late at night.

A luxurious large room in the Maple Leaf Castle atrium.

Selena is practicing magic.

Rosen seemed to be practicing, but he was actually paying close attention to his wife's condition.

She has been stuck at the peak of the advanced level for a long time, and her mana fully meets the basic requirements for the warp magic ring.

The reason why it is stuck is because the ring jump is similar to jumping up stairs. You either jump up at once or keep standing still.

In other words, as long as the mana gained from a single practice does not meet the minimum requirements for the transition, you will never be able to touch a higher magic circle.

The height difference between the fourth and third rings is extremely large, so countless mages are stuck for their entire lives.

In Rosen's perception, Selena has fully adapted to the improved practice method, and her 'high jump height' has reached 96% of the 'step height'.

It is a full half percent higher than before.

But in the end, the gap of half a percent was stuck at the limit of her ability, and even a slight breakthrough would be extremely difficult.

'It's still not enough. I guess I need to help.'

If his wife could achieve the status of a master, it would be of great help to his next plan.

With a slight movement of his mind, Rosen quietly launched an extremely secret spell, which reduced the "height" of the fourth magic ring in the area where Selena was located by half a percent.

Although it was only half complete and only a very small area, it would consume 20% of his mana every second.

"Pah~"

The next second, Selena "jumped" up, and then she fell asleep due to extreme fatigue.

The height of the magic circle around her immediately returned to normal.

Rosen let out a sigh of relief.

'At present, I can only suppress the height of the fourth ring. Maybe when I break through the last ring, I can suppress the height of the fifth ring.'

In terms of the number of magic ring levels, he has now jumped extremely high, but the actual effect is far from as mysterious as everyone says.

From the sixth to the seventh, mana strength increases by 30%, which is the biggest jump, and each subsequent ring only increases by 10%.

Even if you reach the top eleventh ring, you will still die if you are pierced through the heart by a sword.

In short, there is no true God in the world, and personal power is always limited.

Coming back to his thoughts, Rosen also prepared to rest.

But while people can rest, work still needs to be done.

'Laifu, activate No. 1 and secretly search for information about Master Kao in Xialin City.'

'Command received, entering stealth search mode.'

'Start backstage practice, duration 8 hours.'

"Order received, start practicing."

I closed my eyes and opened them again, and it was already six o'clock in the morning.

When Rosen woke up from his sleep, Lai Fuli used the fragmentary information he had collected to piece together the general outline of the incident for him.

After taking a look, he couldn't help but grin.

"I was wondering, how could no one in such a big city like Xialin see through the deception of Master Kao? It turned out to be a conspiracy between insiders and outsiders."

Intelligence says that there are four forces in Xialin City's upper class society.

The most prominent force is the Earl.

He controls the army and is the nominal master of Xialin City.

In addition there are three forces.

They are the 'Temple of Nature', the servant of God, the 'Mage's Guild', the knowledge manager, and the 'Ministry of Government Affairs', which serves the Duke of Dawn.

There seem to be four forces, but in fact, you are in me and I am in you. No one has absolute control, and everyone wants to gain more power.

Currently, the power of the Mage Guild is increasing at a very fast rate.

This time, Kao's fraud was actually a secret attempt to seize power by the Xialin City Mage Guild after its power increased.

But Levin has not yet found out who is behind this scam, and he doesn't dare to investigate further.

They are afraid of alerting the enemy and also afraid of exposing themselves.

But that's enough.

Rosen put his hands behind his head and squinted his eyes to think about the whole situation.

"If Master Cao succeeds in his deception, the Earl will suffer a huge loss and face a financial crisis, and will have to borrow money to survive."

"The Mages Guild will step in to fill the gap and use the money to buy some rights from the Earl, such as the right to collect taxes on the bridge, partial management of the port, etc."

By doing this step by step, the Earl will gradually be marginalized and he will go from being the real city lord to a high and mighty mascot.

"So what should I do?"

Rosen opened his eyes and looked at the morning light coming through the round cross window, and the thoughts in his mind became clearer.

"The growth of the mage class is as unstoppable as the rising sun."

"But the current Mage Guild only represents the interests of the upper-level official mages, and official mages are only a small part of the mage class."

"So, if the Count is willing to listen to my advice, he can still be saved."

"Then save it?"

Rosen recalled the geographical locations of Sturgeon Island and Shire County, and came up with an idea in his mind.

"As an island lord, we should prevent the emergence of powerful forces on the mainland. We should allow multiple forces to check and balance each other so that we can benefit from it."

"The Earl is now in a clear disadvantage. So, whether out of affection or interest, I have to help him and prevent him from falling into despair."

"Finally, since I have caught the Mage Guild with such evidence, I have to make these rich guys bleed a lot, hehe."

While I was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

"Knock knock knock~"

There was a knock on the door and the voice of the butler Abru was heard from outside.

"Your Highness, Baron, the Earl invites you to breakfast."

"We'll be there soon."

"OK."

Rosen stretched out on the big bed, turned to Selena beside him and said, "It seems that the Countess's persuasion went well."

Selena was also awake, but she didn't get up. She was looking at Rosen with her crystal clear emerald eyes, her eyes a little dazed.

"My dear, I have successfully touched the fourth ring."

Rosen looked "surprised" and immediately gave his wife a big hug.

"Oh, thank Mother Nature, thank Sage Levin, this is a great thing."

“It’s like a dream.”

Selena was still in a daze.

She got up from bed in a daze, washed herself in a daze, and was led by Rosen to the Count's restaurant in a daze.

In the dining-room the Count, the Countess, and the children were present.

The Count and his wife both looked in good spirits, chatting and laughing, with none of the resentment from yesterday left in their eyes.

Apparently, the communication between the two of them last night was very smooth, and Rosen knew it very well, because the "Detection Guard" quietly imprinted on the Countess had already recorded everything.

Upon seeing the two men, Earl Robert immediately put down the county newspaper in his hand and greeted them with a smile.

"Good morning, young men."

Seeing that Rosen was about to perform formal greetings again, he laughed and said, "It's not necessary to be so formal for an ordinary family dinner. You should sit down and talk, otherwise everyone will be tired."

"Rosen, after all, I am still your distant uncle, you can just call me uncle."

In this case, Rosen felt much more relieved and called him uncle.

Selena naturally changed her words as well.

The atmosphere at breakfast was much better than yesterday's dinner, and everyone was chatting and laughing.

Alice, in particular, asked Rosen many times about the details of the fresh meat cooking technique during the meal, and Rosen naturally answered her patiently and carefully.

They look just like a family.

After a short rest after the meal, the Earl said, "Come on, both of you. I will take you to see the magic master from Kao."

Rosen was waiting for this, and immediately said, "Uncle, I went back yesterday and thought about it carefully. I think your concerns are reasonable. It is indeed very rude for a low-level mage like me to ask this."

The Earl was startled: "So?"

"So, I sorted out the relevant questions and asked my wife to ask them on my behalf."

"She is the Princess of Dawn. Last night, she touched the fourth ring and achieved the realm of a master of magic. Her status and magic skills are enough to be equal to that of the Great Mage Kao. Naturally, those Kao people have nothing to say."

Rosen spoke calmly, but Count Robert was greatly shocked.

"Your Highness has actually been promoted to the master level?"

Life in aristocratic families is comfortable, but the path of cultivation is arduous, so generally the nobles will not insist on reaching the master level, and it is enough to practice to the advanced level.

But if a great nobleman really reaches the level of a master, he will gain huge reputation not only among the people but also among the aristocracy.

For a moment, Count Robert's eyes changed when he looked at Selena, revealing a kind of respect from the bottom of his heart.

Selena finally came back to her senses from her trance. She smiled reservedly: "I am blessed by Mother Nature and I also have to thank the sage Levin for his guidance. I was lucky enough to succeed."

Earl Robert originally looked down on the couple, thinking that the man was mediocre and the woman was willful.

But now my opinion has changed a lot. I feel that the other party is very remarkable and will probably achieve great success in the future.

Originally, he was reluctant to let the other party sit in, but now he really takes it seriously.

"Then later, Your Highness, please help me take a good look."

“It’s natural.”

Serena nodded confidently.

Last night, Rosen and she had already discussed the specific details.

Soon, the group arrived at the door of the meeting room.

Rosen immediately moved to Selena's side, and Selena followed behind the earl and acted as his temporary magical advisor.

The three of them entered the conference room one after another.

Two groups of people have already arrived in the meeting room.

One wave was the Earl’s magical advisors, thirty of them in total.

The strongest among them is a white-haired wizard with a Mediterranean hairstyle. The blue arcane emblem on his chest indicates that he is a four-ring 24-star master of magic.

Rosen knew that this guy was the vice president of the Mages Guild, Sir Nord. He was born into an ancient Nord family and had countless apprentices and old friends. He was a real big shot in Shire County.

In addition, the weakest is also a high-level magician, and the lowest achievement is three rings and 15 stars.

It could be said that these were the most prestigious group of wizards in the entire Shire County.

The person who planned the scam must be among them.

The other wave is the magic master Lukavado, whose hair is completely white and has an impressive magic achievement of 30 stars in the early stage of the fourth ring.

Behind him were three high-level mages, each with a spellcasting ability of more than 18 stars.

The ones after that are all mid-level mages, and their spellcasting abilities are all above 12 stars.

Comparing the two sides, the Earl's magic advisor is stronger in terms of magic power, but in terms of spellcasting ability, the wizard from Kao is much stronger.

It can also be clearly felt that although the number of Shire County mages is large, their momentum is obviously weaker than that of Kao Mages, and they even seem a little timid.

However, Master Kao was bossy and critical, as if he was not here to discuss cooperation but to receive alms.

When the Earl arrived, all the magic advisors from the Shire County stood up to greet him, but the khal wizards sat in their original positions without moving, only nodding and greeting.

Everything was natural and the count did not notice anything unusual.

Because Kao is a powerful country in magic, the mages from Kao should be arrogant.

Rosen sighed inwardly: "The world is developing rapidly these days, and the knowledge of magic is changing with each passing day."

"It's not easy to be a great lord. If you are a little dazzled, you will be defrauded by others."

(End of this chapter)