Chapter 9 Defeat
After reading the entire letter, Wu Ming wanted to say two words... Damn.
Because I am too busy and have no time to write a reply, I don’t believe these words, let alone adults.
Wu Ming knew very well that being too busy was just an excuse. The only reason why Barsazer didn't write a reply was that he didn't want to pay attention to him. Now he wrote a letter, which was nothing more than fear that Dave would be a beginner in magic and wanted to find a nanny for Dave.
"I want me to be a nanny for Dave, this plan is really a joke. But this is also an opportunity. Now that Balsazer is sealed, his treasured magic books cannot be collected at a cheap price."
Wu Ming touched his chin and saw more in this letter.
As the successor of the white wizard Merlin, Balsazer must have accumulated a lot of value over the past thousand years, and these are currently unparalleled.
If you take a few magic books from Balsazze's collection in the name of taking care of Dave, you may not care if you get out of trouble. At that time, you will ask this stingy guy for some questions. According to the white wizard's code of conduct, you will definitely not refuse.
Well, Lu Buwei said something, it seems like a rare item.
Wu Ming's small plan was so loud that he felt that this business was not only not losing money, but also gaining money.
After thinking about his mind, Wu Ming no longer hesitated, packed up his things and started to go to New York.
The next day, Wu Ming, who returned to New York again, was in a good mood and was familiar with it. He found the antique shop that Barsazer used to hide.
...Click...
I gently pushed open the store door, and even after a day, the magic fluctuations inside did not subside, indicating that there was a big battle here.
Wu Ming's eyes looked around the store for a while, first using the two magics of cleaning and repair to completely erase the traces of the battle. Finally, his eyes moved slightly and locked on the pottery that was left by the Hunter Dynasty.
The pottery jars left by the Hunter Dynasty look simple and grand, but there are only one place with some flaws.
There are two portraits that do not match the characteristics of the Hunter Dynasty.
One of them looked nine-point similar to Balsazze, wearing a black leather jacket, and the other was a middle-aged man holding a scepter with a top hat on his head.
"Hi, Balsazze!"
Seeing the portrait of Balsazze on the porcelain bottle, Wu Ming already understood everything.
His fingers gently stroked the lid of the clay pot, and with a teasing smile on his face, he walked towards the second floor.
The antique shop is divided into two floors. The first floor contains antiques collected by Balsazer for thousands of years, as well as a small number of magical items. On the second floor, there are the bedroom and kitchen where you sleep.
Wu Ming's eyes were like torch, sweeping the layout here.
Through the still open window, with half-cut vegetables on the cutting board, he could imagine the suddenness of the incident.
Otherwise, with full preparation, Balsazze decided not to use the porcelain bottle from the Hunter Dynasty, and finally ended up being sealed for ten years.
Dingling...
Accompanied by the sound of pushing the door, the wind chime downstairs rang in the wind.
Seeing someone coming in, Wu Ming frowned, showed off the ruby ring in his hand, got up and walked downstairs.
Downstairs is a little boy with freckles. He looks eight or nine years old and has a very bright look.
"Hello, Dave!"
The little boy's appearance was not special, what was special was what he had in his hands, which made Wu Ming recognize his identity at a glance.
The Dragon Ring... The inheritance token of the White Wizard Merlin lineage is firmly placed on the little boy's fingers.
As if I felt the peeping gaze, the ring that was originally quietly wrapped around my fingers flashed under Wu Ming's observation.
"Who are you, I don't know you."
"You don't need to know me, just know Balsazze's handwriting."
Wu Ming ignored the guard in the naughty child's eyes because he knew how to dispel the other party's doubts.
It's very simple. The letter Balsazze gave to Wu Ming contained the magic mark that every mage had.
Wu Ming took out the envelope from his pocket and delivered it to Dave with the hand of a mage. As for whether Dave can understand this magic mark, this should not be a problem.
After sending out Balsazze's letter, Wu Ming leaned on the corridor of the stairs, waiting calmly.
After waiting for a few minutes, Dave put down the letter paper in silence, and the alert in his eyes had dissipated a lot.
"Listen, Dave. Although I don't know if Balsazze has mentioned me to you, please believe that I was invited by Balsazze. Of course, I know that the trust between both parties takes time to accumulate. Before that, you'd better disperse the magic accumulated in secret, after all, this is a very rude behavior!"
Wu Ming walked down the stairs step by step. Although he did not praise him, his face was filled with admiration.
After all, Dave is only nine years old in front of him. But now he has learned to be on guard against others and is ready to start secretly at any time.
Although the magic fluctuations in the air exposed his intentions.
But Wu Ming still has to admit that this is just because Dave did not master silent casting, otherwise he would have done better.
I have to say that in the past few months around Balsazze, Dave really mastered some things.
I believe that as long as Dave is given time to grow, his future growth will be limitless. I am afraid that this is why Barsazer asked him to come here.
Think about what you can do in ten years.
If Wu Ming had not appeared, Dave would have been abandoned in the past ten years and would have been neglected because no one would urge him to do so.
But Barsazze chose to gamble, betting that Wu Ming would not violate his oath and turn to the dark wizard's side. He would help him take care of Dave for ten years under the influence of interests.
It’s easy to calculate, I have to say that Balsazer’s calculations of human nature are very good.
Even at this moment, Wu Ming realized that he seemed to have taken advantage of it, but Balsazze definitely did not suffer any losses.
To sum it up in more words, this is a very simple win-win situation.
Wu Ming, who occupied the magpies' nest, could obtain the legacy of Balsazze, and would gain the other party's friendship in ten years.
Although Balsazze did not make a profit directly, he could find another enlightenment teacher for Dave during the ten years of his trapped years to avoid wasting this precious decade.
Wu Ming still has some understanding of Balsazze.
He knew that what Barsazer cared about the most was to find the successor of Merlin. The reason for finding the successor of Merlin was not only because of Merlin's entrustment before his death, but also to kill Mogana and save his girlfriend.
So these decades are crucial for Dave and Balsazer.
This itself is a game of racing against time. Whoever can start first will take the initiative.
After thinking through the twists and turns, Wu Ming's mentality changed quietly and he had already regarded himself as half of the master here.
But before that, he would ask carefully about the battle between Hovas and Balsazer.
"Dave, tell me the story in detail, and I need to know what happened yesterday."
"Okay, OK sir."
Dave didn't know what the abacus Wu Ming, who regarded him as a strange thing, had in a short time.
The child's mind is relatively simple. Even though Dave had a little adult meaning, he still said without reservation: "Yesterday afternoon, the tutor was preparing supper upstairs and let me play alone below. I found many strange things here, they were hiding in every corner, just like treasure hunting."
Speaking of this, Dave scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I found a colorful doll in the compartment of the wall, the kind with Russian style. But after I opened it, countless cockroaches came out inside, forming a person under my nose."
The person composed of cockroaches is obviously Hovas.
Wu Ming has seen this kind of magic in the book of Merlin. Strictly speaking, this magic is not evil. Its purpose is to protect the caster and not be harmed at the first time.
Obviously, when the doll was just opened, Hovas didn't know what was going on outside.
In this case, Hovas chose to protect himself, and with this profound magic, it can be seen that the thousand-year imprisonment did not regress his strength.
"Dave, let me tell you in detail. They used a few magics during the battle, and what is the order of casting."
Wu Ming simulated the scene at that time in his mind and planned to put himself in it to see how far he could be in the face of such a battle scene.
Dave tried hard to recall everything that happened at that time, while Wu Ming generated images in his mind to restore the battle at that time as much as possible.
First of all, Hovas, who was released, used a cockroach substitute as soon as he escaped.
The magic fluctuations caused by the cockroach stand-in led to Balsazze who was cooking on the second floor.
Barsazze rushed down quickly, and when he saw Hovas, the magic that had been prepared was flying out.
This is a powerful restraint spell, a rope formed by the spell that poured Hovas out of mid-air.
Hovas's reaction was not slow either. He quickly launched a counterattack, and while cutting off the ropes on his body, he summoned smoke to block the vision of both sides.
With the fog overflowing, the two sides have temporary tranquility.
At that time, Balsazze prepared two common magics, namely the mage shield and the ionic light ball.
On the other side, Hovas chose the muddy swamp, and after the ground under his feet turned into a swamp, he chose the floating technique.
Barsazer, who cares about Dave's safety, was the first to stay calm in this battle and began to walk down the stairs to look for Hovas.
The swamp technique was triggered by the aggressive Balsazze, devouring half of Balsazze's body and fixing him in the mud.
At the same time, Hovas, who has used the floating technique, chose to take off and start dispersing the smoke.
The smoke dissipated, and Hovas came to Balsazze's head and prepared to kill with one blow.
Below, Barsazze, who had a lot of combat experience, noticed the possible attack route of Hovas in advance.
When Hovas fell from the sky and planned to kill Balsazze with one blow, Balsazze chose to rush into the sky and knocked Hovas out directly.
The scene of the two great magicians fighting was revealed little by little by little by little in Wu Ming's mind as Dave told him.
Wu Ming escaped from the beginning until Barsazar used the porcelain bottle of the Hunter Dynasty to seal the Hovas with himself. The whole process lasted only thirteen minutes.
In just thirteen minutes, both sides used magic six times, and the final outcome was both defeated.
Wu Ming substituted himself into it and tried to replace either party.
The first time, he substituted Hovas, because he had been free from the constraint spell for too long, he was easily killed by Balsazze.
The second time, he entered Balsazze and did not choose to go down the stairs, but was used to use the floating curse to approach Hovas with a single blow.
After trying more than ten times in a row, Wu Ming's best score was only seven minutes, and then he was killed by the other party.
Spell casting speed, continuity of spells, and reasonable application of terrain.
Although the two sides fought for a short time, no advanced magic appeared.
However, relying on the combination of ordinary magic and the fighting wisdom between them, the gap between the two sides is still amazing.
Failed...
Chapter completed!