After the announcements, Roland had some of the food and left the banquet.
While he stayed there, the guests could not enjoy themselves.
Roland was level seven anyway. His comprehensive attributes were very high. Even though he was holding himself back, the mental power that he accidentally released could be awesome for ordinary people.
It was a level suppression based on biological energy. The degree of the suppression was decided by the gap of the attributes between two parties.
The dragonâs might was essentially an advanced application of deterrence with biological energy.
The same rule applied to Andonara. But since she was a pretty woman, her intimidation was slightly weakened.
Roland was about to take a rest in the Magic Tower, but Vincent followed him back.
âWhy are you here? Are you not going to hit on a few noble ladies in the banquet?â
Vincent shook his head with a smile. âThe queen is the most beautiful one there, but sheâs yours. Iâm not interested in other women.â
âFine. You do have a high standard.â Roland sat down in a chair and asked, âThere must be something you want to say to me, right?â
âYes.â Vincent sat down. Leaning against the back of the chair like a big boss, he said, âAttract some of the enemies and strike the rest, so that you will have more friends than enemies. Youâll really put that great manâs experience in politics into practice.â
Roland shook his head. âItâs just a lesson I learned at work. I was taught that by the management.â
âHahaha.â Vincent laughed and asked, âAre you really going to build schools? It may result in conflicts with the headquarters.â
Roland thought for a moment and said, âTobian is smart, but I can tell that heâs too focused on the headquartersâ business in the capital to bother us. After all, we have few talents here. Besides, after we recruit the first batch of students and get the initial funding and assets, we wonât need to worry that the headquarters will cut us off. After a few years, when we grow stronger, we can raise more official Mages, and thereâs nothing the headquarters will be able to do about us.â
Vincent looked at Roland in surprise. âAre you thinking to unite the Mages in Hollevin?â
âThatâs an idea.â Roland nodded. âAfter my year of traveling, apart from the breakthroughs in magic tricks, Iâve gained my own understanding in a lot of matters.â
âThe power of individuals is limited.â Roland sighed and said, âEarlier, I counted on the players, my own people, but I was too optimistic. I posted the spell models on the forum so that everybody could learn from each other. It worked fine at first, but youâve seen what happened recently.â
Vincent also sighed and said, âI have. Many people greedily submitted the models you modified to the Association of Mages in other countries in exchange for great interests.â
Roland was rather chilled when he thought about that. âItâs better on OâNealâs side, but not all his people are trustworthy, either. I found that some models that had only been slightly improved were sold by the group members.â
Vincent sneered in disdain. He despised those people.
âSo, Iâm too lazy to upload models to the forum now.â Roland shrugged and said, âBut the systematic structure of the Magic Towers and the credit system in some guilds gave me an idea. After our school raises enough students and weâre powerful enough, weâll establish a credit contribution system. Iâll write down my tricks and thoughts and put them in the library, and so will other people. Everybody will be given credit points for submitting their unique personal experiences. With those credit points, they can buy other spell models and tips. I donât think that many Mages would be able to say no to such a system.â
Vincent squinted at Roland. âAre you sure itâs not an adaptation of the sect system from Wuxia novels?â
It was Roland who burst into laughter this time. âIâm only borrowing it. Itâs just an idea anyway. Nobody can charge me any patent fees.â
âI think thatâs a good idea.â Vincentâs eyes glittered. âHow will you ensure fairness?â
âWith detailed regulations.â Roland thought for a moment and said, âBut you should know that fairness is only relative and never absolute.â
Vincent slapped the armrest of the chair and said in excitement, âItâs a great idea. Iâve always found it ridiculous that the headquarters charge several or even dozens of gold coins for each spell. If you had told me about your lofty ideal, I wouldâve helped you a long time ago.â
Roland was quite surprised by Vincentâs excitement.
âDidnât you come to my Magic Tower because you hated management? Why are you so enthusiastic about this?â
âThatâs not the same,â Vincent said rather angrily. âThose guys from Silver Wings are only good at fighting each other. Their idea to monopolize waterborne logistics wasnât bad, but they lacked money and werenât capable of realizing their plans. In the end, they even ended up on bad terms with such a capable Mage like you, who couldâve been a great help in infrastructure work. I couldnât watch it anymore. Thatâs why I came to you.â
âBut Iâm establishing a new Association of Mages and a new system partly for my own selfish reasons too.â
Vincent said unconcernedly, âSelfishness is the greatest motivation. If your idea can be implemented, a new system will be built, which will be in the interest of most Mages. Thatâs already enough. Light cannot be shed on everybody.â
âYouâre welcome.â Vincent stood up and patted Rolandâs shoulder. âI havenât thanked you for taking me in yet⊠Right, recruit more magic apprentices in the first batch. I can take care of a class for you.â
They looked at each other with smiles.
The storm stopped when the banquet was over.
The guests dispersed, returning home thrilled.
They summoned all the descendants of their family in the night, even the children of their remote cousins. After all, the more children were sent for screening, the more likely that some of them would pass the test.
The nobles who didnât participate in the banquet were all shocked and pale after receiving the news.
They all knew that they had lost an opportunity.
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They couldnât have regretted it more. They even thought to put pressure on Roland together. But when they remembered Rolandâs and the queenâs capabilities, and Vincent who had just become an Elite, not to mention Vivian and Jerry, they knew that they didnât stand any chance at all.
As someone had wisely put it on the Internet, after you build yourself up by working out, youâll be able to make idiots talk to you peacefully without any quarrels.
The âcelebritiesâ who didnât come to the banquet and were thereby marked by Roland visited Roland one after another, hoping to have a conversation with him.
But Roland turned all of them down!