In a flash, it was a few days later.

The Dark Forest Gathering Place, the meeting place in the center of the gathering place.

The public trial meeting is held here, once again.

Richard sat in the middle surrounded by many wizards, his heart was not afraid, and his eyebrows moved as his eyes swept over the entire venue. He keenly noticed that this public trial was different from the previous one.

The first is that the wizard named Van Helsing, who had always thought he was a spy, did not attend. In addition, the chair he sat on had been raised, or rather, not deliberately lowered as before. In this way, he was at the same height as the rest of the wizards, and no longer had the feeling of being interrogated.

Finally, the two wizards who had been sitting near him and guarding him also distanced themselves at this time, and sat with the rest of the wizards, as if they were no longer wary of him.

Seeing this, Richard already understood, looked at the wizard Eva who was facing him, and said loudly: "Master Eva, this conference seems to be a bit special. ”

"It's special. Eva looked at it and responded without concealment, "This time is not so much a public trial conference as a recognition conference." ”

"Accreditation conventions?

"We have established your innocence after investigation, so we are ready to recognize your identity and grant you freedom. ”

"That's a good thing. Richard smiled.

"Nature is a good thing. "But while recognizing your identity, you also need to make a choice." ”

"Choice, what choice?" asked Richard.

"Speaking of which, this choice has to do with your sacrificial teacher, Master Gulo. Eva looked serious and recounted, "As we all know, you are a student of Master Gulo, and your status is also a student. However, it is a bit unreasonable for Master Guro to continue to maintain her status as a student.

Here, you are given two choices: first, you can choose another powerful wizard from the gathering place as your new teacher, and the new teacher will continue to help you progress on the wizarding path. Second, considering the strength you showed in the previous exchange meeting, you are already close to a first-level low-level wizard, so you can also become an independent wizard yourself and live in the gathering place as a wizard.

Out of kindness, I would like to remind you. While the second option may seem tempting, there are some downsides. Because once you choose it, it means that you are equal to the rest of the wizards in the gathering, then you will not be able to continue to receive help from the rest of the wizards for free, and can only trade in the form of an equivalent exchange. Do you understand?"

"Understood. Richard nodded in understanding.

"And what is your choice?" Eva looked at Richard, waiting for an answer.

"I chose to live in the Gathering as an independent wizard. Richard replied.

Eva raised her eyebrows and asked, "Can you tell me why you chose?"

"Quite simply, I have confidence in my own strength, and I don't feel like I can't improve without the unpaid help of the rest of the people. Richard said, pausing and continuing, "In addition, it is enough for me to have Teacher Guluo as a teacher, and I don't want to have a second teacher besides Teacher Guluo. In my opinion, no wizard can replace Gulo Sensei. ”

"Uh, okay. Eva found that she could not refute Richard's words, and the next moment she stood up and walked towards Richard.

Approaching, he stretched out his hand with a smile: "Then, you are welcome to join, Wizard Richard Austen!"

Richard then stood up, stretched out his hand and shook Eva gently: "This is my honor, Master Eva." ”

The sunlight shines through the window, bright and dazzling.

......

Next, Richard began to live in the Darkwood Gathering as an independent official wizard.

During this period, it was inevitable that there would be some troubles, such as the wizard Fan Helsing's various faults, but they were all skillfully resolved by Richard.

Van Helsing was indomitable, the more frustrated he became, the more courageous he became, changing his tricks to find Richard's stubble.

After a long time, the rest of the wizards couldn't stand it anymore and took action to stop it, and for a while, many people denounced Van Helsing, making Van Helsing very embarrassed in the gathering place and had to go out to hide.

Richard was rarely quiet, and chose a corner on the outskirts of the gathering place to build a two-story wooden building. I usually do experiments in the two-story wooden building, and occasionally go out to communicate with the rest of the wizards.

In this process, the "Death Finger" is constantly improved, and strives to move closer to the "Death Finger". As for "Artis", the keyword of the Black Spirit King's last secret, Richard is also trying to collect more information, hoping to make a breakthrough one day.

Time passed a little boringly and comfortably, until......

......

December, Snow Moon.

It's the last month of the year, but according to the East Coast calendar, it's only the first month of winter, followed by the Ice Moon in January and the Frozen Moon in February.

The temperature began to drop and moved closer to below zero, but because of its proximity to the ocean, it was reduced to below zero in most cases.

Therefore, although it is called the Snow Moon, the number of snow sightings is rare, and the cold rain is more common, which is different from the Smans Island where Richard once stayed. On the huge island of Smans, especially in the depths of the island, the continental climate is more pronounced because of the distance from the ocean and the undulation of the terrain, and snowflakes are the frequent visitors.

December on the East Coast looks nondescript by comparison.

And in this nondescript month, some long-brewing plans reached a point in time, and some amazing things began to be revealed.

......

Somewhere on the East Coast.

Hidden underground hall.

The steward's muse lay in his seat with his eyes closed, and on the side, Franklin was reporting on a series of events.

Waiting until Franklin finished speaking, the muse finally opened his eyes, glanced at Franklin and asked, "So, the preliminary arrangement of the plan has been completed, and it will go according to the expected time." ”

"Yes. ”

"That's good, it looks like the East Coast mess can finally be thrown away. Muse breathed a sigh of relief, and then scolded, "Anyway, what the hell! Before I came to the East Coast, I had always been in charge of crisis management, and I had never been in charge of the overall operation, so this kind of work was tedious and cumbersome, and it was really annoying." Fortunately, it didn't take long for a complete goodbye. ”

"It's just—" Franklin spoke, but stopped talking.

"What's going on?" asked the muse, frowning.

"Yes. Franklin replied truthfully, "Muse, there is indeed no problem with the implementation of the plan, but according to the plan, you will need to be involved in the follow-up matters." ”

"I know. ”

"And when the time comes, what you need to face is not an enemy in the general sense, but ......" Franklin said this, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, Rao is he believes in the strength of the muse very much, but he doesn't think that the muse can easily deal with it when the time comes, after all, no matter how strong it is, there is a degree.

In the Order of the Supreme Order, the upper and lower limits of this degree are very clear, and that is the level of wearing the ring. He is the Black Iron Ring, and the Muse is the Silver Ring, which means that the Muse is one level older than him and can easily torture him a hundred times.

And no matter how powerful the silver ring is, it can't reach the level of the gold ring.

In Franklin's view, if the current plan continues, only the Golden Ring can be guaranteed to be foolproof. It's just a muse, and the risk is really a bit big.