"The test is simple."
Jared's smile was as easy and warm as the spring sun.
"If you can hit Caroline and I with a single blow, you'll pass, but of course, I'll promise not to use any of my powers. If you can force us to use our powers, you also pass. Of course, we won't use weapons either. Before Jared could finish his sentence, his right hand suddenly swung out, and there was a loud "POW! The sound of a heavy sound, Leila will fall out of the original transparent air, fell heavily on the ground. She covered her red cheeks and stared at Jared with a fierce glare.
"Any more questions?"
Jared clapped his hands together, completely ignoring the cat-eared girl's hateful glare. But this made the other two test persons could not help but freeze. Just now the cat-eared girl's action even they did not see clearly, but Jared is easy to stretch out his hand is a hard slap on the other side of the face, how in the world he saw? Caroline slightly glared at Jared, and then slowly walked over, took out a handkerchief and dipped it in some cool spring water, and then put it on the girl's face to apply a cold compress. I don't know why, but Jared not only didn't take care of the little girl at all, he was rather strict when it came to her. And with this slap, he also told the remaining two that Jared would not discriminate on the basis of gender.
(A gentleman should treat a lady more gently.)
"I'd consider it, provided the other person is a lady."
In the face of Caroline's slightly disgruntled accusation, Jared, however, instead of making a joke to muddle through as he usually did, retorted with some dissatisfaction, while Caroline was silent for a moment, shaking her head slightly .
(... Always give someone a chance to correct themselves...)
Caroline understood why Jared was so strict with Leila, before in the City of Life, she had been taught a hard lesson by Jared because of her willfulness, and could even be said to have been threatened with a rather brutal means. Compared to Yuri, who was a reasonable person, Leila was obviously even more willful and uninformed. The reason why she chose Jared's training now, it's hard to say whether it's because of revenge or not. The reason why Kylie was so critical of Jared was because of her class and her own prideful personality, which can be controlled, but not her heart. Just look at the changes in the two of them now. Kylie has become a lot more stable, and this Leila, although not educated by Yuri, but still stubbornly loathe and hate Jared. She didn't know, and didn't want to know, that if it wasn't for Jared, they would have been a bunch of slaves for sale. That's the way kids are, once they've decided what they hate, they don't care about the rest of it. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it's just that she hates him and wants to get him in trouble, and it's in this state of mind that Laila chooses to act.
"You can start anytime."
Jared looked at the sky, it was midday, the hottest time of day.
"If you can do it before dusk, you are considered to have passed ...You don't need to tell me what your abilities are, and I don't need to know, if I want to know, I will naturally find out when the test is over."
"Yes, Lord Jared."
The man stood up and bowed slightly, then he actually walked back, with no intention of doing anything immediately. The female archer was silent for a moment, and eventually left with the man, it was obvious that they wanted to pass the test, but they wouldn't choose such a stupid time to do it. Since the deadline was at dusk, there was still plenty of time.
"Compared to them, this little guy is much worse."
Jared shrugged his shoulders and turned away. Gina's side did not have any progress, Kylie and other magicians are also confused about the constructed weapon, it's no wonder. San Marino empire has never paid attention to this kind of mechanical structure, the empire's own magic weapon power is not weaker than this kind of structure armament, and the magic weapon is made by the alchemist, even if it is a magician, but also can't understand the mystery of it at all.
Faced with a weapon that had no magic formations, no magic gems, and not even a clear idea of its power source, Kylie and Wendy both threw up their hands and surrendered. As for Kura, she didn't even look at it and fell asleep. It seemed as if she had nothing to do with how that constructed weapon was made, although that was indeed the case. ...
（So, I'm going to take a break.)
Caroline stood up, put up her umbrella, glanced at the sky for a moment, and then turned to leave. She looked as if the ordeal had nothing to do with her, but of course, it was always part of their daily lives, and at any moment they could be discovered, tipped off, and attacked. Even going to buy a bottle of coke may eventually develop into half of the city's attack, for Jared and others, there has never been the so-called daily life and combat life difference, they live in the fight, they fight in life, there is no difference, the two mixed with each other, shaped into one. For them, pure peace is a kind of poisonous gas, which will not only paralyze their nerves, but also their subjective judgment.
Why else would every story begin with the opening line "It's been peaceful for so long that ..." when disaster strikes?
The capital of the Kingdom of Marco, the city of Félix, the Royal Palace.
The king placed the report on the table, and he looked at the old man before him with a grave expression.
"Are you sure, it's true?"
"Even if it were true, it would be of no use, my liege."
The old man revealed a helpless bitter smile .
"Even if we have ten thousand ways to prove that one of the members of the Academy Council, Lord Berukolin, the master of the Tower of Darkness of the Tower of Five Flares, has infiltrated into our country and caused an atrocious massacre in our border city. As long as the San Marino Empire is determined to keep on biting, there's nothing we can do about them, unless we can arrest the Master of the Dark Tower and put him in jail. But this will inevitably cause a war between our kingdom and the empire ..."
"Hmph!"
The king grunted, and the heavy steel walls echoed with this grunt of grave displeasure until it dissipated before the king slowly stood up and looked out the window with his hands behind his back.
"Since they want to fight, let's fight!"
There was a metallic coldness and unspeakable cruelty in his voice.
"I just want to know, as the only Aria in our kingdom, do you have what it takes to defeat and capture the Lord of the Dark!?"
"This ..."
The old man hesitated, after all, the history of the Five Yew Towers was much longer than his, and although the old man himself was a powerful Chanting Envoy, as an intimidating and revered presence within the kingdom, he had no way to move freely. Not to mention going to the country of a mortal enemy to meet the supreme ruler there. Wizards in their field no longer rely on rank alone to solve their problems, sometimes a slightly more familiar movement or a slightly higher pitch is enough to decide everything - after all, no one knows what the spirit of magic is really thinking.
"We would be more certain if you could summon those two as well."
In the end, he chose an ambiguous statement.
"The border guards have just reported that the military fortress at Karin has been breached, and no one has been spared. Who are they? What do they want?"
"My liege, there is no room for impatience, be at ease. ..."
"How am I going to have peace of mind!!!"
The king turned around, his still slightly young face now filled with undeniable anger.
"My Marco Kingdom, such a powerful country, was massacred in one night! Is this something to feel at ease about? Those cruel murderers! They didn't even spare a child or a woman! What a cruel act! As expected, only those San Marino Empire that can harbor monsters can do such a heinous and cruel act! I will never forgive them!!!"
The king's palm slammed down on the table with a resounding thud.
"Max!!! I order you to find the Lord of Darkness and the murderers who have committed so much bloodshed! Bring them to the palace! I will hang them myself! Every last one of them!!!"
"..."
The old man sighed helplessly, it was obvious that the king had been burnt out by his anger. But it's no wonder, after all, they were slaughtered a whole border city, and now even the military fortresses have been brutally attacked by the city. San Marino empire naturally will not admit that they are behind the black hand, and now both domestic and foreign to the royal family's evaluation began to rapidly reduce, so on, focus on the royal glory of the Marco Kingdom will be looked down upon, and for a king, this is naturally intolerable ...
But anger to anger, the other party has obviously decided to play guerrilla warfare, this is not good news. What's more, for the San Marino empire they also know limited, so far they do not even know the dark lord is male or female, tall or short, fat or thin, how old. Maybe even if people walk past from under your eyes you still take it as invisible it ... And I heard that one of the four tower masters of the Five Yew Towers are floating around, they must have a unique method to avoid the tracking of other people.
Besides, could he really defeat the Dark Lord?
The old man shook his head .
Soul magic is too unfamiliar a school of magic, it can even be said that it has long since disappeared from this world, except for the Lord of Darkness, there is no one who uses this kind of magic among all the Chanting Ambassadors on the continent at the present time. It was only natural to be cautious when facing such an unknown thing that could not be understood, no matter how cautious one was. However, the other party's actions were clearly strange, why would they go to such lengths when there were three cities, dozens of villages, and two other military fortresses between Shades of Green and the one that was attacked?
The old man shook his head and thought no more.
Outside, the rain has cleared.