There is a saying among the people of the Shire that the purse of the Wizards' Guild is the dragon's lair.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult to get the Mage Guild to pay money, and you have to provide solid evidence.

The key to this evidence is Master Cao.

So, after agreeing on a plan with the Earl, Rosen took Asan and rushed to the dungeon of Maple Leaf Castle without stopping.

This dungeon was dedicated to the castle and was used to detain the Earl's important prisoners. From the wardens to the jailers, they were all the Earl's trusted confidants, so there was no need to worry about infiltration.

It is built more than 20 meters underground, with only a narrow and low passage connecting it to the ground. Once you enter it, it is depressing, dark, and damp, just like entering an underground tomb.

Under the guidance of the warden, Rosen and Asan followed a maze-like passage and found the cell where Master Kao was imprisoned.

The cell was quite spacious, more than enough to accommodate 15 people, but it was very dirty. There was some half-rotten hay in one corner used as a bedding, and a wooden barrel in the other corner to collect feces and urine.

Because someone had arrived, the warden lit an oil lamp on the wall. The flickering yellow light made the faces of each mage, Master Cao, flicker, as if they were a group of evil spirits living in hell.

Rosen pointed at the wall and released a bright light spell, making the cell much brighter.

When the khal wizards saw the movement, they turned to look at Rosen with complicated expressions, showing fear and hatred.

Rosen took out a perfumed handkerchief, covered his mouth and nose with it to block out the stench of the dungeon, and spoke only with the voice of the group mind.

"Warden, take all your men away and leave us alone with these prisoners for a while."

The warden knew that Rosen was now a favorite of the Earl and had the most loyal Master Asan by his side, so he immediately did as he was told.

After everyone left, Rosen looked at Asan and said, "Mr. Asan, are you going to do it or should I?"

Asan is a taciturn fighting master, but he has a pair of very sharp eyes.

He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the wall: "You judge, I'll watch."

In this case, Rosen opened the trial.

He glanced at Master Cao and said with a faint smile: "Gentlemen, do you know who is the one who most wants you to shut up forever?"

After all, Luwakado is a master of magic and has the toughest soul, so his mental state is the best.

He turned his eyes and looked at Rosen: "Young man, don't bother, we won't say anything."

Rosen seemed not to hear and continued, "It is obvious that you all know in your hearts that in this confrontation, you are just swords in the hands of the big man."

"And the situation now is that if you remain silent, the count will kill you without hesitation."

"But if you are willing to tell the truth, expose the messenger behind the scenes, and testify in person, then you still have a chance of survival."

Luwakado sneered: "Do you think we are fools?"

"If we tell the truth, the Count may not kill us, but the anger on the other side will tear us to pieces!"

"I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well die in the hands of the Earl. At least I can die more comfortably."

Rosen grinned and said, "Everyone, do you really think it would be pleasant to die at the hands of the Count?"

"Or have you forgotten that I am also a mage?"

As soon as these words came out, fear suddenly appeared in the eyes of the khao wizards.

Only a wizard knows how terrifying a wizard is.

Once a wizard uses his imagination to torture people, he can definitely create a living hell on earth.

But in the end, Luwakado still shook his head: "You are just a low-level magician, what powerful methods can you have?"

Hearing this, before Rosen could say anything, Asan on the side smiled coldly.

"Liar, mages are not the only ones who know how to torture. It doesn't feel good when a barbed iron pestle dipped in salt water is thrust into an asshole."

Luwakado sneered: "Your pain is just physical pain, which can be overcome by a simple mental barrier."

"Maybe the barrier can't block all the pain, but compared to the excruciating pain in your soul, it's just a tickle."

Asan opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

However, Luwakado sighed again, with helplessness written all over his face.

"It's not that we don't want to cooperate, it's because we signed a very strong loyalty contract."

"Once we betray, the powerful force of the contract will destroy our souls, and through the resonance of our blood, it will bring misfortune upon all of our loved ones."

“So, we have no choice.”

Asan frowned when he heard this.

He is a master of combat. Killing enemies on the battlefield is his strong point, and it is not difficult for him to kill a master of magic at close range.

But he was helpless against the wizard's secretive methods.

Finally, he spread his hands to Rosen: "It's up to you, Baron."

Although he didn't think Rosen could succeed, he was definitely more likely to succeed than him.

Rosen nodded: "I have done in-depth research on the loyalty contract. Maybe I can solve it, but it will take some time."

In response to this, Asan shrugged his shoulders and was very pessimistic. He did not think that a low-level wizard could break the loyalty bond that trapped the master of sorcery.

Master Luwakado did not show any contempt, he just went straight to the difficult point.

"The power of this loyalty contract itself is not very strong, but it uses the Rafibo-style heart key, which is a famous unsolvable key."

Rosen said nothing.

He used his foot to scratch out a clean patch of ground, then took out a handful of silver coins from his pocket, used Transfiguration to transform them into special calculators for magic contracts, then squatted on the ground and began to fiddle with them.

After fiddling with it for a while, he would look up and ask Ruwakado some questions related to the magic contract, or directly cast a test spell on him.

As he fiddled with it, the number of magic tools and symbols on the ground increased, and their arrangement became more and more complicated.

Time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

At this time, there were more than a thousand silver abacuses on the ground, and the silver was shining brightly, making people dizzy.

Asan was already impatient: "Baron, how long will it take?"

"I don't know, maybe another hour, maybe ten minutes, I'm not sure."

Asan endured and waited for another half an hour, but finally lost his patience completely.

"I'm going to get some fresh air on the ground. It's too stuffy here."

"Okay, I'll call you when I figure it out."

This is the Earl's territory, and the Baron has a request for the Earl. He believes that with the Baron's wisdom, he will not do anything that would harm the Earl's interests.

Not long after Asan left, a smile suddenly appeared on Rosen's face, and he used a magician's hand to collect all the silver coins and talismans on the ground.

He said: "I have solved it."

Rafibo's Soul Key is essentially a math problem. It is not difficult, it just requires constant calculation.

According to the calculation ability of ordinary people, it would take 100 years.

So, Rosen did not solve the problem by relying on operators; this was just a trick.

He solved it by Lai Fu using computing power.

Luwakado was completely confused: "Did you really figure it out? I don't believe it."

Rosen smiled: "The world is developing, Master, just because there was no solution before doesn't mean there is no solution now."

After saying that, he raised his hand and pointed at the other person's forehead, and there was a "click" sound similar to the sound of glass breaking.

Luwakado's eyes were confused for a moment, then they became clear again, with a strong sense of disbelief in them.

"Ah~ I really was able to solve it by a little wizard like you!"

Rosen continued to cast spells on other wizards, and broke the spells one by one.

The khao mages were all shocked by Rosen's move and were speechless.

Rosen smiled and said, "I will call Asan again in ten minutes, because I want to hear your story first, the whole story."

When things got to this point, the khao wizards looked at each other, and finally focused their attention on Luwacardo.

Master Luwakado sighed softly: "If you can unlock the magic, you can definitely perform tortures that we can't even imagine."

"So, we don't want to taste spell torture, so we have no choice."

After a pause, he said, "It all started two months ago."

"At that time, the Earl had a huge investment in an ocean-going trading company in Cao called Vale. We locals all know that this trading company is actually a trap specifically targeting foreign investors."

Rosen raised his eyebrows and understood: "After Vale Trading Company attracted a large amount of real money investment, it went bankrupt under the pretext of a shipwreck?"

"That's right."

Master Luwacardo nodded and said, "We heard that the Earl lost all his money. We couldn't help but think that the Earl must be a bit stupid, but he is not a fool. After this incident, he will definitely be very cautious about foreign investment."

"So, you guys are planning to go and cheat people?"

Luwacardo shook his head repeatedly: "No, it's not a lie, at least not at the beginning."

"We really want to get some investment from the Earl and start a business."

"We are all very short of money, and we are all desperate, so we collected the last bit of money for the journey and wanted to try our luck in Shireshire."

"But it's not that simple. We have been traveling for half a month and haven't even seen the Earl."

"The Earl is high up in the sky, and we are humble as dust. We are foreigners, and we have no one to introduce us. We have been wandering around in Xialin for half a month, but we didn't even have the chance to talk to him."

Rosen believed this and he himself experienced it deeply.

"Just when we were feeling frustrated, a local wizard came to us on his own initiative."

"Then, the scam begins. You probably have already guessed a lot of the details."

Rosen nodded to show that he understood, and then asked: "Master, you just said that you really planned to do something at the beginning. What did you plan to do?"

"We're going to make a new weapon. We're going to call it the Arcane Torrent Crossbow."

The person who answered was a senior wizard next to Luwakado, who was probably in his early thirties and had a pair of bright brown eyes.

Rosen immediately became interested: "New weapon? What's your name?"

"Gatlan, a high-level mid-level mage, a civilian, proficient in arcane missiles."

Rosen became more interested: "Arcane Missiles. Mastery?"

Gatland smiled confidently.

"Ordinary arcane missiles can only fly 150 meters and lock onto targets at 80 meters. My improved arcane missiles can fly 300 meters and lock onto targets at 200 meters, while maintaining the same power. The flight speed is also tripled!"

Rosen praised repeatedly: "Good spell!"

"But what does this have to do with Arcane Torrent and crossbows?"

"Because the missile is only one part, it also needs to be combined with the arcane lattice array that I'm researching!"

The one who answered Rosen was another senior wizard.

Without Rosen asking, he introduced himself: "My name is Markley, and I am proficient in the research of low-level arcane crystals."

"I can reduce the manufacturing cost of low-level arcane crystals to one-tenth of the current level, while doubling their performance. At the same time, I can greatly increase the stability of these arcane crystals, allowing them to explode in a controlled manner at extremely close distances without affecting each other."

“Thus forming a secure lattice array.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the last voice of a senior wizard sounded.

"And I, the inscriptionist Grunk, am proficient in 18 ways of engraving the Arcane Missiles inscription, 5 of which I created originally."

After hearing this, Rosen had roughly understood the combat style of the Arcane Torrent Crossbow, and he felt like he had found a treasure.

But he remained calm on the surface: "It sounds good, but only Mother Nature knows whether you are lying or not."

"Now, write down the crimes of the Mages Guild."

Luwakado shook his head: "We won't do it unless we are guaranteed to stay alive."

At this time, Rosen had already summoned Asan.

Asan came over and said, "I promise, you will not die, but will be expelled from the Shire by the Earl."

"I will ask the Earl to send you safely to the border of Shire County and give each of you a basic staff. Whether you can escape the revenge of the Mage Guild will depend on your own ability."

Having said that, Luwakado had nothing to say.

He sighed: "Okay, let's do it."

(End of this chapter)