Above the mage!

Chapter 422 Good things come in pairs
"After a first-level mage takes thirty-year-old dragon-bird blood fungus, the amount of mana he can increase is between 10 and 20 drops of liquid mana.

As for life expectancy, it can be increased by about 3-5 years. The specific effect of the medicine depends on one's physical condition and luck. "Deacon York thought for a while and gave Gao De a specific range.

Dragon bird blood fungus.

Gao De had never heard of this kind of magical plant, but he had heard of the silver dragon bird.

The silver dragon coin in the Plantagenet dynasty's monetary system has a silver dragon pattern engraved on the back.

In addition, the three major mage corps of the Plantagenet Dynasty are the Sentinels of Light, Vanguards of Justice, and Silver Dragoons. The silver dragon in the Silver Dragoons refers to the silver dragon bird.

This is one of the symbols of the Plantagenet dynasty.

The Dragon Bird Blood Fungus is related to the Silver Dragon Bird, so it is undoubtedly an extremely precious magical plant.

And this is indeed the case. In addition to being able to directly increase the mage's level, this thing also comes with two additional effects: improving physical fitness and increasing lifespan.

Although these two points happen to be Gaode's strengths, no one would complain that life is too long, right?
The effect of improving the mage's level is even more to the point.

Gaode now has 53 drops of liquid mana, which is almost enough to reach the 60 drops of liquid mana required for a complete first ring.

If this Dragon Bird Blood Fungus is really as effective as Deacon York said, then it will definitely help him reach the late stage of the first ring after taking it.

Doesn't that mean that I can start considering becoming a second-ring mage?
At the age of sixteen, you can become a second-ring mage.

Three years ago, he was still a third-class wizard apprentice whose life and death were uncertain in a small country town.

In just three years, he completed the life journey of an ordinary wizard.

Thinking about it, it really feels like a lifetime ago.

"Master Gaode, there is also a key point for taking Dragon Bird Blood Fungus in the box. In addition, this box is specially made, which can preserve the efficacy of Dragon Bird Blood Fungus very well, but the loss of efficacy is definitely impossible to completely isolate, so you'd better take it as soon as possible."

After introducing the origin and function of the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus, Deacon York added another sentence.

Upon hearing this, Gao De indeed found a small scroll of paper from under the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus.

Some key points were written on it in official printed fonts, including the conflicting medicinal materials that should not be taken before and after taking the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus.

Gao De was in a good mood and carefully put away the dragon bird blood mushroom.

"Thank you, Deacon York."

"Master Gaode, you are too polite. Compared to the great achievements you have made this time, these rewards are actually nothing. You deserve them all."

"As a sea sentinel wizard, what I do is my duty. I am flattered by the extra rewards from Marquis Drake." Gao De was able to come up with polite words at will.

After the rewards were given and the Marquis's words were conveyed, Deacon York said goodbye and left. God watched him get on the carriage and leave the street, then he returned to the dormitory with the two rewards.

Dragon Bird Blood Fungus, Master York’s advice is to take it as soon as possible.

But Gao De thought about it and decided to put it aside for now.

After taking the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus, he could basically try to advance to the second ring, and he planned to do so in the North.

The high-level spiritual land in the north can increase his success rate in upgrading his rings.

Therefore, he planned to take the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus back to the North for consumption.

Another point is that Gaode wanted Flora to take a look at the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus. First, it was a necessary inspection, and second, he wanted to try to see if it was possible to grow the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus.

As for the other reward.

He didn't have the courage to take a closer look in front of Deacon York.

Now, unable to suppress his curiosity any longer, he opened the box again to check the specific contents of the house deed and the land deed.

"172 Regent Street, Van Der Lennon."

"Royal Watch Shop."

Gao De had lived in the Van Zhuo Lun district for a while and was quite familiar with this urban area, so he only needed to recall it briefly to form an impression.

Regent Street is one of the three busiest streets in the Van Der Spielberg district. The shops on Regent Street are typical four-story townhouses.

The same is true of this "Royal Watch Shop".

It is worth noting that although the store name contains the word "royal", it is not actually authorized by the royal family. It is simply used to mean "serving gentlemen."

If I remember correctly, the owner of this watch shop broke the laws of Dorne and was thrown into prison, and the watch shop was also confiscated.

Because the business was already in a bad state, after it was confiscated, without the owner to run it carefully, it has been closed for a long time.

But these are not important.

There is nothing worthless in the shops on Regent Street in the Van Der Len district.

The land prices and housing prices are there.

A rough estimate shows that the value of such a shop may be between 2500 and 3000 Plantagenet coins.

atmosphere!

As expected of a county marquis, this reward is truly generous.

More importantly, this was pure windfall.

Gao De had never thought that the Marquis of Bailuo County would reward him individually, so he was doubly surprised to suddenly receive such a generous reward.

Good things come in pairs.

Gaode was just about to go and take a look at his new industry in person.

The staff from the Sea Sentinel knocked on his door first and informed him to gather at the Haiyuan White Tower to announce the military merit evaluation of the Auckland disaster relief mission.

Because rushing to the Auckland area for disaster relief is a collective mandatory task, the results of the military merit assessment are also released together and uniformly.

This is the real highlight for him.

After all, his roots in the Plantagenet dynasty are still as a sea sentinel.

Only when Gaode has military merit can he use it to exchange for a first-level spell formula to consolidate his foundation and help himself awaken more powerful expertise.

Moreover, the promotion to the second ring is imminent, and both the auxiliary magic potions needed for the promotion and the second ring spell formula after the successful promotion require military merits to exchange.

Military merit is never enough.

Gao De thanked the staff member who delivered the notice and hurried back to his bedroom to change into the Shanghai sentry uniform.

For such formal occasions, you should dress appropriately.

Afterwards, he rushed to the Haiyuan White Tower.

When we got there, we realized we were early.

Because Dorne is quite large, not all mages live in the dormitories provided by the Sea Sentinels like Godel, and can be reached in less than half an hour by carriage.

Not everyone is like Gaode, who has nothing to do and can come immediately after receiving the notification.

Therefore, a two-hour gap is left between the notification time and the official announcement of military honors to ensure that as many people as possible can be present.

Of course, we wouldn’t just let everyone wait, but instead we arranged some tea and fruit plates.

People gathered in groups of three or four, eating berries and chatting.

At this moment, the topic naturally revolved around military achievements. Gao De also found a place to join in, but he did not speak, just listened to everyone's chat.

"This time, the military merit evaluation was delayed for four days. Although there are a lot of people, it is also because of this that many people are waiting for the results of the military merit evaluation. According to the usual practice, the higher-ups will deal with it separately and usually the results will be available within two days. This time is considered unusual."

"I seem to have heard that it was because one of us had made a great contribution, and when assessing his military merit, there was a conflict of opinion, so the stalemate lasted for a day or two."

"Is this true? A great achievement?"

"There's no smoke without fire, nine times out of ten it's true."

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As he listened, Gao De found that the topic was focusing on himself.

Fortunately, they didn't seem to know the specific name of the person who made the contribution.

But Gao De vaguely sensed that as the topic of conversation reached this point, a pair of anxious eyes from another corner swept across him.

When he looked back in the direction of the gaze, he found that no one was looking at him.

This took about two hours.

The number of mages on the field increased, and in the end it was close to three hundred.

At this time, a wizard in a lieutenant colonel's uniform walked out of the wizard tower, followed by several other wizards, the lowest rank among them being captain.

Seeing the big shot show up, all the Sea Sentinel Mages present immediately stood up, came to the square, lined up, stopped talking, and became quiet.

Although the atmosphere was solemn, joy could not be concealed amidst the solemnity.

After all, this is the time to receive credit.

The wizard in lieutenant colonel's uniform came to the center of the square, the gold-plated collar badge on his collar shone brightly in the sunlight.

He coughed twice, and his eyes slowly swept over the mages gathered on the field. When his sight passed over Goder's figure in the crowd, he paused for a moment, his eyes raised slightly without being noticed, and then he took out a folded parchment scroll from his arms.

On the back of the parchment scroll, a pattern of ocean waves is outlined.

He opened the parchment scroll:

"A rift in the secondary plane suddenly opened, a dark tide surged, a whirlwind brought natural disasters, villages and towns collapsed, and the victims were displaced. At this critical moment, the elite sea sentinel mages were deployed. In order to commend the merits of the warriors and to show the strictness of rewards and punishments, I will now reward you for your contributions and grant you corresponding military merits."

After reading the preface which was almost correct, the lieutenant colonel wizard began to explain the scale and number of Sea Sentinel mages dispatched during the Auckland disaster, the disaster relief work they did, and then there was a collective praise.

After completing this process, it is time for everyone to start the most anticipated reward and reward phase.

According to the merit from low to high, read them down in order:

".Mage, five third-class merits were awarded, Mage Marco, five third-class merits were awarded, Mage Edwin, six third-class merits were awarded, Mage Ur, six third-class merits were awarded"

As long as you participate in the Auckland disaster relief mission, the minimum military merit reward is five third-class merits.

"Zuo Wen Burns, won eight third-class merits."

Gao De heard a familiar name.

It was after this name was uttered that he noticed the first small commotion in the crowd.

"That's not right. How come Zuo Wen Burns only has eight third-class merits? That's not possible."

"Yes, he was one of the second group to set out. How come he only had such little military achievement? Could it be that he didn't do his best?"

There are many similar discussions.

Following the discussion of the crowd, Gao De looked towards the figure standing upright in the front, who was Zuo Wen Burns.

The latter had no expression on his face at the moment, as if he didn't hear the crowd's whispers, and didn't seem to care.

The lieutenant colonel wizard paid no attention to these minor incidents and continued to read out the merits in an orderly manner.

It was not until the number of third-class merits reached twenty that Gao De finally heard of the first second-class merit.

"Master Thorn, you have evacuated over a thousand disaster victims, and you have been awarded one second-class merit and ten third-class merits."

Gao De noticed that previously when the third-class merit was awarded, only the merit was recorded, and the corresponding performance achievements were not read out, but now the merits are stated in brief language.

This differential treatment is very obvious.

There is no doubt that this also made the Sea Sentinel Mage, who performed outstandingly in the disaster relief mission, secretly happy.

"Master Cicero participated in the mission to save Oakland City from the Wind Network. He performed outstandingly and was awarded five second-class merits and one third-class merit."

Gao De listened attentively, and his heart moved slightly. He knew that this Master Cicero should be another Sea Sentinel Master who responded to Master Oakland's call for assembly with him.

It's just that they were not assigned to the same warship at that time, so they had no intersection.

After reading about Master Cicero's merits, the lieutenant colonel paused for no reason, put down the parchment scroll, and looked at the commotion with a sharp gaze. After a second or two of silence, he spoke again:

"Master Gaode, the most outstanding person in this disaster relief mission, participated in the Auckland Wind Network Disaster Mission and made great contributions, avoiding major losses for the city of Auckland. In addition, he evacuated more than 10,000 disaster victims and was highly recommended and praised by Count Roland. It has been decided that
Promote the first-class trainee mage Gao De to the rank of sergeant mage, and award three first-class merits, ten second-class merits, and ten third-class merits."

Got promoted?!

Three first-class merits?!
There was an uproar in the square.

There was both shock and dissatisfaction.

Who is this Gao De? How come I have never heard of this name before? How could such an unknown person, a first-class trainee mage, accomplish such a great feat?

Did he really do this himself? Wasn't it some kind of cheating method?

Some people also feel that they admire Gao De's performance and contributions, but think that the reward is unfair. Why should he be awarded three first-class merits?

First merit, first merit. For a first-class trainee wizard, it must be a matter of ability to achieve the first merit, but luck must also be a factor, and the one who really made the greatest contribution must be a high-level wizard.

Not to mention that he is not very useful, but the reward gap is so huge. What do those high-level mages who have worked diligently and put in a lot of effort think?
The source of the discussion comes from the generosity of the rewards.

Because even Gao De was a little surprised by the reward.

He knew he would definitely win first-class merit, but he never expected that the number would reach three.

At the same time, he did not expect that in addition to military merit rewards, he would also be promoted in rank.

After all, he had not yet been a sea sentinel for a full year and had not yet completed his apprenticeship period. According to the rules, the highest military rank during this year could not be higher than that of an apprentice mage.

Over here, facing the discussions on the field, the lieutenant colonel magician who had been turning a blind eye to them before now had a stern look on his face, "Do you have any opinions? If so, just tell me directly, don't talk about it like a villain."

His words were not polite at all, and the slight anger in his tone was unmistakable.

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Gao De also didn't expect that a lieutenant colonel wizard, who was a complete stranger and held a high position, would actually stand up for him.

"The reading of all military merit evaluations has been completed. Since there are no objections, everyone can leave." Upon seeing this, the lieutenant colonel magician said nothing more. He put the parchment scroll in his arms, flicked his sleeves, and left.

Seeing this, the mages who remained in the square also began to disperse.

However, everyone's eyes were wandering around the field, either directly or implicitly, trying to find out who this person named "Gao De" was.

——Gao De usually doesn’t socialize, so not many sea sentinels know him.

Facing everyone's attention and search, Gao De walked towards the Mage Tower without looking away.

Now that he had obtained the military merit, he did not want to wait even a moment and was anxious to exchange it for spell formulas and take a look at the goodies on the first-class merit exchange list!
(End of this chapter)