Chapter 64: Talk

"Ellot, I can call you that."
After observing Rhodes, the mayor spoke slowly.
Rhode didn't say a word, just watched the mayor nod and wait for his next sentence.
"As you saw earlier, I'm fighting the enemy. Speaking of it, thank you for cutting off the enemy's retreat for me, so that the enemy's undead creatures have 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 could not hear the gratitude contained in the words.
At this time, Rod also spoke, and asked slowly to the mayor: "If the mayor really thanked me, why did he ask the skeleton warrior to test me?"
Even after the battle ended, the black clouds surrounding the mansion still did not dissipate. After listening to Rod’s question, the mayor at the door of the mansion replied:
"You also understand that this is temptation. I just want to understand your strength in this way. The temptation I personally lead is of course much more reliable than simple observation."
At this point, the mayor paused, and then said: "Although it is a little offending, but I really talk about the loss, should I be the one? Even if I originally resisted those ghosts, my skeleton warriors did not lose a few, but In order to test you, my Skull Warrior has suffered a lot."
The mayor's voice turned cold, and Rhodes heard 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, Rhode did not say anything, since the mayor intends to make a tentative trial, then he must make a plan to lose something. Compared with the lost skeleton warrior, the strength information obtained by the mayor is more valuable.
Rhode asked the mayor:
"The problem of loss should be clear in your heart, so you don't need to mention it. You haven't answered me, what is the purpose of the temptation, just want to simply understand my strength? Or, what are you preparing for? ?"
After hearing Rod’s words, the mayor realized that the people in front of him were not easy to fool, so he said:
"Aren't you curious, why are there undead creatures coming to the town to attack my mansion? If it wasn't for you to appear here in time, maybe they have already broken through my mansion."
Hearing this, Rhode knew that the mayor was going to tell himself some information to explain why the mansion was attacked. Including the previous temptation, it may be for these words.
"Then the mayor please talk about it."
Rhode did not directly attack the skeleton warriors in front of him. According to the anomaly that Rhode sensed 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 intended to hear what the mayor explained.
"The Necromancer who had previously attacked this small town was a senior apprentice in the Necromancer Academy. This senior apprentice should have come to perform a trial mission."
"I used to study in the Undead Spell Academy, and I didn't choose to hand in some gold coins to the academy until I was old. I came to this town and became the mayor of this place."
"In addition to the need to hand in gold coins every year, I have little effect on the college, and the number of these coins is not at all worthy of the college. If I have any other role, I can only help the college train apprentices."
"After the apprentice took the mission from the academy, I came to destroy this town, and I was responsible for it. The undead creatures that attacked before you saw were controlled by one such apprentice. "
"Before, I have dealt with such apprentices many times. These apprentices want to destroy this town after taking the trial task. Their strength is not much different from mine."
"But I don't know what the reason is. The apprentice apprentice of the Necromancer is far more powerful than me. If you didn't take it in time, help me repel these undead creatures, these skeleton warriors alone may not last long. ."
No more than before, in the discourse of these words, the mayor brought a heavy tone, maybe he wanted Rod to believe, or maybe he was just talking.
After hearing the mayor's words, Rod was silent.
Through the mayor's story, coupled with the previous speculation, Rod has realized something.
"You have also seen that the undead creatures previously controlled by this necromancer, plus these black clouds in the sky, are definitely more powerful than the skeleton warriors like me. I can't do it by the skeleton warriors alone. response."
"For this reason, I didn't let you go at the beginning, but wanted to use your help to deal with this necromancer and protect this town."
"Previously, maybe I didn't say anything that made you misunderstand, but I certainly don't have any bad thoughts."
"The attempt to test your strength is also because I want to understand your strength to determine the next strategy."
"Through the previous battles, I also have a partial understanding of your strength. I am sure that if you are willing to help me, I can definitely 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. After killing this Necromancer, I will give you a treasure as a reward."
"So, Ellot, what do you mean? Would you like to help me with this necromancer?"
After these words were spoken, the mayor looked at Rhodes and did not continue to say anything, but waited for Rhode's answer.
At this time, the mayor had explained the causes and consequences to Rod, including why he had not handed over the map to Rod, and the reason why the Necromancer came to attack, and most importantly, he wanted Rod to help him deal with this. Necromancer.
Rhode didn’t have any idea about what the mayor said would use treasures as compensation. This was only the mayor’s temporary commitment. After Lord killed the necromancer, the mayor could not admit it, or Find a way to kill Rhodes.
If Rhode really believed the mayor’s words, he would be cheated and could not complain.
After thinking about it, in order to determine the previous idea, Rod asked the mayor:
"You can leave on your own. 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 hearing Rod’s words, the mayor replied:
"Leave? No, no. If my age is the same as yours, I won't leave you immediately without you reminding me. But I don't want to leave now, and I'm already bearish about things like rights, I just want to Stay here and study some spells with peace of mind."
Rhode can’t believe what the mayor said. Ambitions will not fade away with time. Instead, they will become more powerful. After the strength of the mayor has been improved, correspondingly, he will also think of greater right.
Therefore, the reason for reluctance to leave here, apart from the older age mentioned by the mayor, is that there is something here that makes him not want to leave, and has a greater benefit than leaving.
Realizing this, Rod asked the mayor:
"How many years have elapsed since you left the Undead Spell Academy? What do you think of the Undead Spell Academy?"
Because the mayor had asked Rhode, Rhode was not afraid that he would not answer his own question, even if it was a simple and meaningless answer. Therefore, Rhode asked the mayor about his views on the College of Undead Spells, in fact, he wanted to understand The mayor.
The mayor replied: "The days of living in the college are just like yesterday, I can recall all the pictures at that time."
"Due to 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 short period of time."
"As for the opinion of the college? I like the environment of the Undead Spell Academy more than the orthodox Spell Academy. The inner environment of the Undead Spell Academy is more cruel. If you are not careful, you will be eliminated and I will live. Come down."
"The orthodox magistrate academy was originally prepared for those nobles. Like me, it has no background and its own talents are not good. Even if you want to build up with time, the academy will not allow it."
"Although there are some special reasons, the only place where everyone can qualify for spells, regardless of qualifications, is the Undead Spell Academy."
After hearing the mayor's words, Rhode understood.
The mayor's words were full of respect for the Undead Spell Academy. Even though he had left the Academy for a long time, he still missed the previous Academy life.
Rhode realized that if it weren’t for his own talents that needed to be compensated by the accumulation of time, the mayor could grow into a strong Necromancer in the academy. Because of this, Rhode produced a deep Vigilance.
These apprentices who respected the College of Necromancers also identified the system of weak meat and strong food in the college, and this respect is reflected in their attitudes towards ordinary people.
Rhode asked the mayor how long he had stayed here, but he wanted to use this question to judge the extent of the mayor's strength accumulation.
Rhode does not believe that the mayor who has accumulated so much strength here, the real undead creatures will only have the skeleton warriors in front of him, and the breath that Rhode felt in the mayor’s mansion before may be another powerful one. The undead creature, but Rhode could not determine its type.
In addition, there are still some questions in Rhodes's mind that have not been answered, including how the mayor knows that the Necromancer in the college has received the trial task, and the mayor has dealt with this kind of village destruction several times before. Necromancer.
The answer to this question determines the strength of the mayor himself, but Rhode understands that he has asked the mayor so straightforwardly that the mayor will certainly not answer himself, or he can only make other judgments by himself.
Rod 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 preparing to go to the city of mourning. I asked him to send me some supplies by the way."
"It stands to reason that in the past few days, the business group will come to the town. With the help of the business group, I can deal with the necromancer. However, for insurance purposes, I still need to invite the business group when the business group does not come. You help me deal with the Necromancer in front of you."
"To give you peace of mind, I can give you the map you need first."
With that said, the mayor took a scroll from his pocket and gave it to the Skeleton Warrior's hand. The Skeleton Warrior prepared to step forward and handed the scroll to Rhodes.
At the edge, the vampire immediately stepped forward, took the scroll from the skeleton warrior's hand, then came to Rhode and handed the scroll to Rhode.
Rhode opened the scroll in his hand. Due to the dim surrounding light, even if there was a lot of fire on the surrounding ground, it could only illuminate the nearby ground, and it was impossible for Rhodes to see the map in his hand.
Rhode put the map in his pocket and did not continue to speak.
Regardless of whether you agree to the mayor’s request, Rhodes will never return this map. Although he doesn’t know the authenticity of the map, he only needs to confirm it a little.
Rhode asked the mayor: "So, how does the mayor plan to deal with this necromancer? In this attack, he has lost most of his undead creatures, maybe he has chosen to leave now. ."
The mayor replied: "No, this time he just came to test it, he didn't bring all the undead creatures, and he also divided a part of the undead creatures to search for the townspeople and retreated immediately when they sensed the danger."
"If he sends all the undead creatures, these skeleton warriors alone, I can't resist. Therefore, I need your help so that he can be killed."
After hearing the mayor's words, Rod asked: "So, after successfully killing the Necromancer, how should the valuables on his body and his own corpse be distributed?"
Listening to Rhode's words alone makes people think that Rhode really agreed to the mayor's request.
"I only need his magic book, and other than that, the rest of his body, including this kind of treasure that can make black clouds, belong to you. What do you say?"
Rod nodded.
Neither Rod nor Mayor, after testing their strengths with each other, did not doubt whether they could successfully kill the apprentice of the Necromancer, and directly set the distribution of loot.
"Tonight, this necromancer obviously will not come to attack again. But his next attack will not be dragged too long. After all, the trial task is left to him for a short time, and he also needs to be at the beginning of the war. Go back before..."
"He has prepared for you. When he next attacks, you don't need to take a shot for the time being. I will let all the skeleton warriors drag him. When the battle is stuck, you will take the opportunity to kill him..."
Hearing this, Rod interrupted the mayor directly and said, "No, if you want to do this, it would be better for me and you to resist the undead."
The mayor’s words may sound the most correct way to let the skeleton warriors rely on the battle array to resist this group of undead creatures. Then Rhode tries to kill the necromancer, but this method is actually extremely important for Rod. unfavorable.
In the previous battle, the necromancer also released only two spells. Rhode did not know his true ability to cast spells.
Without knowing the necromancer's ability to cast spells, Rhode could not take advantage of the terrain, and the success rate of doing so was extremely low.
Even if Rod successfully killed the Necromancer, the mayor in the mansion could take the opportunity to control the surrounding group of undead creatures, and in turn deal with Rod. Therefore, Rod would not choose to do so.
The mayor also understood what Rod meant, and instead of saying more, he signalled Rod to say what he thought.