Colin put down the bee sting, stood up and went to open the door.
He was testing the strength of Steel Armor I just now.
Very satisfied with the result.
If the previous steel armor was equivalent to 5 mm thick steel armor, it is now at least 2 cm thick!
...If he encounters the arrow shot by Charlie again, he probably won’t be able to break through his defense now.
Crunch——
Colin unbolted the door bolt and opened the wooden door.
Perhaps because things near the sea corrode easily, the doors here generally creak.
"Minister Patton?" He looked at the burly man standing outside the door in surprise.
"Good day, Colin." Barton nodded slightly, "It's been a month, how are those two doing with their witchcraft?"
“I’ve basically mastered it.”
"Very good. Detecting evil and purifying evil energy can be learned later."
"We mainly deal with ferocious beasts in the west of the city. In comparison, Hope's defensive force field and fireball are more useful."
Colin nodded slightly, but did not explain that he had basically mastered the four witchcrafts.
Barton turned slightly sideways, revealing a man standing behind him who was somewhat shorter than him.
"This is Holt Caesar, your future captain."
Holt smiled, with a gentle expression, and a fair complexion with no wrinkles. At first glance, he seemed to be about the same age as Colin.
But upon closer inspection, it seems that the specific age cannot be discerned.
"Captain Holt." Colin greeted quickly.
Holt nodded slightly.
"Okay, Holt will explain the next thing to you in detail, and I'll leave first."
"Okay, Secretary Patton." Colin said goodbye respectfully.
Barton nodded slightly and strode upstairs.
Holt retracted his gaze from Barton's back and said gently to Colin:
"You should pack your things first, there will be more to do later."
"Yes, Captain."
Colin walked towards the house.
Holt did not follow him in, but slowly walked to the window at the end of the corridor and stood quietly looking outside.
After a while,
Colin walked out carrying a packed gray backpack.
He looked around and found Holt's figure on the left.
Although it is daytime now, the lighting in the corridor is not good.
Only the windows at both ends and the gaps in the doors on both sides let in light.
The window where Holt was standing faced the sun, and the bright sunshine shone on him.
Suddenly, Colin felt as if he could see a big tree growing in the light.
Branches are sprouting, sprouting, dense green, dark green, large and small oval leaves are growing wildly!
Soon, it filled every place in sight!
His face turned horrified...
The golden sunshine was still shining, but it revealed a refreshing and eerie chill. There seemed to be no temperature. There were shadows all over the corridor. The thriving, leafy tree looked more like a twisted and ferocious black tree at this time.
monster!
Buzz——
The model of Hope's defensive force field in his mind glowed slightly, dispelling the darkness!
No shadows, no monsters...
The bright golden sunlight came in from the window, casting a soft halo on Holt's body.
Colin was a little dazed, his face turned slightly pale, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"...Captain Holt." He called slowly, his voice a little difficult.
"Are you ready?" Holt turned around.
Only then did Colin discover that Holt actually had rare medium-long green hair.
At this time, Holt also noticed something strange about Colin, and he raised his right hand.
A gentle white light flashed over Colin.
"...Thank you." Colin finally felt much better.
Holt nodded slightly and warned:
"Your inspiration is relatively high, and you can minor in some psychic protection witchcraft later on."
Colin nodded heavily.
The original owner has learned the relevant knowledge before...but he never knew that his inspiration was too high.
The abnormality just now was probably caused by the energy field radiation that Holt unconsciously emitted... In the words of his previous life, he was possessed by a demon.
Fortunately, Hope's defensive force field is a defensive spell that takes into account both physical and mental aspects...
"Let's go back to the school first." Holt said, "It's my turn to get the magic stones sent to the west of Moon City, so I have to go back first."
The two went downstairs.
Holt used a levitation spell on Colin, and then took him flying towards the Lapp wizard's territory.
The speed of flying is indeed much faster than walking. The journey is very fast. It originally took at least two hours to walk, but now it is estimated to be there in less than ten minutes.
After all, a large part of the walking journey involves climbing mountains, and the road is winding and not straight. But flying is different, there are no obstacles, and you always take the shortest distance.
Before entering the school, Colin saw dozens of apprentices gathering inexplicably in the open space below.
I have some doubts in my heart.
It wasn't until he saw some familiar faces that he suddenly realized.
Calculating the time, the three-month deadline should have just arrived.
The following should be the apprentices who are about to leave the school.
Some inexplicable feelings welled up in his heart, but they were quickly blown away by the oncoming strong wind.
The two of them continued to fly toward the middle of the Wizarding Territory, and it looked like they were going to land directly at the Black Castle.
………………
"…Has anyone successfully advanced?"
The teacher standing in front of the open space asked in a routine manner.
As he expected, no one responded.
"Line up, take out your ID badges, and come one by one." He continued to say calmly.
The batch of apprentices in front of them are about to leave the school, so the identity badges naturally need to be recycled.
Heywood took the lead and handed over the black triangular badge with both hands.
"Extend your right hand." The instructor took out a black disk, put the badge on one end, and pointed to the other end and said to Heywood.
Heywood stretched out his hand and put it on, his expression calm.
"Relax your body." The instructor warned again, and then injected magic power into the disc.
With the injection of magic power, the disc gradually lit up with a faint white light, but then suddenly dimmed the next second.
A trace of panic flashed in Heywood's eyes.
The teacher frowned, checked the disk doubtfully, and then tried to inject magic power again.
Buzz——
This time the disc lit up successfully, and white light enveloped the ID badge.
Soon, the "Haywood Moses" written on it gradually faded and eventually disappeared.
On the other side, the white light did not enter Heywood's right hand, and gradually came to his brain, preparing to eliminate the mark of the badge.
But for some reason, it suddenly disappeared the moment it entered the brain.
The teacher did not notice anything strange and just continued to shout:
"Next."
Heywood retracted his right hand, looked calm, carried his backpack, and walked down the mountain without looking back.
And on the other side, in the Black Castle.
Colin was listening to the gray-robed wizard in front of him.
After a long time, he thanked him and watched the gray-robed wizard go away.
He was waiting on the first floor of Black Castle for Captain Holt to receive the magic stone.
I happened to meet the gray-robed wizard just now.
The gray-robed wizard was Milne, the wizard who flew over when Charlie attacked him that day.
Colin just asked him about the final outcome of Charlie's incident.
As he expected, what Charlie said was indeed false. There was no situation where the enslavement school eliminated apprentices in the gathering place.
The school also specially called in many apprentices to check it carefully, and did not find any enslavement.
As for why those people believed what Charlie said.
According to Charlie himself, it was because of the Sleeping Flower.
Those apprentices were confused by the Sleeping Flower.
The school has indeed detected the remnants of Sleeping Flower in their bodies, and now they have all been cleaned up.
As for Charlie, he was demoted as a slave by the school and was eventually bought by Needham, the top apprentice.
"Needham..." Colin felt a chill in his heart.
The person to whom Anne sold her body was this top apprentice in charge of logistics.
He could still remember Anne's tragic and tentacled appearance at the end.
'Charlie... I guess he will also... huh?' Colin suddenly raised his head in surprise.
It really means Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived.
At the entrance to the first floor of Black Castle, Needham was walking in holding Charlie.