Roland returned home, ate lunch, and took a nap. He then went to the forums and watched the other players brag.
After all, there were five hundred thousand players who were willing to share their insights and experiences, and Roland was one of them.
He slowly scrolled through. Some were bragging, some were talking about the strange customs and practices of their cities, and some were talking about the weaknesses and habits of some monsters and magical beasts in the wild.
Roland read with great interest.
Those who surfed the forums knew that once they encountered a topic they liked, surfing the forums would become a waste of time.
By the time Roland came back to his senses and felt his eyes blur, it was already evening.
After eating the dinner his mother made and taking a shower, he practiced the horse stance in his room for a while before entering the game again.
He first sat in the magic lab on the fifth floor and answered the questions of the magic apprentices. About half a day later, he had just eaten the lunch Vivian made when Aldo came to his study.
Vivian was asking Roland questions. She then smiled at Aldo and left Roland's study.
Aldo looked at Vivian's back and was a little surprised. "You haven't touched her yet?"
Roland's lips twitched helplessly. He didn't want to be led by the nose by Aldo on the topic, so he asked directly, "Chairman, what's the matter with your visit this time?"
At this moment, Aldo's expression turned solemn as he said slowly, "The people from the headquarters are about to arrive. They'll be in this city in about an hour."
"Isn't that just what you want?" Roland smiled. Were they finally coming?
Aldo laughed. "Yes, I can finally see someone resist the villains from the headquarters. I hope you don't disappoint me."
"I should be hoping that the people from the headquarters don't disappoint me. I hope they're as domineering, greedy, and condescending as you say." Roland closed a book. Now that he had made new progress in his derivation of Language Proficiency, he could translate languages and words at the same time, but it wasn't a hundred percent accurate. Occasionally, some sentences sounded strange. "So what are your plans next?"
"When two giant dragons are fighting, weak little rabbits like us naturally have to hide to the side." Chairman Aldo smiled, not minding his cowardice at all. "Next, I'll disappear for three days for something important. Do as you see fit in the Magic Tower."
"What if I run away?" Roland asked.
"It doesn't matter even if you empty out the entire Magic Tower." Aldo shrugged. "Resources and money will come back sooner or later anyway. Once you run away with the money, that would be even better. I can use the headquarters to issue a bounty on you. This way, you and the headquarters will be irreconcilable. "
Hearing this, Roland smiled. "It seems that everything is in your plan!"
Aldo spread his hands proudly. "Alright, I should go. It'll be too late if I don't go now."
With that, Aldo left the Magic Tower.
Roland watched Aldo's figure disappear into the city's buildings from the high-rise window.
If the headquarters were really as Aldo said, he would eventually go against the headquarters, so there was no harm in being used by Aldo. After all, he already had some basic benefits in his hands. Gold coins, resources, and books in the library.
During this time, when he was free from magic experiments, he had used the system's built-in photo function to save more than half of the books in the library. This was the essence of a Magic Tower. Even if he didn't continue working here at the Magic Tower, it would still be worth it.
Besides, he didn't completely trust Aldo, so he would be polite before resorting to force.
He wasn't in a hurry to turn hostile.
After a while, Roland went down to the second floor and rang the golden bell to gather all the magic apprentices.
"You have all learned the basic Hand of Magic, but just practicing will make progress much slower. It's better to put it into practice," Roland said to them. "There are two Golden Sons outside the city gathering beggars and even building houses for them. Now, all of you go out and use Hand of Magic to carry building materials for them and use Hand of Magic to dig holes for them. Use it often. It will be very beneficial for the growth of your magic power."
The magic apprentices looked at each other. They had never seen such a task.
In their impression, the task of Mages was either to help identify magic items or to help deal with things that were easier for Mages to deal with, such as ghost incidents or magic negative energy attacks.
This was the first time that they, the magic apprentices, were asked to do civil engineering.
Seeing the confusion of these magic apprentices, Roland chuckled. "This is the branch chairman's order. If you have any complaints, don't blame me for making things difficult for you afterward."
Upon hearing the threat, the magic apprentices immediately stopped objecting and all expressed their obedience to the branch chairman's command.
Roland then said to Vivian, "Bring the guards too. Let them protect your safety."
Vivian said with some confusion, "But if there are no guards, who will protect the Magic Tower and your safety, Deputy Chairman?"
"This is the Magic Tower. How many people would dare to come here and cause trouble?" Roland said softly. "Besides, I'm a Golden Son. I'm not afraid of anything happening."
"Okay, as you say, Deputy Chairman." Vivian bit her red lips lightly.
After everyone left the Magic Tower, Roland returned to the study.
He deliberately sent everyone away because he was afraid that something would really happen. He wasn't afraid of death, but what if the Mages who came from the headquarters vented their anger on the magic apprentices?
With so many people, he didn't have the confidence to protect them all.
After waiting in the study for a while, he vaguely heard an unhappy voice from below the Magic Tower. "Where are the people of the Magic Tower? Where did they die?"
Roland got up and walked down unhurriedly.
When he went down to the first floor, he saw two young men standing on the smooth floor. They were wearing magic robes and had arrogant expressions.
And behind them stood six men wearing what looked like magic cannons. Their mental fluctuations were very weak. They should all be magic apprentices.
Roland stood on the stairs and looked down at them. He asked even though he already knew the answer, "May I ask who you are?"
"The people from the headquarters are here. Come down and greet them!"
One of the men who looked like a magic apprentice shouted sternly.
The two young men standing at the very front looked Roland up and down with a scrutinizing gaze.
Roland looked at them quietly for a moment and then said in a gentle tone, "Okay, got it. Please follow me."
The two young men's expressions changed drastically, but they didn't say anything and just looked at Roland quietly.
The magic apprentice who had just spoken said angrily, "Are you an idiot? Don't you understand? We're people from the headquarters. What's with your attitude! "
Domineering as expected. Roland felt that Aldo's words were more and more credible. Like servant, like master.
The other magic apprentice looked around and also said angrily, "Where's that despicable Aldo? Tell him to come down and greet us. What's the point of sending a pretty boy out? Where's the women? Where's the welcoming banquet?"
The two young men at the very front, who were obviously in charge, still didn't say anything, but their eyes became more and more angry.
This was really … even more condescending than he had imagined. Moreover, he had a completely arrogant look on his face.
Roland felt a headache coming on.
It was actually a very painful thing to deal with such people.
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