Hero, who endured the pain of a dull knife cutting his flesh, had reached the end of the winding path.
An iron gate was unlocked. Hero stepped forward and tried to open it, but found that it was tightly closed.
Even if he tried his best, the door wouldn't budge.
Don't talk about opening inwards and opening out!
He has tried them all!
Amidst the rustling sounds of stems and leaves, it seemed as if something strange was approaching. Hero held his breath and slowly turned behind him.
But the moment he saw something strange, Hero blurted out:
"Gah? Crow?"
The atmosphere is a little weird.
A sturdy crow landed on a lot of roses not far from him.
With its shiny black feathers and its strong breast meat, you can tell at a glance that it is no ordinary crow...
But the way it opened its mouth to speak really shocked Hero.
"You are a crow! Your whole family is a crow! You have ruined my good mood! If I had known you were so unreasonable, I wouldn't have come to pick you up!"
‘Gah? You can talk! Is that you, Bage?!’
Hero didn't say this, but complained in his heart. He had no choice but to recognize the black bird in front of him.
Have you ever seen a crow that is as big as an eagle? No...it's a myna.
"Uh... I'm sorry, my dear... uh." Holo scratched his head and didn't know what to call him for a moment.
"Call me Sir Pierce!"
Bago was a little angry, but he still accepted Holo's apology.
It flapped its broad wings and glided at a low altitude and flew to Hero's shoulder.
Holo felt his shoulders sinking, feeling a little overwhelmed.
This fat bird is too heavy!
"The look in your eyes tells me that you have some complaints in your heart?"
Eye to eye, Hero actually saw a silvery white full moon in the bird's eyes.
There is no emotion at all, only endless desolation.
"No, no! Absolutely not!" Holo straightened up in shock, straightening his shoulders to regain his balance.
Seeing that Holo was frightened, Bago laughed evilly:
"Quack, quack! Little Hero is scared. It's more fun for you apprentices. It was the same before and it's the same now! But after they became rank magicians, they no longer have time to play with me."
Holo asked in surprise:
"You know my name?"
"Of course, the old woman in charge of entering the identity kicked me out of the greenhouse as soon as you transmitted it.
As we near the end of the awakening process, you can still meet a magician apprentice with such a high degree of compatibility, please tell me who is your recommended magician in [Moon Tower]?"
"Well... the magician I recommended is not from [Moon Tower], he is a baron magician from [Judgment Tower]!"
"[Judgment Tower]? Among the students of that boring old man, are you actually interested in doing the job of recommendation?"
'Boring old man? Maybe it has something to do with the ruling. Only Mena doesn't care about other people's opinions. It's just a matter of interest to bring myself to awaken.'
Hero recalled Mena's previous actions, and it seemed that he was an anomaly in the [Judgment Tower].
"It's all that old woman's fault. She kicked me out without explaining anything clearly! I'll have to eat all her desserts later! She's so greedy! The more she thinks about it, the angrier she gets! Open the door quickly!"
Hero subconsciously took a step back, because the iron gate began to twist and separate under Pierce's angry shout.
Like magic, the fence turned into black snakes that shone with an eerie red light.
The black snake stood upright, and as it kept sticking out its tongue at Hero, their entangled snake bodies also receded to the side.
Revealing a passage leading outside the garden.
At Pierce's urging, Hero walked along this passage for a while, and finally saw the miraculous giant tower.
Standing majestically, reaching into the sky.
"This is... [Moon Tower]?"
"The garden just now was only prepared for new apprentices. In the future, you will need a certificate to enter and exit the tower. Of course, you won't be able to get out in a short time. I will come to play with you, little Hero."
Taking Hero to the real tower, Pierce spread his wings, left a joke, and rushed towards the clouds.
Hero could vaguely see Pierce flying to a window and getting in directly.
No more pressure from Pierce.
Only then did Hero take a look at the appearance of the tower with confidence.
In the style of a medieval castle, the entire tower is built of black stone bricks and is densely covered with countless windows.
"The garden just now was an independent space? Even the tall tower was!"
When he approached the first floor of the tower, he was taken to a room by an elf with a skirt made of rose petals. He obviously came in from the first floor, but when he stood at the window of the room and looked out.
The night view of the entire imperial capital was under his feet. Looking far into the distance, he could not even see the boundaries of the imperial capital.
In the miniature capital city, everyone is like ants, busy in the moonlight, and countless lights are scattered in the streets and alleys.
Even the spirit beasts summoned by the magician are like toys.
"So beautiful!"
And further away, you can see nine tall towers that also rise into the sky.
As for the other two, they cannot be seen from the position of Helo's windows.
"Apprentice Helo, here are the items that the apprentice can receive after entering the tower for the first time.
Attention! The tower is subject to a space superposition soul spell. Please do not move around before entering your identity information to avoid entering other floors by mistake.
If you have any questions, you can ring the bell next to the door and an elf will come to answer your questions!
I wish you a sweet dream~”
After the rose elf helped Holo collect the apprentice items, Holo was the only one left in the room.
Opening the bag of items, Hero began to count, "This is a set of apprentice robes, a brass mechanical clock, parchment, quills, let me see... There is also a bag with a total of 200 soul coins, and a list of books.
,Um, but you have to wait until the information is entered before you can receive it."
After finishing the inventory, Hero took a shower first, put on his apprentice robe, and ate chicken legs while admiring his own appearance in front of the mirror.
The pure black robe has a silver full moon carved on the chest. The overall material is better than Mena's silver robe.
The whole robe is very wide, and I saw some magicians wearing robes. After putting on the hat, their faces are invisible. They all seem to like to hide their bodies under the wide robes.
Hide your secrets.
There is also a soul-solidifying technique engraved on the apprentice's robe.
【Cleaning】...It’s really just a simple decorative robe.
As expected, the tower's benefits to apprentices are limited.
Hero also tried to use his soul to comprehend the [Cleaning] Soul Technique, but he still couldn't understand it. It seemed that there was no formula for the Soul Technique, and judging from the solidification of the Soul Technique alone, it was difficult to learn.
The timekeeping in the magician's world is no different from that in the previous life. I don't know what kind of movement is inside the brass mechanical clock. Anyway, the time is the same as the time hanging in the hall outside, which is quite accurate.
After packing up the remaining things, placing the money bag close to his body, and placing the soul beast egg on another pillow, Hero sank into the soft quilt.
"Good night~"
The nerves that had been tense for a long time were completely relaxed at this moment and fell into a deep sleep.