"Elliott, I can call you that."

After finishing his observation of Rod, the mayor spoke slowly.

Rod didn't say a word, just looked at the mayor and nodded, waiting for his next word.

"As you can see earlier, I am at war with the enemy. Speaking of which, I would like to 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 to explain the previous situation, the mayor said, but there was no expression on his face, and he just said these words, and he couldn't hear the gratitude contained in the words at all.

At this time, Rod also spoke, and asked slowly to the mayor, "If the mayor really thanks me, why do you want to let his skeleton warriors test me?" ”

Even after the battle ended, the dark clouds that hung around the mansion did not dissipate. After listening to Rod's question, the mayor at the gate of the mansion replied:

"You also understand that this is a temptation, I just want to understand your strength in this way. The temptation that I personally led was, of course, much more reliable than a simple observation. ”

At this point, the mayor paused, and then said, "It's a bit offensive, but I should be the one who really loses, right?" Even if I had resisted those ghosts, my skeleton warriors didn't lose a few, but in order to test you, my skeleton warriors have lost a lot. ”

The mayor's voice turned cold, and Rhodes could hear the anger in his words.

If it was just for the sake of temptation, then Rod's use of spells to quickly kill these skeleton warriors undoubtedly made Mayor Mare very angry.

However, Rhodes didn't say anything, since the mayor of the town plans to make a test, then he must be prepared for losses, compared with the loss of skeleton warriors, the strength information obtained by the mayor is more valuable.

Rod asked the mayor:

"The problem of loss should be very 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 to understand my strength? Or are you preparing something? ”

After listening to Rod's words, the mayor realized that the person in front of him could not be easily fooled, so he said:

"Don't you wonder why undead creatures have come to the town to attack my mansion? If you hadn't been here in time, they might have breached my mansion. ”

Hearing this, Rhodes knew that the mayor was going to tell him some information about why the mansion was attacked. Including the previous temptations, it may be for these words.

"Then ask the mayor to talk about it."

Rod didn't attack directly at these skeleton warriors in front of him, according to the anomaly that Rhodes detected inside the mansion, even if he could kill these skeleton warriors, there were still more powerful undead creatures in the mansion.

Therefore, Rhodes followed the mayor's words and planned to hear what the mayor had to say.

"The necromancer who attacked this town earlier is a senior apprentice in the Necromancer Academy, and this senior apprentice should have come to perform a trial mission."

"I studied at the Necromancer Academy, and it wasn't until I got older that I chose to hand over some gold coins to the academy and come to this town to become the mayor here."

"Aside from the need to hand in gold coins every year, I don't have much effect on the academy, and the amount of these gold coins is not valued by the academy at all. If I have any role to play, it is to help the academy train apprentices. ”

"The apprentice took over the mission from the academy and came to destroy the town, and I was in charge of dealing with it. The undead creatures you saw attacking were controlled by one such apprentice. ”

"I've dealt with such apprentices many times before. These apprentices, after taking the trial mission, all want to destroy this town, and their strength is not much different from mine. ”

"But I don't know why, this necromancer apprentice who is here now is far stronger than me, if you hadn't made a timely move to help me repel these undead creatures, these skeleton warriors of mine alone might not last long."

Unlike before, in the midst of these words, the mayor of the town brought a heavy tone, perhaps trying to convince Rod, or maybe he was just speaking.

After listening to the mayor's words, Rhodes was silent.

Through the mayor's story, coupled with his previous speculation, Rhodes has realized something.

"You have also seen that the undead creatures controlled by this necromancer before, coupled with these black clouds in the sky, his strength is definitely stronger than my skeleton warriors, and I can't deal with it with skeleton warriors alone."

"That's why I didn't let you go at the beginning, but wanted to use your help to deal with this necromancer and protect this town."

"Before, maybe I didn't say it explicitly, so you misunderstood something, but I definitely don't have any bad intentions."

"And to test your strength, it's also because I want to understand your strength so as to determine the next countermeasures."

"I've learned a little about your strength from previous battles, and I'm sure that if you're willing to help me, I'll be able to deal with that necromancer, and the town won't have to be destroyed by him."

"Of course, since this kind of thing has a certain amount of risk, I won't let you take the risk in vain, after killing this necromancer, I will give you a treasure as a reward."

"So, Elliott, what do you mean? Will you help me deal with this necromancer? ”

After saying these words, the mayor looked at Rhodes and did not say anything more, but waited for Rhodes' answer.

At this point, the mayor explained all the causes and consequences to Rhodes, including why he didn't give the map to Rhodes before, why the necromancer came to attack, and most importantly, he wanted Rhodes to help him deal with the necromancer.

Rhodes didn't have any idea about what the mayor said about using treasures as a reward, this was just a temporary promise from the mayor, and after Rhodes killed the necromancer, the mayor could not admit it at all, or find a way to kill Rhodes.

If Rod really believed the mayor's words, he couldn't blame others for being deceived in the end.

After thinking about it for a while, in order to confirm his previous thoughts, Rod asked the mayor:

"You can leave on your own, with your current strength, even if you join the war, you can get a lot of gains, why do you have to stay in the town and wait for others to deal with you?"

After listening to Rod's words, the mayor replied:

"Leave? No, no. If I were your age, I would have left here without you reminding me. But I don't want to leave now, and I'm already looking down on things like power, I just want to stay here and study some spells with peace of mind. ”

For what the mayor said, Rhodes obviously couldn't believe that ambition will not fade with time, on the contrary, it will become stronger, and after the mayor's strength has been improved, correspondingly, he will also think of greater power.

Therefore, the reason for the reluctance to leave here, in addition to the age that the mayor said, can only be that there is something here that makes him not want to leave, and there is a greater benefit than leaving.

Realizing this, Rhodes turned to the mayor and asked:

"How many years have passed since you left the Necromancy Academy? What do you think of the Necromancer Academy? ”

Since the mayor of the town has asked Rhodes, and Rhodes is not afraid that he will not answer his own questions, even if it is a simple and meaningless answer, therefore, Rhodes asks the mayor about his opinion of the Necromancy Academy, in fact, he wants to know the mayor of the town as a person.

The mayor replied, "The days of living in the academy are like yesterday, and I can recall all the images from 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 lot of time. ”

"As for what you think of the Academy? I really like the environment of the Necromancer Academy, the environment inside the Necromancer Academy is more brutal than the orthodox Magic Academy, and if you are not careful, you will be eliminated, and I survived. ”

"The orthodox mage academy was originally prepared for those nobles, like me, who has no background and can't do it with his own talent, even if he wants to become stronger by the accumulation of time, the academy will not allow it."

"Although there are some special reasons, the only place that can make everyone, regardless of qualifications, qualified to learn spells, is the Necromancer Academy."

After listening to the mayor's words, Rod understood something.

The mayor's words were full of admiration for the Necromancer Academy, and even though he had left the academy for a long time, he still missed his previous academy life.

Rhodes realized that if it weren't for his lack of talent and needed to make up for it through the accumulation of time, Mayor Mare could grow into a strong necromancer within the academy, and because of this, Rod developed a deep vigilance.

These apprentices who admired the Necromancer Academy also recognized the system of the jungle in the academy, and this respect was manifested in their attitude towards ordinary people.

Rhodes asked the mayor how long he had been here, and he wanted to judge the extent of the mayor's strength through this question.

Rod didn't believe that the mayor of the town, who had accumulated strength here for so long, would only control these skeleton warriors in front of him, and the aura that Rhodes felt in the mayor's mansion before was likely to be another powerful undead creature, but Rhodes couldn't determine its kind.

In addition, there were still some unanswered questions in Rhodes' mind, including how the mayor knew that the necromancer in the academy had received a trial mission, and how the mayor had dealt with this kind of necromancer who came to destroy the village several times before.

The answer to this question determines the strength of the mayor himself, but Rhodes understands that if he asks the mayor so bluntly, the mayor will definitely not answer him, or can only judge by other methods.

"I remember you said that a merchant 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, and not long ago, he was going to the City of Sorrow, and I asked him to send me some supplies."

"It stands to reason that the merchant group will come to the town in the next few days, and with the help of the merchant group, I can deal with that necromancer. However, to be on the safe side, in the case that the merchant group is not here, I still need to ask you to help me deal with the necromancer in front of me. ”

"To put you at ease, I can give you the map you need first."

As he spoke, Mayor Mare's hand took out a scroll from his coat pocket and handed it to the Skeleton Warrior beside him, who was ready to step forward and hand it to Rod.

On the side, the vampire immediately took a few steps forward, took the scroll from the skeleton warrior's hand, and then came to Rod's side and handed the scroll to Rod.

Rod opened the scroll in his hand, due to the dim light around him, even if there was a lot of fire on the ground around him, it could only illuminate the nearby ground, and it was completely impossible for Rod to see the map in his hand clearly.

Rhodes tucked the map into his pocket and didn't continue to speak.

Whether he agrees to the mayor's request or not, this map Rhodes will not return it, although he does not know the authenticity of the information on the map, but he only needs to confirm it a little.

Rhodes asked the mayor, "So, what does the mayor plan to do with this necromancer, in this attack, most of his undead creatures have been lost, maybe he has chosen to leave now." ”

The mayor replied, "No, this time he only came to test it, he didn't bring all the undead creatures, and he also sent a part of the undead creatures to search for the townspeople, and immediately retreated when he sensed the danger." ”

"If he sends out all the undead creatures, I won't be able to resist these skeleton warriors alone. Therefore, I need your help so that I can kill him. ”

After listening to the mayor's words, Rhodes asked, "So, after successfully killing this necromancer, how should the valuable items on his body, as well as his own corpse, be distributed?" ”

Just listening to Rod's words, one thinks that Rhodes really agreed to the mayor's request.

"All I need is his magic book, and the rest of his belongings, including this treasure that can create black clouds, belong to you. What do you say? ”

Rod nodded.

Neither Rhodes nor the mayor of the town, after testing each other's strengths, did not doubt whether they could successfully kill the necromancer apprentice, and directly gave the distribution of the loot.

"Tonight, the necromancer is obviously not going to attack again. But his next attack won't drag on for too long, after all, the trial mission doesn't have much time left for him, and he also needs to go back before the war starts......"

"He's already on your guard, and when he attacks next, you don't have to make a move for the time being, I'll let all the skeleton warriors hold him down, and when the battle is deadlocked, you can take the opportunity to kill him......"

Hearing this, Rhodes directly interrupted the mayor's words and said, "No, if you want to do this, it is better for me to fight off the undead creatures with you." ”

Mayor Mare's words sounded like the most correct thing to do, letting the Skeleton Warriors rely on the battle array to fend off the group of undead creatures, and then Rhodes tried to kill the necromancer, but this method was actually extremely unfavorable for Rhodes.

In the previous battle, this necromancer also only released two spells, and his true spell casting ability, Rod did not know.

Unaware of the necromancer's spell-casting abilities, Rhodes was unable to take advantage of the terrain, and the success rate of doing so was extremely low.

Even if Rhodes succeeds in killing the necromancer, the mayor of the mansion will be able to take control of the surrounding group of undead creatures and deal with Rhodes in turn. Therefore, Rhodes would not choose to do so.

The mayor also understood what Rod meant, so he didn't say more, but motioned for Rod to say what he thought.