Chapter 64 Talking

"Elliot, I can call you that."

After finishing his observation of Rhodes, the mayor said slowly.

Rhodes didn't say a word, just looked at the mayor and nodded, waiting for his next words.

"As you have seen before, I am at war with the enemy. Speaking of which, I also want to thank you for cutting off the enemy's retreat for me, so that the enemy's undead creatures lost a lot here."

As if explaining the previous situation, the mayor said, but there was no expression on his face. He just said these words, and he couldn't hear the gratitude contained in the words at all.

At this time, Rhodes also opened his mouth and asked slowly to the mayor: "If the mayor really thanked me, why did he let the skeleton warriors under him test me?"

Even after the battle was over, the black cloud that enveloped the mansion still did not dissipate. After listening to Rhode's question, the mayor at the entrance of the mansion replied:

"You also understand that this is a temptation. I just want to know your strength in this way. The temptation I personally lead is of course much more reliable than simple observation."

Having said that, the mayor paused and continued: "Although it is a bit offensive, I should be the one who has lost, right? Even if I resisted those ghosts, my skeleton warriors didn't lose a few, but In order to test you, my skeleton warrior has suffered a lot."

The mayor's voice turned cold, and Rhode could hear the anger in his words.

If it was just for temptation, Rhode's use of spells to quickly kill these skeleton warriors undoubtedly made the mayor very angry.

However, Rhodes did not say anything. Since the mayor intends to test, he must be prepared to lose something. Compared with the lost skeleton warriors, the strength information obtained by the mayor is more valuable.

Rhodes asked the mayor:

"The question of loss should be very clear in your mind, so you don't need to mention it. You haven't answered me yet, what is the purpose of the temptation, just want to simply understand my strength? Or, what are you preparing for? ?"

After listening to Rhode's words, the mayor realized that the person in front of him could not be easily fooled, so he said:

"Aren't you curious why there are undead creatures coming to the town to attack my mansion? If you didn't show up here in time, maybe they would have breached my mansion."

Hearing this, Rhode knew that the mayor was planning to tell himself some information and explain why the mansion was attacked. Including the previous temptation may be for these words.

"Then ask the mayor to talk about it."

Rhode did not directly attack the skeleton warriors in front of him. According to the abnormality that Rhode noticed inside the mansion, even if these skeleton warriors could be killed, there were still more powerful undead creatures in the mansion.

Therefore, Rhodes followed the mayor's words and planned to listen to the mayor's explanation.

"The necromancer who attacked this town earlier was a senior apprentice in the Necromancer Academy. This senior apprentice should have come to perform the trial mission."

"I used to study in the Necromancer Academy. When I was older, I chose to pay some gold coins to the academy and came to this town to become the mayor here."

"Apart from the need to hand in gold coins every year, I don't have much effect on the college, and the college doesn't care about the amount of these gold coins. If I have any role, I can only help the college train apprentices."

"The apprentice came to destroy this town after taking the mission from the academy, and I was in charge of dealing with it. As you saw earlier, the undead creatures that came to attack were controlled by such an apprentice. "

"Before, I have dealt with such apprentices many times. After these apprentices accepted the trial mission, they all wanted to destroy this town, and their strength was not much different from mine.

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"But I don't know why, the undead mage apprentice who is here is far more powerful than me. If you didn't take action in time and help me repel these undead creatures, these skeleton warriors of mine alone may not last long. ."

No less than before, in the narration of these words, the mayor brought a heavy tone, maybe he wanted Rhode to believe, or maybe he was just talking.

After listening to the mayor's words, Rhode was silent.

Through the mayor's remarks and the previous speculation, Rhodes has realized something.

"You have also seen that the undead creatures controlled by the necromancer earlier, plus these black clouds in the sky, are definitely stronger than the skeleton warriors like me. I can't do anything with the skeleton warriors alone. response."

"Because of this, I didn't let you go at the beginning, but wanted to use your help to deal with this necromancer and protect this town."

"Before, maybe I didn't make it clear that you misunderstood something, but I definitely don't have any bad thoughts."

"And to test your strength, it's also because I want to understand your strength, so as to determine the next countermeasures."

"Through the previous battle, I also have a partial understanding of your strength. I am sure that if you are willing to help me, I will definitely be able to deal with the necromancer, and the town does not need to be destroyed by him."

"Of course, because this kind of thing has certain risks, I will not let you take risks in vain. After killing this necromancer, I will give you a treasure as a reward."

"So, Elliot, what do you mean? Would you like to help me deal with this necromancer?"

After saying these words, the mayor looked at Rhodes and did not continue to say anything, but waited for Rhodes' answer.

At this time, the mayor explained all the reasons and consequences to Rhode, including why he didn't give the map to Rhode before, and the reason why the Necromancer came to attack, and even most importantly, he wanted Rhode to help him deal with this situation. A necromancer.

Rhode has no idea about what the mayor said about using treasures as a reward. This is just a temporary promise from the mayor. After Rhode kills the necromancer, the mayor can completely deny it, or Find a way to kill Rhodes.

If Rhodes really believed the words of the mayor, he would not be able to blame others for being deceived in the end.

After thinking for a while, in order to confirm his previous thoughts, Rhodes asked the mayor:

"You can leave by yourself. According to your current strength, even if you join the war, you can get a lot of benefits. Why do you have to stay in the town and wait for others to deal with you?"

After listening to Rhodes' words, the mayor replied:

"Leave? No, no. If I were the same age as you, I would leave here immediately without you reminding me. But I don't want to leave now. Stay here and study some spells in peace."

As for what the mayor said, Rhode obviously couldn't believe that such things as ambition would not fade with time, on the contrary, it would become stronger. right.

Therefore, the reason why he is unwilling to leave here, apart from the age that the mayor said, can only be that there is something here that makes him not want to leave, and there is a greater benefit than leaving.

Realizing this, Rhode asked the mayor:

"How many years have passed since you left the Academy of Necromancy? What do you think of the Academy of Necromancy?"

Since the mayor asked Rhodes, Rhodes was not afraid that he would not answer his own questions, even if it was a simple and meaningless answer. Therefore, Rhodes asked the mayor about his views on the Necromancer Academy, in fact, he wanted to know The mayor.

The mayor replied: "The days of living in the academy are like yesterday. I can recall all the scenes at that time."

"Because of my poor talent, I had to choose a way to leave the academy and come here. I can't tell you exactly how many years have passed, but I'm sure it was a long time."

"As for what you think about the academy? I like the environment of the Necromancer Academy very much. Compared with the orthodox School of Magic, the environment inside the Necromancy Academy is more cruel. If you are not careful, you will be eliminated, and I will live down."

"The orthodox Mage Academy was originally prepared for those nobles. Like me, I have no background and my own talent is not good. Even if I want to rely on the accumulation of time to become stronger, the academy will not allow it."

"Although there are some special reasons, the only place where everyone, regardless of aptitude, is eligible to learn spells, is the Necromancer Academy."

After listening to the mayor's words, Rhode understood something.

The mayor's words were full of admiration for the Necromancer Academy. Even though he had left the academy for a long time, he still missed the previous academy life.

Rhode realized that if his talent was not enough and he needed to make up for it through time accumulation, the mayor could grow into a strong necromancer in the academy. Because of this, Rhode developed a deep sense of vigilance.

The apprentices who admired the Necromancer Academy also recognized the system of the law of the jungle within the academy, and this respect was reflected in their attitude towards ordinary people.

Rhodes asked the mayor how long he stayed here, but he wanted to use this question to judge the degree of accumulation of the mayor's strength.

Rhode does not believe that the mayor who has accumulated strength here for so long, the only undead creatures he really controls will be the skeleton warriors in front of him, and the aura that Rhode felt in the mayor's mansion before is likely to be another powerful The undead creature, but Rhodes couldn't determine its type.

In addition, there are still some unanswered questions in Rhodes' heart, including how the mayor knew that the necromancer in the academy had received a trial mission, and the mayor had dealt with this kind of people who came to destroy the village several times before. Necromancer.

The answer to this question determines the strength of the mayor himself, but Rhodes understands that if he asks the mayor so directly, the mayor will definitely not answer him, or he can only judge by himself by other methods.

Rhodes said: "I remember you said that a business group was coming to this town recently."

"Yes, a friend of mine is the head of a small business group in the Freelance Chamber of Commerce. Not long ago, he was going to the City of Screaming. I asked him to deliver some supplies to me by the way."

"It stands to reason that the business group will come to the town in the next few days. With the help of the business group, I can deal with the necromancer. But to be on the safe side, if the business group does not come, I still need to invite You help me deal with the necromancer in front of me."

"In order to reassure you, I can give you the map you need first."

With that said, the mayor took out a scroll from his pocket and handed it to the skeleton warrior beside him. The skeleton warrior was about to step forward and hand the scroll to Rhodes.

On the side, the vampire immediately took a few steps forward, took the scroll from the skeleton warrior, then came to Rhodes and handed the scroll to Rhodes.

Rhode opened the scroll in his hand. Due to the dim light around him, even if there was a lot of fire on the surrounding ground, it could only illuminate the nearby ground, and Rhode could not see the map in his hand clearly.

Rhodes put the map in his pocket and did not continue to speak.

Regardless of whether he answers the mayor's request or not, Rhodes will never return this map. Although he doesn't know the authenticity of the map, he just needs to confirm it a little.

Rhode asked the mayor: "So, what does the mayor plan to do with this necromancer? In this attack, most of his undead creatures have been lost, maybe he has chosen to leave now. ."

The mayor replied: "No, this time he just came to test. He didn't bring all the undead creatures with him, and he also separated a part of the undead creatures to search for the townspeople, and immediately retreated after sensing the danger."

"If he sends all the undead creatures, these skeleton warriors alone, I can't resist. Therefore, I need your help so that I can kill him."

After listening to the mayor's words, Rhodes asked, "So, after successfully killing the necromancer, how should the valuable items on his body, as well as his own body, be distributed?"

Hearing Rhodes' words alone, one would think that Rhodes really agreed to the mayor's request.

"I only want his magic book. Apart from that, the rest of the items on his body, including this treasure that can create black clouds, belong to you. What do you think?"

Rhodes nodded.

Whether it was Rhodes or the mayor, after testing each other's strengths, they did not doubt whether they could successfully kill the necromancer apprentice, and directly gave the distribution of the spoils.

"Tonight, the necromancer will obviously not attack again. But his next attack will not be delayed for too long. After all, the trial mission will not leave him long, and he needs it before the war starts. Back before..."

"He has already developed a defense against you. When he next attacks, you don't have to shoot for the time being. I will let all the skeleton warriors hold him back. When the battle is in a stalemate, you will take the opportunity to kill him..."

Hearing this, Rhodes directly interrupted the mayor's words and said, "No, if you want to do this, it's better for me and you to resist the undead creatures."

The mayor's words may sound like the most correct way to let the skeleton warriors rely on the battle formation to resist the group of undead creatures, and then Rhode finds a way to kill the undead mage, but this method is actually extremely for Rhodes. unfavorable.

In the previous battle, the necromancer only released two spells, and Rhode did not know his true spellcasting ability.

Because he didn't know the necromancer's spellcasting ability, Rhodes could not take advantage of the terrain, and the success rate of doing so was extremely low.

If Rhodes successfully kills the undead mage, the mayor in the mansion can take the opportunity to control the surrounding undead creatures and deal with Rhodes in turn. Therefore, Rhodes would not choose to do so.

The mayor also understood what Rhodes meant, so he didn't say more, but motioned Rhodes to express his thoughts.