Above the mage!

Chapter 438 Premonition
"You like to raise these wolf cubs, but I'm not interested. I just want to maintain the stability of the tribe and let my people live a good life." Yarna said in a slightly cold voice, trying to get the topic back on track.

Helika's sudden change of subject showed her refusal.

"If you want your people to live a good life, then you should lead them to surrender to the Zhenbing tribe instead of planning these things here." Helika gently stroked the wolf cub's head and said calmly:
"After you surrender to Zhenbing, if nothing else, you, the Hammer of Winter, will no longer have to worry about food."

"Swords and hoes never share the same workshop." Having said this, Yarna stopped trying to persuade Helica. She stood up and said coldly, "Wait until we defeat the new king and obtain Northwest Barley. I hope you won't regret it then, and don't ask us to come to the Hammer of Winter."

After saying the last sentence, Yarna turned around, opened the door curtain, and her figure disappeared in the wind and snow.

"Great Elder, go and see off War Mother Yarna." Helika seemed to not take Yarna's words to heart at all.

The great elder who received the order quickly stood up and followed Yarna out.

After a while, the door curtain was lifted again and the great elder walked in.

"Sent away?"

"Well," the Great Elder glanced at Helica, considered his words, and asked in confusion: "War Mother, why did you reject Yarna's proposal?"

"Zhenbing has Sunafa, and Winter's Hammer now has that unknown member of the Sheep family. Great Elder, what do we have?" Helika asked calmly.

The Great Elder was speechless for a moment, stunned for a moment, and seemed to understand something.

"We have nothing, which means that no matter which side we stand on, we will never get equal status. In this case, why should we take the risk of standing on the side?"

Helika drank the horseradish water in the cup and looked at the little wolf cub who was still whimpering in her arms, with a deep light in her eyes.

Being neutral means that no matter which side succeeds, they will not have the corresponding merit of "following the dragon", but it also means that they do not have to bear the risk of failing to choose a side.

Phoenix.

Since the end of last year, when the Public Security Bureau launched a nationwide "rat catching" campaign, the "rats" hiding in Phoenix have basically been caught.

Only after the tribes paid a high "ransom" were the rats sent back to their respective tribes.

However, starting from this year, after the tribal integration plan was launched, the personnel composition of the entire Phoenix became a mixed bag again.

Milo walked out of the town hall and looked up at the sky, which was filled with sunset glow.

Before the new king came, he was a three-ring ice wizard of the Zhenbing tribe and a member of the Zhenbing tribe's elders.

Therefore, after Gaode came to power and began to carry out drastic reforms to the political system, because of his status as a "veteran", he was able to obtain a position in the city hall that was neither high nor low.

Although it seemed that his status in the tribe had dropped significantly, Milo was not dissatisfied because his living standards had also improved significantly.

"Elder Milo!" A voice came from behind him as he was admiring the sunset scenery.

Milo turned around, saw the person coming, and said with a smile: "I've told you so many times, don't call me elder, that's a thing of the past, there are no elders in Phoenix now."

"I'm used to calling you that, and I can't change it." The person who came was a middle-aged strong man. He scratched the back of his head and smiled innocently.

"What's the matter?" Milo asked.

"Maurice asked me to come to you. He said he wanted to see you and asked you to come to his house."

Hearing this, Milo's expression changed slightly, but the change was so subtle that the middle-aged man didn't notice it at all.

"I understand. Thank you for making the trip." He nodded.

"You're too polite. If it weren't for your care back then, I would have died in the wolf's mouth. This little thing is nothing." The middle-aged strong man said loudly.

After the middle-aged man left, Milo's eyes suddenly darkened.

He is an orphan whose parents were killed by earth creatures while they were out hunting.

Although the tribe will assume the obligation to support orphans, life is definitely completely different if they have parents or not.

So Milo didn't have a particularly good childhood, and during one cold winter, he almost starved to death.

But later, he awakened the Zhenbing bloodline, and the bloodline level was extremely high, and everything changed.

He was promoted to a third-ring wizard and later became an elder of the Zhenbing tribe.

It seems like an ordinary life trajectory, but in fact it hides a big secret.

Because, in fact, the Iceborn bloodline that Milo awakened was only one ring. The reason why he could become a three-ring mage was that the people of the Hammer of Winter secretly found him and were willing to provide him with ice marrow to help him improve his bloodline.

As a price, after becoming an elder of the True Ice tribe, he needs to provide the Hammer of Winter with confidential information about True Ice, and even work for them when necessary.

Because of the experience of almost starving to death in the cold winter, Milo didn't want to live a hard life anymore. In addition, his parents died early, so he didn't have a deep bond with the tribe.

So after a brief hesitation, he agreed and thus achieved his current status.

Over the years, Milo has sold a lot of information to the Hammer of Winter, and has also done many things for the Hammer of Winter that harmed the interests of the True Ice Tribe.

"After last year, most of the Hammer of Winter's hidden agents in Phoenix were caught. I am the only important hidden agent left in the Hammer of Winter. In order to avoid exposing me, they haven't contacted me for a long time. But now they have contacted me. It must be something big."

Milo frowned, having already sensed that something was wrong. He felt a little reluctant in his heart, but he couldn't refuse.

Once you get on a pirate ship, you have no choice but to do what you want. It won't be easy to get off.

With hidden worries and resistance in his heart, Milo came to Morris's home.

Morris is another hidden chess piece of Hammer of Winter hidden in Phoenix.

Compared to him, who was a native member of the Zhenbing tribe, Morris was an outsider.

However, Morris has been in Phoenix long enough, and he is usually more cautious and has become very "localized", so he luckily escaped last year's "rat catching" operation.

After entering Morris's house, Milo discovered that there was someone he didn't know.

"This is Alick, he has the same identity as us." Facing Milo's inquiring gaze, Morris explained.

Milo then nodded and sat down at the table.

"This time, the two of you were sent here on the orders of the War Mother. She wants us to do something, which should be our last mission in Phoenix."

"The last mission, what does this mean?" Milo had just frowned when Alec asked first.

"Because after this mission is completed, Phoenix will no longer be able to accommodate us, so we will go directly back to the Hammer of Winter."

Hearing this, Alick said "oh", but Milo felt a chill in his heart.

Back to Winter's Hammer?
He was not willing to do so. As an official of the city hall, Milo understood the current changes and prospects of Phoenix very well, and was full of longing for his future life. However, when he heard such "news", his heart was chilled.

"What is the mission this time?" Alick asked again.

"The new king," Morris answered directly.

"What?!"*2
Alick and Milo both expressed shock and pointed at themselves, "You mean, you want the three of us to deal with the new king?"

Isn't this a joke?

Even if we ask War Mother Yarna to come, she can't handle it, so how can we ask the three of them to come?

"You don't have to be so surprised. Of course, I'm not asking you to attack the new king in Phoenix. Milo, you should know that the new king will go to Valar Bay every once in a while and stay there for a long time before returning to Phoenix."

"I don't know what the new king is doing in Walar Bay, but what is certain is that the new king has gone to Walar Bay alone in recent times. This is a good time for us to take action."

"The new king doesn't have much power, as long as we can grasp his movements." After saying that, Morris looked at Milo.

Because Milo was responsible for the dispatch of guards at the gate of Phoenix.

"The two of us will first ambush on the path that Phoenix must take to reach Valar Bay. Once you receive the news that the new king has left the city, you will immediately follow him out of the city and find us. Then we can work together to capture the new king alive and escort him back to the Hammer of Winter."

"The new king is indeed not strong, but once we take action, Sunaifa will get the news and come hunt us down immediately. The deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, Catherine, used to be a hunter of the Snowfield Guardian and is the best at tracking. We can't escape far." Milo frowned and said, his words full of rejection.

"Someone will come to pick us up, you don't have to worry about it. And don't forget, your where you are today is because our tribe has given you countless resources, and over the years, you have done many things that are detrimental to Zhenbing's interests." Morris snorted coldly, as if he saw through Milo's inner thoughts and pointed him out.

After leaving Morris's house and returning to his own home, Milo sat on the bed and thought for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.

Even if he was unwilling, he had to obey orders in the end.

Because he has done too many things that are detrimental to the tribe. Once exposed, Zhenbing will definitely not tolerate him, so he can only cling to the thigh of Winter Hammer.

Fortunately, although Gaode is the new king, he does not have much strength as Morris said, and is barely a first-ring wizard.

Because of this, when Sunaifa insisted on supporting Gaode as king, he was still resistant in his heart, thinking it was too frivolous.

However, after seeing the series of earth-shaking events that Gode had done, Milo gradually became convinced, not to mention that a few days ago, Gode had awakened the same pure-blooded Iceborn bloodline as Sunaifa.

Fortunately, Gao De had just awakened his Zhenbing bloodline. As a three-ring mage, he would be able to capture the enemy easily if he took action personally.

In another year or two, he won't have this ability.

Thinking of this, Milo went out again. He found a random excuse and asked the tribesman in charge of guarding the city gate to notify him as soon as he found out that Gaode had left the city.

In the training room, Gao De opened his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face.

In the mana pool, the ice-blue mist mana cultivated by "The Secret of Ice" has expanded a little compared to when it was just upgraded, and it is enough to support him to cast three tricks.

In fact, he didn't practice "The Secret of Zhenbing" very deliberately these days.

However, because his training room was close to the Ice Jade Wutong tree, the concentration of magic power was equivalent to that of a fourth-tier spiritual land, plus the ice element was extremely rich, so even if he was just "idling", his progress was rapid.

On the other side, on the emerald magic crystal cultivated by the "Qingmu Changsheng Sutra", the sixty-first pattern has already condensed by half.

This is because there is still some medicinal power left in the Dragon Bird Blood Fungus, which was gradually refined and absorbed by Gao De after his successful ring promotion.

All beginnings are hard.

The fact is, for Gaode, the most difficult stage of training so far is the mage apprenticeship period.

As the mage's level increased, his practice progress not only did not slow down, but even became faster and faster.

——From a mage apprentice to a first-ring mage, not counting the time spent on his original training, it took Gaode 21 months, but from a first-ring mage to a second-ring mage, it only took him 19 months.

After finishing his practice for today, Gao De took a short rest and then closed his eyes again to enter a state of concentration.

Nearly another week passed, and he finally gathered all the materials he needed for the spell potion. He mixed the spell potion and drank it in one gulp.

Now, just wait for him to build the spell model.

Although he was very busy these days, Gaode still constructed all the spell models of [Summon Mount] and [Spider Web Shelter].

[Summon Mount] (Conjuration, 2nd Ring):
Summons a spirit of extraordinary intelligence, strength, and loyalty to serve as a mount, and establishes a long-term contract with it. The mount appears in an unoccupied space within the casting range.

Its appearance is chosen by you from the following forms: War Horse, Pony, Camel, Elk, Mastiff.

The mount is actually a fey or fiend (your choice) rather than a normal creature, and it can understand a language you know.

Your mount will aid you in both combat and out of combat, and your bond will bring you closer together.

While you are atop this mount, any spells you cast that target only yourself also affect the mount.

If the mount takes lethal damage, it disappears without leaving any material residue, and you can disarm the mount at any time as an action.

While the mount is within 1 mile of you, you can communicate with it telepathically.

You can't have more than one mount in your possession at a time with this spell, and you can release your mount from its bond at any time as an action, causing it to disappear.

[Spider Web Shelter] (Conjuration, 2nd Ring):
Creates a shelter made of sticky spider silk, with a hanging door, large enough to accommodate a Medium creature.

The walls of the shelter are one inch thick and opaque, completely obscuring anyone inside.

The silk is sticky enough to hold onto some twigs, leaves, dust, and other lightweight objects, allowing you to use them to create shelter, but only weak, microscopic creatures will be caught by the web.

The Shelter's door is completely waterproof and insulated when closed, the Shelter takes normal fire damage and is as flammable as wood.

When the spell ends, the sanctuary quickly decays and disappears.

The latter realized Gaode's long-cherished fantasy of using magic to solve camping problems in the wild.

The former can be used as his means of transportation on land. Together with Dumpling and Storm Soul, he now has a means of transportation on land, water and air.

More importantly, the additional effect gained by adding points to [Summon Magic Pet] after Wind Spirit and Moon Shadow allowed Gode and Flora to become connected.

Therefore, he always had a little extra longing in his heart for this kind of summoning spell.

I am looking forward to whether there will be surprises similar to "Flora" after adding points to Fengling Yueying.

(End of this chapter)