nownovels Chapter 56 The People Who Arrive at the Main Tower and Their Status!
Chapter 56 The People Who Arrive at the Main Tower and Their Status!
Back in his room, Hick took out the Shadow Stone, rubbing its cool surface with his fingertips, feeling helpless and regretful for his recklessness.
At the time, he and Kayron thought the same thing: they were both certain that their mentor would not show up, and they never expected that Lord Mochamo would come to the Wizard Tower in person.
And what happened? Chiron got a reprimand, and was even personally selected by that person to be involved in a secret mission known only to three people.
The most fatal thing is...
"My mentor must have already noticed my unusual behavior... Knowing his personality, even if I manage to complete this task, I'm afraid..."
Hicks pondered his predicament and felt that he was surrounded by dead ends. No matter what choice he made, it seemed that he could not escape an irrecoverable fate; it was only a matter of time.
"Professor Perot, you've really given your student an unsolvable problem!"
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The next day, a large number of apprentices received Hick's summons.
This made the apprentices who had participated in the hunt for Klar feel uneasy and anxious—after all, it hadn't been long since the devastating casualties of the last Hick recruitment.
But when they learned it was the once-a-decade hunting season, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Some of the veteran apprentices who had experienced the last hunt breathed a sigh of relief, as the casualties there were far less horrific than those of the pursuit mission.
"I'm going to have to relax a bit this hunting season. Just thinking about those white wizard apprentices looking like lambs makes my hands itch!"
"That's right, those lambs only have a lot of knowledge in their heads, they're pitifully weak in actual combat. What can they do besides scream when a spell is cast on them?"
"This time, Boss Hick is leading the team. I wonder if the guys on the main tower... are under his command?"
"What are you thinking? Those arrogant bastards, they'd never listen to Boss Hick!"
Just as the apprentices were discussing among themselves in the plaza outside the Wizard Tower, several tiny black dots quietly appeared on the distant horizon.
The black dot rapidly enlarged, and its outline gradually became clear—it was a group of enormous flying monsters, each over ten meters long, with three pairs of huge fleshy wings, snake heads, and lizard bodies!
"Look! It's the Qaboo Flying Python!"
"It must be people from the main tower who have arrived!"
Seeing the ferocious flying monsters swooping down on the crowd without any regard for their safety, the apprentices on the ground could only grumble and hurriedly make way for them.
After all, these apprentices from the main tower were either the sons or nephews of formal wizards or their direct disciples, and were far beyond the reach of ordinary apprentices like themselves.
The flying monster crashed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
The apprentices on board jumped down with an arrogant air.
"Tsk, so this is the Apprentice Wizard Tower? What's the point of training a bunch of useless trash?"
"Hey, you can't say that. Someone has to be the cannon fodder, right?"
"Hahaha!"
Unrestrained laughter echoed shrilly.
The apprentices of the Wizard Tower dared not speak out in anger, lowering their heads and suppressing their surging emotions.
"You're from the main tower?"
A calm voice broke the humiliating uproar. Hick appeared at the front of the crowd, his gaze sweeping over the arrogant apprentices.
Upon seeing Hick, the group of previously arrogant apprentices visibly paused. The leader seemed to remember something, scrutinizing Hick before tentatively asking:
"You are... Hick Lane?"
"It's me," Hick said calmly.
"So you're a disciple of Master Pelota!"
The lead apprentice's expression changed instantly. The disdain and contempt he had shown towards the ordinary apprentices vanished, replaced by an almost warm smile.
"I knew it! With such a large group of people, without a true genius to lead them, wouldn't things fall apart?"
The apprentices behind him also toned down their arrogance, their faces beaming with smiles, as if their harsh mockery had never happened.
However, the way they looked at the ordinary apprentices around them still carried that inherent contempt.
Although these apprentices of the main tower were arrogant, they were by no means fools.
They had already heard that Hick Lane had not only been accepted as a formal disciple by Master Pelota, but had also been granted the privilege of free access to his private library!
That's a second-level wizard's private library!
Many of these apprentices in the main tower had family elders who were merely formal wizards.
More importantly, many of them don't even know which way the door to their mentor's or family elder's private library faces.
In comparison, Hick's treatment was even better than that of a biological son!
If Hick were in the main tower right now, he would definitely be one of the core members of the apprentice class, on par with them, or even more prominent.
"I am Irwin Philip!"
The lead apprentice proactively extended his hand, his smile revealing even greater sincerity.
"I've heard so much about you, Hick! Your feat of advancing to the third level of apprentice in just three years has shaken the entire Silent Forest! It's truly an honor to meet a genius like you!"
Seeing Irving's sudden change in attitude, Hick couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
Thinking back to the protagonists in those works from my past life, no matter which sect you belong to, anyone with a background would come over to mock you, and might even try to test you out.
And it's usually not one person, but a group of people!
So the protagonist's visit to the sect was for nothing? Besides learning skills, isn't the purpose of visiting a sect to find a powerful backer?
If you've found a powerful backer but are still being mocked, it means your backer isn't any good!
Look at me now, standing here, how much easier it is to talk to these people who were so arrogant just a moment ago?
It's just because his mentor is now a level two wizard and likes to do some 'small research' in his spare time!
"Nice to meet you, Irwin."
Hick extended his hand to shake his, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"I really studied Philip's research on biological rejection in body modification for quite a while."
"Ha ha!"
Irving laughed heartily, though with a hint of helplessness.
"My father is undoubtedly academically accomplished, but his writings... are really a headache to read."
Watching the two chatting happily, the apprentices from both the main tower and the wizard tower wisely kept quiet.
At this moment, these two are the most distinguished among those present.
Kurt, Dila, Andy, and Jona, standing in the wizard tower, watched this scene with mixed feelings of sorrow and regret.
The arrogant apprentice of the main tower just now has to be polite to Boss Hick.
"Brother," Jona gently nudged Kurt's arm, her gaze falling on Irwin, who was talking to Hick, "who's that person talking to Boss Hick?"
Kurt looked over with a complicated expression and whispered:
"Irwin Philip... the grandson of Master Essen Philip, a direct descendant of a second-level wizard. Tsk tsk, to have someone like him so enthusiastic, Boss Hick's influence... is truly growing."
Clearly, the two faces of the main tower apprentices made these people feel somewhat proud!