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"Aphra, this time we represent the Garter Empire Academy of Magic, so no matter what you do, you must stand on the side of maintaining the academy. Hehe, dear, don't be too nervous, you usually do a good job. With your qualifications, you don't need to make a speech at that time, but there will be competitions and rankings between mages outside the seminar, you can go and participate."

"Okay, teacher." To be honest, Aphra was a little nervous. She had never attended such an important occasion as a participant. In the past, she just stood on the sidelines as a bystander, but Now, thanks to her having a teacher at the level of a great magician, she is also able to participate in this kind of magic event, which makes her feel anxious and looking forward to it.

Representing the Garter Empire School of Magic is not only their teachers and students, but also some other magicians. There is also a magister in the team, and the next one is a great magician like Besephone, so she is honored by the teacher. Aphra is only a junior magician, and her companions are also very kind and polite to her.

Aphra feels that her current life is like being in heaven. She used to wander alone on the road. Even if she met Azul and Lili later, she only changed from one person to four or five people. She has never felt like this Seeing the strength and warmth of the collective, walking with so many people, and then looking back on the life of wandering and wandering before, you will feel a sense of security.

Thinking of Azul and Lily, Aphra felt a little sad. Although those days were difficult, they were her best companions and friends, but now, even Dantonio has left, and she doesn't know where to go up.

As for Yannick...

Aphra shook her head and forced the name out of her mind. Although he was also very good, Yannick was a priest after all, and mages and priests were incompatible. I don't know when another big battle would break out. Aphra You can only force yourself to draw a clear line with him, which is good for both parties.

People from the Garter Empire Academy of Magic all stayed in the post house provided by the Magic Seminar Conference. This event organized by the Magic Guild has lasted for many years, attracting thousands of mages from all over the mainland every year.

The conference was held for a total of ten days. In the first five days, well-known mages gave public speeches, telling about their experience in learning magic, as well as their own unique knowledge of elemental magic, etc., and in the next five days, they began to compete in groups of two. Those who are interested in participating in the competition can sign up in advance before the start of the conference. The Magic Guild will automatically group your names into groups, and then use the knockout method until the winner emerges at the end.

Of course, due to the different levels of mages, the strengths of each other are also very different, so the magic guild will be grouped according to the level of the mages themselves, for example, a group of apprentice mages and junior mages, a group of intermediate and advanced mages, and the final top three wins. Participants will get rich prizes prepared by the magic guild, such as advanced magic bags, various magic crystals, gold coins, and even rare potion materials, etc., which are all things that all mages desire and need.

At the level of a great magician, there is no need to participate in this kind of competition with clear boundaries. They can directly choose opponents for friendly competitions in the free competition on the premise of not harming their lives.

The Magic Guild has a leaderboard, which is updated every year. It is the ranking of the competition results of the year. This leaderboard is also regarded as a witness of the strength of mages. In fact, this kind of ranking has never been seen in the human world. Not uncommon, no matter which world you are in.

If a person often attends this kind of conference and knows the names of the people on the leaderboard, it is very beneficial. For example, if you think that someone is not pleasing to the eye and want to teach him a lesson, the other party just like Chris doesn’t like wearing embroidered grades. If the robe of the emblem pattern is used, you don’t know the strength of the other party. If the other party announces his name at this time, you hear it, no, this is the number one character among great magicians. Down, so as not to bring shame on yourself.

From another perspective, the leaderboard can also reflect a person's hard work and strength. To be on the list, even if he is a trainee magician or a junior magician, it means that he is very talented and has a bright future. Magic academies from various countries will come to him and invite him to study further, or a powerful archmage can choose the student he wants from them.

And the ranking list is not static. If the mage himself does not work hard because he is a genius, then he may fall out of the list after a year. This is also a very embarrassing thing.

Of course, there are also some weird ones who have never participated in this kind of competition, and his name has never appeared on the ranking list, such as our dear Lord Chris.

In view of the gold content and influence of this ranking list, many people who come to the annual magic seminar mostly come for the competition in the next five days.

Afula's self-confidence is not very strong, so she just smiled shyly after hearing what the teacher said: "Teacher, I think that if I take part in the competition with my current ability, I may not be able to make it to the list, which will affect your reputation." .”

This student is good at everything, but he is too concerned about gains and losses, but Besephone didn't say anything, but said kindly: "You can do it according to your ability. I didn't force you to participate. For you, the first five days On the contrary, you can learn more from the seminars.”

Afra wrote it down seriously: "Yes, I will work hard."

Because of the magic seminar, Charlemagne was full of mages everywhere, and the already bustling streets were even more crowded. The commoners did not dare to collide with the mages. When they saw a mage approaching, they all respectfully moved aside. The nobles are a little different. As the great nobles of the empire, they look down on mages below senior mages, but mages above great mages are also very respectful and dare not use their usual domineering attitude. Treat these mages with great power.

This is the unspoken rule of the magic world, everything is respected by the strong.

People from the Garter Empire Academy of Magic arrived at the capital of Charlemagne three days before the start of the conference. Aphra was not in a hurry to go out to see the prosperity of this imperial capital, but stayed back and forth in the posthouse, studying and practicing carefully. Magic, although she is very unconfident in front of the teacher, she still hopes that she can also occupy a place in the competition in a few days. You must know that she is only in the group of trainee mages and junior mages in the competition now. , If you can't even get ahead with this, you will have no hope of competing with others in the future.

After practicing for three full days, her wrist was sore and numb due to frequent turning of the staff. If possible, she would like to continue practicing, but the teacher Besephone stopped her and asked her to accompany her to attend the first day's lecture. General Assembly.

The first day is basically the stage for the great mages. The president of the magic guild will give a speech first, and then some well-known mages will be invited to give speeches. The content is random.Every year, the magic guild distributes invitations widely, and even the president of the magic guild personally invites some highly respected great mages who usually don't show up often to attend, and sometimes even invites the saints of the law.

The order of the speeches is arranged according to the level of the mage.If there is a Fasheng present, then he must be ranked first. This year, Aphra’s teacher Besephone is also invited to give some speeches on it. She is arranged for the afternoon of the fourth day. Aphra I heard from the teacher that she would talk about the innovative use of water magic, but she didn't know the specific content. Aphra planned to show up early to cheer for the teacher.

Last year, the Magic Association failed to invite any of the four Dharma Saints, but it is gratifying to hear that His Excellency Simon has agreed to attend temporarily this year. Because of the invasion of the undead, the four Dharma Saints are very busy. , Her Excellency Anastasisia is researching a magic potion that can prevent the Black Death. If it succeeds, the monster's conspiracy to turn humans into undead will come to nothing. Sir Simon is said to be researching a magic circle, although he promised He might attend, but he didn't ask the organizer to arrange any speech sequence for him, but just said that he would definitely come if he was free.

Although this is a bit of a pity, the content of the speech on the first day was also full, and Aphra got a content list after entering the venue.

In the morning, there was a great magister named Beaufoy. The content of his speech was "What kind of magic is the most practical when dealing with the undead". , has rich experience in dealing with the undead.

In the afternoon, there will be a speech by the great magister Fitzgerald, the content is "Ice magic--a close relative of water magic, another system we have neglected".

These are all worth listening to.Aphra thought to herself as she followed the teachers and students of the Magic Academy into the venue.

The venue is very large, and it was specially lent by Alfonso VIII to the Magic Guild. This is the largest imperial conference hall in the Charlemagne Empire, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Due to the unique design of the venue, people standing in the center of the podium and speaking The sound is not loud, and it can be clearly transmitted throughout the venue.

The speech of the president of the magic guild was very boring, and he repeated those words every year, but it was very fresh for Aphra who came here for the first time, and she responded enthusiastically with other people who also came here for the first time Applause, while those mages who have participated in several times or even a dozen times seem to be a little bit lacking in interest.

Next, no surprise, the great magister of Beaufoy was the first to give a speech on the stage, and the great magister is under the saint of the law. Even if Beufoy is not the saint of the law, he is the one that many mages need to look up to Existence, for Aphra, he is an unattainable legend.

The great magister of Biufoy is already very old, with gorgeous hair and a long beard. If there is no accident, he has no hope of advancing to the rank of Dharma Saint, but at his age, he can still visit It is a very respectable act to come here to teach other mages the experience of fighting the undead, so even if his speech was a bit boring, everyone listened carefully.

However, after Beaufoy's speech, the president of the Magic Guild once again took up the position. He did not announce the end of the morning seminar, but said with a strange expression: "I am honored to tell you that here is a temporary A guest was invited to attend and offered to speak for us, maybe his identity is a bit unexpected, but I hope everyone will remain restrained and calm."

When he said this, everyone thought it was the Fasheng Pavilion who came down, and they all looked at each other in blank dismay, and then became excited, each of them stretched their necks and looked forward to the person who came out of the small passage on the right side of the venue.

The opponent was wearing a cloak all over his body. In a place where there were all mages, this kind of dress seemed a bit strange, but everyone didn't think too much about it. Maybe it was because His Excellency Dharma Saint didn't want too many people's attention and harassment.

The man walked towards the podium at a moderate pace, until he walked to the side of the president of the Magic Guild.

"Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity." The other party said.

As soon as his voice came out, Aphra could hardly suppress the urge to scream, and her weird performance attracted the attention of the teacher next to her: "What's the matter, do you know that person? He doesn't seem to be one of the Four Dharma Saints, I It seems that I have never heard this voice, maybe some reclusive archmage?"

"..." Aphra tried her best to calm her violent heartbeat, swallowed, and then said softly: "...No, teacher, I just think this voice is very young."

Besephone laughed: "Oh yes, it's indeed a bit too young, I'm curious about his identity now."

Yannick? !

Why are you here!

There are all mages here, they hate priests, are you crazy!

Aphra shouted crazily in her heart, but she could only show a nonchalant expression on her face. She tightly grasped the handle of the chair, staring at the person on the podium as he took off his cloak for a moment.

When Yannick revealed the conspicuous bishop's robes on his body, the venue of tens of thousands of people buzzed and suddenly boiled!

A priest!

It turned out to be a priest!

Why did he appear here!How dare he!What purpose does he have!

Shocked, hostile, contemptuous, curious, inquiring, all kinds of gazes fell on the silver-haired priest on the central platform. Those scorching gazes almost burned a big hole in the priest's clothes, but he still stood there , There was no sign of turning around and running away.

The president of the magic guild coughed lightly. He felt that if he didn't speak again, there would likely be a riot where mages beat up the priests. If the bishop died at the magic seminar, it would be very troublesome. He could almost imagine the reaction of the Holy See. 90.00% of them couldn't wait to use this as an excuse to set off a bloody storm against mages, and they would also be overwhelmed by the storm of public opinion.

You must know that the reason why they sent the invitation letter to this Yannick Hill was that they hoped that he would be refuted to the point of embarrassment at the seminar, instead of being beaten to death. If it was the latter, it would be completely against They mean it.

"Listen to me, gentlemen and lords, mages known for their wisdom and reason, I hope you will calm down as soon as possible—"

The president of the magic guild is a highly respected magister himself. As soon as his words came out, the buzz in the venue suddenly became much quieter. Everyone looked at him, hoping that the president could give an explanation.

"I know that many of you, no, it should be said that most of you are surprised by the arrival of this priest. First of all, I want to clarify that this priest is Yannick Hill, who is the current bishop of the Garter Empire. He is not You came here uninvited, but invited by the Magic Guild!"

In order not to be interrupted, before everyone could react, the president of the Magic Guild simply continued: "On the premise of friendly cooperation between the Magic Guild and the Holy See, we invited Bishop Hill to attend, and he readily accepted. our invitation"

"Just a few minutes ago he asked me to say something here and I said yes, that's why he's here now."

"As a noble mage, I hope that you can treat all this with a calm attitude and welcome this guest from afar with a good demeanor. If you disagree with his remarks, please use the same reasonable and well-founded words. To refute him, all kinds of direct or indirect dangerous magic behaviors are strictly prohibited at the venue, and violators will have their staffs confiscated, and they will never be allowed to participate in the magic seminar!"

The president of the magic guild did not expect that Yannick would be so forthright. Not only did he attend on the first day, but he even offered to speak, although the magic guild would be very happy to hear him say something stupid so that the mage could refute him Littered, but frankly speaking, the audacity of the bishop to venture into the meeting place alone is indeed amazing.

His explanations and warnings calmed down many people gradually. After the initial shock, most people chose to show cautious curiosity instead of outward hostility. They looked at this handsome bishop with outstanding temperament, and guessed in their hearts. He was about to say something - it should be impossible for any sane person to say anything to anger the mage on this occasion.

So what exactly is he going to say?

Everyone showed great interest in what would come out of the bishop's mouth, which might be silly or arrogant.

The author has something to say: I think you guys still remember Aphra, right?It’s just the little friends who took the adventure in the dark forest at the beginning. Later, she was accepted as a student by the great magician Besephone, as I wrote before~