Chapter 150 "It's very simple. I'll teach you magic, right?"
Magredo, the one from the Middle East who is now the number one magician in Ende? Rhine raised his eyebrows.
Before, Magredo had cooperated with the Witch of the East and attacked him.
Oz continued: "The magician named Magredo, who claimed to be from the outside world, visited me.
"Then, being a true magician, he saw through my magic tricks and knew that I was just a fraud.
"Magrido then loudly declared in the Emerald City that I was just a liar who could not do magic. He also said that as a true magician, he had the right to overthrow me and become king in my place.
“Obviously, the people in the city didn’t believe him and wanted to drive him out.
"But Maglido wasn't angry at all. He just said that in the future he would find out my origins and bring more evidence back to the Emerald City to completely expose my deception! Then he would join forces with the witches of the East or West to drive me out."
Rhine understood what happened and said thoughtfully: "So, from then on, you banned magicians from entering the city."
"It's like this." Oz was dejected. "A real magician would easily find out that I'm a liar who can't do magic if he just comes into contact with me."
"I know that Magredo. He is not a good person." Rhine said seriously.
He reminded again, "Magrido is now the chief magician of the Ende Empire. If he is willing, combined with divination and the Ende Empire's intelligence network, he will definitely be able to find out that you used to be a magician and balloon pilot working in the Rose Kingdom Circus. After all, you were quite famous in the Rose Kingdom before."
Oz's face became more and more ugly:
"Really?
"I'm afraid that Magredo will be back soon. Rather than waiting for him to expose me as a liar, I might as well run away now!"
Rhine dissuaded him, "But if you suddenly disappear, who will manage the Emerald City and who will be the new king? People like you very much as a kind king. I'm afraid not everyone can replace you."
According to the original work, after Oz leaves, the Scarecrow will replace Oz as the new king.
The people of the Emerald City missed their former king very much and were happy to be led by the clever Scarecrow.
But now, neither the Scarecrow nor Dorothy had arrived at the Emerald City!
Oz lowered his head:
"I don't know. But I have no other choice.
"Even if I stay here, Magredo will expose me sooner or later! "When the people of Emerald City find out that I am a liar and that they have been deceived by me for so many years, they will definitely vent their anger on me!"
Looking at the dejected Oz, the monarch who deceived the world but was loved by the people, Rhine felt a little touched.
Rhine also has a great hatred for Ende and Magrido, the empire's chief magician who once attacked him.
He couldn't just watch the evil wizard become the new king of this green field and dedicate this isolated pure land to the emperor of Ende! Rhine gently patted Oz's shoulder and said to the sad-looking old man: "I have a good way to get you out of your current predicament and maintain your image in the eyes of the people without being exposed by Magredo.
“And you won’t have to live in fear that someday people will find out that the terrible and majestic Oz is actually a fraud.”
Oz raised his head and looked at Rhine with a blank look: "Is there really such a method?"
Rhine nodded: "Of course.
"However, my help is not free. You have to do me a favor too.
"I'm hunting down an evil witch named Maleficent. She's now in Oz and can block divinations directed at her. I hope you can send your men to find her as soon as possible!"
Oz quickly agreed, nodding like a chick pecking at rice:
"No problem, no problem! What are you talking about? How could I refuse your request!
"I will immediately notify my subordinates to find the witch in the entire territory of Oz."
In Oz's opinion, even if the wise man of the Kingdom of Rose was unwilling to help him with the matter of Magrido, he could not refuse Rhine's request.
The fact that Rhine did not take the initiative to reveal his identity had already touched Oz greatly.
Oz quickly pulled a rope, causing a bell to ring, which was his signal to call for his subordinates to get close.
Rhine saw that Oz himself was hiding behind a screen, speaking with ventriloquism, disguising a burning fireball in the palace as himself.
As soon as the close subordinate pushed the door open, he felt the heat radiating to his body.
He only saw a burning ball of fire in the palace hall speaking: "Convey the command of the Great Oz. There is an evil witch named Maleficent who is now in this land.
"Send out the soldiers and find her!"
The subordinate conveyed his order while marveling at Oz's majesty and power.
Rhine looked at this scene and found it slightly amusing.
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Over the past few years, Oz has basically used this method to maintain his mystery, right? After sending his subordinates away, Oz took Rhine back to the small room.
He asked, "Your Excellency said before that there is a way for me to prevent Magredo from revealing my identity, and even to not have to worry about being discovered while disguising myself in the future?"
Oz couldn't figure out what the method was. "It's very simple..."
Rhine smiled kindly:
"I'll teach you magic."
…
On the way to the Emerald City.
Two girls, Dorothy and Aurora, were walking westward, getting closer and closer to the Emerald City.
Today, their team is much larger than when they set out.
Several friends who also wanted to go to the Emerald City and visit the great wizard Oz joined this team:
A tin man who longs to win a heart and marry the girl he loves; a scarecrow who wants to be smart and have a brain; a wooden man whose nose grows longer when he lies and who wants to become a real boy;
and, a lion who is as timid as a mouse and wishes to acquire extraordinary courage.
"Why do I vaguely feel that among the new members of our team, there is one member who is different from everyone else, as if he is extra?" Aurora said.
She hadn't read the original work, but she vaguely felt that something was wrong.
As she spoke, Aurora couldn't help but glance behind her and saw Pinocchio arguing with the Tin Man and the Scarecrow about whose wish was better.
——The puppet that was given life by the teacher and stranded with them in the Land of Oz has now become a member of their team.
(End of this chapter)