Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 181 Young Apprentice
“Okay, kids, here we are!

From today on, you will begin your training as a wizard apprentice in this quarry.

If you can be promoted to intermediate or advanced level, you may become a real wizard!
That’s when you’ll truly change your destiny and become successful. Work hard!”

The middle-aged man in the lead gave them some instructions with a bit of heat in his tone.

He immediately left the scene.

……

The apprentices walked up the stairs and embarked on this difficult wizarding journey.

“There are so many stone statues here…”

“It feels like these statues are looking at us. It’s creepy!”

The young boys were discussing.

To them, everything here seems mysterious and strange.

After finally walking up the long stairs, what came into view was a spacious square.

At the entrance of the quarry, there is a lifelike centaur statue on each side.

They are richer in details and more beautifully carved than those I have seen before.

For some reason, everyone once again felt as if they were being watched.

At this time, a mature female apprentice wearing a green robe and with a hot body came out.

"Are you the new apprentices sent here?"

She was Olinda.

Looking at the confused looks of the people in front of me, I couldn't help but think of my past.

I smiled to myself, "I didn't expect that we would have apprentices ourselves."

After receiving a positive answer, he said to them, "Follow me in and meet Lord Roy!"

……

Everyone didn't hear her muttering clearly, but they heard the subsequent orders clearly and followed her in.

They had not walked far when their attention was drawn to a huge centaur statue in the square ahead.

"Wow!"

The young men couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, looking up at the majestic stone statue of a centaur with its hooves and spear raised, as if it was about to stomp down with a "war trample".

The mountain-like momentum makes people feel an inexplicable sense of awe.

"Hey, kid, have you seen enough?"

At this moment, the freckled boy, Norwich, suddenly heard a faint sound coming from under his feet.

Looking down, he was surprised to find that a lifelike human face had emerged on the 60×60 cm stone brick under his feet.

The stone relief, which looks like a panda's head but has clearly visible facial features and human features, is full of disgust.

"Get your stinky feet away! Stop blocking my sunbathing!"

"Yes, sorry!"

The young boy, Norwich, was startled and quickly dodged to the side.

It turned out that there was a similar living fossil slab next to it.

But it was different from the slate that had disdained Norwich before. It had an ecstatic expression and moaned, "Oh, dear apprentice, please step on me well!"

"Step on me too!"

"Step on me!"

"Get down and lick me!"

Many stone slabs rushed to speak.

Nowitch's forehead was sweating, his hands were clenched tightly, and his face was flushed as he lowered his head and left this strange square.

The other new apprentices also encountered the same prank and were so nervous that they didn't know where to start.

After a while, I walked through the corridor in a daze, but saw some strange things wandering around.

"these are……"

"Wow!"

As everyone marveled, bricks, wooden blocks, stools, and other objects moved around. They were like elves in fairy tales, each possessing its own life.

A moment later, a group of colorful, oval ball-shaped things came jumping over.

They are sculpted with cute big eyes and lovely faces, and look like children's leather toys, making popping sounds as they walk.

The apprentices' eyes lit up as they watched. The eleven or twelve year old boys still had a childlike innocence and most of them liked this kind of cute style of things.

But Olinda suddenly reminded: "Don't block the way, these are 'Pipits' with their stomachs filled with demonic explosives.

If its enemy-searching mechanism is triggered, it will jump up, get close to you, hug your face and explode!
Each Pipit has an alchemical bomb in its stomach, and some also have acid and poison gas...

If anyone makes a move, all of you, dozens of people, could be wiped out here! "

Ah!
The boys were startled and trembling, not knowing what to say.

Norwich also looked horrified as he looked at these cute creatures.

"Olinda, stop scaring them, they are still children!"

On one side of the passage, another team member, female apprentice Pei Li walked out.

Beside her were Winter and others.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. These 'Pipits' are alchemical beings created by Lord Roy. Normally, they won't kill people indiscriminately..."

The children trembled and became even more frightened.

Winter and the others couldn't help but smile, and stopped Perry who wanted to explain something more.

"Alright, we can't keep Lord Roy waiting any longer, let's go in."

……

Not long after, the boys walked in and finally saw the owner of this place.

Lord Roy, a first-level wizard.

In a stone hall as large as the palace of a royal city, a figure wearing silver armor and a diamond-shaped helmet sat upright.

The sunlight came in from the windows on both sides and shone on him.

Faintly, the light and shadow changed, presenting feathers of light that looked like flowing silver belts.

The young men couldn't help but feel sincere awe in their hearts, and some of them thought of the angels or demons in the books they had read in the past.

The centaur Atedia stood by, watching the people below pay their respects.

"Lord Roy, these are the apprentices sent from the city of Skatu and the nearby county.

They are all descendants of immigrants from the fifth generation, but their bloodline is definitely human, pure Vizell race."

Olinda bowed and gave a brief introduction of the situation.

"A total of 30 people, with a certain level of general knowledge, able to read and write, and master basic arithmetic and geometry..."

Roy nodded.

As his thoughts raced, his eyes looked around, only to pass over the team members.

Except for Ivant and Celine who were on an overseas mission, the other team members brought from the local area basically gathered here.

Now, each of them is full of energy and spirit.

All members have reached the advanced stage.

However, their respective talents and growth limits are also reflected here.

The vast majority of people said that they encountered great obstacles in the stage of materializing their spiritual power, and it was not as smooth as they had originally experienced.

They don't have the souls of time travelers, nor do they have special mutated talents.

In the end, it still stopped at this step.

"Winter, Ottoli, Grete, Olinda, Perri...

Each of you will take 6 apprentices and help me supervise and train them!"

Winter and the others had anticipated this kind of thing, so they didn't resist much and just obeyed the order.

Norwich and others bowed their heads respectfully and listened to Lord Roy's arrangements.

Afterwards, they followed the senior apprentices who came up to select them and left.

(End of this chapter)