Chapter 247 Beltrand Castle
Inside the Golden Beat Tavern.
Lucian casually pulled a wooden chair and sat down, nodded calmly and gently and smiled: "Hello, I am sorry to trouble you with this mission, I don't know what to call it?" Lucian deliberately stretched out his right hand wearing the Holm crown ring "Element" from his pocket, just to let the two magicians opposite see it, identify himself, and take command of the mission team. This will reduce the possibility of him facing danger, so his every move is to grasp the demeanor of a leader or superior.
"Battle mage Charlotte, intermediate."
"Intermediate magician Sandra."
Although they are very confident in their magical strength, they are still more aware of the gap between the two sides when faced with Lucian Evans, who teamed up with Felipe to kill a high-level magician, not to mention Lucian's hidden unique magic or magic items, but the "Holm Crown" ring on his right middle finger can also defeat and destroy the two of them without suspense.
More importantly, according to the practice of the Magic Council, if the magic level of two magicians is not much different when they meet, and belongs to the same level, then the arcane level is given priority to determine the status, and Lucian Evans, the recipient of the Holm Crown Award, the highest honor symbol in the field of elemental magic, as a level 4 arcane artist, he has enough prestige and qualifications to be respected by most intermediate magicians.
Both aspects were suppressed by Lucian, Charlotte and Sandra naturally regarded him as the leader of the mission, but the two experienced in combat still retained some caution in their hearts, if in specific actions, Lucian did not show enough leadership ability to match his reputation and strength, then simply use him as an important combat force, and would not blindly listen and follow.
Understanding that the tavern environment was complicated, there was no need to reveal their respective magic levels and factions they were good at, Lucian turned to look at the two magic apprentices who had temporarily forgotten their fears due to surprise: "I am Lucian Evans, I need a guide, which one of you will follow?"
Before the two magic apprentices could answer, Lucian smiled again and said to Charlotte and Sandra: "For details, you will tell me on the way to the castle, things can't be delayed for too long, otherwise there will be more and more devils summoning through the restraints."
For Lucian's pragmatic style of not entangled in letting Susan and Scott tell the story in full again, Sandra and Battlemage Charlotte both nodded lightly in appreciation, which was in line with their standards of conduct.
After hearing Lucian's words, the two magic apprentices suddenly recalled the hellish scene in the castle, where the blood, internal organs, flesh, and burning flames on the ground seemed to still be biting at their hearts and nerves, a nightmare they would never want to encounter again!
"Okay, Mr. Evans, I, I'll tell you the details of the inside of the castle, so you don't need a guide, right?" Susan, who had burgundy hair and a haggard face, replied with her teeth colliding up and down.
The timid and thin Scott was so frightened that he couldn't even speak.
Lucian shook his head and said unhurriedly: "You should know that before the Nine Rings, no magic can read your memories completely, and you can only selectively conduct thought investigation, hypnosis narration, lie identification, etc., which can easily miss information about some important terrain in the castle and delay time. So I need a guide who can ask questions at any time. Don't worry, we have enough strength to protect an apprentice." As he spoke, Lucian used some hypnosis techniques.
The gentle and calm tone slowly calmed the emotions of the two magic apprentices, and Susan suddenly remembered the respect that the two intermediate magicians had towards Lucian just now: "Is he a high-level magician? Even if he doesn't, I'm afraid his strength also has five rings! Going to the castle together will be much less dangerous, and it can leave a good impression on him. Maybe in the future, when I, an apprentice without a teacher, have a hard life in the council, such a good impression will help me."
She had no hope of being apprenticed by a high-level or near-high-level magician, especially since she had officially started her studies with Beltran.
As magic apprentices in a remote county, although she and Scott had heard of the youngest winner of the Holm Crown Award, there was little information about this aspect due to the blockage of information, so there was not much discussion and did not connect the two for a while.
Mustering up her courage, Susan waved her burgundy hair: "Mr. Evans, I am willing to be your guide, but I am weak, I hope, I hope you can pay some attention to protect me."
At the same time, she quietly glanced at Scott, who was still trembling and did not dare to be a guide, and a hint of joy flashed through her heart: "Even if you have outstanding mental strength, arcane talent is very good, and is most valued in the heart of Teacher Beltrand, but timidity and atrophy are your Achilles heel, without the teacher's care, maybe you will not be able to compare to me in the future......" Jealousy and envy for Scott have been hidden in her heart for more than a year, At this time, the comparison between the two sides made her feel free from this "shadow".
"Very good, I admire your courage, this is a trait that a successful magician must have. It is not a peaceful and dangerous time, and it is difficult for magicians who do not know how to fight to survive. Even if you concentrate on arcane research, many unknown explorations also require certain risks and sufficient courage."
Lucian flicked his left neckline with his right hand, then stood up, took out his pocket watch from his lining pocket and opened it: "It's five o'clock in the afternoon, finish the mission before dark, if it's not finished by dark, we will exit the castle according to the situation and block the vicinity, because some undead and nightmare devils will be very scary at night."
Charlotte and Sandra followed suit, and replied briefly and forcefully, "Okay, Mr. Evans."
When Lucian and the others left, the adventurers became active as if they had lost their breath, and communicated with some excitement.
"Could that young magician just now be the legendary high-ranking official? Otherwise, how could the attitude of those two intermediate magicians be so respectful!" The long-bearded golden dwarf wiped his rough and hairy face, "But he is too young, right?"
Most adventurers have never seen high-level beings, because they are either great nobles, or are supported by the royal family, or live in places like the Sky City, or adventure in the terrifying dark mountains and various xenospaces, and have almost no intersection with low-level adventurers, even if they meet on the streets of Rentat, the adventurers will not recognize them.
The scar man sneered and returned to his usual state: "Don't look at him young, maybe he's hundreds of years old, older than your grandma's grandma's grandma's grandma......"
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Facing the biting cold wind, Lucian flew to the castle of "Beltran" with Charlotte and Sandra, and the forest below was covered with a thick layer of snow, occasionally revealing a little evergreen green.
「…… This is what happened and the general terrain inside the castle." Sandra, who flew with Susan with "winding technique", relayed the information just now to Lucian.
After saying that, seeing Susan shivering from the cold, Sandra casually blessed her with a "Enduring Elemental Damage" - this is ancient magic, although it has no effect on resisting the damage of elemental magic, but it is a good choice in an environment of elemental imbalance, and in the cognition of the ancient magic empire, high temperature and cold are both elemental imbalances, so it can be like the current heat system of "enduring cold" and "enduring heat" It magically allows the recipient to maintain a spring-like feeling in a cold environment within minus ten degrees Celsius and a high temperature of sixty or seventy degrees.
Lucian pushed his monocle and said, "Susan and Scott fled in a hurry and only noticed a few low-level demons, but we can't be careless. I am a three-ring magician, good at elements and astrology, and have some good magic items, how about you?"
"I am a four-ring battle mage, proficient in the magic of the four factions of elements, force fields, heat and change, and have magic items that match my strength." Charlotte looked intently at the castle built against the mountain in front of her, which slowly grew larger as the distance narrowed.
Sandra's gaze also shifted to the past, and she replied succinctly: "Four rings, electromagnetism, light and darkness, force field and summoning."
"Very good, if you need to deal with the summoning magic circle in the restraint room, I'll leave it to you." Lucian's black double-breasted long dress quickly burned with a layer of golden white flames, and quickly formed a shield around his whole body outside his body.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at the castle of "Beltran", Lucian used the Holm Crown Ring "Element" carelessly and stingily, triggering its five-ring magic "Powerful Flame Shield", which lasted for ten minutes before being broken.
Charlotte and Sandra also unleashed their strongest protective magic, the former's black battle mage robe emitted a transparent flowing light composed of countless magic symbols, which is the Magic Council's unique powerful field magic "Douglas's Spell Absorption Wall" that combines "secondary spell nullification barrier" and "protection energy damage".
The latter's skin and clothes quickly turned gray, resembling a stone statue, and then five colorful orbs appeared above her and Susan's heads.
Four-ring magic "Stone Skin Technique" and "Palmera's Energy Orb".
After using the "mechanized mind" to turn his brain into a mechanical state without emotions, Lucian's soul led the three magicians to the "Beltrang" castle not far away with a condescending and extremely calm attitude.
It is a black castle built around the top of a spire, and it looks like a ferocious monster lurking in a slightly dim environment at first.
The gate of the castle opened, and a strong smell of blood wafted out with the cold wind, like the giant mouth of a monster.
(End of this chapter)