Mason and Orrin were initially puzzled as to why Gerosso, who had always been arrogant, suddenly became so quiet. After hearing Lin Li's words, the two of them finally understood that Lin Li must have done something to Gerosso. Rumor had it that he had already stepped into the Legendary-realm, and that was probably the means of a Legendary-mage.
The three of them continued to chat while leaving the side hall, leaving Gerosso standing stiffly on the spot. He watched the three of them leave, but there was nothing he could do. The feeling of not being able to control his body was almost making him break down.
Lin Li, Mason, and Orrin didn't find a special place to stay, and simply found a quiet corner in the hall to continue chatting about what had happened in the past few years. However, it didn't take long for Aldwin and the others to come over, and inform Lin Li that the regular meeting was about to begin. Mason and Orrin were sent to the library of the Supreme Council by their respective teachers.
Under Aldwin's lead, Lin Li followed the crowd to the venue where the regular meeting was being held. At this moment, the people who were originally in the hall did the same. Some of them walked towards the venue, while some of the younger disciples and students walked out of the hall. Most of them were probably going to the library to study.
In just a minute or two, the people in the hall were all gone, and the hall that was originally filled with all sorts of murmurs became silent. No one noticed that in one of the side halls of the hall, there was a young man who was standing there stiffly with fear in his eyes.
The venue where the regular meeting of the Supreme Council was held was an oval-shaped venue, and the seating arrangements in the venue were also arranged into layers of oval-shaped seats. The seats of each councilor were spacious, and there was a certain distance between them. There was also a councilor's nameplate placed on each table.
When Lin Li arrived at the venue, there were already many people seated inside. Chairman Andoine and Deputy Chairman Rosen were already seated in the direction facing the exit, while the seats of the high-ranking councilors were on both sides of them.
As the President of the Alanna Guild of Magic, Aldwin was seated next to Andoine due to his contribution to the exploration of Osric's mausoleum previously. Clearly, his status was second only to the two chairmen.
After bringing Lin Li and the others into the venue, Aldwin informed them before taking a step forward and heading to his own seat. Lin Li, Macklin, Joey, and Hahnar were all just ordinary councilors. However, the four of them were not seated together, especially since Lin Li was a new councilor. Hence, he was seated at the outermost area.
When all the councilors arrived and took their seats, the meeting finally began, and the first topic to be discussed shocked Lin Li, who was attending such a meeting for the first time.
"Recently, the border situation between the Felan Kingdom and the Ledin Kingdom has become increasingly tense, and border conflicts have occurred from time to time. How will the Supreme Council deal with the possible war between the two countries in the future? I'd like to invite all the councilors to speak and discuss this matter, "Andoine said, and returned to his seat to wait for everyone to speak.
As soon as Andoine sat down, someone gestured for him to speak. After getting permission, the councilor stood up, looked around the venue, and said in a deep voice, "There is one thing that I believe everyone here should have experienced. The magic geniuses that we once thought would have a bright future would often fall into a bottleneck at a certain stage. It was as if all their talent had disappeared overnight, and they became extremely ordinary. That was a huge disappointment to us."
Seeing that the councilors were nodding slightly, the councilor who was speaking seemed to be more confident. He gradually raised his voice, and said, "The reason is that Anril has been peaceful for too long, and the young mages have not been able to get enough experience. They don't even have enough courage to face difficulties. Only after experiencing the baptism of war and the real test of life and death can they know how insignificant the difficulties they face are. Hence, I think that not only can we not stop this war, but we should also promote it and make it more intense so that the young mages can get enough experience. "
The councilor expressed his opinion passionately, and then looked at the reactions of the councilors around him before bowing to Andoine and taking his seat.
The councilor's opinion was somewhat reasonable. It was a well-known fact that people would burst out with greater potential when they were on the brink of death. Moreover, in this world, there were many examples of people taking risks in order to break through bottlenecks and eventually succeeding. Hence, war could indeed be used as a catalyst.
However, not everyone would agree with this point of view. Soon after the first councilor sat down, someone stood up and retorted rudely, "That's nonsense. You only see the training that war has on people, but you ignore the destruction that war has on people. Many talents have indeed emerged in the wars in history, but how many outstanding talents have fallen in the war, and how many talents have been killed before they could achieve anything? You haven't counted them. I can tell you that the losses are definitely much greater than the gains. "
"Since they have been eliminated by war, they can't be called talents! The power of magic has to be comprehended through war. Without war … "Immediately, another councilor who supported the argument of war stood up.
Lin Li sat at the back, listening to the hundreds of councilors who were divided into two factions and arguing continuously. He couldn't help but feel emotional. No wonder it was said that the Supreme Council could decide the fate of Anril. It was indeed not an exaggeration. Regardless of who was right or wrong, manipulating such a war that involved the two major powers did not seem to be a problem for them. They could make it happen or not.
The pro-war faction and the anti-war faction took turns to speak, and the debate was very intense. Meanwhile, Lin Li sat in the corner without saying a word. He found such a meeting a little refreshing at first, but as time passed, he gradually felt a little drowsy. The discussion of such a topic alone took an entire day. By the end of the meeting, Lin Li didn't even know if they had come to a conclusion.
After the meeting, Lin Li, who was sitting at the back, was the first to walk out of the venue. After waiting at the door for a while, Macklin and the others came out too. Due to the fact that Aldwin was a high-ranking councilor, he had to stay behind with the other high-ranking councilors to continue discussing the topic just now and prepare for the final decision.
At another exit not far from Lin Li, Macklin, and the others, a middle-aged mage in his fifties had just walked out of the door when an Archmage who was in charge of maintaining order approached him and whispered a few words to him.
"What!? Someone dares to make a move here? " The middle-aged mage exclaimed in shock, but he remembered that it was not a good place to make a ruckus. Hence, he lowered his voice, and hurriedly said to the person who came, "Hurry up and take me there!"
The Archmage who came to report the news persuaded while leading the way, "Councilor Leddings, you don't have to worry too much. Gerosso didn't get hurt. He was just trapped by Mana Shackles."
Before the meeting began, Leddings saw that his student Gerosso didn't come to look for him, and thought that he had already gone to the library to study. To his surprise, at the end of the meeting, he was informed that Gerosso had been trapped in a side hall for an entire day with Mana Shackles.
Although Leddings knew that Mana Shackles wouldn't cause much harm to people, his student had been inexplicably imprisoned for an entire day. Wasn't this equivalent to slapping him in the face?
The person who could use Mana Shackles to trap a level-19 Archmage for an entire day had to be at least in the Legendary-realm. That was what made Leddings infuriated. Someone with Legendary-level strength had to be a member of the council. Why couldn't he just tell him? Why did he have to make things difficult for a junior?
Soon, Leddings arrived at the side hall, and saw his student Gerosso who had been trapped for an entire day.
As soon as he saw his teacher, Gerosso was on the verge of tears. He was conscious, but he couldn't control his body. The entire day was just like a nightmare that he couldn't wake up from.
Fortunately, Lin Li didn't use much power to imprison Gerosso, and Leddings quickly removed the Mana Shackles on Gerosso. He then suppressed his anger, and asked, "Gerosso, who did this to you?"
With the help of the people next to him, Gerosso, whose body was stiff, sat on a chair. He tried to hold it in, and finally didn't embarrass himself in front of everyone. He said in a trembling voice, "It's … It's someone who was with Mason and Orrin. I've never seen him before."
As soon as he heard Gerosso mention Mason and Orrin, Leddings, who was his teacher, immediately knew the possible cause of the matter. After all, Gerosso had been targeting Mason and Orrin for a long time. However, that did not mean that Leddings had forgiven that person for what he had done to his student.
However, Leddings couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Gerosso say that he had never seen that person before. It was not the first time he had brought his students to attend the regular meeting. Even if he wasn't familiar with the councilors, he should at least have seen them before. Could it be a newly promoted councilor? He really didn't pay attention to that. The previous meetings were all focused on discussing the war, and he didn't notice if there were any unfamiliar faces.
Leddings saw the Archmage who had led him over. They were in charge of maintaining order at the meeting, and should have some news. Hence, he asked, "Begena, are there any new councilors attending the regular meeting today?"
"Yes, it seems so." Begena thought for a while, and said, "There are two new councilors today. One is President Joey of the Chevan City Guild of Magic, and the other is President Felic of the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic."
"Breezy Plains Guild of Magic, Tower of Dusk?" Leddings' eyes immediately lit up. That useless Joey was only a level-19 Archmage, and didn't have the ability to imprison his disciple at all. However, President Felic of the Tower of Dusk was said to be a Legendary-mage. Hence, it was very possible.
"What? Felic!? He's Felic? Teacher, I'm sure that the one who attacked me … "Gerosso finally realized at this moment that the person whom he had initially looked down on was the culprit who had crippled his younger brother back then.
However, before Gerosso could finish speaking, Leddings berated him sternly, "Shut up, President Felic is the president of a guild and a newly promoted councilor of the Supreme Council. How can he attack a junior like you? Come with me, don't embarrass me here. "While speaking, he glanced at Archmage Begena who was beside him.
Gerosso felt a little aggrieved at first, but after seeing his teacher's hint, he immediately understood something. He forced himself to stand up, and obediently followed his teacher out.
Watching the teacher and teacher leave, Begena shook his head in amusement, turned around, and returned to the venue, pretending that nothing had happened.
Gerosso followed his teacher outside, and seeing that there was no one around, he couldn't help but say, "Teacher, it must be that Felic. He was Mason and Orrin's roommates back then, and they have a good relationship. My younger brother, Gryffindor, was crippled by him. He must want to cripple me too. In particular, after they trapped me, they even called me a useless student and a useless teacher. Their words were so harsh. "
Even without Gerosso's provocation, Leddings wouldn't have let the matter rest. A newly promoted councilor wasn't enough to make him feel fearful. No matter what the reason was, he would be laughed at if he didn't step in when his student had been taught a lesson.
"He's just a newly promoted councilor, and yet he dares to be so arrogant. Go and find out where he lives. I think he doesn't want to be a councilor anymore!" Leddings dared to say that not because he wanted to save face in front of his students, but because he was confident enough.
The councilors of the Supreme Council might seem impressive to others, but Leddings, who was also a councilor, knew that the identity of a councilor was nothing here. There were hundreds of councilors in the entire council, and everyone had the same identity. What was really more important was their connections.
What kind of connections could a newly promoted councilor who had just joined the council today have? Although Joey of the Chevan City Guild of Magic was also a newly promoted councilor, he had been the President for so many years, after all. Hence, he had at least three to five close friends.
In Leddings' opinion, Lin Li was just the President of a new Guild of Magic that had only been established for a few years. Besides, he was in a place like the Breezy Plains, and did not have the opportunity to interact with other Guilds of Magic at all. How could he have connections?
However, Leddings was different. After being a councilor for so many years, all the councilors had to give him some face. Besides, in the Supreme Council, the two chairmen and the eight high-ranking councilors were the ones who held the highest power. Besides, he had a good relationship with several high-ranking councilors, and he could even speak to Deputy Chairman Rosen through them.
Hence, in Leddings' opinion, it would be too easy for him to deal with a newly promoted councilor with his connections. Perhaps he could make Lin Li pack his bags and scram back to the Breezy Plains with just a few words. By then, Lin Li would not even be a councilor anymore, and Leddings would be able to do whatever he wanted to him. He wanted to let Lin Li know that this was the price of offending him!
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