The capital of Weiland, White Swan Castle.

In the lakeside area of ​​the castle, there is a huge water observation deck, which was originally used by the Earl of Montshire to enjoy the beautiful lake view. But now, it has been transformed into a venue for a magic exchange conference.

This day was the opening ceremony of the magic exchange conference, and the entire lakeside area was semi-open.

Anyone with a clean background is allowed to visit the lakeside area as long as they spend some money to buy a ticket.

The ticket was not cheap, costing 100 kroner, which deterred some people, but more people flocked in, making the entire lakeside area crowded.

Of course, not every place in the lakeside area is open. Only invited mages can enter the venue of the exchange conference and its surrounding areas.

This group of people is not small, close to 10,000.

The opening ceremony is about to begin, and the invited mages are rushing to the venue.

About 50% of these mages came from Kao, 20% from Levender, another 20% from the major duchies, and the last 10% came from Aaron on the other side of the strait.

In fact, a large number of Aaron wizards were invited, but because of the king's ban, many wizards could not come.

After all, mages also have families and have to consider worldly interests.

But in the end, there are still a group of Aaronic wizards who value the pursuit of magic over personal interests.

There were about 200 people in this group, and they decided not to return to Aaron and risked their future to come to Weilan.

Also, because they are all famous wizards of the alliance, although they come from various alliance countries, many of them are friends in their daily lives. They often exchange letters and share their experiences in magic.

Various greetings were heard from the crowd.

Ruifa, the master of magic who had served as a government minister for a few days and was then dismissed by the Lion King, also came to the meeting. He was walking on the road with his two apprentices when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Rafa, why are you here too?"

The person asking the question was an old wizard named Kao, who was none other than Master Luwakado, who had built the Torrent Crossbow for Rosen in the past.

Master Luvacardo naturally had no remarkable achievements in magic, but he was searching for talents for Duke Vilan in Chao, and so far he had provided Vilan with more than 800 magical talents in various fields.

Many people have made great progress in Weilan because of his recommendation, and naturally they feel grateful for Luwakado's introduction.

Naturally, he became one of the invited mages for this magic exchange conference.

It just so happened that Luwakado knew Ruifa and had known each other for many years, and the two had a good relationship.

Ruifa walked over and gave Luwakado a gentle hug: "Oh~ my old friend, I thought you were too old to walk, but I didn't expect you to be so energetic."

The two men are about 20 years apart in age. When they were young, Ruifa studied at the Mist Sea Magic Academy in Kao, and Ruvacardo was a lecturer at the academy at that time. He received a lot of help from Ruvacardo.

Luwakado chuckled and walked towards the venue with Ruifa. "It's all thanks to the Duke's healing potion. It cured my chronic illness that I had suffered for many years."

This kind of medicine for curing illnesses is not uncommon in the magic world, so he didn't say much, but asked: "I heard that you are a minister of government for Danger, how do you have time to attend the meeting?"

As soon as he mentioned this, Ruifa's face was filled with anger, and he spat on the ground angrily: "Bah! Don't mention that reckless man to me!"

"When recruiting, they said something very nice, saying that they would humbly accept the voices from the public and allow every talented person to give full play to their talents."

"I actually believed this nonsense, and excitedly ran to answer the call, and successfully got the position."

Luwakado shrugged: "Isn't this good?"

Ruifa snorted coldly: "Guess what happened?"

"I am actually the third Minister of State. In other words, in less than two months, we have had three new Ministers of State."

"I didn't pay much attention to it at first. I just thought it was because it was inappropriate, and I wanted to assist him as much as I could. But... Ugh!"

He was so angry that he spat on the ground again: "I have committed treason by coming to the meeting, but it doesn't matter. I don't want to see that damned reckless man again in my life!"

Luwakado sighed and patted his old friend on the shoulder: "Then it's right for you to come to Weilan. Duke Weilan is generous and kind, and he is very trustworthy. With your talent, he will definitely make use of you."

Ruifa was naturally excited, but he did not dare to have too high expectations. After all, all the mages who came to Weilan this time were very talented.

There are many mages who are young and talented. In comparison, he has no advantage at all.

"I hope so."

As they were talking, the two of them walked into the guild hall.

Inside the hall are rows of chairs with reclining backs arranged in a semicircle. In front of the chairs are a circle of small writing tables with nameplates placed on them. In the front is a speech platform that is hypothetical on the lake.

After the two entered, servants came immediately and led them to their seats.

Ruifa and the two apprentices he brought with him were led to the front and center of the venue.

After everyone sat down, the waiter placed a bottle of water made of a strange transparent soft material on the table in front of each person and gave simple instructions on how to open it.

Ruifa took the bottle of water and looked at it, and found that he had never seen similar materials before. He drank a sip of water and it tasted clear and had no peculiar smell.

"That's pretty good."

He looked around and had another feeling: "Although the conference is large in scale, the venue is really simple."

Although he was a commoner, he made many achievements in magic when he was young and gave lectures in many advanced magic schools in the alliance.

Many college lecture halls are far more magnificent than this one. In comparison, the college lecture halls are like palaces, while this one is like a simple stage in a village.

But then again, although the venue is simple, it is just an insignificant flaw for a wizard who truly pursues magic.

At this moment, a figure moved beside him, and then Luwakado came over and sat down on his left side.

"Old friend, why are you here?"

Luwakado chuckled and said, "I asked someone to change my seat, haha."

Although he was in Kao, he knew many people in Weilan, so it was easy for him to do such a trivial matter as changing positions.

Ruifa left Aaron and was unfamiliar with the place in Veran. He was feeling confused, but he felt relieved when he had an old friend around.

"Luwacardo, you have seen the Duke with your own eyes. Is he really exactly like the rumors?"

Luwaka thought for a moment and said, "It's an exaggeration to say they are exactly the same. After all, there is no perfect person in the world."

"Also, in terms of keeping one's word, it's exactly the same as the rumors say."

"As long as the Duke makes a promise, whether it is public or private, you can trust it without worrying that he will break it."

Ruifa listened carefully, and after hearing this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The fact that he can keep his word proves that the Duke is an extraordinary person."

He had seen a lot of things in the world and knew how fickle people's hearts were, but he had never seen anyone who practiced what he preached.

Especially the noble lords, most of them say one thing and do another in secret, they are hypocritical and cunning and have no credibility at all.

Even the majestic Lion King is the same kind of person.

As the two were talking, the seats in the venue gradually filled up. More than 10,000 people came, filling the venue to the brim.

Ruifa carefully felt it and found that among more than ten thousand people, there were more than three thousand masters of light magic.

Only a small number of them are original masters of magic, and most of them have been promoted from the peak of the advanced level in the past six months.

There was also a small group of mages, about fifteen in number, who possessed magical powers that even Ruifa could not fathom.

Ruifa is already a fourth-ring peak master, yet he can't see through him, which shows that the other party is at least a fifth-ring sage.

So many sages and masters of magic were unimaginable in the previous Natural Alliance.

From this point, it can be seen that the "Rosen Practice Record" published by the Duke is absolutely true, otherwise the effect would not be so amazing.

He sighed again in his heart: "Just for this reason, the Duke's contribution to the Alliance's magic world is unmatched."

Many mages have some good stuff but they hide it for fear that others will learn it and they will have no use for it. But the Duke shared it directly and even treated Aaron equally. This courage is really impressive.

After everyone was seated, a group of guards in black walked in from the side aisle of the venue, guarding a young man in a black suit.

Luwacardo immediately said: "That is Duke Weilan."

Ruifa squinted his eyes and his first impression was that he was a very ordinary young nobleman.

For nobles, being tall and strong is a very common quality, and his appearance is good, but it is only considered above average among nobles.

The clothes he was wearing were not exquisite, but just decent, maintaining the most basic decency.

If he appeared in a college or on the streets of a big city, Ruifa wouldn't even take a second look.

"It looks a bit ordinary."

In terms of personal charm, I feel like he is far inferior to the Lion King.

Luwakado shrugged: "Ruifa, to observe a wizard, you must first look at his magic power."

"I was just about to look at it."

Ruifa closed his eyes and concentrated on sensing.

He closed his eyes to eliminate visual interference and observed purely from the perspective of magical power and aura, and immediately saw an astonishing scene.

Due to the venue requirements, every mage present did not deliberately hide their magical aura, so the third-ring senior mage was like a torch in the night, the fourth-ring mage was like a small bonfire, and the fifth-ring sage was like a blazing bonfire.

In the direction of the Duke, Ruifa saw a ball of fire like the sun. It was dazzling at first glance, but when you look closely, it was so deep that it was impossible to look at it for long.

When he opened his eyes again, everything returned to normal. He was still a gentle young man.

Luwakado smiled and asked, "How is it? Is it scary?"

Ruifa nodded, raised his hand and gently wiped his forehead. Even in the middle of winter, he actually broke out in a layer of white sweat: "You really are worthy of being a seven-ring miracle wizard."

From time to time, there were some low cheers in the venue.

Obviously, it was not only Ruifa who detected the aura of magic power. Many mages present also made similar perception movements and felt the Duke of Weilan's majestic magic power like the sun.

At this time, as the host of this magic exchange conference, Duke Weilan was the first to step onto the main podium.

He used a voice from high heaven, and a gentle but solemn voice resounded throughout the venue.

The sound was transmitted evenly and clearly to the ears of everyone in the venue, demonstrating an unparalleled control over the technique.

The Duke said so.

"To all seekers of the secrets of magic from all over the Natural Alliance, thank you very much for accepting the invitation to come to the new capital of Weilan."

“I feel very honored and also deeply responsible for this.”

"In order to ensure the safety of the conference, various security checks have been carried out these days, which must have caused a lot of trouble to everyone. For this, I am deeply sorry and bow to apologize to everyone."

Then, Duke Weilan, the miracle wizard at the peak of the seventh ring, really bowed and apologized.

Ruifa was shocked: "Tsk, this"

This is the iron-blooded duke who conquered Vilan in just one year and made the lion bow its head a few months later. He holds the greatest power in the entire Natural Alliance.

This is also a miracle wizard who has the seventh ring of magic power at such a young age. If it were him, let alone the seventh ring, even if he was promoted to the fourth ring at the age of 20, he would be very proud.

But he is still so humble. This. This. Ruifa stood up unconsciously and took off his hat to return the greeting.

"Crash~~"

He was not the only one who did this. Almost all the mages in the audience stood up and took off their hats to return the greeting.

Originally, Ruifa had always wondered if his decision was too impulsive, but now he has no doubts at all.

After sitting down again, Ruifa's mind was completely firm.

'He is powerful yet humble. This is the lord I want to follow.'

"Aaron, I will never go back. Even if I die, I will die in Weilan!"

(End of this chapter)