Rise of the Dark Witch

Hain Port is particularly lively tonight.

at night.

Blossoming snowflakes are falling in the wind.

Luxurious carriages were invited to drive towards Governor Craigie's mansion.

On one of the carriages.

Jayne, the heir to the Viscount Gendry family, poked his head out of the carriage window and looked towards the brightly lit Governor Craigie's mansion, which illuminated half of Hain Port.

“It’s so lively!”

A gust of cold wind blew, and Jayne rubbed his nose that was red from the cold and sat back in the carriage.

Besides him, there was another person in the carriage.

A middle-aged man sitting with his eyes closed, a silver sword on his thigh.

Jayne's great uncle, Lord Knight Tallu.

As the heir to the family of Viscount Gendry, Jayne had great respect for his uncle.

Because the reason why he was able to become the heir to the family, and the reason why his father was able to become the viscount, was all because of his uncle.

As the eldest son of the Gendry family, Grand Knight Talu was extremely talented and entered the realm of Grand Knight at the age of twenty-one.

However, Great Knight Talu was not interested in inheriting the family. What he really cared about was the swordsmanship and the path of knighthood. Being the head of the family would only hinder his cultivation.

So he blatantly gave up his position as head of the family and supported Jayne's father, who was ranked sixth, to become a viscount.

Otherwise, how could Jayne inherit the Gendry family if his father was ranked sixth?

Jayne looked at his uncle whom he hadn't seen for many years.

Knight Talu must be in his sixties, but he looks like he is in his early thirties. No one would doubt that he is his eldest brother.

Jayne muttered in his heart, "A 21-year-old knight, a 25-year-old knight at his peak, and now he is 62 years old. How strong is he?"

Suddenly, Knight Talu moved.

He opened his eyes, and his bright eyes were like the rising sun, filled with infinite warmth.

"Uncle, what do you want?" Jayne asked nervously.

"How much do you know about that Roja?" Knight Talu asked.

Roja, the protagonist of this banquet, is a new wizard apprentice.

Everyone knows that Governor Craigie sends people to the Cave of All Demons for wizard trials every five years. Unfortunately, for decades, he has not been able to train even a wizard apprentice.

Unexpectedly, not only will there be two wizard apprentices this time, but I heard that Roja's strength is the best among many wizard apprentices. There is a high probability that he can become a third-class apprentice in the future, and maybe he can get a glimpse of the realm of a formal wizard.

Everyone wants to see the legendary wizard and the power of the wizard.

So tonight everyone in Hain Port with some connections went to Governor Craigie's mansion. Even people from cities hundreds of kilometers away drove here after hearing the news.

After all, the opportunity to have close contact with a wizard may only come once in a lifetime.

Faced with the inquiry from Great Knight Bertalu, Jayne did not dare to neglect.

"Lord Roja's strength was extraordinary even before the wizard trial. I heard that he single-handedly hunted the top-notch magical beast Carpmon."

"Some people say that with his strength, he ranks in the top ten among all the great knights of the Shenglan Kingdom."

"Unfortunately, he lived in seclusion at that time and rarely interacted with others, so we know very little about him."

"I only saw him once from a distance when I was a guest at Governor Craigie's residence. At that time, he was sitting under the waterfall practicing."

Jayne told everything he knew about Roja, and Knight Talu listened quietly, with no change in the expression on his face.

After finishing speaking, Jayne asked cautiously: "Uncle, who is stronger, you or Mr. Roja?"

After asking, Jayne swallowed nervously.

After Knight Talu's eyes flickered for a few times, he said in a calm tone: "It is impossible for a knight to defeat a wizard."

Looking at Knight Talu who closed his eyes and continued to recuperate, Jayne opened his mouth. After some hesitation, he still did not open his mouth and continued to ask.

Jayne lifted the curtains and continued to look at the night scene outside the window.

arrive.

Jayne and Knight Talu got out of the carriage and walked towards the banquet hall.

A few hundred meters away from the hall, they could already hear the noise coming from the hall.

Enter the hall.

Melodious music reaches my ears.

The aroma of food fills the air.

On the dance floor, handsome men in suits and ties, and women in long skirts with flowers, were dancing hand in hand.

From the moment he entered the banquet hall, Jayne opened his mouth in shock.

He knew that many people would come to this banquet, but he didn't expect that there would be so many people!

The vast hall, which can accommodate thousands of people, was almost full.

"Baron Knight, Knight Jimmy, Grand Knight of Multidimensionality, Viscount Church..."

Many big names who are rarely seen together at this time gathered together.

There is only one reason!

Jayne looked towards the most eye-catching place in the hall.

Everyone's eyes fell on one person, a young man who was having an intimate conversation with Miss Weiss.

That man looked so ordinary, so ordinary that he was not worthy of appearing next to the beautiful Miss Weiss.

But now no one dares to have any objections.

Because that man who seems ordinary but full of confidence is the protagonist of this banquet, the first-class wizard apprentice-Royal Nange!

Jayne searched among the crowd, and sure enough, he quickly found the person he was looking for.

——Mad Dog Rufu!

The rabid dog Luffy is Miss Weiss's fanatical pursuer. Any man who dares to get close to Miss Weiss cannot escape Luffy's persecution.

On the surface, three of Miss Weiss's suitors have died under Rouf's sword, but no one knows how many more people there are secretly.

If a man dared to be so close to Miss Weiss, Rauf would definitely rush to teach that ungrateful man a lesson, even at a banquet hosted by Governor Craigie.

But that didn't happen.

The rabid dog Rufu was actually sitting in the corner, his face twisted as he drank one glass after another. Not to mention making trouble, he didn't even dare to cast a jealous and hateful look at Roja.

"That's right, that's a wizard!"

"No matter how crazy the rabid dog Rufu is, he still knows how to measure..."

"Uncle?"

As soon as he entered the banquet hall, looking at Knight Tallu walking straight towards the wizard apprentice Roja with his sword in hand, Jayne suddenly panicked.

"Uncle, does he want to..."

Jayne wanted to rush forward and stop Knight Talu, but Knight Talu's behavior had already attracted the attention of the surrounding people.

People looked at Knight Talu excitedly and discussed in low voices.

"Is that the High Knight Tallou of the Viscount Gendry family?"

"Looking at his pace and eyes, does he want to challenge the wizard?"

"Is this normal? Who doesn't want to see the power of a wizard?"

Listening to these words, Jayne knew that it was too late to do anything now.

All he could do was watch and pray.

"Are you the wizard Roya?" Knight Talu looked directly at Roya and asked.

"Oh? Are you?" Roja put down the wine glass in his hand and smiled.

"I am Talu Gendry. I want to see the power of the wizard. I want to fight you." Knight Talu said solemnly.

As soon as Knight Talu said these words, the entire hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

Everyone clenched their fists and looked at Roja expectantly. They all wanted to see the power of the wizard!

After Roya and Knight Talu looked at each other for a while, they turned to look at Governor Craigie.

Governor Craigie, who was sitting in a wheelchair, nodded slightly to Roja, "Knight Tallu is the strongest man in our Hain Port. Even if you are a wizard, you have to be careful. If you are careless, you may suffer a loss. "

Governor Craigie's words excited everyone.

As the competition was about to begin, people consciously moved away, leaving a space of twenty meters in diameter for the two fighting men.

People looked at the two people standing ten meters apart and discussed in low voices.

"Who do you think will win?"

"Do you still have to ask? It must be Wizard Roja?"

"How many moves do you think Knight Talu can sustain?"

"Well, I've never seen a wizard. I don't know how powerful the wizard is at all. But if Wizard Roya uses his magic power to fight with all his strength, I think he can knock down Knight Talu in five moves."

"Can Knight Talu bring out the strength of Wizard Roja?"

Under the attention of the crowd, Knight Talu moved.

Clang!

The long sword was unsheathed, and a burst of cold breath emanated from the blade.

The cold air that was originally cold in winter became even colder at this time, and the crowd couldn't help but move back another ten meters.

"Wizard Roja, if you underestimate me, you will lose miserably." As soon as he finished speaking, Knight Talu turned into a cold light and struck towards Roja.

"ah?"

"What?"

"It actually is?"

Knight Talu actually has a layer of armor condensed from life force!

It is the radiant armor unique to the Paladin!

High Knight Talu is actually a paladin?

Shouldn’t the paladins of the Shenglan Kingdom be wizards in disguise?

Could it be that Talou is also a wizard?

While people were exclaiming, Roja was the first to draw his sword out of its sheath.

Roja's body was burning with warm light of life. Although it did not form a glorious armor, the light of life was so dazzling that it almost illuminated the entire hall, making everyone in the hall feel warm.

Boom!

The sword blades collided together instantly, and the harsh sound caused the ears of everyone in the hall to ring.

After the sword strike, Knight Talu's attack did not stop.

He kept spinning around Roja and kept drawing out his sword. The sword light shrouded all parts of Roja's body like a ball of cotton.

The chill emanating from the knight's holy sword in his hand froze the air.

Facing the fierce attack of Knight Talu, Roja just stood there and defended himself with his heavy sword.

Boom! Boom! Boom! ——

The sound of sword blades interlacing was continuous, and the water glass on the table in the hall kept vibrating, making a cracking sound.

Everyone looked at the two people fighting fiercely in confusion.

They didn't expect that Talu would be a paladin!

What shocked them even more was that not even the Paladin could force out the wizard's true power!

This is just a first-class apprentice who has just become a wizard apprentice, the weakest one!

The ultimate goal of all knights, the protagonist in the song and drama, the majestic paladin can't even force the full strength of a mere first-class apprentice?

The paladin is so weak in front of the wizard?

The dreams of many who had grown up hearing the legend of the Paladin were shattered, and a sad atmosphere enveloped the halls.

well--

A sigh.

Knight Talu stopped his attack.

Knight Talu, who looked thirty years old just a few minutes ago, now has a dry body and wrinkles on his face, and his black hair is all gray.

"Uncle!"

Jayne ran over nervously. He supported Knight Talu while glaring at Roja, "What did you do to my uncle?"

"Don't be rude to Wizard Roya!" Knight Talu angrily scolded Jayne, "I just consumed too much life force and was tired. It's none of Wizard Roya's business."

Knight Talu lowered his head to Roja, "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to fight you."

There was a touch of sadness in Knight Talu's tone.

Before the fight started, he knew he would lose, but he didn't expect that he would lose so miserably. The opponent didn't even use magic power, didn't even attack, just kept defending, which made him exhausted and exhausted.

"You took a shortcut in becoming a Paladin. Your vitality is less than one-third of that of a Paladin. Although you have the glorious armor, you can only be regarded as a half-step Paladin, and you cannot display the true strength of a Paladin at all. , otherwise it’s hard to predict whether we will win or lose tonight,” Roja said.

"Haha, I also want to become a real Paladin, but the vitality required to become a Paladin is too huge, and it is simply not something humans can possess." Knight Talu said with a bitter smile.

Listening to the conversation between Roya and Lord Talu, everyone breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that Lord Talu was not a real paladin.

"Let me tell you, how can the Paladin be so weak?"

"He was clearly not a Paladin, but he made a replica of the Radiant Armor. I almost misunderstood him."

"Can anyone remind him not to use the Armor of Glory to show off outside in the future? If he is misunderstood by others and tarnishes the reputation of the Paladin, can he bear the responsibility?"

Listening to the gossip around him, Jayne clenched his fists angrily.

Jayne wanted to confront those guys who made sarcastic remarks, but was stopped by Knight Talu.

Knight Talu pressed Jayne's shoulder with one hand. After shaking his head at Jayne, he looked at Roja and said respectfully: "Lord Roja, can you let us see the power of the wizard?"