The man seemed to be in a hurry. Roland asked, "What happened?"
The man immediately told him what had happened.
As it turned out, Tobian had been frivolous when he was young and pissed off a small noble family. This small noble family left Hollevin and moved to Fareins to live. It had been more than a decade, but unexpectedly, the descendant of this small noble family came and fought with the Association of Mages.
And Tobian was humiliated by him every day.
Oh … So that's what happened.
Roland looked at his quest panel and didn't find any notification. He shook his head and said, "I don't want to meddle in Master Tobian's family affairs."
The man immediately crawled over and cried, "Mr. Roland, you're the only one in Hollevin and the entire world of Mages who can save Master Tobian. You're friends."
Roland almost laughed out loud when he heard that.
He and Tobian were purely interested in each other.
Roland supported him as the general chairman and didn't stand in his way. Tobian, on the other hand, copied all the level-one and level-two spells in the headquarters for Roland.
Everything was settled, and the only difference between them was the general chairman and the deputy chairman.
Also, this relationship was quite fragile. After all, it was common for the local branch chairman to disobey orders in the Association of Mages.
How shameless was this man to say that Roland and Tobian were friends?
"Sorry, I have a lot of things to do. I don't want to get involved in Mr. Tobian's private affairs."
Roland waved his hand.
But the man continued crying and begging, "Mr. Roland, you're really the only friend our master has. You have to help him."
Roland wanted to laugh even more.
Then, he managed to hold back his laughter and said, "Sorry, I can't save him either. Tobian is a Master Mage, and I'm only an Elite Mage. My family has been operating in the capital for hundreds of years. I'm much stronger than a little Mage like me both in terms of personal strength and heritage. Wouldn't it be suicide for me to go there if he can't do it? "
"But it'll work if there are more people," the man said anxiously.
"More people?" Roland said with a faint smile, "It seems that Chairman Tobian sent a lot of people to get reinforcements. You said that I'm the only friend?"
Oh … The man was instantly stunned.
Roland looked at the dumbfounded expression on the other party's face and thought that he was indeed acting.
How could a Master Magician only have one friend?
Moreover, it was a young man whom she had only met three or four times.
Even a fool wouldn't lie like that.
The man stood up. He didn't look as sad as before, but he continued, "In any case, our master is indeed in big trouble. He's the general chairman of the Association of Mages. His honor is closely related to the association. If our master is bullied by outsiders, the branch chairmen will be bullied too. So, Mr. Roland, please help us."
Although the man's head was still lowered and he was still kneeling on one knee, his expression was clearly not as humble as before. Although he was a little embarrassed, he seemed a lot more proud.
However, he still didn't dare to look Roland in the eye.
After all, Roland was a Mage and not someone a nobody like him could afford to offend, even if he had Tobian to back him up.
"I think I'll pass. A weak mage like me shouldn't get involved in the fight between the big shots."
The man stood up, his tiny eyes gleaming. "Sir, are you really so heartless? Are you really not going to help?"
"I can't."
"That's a shame." The man sighed rather disappointedly and turned to leave the Magic Tower.
Roland looked at his back and sneered inwardly.
This man was full of lies.
Tobian offended someone … and the person he offended left his hometown?
Did he think he was an idiot?
It must've been that Tobian bullied someone back then and forced them away, only for them to come back and kill him.
Tobian, who learned that things weren't going well, dealt with others and sent people everywhere for help.
He was probably trying to use the trick of "a local bully kills a foreign dragon."
At this moment, Vivian came close and asked, "Are you really not going to meet Chairman Tobian? Our plan has only just begun. If he finds out, we may be greatly hindered. "
"You have a point." Roland nodded. "I'll go to the capital in a couple of days to see what's going on."
Then, Roland looked at the haggard Vivian. "You've worked hard recently."
"Then why don't you reward me?" Vivian's eyes glittered. She leaned close to Roland and said ambiguously, "The queen's armor is too high for you to break, but I'm very weak. You can do whatever you want to me."
As she spoke, Vivian's body trembled slightly. She was very shy, but also very brave.
She was a pure girl with great talents. She was not as beautiful as Andonara, but she wasn't bad. She was indeed a little beauty.
Roland took a deep breath, and Vivian became more aggressive.
If she went on like this, he would probably be tortured to death by Andonara and Vivian.
After he returned to the Magic Tower, Roland took over some of Vivian's affairs, which made Vivian a lot more relaxed.
That night, Roland returned to the manor, where Andonara and Cage were waiting for him in the living room.
Kaido was already on the third floor, looking for a room to sleep in.
After all, he was still young and tired from the long journey.
There was food on the table, most of which was made by Andonara.
Roland sat down and had a piece of cake. He was hungry after a busy day.
After Roland finished his meal, Cage said, "Just now, I heard from Anna that this city is essentially your territory now, isn't it?"
"This land is still owned by John's family. I'm only managing it for them."
"Oh." Cage put on a knowing expression.
Cage didn't think that Roland was wrong. In this world, it was very common for nobles to fight each other. Roland didn't destroy John's bloodline, and even publicly acknowledged that he was still the lord. This in itself was a kind of kindness.
Very kindness.
He thought for a moment and said, "I'm told that your sheriff is on a study trip. Do you want me to help you with that?"
The sheriff used to be Vincent, but Vincent wasn't back yet, so the sheriff's position was vacant.
Andonara was back, so she should've been in charge.
But it would be even better if Cage was willing to take over.
Vincent was very suitable to be a sheriff because he was fair enough. However, as a Mage and a rich second generation, Vincent was too arrogant and unreachable for the regular members of the security team. There was always a sense of alienation.
But Cage was different.
Although he was a noble, he was only a quasi-noble, the kind with no power.
More importantly, Cage used to be a mercenary. He was down-to-earth and liked to talk dirty, which made it easy for him to get along with the bottom-level people.
As a result, it was easier for him to work in public security than it was for Vincent.
Roland couldn't have asked for more.
After dealing with government affairs in the Magic Tower for two days and checking on the school for half a day, making sure that everything was normal, Roland teleported to the capital.
Instead of going to the Association of Mages, he went to the Guild of Mercenaries first.
Taking out a small bag of gold coins as a deposit, Roland posted the highest-level bounty quest in the Guild of Mercenaries.
He was looking for the five elemental cores of wind, water, earth, fire, and thunder.
Each core was worth twelve gold coins, and he wanted one of each.
Although the elemental cores were priceless, the price was already 1.5 times the market price.
If it were before, Roland would've looked for the elemental cores himself, but he found that he could leave a lot of things to other people.
As long as you were rich or had your own forces.
Roland was already very rich, and his forces were being established.
He had thought it through recently.
It was indeed a fun way to travel and see the world when you were strong.
But it was also a good way to establish a force.
And it was quite interesting.
After leaving the Guild of Mercenaries, Roland slowly walked to the Magic Tower.
There were obviously fewer people on the street at this moment. Even the people who were yelling on the street subconsciously lowered their voices.
The whole capital seemed to be filled with pressure.
Standing before the Association of Mages, Roland found that the gate of the Association of Mages had been blocked by a bunch of people in white robes.
Now and then, the brilliance of golden divine power would emerge from those people.
"People of the Church of Light?" Roland mumbled.
They came back from Fareins … Fareins was the headquarters of the Church of Light. Hehe. That's interesting.
Roland was about to leave for a tavern to ask for information, when he saw a man standing not far away from him.
A man with red lips and fair skin who was even more beautiful than most women.
Who else could he be but Antis?
Antis kept looking at Roland.
Roland walked to him and said with a smile, "Long time no see."
"It has indeed been a long time." Antis didn't look friendly. "You should've stayed in Delpon to guard the queen. Why are you here?"
Roland smiled. "Why can't I be here? I heard that it's a good show, so I came to watch it. "
Antis' expression softened a lot. He asked, "You're not here to help Tobian?"
"Of course."
Hearing Roland's reply, Antis was completely relieved. He turned around and said while walking, "Come here. I'll show you a good show."
Roland immediately followed him.
Ten minutes later, Roland sat on the balcony on the second floor of a very luxurious hotel. Drinking delicious fruit wine, he asked, "Didn't you ask me to watch a good show? Where's the good show? "
"Wait a little longer," said Antis coldly.
Roland could only shrug.
Very soon, four men in white robes walked down from the third floor. They passed by Roland and Antis, then turned around and went down to the first floor.
They walked to the middle of the main hall and were about to leave, when another group of people walked in.
They were all wearing gray magic robes, and their leader was a brawny bald man.
"Tobian."
Roland was slightly surprised. "You knew that they were going to have a conflict here?"
"I was the one who told Tobian that Alfred was staying here today." Antis smiled gloomily. "It was also me who told Tobian that Alfred was his illegitimate son."
Roland was stunned.
"I know what you did in Delpon very well. Instead of starting from scratch, why don't you take over the Association of Mages?"
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