Chapter 380 The Holy Lady of Light killed the gods and ascended to the throne!
After all, it was just a competition and no one would take it seriously. But even so, the commotion caused by the competition between the two great magicians still plunged the entire imperial capital into panic.
It was not until King Kamor personally sent an order saying that it was the two great magicians of the Kamor Empire who were sparring and fighting, and not an attack by foreign enemies, that people's hearts were calmed.
The elemental sea that covered the sky and the sun obscured the entire imperial city. It did not slowly dissipate until half an hour later.
At this time, Si Yuan and Prince Griffith were standing opposite each other high in the sky.
Both of them looked no different than before, even their clothes were not messed up.
But Prince Griffith smiled bitterly and said regretfully: "I lost."
This was the first time he admitted defeat wholeheartedly.
It’s not like he had never lost before, but his opponents were all older than him, so even if he lost, he was confident that he could quickly surpass their opponents.
But this time his opponent was Abbott, who was younger than him, and he lost very badly, almost without any ability to fight back.
Don't be fooled by his neat and tidy appearance, as if he was able to handle it with ease and calm. In fact, he was suppressed by Si Yuan the whole time. To save his face, Si Yuan did not hurt him, but simply dispersed all the magic elements he released.
In other words, he practiced for more than half an hour, but it was all in vain.
It's like a magician who needs to chant spells to cast magic. Every time he opens his mouth to chant the spell, he is silenced by the opponent's skills. The spell to cast magic cannot be chanted at all and becomes a dud.
Of course, this is just a metaphor. After all, as a great magician, Prince Griffith no longer needs the assistance of spells to cast magic. He can cast magic instantly with just a thought.
But even if he could cast magic instantly, Si Yuan would easily disperse the magic elements he condensed.
The people of the Imperial Capital looked up at the elemental seas in the sky. It seemed like two powerful warriors were fighting each other with equal strength. In fact, these two elemental seas were all released by Si Yuan alone, and Prince Griffith himself was sandwiched between the two elemental seas. He was pitiful and could do nothing but watch Si Yuan perform a one-man show and help him save face.
Prince Griffith was in mixed feelings. He was grateful to Si Yuan for not letting him lose face in front of so many people in the Imperial Capital, but he also felt it was a huge shame that he needed Si Yuan to put on such a show in order to save his face.
But no matter how complicated his feelings were, whether it was envy or jealousy and resentment towards Si Yuan, these were unimportant in the face of Si Yuan's strength that was powerful enough to crush him.
He didn't dare to show anything, but he had to express his gratitude to Si Yuan and show the welcome and respect for Si Yuan on behalf of the Kamor Empire.
Si Yuan didn't care what Prince Griffith was thinking. He just felt that he, Fulla and Olive would need to stay in the Camor Empire for a long time, so there was no need to offend Prince Griffith. His open defeat of Prince Griffith could indeed demonstrate his strength, but it would also bring shame to the royal family of the Camor Empire.
One has to understand the ways of the world, so he helped to stage such a evenly matched drama to preserve the face of the royal family of the Kamor Empire.
But the crushing of Prince Griffith was a deterrent means for him to show his own strength.
Let the royal family of the Kamor Empire understand that it is an honor for the royal family that he is willing to give face to the royal family, and don't think about taking advantage of them.
In fact, Prince Griffith himself had mixed feelings about Si Yuan's actions, but after King Camor learned about it, he was simply grateful.
Because if Prince Griffith were to be crushed and defeated in public, his reputation would be completely destroyed, his fame would be damaged, and the prestige of the royal family would also be damaged.
Other great magician priests who were suppressed by Prince Griffith would also take the opportunity to jump out and ask for more resources, which would be detrimental to the royal rule.
But now only Prince Griffith and King Camor know the true result of this competition. The royal family's face has been preserved, and Si Yuan has publicly demonstrated his strength that is almost the same as Prince Griffith. Even if King Camor doubles the fiefdom he has given him afterwards, the other great magicians will have nothing to say.
As for the resources given privately, they were doubled again and again. After all, Si Yuan could be said to be the strongest man in the Camor Empire. Facing such a top strong man who could easily kill other great magicians, King Camor still knew what to do.
To show his sincerity, King Camor privately gave Si Yuan resources that were better than those given to Prince Griffith. But Prince Griffith had nothing to say when he knew about it. The gap in strength was there, so what qualifications did he have to object?
King Camor held a grand investiture ceremony for Si Yuan. In an ordinary duke investiture ceremony, one needs to bow his head to show allegiance to the king of the Camor Empire, but the Grand Mage does not need to be so humble when being conferred the title of duke. He can walk through the ceremony with his head held high and accept the gifts from the Camor Empire instead of being bestowed upon it.
To some extent, the relationship between the Grand Mage and the Kamor Empire is a cooperative one rather than a subordinate one.
Even King Kamor needs to respect the powerful Grand Mage.
Also participating in the enthronement ceremony were three other great magicians of the Kamor Empire. Two of these three were of commoner origin, and one was of noble origin. But no matter what their previous origins were, after becoming great magicians, they all stood at the pinnacle of the human world on this continent.
Generally speaking, children of noble birth have far more teachers and training resources than children of commoners, so the probability of them becoming powerful magicians should be higher.
But unfortunately, there are more civilians, and with a larger base, there are also many geniuses among the civilians.
Children of noble birth have lived a life of luxury since childhood, and it is difficult for them to endure the hardships of cultivation. Only a few of them have strong minds, and the number of strong ones who can make it to the end is less than that of the common people.
In this continent where magic and fighting spirit have been popularized, civilians also have the opportunity to come into contact with magic and fighting spirit, and naturally the chances of turning things around by relying on their talent for cultivation are very high.
However, in the past, when the Magicians' Guild and the Knights' Guild had not yet been established, and no Guild Academies had been built in various countries to recruit students for training, common people had little chance to come into contact with methods of practicing magic and fighting spirit. The methods of practice were monopolized by the nobles, and the strong people who were born at that time were basically of noble origin.
It’s not like now, two of the three non-royal priests of the Kamor Empire are of commoner origin.
However, after Si Yuan joined, the ratio became 2:2.
Because the original owner, Abbott, was the son of an earl, he was of noble birth.
After witnessing the fight between Si Yuan and Prince Griffith that ended in a draw, the three priests treated Si Yuan with great enthusiasm and friendliness, and it was obvious that they wanted to have a good relationship with him.
According to Si Yuan's speculation, these three priests probably wanted him to lead them to fight against Prince Griffith.
There are also conflicts among the priests, although the conflicts are not big and can only be regarded as some competition for the right to speak. The three foreign priests do not want to be too much under the jurisdiction of the royal family, so they naturally want to suppress Prince Griffith who is from the royal family. But Prince Griffith is stronger, and the three of them are helpless. Now a non-royal priest who can tie with Prince Griffith has come, of course they have to win over Si Yuan to stand on their side.
Si Yuan: “…” How boring!
Such intrigues and conflicts of interest seemed so boring to Si Yuan that he simply didn't bother to pay attention to them.
He would accept the title of Duke and the recruitment of the Camor Empire just to provide Olive with a good environment for growth and cultivation.
After the three priests' attempts to win them over were ignored by Si Yuan, they became a little angry and humiliated, but when they thought that Si Yuan's strength was similar to that of Prince Griffith, who could defeat them, they could only swallow their anger.
Since we can't win over Si Yuan, we can't push Si Yuan to Prince Griffith's side at least. Let Si Yuan remain neutral.
The three priests thought so, and their enthusiasm for Si Yuan remained the same, but their words no longer contained all kinds of temptations and solicitations, and instead simply discussed topics related to magic.
Si Yuan was very interested in this kind of topic and was willing to talk more with these natives of this world.
Seeing that Si Yuan was chatting so well with the three non-royal priests, Prince Griffith was worried that he would be won over by the three priests, and then the four of them would work together to cause trouble for the royal family, and the royal family would inevitably suffer considerable losses.
So Prince Griffith also came over to join the conversation, making sure not to give the three priests a chance to win over Si Yuan.
However, they didn't know that Si Yuan had already rejected their recruitment long ago. But seeing that Prince Griffith didn't seem to notice, Si Yuan didn't say anything specifically. Anyway, it was not a big deal.
The conflict between Prince Griffith and the three priests was just a matter of stance, there was no real conflict.
When Si Yuan was discussing magic-related research topics with the four great magicians, others who wanted to make friends with the great magicians did not dare to come over.
Since Si Yuan didn't dare to get close, they all targeted his wife Fulla.
Fulla was like a star surrounded by countless nobles, flattered by them. She became so flattered by all kinds of compliments.
Precious jewels that she had never seen before were now delivered to her like cabbages. People either asked her to do something for them or asked her to accept them and write down their names, just to make themselves familiar to her.
Since Fulla was able to marry the second son of the Earl, she was naturally a noble lady and had quite high standards.
But even if she arranged a marriage, she could only marry the earl's second son who could not inherit the title. It can be imagined that her family background was actually nothing and her vision was not high.
Being flattered by these nobles whom she had never been able to reach, she couldn't help feeling elated, and naturally became friends with those noble ladies who flattered her the most.
After the enthronement ceremony and banquet were over and the guests left, Si Yuan and Fula had time to chat.
Although Si Yuan was chatting with other great magicians at the banquet, he did not ignore the situation on Fulla's side.
Seeing that Fulla was almost fooled by those cunning people, she quickly called them over after the banquet to remind them: "Those people flatter you and give you precious gifts because they want something from you. Be careful not to agree to anything they say."
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