"The city lord sent someone to deliver a letter and asked me to pass it to you."
Looking at Athir in front of him, the old man looked respectful, lowered his head slightly, and handed over a letter in his hand.
Taking the letter casually, Athir opened the envelope. Inside was a light yellow paper with something written in ancient Guarulhu.
Athir opened it casually and read the letter quickly.
"Invitation letter?"
After reading the entire letter, Athir lowered his head, somewhat confused.
This is an invitation letter, nominally inviting Atier, the newly-promoted noble of Gukai City, to visit the city lord's home.
But just think about it and you will know that how could the dignified Lord of Gukai City invite a strange little noble to his home for no reason? There must be other reasons.
"Forget it. We'll have to meet sooner or later anyway. Since the other party has invited me, it's okay to go over and take a look."
After reading the letter, Athir placed the letter on the wooden table in front of him, and this thought flashed through his mind.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look to the side, where the blond old man was still standing there.
"Bagulu, is the messenger still there?" he asked.
"He is still in the living room, waiting for your reply, sir." Listening to Athir's words, the blond old man nodded.
"Tell him that I will be there on time in three days to thank the city lord for his kind invitation."
Looking at the old man, Athir said casually.
Listening to Athir's words, the old man turned around and walked behind him.
After his figure disappeared from Athir's gaze, Athir turned around and walked into the room.
Three days later.
At noon, Athir sat in a carriage and slowly headed towards a mansion.
Next to the carriage, Elder and his companions, along with some guards, were quietly guarding the carriage. At the front of the carriage, a knight in red hunting clothes was riding a horse, leading the way.
This is the messenger sent by the Lord of Gukai City, who is responsible for bringing Athir to the Lord's home.
After a while, Athir and others came to a huge building.
"Sir, we have arrived at the city lord's residence. You can go in with two guards."
After arriving at the place, the knight in red hunting suit turned around, looked at Athir and said, "As for your other guards, we will also take care of them, so please don't worry."
"Thank you for your help." After listening to the other party's words, Athir nodded, then looked behind him: "Elder, Gru, come in with me."
Under the envious gazes of the guards around them, Elder and the other man walked forward and followed Athir silently.
Walking into it, there is a very long corridor. At the end of the corridor, there, a tall figure is standing.
He was a tall, blond middle-aged man wearing a noble robe. He looked strong and powerful, giving people an extremely strong sense of oppression.
As if sensing the footsteps of Athir and others, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Athir.
The two eyes met at this moment.
Suddenly, the tall middle-aged man's eyes lit up and he came forward with a smile: "Haha, you must be my guest!"
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Kosis Ishul, the master of Ancient Armor City." His huge voice echoed around and could be heard from far away.
"I'm Athir Fakus, thank you for inviting me to be your guest."
Looking at the burly man in front of him, Atier smiled, and it seemed that he was not affected by the other party's momentum at all.
"Name: Kosis Ishuir. Strength: 7.8. Agility: 7.6. Constitution: 8."
At this moment, the opponent's physical data appeared in front of Athir, and he was actually a top knight.
With this level of physical data, if an ordinary second-class apprentice were to get close to the opponent, there is a great possibility that he would be eliminated.
Of course, if it was someone like Athir, the situation would be the opposite.
In front of him, listening to Athir's words, the smile on Kosis' face became even wider. He strode over and gave Athir a hug.
"It's not convenient to talk here, let's go in and talk slowly." He looked at the large number of guards around him, as well as Elder and the other man behind Adi, and couldn't help but suggest.
To this, Athir had no objection and nodded directly to show his agreement.
After a while, they walked into the inner room.
When I got here, there were obviously fewer people around. Apart from two maids, there seemed to be no one around.
"How did the city lord find out?" Coming here, Athir looked at a corner of the room thoughtfully and spoke directly.
Although this sentence did not explain the specific meaning, both Athir and Kosis in front of him understood the meaning of this sentence.
"Haha." Hearing Athir's doubts, Kosis just smiled and signaled the two maids in the room to leave.
After the two maids left, a figure in a black robe walked out from the shadows in a corner.
Because he was wearing a hood and had his head lowered, Athir could not see the man's appearance clearly until he came in front of him.
It was a rotten face, as horrible and twisted as a rotting corpse.
And in the eye sockets of his face, a pair of obviously abnormal pure black eyes looked at Athir quietly, appearing weird and mysterious.
Looking at the other person's appearance, Athir frowned secretly.
Although he would not be frightened by the other party, the other party's dignity still made him feel a little disgusted.
However, the mana fluctuations of the opponent were very strong, surpassing Athir and reaching the level of a third-class apprentice.
"I'm sorry, I look a little scary."
Seeing the expression on Athir's face, the man in black robe shrugged, and then a terrifying smile appeared on his rotten face: "Let me introduce myself. I am Mokla Ixur, a third-class apprentice."
"Athir Fakus, second-class apprentice." Looking at the other party, Athir nodded and introduced himself.
"Mokla is my cousin." Kosis on the side also said: "Gukai City is really desolate because of the constant wars. Many local nobles have left here."
"Because nobles are rare, I will pay attention to every noble who plans to buy property in Gukai City. I didn't expect to find you." He looked at Athir and explained patiently.
Hearing this, Athir was thoughtful: "No wonder the procedures for purchasing those properties were completed so quickly. Now it seems that it was because of the city lord."
"It's just a small matter." At this time, Mokla on the side also said: "For people like us, the property of a few mortals is nothing."
Hearing this, Athir nodded in agreement.
Wizards and mortals are indeed not on the same level. Even if you are just a wizard apprentice, it is very easy to get worldly wealth.
Not to mention the abilities of the stones themselves, even the magic stones used by wizards, if you take out any of them, there are many people willing to buy them for thousands of gold coins.
"Come to think of it, you are one of the few apprentices who chose to settle in Ancient Armor City besides my cousin."
Looking at Athir, Kosis sighed.
Athir looked at him and asked: "Are there few wizard apprentices in the city?"
"Yes." Mokla replied, "In the entire Ancient Armor City, I am the only third-class apprentice, and there are only three second-class apprentices, representing three small schools respectively."
"So little?" Hearing the other party's words, Athir frowned subconsciously.
The number of wizards in a place is often linked to the local resources.
Since apprentices are so scarce in Gukai City, the local area must be very poor and lack many resources.
"The apprentices around us hold a gathering every once in a while. You can also join in the next one." Looking at Athir, Mokla continued.
"Then I'll trouble you, Lord Mokla." Athir smiled and looked at the other party.
The three of them chatted here for a while, and when it was time for dinner, they had lunch together at Kocis's home before separating.
Soon, three months passed by unknowingly.
Early in the morning, on a vast training ground, Athir was training with a sword in his hand.
In front of him, Elder, wearing a white tight suit, was looking at Athir with a nervous expression.
"Did you see it clearly?" After a while, Athir stopped training, casually put the sword in his hand back on the weapon rack beside him, and turned to say to Eld behind him.
"I've seen it clearly." Listening to Athir's words, Elder nodded vigorously, and his originally dull face showed some excitement.
After receiving Athir's signal, he quickly walked to the side, pulled out a long sword from the weapon rack beside him, then stood in the middle of the venue, his face became serious, and began to swing.
His movements were very similar to Athir's before, but they seemed awkward in many places and there were many mistakes in the details.
But despite this, looking at his progress, Athir nodded: "In just three months, it's already pretty good to be able to train to this level."
"Name: Elder. Strength: 2.3. Agility: 2.2. Constitution: 2.4."
In an instant, the opponent's physical data appeared in front of Athir, and he was almost a different person compared to three months ago.
"It seems that the Knight's Breathing Method deduced by the chip this time can indeed be used on normal people."
Looking at the other party's progress, Athir nodded secretly.
In the past, when he had just come to this world, he had collected a large number of knight breathing methods and deduced a more complete Di'er breathing method through chips.
However, Athir himself is a half-elf, and although his body structure is generally similar to that of ordinary people, there are still many differences in subtle details.
The Di'er breathing method was specially developed based entirely on his own conditions. Although ordinary humans can practice it, the results may not be as good as his.
Therefore, during this period of time in Gukai City, in his spare time, Athir used chips to further improve the original Athir breathing method, making it more suitable for the body structure of ordinary people.
Judging from Elder's progress, the effect is obviously very good.
(End of this chapter)