Chapter 459 [Prophecy]
Who is the mastermind behind this?
This is what Gothe was thinking about after the attack.
To be honest, he carefully reviewed his experience after arriving in the Plantagenet Dynasty, and there was really no one who could truly be called a life-and-death feud.
The nobles in Lagos City are certainly unhappy with him because of the water beast incident. If they have a gap with him, they will definitely add insult to injury to him if they have the opportunity.
But to say that he had gone to great lengths, risked a lot, and crossed the city just to take his life was too much.
There is also a gap between the Burns family and him, but it is not to this extent.
Of course, some things just don’t make sense.
Because human nature often cannot be measured by common sense.
Soon, Gothe gave up thinking.
Many times, attacks are not motivated by hatred, but more by conflicts of interest.
Whether it is his performance in the Sea Sentinel or the title of Honorary Mage of Auckland that he is about to receive, it may have caused a great conflict with the interests of some people invisibly.
This conflict led them to take desperate risks.
In fact, it is very likely that he is a stranger to the mastermind behind the scenes.
Hence, it is difficult to get an answer just by guessing the person behind the scenes from your own social circle.
The only thing that can be done now is to see if the mages in Auckland can gain anything from the tracking.
In addition, you should start to pay attention to your hidden whereabouts in future actions.
The "skin" of the Sea Sentinel is too useful in Byro County, so most of the time when he goes out to perform tasks, Gothe will wear the Sea Sentinel uniform to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Perhaps we can no longer do this in the future. We have to be like the protagonist in traditional novels and engage in "night walks in brocade clothes" and be more low-key.
Although he had just suffered a thrilling attack and the danger was still there, Gothe calmed down quickly.
The other party chose the method of killing vines and also chose to launch the attack in a deserted street, which shows that the mastermind behind the scenes still has many scruples and is not crazy.
At least at the height of the storm after the failed attack, it is unlikely to take action again.
Especially in the busy city of Auckland, it is not possible to commit murder.
In this case, Gaode simply calmed down.
He first booked a junior suite at a hotel in the most prosperous area of Auckland City, and put away the magic tree species given by Adrian - because of the omen of [The Body of the Legal Ninja], he had enough time to react, so he did not let the magic tree species suffer.
Hence, he went to the nearby magic material store.
He did not collect all the materials needed for the two second-level magic potions [Calming Mind] and [Bear's Tenacity] in Dorne.
Now that I came to Auckland, I naturally wanted to search for everything.
Dorne City is the most prosperous county town in Byro County.
However, things like magic materials still have regional characteristics, and it does not just depend on whether the city is prosperous or not.
Just like many ice element materials, you can't see them at all in the prosperous city of Dorne, but they are common in the backward Phoenix.
This time it went extremely smoothly. After visiting five or six magic material stores, he had collected all the magic materials he needed.
In addition to the fact that in large magic materials stores, materials can only be purchased according to the marked price, in smaller magic materials stores, Gaode still uses [Sense Emotion+] to negotiate prices. This usually saves him dozens of gorse coins after this operation.
The final total cost was less than three hundred gorse coins.
This made Gothe's slightly depressed mood due to the attack of the murderous vine suddenly calm down a lot.
Returning to the hotel with the purchased materials, he made two magic potions in one pot, and then began daily practice and building spell models.
To make iron, you need to be strong.
Compared with expecting Auckland to find out the mastermind as soon as possible, he felt that it would be safer to improve his own strength.
In a conference room in Auckland city centre.
The atmosphere is solemn.
On the main seat is the lord of Auckland City, Earl Roland.
He looked at everyone present and spoke slowly: "Mage Gaode, who came to attend tomorrow's honorary mage awarding ceremony, was attacked by a murderous vine at the early stage of the third level in our urban area of Auckland today."
"A murderous vine at the early stage of the third level, within the urban area?!"
Theodore, the chief mage of Auckland who has the same name as Lieutenant Colonel Grayling's son, suddenly raised his head and narrowed his eyes.
"Who is so bold?"
One of the chief mage's important responsibilities is to guard the city of Auckland.
The appearance of such a vicious creature in the city is a provocation to him.
With his knowledge, he could tell in an instant that this was definitely no accident. It was impossible for the killer vine to quietly sneak into the urban area of Auckland. It could only be placed artificially.
"There is no way to know at the moment. Killer Vine has no IQ. Not to mention that it is completely dead, even if it is still alive, we cannot get much information from it." Count Roland said.
"Where is Master Gaode? How is the situation now? Is the injury serious?" Chief Theodore frowned and asked.
"It's not serious." Count Roland spread his hands. To be honest, he was really shocked when he heard the report from his subordinates. Even after a while, he still felt that it was too exaggerated. "Because he was not injured at all. When our guard mage arrived, the murderous vine had already been killed by the Gaude mage."
Chief Theodore naturally already knew the past resume of Gothe, who was about to become the honorary mage of Auckland, and knew that his combat prowess was astonishing. He had an unparalleled record of defeating a second-level mage when he was a first-level mage.
It is also known that Gaode was successfully promoted to the second ring at the age of sixteen in the first half of the month.
But this is a third-level killer vine?
His question was not only to confirm whether the murderous vine was killed by Gaode, but also to confirm whether the level of the murderous vine was really level three.
"Well, I'm sure we can't get the grade of this murderous vine wrong." Count Roland affirmed.
At this moment, not only Chief Theodore, but also everyone present looked at each other, with astonishment flashing in their eyes.
They are all well-known figures in Auckland. Their mage level is not low, and they usually have great confidence in themselves. They consider themselves to be one of the best among mages of the same level.
However, after entering the second ring for the first time, kill the murderous vine at the early stage of the third level.
Which person here dares to say that he can do such a thing at this mage level?
Is this the youngest Warrant Officer Mage in the history of Sea Sentinel?
Originally, many people thought this title was no big deal.
The main reason why Gothe can obtain this title is because of the miraculous effect of his phantom when he went to the secondary plane.
But this is not due to his strength, and there is no indication of his strength. It can only be said that his phantom is very strange, and it happened to run into the special circumstances at the time, which is somewhat of a coincidence.
In addition, the title of Warrant Officer is neither low nor high. Being the youngest in history sounds bluffing, but with the attributive title Warrant Officer, for big shots like them, the qualifications have dropped too much.
It's like in the basketball world, the strongest junior high school student in history emerges.
This name is very intimidating to junior high school students and even high school students in the same class, but to those professional basketball players, they don't take it seriously at all. They are not at the same level at all.
But now that they know Gaode's latest record, they no longer dare to underestimate Gaode.
Humicide vine indeed has no IQ and is considered the weakest among the third-level creatures.
But no matter how weak it is, it is still a third-level creature!
Gaode is a rookie second-level mage who has just been promoted for less than a month.
With such a huge level gap here, how did Gaode manage to counterattack?
And according to what the guarding mage said, Master Gaode didn't even have any injuries on his body.
Not just a victory, but a complete victory?
"How can his fighting power be so strong?" Someone at the scene finally couldn't help but marvel in their hearts. They were both questioning and praising.
"According to what the guard mage said, the murderous vine died from the damage of extreme cold. The extreme cold is no longer something that second-level spells can do. It should be due to his expertise when he was promoted to second-level spells." Count Roland made the most reasonable judgment, and then changed the topic.
"The focus now is not to lament the achievements of Master Gothe, but to think about how to find out the mastermind behind the attack on the killer vine."
" Setting an ambush against Master Gothe, who I personally invited, in Auckland City has seriously crossed the line and is also a provocation to our officials.
If we cannot find out the mastermind as soon as possible and give Master Gaode an explanation, where will our reputation in Auckland be? ” Count Roland’s expression was very serious. This matter was not only related to Goude, but also related to the reputation of the entire city of Auckland.
"But this is a killer vine. It is impossible to get any information from it. The people behind the scenes must have figured this out before using the killer vine to attack." A mage said helplessly.
Others also nodded their heads after hearing this, agreeing with his opinion.
Humicide Vine has almost no advantages compared to other leyline creatures of the same level. Its combat power is at the bottom of the same level. It does not distinguish between friends and foes. It will only mindlessly attack any creature within the range. It has no combat IQ and will not run for its life even if it succeeds.
However, it does not have the characteristics of IQ, but it guarantees that it will never reveal the information of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Hence, it is really difficult to find out the real culprit behind this matter.
"The only way is to use [Prophecy]." Chief Theodore pondered for a moment, and then slowly opened his mouth to give his opinion.
"[Prophecy] is a good idea, but none of our Auckland mages seem to know this spell?" Count Roland was slightly happy when he heard this, and then thought of this again.
[Prophecy] Although it is only a fourth-level spell, it is an extremely rare and rare spell.
More importantly, the main material required for its spell potion is even rarer than its spell recipe.
Its spell model construction difficulty is also at the forefront among fourth-level spells.
The sum of these factors leads to the fact that there are very few spells that master [Prophecy].
"There is a mage I know who has mastered [Prophecy]. I will try to see if I can ask him to come over and help." Chief Theodore said slowly.
Since he proposed this plan, he was naturally prepared.
"Then I'll trouble Mage Theodore." Count Roland said quickly.
Gathe naturally did not know that Auckland would take his attack so seriously and have such a high-level conversation.
He had temporarily put the attack behind him and focused on his own affairs.
The night passed by in a flash, and we came to the day of the title awarding ceremony.
After washing up, he put on his crisp Marine Sentinel Warrant Officer uniform, had breakfast at the hotel, and as soon as he went out, he saw the Auckland officials who had been waiting at the door for a long time.
"Mage Gothe, we are sent by Count Roland to take you to the title conferment ceremony. Please follow me, the carriage is waiting." The leading official stepped forward. He had shiny curly hair and wore a silver chain badge with the coat of arms of Auckland.
Gaode looked up and saw a three-horse carriage decorated with gold foil parked on the road.
The awarding ceremony of the title of Honorary Mage of Auckland is of extremely high standard.
A week ago, Count Roland had already issued an announcement to the whole city, stating the name and achievements of the recipient, Gauthe, and posted it in the Municipal Square and the door of the city hall, and sent a herald to ring the bell and read it.
The main venue for the title awarding ceremony was chosen in the Municipal Square.
With the space of the municipal square, the number of people attending the ceremony can reach four to five thousand.
Gaode himself does not want to be so high-profile and show his face in front of so many people.
But for Auckland, which has just been hit by the catfish cyclone, Auckland has suffered heavy losses. The death toll in nearby villages and towns is also an extremely large number, and people are somewhat panicked.
In this case, holding a large-scale title awarding ceremony for Gaode, who has outstanding performance in disaster relief and expeditions to the secondary plane, is a good way to boost people's hearts, so it is natural to hold it in a big way.
This is a general method. Just like in Gothe's previous life, once a large-scale disaster occurred, the government would make a special announcement to the "heroes" who performed outstandingly or made sacrifices in the disaster, and bestowed extremely high honors. In fact, it was not the "heroes" themselves who needed this honor the most, but the government.
The emergence of heroes can always bring great encouragement to people in disasters.
Gaode also knew this, so he cooperated very well.
After it was confirmed that the title awarding ceremony would be held today and Gaode would be present to receive the title, the people in Auckland were already making preparations for it.
The venue is decorated in an extremely formal manner.
The Municipal Square has turned into a sea of red and gold.
From the steps of the square to the high platform, there is a red velvet carpet. The fountain at the edge of the square today no longer sprays clean water, but mixed with some blessing potions.
The list of invitees attending the banquet was also filled with dignitaries.
In addition to the city lord Count Roland and Auckland's chief mage Theodore who were confirmed to be present, there are also many hereditary nobles and archmages in the Auckland area who received gold-plated invitations three days ago.
In addition, all Auckland residents can come to watch the ceremony.
Of course, the space is limited, first come, first served. Those who come later will not be able to see anything if they don’t have a seat.