Wizard's Journey

Chapter 386 Recruiting Apprentices

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Five years later.

"Hehehe, young master, where are we going to recruit wizard apprentices?"

On a giant black flying carpet in the sky, a myna bird perched on Green's shoulder excitedly asked, its eyes darting around before suggesting, "Young Master, do you think you should consider taking on a disciple?"

This flying carpet is a public magical artifact of Blacksoar, used to transport qualified wizard apprentices back to their homeland within the Blacksoar region.

Knowing what the myna bird was up to, Green's disciple was naturally also the myna bird's disciple, so it was only natural that he could be "properly disciplined".

"Don't even think about it, it's impossible."

Green said calmly.

"Oh……"

The myna bird responded with a disappointed sigh, and stopped talking about the topic, beginning to look down at the human cities and villages that the flying carpet was gliding past.

In the Wizarding Continent, the Wizarding Academy recruits wizarding apprentices once every ten years.

The academy operates on a voluntary basis, with commoners paying one gold coin as the price for qualification testing.

According to the ancient rules passed down in the wizarding world, only humans with a mental strength of ten or higher are qualified to be recognized by the wizarding academy.

This is because the Nightmare World is parasitic on the Wizarding World, and the illusory monsters living in the Nightmare World in ancient times could only control creatures with a maximum level of mental strength of nine.

The Nightmare World of today, after being continuously weakened by generations of wizards, has been forgotten by most of the later wizards. They simply believe that the academy's requirement of ten points of mental strength for recruiting wizard apprentices is merely to conceal talent and seek the light of wisdom.

At the same time, a mental strength of ten also represents another qualitative change, which is the talent after advancing to the level of a wizard.

While talent is not a necessary condition for a wizard's achievements, it is a solid foundation for their great accomplishments. Talent can help wizards achieve greater success with equal intelligence, which is an indisputable fact.

The simpler the basic elemental talent, the more practical it is, and the more popular it is with wizarding academies, making it a highly sought-after asset.

The more complex the talent, such as Grimm's dimensional gap, the more useless it is, even though it has infinite potential. This is because talents only serve as a good foundation in the wizarding path, assisting wizards in their fundamental research.

The more profound and complex a talent is, the more advanced a wizard must be to conduct its research.

Even Green's dimensional gap talent requires him to reach the Saint Mark Wizard stage to accumulate enough magic power and memory to start researching and doing what should be done during a wizard apprenticeship. This is unacceptable to most wizards.

Many wizards even chose to abandon their research into their talents and focus on forging their own path as wizards.

Of course, wisdom is always the most important condition on the path of a wizard. Exceptional wisdom can make a wizard ignore any so-called talent.

The task assigned to Grimm by Peranos this time is to recruit a new batch of wizard apprentices in a complex human city-state region.

The reason this place is described as having a complex background is that it is located at the border between the Black Tower and Ivory Castle territories, and also at the border between the Dark Wizard area of ​​District 12 and the Light Wizard area of ​​District 19 of the Seventh Ring Holy Tower.

"Young Master, your mentor requires you to recruit at least ten wizard apprentices in this area. What will happen if you don't recruit enough?"

The myna bird suddenly asked curiously.

For Green, the task given by his mentor Peranos, although the punishment was insignificant at this point and the reward was equally negligible, was a matter of honor for him as a disciple.

Green replied matter-of-factly, "Of course we robbed it."

……

Twenty days later.

After taking out the map and comparing it with the coordinates in the crystal ball, Green retracted the flying carpet and landed on the small town on the ground.

The Viscount Balsa's mansion was brightly decorated. The Viscountess, looking at the mysterious wizard from the Black Tower Wizarding Academy, led the nobles of Muduru City in respectfully performing aristocratic etiquette.

Their ancestors were also shamans, so naturally some rumors and information about shamans circulated among them in secret.

"Um."

After performing the wizarding rituals at a leisurely pace, Green, leaning on his ram-horned skull magic staff, walked step by step into the hall under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The knights in the distance were all dressed in splendid armor, their backs ramrod straight, but their eyes kept peering at Grin's back.

Is this what a wizard is?

Sitting on a high chair in the hall, showing little interest in the banquet prepared by the nobles, Green looked at Balsa with his two-colored eyes beneath his True Face after he finished.

"Are the children in town ready?"

Balsa smiled broadly and said, "We have been waiting for you for a long time, Master. We just hope that one or two wizard apprentices will appear in the town this time, because no one has been able to enter the Blacksorta Wizarding Academy for decades."

Heh...

After letting out a burp, the myna bird drank the delicious sugarcane wine and seemed to be a little tipsy.

"Tell those little brats that they all have to honestly hand over the one gold coin entrance fee to me, Eighth Master, no one can be shortchanged! If they want to become a great wizard like my young master, no matter how good their talent and wisdom are, if they don't have the courage to sacrifice everything and forge ahead, they will just be throwing their lives away when they get to Black Tower."

Upon hearing what the myna bird said, Green was reminded of some of his past experiences.

Old Ham had left him only two gold coins, two dilapidated huts, and an old horse. He didn't know how much resolve it took for him to hand over that one gold coin.

Even his sixth brother, the blacksmith apprentice in Bisel City, might have more than ten points of mental strength.

But he will never have the chance to know.

Without the courage to even try, there is no chance of success.

Green checked the time. The boring banquet had lasted for three-quarters of an hourglass. There were still about two hourglasses left until dusk. If the town could still have two or three hundred children, that would be considered good.

I should be able to finish my mission in this town before dark.

Thinking this, Green said calmly to Viscount Balsa, "Then let's make the arrangements. Start the testing immediately. The Black Tower Wizarding Academy will recruit children with a mental strength of 10 or higher to become wizard apprentices and receive training in dark wizarding rules."

"Okay, okay, okay."

After saying "good" three times in a row, Viscount Balsa whispered something in the ear of a knight's attendant, instructed a knight to leave the hall, and then pulled a little girl out from behind him.

The little girl looked to be only eleven or twelve years old, with long, wavy, brown-black hair, dressed in an aristocratic gown, and had big, round eyes; she was very cute.

"Master Grimm, this is my daughter, Emmanuelle. Please examine her to see if she has any wizarding talent."

Green sat on the high platform in the hall. Beneath the gray-white spiral pattern of the Face of Truth, his two-colored eyes shone like two flames, constantly burning and flickering, making him incredibly mysterious.

The little girl seemed a little afraid of Green, following Balsa closely and holding her mother's hand tightly.

Many nobles in the surrounding area also brought their own nephews and nieces.

Green was silent for a while, seemingly thinking about something, before suddenly raising his head.

"Viscount Balsa, first, you must take your daughter to line up. You can place her at the front of the line according to noble rules and have her tested by me, but you must wait in line."

After a pause, Green continued, "Then, please pay my partner a fee of one gold coin; these are the most basic wizarding rules!"

Balsa’s expression changed slightly, but she immediately put on a fawning smile.

"Yes, Master Green, I was presumptuous."

A moment later, a long queue formed outside the Viscount's mansion, led by Emmanuelle, but it only numbered about a hundred people, far fewer than Green had expected. It seemed that Green had overestimated the common people's courage to lose a single gold coin.

Silently, Green sighed.

While the wizarding evolutionary method is powerful, it has its unique flaws. This instability is also an inherent flaw of wizarding civilization.

"Place your hand on the crystal ball."

Green's voice was somewhat indifferent. The little girl followed Green's instructions shakily, placing her hand on the crystal ball and then naturally closing her eyes, her body trembling slightly.

"Mental strength level six, unqualified."

Green's voice was very indifferent, as if he were talking about something ordinary, but it struck the little girl, who opened her eyes again, like a thunderbolt. Tears streamed down her face, and her eyes were red.

"After the check-up, leave on your own and don't block the children behind you."

Green's voice grew even colder. This little girl was far removed from the rules of dark wizards, and sending her to the Black Tower Wizarding Academy would only harm her.

The second boy had nine points of mental strength, just one point short.

Green calmly watched the little boy, hoping he would demonstrate his intelligence.

However, the little boy only looked at him with disappointment and pleading, while constantly turning back to his baron father for help.

He was disappointed because he was just a little short of mental strength, and he prayed that Green would give him a break for his father's sake.

Very disappointed, Green waved his hand, signaling the next child to come forward.

Two hourglasses later.

After checking everything, a utterly disappointed Grimm, with his myna bird still on an empty flying carpet, continued flying towards the next city. (More fresh content from the novel *The Wizard's Journey* will be available on the official WeChat platform, along with a 100% chance to win a prize! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner, click "Add Friends," search for the official account "qdread," and follow it—hurry!)

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