After watching this group of people spouting nonsense for a long time, the president, Orange Eaton, was also tired of it. And the funniest thing was that this group of people knew his position, but deliberately said these words to disgust him.
It was just that this group of people had seen too many monkey shows. It was time for this group of people to stop. Unrestrained behavior would only bring disgust to others. So the president only asked, "After so much discussion, have you decided who will lead the troops to the Tower of the Great Sage this time?"
That one sentence choked everyone present. Orange Eaton, on the other hand, was interested as he looked at the faces of the people who looked like they were about to eat shit.
The great mage who had been the loudest at first said hesitantly, "Mr. President, for such an important alliance expedition, you've always been the one to lead the troops personally. What does it have to do with us? "
"I don't agree with the opinions you've raised. So if I lead the troops, I'll only do things according to my own ideas. I won't condone anyone breaking military discipline. After all, this time we're fighting against the invasion of the Abyss, not bullying those weak countries. The alliance army will definitely win if they take action. This kind of understanding doesn't exist in this upcoming war. " Orange Eaton made his attitude clear, but he also saw the indignant expressions of a few people who were unwilling to accept it. So he continued with a smile.
"But most of your opinions are different from mine. Of course, I have to respect your opinions. So the best way is for me to appoint one of you to lead the troops. And I'll stay at the back and arrange all kinds of logistics and supplies to help everyone. Then, at the front line, you can express your ideas to your heart's content. If he grasped this opportunity and did a good job, perhaps the next president's throne would be in his bag. So, who will be this person? "
Everyone was silent. Orange Eaton only found it funny. Using a piece of paper to order the children of other families to fight to the death at the front line while he sat at home. This kind of situation would only happen in the world of nobles. In the world of mages, this kind of thing did not work.
Mages who could climb to a high position in the association and hold important leadership positions were not supported by people because of their noble blood. There was only one factor that could bring them status, and that was their ability to fight. As for Orange Eaton, it was because he was the best at fighting that he was able to become the Guild Leader.
In other words, when mages encountered a war and wanted to lead others, they could not hide far away from the battlefield. What kind of leader was he if he didn't charge to the front? Similarly, as long as the leader dared to charge, the people being led would follow blindly.
This was because the loosely organized sorcerers had formed an alliance for a certain purpose. The best way to quickly tie them together was to use strict military discipline. And this military discipline could be said to have completely blocked out personal thoughts and ideas. Everything was based on the leader's opinion.
Therefore, the character of the leader would greatly affect the entire Mage Alliance. If the Guild Master was willing to give up this important position, it would be a wonderful job that everyone could only wish for under normal circumstances. Everyone would fight over it. However, if their opponent was the Tower of the Great Sage, the bloody list of the dead would serve as a warning to everyone.
There was once a Mage Saint in history who said, "As far as I can see, no one is safe." This sentence illustrated the biggest difference between a war between mages and a war between nobles or races.
In the latter's war, even if the king personally went to the battlefield, as long as he hid in a place surrounded by people, he could safely chat and laugh and enjoy the war up close. But when it came to mages, as long as they were seen, they had to be aware of the long-range magic that could fly over at any time and hit their faces.
Everyone knew that for magic to lock on, it had to be within the range of the spellcaster's sight. And the various strategic spells that the Magic Tower possessed were mostly far more powerful than what an individual could cast.
However, the Tower of the Great Sage had the Arcane Eye and proved that the strategic light bullet attack array could be used in conjunction with it. This meant that within the range of the Arcane Eye's surveillance, one had to be prepared to be targeted and attacked by the Magic Tower's strategic spells.
Then, leading the Magician Alliance and blatantly showing hostility, he had to have the resolve to attack a Magic Tower despite the overwhelming number of Forbidden Spells. And doing so on the eve of the Abyss' invasion.
Even if they were to launch a surprise attack, no one could guarantee that they would be able to survive the counterattack of the Tower Master before he died. Even if they were not present to capture the other party, they had to have their own trusted aides present to lead the people under them to do things according to their wishes.
Just like how President Orange Eaton also agreed to the request for the Tower Master to give up the Tower. Sending his student's chief was an attitude. But everyone thought that this was a sign that the President was giving in to their opinions. When they wanted to go further, the old man directly said that they could go ahead and play if they wanted to, which severely embarrassed everyone.
Were they dissatisfied? The fierce reputation that the President had accumulated in the past was not a rural story that bards boasted about, but a real achievement. Everyone had to be convinced, and they did not dare to be unconvinced.
Moreover, mages were not like warriors. Warriors would get old and weak, and the older they were, the less they could fight. The older a mage was, the more tricks they had. They might not be able to kill you directly, but they had many tricks up their sleeves. Therefore, even if they were old and dying, no one dared to be careless. Because a mage who was lying in bed with one breath still had a way to reward people with the Mage's Disjunction Spell.
So even though the President was the oldest, his daily activities were inconvenient, and all kinds of old age were difficult to hide. But in the face of the President's tough attitude, no one dared to say a word. That person was really not afraid of falling out with people and fighting with their fists, and the chances of winning were very high.
It was just like how no one dared to face the Tower of the Great Sage directly. Because of the various performances and achievements of the Tower, no one dared to say that they could take down the thousand-year-old Bone Tower at a small price.
Towards the President, who was not tough at all, but had a different opinion from him, he had to take the initiative himself, and then take responsibility himself. This group of people was deeply dissatisfied with this practice, but they could not do anything about it. They took a step back and said without much confidence, "Even so, we can't agree to let the Tower Master leave like this. Everyone has a responsibility to fight against the invasion of the Abyss. Why should he retreat to a safe place in the rear? "
"I know what you're thinking. Many people are spreading rumors that it's inevitable to fail in the war, or that the rescue won't be enough. But have you ever thought that even if you hand over the identity of the Tower Master, it doesn't mean that that person has completely lost control? As long as he's still within the range of the Magic Tower, we don't know what other means he has. If in the heat of the war, someone is blind enough to find trouble with him, and that person uses the Magic Tower to protect himself regardless, who can guarantee that this will not have any impact on the battlefield? If things are pushed to the worse side, who should I blame? "
The reason was so powerful that it made people speechless. The mages present all fell silent. It was true that mages had the power of life and death in the Magic Tower, but this did not mean that when they were outside the Magic Tower, they were pushovers. All kinds of control methods made mages still very threatening even when they were outside the Magic Tower.
As for the matter of the control of the Magic Tower, it was definitely not something that could be completely taken away by handing over the identity of the Tower Master. The magical technology in the Mystery World had not advanced to that extent yet. Except for the very powerful and intelligent Tower Spirit, which had complete control of everything in the Magic Tower, most of the control of the Magic Tower was firmly controlled by the people who lived in it after years of modification and familiarization.
The most useful moment of the identity of the Tower Master was when he had just taken over a sealed and ownerless Magic Tower. When opening the door and activating the various functions of the Magic Tower for the first time, he had to rely on the secret spell scroll provided by the Association that contained the proof of being the Tower Master.
It was precisely because it was so difficult to completely take away the control of the Magic Tower that in the Mystery World, there was a secret that most people knew but was not allowed to be made public, and that was that every Magic Tower had a back door left behind by the Association. This was also the biggest reason why the inspectors dared to use a few people to attack the Magic Tower.
And every successor of the Tower Master would find a way to find the back door left behind by the Association in the beginning, repair it, or bypass it. In short, it was to prevent the situation of the Magic Tower being seized by others.
But no one stipulated that only one back door could be opened. Almost as long as the Magic Tower fell into an ownerless state, some special engineering teams would be stationed there to do some things that outsiders would not know. And there were many measures and methods, and there would always be one or two that worked. This was the real reason why the Society of Sorcerers was not afraid of any Tower Master.
But when it came to the Tower of the Great Sage, the chairman could only laugh bitterly.
The methods that the Association secretly left behind were nothing more than to interrupt the transmission of magical power to various parts of the Magic Tower, or to seize control of the traps and access control, so that the Magic Tower's defensive measures would be equivalent to having no defensive measures. All of these methods were only aimed at the existing facilities and traps. And they knew that it was impossible for every successor of the Tower Master to abandon the original facilities of the Magic Tower in a short period of time. And as time dragged on, there would always be some negligence, and they would become the killers of the Association.
The original Tower of the Great Sage had been ranked at the bottom of the list of importance. In the records, the magical traps and the like were in a half-abandoned state. There was no possibility of them being used, and of course, there was no need to do anything. And the secret method of access control had never been activated. The previous Tower Masters were more like looking for a place to eat and wait for death before coming to this Tower.
In the face of such a situation where the Tower and the people could not do anything, the Association did not need to use those secret methods to take down the Magic Tower. Sending a small team of inspectors would be enough to make the Tower Master kneel.
But now, the Tower of the Great Sage had been changed beyond recognition.
All kinds of magical traps that were unimaginable had great power at the level of a forbidden spell. The settings and measures that people did not understand had the same effect that they did not understand. Perhaps the secret method of access control was still there, but as long as people understood the methods of the Tower, even if the door was open, who would dare to enter? As for interrupting the supply of magical power, it was even more of a joke. How many of the original channels of magical power transmission still existed?
Orange Eaton did not dislike the Tower Master personally. It could even be said that he admired him. But this feeling of not being able to control was the reason that made him determined to take back the Magic Tower.
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