Chapter 431 - Recruiting A Prodigy (1/2)
”I really came from Lanika City,” Lawrend answered seriously.
”Really? How come you are capable of using two elements?” Creka asked doubtfully.
”Is it odd?”
”Gaska, check his records with the Mage Guild!”
”Yes, Sir!”
Gaska was the water mage. He immediately flew downwards and headed to the Mage Guild.
The two groups floated in front of each other silently. Everyone was still wary as the other party might suddenly change their minds and attack.
”If your records say that you really were from Lanika City, I would like you to come with me to the empire.”
”Why do I have to come to the empire?”
Lawrend was suspicious of him. There was a high chance that it was a trap.
”Your talent. As long as you work for the empire for a bit to cancel out the death of Logan Hui, I won't hurt you. Instead, I will protect you until you don't need it anymore,” Creka said.
This was the only way Creka could think of to absolve himself from the damage caused by the death of the plant mage earlier, as Lawrend was very talented.
The Emperor will be satisfied with him and surely take him under his wings. At that time, Creka would be seen as someone who did a great merit for the empire.
No one would dare mention the death of the plant mage ever again. The plant mage was just a Grand Mage anyway.
The empire had enough resources to create another one in a few hundred years.
A talented young mage like Lawrend was worth far, far more than he was.
”What about my position as king?”
Currently, that was the most important thing to him since he had already decided to pass the kingdom to his children. All of their efforts would all be for naught if the empire took the kingdom away from him.
”About that, the previous king offered the two cities on the border of the empire to us. It will reduce the territory of the Undrasil Kingdom, but we promised to protect the Undrasil Kingdom from any threat for 100 years.”
For the Bluemin Empire, slowly swallowing the land of the Undrasil Kingdom was the priority. They had already long recognized the threat that they posed.
They would use the swallowed cities to erect another kingdom that would serve as a buffer state. That way, the Undrasil Kingdom would not be able to directly attack the Imperial Capital.
If they somehow managed to cultivate an Earth Mage, the empire would have no choice but to release them from their grasp. After all, the Imperial Capital must always have an Earth Mage.
If any neighboring empires heard the news that they were hunting an Earth Mage, they would surely take that chance to capture the Imperial Capital. Do not think that a single Earth Mage could kill another Earth Mage easily.
If there were anything you could compare them to, it would be cockroaches. Earth Mages were difficult to kill because they were already beyond the normal confines of mortality.