Mercenaries and Adventurers

The old mage was looking at an urgent document sent from the academy.

It is said to be an urgent document, but it is actually nothing urgent. The mages of some factions in the society have mastered many positions in the society, and often use their positions to openly sell the power to send important emergency documents to other forces.

This document is an inquiry from an organization that governs elven scholars in an academy far to the north. Obviously, it was just a small misunderstanding about the half-elf mage that happened here today. This incident has already been passed on to the society, and an urgent document was sent to him for inquiries.

The mysterious elven script on the document did not hinder the reading of the old mage, and he actually mastered the high elven script that is rarely mastered.

The elves are a very cautious race. They knew that it was a document sent to him, a human mage, but they also used elf characters that most mages did not know and could not read through.

Standing behind the old mage and looking at the document curiously, Mage Kony scratched his head. He has been a mage for too short a time and has not yet mastered the knowledge of elven writing, so he did not understand what was written on the document.

Although his father was a powerful mage, and most of his family members had mastered magic power, things within the family were complicated, and Mage Kony did not acquire some knowledge that mages should master from the family. Fortunately, after becoming the apprentice of the old mage, he still mastered a lot of magic knowledge in the academy.

"Teacher, what does it say?"

Putting down the 'emergency' file, the old mage said: "It's nothing, just some elf study mages in the society, worried about their companions who came out with me, causing some trouble. Please protect Donilafa."

"Hey, they have to spend a lot of money for this kind of thing, and contact me with urgent documents." Shaking his head, the old mage didn't know whether he was shaking his head at the mages who abused power in the society, or the elf organization that only cared about the safety of elf mages.

At this moment, there was a knock on the window of the house where they lived.

Master Kony looked at the teacher, and the old master just waved his hand and let him go and deal with it.

When he came to the noisy window, Kony found that outside the window of this room high above the ground, there were four local cats with bright fur beating the window.

After seeing Master Coney, several cats even waved their furry palms in a friendly way to say hello.

Unable to figure out what was going on, Master Kony looked back at his teacher, and saw that the teacher was tidying up the documents on the desktop, but did not give him any instructions. Master Kony had no choice but to open the window. Anyway, his teacher was here, so he didn't worry about anything.

There was a gap in the window, and four cats squeezed in along that small gap. It was obviously only a very narrow gap, but they were cats after all, and they slipped one after another like a pool of flowing liquid. came in.

After coming in, the cats walked up to the old mage, squatted in a row, and behaved well.

Connie closed the window, scratched his head and walked over to look at these strange cats. Suddenly, he let out an oops as if remembering something.

"What's the matter meow?" a cat spoke.

"Recognize how many of us are there?" said another cat.

"Can you guess which of us is meow?" said the third cat.

"Meow! Shut up! Say hello to the president first, meow~!" The fourth female cat with soft and shiny hair scolded.

Kony looked stunned. He is a mage of the element transformation department, specializing in the control and research of various destructive elements. He has rarely seen animal transformation spells. Especially when he guessed that these 'mages' were fellow mages who had been on the ship together for many days before.

These mages were still normal when they were on the boat. Although the magic department of animal transformation didn't make him curious when they introduced each other, but he didn't expect that when these mages really changed into cats, they would look like this.

Looking at so many cats that looked like real ones, if they didn't speak, he really wouldn't be able to tell that they were transformed from fellow mages.

In particular, he didn't sense the sign of the huge magic power that a formal mage should have on the other party.

This made him how to get in touch with all kinds of small animals in the society in the future?

Who knows if it is an animal transformed by a mage who is hundreds of years old?

Thinking of this, Mage Kony's face stiffened, and he stood beside the old mage in a daze, speechless.

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The old mage put all kinds of documents on the table into the magic space in his sleeves, glanced at the stiff-faced apprentice beside him, and then looked at the living treasures squatting on the ground in front of him.

He shook his head, took out a pipe from his sleeve, and smoked the fine tobacco he got from another world again.

What can he say about these living treasure mages with superb transformation skills.

"What's the matter? You came here after changing your shape?" Seeing that they didn't intend to change back to human form, the old mage lowered his body and approached the four mages and said.

A 'cat' stretched out its hand and said, "President, we have heard about what happened today, meow."

Another 'cat' leaned down, patted the ground with its tail, and said: "The matter is such a big mess, we know that the president will come forward to clean up the situation, meow."

The third 'cat' squatted on the spot, clasped its palms together, begged for mercy and said, "After you come out, you will definitely need a mage to support the scene meow."

The fourth female 'cat' fell to the ground, exposing her fluffy belly and begging for mercy: "But we don't want to change back into human form to attend various events, please, please. Meow~"

Kony looked at the mages on the ground. Although he knew that they were transformed into this way, the cuteness of the cat still made him want to pet it.

Aware of his own thoughts, Master Coney quickly put his hands in his pockets to stop his thoughts and actions. 'Damn, they look so cute and fluffy, I want to move them. '

The old sorcerer sighed, the sorcerers under him are a bunch of such guys, which makes people feel a little bit unmotivated when they think about it. However, although these guys seem unreliable, they are actually serious people in the exploration and research of magic.

This made him feel relieved and hopeful again.

It turns out that he is not the only one who likes magic. That's great, the same path, he's not alone.

Thinking of this, the old mage rarely wanted to make a joke: "Then."

Hearing the teacher and the president speak, several mages present all pricked up their ears, um, some of them had furry ears.

"Then, you just change your shape and follow me to participate in the following things." The old mage said after taking a puff of smoke with an indifferent expression.

Several 'cats' were shocked. I didn't expect them to come here specifically to plead not to participate in the following ceremony activities and other things. They still maintain the appearance of Farah Desert Cats, but they don't want the president to let them participate in the exchange of things with the local people. go.

Unexpectedly, the old president actually asked them to participate in things even if they turned into cats. Didn't they just come to their door?

Meow meow meow?

Originally, I thought that the president needed a few mages as a facade, and I guess they randomly selected a few mages from among them, but I didn't expect them to come to the door.

"President! This will damage your majesty meow~!" a cat said, and he stood up with his legs and tail in surprise.

"Hehe, the mage should be weird in the eyes of those church priests and ordinary people." The old mage exhaled smoke to cover the smile in his eyes.

"President! This is detrimental to the majesty of our Northern Magic Society!" Another cat also stood up and said.

"Hehe, after all, this is the Farah Peninsula, which belongs to the empire's territory. In the eyes of the imperial people, what majesty can we learn?" The old mage held the pipe to his mouth and covered his face with the smoke from the pipe smile.

"President! This will damage the image of all mages! After all, people here rarely come into contact with mages. If we let them see that mages look like cats like us, then we will be lost to all mages." Human meow!" The third cat jumped up and said, but because his cat was too fat, he fell down without jumping very high.

"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay. Anyway, compared to those mages who have become undead or semi-undead, your cute cat image may make the public look at our mages in the new era differently." The old mage said here, Finally couldn't hold back anymore, and burst out laughing.

The three cats didn't know what their president was laughing at, but the fourth female cat saw what the president meant, and said, "Meow. The president is joking, he won't let us all really laugh." As a representative, it's embarrassing to follow behind him. Chairman, am I right?"

The laughter stopped, the old mage knocked the pipe on the table, knocked off the ash in the pipe, looked at these living treasure mages: "Okay, let me make a joke for you. As I said before, everyone can do whatever they want , something happened, I’m carrying it around. Let’s all go away.”

"Yes!" The four cats on the ground stood up, and after a sigh of relief, they performed a mage's courtesy to the old president.

After the salute, the mages didn't leave, and they played casually in the noble suite where the old mage and mage Coney lived.

Play around.

Mage Coney couldn't believe it. He rubbed his eyes to confirm how many cats were talking just now. No, they were senior animal transfiguration mages.

Seeing the doubts of his apprentice Kony, the old mage explained: "There is a very bad thing about animal transformation."

Hearing that the teacher was going to tell the knowledge, Master Kony cheered up and listened attentively.

"Humans have three kinds of minds, **** mind, human mind, and animal mind. After being transformed into an animal, the animal mind in the mind will be affected by the transformed animal, and the power and influence of the animal mind will increase."

"Especially after being transformed into an animal for a long time, although the mage's soul and memory knowledge are not affected by the transformation, the external consciousness will still affect the deep consciousness. In the end, even the soul will be affected."

Master Kony asked: "So? Is this kind of animal heart bad? Can it be suppressed with magic?"

"That's not the case. Many fighters' martial arts and skills require the support of the animal heart in the human mind. And different animal hearts are not all bad for mages." Speaking of this, the old mage volleyed A mage cat, let this mage give an example to Mage Coney.

"Meow! The animal heart of a powerful animal is very powerful." said the cat.

Kony couldn't help it. Seeing that the mage was firmly controlled by the teacher Ling Kong, he touched the other's fur with his hands.

"Meow! Kony! Where are you touching? Don't touch me! Chairman, Chairman, you don't care if Kony touches me." The cat frowned, waving its small paws in the air, wanting to scratch Scratch Coney.

"A powerful animal." The old mage reminded the mage.

"Yes, yes. Speaking of powerful animals, what if you transform into a dragon? The animal heart will become the animal heart of a dragon. It will bring various benefits. Related research is still in progress , Kony, if you want to know more, you can come to me to borrow some of our research manuscripts when you get back to the Institute." The cat kicked its legs in the air, waved its paw, and then said.

Seeing that the mage explained the benefits of the animal heart, the old mage released the control. As soon as the cat landed, it slid into the small gap under the furniture in the room.

Seeing the mage acting like a normal cat, Mage Kony scratched his head: "It really looks like a cat."

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Downstairs of the high-end hotel where the old mage lived, a group of soldiers happened to check here at this time.

The old mage was smoking a pipe and looked down at the floor, his eyes seemed to see through the thick floor slabs of this multi-storey high-end hotel. Looking back, the old mage found that his apprentice was playing with some mages who had transformed into local cats. He smiled wryly and pointed to the wooden table in front of him.

Boom, two soft beeps.

Downstairs, a soldier was following their soldier captain holding a crystal ball sent from above to detect magic reactions.

From nowhere came the sound of **** tapping on the wooden table, and the crystal ball in the soldier's hand shone with colorful lights.

"Captain! Captain, look, this thing is glowing!"

Needless to say, the soldier holding the crystal ball, as long as everyone in the lobby of the high-end hotel is not blind, they have discovered the mutation of the crystal ball.

"What's going on?" Leaving aside the manager of the hotel, the soldier captain rushed to the crystal ball to question his subordinates.

But before the soldier replied that he didn't know, everyone in the hall heard a voice from beside their ears.

"Don't panic, soldiers, please come to the sixth floor of the hotel, I have the answers you need here." An old but majestic voice came, and the soldiers on the scene looked at each other, and then at the one that was still emitting A magic detection crystal ball of colorful light.

Taking a deep breath, the soldier captain ordered to his subordinates: "Hurry up and notify the priest and captain in charge of this area."

"Yes!" Several soldiers immediately saluted and led the way out.

"Take care of everything around this hotel, and no one other than us is allowed to enter or leave!"

"Yes!" Two teams of soldiers led out and surrounded the hotel from the outside. Half of the people faced outwards, and no one was allowed to approach, and half of the people faced inwards, and no one was allowed to come out.

The soldier captain turned to look at the steward of the hotel: "Who is living on the sixth floor here? Let me see the registration information."

After the sound rang out, the hotel steward, who started to sweat, immediately trotted and brought the bronzing registration certificate for the hotel's superior room registration. The soldier captain who received the gorgeous registration book turned to the latest page, which recorded the registration information of the passengers on the sixth floor at this time in detail.

Date: 772 Imperial Calendar - Farah Peninsula Calendar Month - Moon of the Tide - Thirteenth

Residential suites: exclusive suites for senior nobles on the sixth floor

Occupant: Earl of Corny-Olbos - Male

One old butler-male

Whether it has been tested by the **** of nobility: it has been tested, it is the title of earl

Advance amount: 300 imperial gold coins

Remarks: From the Kingdom of the Abyss, Tallinn, United Kingdom of the North

The soldier captain looked at the registration information, and asked the hotel steward, "A northerner? Earl?"

The manager of the hotel kept nodding: "Yes, yes, Earl Obers is a very young and excellent nobleman. They said they came to visit us to increase their knowledge. There will be a big storm next month. They are here to experience the sea. Violent."

The captain of the soldier snorted coldly, and pointed to the crystal ball that was still glowing with colorful lights: "It was the voice of an old man just now, right? So, this so-called Earl of Orbos has a butler who is a mage? It's the same as what happened this morning." Is it related to the assassination?"

Although the manager of the hotel is a well-connected businessman, he knows how bad the impact of the morning's assassination is. After all, the situation in their Taturones Harbor City has been very depressing in the past two years, and the entire Fara Peninsula is like this.

The empire was unwilling to be expelled from the Farah Peninsula, and the various families and forces that had ruled the Farah Peninsula for generations were also unwilling to be expelled by the Church of the Ring of the Sun.

The secret confrontation of the situation finally exploded after the unknown assassination in the morning.

The manager felt that he should talk to his partner about moving the high-end hotel they run to a safer place.

However, those were things that happened later, and the two people who lived on the sixth floor now even revealed the answer to the assassination incident in their own mouths.

This made the manager of the hotel quite regretful. He knew that those young nobles who seemed to have a lot of money were all hidden troubles. He should have thought more about it when he took those gold coins. The nobles with such ample money were either really stupid and rich, or they had other purposes.

The steward's whole body was drenched with sweat, and he felt dizzy for a while, so he had no choice but to support the wall made of high-grade oak beside him, and slowly swayed and sat on the ground.

The captain of the soldier glanced at the nervous hotel steward. He read the registration information several times, and finally he waited for the priest of the Church of the Ring of the Sun in charge of this area and his superior captain.

He told the two people who were actually in charge of the previous events accurately and clearly. With these two people taking the lead, he ordered the elite of ten teams to follow behind them, passing the spiral wooden stairs made of exquisite materials, stepping on the The extra-long fluffy carpet that local weavers could only make over the years climbed up the passageway on the sixth floor of the hotel.

On the sixth floor, there are only two senior noble suites, which are on the left and right sides of the stairs.

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In addition to the noble white paint, the decoration of the entire sixth floor is also covered with gold leaf on all places that can be touched by people, such as railings and window sills, as well as the handles of thick wooden doors.

In the empty space on the wall, there is also a painting about a big storm made by a famous local artist.

Just when the soldier captain was secretly dumbfounded at this place where only high-ranking nobles had the status and financial resources to live, the thick wooden door of a suite on their left slowly opened without anyone pushing it.

"Finally here everyone, please come in, please come in." The old man's voice came from the wooden door, his voice was majestic and friendly.

The priest of the Church of the Ring of the Sun who led the team narrowed his eyes. He couldn't see through the wooden door. It seemed that starting from the wooden door, the hotel suite inside was no longer in the same space as them: "Be careful, it's a bit weird."

After finishing speaking, the priest stopped the long stick in his hand, and a white light glowed from the coal stone inlaid on the head of the stick. Under the control of the priest, this white light did not disperse in all directions contrary to common sense, but only shone on them. on these people.

After being irradiated with white light, the soldiers felt that everyone's thinking was clear and their bodies were much more sensitive.

"Wait a minute and pay attention to the situation around you!" The commander of the soldiers, the commander of the captain was overflowing with red power. He was a strong knight, and the situation was unknown at this time. life force.

After the two leaders finished their preparations, the group of them pulled out their swords, sticks, shields and other weapons, and rushed into the opened wooden door one by one.

But as soon as they entered, they regretted it. They found that the preparations they had made outside the door had no effect at all. They should have turned around and went downstairs to find the real strong man in the city.