Wizards are beings who control mysterious means, and their mysterious spells can change the world in an instant.
According to records, many years ago, this continent only had one cultivation system - Dou Qi, and the knights were the masters. The knights swept across the land without a single enemy. Until one day, wizards appeared and easily defeated the arrogant knights, breaking the original order.
From then on, wizards became the masters.
Nowadays, although wizards do not remain on this continent, they still dominate everything and influence every aspect of the nearby countries.
There is a wizard in Flying Fish Harbor recruiting apprentices?
This news caught Ivan off guard. He was still working hard to become a lucrative pharmacist. The wizards were just gathering some information, but the result was -
"Is this possible?"
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Donnie was a little unhappy: "Of course it's true. If you weren't my good brother, I wouldn't tell you such a secret message. This is news that only circulates among the upper class people in Flying Fish Harbor."
Seeing his confident tone, Ivan believed it about 70%.
"Where?"
Donnie shook his head.
Ivan looked at him in confusion, "No, what do you mean?"
Donnie sighed and explained, "It means I don't know. Let's forget about it because it's not our turn. The places are controlled by the nobles. We have no chance."
After thinking about it, Ivan felt that there was a problem.
"That doesn't make sense. Why would a wizard listen to a noble?"
Donnie went on to explain: "Of course wizards won't listen to nobles, but nobles will listen to wizards. Many great nobles are descendants of wizards. The nobles will do everything for the wizards, so wizards don't have to show up themselves to recruit apprentices."
For a wizard, recruiting apprentices is a trivial matter, so it is naturally left to the nobles under his command.
Another reason is the wizard's qualifications. Wizard training requires unique qualifications. As the bloodline descendants of wizards, the nobles naturally have better qualifications and talents for wizard training. Among the common people, there may be only one person in a thousand or ten thousand who has the qualifications to be a wizard, and their talents are average, so the selection efficiency is too low.
After Donny's detailed explanation, Ivan finally understood what was going on.
So, will wizards be kind enough to give the quota to commoners?
The answer is no.
If Ivan were a noble, he would rather waste it than give it to the common people. Would he have to wait until the common people became wizards and his descendants became the new nobles before competing with them for territory and wealth?
It turns out that in this world, nobility not only represents power and wealth, but also represents the path of wizard cultivation.
After thinking this through, Ivan suddenly felt that hope was slim.
"You're right, it's hard for us to have a show."
Donnie said, "I will find out more about this and let you know when I have any news."
He also wanted to become a wizard's apprentice, although his hope was slim.
Ivan patted his shoulder and said, "Be careful. If you really don't believe me, don't force it. There may be other opportunities in the future."
He had some guesses about Donny's identity. He was someone who was related to the nobility but was not from a noble family, or someone who was not accepted by a noble family. This range was very narrow, and he was probably the illegitimate son of a great noble.
Donnie said confidently, "Don't worry about me doing the job."
After resting, the two began their own exercises, and Ivan practiced the rushing breathing method.
[Knight's Breathing Skills Experience Points +1]
[Knight's Breathing Skills: lv0 (6/10)]
Noticing the change, he glanced at it and didn't pay much attention to it, and continued his practice.
…
Half a month passed in a flash.
Led accepted another mission to go out of town, and Paul and Beeman accompanied him.
When Biman left, he told Ivan to practice the basic sword skills and he would teach him the more advanced frog-walking sword skills next time he came back.
"Ivan, come on, come with me and take a look."
"What are you looking at?"
"Just follow."
In the alley on the side of Kasha Fencing Hall, Ivan arrived as usual. As soon as he entered the alley, he met Donny who was waiting for him. Donny asked him to follow him.
Ivan didn't suspect anything and trotted after Donny.
The two walked through the streets and alleys, heading south, and finally arrived near the port terminal in the south of the city.
"Huh—this way."
Even though they were knights' squires, they were exhausted and out of breath after jogging all the way here.
Under Donny's leadership, the two did not rush into the dock, but found a parapet where they could clearly see the east side of the dock, and stood on the parapet to look out.
"Quick! Look at that ship over there."
There were not many ships or people at the dock at this time, but there was a group of nobles in gorgeous clothes gathered there. In front of them was a small black ship with mysterious patterns engraved around the hull. It was a bit dazzling looking at it from a distance, and people did not dare to stare at it too hard.
The nobles seemed to be seeing someone off.
"Oh."
With a deafening roar, the black ship slowly started.
Ivan noticed that the whistling sound just now came from under the black ship. There was a huge turtle with distinct and ferocious scales. The giant turtle was carrying the black ship away from the dock.
Donnie murmured, "They're gone."
Ivan understood what he meant. The wizard had finished recruiting apprentices and was leaving on the boat.
From beginning to end, it has nothing to do with them.
At this moment, the two of them truly felt the disparity in the world, which made them feel helpless and powerless.
The two men stood there in silence for a long time, until the black ship disappeared into the sea, then they walked back slowly.
Back to the alley on the side of the swordplay hall, Donnie seemed to have made up his mind and said, "I'm going to buy a running potion. Practicing the breathing method little by little by myself is too slow."
The Flowing Potion is the secret medicine of Kasha Sword Art School. It is used for breathing practice and can increase the efficiency of extracting life energy. It is clearly priced at 5 gold coins per portion, and most people cannot afford it.
"You still have money."
Ivan only had 2 gold coins left, which were given to him by his second brother Biman.
"It's not much, you can buy one." Hearing his praise, Donnie couldn't help but smile.
After entering the fencing hall, Donnie did not delay and immediately went to find someone to buy it.
After a while, he walked out of the fencing hall, approached Ivan, and motioned him to look at his pocket. There was a small glass bottle in his pocket, which contained a blue potion with floating substances.
"I'm going back first."
Donnie was not going to take it here and left the training ground in a hurry.
The effect of the rushing potion can last for two days, and Donnie probably won't come to the swordplay hall during these two days.
Looking at his departing back, Ivan felt a strong sense of urgency and felt that he had to hurry up.
Strength: 1.3, Agility 1.2, Constitution: 1.0, Spirit: 1.4
These are his current physical data. Compared with half a month ago, there has indeed been some improvement. Strength, agility, and constitution have all increased by 0.1 scale evenly.
In fact, there will be a faster rate of improvement in the early stages of practice, so when you take this into account, the efficiency is undoubtedly low.
"You can't slack off. You have to make money and use the secret medicine."
Ivan thought of the recipe for the 'Water Vortex Potion' and he had two ideas: first, to give the recipe to Old Orr, hoping to impress him and let him teach him the real way of refining medicine; second, to find a way to turn it into a complete prescription.
[Knight's Breathing Skills Experience Points +1]
[Knight's Breathing Skills: lv0 (9/10)]
When leaving the swordplay hall, Ivan's Knight's Breathing Skills had improved and were only one step away from level 1.
(End of this chapter)