Chapter 985

August of 2545 in the new calendar, Lotus Palace.

The summer afternoon breeze blew through the garden of the Consul's mansion. In the exquisite and elegant gazebo, Ren and Roger sat across the table, each holding a handful of cards in their hands, with focused faces, playing one after another in turn.

As the game progressed, Roger's expression became more and more serious.

Zoltan sat by and watched.

He turned his head to look at Ren's cards for a while, and looked at Roger again for a while, his face was hesitant to speak, and he looked anxious.

"Feel sorry."

Ren played a card and said with a smile: "I won again, Master Roger."

"Well, you won." The legendary witcher with white hair but a youthful face admitted helplessly.

"Oh!"

Zoltan cried out regretfully, he was finally able to speak, "Roger, you shouldn't have played that card before, maybe you still have a chance to win..."

Roger threw the rest of the cards in his hand on the table, feeling a little disappointed, "It's useless, if you don't play it, you lose."

His greatest hobby in life is playing cards.

Since accepting the invitation of His Majesty Viola two years ago to enter the Palace of Holland as the swordsmanship teacher of Ren's son, Octavius, he has often had the opportunity to discuss card skills with Ren.

In the beginning, the two were evenly matched. Gradually, Roger lost more than he won.

By this year, it was already hard for him to win a game with Rennes. Zoltan heard about this situation and traveled all the way from Lava Castle to Northril to advise him and replay the game together after the game. Failed to change the situation.

Keep losing, keep losing.

Roger has been losing money this month, and he is even a little tired of playing cards, and has the idea of ​​never playing cards again.

"Another round?" Ren asked with a smile.

"No." Roger put away his cards, shook his head and said, "Let's end here today." He turned his head and looked outside the gazebo. A short but very slim figure was standing in the open space of the garden, holding a long silver sword, Practice waving over and over again, as if tireless.

Roger stared at it for a while, then praised: "Octavis has made great progress recently. He is only five years old, and he has already practiced the imperial military swordsmanship to the top, which is better than many high-level magic swordsmen."

"You taught me well." Ren also looked at his son.

"I don't dare to take the credit." Roger said lightly: "Octavis's talent is too good, he should be born to practice swordsmanship, and he can be taught by anyone else, he will not be too bad."

He had never seen such a gifted child.

Talented and smart, you can learn everything by hand, and you basically don’t need to teach it a second time; you work hard, and the amount of training you confess to yourself, not only did not cheat at all, but also practiced more quietly; you are very well-educated at a young age, and respect the teacher , Treat people with courtesy and manners, which makes people feel good.

Octavius ​​will become a great weapon in the future!

Roger thought of Ryan back then.

Every time he taught Octavius, he couldn't help thinking, if he had decided to let Renn become a teacher and Renn became a witcher, what would it be like now?

Maybe Rennes won't be a consul, and he doesn't have the current power position, but his strength will never be much worse.

The demon hunter will also give birth to the first holy rank powerhouse!

Ren is now a holy soul wizard, and he finally broke through the bottleneck last year, reached the sixteenth level of the demon hunter, and was promoted to the legendary high level, which is far away from the holy level.

I missed Renn that year, maybe Renn's son can make up for the regret...

The eyes of the soul saw Roger's emotional changes, Ren guessed Roger's mind, and smiled inwardly.

Octavius ​​is the son of God, can talent be bad?

But Roger's words are also modest, no matter how talented he is, he still needs a good teacher. It would not be better for Octavius ​​to teach himself instead.

Roger said again: "It is difficult to go further with the swordsmanship used by the Imperial Army. I am going to pass on the 'White Wolf Swordsmanship' to Octavius. Ren, what do you think?"

"You are his teacher, so you can be the master." Ren heard Roger's solicitation. It doesn't matter about swordsmanship, but he can't be influenced by Roger in the choice of extraordinary career, so he said softly: "Master Roger , Octavius ​​will hold his first soul transformation ceremony next year."

After the first soul change, you have to choose an extraordinary profession.

"So fast!"

Roger and Zoltan were taken aback. Octavius ​​will only be six years old next year. How can he become a superhuman at such a young age?

Under normal circumstances, the first soul change of ordinary people is between fifteen and twenty years old.

"Ren, will Octavius ​​become a Transcendent so early, will it affect his physical development?" Roger was a little worried.

"Don't worry, I've made arrangements for him." Ren smiled confidently, and said, "Octavis will become a battle wizard, and he will embark on the path of transcendence early and learn magic knowledge. This is only good for him, not for him." harm."

"That's good." Roger sighed inwardly.

In fact, he also understands that, as Ren's heir, Octavius ​​will embark on the path of a combat master like his father, not a despised demon hunter.

Octavius ​​himself has no right to decide the choice of extraordinary profession.

"Come on..."

Zoltan had no interest in these matters, so he moved his seat beside the table, took out his own card and shouted, "Ren, I will fight with you, and I must win a round with you today!"

He has been in the Dutch Palace for several months, and he has never defeated Rennes once.

However, after repeated defeats and repeated defeats, there was no trace of discouragement, and he vowed that he would never return to Lava Fortress unless he beat Rennes.

"bring it on."

Ryan readily accepted the challenge.

After a while, he had already won three rounds in a row against Zoltan, and was about to play the fourth round when he suddenly stood up and said, "Zoltan, I have something to deal with, and we will fight tomorrow."

Zoltan still has more to say, but he also knows that Ren's current status is not as good as in the past. The imperial consul is busy with affairs, and it is impossible to play cards with him all day.

After Ren left, he grabbed Roger and continued to fight.

Ren's mind jumped to his room, summoned a substitute, and he activated a phase beacon, which was directly teleported to Wezeland Floating Void City, entered the Wezeland Tower in the middle, and his mind jumped to a wide hall under the tower. middle.

A huge rune circle is arranged on the floor of the hall.

It is the Hess magic circle!

Anse Wodos stood outside the circle, and Ronin, who was sitting inside the circle, kept his eyes on Ronin. While observing the changes in Ronnie's breath, he recorded the operation status of the circle.

His avatar, Blaise, assisted.

"teacher."

Ren stepped forward to greet him.

Anxi Wodas nodded slightly, did not speak, and continued to pay attention to the situation of the rune circle.

A few minutes later, Ronnie in the middle of the magic circle opened his eyes, his face was full of uncontrollable excitement, and he said excitedly: "Great! Great Speaker, this rune magic circle can actually help me fuse the magic seal, and the difficulty is reduced." It's more than half, and the fusion speed is faster!"

He has already fused the seals of two nine-ring spells, and as long as he fuses the third one, he can be promoted to the holy soul wizard.

This magic circle can not only save a lot of time, but also greatly increase the success rate!

How could Ronnie not be excited?

Anse Wodos also smiled, and then looked at Ren, and said happily: "Ren, we have succeeded, and the rune circle has been transformed."

"Congratulations teacher!" Ren laughed.

Only then did Ronnie notice that Ryan was coming, and came forward to say hello.

Anxi Wodas stopped the operation of the rune circle, his chest was full of a sense of accomplishment, his snow-white beard trembled slightly, and he said loudly: "After the transformation of this rune circle, it is not only suitable for wizards, it can assist in the fusion of seals, and can also Improve the success rate of fusion with demon souls, break through the bottleneck of soul transformation, stabilize the soul structure, and reduce conflicts, as long as it is a human being, no matter what extraordinary profession it is, it can play a huge role!"

Ronnie was dumbfounded.

If the Great Speaker's words are true, then all transcendents will benefit from it.

The two most difficult hurdles on the human's extraordinary road, one is to be promoted to a legend, and the other is to be promoted to a holy rank. Each hurdle is a single-plank bridge for thousands of troops to cross.

If the difficulty of these two levels drops, the number of legendary and holy ranks will increase greatly!

The overall strength of mankind has skyrocketed!

Ronnie has always acted steadily and calmly, but at this moment, he was so shocked by this big surprise that he couldn't help it, and said in a trembling voice: "Grand Speaker! Your great magical invention will change the world and rewrite history. Its importance No less than the core of Iola!"

Anse Wodos calmed down instead, shook his head and said, "This is not my invention."

"Huh?" Ronnie couldn't understand.

Before today, he didn't know what kind of magical knowledge the Great Speaker had been researching these years, until today he was called to participate in the test of the rune circle.

"This is transformed from the Hess magic circle." Anxi Wodas pointed to the rune circle on the ground.

"Hess Magic Circle!"

Ronnie was taken aback, and then suddenly realized that he had heard of this famous magic circle, the top secret of the elves, and couldn't help admiring: "The successful transformation of the Hess magic circle is enough to show the wisdom of the Great Speaker."

"hehe……"

"The Hess magic circle was sent by Ren. I have devoted myself to studying it for several years, and finally it was not in vain." Anse Wodoss was quite proud, and he stroked his beard habitually. After a pause, he warned: "Ronnie, the Hess magic circle is of great importance, and you have to keep it secret for now."

"Yes, Great Speaker." Ronnie looked at the rune circle, his eyes flickering.

Anse Wodos said with a smile: "Don't worry, Wezelan will provide you and Kaidejia with materials to help you become a Holy Soul Sorcerer as soon as possible."

After Oxilia entered the Supreme Council, she also joined the Wezeland Council, expanding to seven members.

Now the Wezeland Council has two holy soul wizards and one archmage.

The remaining four, Ronnie and Kaidejia are nineteenth-level wizards, the pinnacle of legends, and are attacking holy soul wizards; Speaker Kleos is a red dragon and cannot use the Hess magic circle; Speaker Dalandon has just reached the eighteenth level , is still far from the nineteenth level.

After successfully transforming the rune circle, Anse Wodos naturally gave priority to his own people. With the talents of Ronnie and Kaidejia, with the help of the Hess magic circle, they will definitely be promoted to the holy soul wizard within ten years.

Four holy soul wizards plus one archmage.

At that time, Wezeland's momentum will reach a terrifying height!

Ronnie also foresaw the possibility of the future, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "Thank you for the cultivation of the Great Speaker, I am willing to follow the Great Speaker for the rest of my life, and contribute all my strength to the Wezeland Floating Void City and the Modu faction. "

Anse Woldas nodded in satisfaction.

At this time, Ren suggested: "Teacher, it is not convenient to disclose the name Hess Magic Circle, so as not to cause trouble for the elves, please rename it, teacher."

Ronnie echoed, "Ren is right."

Anse Wodos glanced at Blaise, who was silent beside him, and declined: "Ren, you have also paid a lot to transform the Hess magic circle, and you sent it, so let you name it."

Because of Ronnie's presence, Anse Woldas didn't get everything right.

In fact, he knows that the real main force in transforming the Hess magic circle in recent years is Bryce, that is, Ren. I just grasp the general direction, and often put forward an idea or train of thought, and Blaise can quickly give a clear answer, as if after countless tests, almost never making mistakes.

It is precisely by relying on this magical ability that the research efficiency has been increased by more than a hundred times, and the correct path has been successfully explored through trial and error again and again.

Difficult problems were solved one by one.

To this day, Bryce took more than 70% of the credit for the transformation of the Hess magic circle.

Ren saw the entanglement in the teacher's heart at a glance, and couldn't help laughing secretly.

The teacher is very eager to go down in history with the name of the Hess magic circle, to be among the greatest wizards, and to stand shoulder to shoulder with Master Ogulev, but he can't lose face and take all the credit for himself.

"OK."

Ryan agreed.

Anse Wodos immediately regretted it, but he was embarrassed to take back his words. He heard Renn say: "Teacher, I have two ideas. The first is the 'Anse Wodos promotion technique', and the second is 'Wei Zelan promotion technique', I am more inclined to the first one. What does the teacher think?"

The old wizard was stunned for a moment, he understood Ren's good intentions, but still showed a reserved expression, "Then listen to your opinion and choose the first one."

"Anse Wodos Promotion Technique!" Ren nodded, "Congratulations, teacher."

Ronnie said loudly: "Congratulations, Great Speaker!"

Anse Wodos stroked his beard, the joy and satisfaction in his heart couldn't be added, and he said with a smile on his face: "Okay, it's not too late to congratulate after the rune circle is officially announced. Ronnie, you go back first, Ren you follow me."

Ronnie left.

Ren followed the teacher and teleported to the top of the Wezeland Tower. Anse Wodos glanced at Bryce who was following him, and said softly, "Do you know the recent actions of Gray Eagle?"

"I heard." Ren nodded.

This year is the last year of his term as consul.

According to the usual practice, the current consul must call the members of the Imperial Parliament to the Temple of Truth in May at the earliest and August at the latest, set up a campaign committee, and arrange the election of the next consul, including the registration process, election agenda, and voting. Time and so on, this is the responsibility of the current consul.

There are only the last few days of August, and the election committee has not yet been established. The entire empire is paying attention to the movement of Zhihe Palace.

Wren was preparing to call a meeting of the Reichstag on the last day of August.

However, this time, he will encounter disadvantages in the Imperial Parliament. Tim Kenan, Duke of Gray Eagle, has frequently summoned members of the Balance faction and Nether faction a few months ago, preparing to have people initiate a motion to formally legislate. Not to be consul!

After the proposal was passed by the Imperial Council, it was submitted to the Supreme Council for a vote.

If it was in the past, this proposal would have been rejected by the holy soul wizards of Modu faction, but not long ago, the situation changed.

Elder Kronomanser of Nether Floating Void City was promoted to Holy Soul Sorcerer three months ago.

Kronomanser was conferred the title of "Duke of Red Crystal", and took over Nether Floating City from the supervisory team, and became the master of the floating city, which can be said to have reached the sky in one step. This was the rule agreed by the three factions when Renn had not yet entered the Supreme Council, allowing a Nether elder to inherit the Nether Floating Void City, which was an acceptable result for all parties.

Just didn't expect it to be so fast.

The most important thing is that Kronomanser's entry into the Supreme Council increased the Nether faction by one vote and formed an alliance with the Balance faction. There were a total of eight votes, which happened to be a tie with the Modu faction.

The Modus have since lost their absolute control over the Supreme Council.

This allowed the Duke of Gray Eagle to see an opportunity, so he took the opportunity to propose legislation to make Rennes unable to be re-elected as consul and continue to weaken the power of the Modus faction.

If the Supreme Council reaches a tie, a second vote will be held.

Tickets will not be voided until three draws.

In three votes, as long as one member of the Modu faction defected or abstained, the proposal would pass.

Anse Wodos couldn't guarantee that none of his allies would be persuaded by Tim Kennan. He couldn't understand why Ren didn't let Raistlin enter the Supreme Council, so that the Modus could regain the initiative , no matter how hard Tim Kenan tosses.

He looked at Blaise next to him again, and said, "If you don't want Raistlin to be made public, you can let Blaise enter the Supreme Council. I know, he is also an archmage."

"No, it doesn't make sense." Ren refused.

"What on earth are you thinking?" Anse Wodos didn't understand, "Don't tell me, you have given up your plan to be emperor."

Ren smiled, "Of course not, everything is under my control."

Anse Wodos was silent for a few seconds, vaguely guessing why Ren didn't care about Tim Kennan's proposal, and finally couldn't help asking: "When are you going to do it?"

"ten……"

Ren read a word and paused.

"What?" Anse Woldas was confused, "October?"

Ren continued to read: "Nine, eight, seven..."

Anse Wodos was stunned for a moment, and only then did he understand that Ren was counting down. He jumped up from his chair and said in surprise, "What are you going to do?"

"Hahaha……"

Ren stopped counting, "Teacher, don't get excited, I'm just kidding you."

"I'm an old bone, but I can't bear your jokes." Anxi Wodas panted, he was really frightened. He is well aware of how terrifying Rennes' current strength is. From the Iola Core he made, he can infer that Rennes has at least four Star Destroyers!

Once Renn really makes a move, it will be a thunderous blow.

In the end, there are only two results, either the people of the empire suffer unprecedented catastrophe, or the empire ushers in a new era!