Chapter 472: Chapter 467: Murderous Painting (Two-In-One) Chapter 472: Chapter 467: Murderous Painting (Two-In-One) Five days had passed, and Roger had essentially become accustomed to life at the Polish headquarters, and to be honest, he didn’t concern himself with any of the affairs there.
On the first night, a woman named Rachel quietly slipped into Roger’s room.
She wriggled like a seductive snake and shed her clothes, but Roger merely glanced at her coldly.
“Go back where you came from.”
His expression was calm, seemingly oblivious to the desire in the woman’s eyes.
“Take your clothes when you leave.”
Rachel, seeing nothing but indifference in Roger’s eyes, shivered uncontrollably and, without even bothering to dress, fled through the window.
The days passed uneventfully, and Gawain made no effort to contact Roger, who several times thought about inquiring about the progress of the situation but ultimately refrained.
Being too pushy was not a good thing.
News came from the Knights that a portal opened by the Headless Knight and others had been found in the forest at the Sorcerer’s Assembly, which was currently being reinforced.
Once everything was ready, they could gather forces to enter this other world and nip everything in the bud.
On the sixth day, Rachel came to visit Roger again.
This time, however, she came during the day and was dressed.
“Is there something you need?”
Rachel didn’t even dare to look up into Roger’s eyes.
“Mr. Bedivere, the Sorcerer’s Assembly has a task requiring investigation within Poland, and they hope to get some assistance from us.”
This was supposed to be a minor issue, but since Rachel was unaware of Heritage Knight Roger’s attitude towards magicians, she came directly to inquire.
“You handle it,” he said offhandedly.
Rachel nodded, and then added, “Mr. Bedivere, the female sorceress in charge of this mission is named Amanda, she said…”
Roger’s eyes lit up, “A red-haired female sorceress?”
Upon seeing Amanda, Roger still looked surprised, “What are you doing here?”
“Because of mission cooperation, I’ve always wanted to arrange things so I could be by your side, but Gaheris has communicated with me several times and it seems like Margaret has rejected it.”
“The teacher has talked to me a few times.”
Amanda still looked beautiful, and as her power grew, she dug deeper into her lineage, driving a transformative change, both spiritually and physically.
“She hinted that I shouldn’t get too close to you; she has tried several times to introduce me to people from the Sorcerer’s Brotherhood, but I kept finding excuses to refuse!”
“Being a Heritage Knight, and with Gaheris advocating, she didn’t dare to outright refuse, so she planned to send me to Ross to carry out a mission to chase werewolves.”
“What exactly is this woman planning?”
What she had Cynthia do last time could well be considered kicking someone when they’re down; if it weren’t for the significant improvement in Roger’s own strength, he might have been killed in the attack by William and his accomplice.
He hadn’t forgotten about it, but with frequent troubles recently, he hadn’t found the opportunity or excuse.
He had thought that waving his identity as Bedivere would deter Margaret from certain thoughts, but now, it seemed things might not be so simple.
“I heard from the teacher that Green seemed to have held a tripartite meeting, attended by the leaders of the three major forces, and they seemed to have reached some kind of consensus…”
“Margaret’s own power has almost no chance of further improvement, so she has turned her attention to me,” Amanda said.
“She wants to cultivate you?” Roger frowned.
“How could that be possible?”
“Magicians don’t believe in tears.”
“It’s a proverb, but it also represents the magician’s stance on emotion; they don’t believe in tears or love.”
“Only in pure self-interest.”
“For magicians with powerful and ageless lives, what do you think is the purpose of training students?” Amanda looked at Roger.
His words led Roger into deep thought.
Indeed, human procreation is largely due to the brevity of their own lives and the inevitable aging and frailty.
But for powerful Transcendents, this isn’t the case.
Generally speaking, powerful Transcendents have little interest in cultivating offspring or students.
“Unless it brings them benefits!”
“On one hand, the organization’s strength requires the training of more Transcendents, but more importantly, there are benefits from elevating lineage and feedback.”
“At the time of ascension to Transcendence, a seed belonging to our mentors is planted in each of our bloodlines, and as we grow, this seed also absorbs our power.”
“This actually happens?”
Roger’s expression changed, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“I only realized it recently as my power increased,” Amanda replied with a hint of helplessness. “This thing is peculiar; it doesn’t limit our growth potential and even helps us initially to better comprehend our own power.”
“When we grow to a certain level, the seed leaves our body and returns to its master.”
“Absorbing the mature seed, the corresponding mentor gains insight and breakthroughs–our incremental growth becomes the only option for many magicians at a bottleneck.”
“And once the seed matures, we, the so-called disciples, are no longer of any use to the teacher.”