I became a mage and was recruited by the lord as his son-in-law

Bennett looked at the Fire Demon Heart in front of him, trying to determine the truthfulness of Beth's words.

"Where did you find the Fire Demon? This thing has been extinct for nearly ten thousand years."

"On another continent."

The territory of the Dragon King is also the enemy that Bennett will face in the future. It doesn't seem too surprising to hear the news there from Beth.

"The territory of the Dragon King?"

Beth nodded and said:

"Yes, your gems were also looted from another continent. The Dragon King has been hoarding these things, and he is ordering the monsters to mine them."

Bennett rubbed his brow. Beth's words contained a lot of information, but it was not complete. Bennett continued to ask:

"How much of the Dragon King's storage did you rob?"

"A drop in the bucket."

"The Fire Demon is also mining this thing. Does that mean that the Dragon King can command monsters like the Fire Demon?"

"Yes."

Bennett took a deep breath. This was no ordinary news. Such a large number of gems, the surrender of the fire demon, and the dragon's ambition to invade the continent. Bennett was in a trance for a moment.

In the dark, he seemed to see an army of monsters, the ground turned into lava, the mountains awakened and began to move, thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, and hurricanes destroyed everything in front of him.

It is impossible that the Dragon King conquered only one Fire Demon. He must have conquered monsters of the same level as the Fire Demon as well.

The purpose of those gems is obvious at a glance, a space rift that is large enough to teleport these natural disaster monsters in large quantities.

Bennett looked at Beth, his eyes becoming more serious:

"What do you want to say?"

Beth saw the seriousness in Bennett's eyes and felt more confident. Her golden eyes stared into the gray in Bennett's eyes.

"Bennett, you studied in the Mage Tower of Master Meteor, so you should know about the Dragon King and its purpose."

"Yes, the Archmage told me about it."

"Then you should help me. Sooner or later we will face the same enemy. You and I are on the same front."

"Don't try to blackmail me. I won't get involved in the mess in the North. It has nothing to do with the future."

Beth smiled, she took off her helmet and put it beside her, she already knew Bennett's condition, now it was time to start a counterattack.

"You still haven't grown up, Bennett. You always focus on the petty gains in front of you. Once you become invincible for a period of time, you no longer think about the future. Bennett, you were like this in Razlan. What did you lose that time? Your parents."

The crows outside began to cry, and the amiable ghost castle suddenly turned into a terrible monster. The small animals hiding under the ivy, vines, and thorns all became restless and rushed to leave their homes.

Beth was under the mental pressure from Bennett and still smiled happily. She succeeded. In the conversation between her and Bennett, it was Bennett who got angry first.

"You are angry, Bennett. The disaster was essentially caused by Mervyn's corruption, but Mervyn's corruption is closely related to the dragon. Now that the dragon has come, you still don't want to give it priority. What else do you have to lose?"

"Are you threatening me?"

"Whether this is a threat or not, you know better than me. You should understand the power of a combination of a mortal and a wizard better than I do."

The departure of his parents is an eternal pain in Bennett's heart, but he knows that Beth is right. He just wants a definite answer in his heart to tell him what is the best choice.

The mental pressure slowly disappeared, Bennett poured a cup of tea for Beth and pushed the snacks to her.

"I heard that saints have the ability to predict the future?"

“I can only say that I can see the possibility.”

"Tell me, if I had used the Storm Rune to break through, would that have changed anything?"

Beth took off the gauntlet of her armor, broke open a piece of pastry, and said slowly:

"Master Meteorite has the ability to defeat Mervyn. You have been learning from Master Meteorite for so long. Do you think you can defeat Master Meteorite?"

Bennett smiled bitterly and shook his head. There was no possibility, not the slightest possibility. The power of a mage came from the endless ocean of knowledge, not a powerful calamity rune. There was a full 1000 years difference between him and the archmage.

"Even if you use Mervin's rune to break through, how can you compare to Mervin's 500 years of research on that rune? You are a threat to Mervin now. If you follow Mervin's path, you will be a toy in Mervin's hands. There will always be a 500-year gap between you and Mervin."

"Did I have a chance to resist?"

"Have."

"where?"

"Master Meteorite invites you."

Bennett was stunned for a moment, and the confusion he had been feeling for some time suddenly had an answer.

Master Meteorite does not accept disciples, but when Master Meteorite invited him, Bennett no longer needed to learn much. Relying on the power of the royal family, it was no problem at all for the archmage to make the scroll of natural disasters.

The capital had not been invaded by orcs yet, and as long as he had a good relationship with the princess, the king was even willing to sacrifice a few of the gods' gifts and go to the wilderness to protect him from the monsters.

However, the invitation at that time was led by the royal family. No one would trust the royal family. From Razlan's point of view, the royal family was even an enemy.

Abandoning the emotional bondage to Aimee, no longer having the encounter with Sera, abandoning his dignity, abandoning the teacher who taught him, and even abandoning the grace of his parents' upbringing.

It turns out that the best solution to everything is the most unlikely option.

Either move forward with your back turned, or face destruction.

So what is the best solution? In the dark, everything has a price.

"Sera is right. We are standing in the vortex of fate. How can we expect everything to go smoothly?"

Beth was also silent. She and Bennett were completely two extremes. She was born in a humble family and had to fight for all opportunities on her own. During this period, she collapsed countless times, but stood up again and again. She dared to fight and also dared to face failure.

Bennett had a beautiful life since he was born. The only thing he fought for was the choice of being a mage. The following path was clearly arranged. Before crossing over, he was forced to study, and the path was also clear. He would not fight for it, and he could not afford to fail.

If you don’t learn to be numb, you won’t be able to grow in pain.

At this point in the conversation, Bennett finally drank the cup of tea, which was already cold. Adding honey seemed to cover up the bitterness of the tea, but it was just a cover-up. The bitterness would not disappear out of thin air.

When tasting tea, are you tasting the tea or yourself? No one can tell for sure.

"We are an alliance now, Beth, but I have conditions."

Beth put the broken snack into her mouth. She didn't really want to form an alliance with Bennett because Bennett would definitely negotiate terms.

In her mind, she should have been the one to control Bennett in the end and make the mage her power as well, but now accidents happened frequently and Bennett had to be on equal footing with her.

"Razlan isn't going to follow the St. Petersburg model, right? Okay, but Bennett, where are you going to find a population for the duchy?"

"When the church expands in the future, we will accept refugees."

Beth swallowed the snack. The sweetness made her head clearer. The climax was yet to come, so she wanted Bennett to speak first.

Bennett no longer wanted to keep the secret, and said directly:

"I don't trust you, Beth."