Just half a month after enrollment passed quickly.
One morning, as a convoy slowly walked out of the road, a group of buildings gradually appeared in front of them.
In front of the building, a middle-aged man in a light red robe was standing there, apparently waiting for something.
When they got closer and saw the middle-aged man, Amaro and Xikum hurriedly got off the carriage and walked forward with several apprentices in the carriage.
"Lord Alatus!"
They looked at the middle-aged man in the red robe in front of them with a little respect and a bit of awe in their eyes.
"Yeah, I'm back." In front of them, the middle-aged man named Alatus nodded calmly, then looked behind them and frowned, "Why are there so few people this time?"
"This..." Hearing this, Amaro and Xikum suddenly became nervous. Just as they were about to explain, they were interrupted by the red-robed man in front of them.
"Forget it, I'm just here to pick you up, not responsible for these things."
Alatus shook his head and looked at the apprentices behind them: "Welcome everyone to Uraldo College. I hope you will have a pleasant experience here in the next few years."
"As for now, follow me."
After saying that, he turned around and walked along the path behind him.
"You guys follow along, we are no longer responsible for what's happening next."
Looking at the apprentices behind him, Amaro shook his head and said.
Seeing this, several apprentices looked at each other, and then followed the footsteps of the red-robed man in front of them and walked forward quickly.
Among these apprentices, Atier followed quietly without saying a word, observing the surrounding environment from time to time.
Through observation of the chip in my mind, this area has a large amount of high-energy radiation reactions. Unlike other places, it is obvious that wizards are often active here.
I don't know what the influence was, but the weeds around seemed to have all died, leaving only the black earth, which looked desolate and dead.
On the vast land, apart from a group of buildings, there were only a few apprentices.
It was a long journey.
Two hours later, as the surrounding buildings increased, a huge stone door appeared in front, blocking the front firmly, and it looked like a portal.
On the side of the stone gate are a large number of statues, each of which is at least three or four meters high and looks like lifelike stone monsters.
When I came here, the high-energy radiation reaction around me suddenly intensified, causing the chip in my mind to emit prompts from time to time.
Feeling all this, Athir's eyes were fixed on the stone statues. His right hand, which had been hanging down steadily, had unconsciously touched the long sword at his waist, and a hint of seriousness appeared in his eyes.
The great knight's peak physical fitness not only brings him powerful strength, but also extremely sharp sensitivity.
At this moment, standing in front of those huge stone statues, a terrifying pressure hit his chest, making him vaguely sense a sense of danger from these stone statues.
"These statues look just like the real ones." Other apprentices exclaimed in amazement.
"Haha, if I hadn't brought you here this time, then these statues would be real to you."
In front of him, the man in red robe sneered, as if hinting at something.
After saying this, he didn't explain anything more. He took out a handful of round stone beads from his waist and slowly placed them into the depression on the door.
Under Athir's gaze, as the round stone bead was placed into the depression, the originally tall gate began to change.
A faint light began to appear, and under the gaze of all the apprentices, an old man's face slowly emerged above the stone gate, as if it were alive, with its lips constantly moving.
The eyes of the giant face were black, like two black holes. At this moment, it stared at the front: "Traveler, give your instructions..."
Alatus stood there, murmuring softly, as if with some other kind of power.
As he moved, the huge human face in front of him gradually disappeared and turned into the original stone door, and began to slowly open.
"Let's go."
Looking at the door that was gradually opening in front of him, Alatus said something to the person behind him, and then took the lead and walked forward.
Following behind him, when all the apprentices walked through the door, the original huge stone door slowly closed and returned to its previous appearance.
"Alatus, you're here?"
I don't know how long I walked, but in front of a building, an old voice slowly came.
Atier looked forward and saw an old man in a black robe sitting quietly in front of a building. His cloudy and empty eyes looked at them quietly without any emotion.
"Lord Asira, this is the newcomer this time, please register him."
Looking at the old man, Alatus showed a rare stiff smile on his face and said respectfully: "I have a very important experiment to do, so I won't waste your time."
Seeing the old man in front of him nod, Aratis walked away with no intention of staying there.
"Okay, submit your information, and after you pay the tuition, someone will take you to your accommodation."
The old man smiled on his wrinkled face and spoke to the many apprentices in front of him.
For some reason, although he was smiling, he gave people an extremely cold and dangerous feeling.
"High-energy radiation source detected."
At this moment, the mechanical prompt sound of the chip began to sound in his mind, startling Athir.
Athir was not unfamiliar with this kind of high-energy radiation, as it was emitted by wizard apprentices or wizard-related items.
However, after detecting with the chip, the radiation source on the old man in front of him was the strongest he had ever seen, much stronger than those third-class apprentices before.
"Is this an official wizard?"
In an instant, this thought flashed through Athir's mind, and he became more cautious.
According to what Athir had learned from a book about wizards that he had read before, over a long period of time, those powerful ancient wizards had divided wizards into different levels, and each level had a detailed standard.
Among these, becoming a formal wizard is a big threshold, and before becoming a formal wizard, it can also be divided into three levels.
Athir, the third-class apprentice who is closest to the official wizard, has met several of them. In his previous journey, whether it was the two gray-robed wizard apprentices who led the ship to this continent, or Amaro and Sisme who came later, all belonged to this level.
In front of him, an old man in black robe named Asira was looking at the apprentices in front of him, registering them and distributing some things to them.
"Here are your wizard robes and your medals. Remember not to lose them."
After distributing these things, a few servants came quietly behind them and took the apprentices to their dormitories.
"Okay, last one." The familiar hoarse voice continued.
In front of him, Asila looked at Athir: "I feel a familiar fluctuation. You are carrying some kind of magic item that is related to our academy."
Hearing this, Atier was shocked and a surprised expression appeared on his face.
Seeing him like this, Asira shook his head and explained casually: "The magic item on you is already half damaged, and the power inside is dissipating, and that unique fluctuation is revealed."
Hearing this, Atier did not hesitate and took out the black amulet from his arms and placed it on the wooden table in front of him.
"Huh?"
The moment he saw the black amulet, Asira's face was slightly moved. He picked up the amulet and looked at it carefully: "The double-headed eagle symbol and this unique spiritual encryption are indeed something from our academy."
He looked at the black amulet several times. After a while, he looked up and said to Athir, "Judging from the craftsmanship of this magic item, it has a history of at least two hundred years."
"According to the rules of our academy, you can be specially admitted and directly study under the wizard who created this magical item."
At this point, he changed his tone and said, "However, there is still a small problem here."
"What?" Athir was stunned.
Under his gaze, Asira pondered for a while before speaking again: "If I'm not mistaken, this magic item should have come from a wizard in our academy more than 200 years ago. And this wizard died more than 30 years ago in an accident during an experiment."
"So, you have two choices now."
"What are the two choices?" Standing in place, Atier calmed down and asked.
"The first one is to randomly select a wizard. This is free."
Standing in front of Athir, Asila continued, "As for the second one, let me help you choose one, and this will be charged."
"I choose the second one." As soon as he finished speaking, Atier said without hesitation.
As for the first option, he had never considered it at all.
During his journey, Athir had learned a little about the wizarding world from books and the apprentices around him.
Wizards are undoubtedly powerful, they can call the wind and rain, control thunder and fire, and do things that mortals cannot do. But at the same time, wizards are also extremely dangerous and terrifying.
Being a wizard's apprentice is extremely dangerous if you are unlucky. You never know when a wizard's dangerous experiment can easily take the apprentice's life.
If you were assigned to work under some wizards with bad tempers or who like to do dangerous experiments, you might die without knowing how.
"A very wise choice."
Before his eyes, Asira smiled: "As the price of this choice, you need to pay five magic stones."
Hearing this, Athir's mouth twitched.
The so-called magic stone refers to a black crystal ore. Because of its wide range of uses, it can not only stimulate the spiritual growth of wizards, but also be used as various commonly needed materials. It is used as the currency of wizards and is very precious.
Before setting off, Duke Arieu gave some things to Athir, including some magic stones.
This is not just the support from Duke Arieu's family, but the entire Fakus family for him, but the total amount is only a dozen dollars, and now half of it is going to be gone in an instant.
But even so, he did not hesitate at all. He took out five black magic stones from his arms and placed them quietly on the table.
(End of this chapter)