The young mage Cohen stood in this duke's mansion, listening to the surrounding spellcasters whispering about the mysterious pioneering territory in the southern border, and echoed from time to time, but in fact he was absent-minded.

Half of the people here were recruited seriously for that recruitment, and Cohen knew this very well.

Behind them are small families that are gradually declining, new nobles who are preparing to reach a higher level of status, and wealthy merchants who are trying to establish good relations with the nobles. The real purpose of these people is not to go to the southern territory to be a builder, but hope to take this opportunity to establish a certain connection with the Cecil family. The Cecil family is declining, but the resurrected founding duke has brought a glimmer of hope to this declining family. In the past six months, news about the southern territory has been heard. The Cecil family has not been destroyed in that barren land, but is gradually gaining a foothold, which has made some people with ulterior motives liven up.

Almost everyone agrees with the fact that even if the founding duke really goes to the border to develop, it will be a matter of time before the Cecil family returns to the political stage of the kingdom. Whether for the orthodox symbol of the royal family itself or to stabilize the system of the aristocratic system, the king must make the Cecil family a pillar of the royal family again - the king can be afraid of Gao Wen? Cecil himself, but he must face the surname "Cecil" that has been protected by his ancestors again.

Since this is the case, the Cecil family, which is still far away on the border, naturally has investment value.

But no matter what, the surname "Cecil" is still sensitive, and their investment value is still not clear enough, so many big families are still waiting and thinking carefully. So some small families, as vassals of big families, were pushed out, and took advantage of the opportunity of the duke recruiting extraordinary people to establish a trace of connection to lay the foundation for future investment.

Apart from these people who have special purposes, the other people on the scene were not simple. The only thing that is, there was almost no one that was true, that was, few people on the scene were really in response to the duke's call.

Without family missions, there is no need for a professional who has obtained extraordinary power to go to the barren land on the border to carry out development and construction. Even if the duke is paid not low, what can you gain in that land without anything? What the extraordinary people value most is the promotion prospects in the extraordinary field, and secondly, the development prospects of the upper class, and money is the third thing for them.

As for whether we can take this opportunity to get in touch with the Cecil family... Spellcasters without family background will not expect this. This is a world that emphasizes bloodline and family heritage. What value can a young mage who is born in a civilian and has no wealth?

Cohen knew that he was the same. Although he had some personal relationship with Santis, he decided to come and see the situation after receiving Santis's private letter this time. In fact, he did not intend to really respond to the Duke's recruitment. His purpose here was the same as other young and downcast casters. He just took a fancy to the "connections" opportunities brought by this place - those who wanted to invest in the Cecil family were only the ends of the aristocratic system, but for low-level mages like Cohen, who are of average family and talent, they are still rare connections. Now two-fifths of the people in the hall are in love with these people.

There are only two types of people here: the first type of person who wants to make friends with the Cecil family, and the second type of person who wants to make friends with the first type of person like Cohen.

A young man with brown curly hair and hooked nose and dressed in delicate silk clothes came over. Cohen recognized that he was a member of the Straun family, so he immediately stood up with a smile, picked up his glass to greet him, trying to make a few conversations.

The two sides had no friendship and the chat did not last long, but Cohen believed that he had left a little impression on the other party. After the young master of the Straun family left, the young mage put away the stiff smile on his face, exhaled gently, put down his wine glass and left the seat.

The attendant wearing a red vest immediately stepped forward to ask if he needed help - these attendants were hired and sent by the royal family. After the resurrection of Duke Gowen Cecil, the royal family continued to pay for money and help manage the property while the duke went to the southern border. Cohen waved his hand and said that he was just chest tightness and wanted to go out for a walk.

He left the brightly lit living room and came outside with a cold wind. The huge sun was gradually sinking, and the sky was getting darker.

Cohen sneezes, rubs his nose, turns around to have another glass of precious Karna wine, and then goes home.

But at this moment, he saw the young woman named Jipley walking towards him, slightly dark-skinned and wearing a long skirt.

Santis is so lucky to have such a beautiful lady accompany him.

Cohen thought about it with some envy, then nodded slightly to the female mage apprentice in front of him: "Miss Giple."

He wanted to greet the Duke's messenger, but he had to maintain his reserve as a formal extraordinary person. After all, the other party was just a mage apprentice.

Jipley tapped her forehead with her finger, replied with a standard mage, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Cohen Bonat, is that?"

"Yes, it's me, is there anything wrong?"

"You meet the conditions, Mr. Santis asked me to hand this over to you."

The young female mage apprentice handed Cohen a folded letter and a brooch that looked very ordinary. After receiving the letter, the latter couldn't help but frown slightly and said hesitantly: "But... I'm not ready to..."

"This is not a registration letter to the South, but an invitation to the next party," Jipley said with a smile. "Please don't miss this opportunity - wearing a brooch is a proof of your attendance."

Cohen wanted to ask something, but Jiple just smiled mysteriously and shook his head, turned around and walked away. Cohen had no choice but to lower his head and open the folded letter, looking curiously.

There is only one sentence written above: After the first bell rings tonight, I am still here.

But there is a small symbol behind this sentence, a symbol with lightning and eye patterns.

"The magician secret meeting? What is Santis doing...Is he going to take advantage of this opportunity to hold a private party for the Duke? He is also planning to return to the Wangdu mage circle?"

Cohen muttered curiously, but he still put the letter away seriously.

No matter what Santis wants to do, it is still necessary to participate in similar magician secret meetings. Spellcasters communicate together are a good opportunity to improve their strength and gain knowledge. It is not cheap to organize a decent party. Since someone has come forward to organize this time and can continue to taste delicious wine and delicacies in the duke's mansion, Cohen believes that most people will not miss this opportunity.

He glanced at the sky outside and found that the sun had almost completely sunk to the horizon: the first bell was not far away.

When he returned to the living room, he saw that many people had already stood up and left, but some people were sitting there. Cohen glanced around and saw that someone had already put a brooch on his clothes in the corner.

Sure enough, it's not just myself...

Cohen felt relieved and pinned the brooch to his body.

More than ten minutes later, a senior servant appeared and said that the party had ended and the guests had been registered. Please leave as you please.

So several more people got up and left, but Cohen saw that there were still people sitting and not moving—they were all wearing brooches.

The waiter wearing a red vest and a maid wearing a black and white maid's skirt entered the hall and began to pack up the plates and wine glasses left by the guests. Cohen sat back in his seat with a little nervousness. A waiter walked past him. The waiter's eyes were obviously on the brooch of his shirt. Then the waiter nodded and did not let him leave, but brought a glass of sober grass water that was sober.

Cohen finally felt relieved.

After a while, Cohen saw some new visitors walking into the living room. These visitors were still carrying the cold outside. The first time they entered the house was rubbing their hands and walking towards the fireplace. They were obviously just arrived.

Are they "recruiters" who came earlier in the day? They came to attend the evening party again?

Santis is going to hold a very large party this time... He is really a person who can spend aristocratic money.

Cohen's thoughts spread, and slowly he noticed something unusual:

Many of the people who came to attend the party had familiar faces, which is not surprising in itself. After all, the number of people in the mage circle is limited, but there are no members from aristocratic families or a certain mage faction among these people!

You know, even the down-and-out Santis should know one or two members of aristocratic families or factions... At least there should be friendships to learn in the same wizard tower, right?

Didn't intentionally invite you? Or... this party is really special, and all members of the aristocratic family and faction were excluded?

Cohen's heart moved and couldn't help but increase his attention.

He instinctively felt that tonight's so-called "second party" might not be simple...

And while this thought, the first bell in the royal capital rang.

The jingling bell rang, and as the churches called the believers to pray and praise the Lord, Cohen noticed that the servants had left the hall one by one, while the soldiers wearing Cecil's armor guarded the entrances and exits instead of the servants, and the sound of the door locking came from the direction of the gate.

The people at the scene were a little uneasy, but soon the side door of the hall opened and Santis, dressed in a black mage robe, walked into the hall accompanied by Gipley and Pierce.

Santis quietly glanced around the people in the hall, and found that at this time, he was even calmer than expected.

Then he spoke:

"Everyone, are anyone interested in the magical skills of Gu Gondor and the knowledge of the lost realm?"

In the southern border, in the castle of Count Hosman, Count Karov Hosman, wearing a golden red costume and sharp eyes, stood on the banquet venue, holding a golden cup full of Karna wine in his hand, and looked around at the guests with a smile.

Amid the pleasant music of the lyre and tambourine, the count yelled loudly: "Everyone, are anyone interested in the 'magic net' technology from Cecil'?
Chapter completed!