The Black Bear Gang's experience quickly spread throughout the airship.
After hearing the news, the apprentices talked about it a lot. Most of them were happy that Ridley was dealt with. The girls who were violated by Ridley cheered loudly after hearing the news.
But none of this has anything to do with Richard.
Richard was sitting in room 225 at this time, recovering his magic power while leisurely looking at the nobles in front of him.
"Would you like to introduce yourselves?"
Richard sat on the stool and Ellie stood nervously beside him.
Richard was of humble origin and didn't know how many nobles he had, but Ellie knew all of them by heart.
The people in front of him were all descendants of the great nobles of the Plantagenet Kingdom. Under normal circumstances, even Ellie's father would have to pay a huge price to see them.
"Let me go first."
A tall, handsome blond man sat down opposite Richard.
"My name is Kevin Medici, and I'm here to invite you, Richard, to join our alliance."
"The Medici family!" Ellie exclaimed.
The Medici family was the most prominent aristocratic family in the Plantagenet Kingdom. The family's direct fiefdoms and the territories of its vassals accounted for a quarter of the Plantagenet Kingdom.
Among the people, the history of the Medici family rising from small traders to great nobles is something that countless merchants yearn for.
Richard held his chin and said calmly, "It seems he is an important person."
No matter how powerful the Medici family is, they are only powerful in the Plantagenet Kingdom. On this airship, there is no distinction between high and low, only strong and weak, life and death.
Passing the exam means life, failing means death.
Kevin was not surprised by Ellie's reaction, but he was a little surprised by Richard's indifference.
Judging from Richard's reaction, his noble status and his prominent family were of little use.
This gave Kevin a headache, but he also felt more admiration in his heart.
Not everyone can quickly change their ideas of more than ten years. Someone who can become a wizard's apprentice so quickly must be extraordinary in his own way.
After thinking for a moment, Kevin decided to show weakness first.
"But compared to wizards, the Medici family is just a group of mortals with some power."
Richard smiled. It seemed that this Master Kevin was a sensible man.
"So Master Kevin, how strong is your organization? What position can I have in your organization? What benefits can I get from your organization?"
Richard had no interest in engaging in verbal battles with the nobles, and his questions went straight to the crux of cooperation.
This made Kevin, who was used to negotiating with the nobility, at a loss for a moment.
"this..."
Kevin hesitated, his brain working rapidly, trying to articulate the answer in an organized manner.
But due to this delay, someone answered for him.
"Bitch...Richard, I think you should take a longer-term view."
Behind Kevin, a red-haired noble suddenly spoke.
This red-haired nobleman was stout with a greasy face, and although he tried to speak in a gentle manner, he could not hide his aristocratic stench at all - he looked down on Richard from the bottom of his heart.
"Joining us is an opportunity for you. Our organization is full of nobles." The fat red-haired man said proudly, "As long as you join us, you can also become a member of the nobility."
As soon as the fat man said this, Kevin knew that things were going to go wrong.
Would a man who didn't even care about the Medici family care about a noble status that would be useless in the future? I'm afraid that even if they promised him a dukedom, he would refuse it without hesitation.
Sure enough, after hearing what the fat man said, Richard immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, Kevin, did you hear that? Your little brother offered me such a generous offer."
Richard looked at the group of nobles behind Kevin with sarcasm. Although these people looked peaceful, they could not hide the disgust for him deep in their bones.
On the contrary, Kevin, who came from a prominent family, really humbled himself and wanted to recruit him into the group.
"I have to say one thing. I come from the great Birmingham family. The Medici family cannot allow me to be Kevin's follower."
The fat red-haired man explained with a serious face, as if this was a very important matter.
He didn't understand Richard's laughter. Joining them and becoming a noble was something that many people could not find a way to do in the Plantagenet Kingdom no matter how much money they spent.
However, the untouchable in front of him was not grateful for such a gift. Instead, he looked at him with mockery.
This is simply unreasonable.
The untouchables are the untouchables. Even if they become wizards by chance, their dull brains cannot understand profound things.
Kevin took a deep breath. He was not afraid of god-like opponents, but he was afraid of pig-like teammates.
The fat man's words almost made this attempt to win over the enemy meaningless, but he still wanted to save it.
If Richard, the wizard apprentice, joins them, the alliance will not only gain a great boost, but also reduce a threat.
"I swear on my family name! Polly, if you say one more word, even one more word, I will kick you out!"
Kevin's voice was filled with suppressed anger, and these impolite words made Polly's fat face turn red.
He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something else, but looking at Kevin's cold eyes, he finally closed his mouth.
"Richard, you don't have to pay attention to what Polly says. He is a new noble, so he is proud of his noble status. But not all members of our organization are like this," Kevin turned to Richard and instantly put on a decent smile on his face.
"In our alliance, there is one knight, two apprentices who are connected to the Soul Sea, and five knight attendants. Although I don't know the situation of other airships, the strength of our alliance is definitely enough to pass this exam."
Furthermore, there is a descendant of a legendary knight in our alliance."
Kevin approached Richard in a mysterious manner.
"Richard, have you heard of that legend? The legendary knights who founded the Seven Kingdoms all came from the Kingdom of God, and their descendants also have divine blood."
Kevin's words aroused Richard's interest. He had indeed heard the legend of the legendary knights. In ancient times, seven legendary knights came to the world from the kingdom of God and founded the current seven kingdoms in the wilderness full of monsters.
According to legend, some of these legendary knights are extremely strong, some can breathe fire, some can transform into wild beasts, and some are invulnerable to swords and guns.
But seeing what Kevin said, it seems that this legendary knight must have some relationship with the wizard.
"What does that mean? Could it be that these legendary knights are descendants of wizards?" Richard guessed.
"Not really, but almost."
Kevin rolled his eyes and kept it a secret.
"It seems this is a secret. I need to join to know it."
Richard seemed to be thinking about something, his eyes moving from Kevin to the group of nobles behind him, and then from the nobles to Kevin.
"I have a question. If you can help me answer it, I will join you." Richard sat up straight and his expression became serious.
"Speaking."
"Why did that knight and those two would-be apprentices form an alliance with you?"
Kevin's alliance seemed very abnormal to Richard.
Every member of an alliance should be useful, or most of them should be useful. In Kevin's alliance, apart from the knights and wizard apprentices, the others are not a burden, but at least they are useless.
Logically, such a deformed alliance should not exist. But the fact that it exists means that there must be some internal support that Richard is unaware of.
Richard guessed that this support should be the magic prop mentioned by the nobles.
"This is an easy question." Kevin seemed relieved, "Because most of us have..."
"Kevin!" A short shout interrupted Kevin.
She was a noblewoman wearing purple. Purple was the most precious color in the Plantagenet family. To be able to wear purple, her family must have produced at least a duke.
Richard shook his head helplessly when he saw this, thinking that he actually had illusions about the nobles.
"It seems that our cooperation cannot be achieved. Please go back."
Richard stood up to see him off without giving Kevin any chance to explain.
If this group of nobles could have half or even a third of Kevin's respect, Richard would consider joining this organization.
Kevin is definitely not the only one who has formed an alliance among so many apprentices. If the exam comes, the primary target of these alliances will be individual apprentices.
But the attitude of this group of nobles really made Richard dare not turn his back to them.
Besides, Ellie has also become a quasi-apprentice. Wouldn't it be better to team up with Ellie, a good person who knows everyone well, than with this group of nobles?
Seeing Richard's firm attitude, Kevin didn't say anything more. He shook hands with Richard according to etiquette and left.
After they left, Richard opened his hand to shake Kevin's.
A piece of paper covered with wizard language suddenly appeared in Richard's palm.
"This Kevin is quite interesting." Richard smiled and put the note into his pocket.
Half an hour later, the maintenance of the airship was completed and it began to sail at high speed. All the apprentices returned to their respective small rooms again.
Richard sat on the bed, replaying the battle in his mind.
He released eight magic missiles in total, consuming about half of his magic power. In other words, if he released all his magic power, he could release fifteen magic missiles in total.
Although the power of magic missiles is described as weak in books, no one would waste magic power like this except for newly-initiated wizard apprentices.
But when it was actually used, Richard was still surprised by its power, which was comparable to that of a pistol bullet.
Fifteen magic missiles means fifteen bullets.
With such strength, Richard was confident that he could definitely pass the exam as long as he was not ambushed or besieged by a group of people.
After reviewing the battle, Richard took out the note from his pocket.
The content is very simple. Kevin plans to hire Richard not to kill him during the entrance examination for the price of one magic stone.
Magic stones etc. will be settled after admission.
"The nobles who started out as businessmen have much better brains than those idiots." Richard sighed and casually put the note into his pocket.
In this transaction, Richard didn't need to do anything to get a magic stone.
And Kevin can get what he wants. A wizard apprentice is a predator in this exam. In his opinion, it is undoubtedly worth it to exchange future benefits for a little bit of present security.
It's a win-win deal.
…
After the maintenance, the airship never slowed down again.
For ten days, the airship flew to the designated location without stopping.
As the leader of the recruiting wizards, Ariely, holding a giant sword made of door panels, looked at the black tower rising into the sky in the distance and issued an order.
"Prepare to land!"
We have arrived at the Black Tower Wizarding Academy.