Chapter 341 - Simple As Tha (2/2)
“By asking the ordinary people to be seated with us, you’re deriding us.” The mayor spoke with a casual but breathtaking tone. “From the bottom of your heart, you believe that we’re equal to them. What’s that if not derision?”
“That’s the fairness that we pursue.” Britney stood up and grimaced. “It’s the ideology of the Golden Sons.”
“Men are born unequal.” The mayor raised his voice, looking at Britney as if she were an alien. “We n.o.bles are born superior, as is the will and approval of the G.o.ds. Why do you think you can change that?”
Britney knew that it was impossible to discuss fairness with someone who was born in an unequal world and who had been taking advantage of the inequality.
They would pretend that they didn’t understand even if they did.
The reason was simple. n.o.body would be willing to abandon their positions and interests.
So, Britney simply shook her head. “That’s just your opinion, not ours. I stand by what I said. Either everybody enjoys our performance together, or we will leave in three days.”
“There are no other options?” asked the mayor.
“No!”
The mayor nodded and stepped back.
At this point, the Mage next to him stood up. “Beautiful lady, it’s true that the Golden Sons are very strong, but it has occurred to us that you seem to be under a lot of restrictions. For example, you can’t kill people randomly without a justifiable reason, can you?”
Britney frowned in confusion. “So what? Doesn’t it mean that we’re different from you?”
“Being a good person comes with a great price.” The Mage smiled and said, “I am Redding, chairman of the Magic Tower in Encart City, and a brother to Tobian, the current chairman in general of the a.s.sociation of Mages.”
Britney was still confused. “So what? You want the a.s.sociation of Mages to censor our group or even kill us?”
“Why would we do anything so evil? Wouldn’t that give you a reason to attack us?” Redding was rather grim and when he smiled, he seemed like a squinting viper. “But I can ask my brother, Chairman Tobian, to give an order, so that no Magic Towers or the organizations affiliated to those Magic Towers would offer any kind of help or service to the Mages among the Golden Sons.”
Britney was immediately stunned.
Though the a.s.sociation of Mages was not powerful, it was in charge of the teaching of magic skills and the trade of magic items.
If the a.s.sociation of Mages really forbade its subordinates from offering help to the players, the Mages would definitely start crying, and other players would be greatly affected too.
For example, the trade of magic equipment concerned every player.
When they looted a piece of equipment that they couldn’t use, they could only sell it via the a.s.sociation of Mages. The players were too scattered throughout the country for them to directly make deals with each other.
In order to sell to other players, the buyers and the sellers must be close to each other, or it would be tricky to complete the transaction.
So, it was best to sell magic equipment to the a.s.sociation of Mages.
Their offers were fair in general.
Besides, a lot of magic materials from the a.s.sociation of Mages were needed by all spellcasters, including Mages, Warlocks, and Priests. Even the Bards had to buy items from the a.s.sociation of Mages now and then.
Spellcasters were very important in every team and could decide the difficulty of many dungeon raids. If the spellcasters were short of magic materials, all the players would be affected.
If the a.s.sociation of Mages really refused to serve the players anymore… probably all the other players would blame the performers.
They were only a minor performing group of several dozen people. The pressure was too huge for them.
Britney hesitated.
Redding chuckled and said, “We’re not forcing you to do anything. All you need to do is perform for us first, and the civilians can watch you later. It’s simple as that.”