After reading the entire letter, Wu Ming just wanted to say two words... Nima.
Why do you have no time to write a reply because you are too busy? A three-year-old child would not believe these words, let alone an adult.
Wu Ming knew very well that being too busy was just an excuse. The only reason why Balthazar didn't write a reply was that he didn't want to deal with him. And now he wrote again because he was afraid that Dave was new to magic and wanted to give him a reply.
Dave is just looking for a nanny.
"You want me to be Dave's nanny. This is a real deal. But this is also an opportunity. Now that Balthazar has been sealed, his collection of magic books cannot be discarded for cheap."
Wu Ming touched his chin and saw more things from this letter.
As the descendant of the White Wizard Merlin, Balthazar must have accumulated a lot of wealth over the past millennium, but it seems that all of this is now ownerless.
If you take a few magic books from Balthazar's collection in the name of taking care of Dave, I'm afraid Balthazar won't care about it after he escapes from trouble. At that time, I will ask this stingy guy some questions to get rid of the problem.
The wizard's code of conduct will definitely not be rejected.
Well, as Lu Buwei said, it seems like a rare thing to live in.
Wu Ming made a lot of calculations and felt that not only was this business not losing money, but it was actually making money.
With a plan in his mind, Wu Ming no longer hesitated, packed up his things and started heading to New York.
The next day, Wu Ming, who returned to New York again, was in a good mood and found the antique store where Balthazar was hiding.
...click....
Gently pushing the store door open, even after a day, the magic power fluctuations inside still did not subside, indicating that there had been a war here.
Wu Ming looked around the store, first using the two magics of cleaning and repair to completely erase the traces of the war. Finally, his eyes moved slightly and locked on the clay pot left by the Hunter Dynasty.
The pottery pots left over from the Hunter Dynasty look simple and elegant, with only one flaw in one place.
This is somewhat flawed, with two portraits that do not fit the characteristics of the Hunter dynasty.
One of them looked very similar to Balthazar and was wearing a black leather coat. The other was a middle-aged man holding a scepter and wearing a top hat on his head.
"Hi, Balthazar!"
Seeing the portrait of Balthazar on the porcelain bottle, Wu Ming understood everything.
He lightly touched the lid of the clay pot with his fingers, and with a somewhat teasing smile on his face, he strolled towards the second floor.
The antique shop is divided into two floors. The first floor contains antiques collected by Balthazar over the past thousands of years, as well as a small number of magic items. On the second floor, there are bedrooms and kitchens for sleeping.
Wu Ming's eyes were like a torch, scanning the layout here.
Through the still open window and the half-cut vegetables on the cutting board, he could imagine the suddenness of the incident.
Otherwise, Balthazar, who was fully prepared, decided not to use the porcelain vase from the Hunter Dynasty, and ended up with both of them being sealed for ten years.
Jingle Bell...
Along with the sound of pushing the door, the wind chimes downstairs sounded in the wind.
Sensing someone coming in, Wu Ming frowned, showed the ruby ring on his hand, stood up and walked downstairs.
Downstairs is a little boy with freckles. He looks to be eight or nine years old and his eyes are very bright.
"Hello, Dave!"
The little boy's appearance was not special, but what was special was the thing in his hand, which made Wu Ming recognize his identity at a glance.
The Dragon Ring...the inherited token of the White Wizard Merlin's lineage, was firmly placed on the little boy's finger.
As if feeling prying eyes, the ring that was originally wrapped quietly around his finger flashed with a bright light under Wu Ming's observation.
"Who are you? I don't know you."
"You don't need to know me, you just need to know Balthazar's handwriting."
Wu Ming ignored the warning in the naughty child's eyes because he knew how to dispel the other party's doubts.
It's very simple. Balthazar's letter to Wu Ming contains the magic mark that every mage has.
Wu Ming took out the envelope directly from his pocket and delivered it to Dave with the hand of a mage. As for whether Dave could understand this magic mark, this should not be a problem.
After sending Balthazar's letter, Wu Ming leaned on the corridor of the stairs and waited calmly.
After waiting for a few minutes, Dave put down the letter in silence, and the alertness in his eyes had dissipated a lot.
"Listen, Dave. Although I don't know if Balthazar has ever mentioned me to you, but please believe that I was invited by Balthazar. Of course, I know that trust from both parties takes time to accumulate.
.But before that, you'd better dissipate the magic power you have secretly accumulated, after all, this is a very rude behavior!"
Wu Ming walked down the stairs step by step. Although there was no praise in his mouth, there was a look of appreciation on his face.
After all, the Dave in front of him is obviously only nine years old. But now he has learned to guard against others and is ready to secretly attack at any time.
Although the magic power fluctuations in the air revealed his intentions.
But Wu Ming still has to admit that this is just because Dave has not mastered silent casting, otherwise he would have done better.
I have to say that in the past few months with Balthazar, Dave has really mastered some things.
I believe that as long as Dave is given time to grow, his future growth will be limitless. I am afraid this is also the reason why Balthazar asked him to come over.
Think about what you can do in ten years.
If Wu Ming had not appeared, Dave would have been neglected in the past ten years even if there was no one to supervise him.
But Balthazar chose to take a gamble, betting that Wu Ming would not break his oath and fall to the side of the dark wizard. Driven by profit, he would help him take care of Dave for ten years.
It's a good calculation. I have to say that Balthazar's calculation of human nature is very accurate.
Even at this moment, Wu Ming realized that he seemed to have taken advantage, but Balthazar definitely did not suffer.
To sum it up in more words, it's a pretty simple win-win.
If Wu Mingjiu occupies the magpie's nest, he can obtain Balthazar's inheritance, and ten years later, he can gain the other party's friendship.
Although Balthazar did not directly make a profit, he could find another enlightenment teacher for Dave during the ten years he was trapped, so as not to waste these precious ten years.
Wu Ming still has some understanding of Balthazar.
He knew that what Balthazar cared about most was to find Merlin's successor. The reason why he wanted to find Merlin's successor was not only because of Merlin's entrustment before his death, but also because he wanted to kill Morgana and save his girlfriend.
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So these ten years are crucial to both Dave and Balthazar.
This itself is a race against time. Whoever can start first will be able to take more initiative.
After understanding the twists and turns, Wu Ming's mentality quietly changed, and he already regarded himself as half the owner of this place.
But before that, he still had to ask about the battle situation between Horvath and Balthazar.
"Dave, tell me what happened in detail. I want to know what happened yesterday."
"Okay, okay sir."
Dave didn't know what Wu Ming, who regarded him as a rare commodity, had planned in a short period of time.
The child's mind is relatively simple. Even though Dave was a little bit like an adult, he still said without reservation: "Yesterday afternoon, the instructor was preparing dinner upstairs and let me play alone below. I discovered a lot here.
Strange things, they are hidden in every corner, it’s like a treasure hunt.”
Having said this, Dave scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "I found a colorful matryoshka doll in the compartment on the wall, the kind with a Russian style. But when I opened it, something came out of it.
Countless cockroaches formed a person under my eyes."
The man made of cockroaches is obviously Horvath.
Wu Ming has seen this kind of magic from the Book of Merlin. Strictly speaking, this magic is not evil. Its purpose is to protect the caster from being harmed in the first place.
Obviously, when the matryoshka doll was first opened, Horvath had no idea what was going on outside.
In this case, Horvath chose to protect himself, and with this profound magic, it can be seen that his thousand years of imprisonment did not weaken his strength.
"Dave, please tell me in detail how many magic spells they used during the battle and what was the order in which they were cast."
Wu Ming simulated the scene in his mind and planned to put himself into it to see what he could do when faced with such a battle scene.
Dave tried hard to recall everything that happened at that time, while Wu Ming generated images in his mind to restore the battle as closely as possible.
First of all, after being released, Horvath used a cockroach substitute as soon as he got out of trouble.
The magic power fluctuation caused by the cockroach substitute led to Balthazar who was cooking on the second floor.
Balthazar rushed down quickly, and when he saw Horvath, the magic he had prepared flew out.
This was a powerful restraining spell, and the rope formed by the spell knocked Horvath down in mid-air.
And Horvath's reaction was not slow. He quickly launched a counterattack, and while cutting off the ropes around him, he summoned smoke to block the vision of both sides.
Amid the heavy fog, both sides experienced temporary tranquility.
At that time, Balthazar prepared two commonly used magic spells, namely Mage Shield and Ion Light Ball.
Horvath, on the other side, chose the muddy swamp, and after the ground turned into a swamp under his feet, he chose the floating technique.
Balthazar, who was concerned about Dave's safety, was the first to lose his composure in this battle and began to walk down the stairs to look for Horvath.
The swamp spell was triggered by Balthazar who rushed in, swallowing half of Balthazar's body and fixing him in the quagmire.
At the same time, Horvath, who had already used the levitation technique, chose to take off and began to disperse the smoke.
When the smoke dissipated, Horvath came to Balthazar's head, preparing to kill him with one blow.
Below, Balthazar, who is very experienced in combat, sensed Horvath's possible attack route in advance.
When Horvath fell from the sky and planned to kill Balthazar with one blow, Balthazar chose the magic of flying into the sky and knocked Horvath directly out.
The scene of the battle between the two great magicians was unfolded in Wu Ming's mind little by little as Dave spoke.
From the beginning when Wu Ming escaped Horvath to Balthazar using the Hunter Dynasty porcelain bottle to seal Horvath with himself, the whole process only lasted thirteen minutes.
In just thirteen minutes, both sides used magic six times each, and the final outcome was a loss for both sides.
Wu Ming put himself into it, trying to replace anyone.
The first time, as Horvath, he was easily killed by Balthazar because he took too long to break free from the restraining spell.
The second time, as Balthazar replaced him, he did not choose to go down the stairs, but was killed by Horvath who used the floating spell to approach silently with one blow.
After trying more than a dozen times in a row, Wu Ming's best result was that he could only hold on for seven minutes before being killed by the opponent.
The speed of casting, the continuity of spells, and the reasonable application of terrain.
Although the battle between the two sides did not last long, no advanced magic appeared.
However, relying on the combination of ordinary magic and each other's combat wisdom, the gap between the two sides is still astonishingly large.
A complete failure...
Wu Ming slowly opened his eyes. He had no excuse for failure, he was just lost in thought.