"In this case, Sammy, let's choose two adjacent mission areas and use [messaging] to contact them when the time comes."
"no problem!"
Sami agreed immediately. Supporting each other was the purpose of their cooperation. Although there were some changes in the actual tasks, the tone of cooperation would not change.
"Look, someone has already started to choose the mission area." Devine suddenly pointed at a few of the apprentices. They were already moving towards the location of the golden-robed mage.
"We must seize the time." Xia Duo looked at the other three people, "Do you know the situation in the Green Pearl Forest? Which place is more suitable?"
He is from Earth and has been in Savile Town for less than a year. He only knows the name of the Green Bead Forest and the gossip from adventurers that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
"this--"
Sami and the others looked at me and I looked at you, but no one could tell the specific information about the Green Pearl Forest.
"Xia Duo, I have never left the town since I was a child!" Sami said.
Immediately afterwards, Devine also said, "Me too."
"Dean—"
The three of them looked at Dean at the same time.
Dean shook his head quickly, "My home is not bad outside the town, but it is on the west side of the town. It has to be walked for a while after crossing the Wolfburg River. And before joining the Mage Tower, I have never left the village, and even the Green Pearl
I haven’t heard the name forest a few times.”
"well--"
In this way, it is Xia Duo, an outsider, who knows the most information. He had spent more than half a year in the Southern District where adventurers gathered!
The place where adventurers go out to work is largely the Green Pearl Forest.
But how much of that information was bragging by adventurers who drank too much, or was it just deliberately leaking some true and false information to conceal their true activity area.
Xia Duo did not mention these experiences of his own, so as not to cause them to misjudge the danger of the mission, "Don't think about this for now, let's choose the mission area as soon as possible."
"good!"
As the four people from Xia Duo started to move, more and more people began to crowd towards the mage. The golden-robed mage frowned, waved his short staff, and a strong wind appeared out of thin air, instantly calming down the turbulent crowd.
"Formal apprentices are chosen first!"
The golden-robed mage casually nodded to a formal apprentice who had just rushed in front, "Starting from him, line up in order!"
After a commotion in the crowd, several neat rows were quickly formed. Starting from the apprentice from before, they stepped forward to select.
"I choose area 25."
"I also choose area 25."
"No. 26."
"No. 26."
…
A small group had already formed when the team was formed, and the formal apprentices selected first almost invariably started from the middle area. These areas were of moderate size and the number of orcs they might encounter was also moderate.
Coupled with the possible cooperation agreement between them, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the best position.
In the forest, the chance of encountering orcs is the smallest, but the range of these areas is also the largest. If you encounter orcs and you cannot defeat them, you may not be able to wait for support.
However, many apprentices know the Green Pearl Forest quite well, so they directly choose the areas they are familiar with, and these areas are often the easternmost ones.
Maybe they were confident enough to clear such a large area, or maybe they calculated accurately and knew that there were fewer orcs coming from those areas, so it was within their range to deal with it.
In short, everyone had their own plans. When it was Shado's turn, he had already discussed it with Sami and others. He and Dean would choose area 12, and Sami and Devine would choose area 13.
They were all very unfamiliar with the Green Pearl Forest, so they simply chose an area that was convenient for supporting each other. Of course, the area in the far west near the Wolfburg River was still not an option.
The average intelligence of the orcs is not very high, so they are most likely to come along the river. If they really rush there, they will be causing trouble for themselves.
Xia Duo carefully counted and found that there were 61 formal apprentices in total. After they finished selecting, the remaining areas that they thought were not good were reserved for ordinary apprentices.
In this regard, the golden-robed mage didn't say anything. After all, he was the one who proposed to let the official apprentices choose the book first.
After everyone had made their choices, the golden-robed mage put away the light and shadow map, pointed at the stone building next to the training ground, and said, "Come in with me!"
Perhaps the influence of the strong wind just now still existed, so this time the apprentices did not swarm forward, but the formal apprentices went in front, and the ordinary apprentices followed behind.
The interior of the stone building seems to have been repaired and organized. It is now an office-like place. There is a huge desk in the center, with several piles of paperwork and some incomprehensible equipment piled on it.
Seven formal mages in exquisite robes gathered around the desk, checking the documents at hand and writing down something with a pen from time to time. As soon as the golden-robed mage came in, he sat in the obviously vacant seat.
He said to the apprentices who had not yet fully entered: "Choose those in areas 1 to 10 to come here, and the others will go to other mages according to their own choices."
After saying that, he took out a small gray cloth bag from his gold silk robe, took the bottom of the bag and dumped it on the desk——
Wow——
A pile of metal badges, not much bigger than gold coins, fell out of the gray cloth bag, knocking over the documents piled on the desk.
"Horst, Priest." The golden-robed mage looked at the two official mages opposite, "You guys should start too, hurry up."
"Okay." A mage immediately replied, "Choose those from the 11th to the 25th to come to me, and the rest will go to Master Priest."
Upon hearing the order, all the apprentices acted in response, and soon the office, which originally seemed empty, was filled to the brim.
…
Shado followed Dean and came to Master Horst, but there were already many people crowded in front.
Master Horst took a metal badge from his desk, looked at the apprentice closest to him, and asked, "What number did you choose?"
"No. 17." The apprentice immediately replied.
Then, Shado saw Master Horst reaching out and wiping the badge on the back. A faint light flashed, and a figure with only the upper body appeared on the back of the badge.
Master Horst handed the badge to the apprentice and at the same time ordered: "Go to the training ground No. 2 to find your team. The team leader behind will tell you, go out."
The apprentice hurriedly took the badge and squeezed out of the crowd.
Then, the apprentices received their badges one by one and left.
Soon, Xia Duo also received his own badge. After leaving the stone building, he followed the flow of people to the No. 2 training ground and carefully examined the badge, which was large enough to fit in the palm of his hand.
There is nothing unusual on the front. It is the image of a mage tower standing on a book. Chateau has seen it many times in the Saville Territory. This is the emblem of the Saville family.
The portrait on the back was what he cared about——
At first glance, it is indeed the image of Xia Duo, and there is no flaw in it. But if you look closely, you will see that this portrait is composed of countless numbers "12" in the Nese language.
