Alfred smiled and didn't say anything.
The Great Elder of the Monochrome Magic Tower was rather helpless to see how mysterious he was, but he didn't want to ask further because of his identity, so he simply continued watching the arena.
In fact, not just the other people, even Alfred was shocked.
Under normal circumstances, casting a chanting spell and forcing it to be instantly cast would be punished by 'damage reduction'.
Generally speaking, the power of an instantaneous spell would be reduced by 40% to 80% depending on one's talent and aptitude. It didn't mean that the Legendary Mages were only 10% or 20% stronger than Roland.
It was just that the power of their instantaneous spells would be greatly reduced, so they were only slightly stronger than Roland.
It was also the reason why many mentors were so shocked that they stood up.
It was the first time that they had seen someone cast an instantaneous spell without reducing its power.
The mentors who stood up soon sat back down.
The students were not stupid. They had seen the mentors lose their composure. In addition, Roland had easily defeated the first ten challengers. If it were them, they would definitely not be able to do it so easily. They knew that Roland's strength had completely surpassed theirs.
For a moment, nobody dared to challenge Roland.
The atmosphere was rather silent.
Roland stood in the arena and waited for a long time. Seeing that nobody came to challenge him, he yawned.
He seemed rather bored.
Alfred couldn't help but smile when he saw that from below.
The Red Magic Tower had lost more than they won in the previous academic fairs. The reason was simple … The arenas of all the Magic Towers always had the strongest suppression on destructive spells. If the suppression on other spells was 5, the suppression on destructive spells would be 7. After all, destructive spells could kill people if they weren't careful, so they had to be suppressed more severely.
Therefore, the students of the Red Magic Tower had always been at a disadvantage.
However, the situation was quite different this time. Both Roland and Betta had stood in the arena until now and knocked down their opponents easily.
They were already in the limelight.
Should he quit while he was ahead?
After considering for a moment, Alfred waved at both Roland and Betta.
Then, the two of them left the arena.
All the students of the other Magic Towers were relieved, including some mentors.
They wouldn't know how to deal with it if it went on.
With two super geniuses standing there, they couldn't win even if they took turns to wear them down. It might seem like a simple matter, but it actually had a huge impact.
The confidence of the students in his Magic Tower would definitely be greatly affected.
Now, these two fiends had finally descended.
After Roland and Betta came down for a while, someone else went up to fight in the ring.
It was just that no matter how they fought, the people who went up felt their hands and feet bound, unable to fight freely.
He seemed to be affected by something.
After Roland and Betta came down, the mentors of the Red Magic Tower naturally nodded in approval. They felt proud that their students had won glory.
Roland returned to the group of students and sat quietly. Watching the others fight in the arena, Roland gradually lost interest.
They were all academic playstyles, and the routines were very old-fashioned. There was nothing new about them.
The competition between students lasted for two days. Two days later, the academic exchange ended.
Roland and Betta both received a transparent spatial gem from the Monochrome Magic Tower.
This thing could be made into a necklace, or it could be divided into several rings. After wearing it, it could slightly reduce the mana consumption when using spatial magic.
It was also a good magic material.
After the academic exchange was over, everybody from the Red Magic Tower returned.
On the flying boat, Alfred sent someone to invite Roland to the captain's cabin.
The captain's cabin was much larger and more furnished than a cabin.
Alfred gestured for Roland to sit down and said, "Roland, there's something that I've been meaning to talk to you about. Is it okay to take up some of your time?"
"Go ahead, Great Elder."
Alfred nodded with a smile. He was very satisfied with Roland's politeness. "You've been in the Red Magic Tower for a year. You must've learned a lot of things in the past year. For example, the power structure of the school. "
Roland had been staring at Alfred while he was talking.
He knew that Alfred wouldn't have asked him to come here if there wasn't anything important.
Also, if it was something serious, he could talk about it after he returned to the Red Magic Tower. There was no need to talk about it on the flying boat.
Unless it wasn't so … serious.
Hearing that, Roland nodded and said, "Of course I do. More than fifty percent of the mentors and students are from Fareins, and the rest are from Urganda."
"Smart people are indeed different. They can still understand what's happening around them when they're working hard." Alfred still put on a gentle smile. "As a matter of fact, not just the Red Magic Tower, most mentors and students in all the other Magic Towers are from Fareins."
Roland didn't say anything.
Alfred was slightly surprised at Roland's calmness. He continued, "As a Golden Son, you don't have a country. So, I would like to invite you to become a member of Fareins. As long as you're willing to come, you can be a baron. "
It was rare to be a noble, especially one from Fareins, the most powerful country.
Roland was briefly stunned. He thought that Alfred was going to ask him why he could instantly cast Prismatic Light and why the power of Prismatic Light wasn't reduced.
Or that Alfred would ask him to submit the other improved spell models.
He didn't expect that Alfred was trying to recruit him.
After a brief daze, Roland shook his head and said, "Sorry, I prefer Hollevin."
Delpon was his base. He had been operating here for two years and invested so much money and effort into it. If he went to Fareins, all his previous efforts would be in vain, and he would have to start all over again.
It would be very wasteful and exhausting.
Besides, Andonara, Vivian, Cage, and his other family and friends were all from Hollevin.
If he went to Fareins, they would definitely feel estranged. Why bother?
"Why bother? Hollevin is just a small country that can't even compare to a marquis in Fareins. A man like you should have a broader world instead of a small country like Hollevin. It will limit your talents."
Roland's refusal was within Alfred's expectation.
If it were him, he wouldn't have changed his stance and nationality so easily.
Although the Golden Sons didn't have nationalities, they all arrived in Hollevin, and it was normal for them to regard this place as their second home.
Since an empty position didn't work, he might as well increase his offer. "After you become a baron, you will have your own fief and your own army. Also, with your abilities and talents, I think many noble families will be willing to send their daughters to marry you. In a few years, you will even be a marquis. By then, you will have more land than Hollevin. Isn't that good? "
If it were a local Mage who was recruited like this, he would've been very excited whether he succeeded or not.
It was because the identity of a noble, especially one from Fareins, was too tempting.
For many people, Fareins was the most prosperous, wealthiest, and most civilized country in the world. It was almost a degraded version of paradise on earth.
Living in such a beautiful, wealthy, and civilized country and being a noble of Fareins was something that most foreigners couldn't even dream of.
But Roland was different. As a person from an alternate dimension in the information age, he didn't really identify with the identity of a noble.
In the information age, there were so-called nobles, upper classes, and so on.
In the end, a global pandemic revealed everything.
The upper-class president of a certain beacon of civilization went back on his word and manipulated the stock market with information asymmetry and the epidemic.
He also claimed that he knew the epidemic better than anybody else, and his nonsense killed many voters who believed in him.
The prince of a country where the sun never set, almost forty years old, couldn't support himself after leaving his mother, and had to sell his family property.
That was the disadvantage of a highly informative society. The so-called upper class and noble elites that were bragged about before were all exposed to the people at the bottom who struggled to make a living.
Many of the beautiful bubbles and magnificent illusions of the past were shattered.
So Roland had long since stopped thinking about nobles and upper classes as good words.
Besides, after coming to this game world, most of the nobles in this world used practical actions to make Roland's impression and ideas more stable and solid.
He smiled. "Thank you for your kindness, Great Elder, but I still prefer Hollevin."
Alfred frowned slightly.
He saw the hint of disdain hidden in Roland's smile.
He didn't think that Roland was mocking him, but for some reason, he had a feeling that he was still being mocked.
After a moment of silence, Alfred asked, "Is it because you don't want to part with Queen Andonara? You can bring her to Fareins. I don't think the royal family of Hollevin would dare to come to Fareins to ask for her. "
"They wouldn't come to me to ask for her in the first place." Roland shook his head. "Great Elder, you don't have to persuade me anymore. I'm a nostalgic person and prefer a stable life. I don't like change. I appreciate your kindness and thank you very much, but I really won't enter Fareins."
Alfred stared into Roland's eyes and found that the trainee wasn't lying.
The other party really didn't want to come to Fareins.
"That's a shame." Alfred sighed and said, "Roland, go back to the cabin and think about it. You'll be staying in the Magic Tower for a long time anyway. I hope you can change your mind one day."
Roland stood up, nodded slightly to Alfred as a salute, and then left the captain's cabin.
After Roland left, Murphy walked out of the captain's cabin. "Why is this man so stubborn? He's a Golden Son, not from Hollevin. Why is he so stubborn?"
"I think it's because of the beautiful queen. Young people are all lustful, and the royal family of Hollevin is using the queen to tie him up." Alfred thought for a moment and said, "Do you think it's okay to introduce the First Princess, the widow, to him?"
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