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There was snow in the sky, and the road through the maple forest to the northern prairie was covered with snow that fell to the knees.

On the pure white snow before entering the maple forest, a string of bright red blood was so dazzling.

A man in a mage's robe was lying on the ground with his chest covered, spitting out blood, seeing that he was breathing more and less.

Not far away, a team of six magicians slowly surrounded the past.

When there were still ten meters away from the person lying on the ground, one of the magicians raised the magic wand in his hand.

"Don't get too close, be careful that he will perish together." The leading magician said, listening to the voice of a young man.

"Use Master's favorite magic to avenge him!"

Under the leadership of the leading magician, the other five magicians also raised their magic wands, and a huge magic circle gradually lighted up above their heads under the joint efforts of the six.

The man lying on the ground used his last strength to shout: "Master...not...I killed..."

Then he closed his eyes and waited for the last moments of his life to come.

He knew that no amount of verbal justification was useless.

The seven of them are all orphans adopted by Master, who has raised them together for more than ten years and imparted knowledge.

In everyone's eyes, the master is the same as the biological father.

However, not long ago, other brothers went to the town to buy supplies to prepare for the New Year. When only myself and the master were in the magic tower, the master died in the warehouse for no reason.

Later, the brothers thought that they were the murderers of Master, and they chased them all the way here without giving them any chance to defend themselves.

...

After waiting for a long time, the expected magical attack did not arrive, but instead there was a muffled groaning and falling to the ground.

"Elemental Brand?!"

A magician who fell to the ground exclaimed.

Just now, when they were halfway through the magic preparation, they found that the surrounding magic elements were no longer under their control, and then even the magic elements in the magic circle were not obedient and ran away.

The six people whose mental power was attacked saw a handsome boy about the same age as them falling from the sky, and the expression on their faces was colder than the ice and snow under them.

Then there was a wolf howl, and a group of big men riding white giant wolves surrounded them.

Charles threw two healing spells on the dying magician to keep him from dying so quickly. He looked at the people around him, and said in a deep voice, "Cuff them all and send them to the court."

Several Kewen security guards riding on the ice wolf jumped off the giant wolf with the shackles and handcuffed all seven people on the ground and escorted them away.

For experts, the magic power fluctuations when casting magic is like a fire in a dark night.

Just now Charles felt that someone in the southeast of his territory was casting a large-scale combined attack magic, and he judged the position from the distance on the edge of his territory.

His first reaction was that someone was doing something.

So he handed Xia Luxia to Azi, and said, "Take care of the child, I need to take care of some things outside."

Azi also felt the magic fluctuations in the distance, and asked worriedly: "Do you need help?"

Charles shook his head, and she didn't need her for that little scene.

This scene is really not big. Although the power of the combined attack magic is not small, after Charles imprints all the magic elements around him, other people can't mobilize a little magic element, and even the magic elements that have formed a magic circle are all captured by him. dismantled.

There is a court next to the central square in the town of the territory, where cases are usually heard in the territory.

Not long after those people were taken away, the bell on the top of the courthouse rang.

Then the town became lively, and several members of the jury who had been resting at home hurried to the court and put on judge robes.

After hearing the bell, many residents walked out of their homes and went to the court to watch the excitement.

Watching the verdict is a good pleasure in this season when there is not much entertainment.

After all, the confrontation between the plaintiff and the defendant during the trial was quite intense, and there were unexpected turns from time to time, which was much more interesting than chatting and bragging.

It was also out of this consideration that Charles decided to try this simple case publicly to find something for everyone to enjoy.

Ah Zi and the others did not expect things to develop like this. Just now everyone was visiting the workshop, and the next moment they came to the court to see Charles decide the case.

The layout of the court is very simple. The innermost is a two-story bench. The position of the justice is on the highest floor, the position of the jury is on the next floor, and the clerk sits in front of the bench.

In front of the judge's bench is the position of the plaintiff and the defendant, and in front of it is the auditorium.

"Silence!" An old judge sitting in the middle of the jury picked up the hammer in his hand and knocked, "All stand up and greet the justices."

The old judge, named Miller, is usually the administrator of the mill in the town and belongs to the staff of the McGarden family system.

The members of the jury who sat with him were usually decent people in the town, such as Horace, the steward of the pharmaceutical workshop, and the blacksmith in the town.

After everyone in the gallery stood up, Charles, who was wearing a black judge's robe, walked in through the side door with a serious face and sat on the judge's seat.

This was the first time Charles sat here to decide a case. He picked up the gold-studded wooden hammer in front of him and knocked it before the people in the auditorium sat down.

It's just that Farofa and Xia Luxia smiled and waved to Charles, but they were immediately stopped by Laika.

Then Miller stood up and saluted Charles, and read out the rules such as no loud noises.

"Boom!"

Charles struck the hammer and said, "Bring the plaintiff and the defendant to court."

Soon, both the plaintiff and the defendant came to their respective positions.

The plaintiff in the plaintiff's box was Ah Fu, and the six magicians who had just been arrested stood in a row in the defendant's box.

The six magicians were between 16 and 19 years old. At this time, the expressions on their faces were a bit decadent, and they didn't seem to have recovered from being caught in court.

"Boom!"

Justice Yi tapped the wooden hammer and said, "The plaintiff reported his name and identity."

"A'Fu, the chief butler of the McGarden family."

"The defendant reported his name and identity."

"Oak, we are all apprentices of Baron Dinbach."

"Cherry."

"Beech."

"Korean pine."

"Paulownia."

"Linden~lightnovelpub.net~ Charles's mouth twitched, feeling like he was dealing with a bunch of wood.

But he was relieved quickly, because the baron Dinbach mentioned by the other party had met several times.

The master of these few people, Baron Dinbach, is a lesser-known magic wand maker in the Bilach Kingdom, and he gave the magic wand that Father Yi used during his lifetime.

The master had always wanted to accept Charles as a student back then, but at that time Charles felt that it would not be better if he wanted to learn directly from Elizabeth's path and learn from the elves, so he refused.

It's just that Baron Dingbach is a little stubborn, thinking that the most suitable magic wand for human use is only made by humans, and he didn't like Charles, who was only five years old at the time, and was "fascinated by foreigners".

This master has dealt with wood all his life, and it is normal for him to use wood to name his apprentices.

Charles struck the wooden hammer again and asked Alfred, "What did the plaintiff accuse the defendant of?"