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Le Mans in early winter is peaceful and quiet, with a soft warmth. The old trees in the town trembled in the cold wind, and from time to time they dropped a few yellow leaves. The mountain people who have been working hard for a year have begun to enter the winter break. Hunters occasionally go into the mountains to catch some game to provide some food for their wives and children. The mountain people are simple and down-to-earth, but they have become very strong in the harsh living environment.

The winter sun shines warmly on the crowd gathered in the town square. The old mayor Ian was delivering an emotional speech. A simple amplification magic allows the old and frail mayor to clearly transmit his voice to everyone's ears. Ian rarely puts on the magician's robe. The last time he wore this magician's robe was thirty years ago. At that time, he was still a passionate adventurer.

"Gentlemen! I have been the mayor of Le Mans for twenty years. Over the years, the peace of our town has never been broken. We work hard, build warm houses with our own hands, and love our Wife, raise our children. We fight floods, droughts, and monsters. The scars on our bodies are the marks of these struggles and the pride of men! We have never backed down from anything that threatens our wives and children, because We are protecting the homeland where we have lived for generations, because we are the proud people of the mountain!"

There was a burst of applause. Ian paused and continued: "But now this tranquility is about to be broken. Several despicable and fierce nobles claim to be the owners of this land. This land belongs to us, this land belongs to the sons of the mountain. And these nobles, Not only do they want to take away our land, they also want to take away the last piece of bread from our hands and the last apple from our children! These nobles,"

Ian paused and said loudly: "Each family is required to pay a tax of five gold coins every year!"

There was a burst of exclamations from women, followed by angry shouts from men. "Kill these nobles!" "Drive them back to the royal capital!" "No one can take away our land!" A sharp children's voice sounded: "****The grandma of these nobles!" There was a burst of laughter. When the sound was heard, the child's mother blushed and pinched her naughty son tightly.

Ian waited for everyone to be quiet and then continued: "When I first arrived in this town, Bam didn't know how to climb trees." The tall blacksmith was wrapped in straps and half lying on the stretcher, and he laughed sheepishly. . "But these nobles injured him as soon as they arrived here. They also molested the most beautiful girl in the town without any scruples! Our wives and daughters were subjected to indescribable humiliation." Several young girls began to sob. .

"Not only that, come and see what they did to my son, Cadel!"

Cadel was helped out by two strong young men. The townspeople silently stared at his strapped ankles, tattered clothes, and rotting face. The most shocking thing was the coolie mark branded on his face. "How can these nobles turn civilians into coolies at will?!" A young girl cried and rushed out. She was Cadel's lover. "Cadel, what have they done to you?"

Ian raised his hands in the air: "Our survival is no longer guaranteed!! Our wives and daughters are on the verge of being defiled!! I, Ian, a tenth-level mage, will challenge these nobles! What happens today will last until death!" You,"Ian's voice turned softer: "My children, you are going to the royal capital to appeal, to appeal to the church, just as the night will eventually pass, and justice will replace evil! May God bless you!"

The atmosphere in the square reached its climax.

There was a rapid sound of horse hoofbeats, and one hundred and fifty wolf-like "Dragon and Beauty" knights rushed into the square and surrounded the crowd in the square. Although the mountain people were fierce, they couldn't help but feel frightened when faced with being surrounded by heavily armed knights. The noisy square suddenly fell silent. The dragon and beauty knights stepped aside, and the aristocratic scum filed out on tall horses.

Cadel suddenly shouted hysterically: "It's him, it's the devil!" The originally tall and strong man was like a mouse cornered by a cat. He was so frightened that he desperately wanted to bite the cat. He stretched out his hand tremblingly and pointed at the nobles. Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw Roger, dressed in black armor, holding his battle ax upside down and riding a horse, looking very proud of himself.

A young man among the townspeople took a step forward and shouted loudly: "What mistake did Cadel make? You devils want to torture him like this? Can the nobles just turn people into coolies? And everyone We pay five gold coins in taxes! Are you going to give us a way to survive? You must give us an explanation today!"

"Yes! We want an explanation!" roared the crowd.

Roger looked at Ian in the middle of the square, and sparks almost appeared in the invisible gaze between the two.

Roger smiled slightly, ignored Ian, turned to look at the excited young man, and asked calmly: "You just said, how much are your taxes?"

"Five gold coins! This makes us..." The young man became excited again.

Roger interrupted the young man's complaint with a sharp shout: "Toffler!"

Toffler immediately escaped from the townspeople and knelt on the ground trembling. "Tell me, I asked you to tell Ian how much the town's taxes are?"

Toffler trembled even more, lying on the ground without daring to raise his head at all.

Roger scolded and fired a magic missile. Three missiles hit the ground close to Toffler's scalp, forming a neat equilateral triangle on the ground around his head. Ian couldn't help being surprised and deeply worried when he saw Roger precise magic control. Seeing Toffler act like this again, a chill rose in his heart.

"Toffler, the accuracy of the next magic missile won't be that bad!"Roger said calmly.

Toffler raised his head, his face was ashen, he glanced up at Ian, and then lay on the ground again.

"Tell me! How much tax will I tell you to collect?"

"Yes, yes"Toffler chattered his teeth and finally said in a low voice: "This year it is one silver coin per household."

One stone stirs up a thousand waves. With a bang, the crowd immediately became a mess. Various questions, scolds, accusations, and suspicions were intertwined. Ian face turned white as if struck by lightning.

"Then what did you tell Mayor Ian?"Roger pressed forward step by step. "It's three silver coins! Your Excellency, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was wrong. I shouldn't have coveted silver coins. I swear I will never dare to do it again!"Toffler cried loudly. Ian only felt countless thunderbolts exploding in his head. He was so angry that his whole body was shaking, his lips were trembling, and he couldn't even speak. The townspeople murmured in low voices, at a loss, and looked at Ian with some suspicion and contempt. Folan and Luns looked at each other and admired Toffler's acting skills.

Ian rushed over, raised his staff and hit Toffler on the ground: "You villain! I, I will beat you to death! I understand, you are colluding!" At this time, a young man The woman also rushed out and shouted to the crowd: "Don't believe these damn nobles! They are demons! This Toffler is with them, he lied to my father!"

Kate leaped forward on horseback, shouted loudly, milky white fighting spirit flashed all over her body, and waved her gun to deflect Ian's staff. The knowledgeable people among the townspeople immediately shouted: "Holy Fighting Qi, he is the Holy Knight!"Kate was very happy. She didn't expect that there was someone knowledgeable in this remote place. As soon as she was distracted, the fighting spirit disappeared without a trace. Holy knights are loyal to their faith, upright and good, and value honor more than life. In addition, they are the staunchest believers of the Supreme God. In short, the Holy Knight is basically the embodiment of justice.

As soon as Kate's hand was revealed, someone shouted: "Listen to what the Lord Knight has to say." The townspeople immediately fell silent. Ian and her daughter had uneasy looks on their faces. Although the Holy Knight had always been just, this person was obviously on the same side as Roger, which made people worried.

Kate deep voice sounded: "Mr. Ian, you said you are innocent. But Mr. Roger claimed that you used unfair means to amass wealth. And some people accused you of harboring Ice and Snow Silver Fox mercenaries in your house. In order to prove your innocence , can you allow me to come to your house to have a look?"Ian gave Roger a hard look and said: "I have been honest all my life, so I will let you search it, why not! But if I can't find anything, I will I will never give up like this." After saying that, he turned and walked towards his house.

Behind him, Roger said leisurely: "What a person who has been upright all his life, but who has hooked up with Xuehu?"Ian trembled, but Quan Zuo didn't hear it.

Thousands of people surrounded the small building of the mayor's house. Several townspeople were elected to enter the building with Kate to search, and Ian followed Kate with a livid face. After everyone reached Ian's bedroom on the second floor, they ended their search of the entire building and found nothing. Ian sneered again and again.

"Wait a minute!"Luns, who possesses the unique skills of a thief, walked to a wall and groped up and down for a while. With a "click", a secret door was pushed open. Ian sneered: "That's my magic laboratory, what can you find? If you can't find any evidence, don't blame me for being rude!" After the words fell, Ian suddenly realized that the silence in the room was terrifying, and he pressed hard I pushed aside the two townspeople in front of me, and after a quick glance, I was stunned.

At the opening of the secret door, piles of gold coins, bright gems, green emeralds, and shining magic armor were scattered throughout the room. The simple mountain people had never seen such a scene of wealth and wealth, and all their eyes were opened. In this impoverished mountainous town, even if the whole town didn't eat or drink for a hundred years, they still wouldn't be able to accumulate so much wealth. Naturally, Ian's money came from unknown sources. The mountain people thought about the tax of five gold coins again, and suddenly realized it.

Ian whole body suddenly became cold, and the staff in his hand fell to the ground. He knew it was all over.

The mayor's daughter rushed out, hugged Ian and cried: "Father, tell them that those are not yours! Tell them that someone is framing you!" The old mayor calmed down and caressed his daughter's breasts lovingly. Hair, said: "Filler, my child, it is no longer important whether these treasures are mine. From now on, father can no longer take care of you. Remember, child, don't avenge me, these people are not something you can deal with. Yes. Be an ordinary person and live your life happily." The girl cried even harder. The old mayor looked at these nobles one by one and saw that they were all expressionless and upright. He couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, I am still getting old. It's like the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead."

The old mayor sighed and walked out of the small building under the disdainful eyes of the townspeople. The nobles silently made way for them. The moment he walked out of the dark building, the dazzling sunlight dazzled Ian. The biting cold wind made him feel that his clothes were thin for the first time. Winter in Le Mans Town came too early this year.

The figure of the old mayor looked so old and lonely, and the townspeople couldn't help but feel a little sad when they thought of the two decades of getting along with him. Filler fell to the ground, looking at her father's back with tears in her eyes, sobbing silently, her beautiful back shaking. She turned to the nobles for help, but the originally lecherous noble scum passed by her with clear eyes and ignored them.

Ian walked to an empty place, turned around, and asked calmly: "Which one is willing to give the old man the honor of dying in a decent duel? Or should the old man commit suicide himself." Several nobles exchanged words with each other. Look, be silent. Although none of the aristocratic scum present has reached level ten in terms of strength, no matter who they face against such an orthodox magician, they are almost guaranteed to win, of course, the means are not that glorious. In the end, Roger took a step forward with his ax and said, "I'll do it."

Ian squinted at Roger and chuckled. "I really underestimated you at the beginning. Although this plan is simple and crude, it is practical and vicious. You are so scheming and capable at such a young age. You have a deep city and a limitless future. Today, the old man fell into your hands. You can be considered convinced. It’s just the cycle of heaven and its retribution. No one can escape the shackles of the laws of space. Don’t do things too badly in the future.”

"Laws of space?"Roger whispered several times, as if something in his heart was stirred, but he couldn't grasp the feeling and was a little anxious.

Over there, Ian paused with his staff and began to chant a spell. In an instant, the surrounding ground flashed with yellow luster, and a thin layer of grease covered the ground. Subsequently, a shield to protect against physical damage was formed. Roger smiled. It seemed that he was another magician who treated himself as a warrior. No wonder, no magician would wear full body armor.

The fat man carefully observed Ian's third spell, but still chose not to move.

Two dark black magic circles appeared on the ground. Two tall skeleton warriors wearing half-armor stepped out of the magic circle. Their huge two-handed swords plowed two small ditches on the ground. The appearance of the skeleton warrior caused panic among the townspeople, and everyone crowded back. The noble scum in the audience also frowned and clenched their weapons.

Roger made a few simple gestures and chanted softly. A burst of black mist floated by, and Amaris appeared with a long-handled scythe upside down. After only a few days of absence, the sickle became sharper and sharper, with a deep black color. The blade had an extra fold, shaped like a curved lightning, and the blade edge shone with cold light. Roger moved his hands quickly, yelling, and in the blink of an eye, an acceleration spell was cast on Amaris's body.

Ian was shocked. He never expected that Roger was actually a mage, and he could cast spells so quickly. Seeing that the two skeleton warriors could pester each other for a while, Ian hurriedly recited the next spell, drawing magic symbols with his hands, and the magic energy driven by his fingertips left shining trails in the air.

Amaris was already good at speed, but after being cast on the Acceleration Technique, he became even more powerful. He kept running around the two skeleton warriors, pounced from time to time and swung out his sword, regardless of whether it hit or missed, he would be gone with one blow. The long-handled scythe turned into a streak of black energy, and when it was swung, it made a soul-stirring whistle. Facing two skeleton warriors who were higher than themselves, Amaris did not fall behind at all. Roger took advantage of this opportunity to cast magic armor and acceleration on himself.

At this time, Ian's spell had been completed, and a small yellow-green light ball emitted from his hands and flew towards Roger. Folan expression changed drastically, and he shouted: "Roger, avoid it! It's the decomposition technique!"Roger was shocked. He didn't expect that Ian was already a level 10 mage. Before he could think about it carefully, the fat man turned around and ran away. The yellow-green ball of light turned around in the air and followed it again. Roger ran with all his strength, his body almost like a wisp of smoke, rushing towards the townspeople. The townspeople immediately screamed and fled in all directions. Roger rushed into the crowd, quickly grabbed a yellow dog, and threw it at the light ball with his backhand. The yellow-green light ball silently entered the yellow dog's body. In the blink of an eye, the yellow dog's body was dyed yellow-green. The yellow dog flying in mid-air stopped barking suddenly, and then fell heavily to the ground, exploding into a cloud of yellow-green dust. The gentle breeze blew by, erasing all traces of the poor yellow dog's existence in this world.

Roger was sweating profusely, as if he had just been fished out of the water. If he had just been a little slower, he might have been decomposed, and he would not even be able to be resurrected. The fat man narrowly escaped death, but Amaris had great success. The howl of the scythe became more and more sharp, until it was like a ghost crying in the middle of the night. The black energy shrouded the lower body of the two tall skeleton warriors. In a moment, four calf bones had been cut off, and the skeleton warriors fell to the ground, only struggling.

Roger had just stopped being frightened and stared at Ian with hatred. At this time, Ian had already put on the magic defense shield again. Roger chanted a spell quickly, magic light bullets flew out, and three red light balls flew slowly towards Ian. The fat man's chanting didn't stop for a moment, and three more red missiles were fired, this time a little faster than the previous one, followed by three more. Nine magic missiles flew towards Ian in different trajectories. Ian was stunned as he had never seen a mage cast a spell like this before. At this time, a flaming arrow flew like electricity, merged with nine magic missiles, and hit Ian's shield hard. Ian entire shield fluctuated violently, a burst of lightning flashed, and the shield had been broken.

Amaris appeared behind Ian like a ghost, reversed the scythe, knocked Ian out hard, and then returned to another world by himself in a burst of black mist.

"Bah!"Roger, who was also exhausted, spat viciously. The fat man who had just escaped from death no longer cared about his image. "Even I can't beat Amaris, so why do you want to fight summoned beasts with me? Damn it! Grandma ****, the waves behind you in the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. I'll let you die on the beach!"

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