The wooden sword pierced through the air and made a whining sound. It looked quite mighty. About six minutes later, Kyle made a movement of retracting the sword. He was sweating profusely and asked, "Teacher, how are you?"
"No shit!" Liang Lidong sarcastically mercilessly said, "You call it swordsmanship? The mercenary who taught you swordsmanship is teasing you!"