If you want to use something you have learned on the spot, you can't use it all at once, unless you have awe-inspiring talent and have extraordinary understanding in this area, and etiquette is even more so.
After the departure of Count Haniri, the banquet continued, the harp once again sounded pleasant notes, and the singers sang lyrical poems movingly, and then the atmosphere of the banquet became warm, especially after a few rounds of clinking glasses with each other, the rich and nobles whose faces were flushed, and these people who had important influence in the city of Oni, gathered in small circles of a dozen and began to talk loudly.
Baron Navia, the most important supporter of Hannier's line, was soon surrounded by many people, even Hanniel himself, who had greeted his guests.
Austen listened for a moment, and found it boring, for the power struggles were not as attractive to him as the spice-sprinkled leg of lamb on the table.
So he spoke to Baron Navia, and then squeezed away from the nearby guests and ran for the extravagant delicacies. Not only are the ingredients expensive, but the chef who makes them is also the best in Oni City! Wouldn't it be a pity to go back to a banquet without a full meal? He even wanted to pack some and bring them back for Irene to taste.
And one of the things that a certain knight had reminded him of was that the caster was not allowed to drink. He still remembered this, so he only took a sip of the wine in his hand, and then handed it to the waiter standing respectfully beside him.
As for the etiquette that Catherine gave him, such as what to pay attention to when eating, Austin forgot everything in front of the delicacy, but fortunately he didn't rudely tear off a leg of lamb with his hand and feast on it. His time at Navia Manor was not short, and he had learned to eat slowly and methodically.
But his eating appearance is still very eye-catching, because throughout the banquet, except for him, no one will directly move a stool over, sit on the edge of the table to eat, they all take the plate, with the help of the waiter, cut some meat, pick up a few fruits and vegetables, and bring it to the rest area on the side of the hall to enjoy the delicious, there is a small round table dedicated to eating.
"Haha, he's just a vulgar inferior person, Catherine is going to marry this kind of person in the future?
Austen was in the process of destroying a pig's ribs when a very unpleasant talk reached his ears, and he looked at it to see that Pu Yi was pointing at him with several equally well-dressed youths.
Is... Damn! Austen felt the urge to beat him, if nothing else, because he mentioned Catherine. As for Baron Navia's words, he also thought about how he could marry Catherine when he was eating, even if it was really as the Baron said, he could grow into a high-level special mage in a few years, but that would be a few years later, and he would not be worthy of her at all.
She is so beautiful, and she has a good character, and she has always taken care of herself, she is simply a goddess who she does not want to blaspheme. And right now, his mind is focused on enriching himself, increasing his strength, and taking care of Irina, and he has no time to take care of it. Besides, how long has it been since Kelly's affair, and she has made a marriage contract with another woman she doesn't know very well, what will Erina think of herself?
But beating the count's grandson at a banquet would be a big deal of anger, but it would be very difficult to end up, even with Baron Navia and Mage Jersey to protect him. Fortunately, Austin didn't drink, and this impulse didn't exist for long, and he suppressed it, so why bother with a barking dog?
However, his appetite for eating was gone, and he put down the dishes stupidly, and glared fiercely at Pu Yi in the distance, this person had been included in the list of revenge by him. After the Count, that's you!
At this moment, a waiter ran to Austin's side and whispered to him, "Your Excellency, Master Rhett wants to see you, right in his quarters, and I hope you will enjoy it." "
Rhett: yes, why didn't I see Rhett in the ballroom? Austin suddenly wondered, is the bastard so unwelcome? Not even allowed to attend a banquet?
Indeed, illegitimate children could not enter the formal occasion of the family, and could only hide from afar, watching with envy as their half-siblings laughed and talked with their guests.
Maybe now Rhett can't stand his 'big brother', but he can't forget the old feelings, it's rare to come to Hanirie Castle once, and it's really unreasonable not to see him, so Austin nodded and agreed.
Seeing this, the waiter immediately turned around and led the way in front, and Austin did not doubt him, Shi Shiran followed behind and walked out of the banquet hall. But it wasn't long before he realized that something was wrong, how could Rhett be led to the garden when his lodgings were in the stables?
"Where do you want to take me!" Austin paused and asked the waiter leading the way in front of him in a cold voice, his hand already raised, ready to cast a spell.
"Hey, hey. "
A sinister laugh came, and the waiter had torn off his disguise, pulled out a short black thorn and turned to attack Austin. At such a close distance, the disguised waiter was confident that he would be able to complete the attack before the other party could cast a spell. And he also had helpers, another assassin hiding in the flowers, who beckoned Austin's back with a crossbow arrow.
Under the double attack, Austin decisively used the 'secondary flame shield', and then a donkey rolled to the side. When he was promoted last night, his biggest gain was to burn some demon refining combat skills, which were all tempered and honed in countless bloody battles in hell, and the practicality was extremely high, although Austin could not fully digest and learn it in a short period of time, but some evasive skills, he could still imitate.
The crossbow arrows were burned to ashes by the tongues of fire that burst out in an instant, and the short thorn that struck the chest did not dare to resist Austen's protective flames after being dodged, and escaped into a certain part of the garden under the cover of darkness.
Austin didn't dare to get up for the time being, he crouched down and slowly moved behind a half-man-thick tree, and took advantage of this cover to look around.
Now his situation is very unfavorable, firstly, his magic robe and feather hat are all in the Baron's Mansion, and there are only two magical items left on his body, the ruby brooch and the battering ram ring, and secondly, although he has reached level 3, he does not know the purpose of most of the new spells! This makes his combat power not match the identity of a level 3 special mage at all.
The enemies are all hiding in the shadows, and they seem to be patient, as if they want to wait for their talisman spells to fail. Austin thought anxiously. As for why he was attacked and killed, he guessed it to some extent, maybe the earl investigated himself and found the grudge between himself and him, rather than waiting for himself to grow up, it was better to find an opportunity to strangle himself in the weak stage! This ruthlessness, as the ruler of a city, Count Haniri is definitely not lacking!
Passive beatings are not an option, at least you have to make some big moves to attract those who are attending the banquet in the hall! You might even be able to attack the Assassin with luck! After deciding on the strategy that best suited him at the moment, Austin cast a short spell and unleashed the spell attached to the ruby brooch, causing a red fireball the size of a skull to smash into the garden with many exotic plants.
After the loud bang~~ explosion, the bushes, flowers, and trees in the garden were ignited a lot, and the two assassins hiding in it, although they were not directly affected by the power of the fireball, were forced to show their bodies, and could only launch a new round of attacks under the light of the fire.
The one who shot the crossbow arrow was a thief! From the pace of the opponent's movement, and the dagger in his hand, Austin instantly recognized the assassin's profession, as for the level, after a simple comparison with the female thief Love, he felt that this thief was a lot different, but at least there had to be level 3.
And the one who pretended to be a waiter, Austen also remembered, because the black short thorn-shaped weapon he used was so peculiar, wasn't it the one who 'kidnapped' Kalianlu!
In the face of the new attack, Austin unhurriedly connected his fingers and lined up 6 consecutive 'acid missiles' to cover the path of the two attackers. He memorized all four zero-level spell slots of the mage class as the only spell he had learned, Acid Missile.
The attackers all recognized this zero-level spell, and also knew that its lethality was not great, unless it hit people directly in the face, it was nothing to them, although the number of acid missiles was terrifying, and each person received an average of 3 rounds of 'care', the two of them still easily dodged, and the momentum was unabated, and they still killed Austin. At this point, the effect of the secondary flame shield is already weakening!
Austin is a real level 3 special mage, and his methods are not comparable to those in the past, and another 'fireball technique' roared out of his palm, and the target was the thief, he hated these hidden guys!
As for the other attacker, he picked out an unknown level 2 spell model and activated it, which is a green spell model, a hundred times more complicated than the 'acid missile', but because he has studied the spell model of the acid missile, Austin can see at a glance that there is a similarity between it and the acid missile, it should be an attack spell that can be related to the acid and corrosive attributes! Even if he is wrong, he can also activate the battering ram ring to deal with it.
Sure enough, what appeared in front of Austin was a green strong acid arrow, and if he had memorized the book "List of Spells", he would have immediately recognized that it was the famous 'Yoo Ma's strong acid arrow'! A powerful single attack spell that even light armor could instantly dissolve a large hole.
Is this really a level 1 special mage? Isn't his fireball spell performed by magic items? And there should only be one shot a day, where does this second shot come from? And what kind of spell is this rapidly flying acid arrow?
The heads of the two assailants were instantly confused. Because the Earl entered late, they didn't hear Baron Navia claim that Austin was already a level 3 special mage, and they didn't know about it.
First of all, the thief 'embraced' the fireball technique, he was just an ordinary level 3 thief, secretly hired by the Earl in the adventurer's guild, and he didn't have a magic item that could increase the resistance of the fire elemental like Love, and he had no means to deal with this spell without psychological preparation, so he could only howl and be burned into a charred corpse by the fireball.
The other, the luck is much better, the 'Ma Youfu Strong Acid Arrow' is only level 2, of course, the power is not comparable to the fireball technique, he decisively paid the price of the weapon, threw out a short spike to meet the strong acid arrow, and finally spent him 500 gold coins in this sword, and asked the forger to tailor the weapon into a scrap iron, his crisis was resolved.
But seeing the tragic death of his companion, his heart was still greatly shocked, and the target of the assassination looked at ease, and the spell was far from being used up, and his natural cautiousness made him choose to run away again.
Escape, escape from Oni City, and leave the country! Whether this assassination attempt is successful or not, he is bound to leave Oni City and become a high-ranking mage who will offend a local, or will not be blamed by the Earl, or even killed!
Austin watched the assassin leap over the low wall of the garden and leave in a hurry like he had done last time, of course he would not keep the other party, although there were still many spells left, but there were not many that could be effective, and he could not guarantee that he would be able to kill them unscathed.
Now he has more important things, and that is to get out of here! Because he did not leave a living witness as witness, he could not explain the attack on him at all, let alone testify against the earl, but he might be charged with indiscriminately killing the servants of the earl's palace and setting fire to the garden! He had seen a lot of things when he was a gangster, and he did not want to be arrested and forced to confess. And what if the Earl doesn't give up and continues to send someone to assassinate him?
Without further ado, hurry up! Austin looked around, and while no one was around, he quietly left Haniri Castle and went straight to the Baron's Mansion of Navia, where he wanted to pick up his belongings and hurry back to Navia Manor, where he could shelter himself!