The reason why everyone was watching and didn't contact Lin the moment the 26 apprentices passed the test was because they wanted to confirm his intentions. After all, most of the nobles cared about their reputation. To be honest, if they rashly made a request and then got rejected, their reputation would be damaged.
As for the merchant families, they didn't immediately come forward because they didn't want to appear too anxious and get ripped off. But enduring until now was already everyone's limit. After all, it was related to their own interests. And to be able to 'coincidentally' meet each other at the banquet, it was inevitable that everyone would probe with all kinds of words.
Lin didn't expose them because this banquet wasn't the place to decide business. So he just went along with everyone's words and said some social words. And their willingness to cooperate was still the same as before. Their attitude didn't change because of what they did.
If the academy wanted to continue operating, it wasn't enough to rely on one person. Cooperating with everyone and forming a system was the way to operate in the long run. Under this premise, Lin wouldn't refuse anyone. So of course he did everything he could to build a good relationship with the people in front of him.
But he wasn't a talkative person. Fortunately, it was others who needed his help this time, so the conversation could still continue. It was also because Lin wasn't good at talking nonsense that when there was nothing to say, someone else would come in and repeat the same conversation.
He originally thought that he would fall into this kind of endless repetition of hell today. Suddenly, the line of people who wanted to probe the same thing disappeared. The people who surrounded and chatted with each other made a path like Moses parting the sea. On the other side was the high elf – Liana Titov.
She wore a tight, deep V-neck peach-colored evening dress that matched her fair skin, and her flowing silver hair shone in the candlelight of the banquet hall at night. The dazzling degree of her twin peaks and silver hair was enough to blind the eyes of a certain fat otaku.
"Sir Tripwood." The high elf gracefully raised her wine glass in greeting.
"Ms. Titov." Lin Tong raised his glass in greeting. In this bloodless war, everyone would laugh and stab each other in the mouth. Whoever's psychological defense collapsed first would lose.
Without a doubt, the high elf in front of him was a beautiful woman. Especially the pair of pointy ears sticking out of her hair, giving her a unique sense of beauty. However, the design of the clothes she and the group of noblewomen were wearing was close to the 21st century style of Earth.
In other words, the cultural export of Fen as a model had significant results. The noble ladies, however, refused to admit defeat, and insisted that this was the style of the nobility of Riena Titov's country. A certain elf smiled, neither denying nor admitting it. Fen didn't want to hold on to this point to ridicule them. She just looked at them with the disdain of a victor. She stared at them until they showed expressions of hatred.
But today, a certain Lich wasn't competing with others in terms of saving fabric. Instead, she was wearing the style of a 19th century European noblewoman. The light and graceful skirt was supported by the skirt to the left and right, accentuating her slender waist. Her shoulders were fluffy like onions, wrapped in layers of lace.
In front of his abdomen, there were crisscrossing thin threads that tied up his sky-blue coat, revealing a pure white shirt underneath and supporting his majestic twin peaks. On his head was an exaggeratedly large sunhat. The color and style were integrated with the clothes, and it didn't look out of place.
Fen let go of Lin's hand and walked in front of Riena Titov. She was like a proud rooster, flaunting her strength. The two women were tit for tat.
Secretly, after a few rounds with Riena, Lin noticed that a certain Lich's chest seemed to have grown a lot. When he chatted with a certain woman about this, she insisted that she was still in her puberty period … Damn, she was already a few hundred years old, and she was still puberty? This cheat-like body not only didn't gain weight, it could also be adjusted freely. It would probably make many women crazy with envy.
Riena Titov seemed to know how to deal with a Lich. She didn't want to fight with a certain woman as soon as she got on the stage. Instead, she ignored her and went around to find the man who was faintly the main character of today's banquet. She said, "Congratulations to the academy you established, Your Excellency, for such a good performance. But, do you really think it's good to cultivate so many mages? "
Hmm, does this Young Miss know where she is? This was a city where mages gathered. She wasn't afraid of such a troublesome question … Well, with the other party's strength, she really wasn't afraid. Unless the old chairman used the magic tower to attack, it would be very difficult to keep an expert of Riena's level here.
Faced with such a question, of course, Lin couldn't stay silent. Whether the reason was to defend the community of mages or to maintain the reputation of the academy, he had to answer, "Is it really not good that there are more mages?"
A rhetorical question didn't seem to be a very good answer. The High Elf tilted her head and revealed a curious and cute expression that couldn't be disgusted. In fact, this was a kind of questioning, but it wasn't to the point of showing blatant disgust.
Lin continued to explain, "Look at the world now. The best people to make life-saving drugs are mages; the best craftsmen are mages; the best talents in building are mages; the group standing at the forefront of the pursuit of truth and knowledge are also mages. Perhaps to say that mages are the safest guarantee of civilization is to belittle the achievements of the warriors. To protect civilization, it's not something that can be done by mages alone. But to promote the progress of civilization, to improve people's lives, and to innovate all kinds of things that can bring more security or convenience to people's lives, other than mages, who else can do these things? So ask me, will there be too many mages? I will only say that mages will only think that there are too few, not too many. "
This argument was no doubt something that the High Elf had never heard before, and it also impacted the thoughts of the nobles present. As for the mages present, regardless of whether they admired this man or not, they all deeply agreed with this argument and wanted to cheer from the bottom of their hearts. However, he was standing behind Li Ena's butt, so he couldn't say that out loud.
All along, the community of mages had only been valued for their individual combat ability and the extraordinary role that the community could play on the battlefield. To be honest, no one had ever jumped out of this perspective to look at things. But as soon as they jumped out of this perspective, they would discover a new world.
"To promote the progress of civilization, haha, is this something that mages can do?"
"Of course not." Lin's resolute reply stunned Li Ena. But then he said, "But to walk at the forefront, to lead everyone to take the first step, it must be the mages."
Speaking of which, the status of mages in the mystical land was similar to that of scientists on Earth. And it was undeniable that most of the leaders in the field of knowledge in the mystical land were mages. Even the masters among the elves and dwarves did not know magic. The difference was that mages were also blacksmiths, or blacksmiths were also mages.
"Oh, what an interesting way to put it." Riena nodded in agreement, but then she said, "But under such circumstances, do you really think that the more mages there are, the better?"
This little girl is bullsh * tting.
But still, Lin answered seriously, "Are there only smart people among the mages? No, there are also many smart people among the non-mages. But are these people not talented in magic? That is not the case, it is just that they do not have a chance to enter the world of magic. I am just trying to provide such a chance to as many people as possible, and I also hope that these people who do not have a chance to do more things that are beneficial to the world, and not just fighting and killing. "
Riena Titov seriously looked at this man who she did not care about before. Speaking of which, she came to the Sika district in the southwest peninsula because she heard that the Tower of the Great Sage defeated a demon general and wanted to find out more about it.
And the man who gave the Tower of the Great Sage a new life and regained extraordinary strength, to be honest, she felt that meeting him was not as good as hearing about him. After that, she stayed only because she wanted to keep an eye on that Lich, but Riena had already forgotten about the former Tower Master.
Now, in just four months, he had managed to teach twenty-six First Ring Apprentices who had been abandoned by other Magicians. This kind of result was astonishing. This also made Riena face up, maybe these people who were not good at fighting were not really useless, but just did not have a stage to show off.
And before, the reason why Riena had the impression that 'people who know magic are dangerous' was because the mages and craftsmen in the tribe, in addition to their excellent skills, they were also good at fighting, which was why she had such a misconception. However, comparing long-lived species like elves and dwarves to short-lived species like humans seemed a little too arrogant.
In short, these words made Riena Titov see the man in front of her in a new light, and she could not help but show a look of appreciation, saying, "It is a pity that you follow that woman. Do you want to leave her and follow me? By my side, I will let you enjoy incomparable happiness. "
What a tempting invitation it was. Looking at Lich who was left to the side, and that calm smile of his, Lin's back was almost wet with cold sweat. He laughed awkwardly a few times, and said with an exaggerated expression of regret, "What an invitation that is hard to refuse. It is a pity that I have a lot of research that requires Fen's wisdom and knowledge, and Ms. Titov does not seem to be of much help. So I can only politely decline your good intentions. "
Lifting the chin of the lecherous but cowardly man, this high elf who was so beautiful that it was hard to look straight at her, smiled sweetly, and said, "Come and find me when you don't need her anymore." With that, she walked away, completely ignoring a certain someone who was silent beside her.
The ignored Lich smacked his lips, looked at the back of a certain someone, and seemed to be cursing, but did not make a sound. But just by looking at the shape of his mouth, Lin knew that it was the most common sentence he would say at home: "This pointy-eared bitch."
It seemed that a certain Lich had lost today's battle. But looking at Fen's eyes, Lin only felt that something was wrong.
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