Volume One, The Wizarding World Chapter Sixty-Five, Going to Evan and Appleton Again
In view of the low strength of the wizards who went out to find apprentices, for the sake of their safety, the monastery not only arranged for two knights of Sentinel's Sorrow to escort them, but also warned them not to go too far.
Originally, there were many aristocratic territories around Norton Mountain, but most of them had close relations with the Phoenix family. Ever since Jasmine's incident, Ian and the others were naturally unwilling to set foot in these places.
Four cities, including Appleton, Morris, Maunet, and Poulos, are located on the banks of the Avon River, just around Norton Hill. It just so happened that the awakened members of the monastery had not been here in the past few years, so Ian and the others went there.
This area has been selected.
"Then, when I'm older, how about I go to the farthest area around Prolos?" Sheen was the first to speak. He chose the farthest place, Prolos, where the two counties meet. The situation is very complicated.
Therefore, Sheen's approach can be regarded as taking care of the two newcomers, himself and Marcus.
"I have no objection. I'll go to Morris. If it doesn't go well, I'll go to Maunet!" Marcus said immediately.
Sheen frowned slightly when he heard this, "Are you sure? Although there will be two knights to protect you then, you can't go so far. Not only is it unsafe, but it will also waste time."
It takes time to settle, whether it's meditating to accumulate mental power or practicing magic. In Sheen's opinion, it is obviously unwise for Marcus to choose to go to such a far place.
Facing the kind advice from Sheen, Marcus just smiled sincerely, but did not change his mind: "At this stage, I am still accumulating mental strength, which will not take me much time. Plus I don't have enough contribution.
Points are exchanged for magic, so there is plenty of time."
He took a breath and sighed: "If we can complete the task earlier, it will be worthwhile to walk a little longer."
Seeing this, Sheen couldn't say anything more. He turned his head and looked at Ian and asked, "What about you? You are a sinner, but there is no knight to escort you. I suggest you try your luck around the monastery.
"
Sheen and Marcus accepted the mission, and naturally they were protected by the knights of the Sentinel. Otherwise, with the strength of their Awakeners, any more powerful bandits would be able to destroy them. But Ian was
A sinner of the monastery, Capas arranged for him to participate in the apprentice mission just to complete the mission better and protect the interests of the Sentinel. Naturally, he does not enjoy this right.
Ian also understands this. As long as Abel Fox is here, he will never enjoy any favoritism. He is a meritorious person, so Abel naturally cannot agree to let Sentinel's Sorrow assign guard knights to him. This is a normal task.
A treatment that only wizards can enjoy.
(I’m afraid Fox wishes I’d died outside!)
After understanding this, Ian naturally couldn't make fun of his own life. He nodded and said: "I know, so I plan to go shopping in Avon Town and Appleton. If I have bad luck, I won't go there."
Faith leads over there and takes a look."
Although Faith Territory also falls within Phoenix's sphere of influence, it's not that far away and isn't dangerous, right?
Now that the three of them have chosen their goals, they all have to hurry up and set off. This time they have to bring back a team of 80 apprentices in total, which is an arduous task for the three of them.
However, Ian is relatively relaxed among them, because among the 80 people in the mission, although he was assigned 35 missions, this included the deal between Sheen and Mentor Capas - 10 additional Sentinel's Sorrows
There is a quota for newcomers. Therefore, Ian is actually much easier than the other two.
While Ian was thinking about these things, he found that Marcus had left at some unknown time, leaving only him in a daze and busy Sheen.
Sheen has been managing the daily affairs of the monastery these years, and is much busier than Ian imagined. When Ian saw this, it was inconvenient to continue to disturb him, and he immediately said goodbye.
"Lucky boy, don't leave in a hurry yet." Sheen stopped what he was doing and raised his head to look at Ian, smiling helplessly, "I have to explain something to you so that you won't waste your time.
"
Ian couldn't help but be a little confused when he heard this. He didn't understand what Sheen's words meant. He was so unlucky, how could he get such good luck?
"It's like this. If you can't find so many apprentices with wizard talents when you go out this time, then you will find someone who can satisfy the requirements of cultivating fighting spirit. Do you understand?"
"What?"
Ian understood the meaning of what Sheen said, but he couldn't believe it. He saw with his own eyes that the apprentices of the monastic order were wiped out before, so he naturally understood how much attention the monastic order paid to the apprentices now. But Sheen suddenly felt sorry for himself
He said that he didn't have to complete the task 100%, he could cheat and find some defective products, so how could he believe it?
Sheen looked at Ian's expression and thought that he really wouldn't believe it if he didn't know the inside story, so he waved his hand and said: "It's not convenient for me to say some things to you, but you just need to understand that these are the words of Master Capas. You
Just do as you’re told.”
Faced with this explanation, Ian felt a little confident. He thought about the fact that he and Sheen had no differences in the past, so he nodded to express his understanding. However, he still secretly warned himself: try to do this well and do it.
A good job is always good.
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The town of Avon is located a few miles at the foot of Norton Mountain. Ian arrived on horseback at dusk. By this time, the town had fallen silent, with only scattered and lonely dim lights and intermittent sounds welcoming lonely travelers.
Ian randomly found an old hotel to stay at, and he planned to start looking for someone tomorrow.
After going out, Ian naturally paid attention to his own safety. Although he barely had the skills to serve as a knight, it was still not safe enough.
Summoning the undead, red ant acid mist, bone shield, these magics still need to be practiced more diligently. I was in a state of imprisonment in Todus Cemetery before, and I had no chance to practice, so I neglected it. Now I am out.
If no one controls you, you will naturally have to work hard to increase your strength.
Fortunately, the lowest-level units of the Judicial Inquisition are all located in the city, so Ian is exempted from the need to report. He and Jasmine did not report before, because firstly they did not use magic and kept a low profile; secondly, when they came there
The church directly provided support, which avoided all these troubles. Otherwise, he would have had to make a trip.
"By the way, let's see if there is a spokesperson!"
Ian only knows four magic spells in total. Once he gets started, he will naturally not forget the Oracle Lens. Although he is not willing to admit his identity as a hunter, only by being prepared can there be no danger. He has seen a lot of the insidiousness of the spokesmen of the gods, so naturally he wants to
Be on guard.
The Oracle Lens, which detects the spokesman of the gods within a range of thirty steps, lasts for 10 seconds and does not consume much. With Ian's current total mental power, it can be used continuously for a day and a night.
After the magic was cast, Ian only felt that his spiritual power was spreading around like mist, stopping at a distance of thirty steps. Within thirty steps, Ian seemed to be in a cloud of morning mist, a vast expanse of white.
Nothing can be seen.
(Strange! Could it be that the spell is wrong? No, if the spell is wrong, the magic will not react.)
Ian thought for a while, got up and walked out of the hotel. Anyway, the oracle lens spell was not complicated, it only had a few keywords, and it could be cast almost instantly, so he used the lens he had been maintaining to walk around the main street of Avon Town. Unfortunately,
Still found nothing. This result made him depressed and happy at the same time. Depressed because he didn't see the effect of the Oracle Lens and wasted a lot of mental energy. He was happy because there was no spokesperson in the town, at least there was no danger.
The next day, Ian found Valen and his ten-man team in a wide farm outside the town according to the address given by Prescott at the time. Except for Valen, who was a senior knight attendant, the rest were all
They are all mid-level knight attendants, which is the strength he relies on for this mission.
Although the people following Sheen and Marcus are all junior knights, they are not as useful as Valen, right?
Warren was worthy of being a member of the Knights of Hyde. Even without supervision, he still led a group of cavalry to practice rigorously. Ian looked up at the sky, which was not yet completely bright, and smiled with satisfaction.
"Valen!"
Warren was competing with his team members on horseback riding, when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. Following the voice, he saw his young master standing at the gate of the farm, so he immediately stopped and ran towards him excitedly: "Master!"
Others did not get orders to rest and continued.
"Master, why are you here? Are you here specifically to visit us?" Warren asked excitedly.
"So... right!" Ian smiled slightly, and then punched his thick shoulder hard. He only felt that he hit a bluestone wall, and his fist hurt a little. "Good guy, your physical fitness should soon catch up with the knights."
Alright."
Valen grinned proudly, nodded and replied: "Thanks to the young master. If I hadn't been sent to follow the young master, I would have needed a lot of military merit before I was given the Dou Jing and the skills. I really entrusted you with it."
What a blessing! Hehe!"
The higher Valen's strength was, the happier Ian was naturally. He turned his attention to those knights who were still training and said, "Go and pick four knights, pack your things and go out with me for a few days."
"Got a mission?" Warren's eyes lit up and he asked excitedly.
When Ian saw this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked with a smile: "What? Are you tired of staying here?"
"Hehe, that's not the case. This is how I came here in the Knights before!" Valen smiled sheepishly, "But it's better to do something under the young master."
Ian nodded and didn't say anything. He just urged him to quickly select people: "This is not a military mission. You can make arrangements for carrying the equipment yourself."
Warren's eyes, who thought he could take action, suddenly dimmed a lot, but he still turned around to complete Ian's arrangement.