435 The Royal’s Stratagem Part 1 (1/2)

Sauron was terrified! He looked at Lex in horror.

He had no doubt about Lex's ability, but he could not be promoted to a sorcerer due to money. The speed of practice was originally slow and he had to figure out ways to earn money. That took up a lot of time.

He was already sixty-eight years old. Although he had another good forty to fifty years of life, according to his progress speed, he would not have any hope of promoting before he died.

Promoting to grade-7 sorcerer, his lifespan would be lengthened for another century. Even if he stopped there, his lifespan would have been doubled!

Sauron was convinced. He could not refuse such a thing.

”My only condition is that this would be a secret between us.” Lex had a poker face on.

Sauron nodded, he was thrilled and he even wanted to sign a contract immediately. He was afraid that Lex would go back on her promise. Most of the mages that had decent a foundation would stop at grade-5 because the expense to learn magic was too high. Many mages had to work really hard for magic materials, they had to be hired to get magic books.

If there was no accident, such mage would become grade-4 grand mage when they were fifty and then grade-5 grand mage when they were seventy.

The lifespan of a mage was not certain. A mage could get hurt when they practiced too. If there was no special meditation principle or amendments of magic liquid, a mage would not live to more than one-hundred and twenty years old. Most of the time, they died within a century.

Sauron had been a grade-6 mage for a dozen years, but he did not progress much as he was gathering money to buy material to build a magic tower. That was something he could not get help with. If he did not build a magic tower, he would not even be able to feel the threshold of sorcerer.

To promote as a sorcerer, one had to be in an environment that was rich in elements. Naturally, there would not be such environment, at least not on the Myers Mainland. The only way to create such an environment was to build a magic tower.

If one had a sorcerer as a teacher, they could borrow the environment of a magic tower. That was a benefit of having a teacher.

The reason Lex could reach such a level at such a young age was definitely related to the fact that she had a grade-8 sorcerer as a teacher. Compared to Saleen, the promotion of Lex was smooth sailing. On the other hand, a miraculous mage like Saleen, his progress was exchanged with his life.

Saleen's progress was made under circumstance that he was nearing the end of.

Following Lex, Lex needed at most another twenty years to become a sorcerer. As the princess of the country, it would not be a problem for her to build a magic tower. Sauron saw hope and he would not let pride cloud his judgement at that time.

Mages had pride, but they formed a strict hierarchy. Lex was way stronger than him. After promising such benefits, Sauron could resist no more.

”I can let Nash go but I have to bring along these soldiers.”

Sauron nodded blindly. He could not care less about the soldiers. In the mage's heart, he could not contain anything else. He could only remember a word, sorcerer! Sorcerer!

”Princess, what do you want those soldiers for? You will need to take care of them.” Daniel did not understand Lex's intention.

”Bring them along. If my uncle tries to send more people to stop me, I will kill all of them.”

Daniel quivered in fear and did not ask further.

Lex snorted and stared at Daniel with her blue eyes, ”What a nerve! You only have five hundred people, how dare you rush through the city gate. If I weren't at the west gate, you would be dead! Do you know that?”

Daniel answered anxiously and fearfully, ”Why would we? We would flee at most. You saw us, we have skeleton warhorses.”

”Skeleton warhorses? There are more than a few hundred thousand soldiers within Phoenix. Could you outrun all of them?”

Daniel took another breath, one tenth of his five hundred people died even under a situation when their magic suppressed their enemy entirely. If they were surrounded and blocked by a few hundred thousand soldiers, the only one who could escape would be him alone.The pikoosi ran too fast and any mages below sorcerer level could not catch up.