453 A Dragon is Not as Fast as a Person (1/2)
He cursed Roland for purposefully, inconsiderately, and viciously not mentioning that he had already verified the spell with the Goddess of Magic. This person went to the Temple of Magic and wanted to verify the spell, only to be punished by Mystra with a permanent negative puff named ”Divine Retribution,” which lowered his health and mana by exactly the same amount that Roland was improved with Divine Favor.
Also, what enraged the poster even more was that his character was on the blacklist of the Church of Magic and was wanted. Though he didn't have to quit the game like the black leaf players, life would be very hard for him in the future.
His character had obtained lots of resources and already reached level five. He was among one of the top Mages, but because of Roland's trick, his two years of work was in vain, and he had to start all over.
That was two years! How many ”two years” can be repeated in one's life?
The rest of the thread was him yelling at Roland with the most vulgar expletives. He also threw out many questions like ”Was it really necessary to set up traps like that?” and ”If you already verified it, why didn't you mention it so that other people wouldn't take the risk?” It was obvious that this player was mad.
Most of the netizens criticized this player in the reply section.
”Wow, you were punished when you wanted to take advantage of others, yet you're still complaining. I've never seen anyone as shameless as you!”
”Hehe. He thinks he's the most important person in the world. He has to blame his own problem on someone else.”
”He's probably only second to Roland, O'Neal, and the other bigshots among the LV5 Mages. He probably exchanged a lot of the spell models that Roland uploaded freely for resources. Yet, he jumps out shamelessly now that he's punished?”
”Let's be honest here. This player only made use of a loophole. If a spell is not registered, he can register it and claim it. The ownership of the spells belongs to whoever registers them first anyway.”
”That's not fair at all. You don't want Roland to register the spells, but other people are free to register them? Is it fair?”
”I suspect that Roland intentionally kept it a secret that he had already registered the spells, hoping that someone would fall for the trap. It's understandable, but nonetheless unscrupulous.”
”You are probably someone who likes to take advantage too, like the poster of this thread.”
”Is it your business at all what kind of person I am?”
Then, the players began to lambaste each other. Most players were on Roland's side, and some accused Roland for his inconsideration.
The rest of the replies had no actual content except curses and name-calling, so Roland quit the forum.
He returned to his manor and told Andonara that he was going out. Andonara was slightly upset.
Sitting in Roland's arms and facing him, she wrapped her hands around Roland's neck and asked, ”Can I come with you?”
”It's not convenient. I'm going to the Froststar Kingdom. I'll be back very soon.”
Roland was going to search for the Well of Eternity in the Froststar Kingdom. It was possible for him to take Andonara with him, but he wouldn't be able to fly if so. If they were to take a carriage, considering all the hills and rivers, it would take them a couple of months before they reached the Froststar Kingdom.
That was already an optimistic estimation.
If Andonara saw beautiful sceneries and wanted to linger a few more days to appreciate them, which was very possible because girls loved beautiful sceneries, or if she stayed at a certain place for the wonderful food, it might take them half a year to reach the Froststar Kingdom.
Even if they could find the Well of Eternity quickly, it would still take time for them to return.
Chances were that they would have to spend more than a year on the trip, which would be horrible.
Women were time killers, especially the beautiful ones.
”How long will you be gone?” asked Andonara gently on Roland's shoulder.
”Fifteen days, if I'm fast, or one month, if I'm slow,” replied Roland with a smile.
”Try to be fast.”
…
Leaving the Magic Tower, Roland went to a hotel in the city where his friends lived.
After he entered the hotel, he found his friends drinking and chatting with Douglas in the lobby.
His friends looked a lot better than before, but they were still weak and emaciated.
Roland walked to them and said with a smile, ”I didn't expect you to be chatting together. Douglas, I thought you already left.”
”I certainly didn't. I still have magic to learn.” Douglas raised his cup and said, ”Right, you came at the perfect moment. Can I join F6?”
Nobody spoke.
Douglas smiled awkwardly and continued, ”That seems to be a no. Then another question. Can I join the Magic Tower?”
”That's certainly not a problem.” Roland nodded.
Actually, Douglas had left a good impression on Roland, but F6 was reserved for him and his friends. He didn't want to let outsiders in.
Even Betta was not officially part of F6 yet.
Douglas was relieved. His real purpose was exactly to join the Magic Tower and learn magic from Roland and Vincent.
As to why he asked to join F6, it was only meant to make his real request more acceptable.
Then Roland said to his friends, ”I'll probably be away from Delpon for more than half a month. You take a rest first. If anything happens, drop me a message in the guild chat room in the system.”
”Okay, no problem.” Li Lin nodded. ”We'll keep an eye on your manor too. We won't let anybody cause trouble.”
”Thanks.”
Roland patted Li Lin's shoulder with a smile.
After drinking and talking with everybody for a while, he left the city and flew straight north with Human Cannonball.