Lear didn't know much about Kalia. After all, he was a war knight in his previous life. However, there was one thing Lear knew: the NPCs in the Kingdom of Kalia were all very arrogant.
They only respect people with knowledge, and those they despise most are Knox's war followers.
Warlike barbarians, that's what they called the travelers from Knox.
The carriage slowly drove into the territory of the Kingdom of Kalia. This time, Li Er did not bring too many people with him, only him, Millia, Mena, and a coachman from the church.
As for the followers of the Blood Cult mentioned in Lareina's letter, Lear pretended not to have seen it.
Knowing the customs of Kalia, Lear used a carriage without any markings as he did not want to cause too much commotion.
Mena sat in the car, holding her chin and looking weakly at the scene outside the window. Lear wanted to take her back to Kalia, and she had no way to resist. Millia appeared and gave her a Morning Star Sealing Spell, and she became obedient.
The carriage arrived at the border gate of Kalia. Some magic puppets stood on the city wall, and under the wall were several mage apprentices guarding.
These mages are different from ordinary mages. They wear armor and have long swords on their waists.
There are many schools of magic in Kalia, the most common ones are fire, frost and arcane schools. In addition, there are some spell combat schools that focus on enchantment spells.
These mages are often of low skill and find it difficult to study advanced spells. They can only learn some simple enchantment spells and use them with weapons to fight.
They were assigned to perform guard duties in various cities. Most of them were mage apprentices. Their status in Kalia was not high, only slightly better than that of ordinary people.
After paying the toll, carriages entered the checkpoint one by one, and soon it was Lear's turn.
"What is your purpose in coming to Kalia?" asked the guarding mage apprentice.
"I was invited." Lear drew aside the curtains and replied simply.
The guard took a look at Lear. He was handsome and had an outstanding temperament. He looked like a nobleman.
After hearing Lear's reply, he was stunned for a moment, then he thought of something.
Half a month ago, news came from the Royal City that a new member of parliament will enter the border of Kalia, so please be respectful.
"Are you Senator Lear?" The guard stood up respectfully.
"I am Lear, do you know me?" Lear replied with a smile.
"Her Majesty the Queen has already informed us in advance. Please follow me. We have prepared accommodation for you." The guard bowed his head quickly.
"No, I want to reach the royal city as soon as possible." Li Er shook his head and refused the guard's arrangement.
"Mr. Congressman..."
"Okay, let them go." Lear interrupted the guard, his eyes inadvertently looking inside the pass.
In the distance, a wizard in armor hurried away when he saw him.
When the guards saw that Lear was determined to leave, they did not dare to stop him and had to let him go.
The carriage slowly drove into the pass, which was actually a small town. Many passing merchants and adventurers would stop there to replenish supplies and rest, but Lear did not plan to stay.
The carriage left the pass and headed towards the royal city of Kalia.
…
Inside the checkpoint, in a conspicuous building, a middle-aged man with a big beard was playing with the gold coins and gems in the treasure chest on the table.
He was the border baron of Calia, responsible for governing the border from Knox to Calia. Although his title was not high, he lived a comfortable life.
The merchants and travelers who passed by every day could bring him huge profits and all kinds of rare treasures.
Just as his eyes were shining as he looked at the jewels in the treasure chest, there was a hurried knock on the door.
He frowned, glanced at the door, closed the treasure chest unhappily, turned around and put it into the secret compartment of the painting on the wall, and finally covered the wall with the painting.
"Come in." After doing all this, he sat back in the chair.
The gate was opened, and the guard walked in and saluted respectfully, "Lord Connolly, the Senator Lear you asked me to monitor has passed the checkpoint."
"What? When?" Baron Connery stood up suddenly from his chair.
"Just now." the guard replied.
"Is he living in the accommodation we arranged for him?" Connery asked again.
"Senator Lear left directly without stopping at the checkpoint." The guard shook his head.
"Left?" Connery sat back in his chair, his expression uncertain. After a long while, he waved his hand, "Okay, I get it. You can go down first."
The guard obediently took his leave. After the guard left, Connery stood up again and walked to the secret compartment in the wall.
He took down the painting, opened the secret compartment, and took out a parchment scroll.
…
The carriage moved along the road and soon night fell.
"Why don't we stay in the town we just stayed in?" Mena got off the carriage reluctantly.
Lear was setting up the tent and didn't answer Mena's question. Miria also came down. She looked at Lear and asked, "Is there any problem with that level?"
She vaguely sensed something was wrong. As the goddess of the morning star, as her power recovered, she could sense some danger even without practicing astrology.
"Maybe." Lear nodded.
He sensed hostility from the guards at the previous checkpoint.
Just like when he returned to the Faro Fortress from the Royal City of Brefil, there were people who didn't want him to return to the Faro Fortress, and it seemed that there were also people in Kalia who didn't want him to arrive in the Royal City.
Maybe it has something to do with the coup in Kalia in the game plot? Li Er shook his head. He didn't care about it. He just didn't want any blind bugs to bother him.
Fighting in a town is troublesome, but if you are in the wild, destroying the bodies and traces will be easy.
Soon the tents were set up, Miria and Mena lived together, and Lear lived in the carriage.
After a simple dinner, Lear returned to the carriage.
It was a dim night, and on the road, a dark shadow was slowly moving forward.
After seeing the faint fire not far away, Connery's face showed a hint of cruelty.
The sixth member of Parliament, appointed by Queen Lareina herself.
When Lalena announced the news a few months ago, the entire Arcane Council was alarmed.
One congressman is nothing, but the other party is too young and is only a high-level wizard.
There are two conditions for becoming a member of parliament: either become a wizard of extraordinary level, or create a spell recognized by more than half of the members of parliament.
Maya relied on the latter. Her gradeless spell Arcane Shock was recognized by all members of parliament. Moreover, Maya had outstanding talent and was the youngest high-level wizard in the parliament, so she became a member of parliament.
But Lear...
Lareina took out two of Lir's spells. The Arcane Cannon was excellent, and the Extinguishment was also shocking, but these were only mid-level spells after all, and were completely different from the Arcane Shock.
Members of Parliament represent the authority of Parliament, and two spells alone are not enough.
Everyone thinks that Li'er is a gigolo supported by Lareina.
After all, Lareina's husband has been dead for a long time, and Lareina has not looked for other men for all these years. Now that a man suddenly appears, it is hard not to think so.
So Lear was excluded, and even though no one else was in Kalia, he was still hated by all members of the Arcane Council.
If Lear knew his current reputation in the Arcane Council, he probably would not accept Lareina's invitation to come to Kalia.
At this moment, he was looking into the distance outside the carriage window, and a figure was slowly approaching.
Connery walked straight to the front of the carriage and locked his mental power on Lear who was in the carriage.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"My friend, visiting you late at night can be troublesome." Lear got off the carriage and smiled at the man in front of him.
"Are you Lear? Lareina's pretty boy?" Connery looked grim.
Hearing the other party's words, Lear was stunned.
Pretty boy? "Haha, Lareina's plan has been discovered by Congressman Joseph. The Speaker's re-election is coming soon. Lareina made you a new congressman in order to get an extra vote to secure her own position, right?" Connolly said again.
Li Er raised his eyebrows. Even though he didn't know Kalia very well, he could roughly guess some of the situation.
The election of the Speaker of the Arcane Parliament seems to be a voting system, and each member has one vote? Is that why Lalena invited him to Kalia?
But what does the pretty boy mean? Seeing that Lear didn't reply, Connery became more convinced. He took out a parchment scroll, and the next second, a huge magic circle fell, covering the surrounding open space.
Looking at the magic circle on the ground, Li Er's expression was a little strange. This magic circle was the same as the one Mena had used in the Pope's Hall before.
[You have been affected by the magic seal of the extraordinary magic circle, and your own magic power has entered a forbidden state! ]
The system prompt appears before your eyes.
"Haha, you should be in a panic! This is the scroll of the extraordinary magic circle given to me by Lord Joseph. Your magic power has been sealed within the range of the magic circle!" Connery did not notice Lear's expression and spoke to himself.
"I won't let you go to the royal city. Lareina is not worthy of being the speaker of the parliament. Since she is the queen of the royal family, she should be a good queen. The parliament is not something she can interfere with! You are not qualified to be the sixth member of parliament!"
Looking at the somewhat neurotic wizard in front of him, Li Er shook his head helplessly, "So, you are here to kill me? Was it the order of Councillor Joseph?"
"There's no need for the dead to know too much!" Connery said coldly. He took out his staff, his hands shaking slightly.
This was his first time killing someone. As long as he killed Lear and helped Senator Joseph become the new Speaker, he could get a promotion instead of staying on this border as a border baron.
This is what he has always dreamed of.
The arcane light flickered on the staff, and just when Connery was about to tear the pretty boy in front of him into pieces, the arcane magic condensed on the staff in his hand suddenly dissipated.
Connery was stunned for a moment, and strangely tried to activate his magic power again, but the magic power only condensed for a short while before dissipating.
Connery continued in defiance, but the effect remained the same.
"Don't waste your energy. I have countered all your spells. You can't use any spells below the extraordinary level." Lear interrupted Connery's actions.
"What?"
"Larena didn't seem to tell you the real reason why she invited me to join the council." Li Er straightened his collar. "Do you know who I am?"
"Aren't you the pretty boy that Lareina has her eyes on? Otherwise, how could you be appointed as a member of parliament with only two mid-level spells?" Connery said disdainfully.
"It seems that Lalena really didn't tell you." Li Er smiled, and a faint purple rhythm rippled around him. "Do you know the spell of Arcane Counter?"
"Arcane Counterattack?" Connery frowned.
"This is a gradeless spell that I taught Lareina. It releases a counter-field. Within the range of the field, any spell that is not higher than its own level cannot be released." Li Er explained.
Listening to Lear's answer, Connery opened his mouth. The counter-field was ridiculous, but when he thought about it carefully, panic began to show in his eyes.
He kept urging the magic power in his body to condense on the staff, but no matter how hard he tried, the magic power could not form a spell rune.
"How is this possible? Why can't I cast my spell?" Connery roared in disbelief. He was a high-level wizard! Li Er walked towards him step by step. Connery subconsciously stepped back and said, "Don't come over here. You..."
Lear came in front of Connery and grabbed his staff. Under Connery's horrified gaze, the wooden staff was crushed into pieces and the gem on the top of the staff was also broken.
"You..." Connery sat down on the ground.
Looking at the cowardly wizard in front of him, Li Er shook his head. He was obviously an academic wizard who came out of the Arcane Academy and only learned spells but had no experience in real combat.
That's why it seems so unbearable when faced with such a situation.
"You can't kill me, I'm a baron of the kingdom!" Connery shouted in panic.
"I won't kill you as long as you answer my questions." Lear smiled.
"What do you want to know?" Connery said tremblingly.
"What is the current situation of the Arcane Parliament? What is the election of the new Speaker?" Lear asked.
"Every five years the parliament holds an election for the speaker, and this election is in a month."
"Did Lalaina get support?" Lear asked again.
"Except Princess Meia and Senator Erwin, the other three councillors do not support it."
So Lalena wanted him to be a member of parliament in order to win him over and maintain her position? Li Er nodded.
"Is the election of the Speaker entirely decided by the members of parliament?" Lear asked again.
"No, the votes of the councillors account for a larger proportion, and other mages above the beginner level will also participate in the election."
"Well, then, let me ask you one last question. How did Lalena introduce me to the Arcane Council?"
Hearing this question, Connolly hesitated for a moment, "Chairwoman Lalena said that you are an outstanding and handsome young wizard."
Hearing this answer, Lear raised his eyebrows and did not ask any more questions. He turned around and returned to the carriage.
Connery breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he thought it was over, a pair of bright red eyes lit up in the darkness behind him. (End of this chapter)