"Welcome everyone to this gathering!" Under everyone's attention, North walked out from the passage behind the banquet hall, looked at everyone present with a gentle smile on his face.

Hank and the others looked at each other with a hint of suspicion in their eyes. They originally thought that North's inexplicable disappearance during this period was to break through and become a great wizard.

But now it seems that this is not the case, because they could not feel that obvious sense of oppression from each other, which means that North should be a three-ring wizard like them.

Realizing this, Barbara was relieved but also a little annoyed. She interrupted without caring about the occasion. "North, there are some things you should explain to us, such as where you have been these days and when you are going to fulfill your promise to us?"

Barbara's words made the atmosphere on the scene become subtle. Leia and others who were invited shook the red wine in their hands and watched the excitement with interest.

The wizards of "Blood Thorns" looked at Barbara with dissatisfaction. In their opinion, no matter how big the conflict was, it should not be spoken out in such an occasion, otherwise it would make outsiders laugh at it.

However, North didn't care at all. He calmly raised the goblet in his hand, drank the bright liquid in it, and laughed. "After this promotion ceremony, I will not lose a penny of what I promised you!"

North's straightforward assurance made Barbara and Hank hesitate. They couldn't help but wonder if their guess was wrong.

Could it be that North was not trying to get something for nothing as they imagined, and was actually selling off his property to raise funds for them these days?

The two turned to look at Lin En, who shook his head and did not answer. His mind was completely focused on the mice and crows roaming around the manor.

The entire manor has been completely sealed off, with a guard post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. The door to the banquet hall has been blocked from the outside.

What exactly was North trying to do? Was it just a warning, or was he planning to kill everyone who came to the rally?

You should know that in addition to more than a hundred wizard apprentices, there are also more than ten formal wizards and seven three-ring wizards on the field. These people should not be underestimated no matter their strength or the influence of Yieta Harbor.

Lin En controlled a gray crow to rise higher, looking down at the entire place from the air, and then he keenly noticed that the manor where the gathering was held was very neatly planned, with the banquet hall as the center and dozens of silver pillars about half a meter high placed everywhere.

Seen from the sky, the layout of the entire manor looks like a super-large alchemy formation...

Lin En recalled the alchemical knowledge he learned from Tik, and quickly determined that these pillars should be made of precious mithril and serve as the nodes of the entire formation.

With a thought, a small mouse sneaked through the shadow of the high wall, found an area with the weakest guard, and planned to observe it closely.

But just as he was about to get closer, Lin En suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, as if someone had unplugged the Internet cable when he was spying with a camera. After that, all he felt was the pain of a dying rat.

From the perspective of the gray crow, a ferocious wolfhound with a brown body and water at the corners of its mouth was wandering near the mithril pillar.

Several patrolling guards also noticed the movement here, but when they came over to take a look, they found a dead rat in the wolfhound's mouth. They cursed a few words and then ignored it. The rats in the entire South City District were about to become a disaster, and they couldn't kill them all...

As a few guards walked by, the ferocious wolfhounds continued to loyally guard the area, their eyes fixed directly on the remaining rats hiding in the shadows.

My goodness, dog vs rat...

The only advantage is that they have air force support.

Of course, we must kill it with one blow and never give it a chance to scream!

Just as Lynn was secretly planning an animal war, North in the banquet hall put down the red wine glass in his hand and spoke.

"Since everyone has no other questions, I think we should start the promotion ceremony now."

"Now?"

Hank's face was a little hesitant. He glanced at Leia and others who were invited by them, and felt a little regretful in his heart. This was an internal secret of "Bloody Thorns".

"It won't be too late to finalize the list after the banquet." Barbara also raised an objection.

"No, there's no need to go through so much trouble. I think the promotion ceremony this time can be done in a different way." A smile appeared at the corner of North's mouth.

"In the past few days, I have used special materials to research a new alchemy formation."

As he spoke, North raised his hand downwards, and a series of fine runes suddenly lit up on the floor of the banquet hall.

Fine runes are constantly linked together, occupying half of the area of ​​the entire banquet hall. The outer circle is a large circle, and the inside is a complex geometric figure composed of countless intricate patterns, revealing a strange beauty.

The faces of the official wizards present all changed, and they quickly left the range of the formation, and Lin En was no exception.

Before confirming the effectiveness of this formation, no one was willing to take the risk.

North didn't mind, and turned to look at the apprentices of Bloody Thorns, and continued, "This alchemical array can increase the power of wizards. Generally speaking, the longer you stay in the array, the higher the increase. Of course, everyone's will, endurance, and potential are different... I can't guarantee that you will be able to succeed, but you can give it a try."

Hearing this, Hank and Barbara frowned and looked at the alchemy circle that appeared on the ground with somewhat ugly expressions.

North had arbitrarily changed the process of the promotion ceremony without informing them in advance, and had even created a so-called alchemy array. This made the two suspect that North wanted to reduce their power.

You have to know that one of the most important reasons why these wizard apprentices are willing to work for you is that as core members of the "Bloody Thorns", they hold the promotion quotas in their hands, and using this as bait can drive all the apprentices to work hard.

What North did was undoubtedly destroying the foundation of their rights...

(End of this chapter)