The Magic Thief Chapter 10:

The things left by the magician are undoubtedly quite precious, but if you tell others that these magical things are extremely dangerous, then no one will not believe it.

For these mysterious relics, most ordinary people prefer to respect ghosts and gods. After all, no matter how precious these magic items are, they are not worth collecting at the expense of life.

So when Ribo asked Baron Rona if he could give him this magic notebook.

The baron agreed without even thinking about it.

Of course, there are other reasons why Baron Ronna is so generous.

Once, the baron had already regarded Ribo as his own person. Even if the magic notebook was a heavy meeting ceremony, originally, Baron Ronna thought his family had no decent one to be able to get it. I was worried about the gift, and now this unexpected harvest was of no use to him anyway, and he was happy to treat it as a favor.

Secondly, it can also make up for Ruibo's loss.

When everything calmed down and everyone had time to celebrate this unforgettable moment in life, and to celebrate the magical power with their own eyes, Ribo discovered that the extremely precious sapphire ring was obviously still unable to resist the great The sorcerer unlocked the mighty power that Miltedy had saved on the magic notebook.

The crystal clear sapphire split into three petals, and the indestructible silver ring was full of cracks.

Although it is not clear how powerful the magic power contained in sapphire is, everyone knows a lot about the metal that is bestowed by the gods in the legend-the silver maze.

Although few people have seen this extremely precious metal with their own eyes, it has been mentioned in a large number of books.

Whether it is ancient myths and legends, or the most classic academic works, as long as you mention silver, you will all praise how hard and flexible this metal is.

In the legend, those magic weapons made of silver fans, I don’t know how many great achievements have been built.

In these legends, without exception, it is mentioned that magnum is the hardest metal in the world. Almost only the more powerful weapons that can destroy items made of magnum are the same.

However, the sharp whistling sound just now was able to destroy this magic ring made of silver to such a degree.

As long as you think about the terrifying mysterious power that everyone faced a few minutes ago, everyone can't help but shudder.

As for this extremely precious magic ring, it was ruined like this, and everyone regretted it. Of course, they should think that the magic notebook should be given to Ruibo as compensation.

Ribbo readily accepted the generosity of Baron Rona. He didn't want to further explain the value of this magic notebook. Therefore, he excuses that he is too tired after casting his magic, so he wants to rest early.

This reason is certain for everyone present. In fact, the exciting scene just now made most of the people feel a little exhausted. Once calmed down, many people felt completely relieved and stood a little. Can't stand straight anymore.

So, when Ribo returned to the bedroom prepared for him under the guidance of the baron's daughter, people went into the lounge and sat down in chairs.

In the lounge, the nobles' interest in playing cards has long since disappeared. Those ladies and ladies who have not seen the whole scene at the door and the curious young master are surrounding the nobles eagerly asking. Something happened in the study just now.

Those Sirs saw the shocking scene in the study, but everyone's narration was somewhat different.

In a fierce argument, these fergies tried to piece together everything that happened in the study.

With admiration, surprise, longing and yearning, those young ladies have obviously regarded the young man a few years younger than most of them as the prince charming of their dreams.

Ribo didn't know all this.

Lying on the bed in the bedroom, Ribo looked at the ceiling with both eyes.

Today this whole day is like a dream to him.

Not only was he extremely lucky to meet a magician, but also became his disciple by the magician.

Now I have found the magic notebook left by the Great Sorcerer Kai Milteddy. Perhaps, by studying the wealth of knowledge left on this notebook, one day, I can become as powerful as Kai Milteddy. Sorcerer.

As long as he thinks of this, Ribo gets excited. Although he is lying in bed, he can't fall asleep.

Noisy noises came from outside the door, and the Sirs were arguing in the lounge.

The soundproofing of the villa was originally not very good, and the guys raised their voices because of overexcitement, so it was impossible for Ribo not to hear it.

Lying on the bed, hearing the nobles exaggerating themselves into a superb little magician, even Ruibo felt a little embarrassed.

Excited, noisy, and with the mysterious ointment that the teacher gave him all over his body, Ruibo doesn't feel like he wants to sleep at all.

Just as he stared at the ceiling in a daze, not knowing what to do, suddenly, the window opened silently.

Ribo was shocked, and he subconsciously stretched his hand under the pillow, where Ribo's beloved small crossbow was hidden.

This is a habit that has been developed since learning from Kelller, staying vigilant at all times and keeping weapons in a convenient place, these have already become Ribo's instincts.

‘You’re not asleep, my student. ‘The old voice shows the identity of the visitor.

'Ms. Masek? Why are you here? ‘Ribo just wanted to get up from the bed, and suddenly realized that he didn’t wear any clothes on his body and was covered with blue ointment. It’s really not suitable to be polite in this situation.

‘You lie down. ‘The old mage clearly understands the embarrassment of the students:’ I just discovered that the gathering of the thunder elements suddenly returned to normal, and I was wondering, did you dispel the magic? So rushed over and took a look. Sure enough, the power shrouded here that prevented the magician from gathering magic power had already been completely relieved, and I was able to enter your room. ‘

‘Teacher, the Great Sorcerer opened Milteddy’s notebook and placed it in the pocket of my shirt. Besides, there was a big gold nugget. But the ring you gave me is damaged. ‘Ribbo said.

'Hey, the magic of Kai Miltdi is still not something we can deal with. After so many centuries, the magic of guardianship is still so powerful that it can even destroy the magic ring we made specifically to deal with it, Kai Milt Di deserves the title of the strongest magician in history. ‘Mashk pulled out the broken ring, shook his head and sighed.

'However, this ring can still be used. The ring has no value to me. It is sealed with the powerful spiritual magic of Kaimirteddy. I can't even melt the silver fan and recast it into something else. Any damage to the seal will cause the magic sealed in it to erupt again. Except that you who have resonated with this kind of magic will not be harmed, others around you may not be able to survive. However, this ring is for you. It may be helpful to say that this ring has now become a powerful weapon that only you can use. The spiritual magic of Miltdy may not be suppressed by anyone in the world today. If you can make good use of it , May be able to become a self-defense weapon. ‘

‘Then how do I use this power? ‘Ribo asked, he was so anxious that he could master the power of magical magic as soon as possible.

'It's very simple. Now this ring is quite unstable. You can use the powerful power contained in it as long as you put your fingers on the sapphire ring. You have withstood this magical attack with this ring. , Therefore, you have become part of the magic ring, or, to put it another way, you and this ring together constitute a special magic equipment, a magic equipment with self-awareness, as to how to use this power, You can only try to find a way by yourself slowly. I can’t do anything about it. However, it’s best to be careful when trying. No one knows what kind of dangers there will be. It is unlikely to cause any harm to you. , However, it may be fatal to those around you. ‘Mashik Mage explained.

'As for this piece of gold, what is actually wrapped around it is the charm I gave you. The original shape of the charm is these very thin and dense wires, which are wrapped inside. It must be the magic puppet created by Kai Miltedi. Let me study it. Maybe I can restore this magic puppet. Kai Milteddy is an alchemist. His skills in making magic puppets cannot be matched by other magicians. Yes, maybe, I have to study for a long time before I can gain something. ‘The old magician is talking.

After saying this, Massek turned over the magic notebook with his hand. He became more and more fascinated as he looked at it. After a long time, he came back to his senses and exclaimed: "The skill of using Miltdi is indeed incredible. It records some interesting small experiments that he did. This may have been the laboratory where Milteddi was opened. According to his own words, he conducted it here only for interest, not for a specific purpose. The experiment, but this notebook is inscrutable, many ideas, for centuries, no one has thought about it, I have to study it. ‘

After that, the old magician turned around and wanted to leave the window. Suddenly, he seemed to be thinking of something again. He said to Ruibo: "My student, the research room in the forest will be free from now on. You have come to take care of it. I want to conduct a thorough and detailed study of the precious legacy left by Kai Milteddy. It is not enough. I have to go to another larger research room. There is an old friend of mine, he It will be very helpful for research. When I am away, you have to come to the laboratory frequently. I will place a magic mirror in the center of the laboratory. If you need to contact, you can go through that magic mirror. Go to the laboratory once. On the desk next to the door, I left you a sheepskin manuscript. On it are the most basic notes on the practice and use of magic, as well as some simple alchemy experiments. Let’s learn it as an enlightenment textbook. I know that self-learning magic is quite difficult, but I don’t have much time to teach you. Research may take up most of my energy. If there is any problem, you can tell me through the magic mirror. ask. By the way, because I am leaving this laboratory, I will close the road leading to the laboratory. That place will become an inaccessible forest, but you just have to remember that when you come to a side road, you will meditate on your own mind. Name, the road will appear in front of you. ‘

After that, the old magician turned through the window with difficulty, and then disappeared into the night magically.

Ribo looked around at no one, got up quietly from the bed, and walked to the window to look at the appearance.

There is nothing but stars in the night sky.

In the late autumn night, the cold wind blew in from the open window, bringing chills. Ribo quickly closed the window, got into the bed, and curled up into a ball. It was too cold outside.

While lying on the bed, Ribo thought about what his teacher Mashik said to him. It seems that he will inevitably come to Piton County in the future, but if he meets Baron Rona on the way , How embarrassing it should be.

However, it is obviously impossible to move the entire laboratory away. I don’t even know whether moving the magic mirror will cause harm.

In case the Magic Mirror cannot get in touch with the teacher and wants to recover, it may not be possible.

Besides, Ribo also has a deep sense of guilt for Baron Ronna.

In his heart, there is always such a feeling that he is always deceiving this respectable gentleman.

For myself, Baron Ranna’s ball and this sumptuous banquet are nothing more than trials to prove his strength.

Furthermore, in this trial, I encountered unprecedented good luck, which cannot but be said to be bestowed by Baron Ronna.

What's more, the beautiful baron daughter blindly put her feelings on herself. For him, this is indeed a very heavy debt, which is a debt that is difficult to compensate.

Just thinking of this makes Ribo feel extremely uneasy.

Maybe, I can have any way to compensate for all of this. Maybe the teacher's laboratory can find some test materials that are only useful for him, but they are extremely precious jewels for ordinary people.

The teacher didn't tell me that magicians are a group of people richer than kings.

With this idea, Ribo's heart settled a little bit.

One night’s rest is definitely the most beneficial for an overworked teenager.

Ribo felt refreshed when he got up the next day.

Clearly dressed, Ribo walked into the living room.

Although it is still early, there are already several people in the living room.

The owner of the villa, Baron Ronna, and his wife and brother were standing under the eaves of the doorway.

Leaning against the window, Mr. and Mrs. Terboon sat there, drinking tea while looking out the window.

There was a cheerful shout from outside the villa, which sounded like it was from Middit and Baron Brown.

‘Master Ruibo, you’re early, what kind of breakfast would you like to order? There are apple pie baked by the lady and the wife, or smoked meat that has just been baked. You can also have two eggs. The cheese is made here. I guarantee it tastes quite good. The bread has a small baked with cream. Sweet round bread and salty white bread. ‘The butler walked up to Ruibo and asked diligently.

‘I don’t eat much, just two slices of cheese and a slice of bread are enough. Thank you Mr. Butler, you can prepare slowly. I’m not too hungry. ‘Ribo replied.

‘Oh, Ruibo, you are up, did you sleep well last night? Living outside must not be as used as at home. ‘Baron Ranna came over and said.

‘Thank you, Baron, for someone like me who travels with my grandfather and uncle and often lives in a carriage all day, I will not feel uncomfortable anywhere. ‘Ribo said, these words are what those travelers who frequently travel between countries like most when they are in Nangang. This has almost become a style or symbol-the symbol of travellers.

Sure enough, after hearing this answer, many people looked back at Ruibo, but there was obviously no expression of surprise in their eyes, as if it were normal.

'Ribo, your thoroughbred horse is so good. You can hardly feel a bump when you run. Just like driving in the wind, that horse can accelerate suddenly without jogging. It’s so fast that you can’t breathe. I bet it’s the fastest horse in the south of France. If you don’t ride it to the race meeting on the first Sunday of every month in Searthburg, then It's really a pity, I can guarantee that it will be 20 yards ahead of the second place. ‘Fatty came and said after his brother-in-law.

'No, you'd better not believe what he said. There are some shady deals behind those horse races. In order to make you lose, someone will put nails in your horse’s hoof or cut you quietly. Stirrups, you can’t do it anymore, just use other racing horses to squeeze you to the side of the railing, and there are even more despicable things. There has been a jockey's hidden dagger stabbing a horse and other jockeys. It was too dark and too Despicable, don't let such a good horse participate in that kind of dirty race. ‘Said the old Baron Henrid sitting at the window.

‘Ah, I’m sorry, I definitely didn’t mean it. It seems that I had a bad idea. I never knew that such dark things were hidden under the civilized order of Sartheborg. ‘Fatty said quickly.

‘Sarthburg itself is a racecourse, but you and I are neither jockeys nor racehorses. ‘The Viscount Telbo said in a mocking tone.

Just as the atmosphere in the hall became awkward, Baron Brown and Midit walked through the door.

‘What were you talking about just now? ‘Middet asked with a smile.

Drops of perspiration were on the foreheads of Middit and Baron Brown, and steam was rising from their collars, cheeks, and hair.

‘Have fun? ‘Baron Ranna asked, obviously he didn’t want to discuss the issue just now.

‘It’s great, but unfortunately your venue is so small that you can’t run at all. ‘Baron Brown yelled.

'Oh, Ruibo, you really have a good horse. Next time you come to Surthburg, you must ride a horse. As long as you ride this horse around the street, everyone Will recognize you. ‘Midit said excitedly.

‘Ribo, you don’t need to rely on Malay to let everyone know, he himself is very good. ‘Baron Ranna said with a smile.

While he was talking and laughing, the butler brought breakfast, one was ordered by Ruibo, and the other two were obviously for the two Sir Alexs who were sweating on their heads. Obviously these two people were waiting. Can't eat breakfast and hurried to walk the horse.

After breakfast, Ribo calculated that it should be time to leave. He didn’t want to wait until the Baroness Oneill got up. Similarly, he didn’t want to wait until the baron’s daughter was busy with her morning work. He was extremely embarrassed.

When Ribo got up to leave, he clearly saw the regretful look on Baron Long's face, but when he heard Ribo said that the reason for leaving was to get to his wizard teacher as soon as possible There, when the sealed magic book was sent to the teacher to see, the Baron had no reason to keep it.

However, he still asked Ribo to make a guarantee. A few days later, he would visit this villa again and tell him about the discovery of the magic book, so that he was unwilling to let Ribo leave.

Before leaving, the beautiful and charming lady sent Ribo to the depths of the woods.

Ribo rode on the horse and ran swiftly. When he came to the fork at the end of the road, Ribo looked around and confirmed that there was no one before controlling the horse and letting the horse stand on a low tree wall. In front, there was originally a passage leading to the laboratory.

Ribo followed what the teacher told him, silently chanting the name ‘Ribo Byndit’ in his heart.

Suddenly, the wall of low trees separated automatically to both sides, leaving a path in the middle.

Ribo drove his horse and ran fast on the small road. After a while, he came to the laboratory.

Get off the horse and tie the horse to the tree again.

Ribo didn't need to knock on the door again this time, he opened the door and walked in directly.

There was no one in the room, and the transparent channel leading to the top of the tower that had been the most conspicuous was now gone.

A mirror is placed in the original passage.

It is an ordinary mirror, not much different from the side in Ruibo’s own room. It is tall and four feet wide. The only difference is that the mirror is engraved with strange symbols on the edge, and the symbols are not complicated. It was far from the seal engraved on the ring and on the magic notebook.

On the table closest to the door, where the teacher took care of, there are several rolls of parchment.

Ribo walked up to him and gently picked up the parchment.

On the first piece of parchment it says, "My dear student, in order for you to gradually master the knowledge of magic, I have put magic on the textbook left to you. All you can see is that you can master it now. Yes, only if you have fully mastered the existing knowledge, the more profound content will emerge. This is to allow you to gradually master the solid basic knowledge, so you have to do this. There is another advantage of this kind of magic. Only you can read the above content. When you want to learn knowledge from the parchment, you can say your name silently and the text will appear. I wish you success in your studies, my student. ‘

When Ribo finished reading all the parchment, the parchment suddenly turned into a ball of flames. Before Ribo fully reacted, it burned out suddenly, even a bit of ashes. Did not stay.

Ribo's eyes widened and looked at all of this. All this was so sudden, there was no smoke, no trace of heat, and the parchment was burned away, leaving no trace.

After a while, Ribo settled down. He picked up the second piece of parchment and read his name silently in his heart according to the method the teacher told him.

Suddenly, a surprising scene happened. As his eyes passed, clear and legible text slowly appeared on the original white and empty parchment.

When Ribo finished reading a page of text that emerged, the text gradually dissipated, and the text on the second page appeared again.

The first stage of the course has a total of six pages, most of which are some knowledge and guidance, but also some exercises. The last one is three magic experiments. The parchment records each step and what is needed. The materials and matters needing attention, however, did not tell him what will happen in the result. The bottom few lines are blank. It seems that they will not be displayed until the end of the test.

Ribo picked up the third piece of parchment, which recorded in detail how to use the magic mirror.

It turns out that the magic mirror has two uses.

The simple one can let people from afar understand his own information by writing words on the magic mirror. This is not difficult for Ruibo. The only thing he needs to do is to prepare a special ink.

The materials and methods of making ink are listed in detail on the parchment paper, which does not seem to be too difficult.

As for the second method, it is not what Ribo can master now.

Through the magic mirror, you can talk freely with people in the distance. The magic mirror can print images of people. Another greater use is to be able to transmit special spells or magic circles. Said it is an out of reach.

On the last piece of parchment, the old magician wrote, "My student, I have to say that you did a great job. You should be rewarded for that. I have completely opened Miltedy’s doll. It’s restored. It’s a gaseous life form. It’s one of the masterpieces created by Kamil Teddy. The magic puppet now belongs to you, but it’s safer to put the magic puppet in the laboratory until the magic contract is re-established. , As for the method of making a contract, after you have learned all the things recorded in the sheepskin manuscript I left for you, you will naturally know how to do it. In addition, in order to express my incompetent teacher’s apology, I also left another gift. For a magician, his own magic power is as important as magic knowledge, and most magic The experiment requires a certain amount of magical support. If I'm by your side, I can provide you with magical assistance. However, I need time to study the magical notes of Milteddy. Therefore, I will give you a stone plate of the warlock. The legacy left by the ancient Antai people is the crystallization of ancient magical wisdom. Now, the method of manufacturing has long been lost. I found this stone plate at a site of the ancient Antai people. This stone plate can store magic elements. Although the amount is not large, the stored magic power is enough for experimentation. You can rely on your own power to fill the magic elements into the stone plate, or you can ask other magicians to help. If you study smoothly, you should be able to find a way to use this stone tablet yourself. It is not difficult. This stone tablet can also allow you to quickly cast three pre-prepared spells, which may be quite convenient for you, but , My student, you remember that this stone tablet can be used by any magician. Although most of the magicians are of noble character, there are still a lot of evil guys. If you want to ask When helping, it is best to see the object clearly. This stone tablet cannot be contracted. If it is lost, it will no longer belong to you, unless you have the ability to take the stone tablet back. ‘

After reading this parchment, Ribo turned his attention to the two things on the table.

A light gray smooth stone slab, only the size of a palm, has shallow grooves on it. There are three silver coin-sized pits on the back of the slate. Presumably this is the stone slab. The ancient Antalans are ancient peoples, they have long since disappeared in the long river of history, and there are no detailed historical records. Some are just ruins that prove the existence of this ancient civilization.

The one placed next to the stone plate is a silver coin. Apart from being more polished and brighter, it is no different from ordinary silver coins, except that what is cast on this silver coin is not the head of His Majesty the King, but a mysterious one. The complex magic circle was exactly the same as the magic circle painted on the back of the magic notebook left by Kai Milteddy.

Ribo is full of curiosity about the gifts Mr. Masek left for him, but he also knows that it is safer to leave them in the laboratory when he is not yet able to use these magic items. This is also true Eckert once taught himself.

Therefore, Ruibo endured the intense look of Yu who brought them around, and turned his attention to the piece of parchment.

For Ruibo, it is obviously difficult to run to the laboratory all day long. Lai Er is more than a hundred kilometers away from Piton, which is a long journey. What's more, it is inevitable to come here. Meeting the Baron Ronna family is a very embarrassing thing for Ribo.

Ribo doesn't want to get into this kind of trouble.

He estimated that once a week, it should be almost the same.

So, in any case, the materials and instruments used for testing have to be moved back to Mr. Hyde’s manor.

Ribo carefully studied the contents of the experiment on the parchment paper. The equipment needed is quite simple, only a small crucible No. 9 and a stone mortar No. 7 are required. As for the hand-made set mentioned on the parchment paper Tools, put them on the table, next to the slate of the sorcerer.

But where do you look for those materials? Although there are some things that I recognize, most of them have not even heard of them.

Ribo glanced at the countless drawers on the surrounding walls. It would be an extremely difficult project to search through so many cabinets one by one to find what they need.

‘Hey, how can I know in which drawer the aquamarine and turquoise are placed? ‘Ribo sighed.

Just as he was downcast, suddenly there was a slight buzzing sound in his ears.

Ribo turned his head and saw that the small metal butterfly was flapping its wings, flying around in the room.

Ribo felt very strange. He observed carefully for a while, only to find that the butterfly flight route was fixed. It flew from one drawer on the southeast wall to another drawer on the north wall, and it was flying back and forth. .

Ribo was so curious that he ran to one of the drawers and took a look. The label said ‘Aquamarine’.

‘Great, so there will be no problem, long live magic. ‘Ribo cheered with excitement.

‘Turquoise. ‘

‘Red copper. ‘

‘Lead block. ‘

‘Sphinite. ‘

‘Spider silk. ‘

‘Bat urine. ‘

'Lizard tail. ‘

‘Salamander blood. ‘

……

Ribo counted the names of the materials listed on the parchment, while following the metal butterfly, running around in the experiment.

'Small Crucible No. 9'.

As soon as the voice fell, the little butterfly stopped on a small black cauldron with a **** fist on the side of the table.

'Okay, now the materials are all complete. ‘Ribo is so happy to talk to himself.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something again, Ribo commanded: ‘Silver. ‘

The metal butterfly fluttered over the east wall and stopped on the top drawer.

Ribo ran up the stairs lightly and slowly opened the drawer.

In the drawer, there are several pieces of shiny silver metal scattered around. The small ones are only the size of a button, and the big ones are about the size of a thumb. They are scattered all over the place.

This is the legendary metal. Although there are not too many silver in the drawers, unlike other drawers, most of them are full, but this is far more than the ordinary kings can collect. Much more have arrived.

Ribo tremblingly took out a small piece of silver from the drawer, the smallest piece.

This small piece of metal is probably enough to buy the mansion left by the ancestors of Baron Ronna!

Maybe giving this extremely precious piece of metal to the Baron can at least make up for the harm he caused to him and his family.

Thinking of this, Ruibo gently put this small piece of silver into his shirt pocket.

Walking down the stairs and back to the table, Ruibo sorted out the materials on the table and wrapped them in greased paper. Among them, the bunch of spider silk was the most difficult to handle. Ruibo had to use two thick cardboards. These are easily grouped together, and the things that can no longer be separated are clamped tightly.

After putting everything in order, holding the two parchment papers, Ribo walked out of the laboratory.

The Warlock Stone Tablet and the magic puppet remained in the laboratory for the time being.

Stuffing everything into the pocket in front of the saddle, Ribo flew away on his horse and galloped towards the way he came. In front of him, the bushes retreated to both sides, waiting for him to pass before returning to their original state.

When Ribo was about to approach the avenue, Ribo stopped and listened carefully around. This is what Kelller taught him. Now it is very useful for him.

After confirming that there were no pedestrians and carriages on the avenue, Ruibo drove out of the path with his horse.

The row of short trees behind him is like a gate, closed silently, no one can see that there used to be a path here.

Running on the avenue, Ribo calculated how to confess to Eckert and Mr. Hyde when he went back, because his experience this time was really mysterious and difficult to believe.

How can these two people who are proficient in deception believe their words? This is indeed quite a headache.

While thinking about the problem, he drove a steed horse on the road. In any case, it was a dangerous thing. Riber didn't want to make fun of his life. He slowed down the speed of the horse.

If you say that when Ruibo came, he was very excited and uneasy driving a horse on this small road, now Ruibo has settled down in his heart, because now his identity is a little different. He is a magic apprentice, not a highly-trained liar and thief, nor a small shop assistant who wants to climb up to the position of Mr. Tent, but this change in identity makes Ruibo feel confused and hesitant. Decided, he didn't know how to face Mr. Hyde and Eckert.

Undoubtedly, neither of these two men is a gentleman. The gentleman cannot be the leader of thieves and liars. However, they cannot be connected with the vicious image of thieves in their imagination.

If their identities are aside, Mr. Hyde is undoubtedly the greatest navigator and explorer he has ever seen. Such a person was originally the most admired and envious of him.

As for Eckert, it is not too much to say that he is an erudite scholar and a shrewd businessman. All of Mr. Hyde's property is taken care of by Eckert. According to Ribo's knowledge, Mr. Hyde's annual legitimate income is at least one hundred thousand gold francs.

Whether it is Eckert or Mr. Hyde, it can be said that they are the characters they admire.

However, Ribo is always upset about the scam they are planning. He doesn't want to be an accomplice in a scam. What's more, the object of Mr. Hyde's deception is likely to be a prominent nobleman.

For a rich man like Mr. Hyde, it is obviously not his interest to defraud the rich people everywhere in Nangang, because he is already much richer than these rich people, and he is also They can rely on business contacts to slowly squeeze their wealth. Based on Ruibo's understanding of Mr. Hyde's genius management strategy, Ruibo is absolutely certain that Mr. Hyde can absolutely do all this.

Therefore, the target of the fraud may only be the nobles. In France, a large amount of wealth is gathered in the hands of the rich and nobles. There are countless estates under their names, which allows them to have a fixed and huge wealth to maintain. Their luxurious lives.

These wealthy aristocrats also have a large collection of precious artworks and jewelry crafts. The most fertile land in France is undoubtedly theirs.

In addition, there are rich mineral deposits in the territories of some nobles.

Copper and lead ore can make a wealthy nobleman worth millions.

If a silver mine is discovered, then there is no doubt about the wealth of tens of millions.

Although once a gold mine is discovered, the ownership of the gold mine will be taken away by His Majesty the King, but the mining rights belong to the owner of the territory.

Five percent of the income from the gold mine allows the wealthy and nobleman to earn tens of millions of Francis income even if he does not use his hands on the accounts.

What's more, discovering that gold mines are hidden without reporting, mining privately, or doing some tricks in the accounts, gold mining, smelting and casting process are enough to make these rich and nobles become the big gold masters of the wealthy and enemy countries.

Therefore, the wealthy and nobles of France are undoubtedly the richest group of people.

If Mr. Hyde wants to make ideas, it must be aimed at the wealthy and nobles.

Also, it is clear that Eckert trained himself in this way, he wanted to train himself as a nobleman.

However, why not the kind of arrogant son of wealthy wealthy family, but to train oneself into a mature and ruined nobility last descendant, but try to invigorate the noble son of the family.

Although they are also nobles, these two nobles do not belong to the same class at all. What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd, Mr. Hyde?

Ribo felt a little puzzled.

The sun rose so high and gradually slanted to the west. Ribo, who was a little distracted, rode his horse back to the manor, it was already afternoon.

Leading the horse to the door of the manor, before Ribora ringed the doorbell hanging on the porch.

The door opened by itself, and Mr. Butler walked out with a smile.

‘I’m very happy, our little magician is back. Is the journey happy? ‘

This greeting shocked Ruibo. How could Mr. Butler know all of this?

Could it be that Mr. Masque visited Mr. Hyde.

Presumably this is the case. Ms. Mask is familiar with Mr. Hyde and Mr. Daofen. They should have worked side by side for a period of time and know each other very well.

Furthermore, Ms. Marsch is extremely concerned about himself. He specially visited Mr. Hyde and brought up the matter of accepting himself as a disciple in person. This must be the case.

Ribo guessed.

Take out the tightly wrapped thing from the insert pocket in front of the saddle.

Ribo was led by the butler to the upstairs lounge.

Opening the door, Ribo froze, and saw a middle-aged man sitting against the warm cage, with a thin body and gold-rimmed eyes, and it was the Baron Brown.

How could Baron Brown appear in this place? Ribo was puzzled.

‘Ribo, come in, sit down and tell us about the wonderful experience encountered during this trip. I am very interested in this. ‘Mr. Hyde said hello with a smile.

In the luxuriously decorated lounge, Mr. Hyde, Baron Brown and Eckert sat in a circle.

Seeing Ribo coming in, Eckert and Baron Brown moved to the left and right to make room in the middle.

‘Ribo, let me introduce you to him. He is Fez, his full name is already known to you, Joseph Brown-Baron Brown, but here we call him Fez. ‘Mr. Hyde introduced.

‘Face told us a lot of interesting things about you, you must have had a great harvest on this journey. ‘Eckert asked.

‘Oh, yes, Mr. Hyde, I’m just about to ask you, do you know a magician named Massek? ‘Ribo asked.

'Mashk? It turned out that he accepted you as a disciple. You are really a lucky guy. ‘Mr. Hyde said: ‘He accepted you as a disciple, but didn’t tell you his identity? ‘

‘Isn’t Mr. Masik a magician? ‘Ribo asked.

'Not just a magician, you will know that in the future, Masek is a weird guy, he must be considered an outlier among magicians, I used to work with him, back then, I was young ――At least not as old as it is now. At that time, Massek was already an extremely old magician and hadn't seen each other for so long. I didn't expect that he was still alive. The magician would live a long life. It's great to be a magician! ‘Mr. Hyde sighed with emotion.

‘It seems that Mr. Daofen and Ms. Mask have always been in contact. ‘Ribbo said.

'Yes, Maier and Masek are good friends. They are very close. If it weren’t because Maier didn’t have any talent for learning magic, Masek would have accepted Maier as his disciple, Ruibo, you I am very lucky. ‘Mr. Hyde said: ‘Ribo, if I’m not mistaken, Massek already knows what I’m planning. Did he not tell you at all? ‘

‘No, I only know that Mr. Mel Doffin is also involved in this matter. Ms. Marsch is quite sure of this. ‘Ribo replied.

His remarks obviously went beyond what Eckert and Fiss had expected, but Mr. Hyde was not moved by it. He nodded and said: "Yes, I have already seen it. Maier is agitating everything behind the scenes, Ruibo, now is the time to tell you everything. You are a disciple of Masque, and we can’t force you to participate in this matter. However, since Masque doesn’t Opposing our actions, obviously, he does not think there is anything wrong with doing so. ‘

'Ribo, we have been together for such a long time, if, let me tell you, this time we carefully planned for so long and risked such a big risk, not just want to make a big windfall, even, A large part of the reason is that we are not for ourselves, can you believe it? ‘Mr. Hyde asked.

Ribo thought for a long time before he nodded. Although he could not imagine how thieves could not take great risks for profit, thieves did not seem to be a profession owned by noble people, but for Hyde What the husband said, Ruibo does not doubt, the reason is not even explained by Ruibo himself.

'Ruibo, you should be very clear about the history of struggle between Nangang and Lai Er. Originally, France did not have these two counties at all. Unlike other cities, Nangang and Lai were established by the order of the king, but, The people who live here have relied on the diligent efforts of generations to build the two barren land that was originally nothing, into the prosperity and development it is now. ‘

‘Remember the story I told you? When I was your age, Nangang was just a small fishing village. At that time, Lai was only a slightly larger town. After countless people’s efforts and half a century of time, this place became the entire Franciscan. The most prosperous place, do you know why? Because we want to live a better life, don’t you also work hard for these? ‘

‘But, who doesn’t want to live a happy life? Is it that people in other places are so stupid and don’t know how to work hard? Would rather live a life of hardship and poverty? ‘

'It’s not that they don’t work hard, but that no matter how hard they work, Nangang and Lai have a unique environment. Of course, this is not to say that Nangang is close to the sea. There are many cities along the coast of France. Nangang is not the only place, but the scale of trade in other places is very small, and it has never been able to grow. Do you know why? Because there are no nobles, no lords, and the king’s authority is extremely weak. ‘

‘People can open a shop without restraint, or conduct land and sea transactions, as long as they pay taxes, there is no problem. There are no privileges here, and both parties to the trade are fair transactions. ‘

'The reason why he was able to do this, Maier spent a lot of effort. He persuaded the lord of Searthburg who was in charge of this land, and through this Lord Earl bought every important department of the whole Sirthburg. Most of the taxes collected by Nangang every year are used to subsidize the expenses of many departments in Surthburg. At the same time, it also lures those wealthy and nobles in Surthburg to invest in Nangang, making Nangang a real source of wealth for them. It can be said that Searth Castle has long since become a monolithic piece, firmly controlled by Nangang's gold coins. ‘

'However, the richness of Nangang has long been known in France. For both the king and the nobles in other places, Nangang is a piece of fat, and the emptiness of the national treasury is also in need of a lot of gold coins. To fill in, although the total amount of taxes paid to the national treasury by Nangang every year is extremely large, the king will not be satisfied. The expenditure of the national treasury is really too large, and these taxes are not enough to make up for the increasing budgetary expenditure. In the king’s view, Nangang Should make greater contributions to the national treasury. ‘

'However, it is useless to increase taxes unilaterally. As long as businessmen transfer their property to other countries, increasing taxes becomes a meaningless measure. Therefore, the only way is to completely control Nangang and remove Nangang’s Every family is tightly controlled, just like dealing with people in other parts of France. Whether it’s the king or other nobles, they all play the same idea.

'The only problem that prevented their plan from being realized was that the management of Southport belonged to Searthburg, and Searthburg was a sacred and inviolable hereditary territory. In France, most aristocrats had hereditary territory, Surthburg. The hereditary territory of the lords of the Meiding family is from Lai to Nangang. This land was considered barren at the time. Only the Meiding family can make a final ruling on the property on this land. Anyone who wants To control Nangang, we must first deprive the Meiding family of control over Nangang. ‘

'However, no one dares to ignore or modify the sacred and inviolable system of hereditary territories as the foundation of the kingdom. The Medin family has strong economic strength and it is impossible to transfer or sell this territory. Therefore, it controls Nangang. It’s almost impossible. Unfortunately, the Maiding family has a fatal weakness that people are not prosperous. Although, in the south of France, the Maiding family can be called the largest wealthy family, but compared with other giants, the Maiding family The number of heirs owned by the family simply cannot be compared. ‘

'Therefore, someone conspired to plot the assassination of members of the Meding family. Old Medin and his two sons died one after another. The only relative left by Old Medin in Surthburg was his sister. An unmarried old virgin, the old Miss Meding adopted an orphan as an adopted daughter, and the French woman could not hold the position of lord. Therefore, depriving the Meding family of hereditary inheritance rights became undoubtedly a matter. ‘

'However, the planner just missed one person, or an accident caused the planner to lose all his previous work. Count Medin has a daughter who broke up with the old count because of marriage problems, and finally ran away from home. This earl’s daughter married a wealthy aristocratic businessman from Xibai in Nangang. However, in the plague a few years ago, the couple died, leaving only one son. ‘

'In fact, the child died under the plague not long after, but the housekeeper concealed all of this by coveting the wealth of the wealthy businessman. He still managed the wealth of the wealthy businessman in the name of the young master. However, the property was owned The news of the death of a person must never be revealed. Therefore, he invited a brother who cares about Lei’s business and hired a group of distant relatives to pretend to be mercenaries, and concealed the news of the death of the young master for several years. However, because of the earl’s Death, that young master became the only hope to keep Nangang. Even a person like Maier would choose extraordinary methods. Anyway, I don’t know what tactics he used to let the butler confess everything. The butler is very Fear, because once this matter is exposed, he doesn't know what kind of tragic end he will get, but Maier obviously thinks that things will turn around. Therefore, he asked the housekeeper to come to me because I am an expert in this field. . ‘

'Although, I am not a noble person, but I don’t want everything that I have worked so hard to create. It’s gone. I have also worked hard for this prosperity. The more prosperous Nangang, I can learn from it. The more benefits I get, and because of this, what my subordinates committed in Nangang, I never sheltered, no one would like a port full of thieves and scammers, but in other ports these two occupations Always the most prosperous, do you know why? Because I am here, I will not tolerate the appearance of another thieves' union. It is not only the nobles and kings who covet the wealth of Nangang, but also thieves. However, the set that Maier promoted in Nangang made those lonely guys have no place. However, there are some people he can't deal with. I will help him to deal with it. We have worked together like this for decades. Just like this time, Maier needs my help. ‘

Mr. Hyde told Ribo all the roots, and his tone was so calm, so gentle, and so easy, as if a declining old man was reminiscing about his past.