Chapter 483 - The First Official Event (2/2)

“It is logical that after the new spell is offered to Mystra, she would send it back shortly after to the altar for it to be learned by others,” said Alfred slowly, “but this time it’s different. The spell model hasn’t appeared after such a long time. This reminds me of the blue Inferior Fireball, which has been known to appear and disappear, so I suspect that Roland’s spell this time is also quite powerful and that the G.o.ddess of Magic wants to keep it for herself and doesn’t want to announce it anymore.”

“That’s so selfish,” shouted one of the elders in displeasure.

Another elder said, “But it doesn’t matter, Roland is still with us. It doesn’t matter if Mystra gives us the spell model or not. As long as we’re on good terms with Roland, isn’t it simple to get that spell?”

Alfred’s expression appeared relaxed as he smiled. “Mystra’s greatest weakness is that she has too few believers. There are too few of us Mages who are willing to believe in her, which makes her growth slow and puts a limit to it. And her not announcing spell models now is presumably to save them and use it to eventually blackmail and to control us.” Everyone nodded, thinking that Alfred had a point.

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“So I think that in the future, when we have a new spell, don’t offer it to Mystra, the G.o.ddess of Magic. Keep it for yourself; only those who have pa.s.sed our a.s.sessment can learn it. This way, one day we can catch up to Mystra’s level, and finally fling her from her position as the G.o.ddess of Magic, and the throne will be ours to sit on.” Hearing Alfred’s words, everyone revealed a mysterious smile. High-level Mages, especially Legendary Mages, were a bunch of maniacs.

They believed that since Mystra could become a G.o.d, they would also have a chance to become one.

However, there was only one Divine Spark of Magic, so they had to drag Mystra down if one of them was going to become a G.o.d.

Then they would be able to ascend.

And they were also working on this. The establishment of the major Magic Towers at first was just for the purpose of an exchange of spells and magic knowledge, but it had grown to the point where the academic fanatics of the various Magic Towers and the Legendary Mages had become quite inflated or confident.

They felt that when a Mage reached Legend, the next step was to set their sights on the DemiG.o.d level and eventually become the new G.o.d of magic.

Now, when everyone was weak, they would unite first, and when they were strong, they would then decide on a new magic leader, and when this magic leader became a G.o.d, the leader would come back and bring them to the divine realm of magic.

So the higher-ups of the various Magic Towers were not interested in Mystra.

They even harbored an amount of animosity for her.

As for why the various Magic Towers had a church for the G.o.ddess of Magic, they wanted to know just what new spells Mystra had recently acquired.

“One more thing, now that Roland has once again refreshed our knowledge of his talent.” Alfred tapped on the wooden table to focus everyone’s attention on himself. “Anyway, we’ll have to speed up the implementation of our plan. Next, you guys gather information on Roland, first find out what he likes and doesn’t like, become ‘friends’ with him, and find a way to get him to hand over his new spell model. Buy it with gold, exchange it with spell models, and so on; just don’t use forceful and underhanded tactics.”

“Based on my personal experience, trading with spell models should work,” Murphy interjected.

“Then you can try that first.” Alfred nodded. “I’ll make a trip back to the country next and then invite the First Princess as a guest at the Red Magic Tower.”

Everyone in the Council of Elders understood something, and they all smiled obscenely.

At the same time, Roland and Andonara returned to the manor.

Marilyn was still hanging from the tree branch, and when she saw Roland, her large teary eyes were filled with pleading.

Roland didn’t look at her and walked straight into the lab in the stone building.

Andonara stood below the catgirl, looking up at the latter with a teasing smile on her face. “Haven’t you realized your mistake yet, little catgirl!”

Hmph!

Marilyn turned her head away from Andonara.

She thought that sooner or later Roland would help her. There was no reason why—that was just what she believed.

So she couldn’t admit defeat to this vicious woman.

Andonara saw the expression on the side of her face and knew what she was thinking.

She now said slowly, “You know, I’m a queen, and I know how to deal with disobedient kittens because there are many, many kittens in the palace. But you’re Roland’s cat, so I won’t do anything to you, but if you’re still unconvinced, I’ll complain about you to Roland and tell him that you’re wild and untameable. After a few times, Roland will be disappointed in you and finally throw you out of this house.”

Originally, Marilyn wasn’t too afraid, but after hearing these words, her fur stood on end.

For werecats, being without a home was quite a terrifying thing.

Particularly for insecure werecats like her, who had previously lived in hiding.

After living for a while in safety, she had become addicted to the peace and security of her life.

It would be horrible for her to be like that again, living every day in fear.

Now, when she looked into Andonara’s eyes, she was more than a little afraid.

Andonara smiled with satisfaction at the change in her expression. At this time in the magic lab, Roland was also stunned.

Because the game system popped up with a rare announcement.

System: An official event will be held soon, please visit the official website for details.

Roland immediately opened his browser and found the newly-released announcement.

“The game has been in beta for a year and a half, and the majority of players have enough knowledge of the game’s content. In ten days, there will be a ‘strongest squad (group)’ compet.i.tion, divided into two events, 5v5 and guild battles. Please click on the link below for the rules of the compet.i.tion.”

Roland’s eyes widened. This was the first official event that would be held.

[1] reference to The Lord of the Rings