Kevin Rother was an ordinary mage aristocrat. His originally declining family had a slight chance of rising again because of his qualifications as a mage.
However, when he was trying to revitalize his family with great difficulty, an earth-shattering change took place.
He was actually chosen to be one of the people who could sign an oath with various dragons during a mage selection.
This was a supreme honor. In the entire Deladia Empire, only mages who had reached Level Five were qualified to be called Great Mages. Only then were they qualified to have the same status as nobles. As for Level Four mages, they were in a mediocre position.
Kevin originally thought that he was already in his thirties and that his potential as a mage was almost used up. It was impossible for him to advance any further. However, he did not expect such good luck.
"Perhaps I can bring a new turn for the better for my daughter and my family." He carried this thought in his heart and headed to the empire's testing site.
In the round testing site building, he realized that he was not one of the few chosen ones.
There were more than ten mages in their town who were chosen for the oath. Among them, there were even Level Three and Level Two mages. God knows how Level Two mages managed to sneak in. After all, the Dragon Clan's Covenant required a huge reward to support a single summoning.
"It's your turn." Kevin was pushed by the people queuing behind him. Only then did he come back to his senses. He walked forward and signed his name on the document.
"If you're chosen by the dragons, this badge will immediately become your summoning tool. It's used to communicate with the coordinates. Keep it well." The official in charge of this matter warned him in a low voice. He was also a Level Five Great Mage. He spoke calmly with a hint of arrogance.
"Understood, Your Excellency." Kevin hurriedly took the badge and left the queue. He turned around and looked at the people queuing behind him. There were still seven or eight of them. He was a little puzzled.
Walking out of the testing site, he turned around and looked behind him worriedly. The testing site was white and round like a bread. There were still mages rushing in from afar. They came down from the carriages and walked in.
These mages all had one thing in common, which was that they were rich.
Kevin was a little depressed. When he received the news that he was chosen, he thought that he was lucky. He did not expect so many people to be chosen.
"Mage Kevin."
A clear voice came from beside him.
Kevin looked over when he heard the voice. It was a young lady with green skin. He recognized her. She was Serena, the only druid near the town.
"Tree Skin Spell? Master Serena, are you in trouble? " He asked in surprise. He would only cast Tree Skin on himself when he was preparing for battle. It was a level-5 spell and lasted for a long time. It could last for an entire day.
"No, we just met a wild boar." Serena did not say much. Druids were all neutral and cold. They rarely talked about their private affairs to outsiders.
"You, on the other hand." She glanced at the badge in Kevin's hand. "Let me give you a piece of advice. If it were me, I would never accept this badge. Once the dragons are summoned, you know what will happen next. "
Serena and Kevin had a pretty good relationship, and the two of them often traded medicinal herbs. It was already very generous of her to say such words.
"You mean …?" Kevin was not an idiot. He immediately connected the dots with the recent series of actions of the Empire.
"The higher-ups of the Empire have separately signed the Dragon Oath with the Red Dragon, Black Dragon, White Dragon, and Green Dragon. This year, there are more than a hundred adult dragons and hundreds of young dragons entering the Empire to sign the oath. What is all this for?"
Serena said calmly, and glanced at the badge in Kevin's hand. "Don't make the people around you sad."
After saying that, she slowly left along the yellow street and walked towards her own residence, no longer paying attention to Kevin.
Kevin stood in front of his carriage, and for a moment, he was in a daze. He was not a level-5 professional like Serena. As long as the profession was at the level of a great wizard, a druid could also be called a great druid. It was a completely different level from a level-4, and the channels of information that they could obtain were also different. It was obvious that Serena's warning was out of good intentions.
"Master?" The coachman asked in a low voice. "Are you leaving?"
Kevin lowered his head and glanced at the badge in his hand.
"Kevin?" A gorgeous female wizard saw him from afar and called out sweetly. "You can actually get a badge too? Tsk tsk, these badges are really something that anyone can get their hands on. "
Beside the female wizard was an old man wearing a great wizard's robe. He was about fifty years old and looked to be well-built. He only glanced at Kevin indifferently.
"We haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and you're still at the same place, Kevin."
"Great Wizard Sendra, Alice." Kevin forced out a smile. It was a polite response.
"The gray robes of the Gray Shadow Council are really casual. They actually gave out such an important badge so casually," Alice said bitterly. "Giving a badge to a low-level wizard who has no hope of advancing. A single summoning will exhaust all his wealth. What's the point?"
The other wizards around looked over at once, and there were also some passers-by on the roadside. For a moment, Kevin only felt that the people around him were just watching him. Everyone's gazes were like sharp thorns, piercing his skin until it was burning with pain.
"What did you say to me back then?" Alice was not prepared to let him go. "Sooner or later, I'll stand in front of you as a great wizard! I'll make you regret it! "She imitated an impassioned tone and said loudly. Then, she looked at Kevin, who now had his head lowered, with a sharp gaze.
"What about now? Now, I don't regret it at all … "
"Can I go now?" Kevin felt a pang of sorrow in his heart. Back then, he was impulsive and made a bold statement, thinking that man could conquer nature. He would definitely be able to surpass the innate limitations of his talent and become a Level-5 great wizard. In the end, more than ten years had passed, and he was still at Level-4. He still could not see any hope of a breakthrough.
Level-5 was a level that countless professionals were envious of. Those who could reach this level had all found a specialty that belonged to their own unique skill.
As for Level-5 great wizards, they were much stronger than ordinary wizards. The key was in the technique of instantaneous casting of spells.
Being able to master the instantaneous casting technique of a spell above level zero, although it would consume twice the daily spell slots, in battle, such a technique was enough to allow mages to grasp the absolute advantage of the battle without needing to chant when facing the enemy.
This was a qualitative change.
"Go, go. It's always the same sentence. It's boring." Alice was obviously trying to embarrass him on purpose. Actually, even if wizards were not as hypocritical and courteous as nobles, they would not go overboard in public. Alice did this because the conflict between the two of them had gone too far.
When she abandoned Kevin and found her current great wizard partner, she had once planned to compensate Kevin out of guilt. However, she was chased out of the house by Kevin in public, and all the compensation was thrown out. At that time, he had even impulsively vowed that he would break through to become a great wizard one day and stand before her to make her regret.
However, more than ten years had passed. Their daughter had grown up more than ten years old, but Kevin was still at Level-4. Like most other low-level wizards, he would almost never see the opportunity to break through to Level-5.
It was already a very high ratio for one in a hundred wizards to break through to Level-5. This was as cruel as the threshold from an apprentice to an official wizard.
Kevin got into the carriage. Even the coachman felt his face burning. He slapped the horse's butt hard and quickly left the scene.
The houses and shops on both sides of the road passed by one after another. There were also many outsiders on the road. However, Kevin did not have the slightest intention to observe this.
There was a ball of fire in his heart. He wanted to vent, but he did not know what to do.
He did not dare to make a move. The great wizard that Alice had found had his own wizard tower. Even among the great wizards, there were differences in rank. A great wizard who could get the support of the nobles to build his own wizard tower was also different from the rest of the Level-5 wizards.
A Level-5 great wizard in the range of a wizard tower was enough to confront a Level-6 professional.
Therefore, the old man called Great Wizard Sendra was not someone he could go against or go against.
Now, he just wanted to hurry home and see his daughter. As long as his daughter could have a better development and future, everything else was fine.
Now, his daughter was his everything.
He had pinned all his hopes on Maria.
The town was not big. The carriage left the town and went around the Forest Lord Church. It was his family residence, a small manor that was not bad.
There was a large windmill erected between a few pieces of land. In the innermost part was a small black stone house with its own garden in front of the door. Looking from afar, he could see someone taking care of the plants in the garden.
Kevin looked at the figure in the garden in the distance. It was a young and graceful girl of about ten years old. She was also wearing a wizard robe, but it was a special white robe with a crescent moon symbol on the chest.
That crescent moon represented the elite organization under the Gray Shadow Council — the Moon Scar Watchers. Every person who was chosen to join the Moon Scar Watchers was an absolute genius. They were elites who had the opportunity to enter the level of a great wizard in the future.
The Gray Shadow Council was a huge wizard organization that spanned across the Deladia Empire. If the Snow City of the Deladia Empire was the highest gathering place of the court wizards, then the Gray Shadow Council was the entire region, including the five great empires. It was a colossus of the wizard alliance. It represented the glory and pinnacle of the northern battle wizards. It was not something that the Snow City could compare to. In the entire northern region, it was fully deserving of the title of the strongest existence and had the highest ruling power.
Every time he saw the crescent moon symbol on his daughter, Kevin would feel deeply gratified. He could not do it, but his daughter would definitely be able to.
The carriage followed the small path in the fields and arrived in front of his house.
Kevin got down from the carriage and ordered the coachman to keep the carriage. He then walked towards his daughter in large strides.
"Maria." He shouted before he even got close. "Aren't you in Kosoya? Why do you have the time to come back and see me? "
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