Chapter 128: The Calamity Star of an Old Acquaintance

  As she walked into the Magic Guild, Shia was still filled with curiosity, looking around in all directions. After all, being a magician was such an illustrious profession, and as a member of the Byzantine Empire's

  The Magic Guild can be considered the core sacred place of mainland mages. This magic guild is responsible for managing the mainland's magical community. It must be

  A very out-of-the-way place.

  But after entering the building, Xia Ya was greatly disappointed.

  Inside the door was a circular hall, with decorations that were simply exposed stone slabs. The walls had been painted white on one side and there were no magical arrays or patterns to be seen. In Shia's opinion, even the study in the Cavishire family's house on her first day in the imperial capital was more impressive than this place.

  More solemn and shocking.

  This... was simply an ordinary reception hall. The hall's area was only a dozen or so steps wide, with a staircase in front. A high and long table stretched out before the building, behind which sat an old man with a head full of white hair, propping up his face with one hand as he dozed off on the desk. This guy wore a grey robe, but didn't have a magician's badge.

  As soon as he heard the approach of Xia Ya and Duo Duo, this old man barely lifted his head, with a look of drowsiness all over his face, his eyes almost unable to open. He muttered vaguely: "Good day, two magic masters, what can I do for you..."

  As he spoke, he licked his lips and swallowed the saliva that had flowed out of the corner of his mouth. He then raised his dirty sleeves to wipe them twice before lifting his head to gaze at the two approaching figures with his dim old eyes.

  After exchanging a glance, it was clear that Xia Ya wasn't dressed as a magician, so the old man's eyes fell solely on Duo Duo Luo.

  "This noble magician, sir, I am Dohari, the receptionist of the Magic Guild. Please inform me of your identity so that I may register you, and then please state your business..." The old man spoke with a mouthful of almost toothless gums, his cheeks sunken and pale, struggling to stand up straight to greet Dororo, but his body shaking violently as he strained for half a day before finally managing to straighten his back.

  "My name is Dororo, and it's on the union roster." He paused for a moment, glancing at Sha'a beside him. "Ah... this person, this is my companion."

  "Sorry about that." The old man bowed his head respectfully to Dororo: "Since you're a magician, sir, you should know the rules here. Even if it's your companion, they must register their name before entering."

  "Xia Ya." The person next to him replied with a careless tone: "Xia Yalai Meng".

  "Hmm..." The old man sat for a while, then picked up the goose feather pen on the table and wrote on a form. Due to his advanced age, the characters he wrote were crooked and twisted. As he wrote, he muttered unclearly: "Hmmm, visitor... Honorable Dororo-sama, hmmm, and... the attendant Shaya Renga of Dororo-sama... Hmmm, what strange names, are there really people with such names?"

  When he heard the old man call himself a wizard of Dororo, Shuya immediately glared and was about to retort, but Dororo next to him quickly made eye contact with Shuya, nodding and gesturing with his hands, begging him not to speak, before Shuya finally closed his mouth.

  "Alright... Master Dororo, please state your business... I..."

  "I need to request an audience with a high-ranking official, as it concerns my personal reputation. May I ask, which duty officer is on shift today?" Doro replied cautiously.

  The old man grunted a response, seemingly hard of hearing, and had to be asked again. After repeating himself multiple times, he finally nodded: "Ah, yes, please go upstairs, second door on the left. As it happens, today is Harris' shift, you can go find him."

  Taro let out a sigh of relief and then smiled wryly at Xia Ya, "Please wait here for a moment, hmm... the Magician's Guild, unless there's something special going on, ordinary people aren't allowed in."

  Xia Ya took a look around and saw that except for the old man in front of him, there were no other guards in this entrance hall. If he really wanted to go in, could this old man possibly stop him?

  But then again, it's not like I'm here to cause trouble or anything. I just came to take a look around and satisfy my curiosity. If that's the case, I might as well wait here and see what kind of amazing things this Magic Guild has to offer.

  Duoduo Luo went up the stairs. Xia Ya stood in the hall and looked around, only to find that there wasn't even a single chair in the hall. The old man who had received them sat back down again, supporting his face with his hand, nodding off slightly, clearly on the verge of dozing off.

  Xia Ya felt a bit bored and walked up two steps, chatting casually: "This old gentleman, are you from the Magician's Guild?"

  The old man seemed somewhat impatient, furrowed his brow and looked at Xia Ya with a mouthful of air, muttering: "Nonsense... I'm not from here, what am I doing sitting here..." As he spoke, he shook his head, seemingly disdainful of Xia Ya.

  "Oh? So... considering your age, you've been in the Magic Guild for a long time already, right?" Shia asked curiously.

  "Hmm..." The old man barely opened his eyes, stretched out his hand to count: "There... fifty... hmm, fifty-three years, I suppose..."

  "So you must also be a magician?"

  The old man smiled somewhat awkwardly, then glared at Xia Ya with a slightly unpleasant tone: "You little brat are truly impolite. If I were a magician, would I still be sitting here? Hmm... I'm just an apprentice magician."

  Apprentice of Magic?

  Xia Ya stared at this old man, he must be over 70 or even 80 years old! At his age, he's still an apprentice?!

  The old man suddenly became alert, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light. He noticed that Xia Ya's gaze seemed somewhat strange and couldn't help but hum a sound, narrowing his eyes: "Young man, are you looking down on me? Hmph, let me tell you, I'm not a simple person! I've been here for so many years, even some real magicians would treat me with respect."

  He paused, and the old man seemed to be boasting: "Let me tell you, the current chairman of the Magic Guild, the great magician Rafael, was my classmate at the Magic Academy back in the day! We graduated from the Magic Academy together and obtained the title of magic apprentice together!"

  Xia Ya couldn't help but smile wryly. And the president of the Magic Guild was a classmate from the same period? Unfortunately, after graduation, others rose from magic apprentices to become great mages, while this old man remained at the level of magic apprentice for his entire life... It can only be said that it was fate's arrangement.

  Just as he was feeling a surge of emotions, he heard footsteps coming from outside the door. A magician slowly walked in from outside, and just as he entered the doorway,

  Loudly laughed: "Old Du Ha Li, I came to ask to see the executive monk, last time my thing, did you give it to the executive monk or not!"

  As soon as he heard the voice, Xia Ya immediately felt a few points of familiarity, turned his head to look back, and saw that a magician had come in from outside the door, wearing a gray robe, wearing a large cloak, and wearing a low-level magician badge on his chest.

  As soon as he saw the other person's face, the other person was also looking at Xia Ya, and the two of them locked eyes, both of them were taken aback for a moment, then they both exclaimed "ah" at the same time.

  "Is it you?!"

  "Ah!! You!!"

  The magician's face changed as soon as he saw Xia Ya, his expression twisted a few times, and he seemed to turn around and run away. But before he could turn around, Xia Ya caught up with him in one step, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the other's shoulder. His strength was so great that the magician couldn't move at all. He could only smile wryly, turn around, and show a strange smile on his face: "Ah...it's you, Mr. Demon Hunter?"

  Xia Ya narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person: "I remember you, you're that... Wang Cheng's four shows' guy, right? What was your name again... hmm, that Ni Ma Ge Bi... Ah, you're that magician, Bidaldo!"

  Bidaldo seemed to be extremely afraid of Xia Ya, looking at Xia Ya with trembling legs and dodging eyes, but finally smiled bitterly: "Not bad... Your memory is really good, actually recognizing me at a glance..."

  But in his heart, he couldn't help but lament: How did this guy end up coming to the Imperial Capital? This is terrible...... Does he know or not, that the road I pointed out for him last time was fake......

  As expected, Xia Ya narrowed her eyes and sneered: "Huh? You seem to be in a rather guilty state! Humph, I remember that last time you gave me directions, this favor, I haven't returned yet!"

  Bidaluo didn't dare, really wanting to repay Xia Ya's kindness. He hurriedly smiled and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare... I didn't expect to run into you here, so... I still have something to do, excuse me for now..."

  He turned to leave, but Xia Ya pulled him back: "Don't be in a hurry! We are old acquaintances after all!" With a hum, Xia Ya continued: "Last time you showed me the way, I should thank you properly!"

  Bidaluo forced a smile, and with a resolute heart, said: "That... the last time I gave you directions, it was rushed and there might have been mistakes, this can't be blamed on me, let alone..."

  "Besides, you're doing it on purpose, aren't you?" Xia Ya hummed, (Xia Ya, how many times have you hummed today? You're going to exhaust Auntie.) The hand pressing down on the other person's shoulder applied a bit more force, and Bidaldo's face instantly turned pale, sweating profusely from the pain. He hastily said: "Let go! Let go! This is the Magic Guild, if you use violence against me here, it'll be very... inconvenient."

  Xia Ya smiled and withdrew his hand: "I won't hit you either, last time you deliberately misled me, but I didn't fall for it, humph..."

  Bidaldo was originally going to make a run for it when Xia Ya said he would open at sixteen, but upon hearing this, he stopped in his tracks, staring wide-eyed at Xia Ya: "You...haven't been deceived? Then, did you really find that...?" At this point, Bidaldo glanced at the old receptionist beside him and quickly shut his mouth, but couldn't help waiting intently for Xia Ya's response.

  Xia Ya smiled and remained silent, pretending to be profound.

  Bidal's heart was anxious and he couldn't help but ask again: "You... did you really find it?"

  Xia Ya shook her head, deliberately sighing: "Hmph, I didn't find anything. At the time, I just guessed that you were intentionally pointing me in the wrong direction. I ran to another direction and although I didn't find what you said... but I did hunt down a pretty good demon beast."

  Turtleback may not be foolish, but he got a dragon head and gained a lot. These things are easy to attract attention when in his hands, the principle of not revealing wealth is naturally known to Xia Ya from Wildfire Town.

  Bidaldo didn't doubt that, he knew this guy was tough, but absolutely not tough enough to kill a dragon... If he really found that dragon, it would probably be a dead end. Moreover, Bidaldo had also received news that his own teacher and several other magicians who went to find the dragon never came back after that time, probably already killed by the dragon together. Even several magicians died at the hands of that dragon, let alone this guy? Since he was still alive, it was natural that he hadn't encountered that dragon... Hmph, good luck for him.

  Bidaldo's visit to the Magic Guild this time was indeed for a serious matter. He was of humble origin, and usually relied on his connections with the other three nobles of the Four Nobles of the Royal City to swindle food and drink, just to make ends meet.

  His teacher went on an adventure to find the dragon this time, but ended up dying in Wildfire Town. Even the magician who set out with him didn't come back. His teacher was a regular magician registered with the Magician's Guild and held a position within it, unlike other magicians on the continent. Any magician registered with the Magician's Guild has a life mark left behind that would immediately sense if the magician encountered danger or died unexpectedly while outside. It was because of this that Bidal knew his teacher and several other magicians who went to find the dragon were dead.

  But a magician, especially one with considerable power, is usually extremely wealthy! A magician's private property includes various precious magical gems, magic crystals, and secret silver, among other valuable magical materials. These things not only possess precious magical value but can also be exchanged for great wealth in the secular world. After the teacher died, according to the rules of the Magician's Guild, the deceased magician's inheritance could be passed down to their disciples - only those with formal magician qualifications could inherit, and magic apprentices had no right to inherit. The property left behind by Bidaldo's teacher was not too much, but it was still quite considerable. However, this magician did not leave any will before going to find the dragon, and his disciples had five in total, of which two were magic apprentices, and three had magician qualifications. Bidaldo and the other two were brothers who had completely fallen out with each other for the sake of competing for their teacher's inheritance - the ultimate reason was still for those inheritances, because everyone knew that if they could get some precious magical tools, it would immediately boost the magician's own strength by a large margin! Without a will, the right to distribute the inheritance fell into the hands of the Magician's Guild. Bidaldo had run countless times for this matter recently and came here today to try to find the executive magician, but unexpectedly encountered Xia Ya, the disaster star, here.